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Michelle_My_Belle_Reads @michelle-my-belle.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

We have a Discord community, Baby Got Books, which houses several different book clubs, including Diverse Historical Romance (@lostinabookbrb.bsky.social), Backlog Bookshelf (@thelefthandedkat.bsky.social), and No More Dead White Dudes (@joas-mon.bsky.social).

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I am finally watching The Pitt. Episode 2 and it is so good.

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Just in case anyone makes the same mistake I did: Any Man by Amber Tamblyn is not a quick read even with its many pages of just one or two lines or poetry and prose. I have had to put this book down to really think about what I read. I'm not even to 100 pages yet.

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

April pick for Diverse Historical Romance bookclub is Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana De La Rosa!

Cover of Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana De La Rosa. Illustrated cover of a Black man in a period suit (1800s England) holding close a Mexican woman in a dress.

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

For the Trans Rights Readathon, I picked Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico to donate to. I really gotta ramp up my reading. I will pledge $5 per books read between now and the 31st regardless if it is a Trans book or not. I will prioritize Trans books for this week. tgrcnm.org

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Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico

We support transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming communities through direct services, education, and advocacy.

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Starting The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy for the Trans Rights Readathon.

Picture of the book The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy on a gray blanket with stars.

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I think I'm just not going to read books published by Bloom Books.

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I currently have 6 bookclub books to get through this month. As well as the 20+ library books I checked out. Also the books on my physical TBR. .... AND the ebooks I bought from last year and the year before that. AAAAND -

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The Diverse Historical Romance bookclub is reading A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur this month. :) It is the first YA we have chosen for the club. If you wish to join us in discussing the book, you can here: discord.gg/nuZyQAt6

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Check out the Baby Got Books community on Discord - hang out with 36 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Today is the 1-year anniversary of starting my publishing imprint and I need your help. I really want to meet my subscriber goal so that we have the support we need to accomplish more. Please subscribe for just $5/month and help us fight for Black & brown authors. Leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com

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Michelle_My_Belle_Reads @michelle-my-belle.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Go subscribe and share with everyone!

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

It is crunch time. I am still 145 subscribers away from the subscriber goal I was trying to reach by TODAY. Please help me get this company to a more sustainable position so we can fight for Black and brown authors more effectively. Just $5 will make a difference. Leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I keep checking out more books from the library than I can actually read in the given time frame. ... And no one can stop me.

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Day 21. I know Black History Month is about looking at what we have already contributed to this country. But I’m asking you to invest just $5 or $12 into what I’m trying to offer to the future. The work we are doing makes a real difference for marginalized authors Leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Finished Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. I looked up Bartók's Sonata for solo violin and...I understand the pacing of the book a lot better. Impactful read.

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Currently Reading Monday (February 10th 2025):

Two books and a kindle which shows the cover of a book are on top of a gray blanket that has a pattern of cats and dogs dressed as Witches, Vampires, and Skeletons. There are also bats. The two books are Jade City by Fonda Lee and The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs. The kindle shows Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

...I just realized I used the phrase "my heart hurts" for the last two books I mentioned. ... But it is true!!!!

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I am currently reading Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. I am on page 51 and my heart hurts for Katrina.

Cover of Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. It has the backdrop of a night sky and a koi fish behind the words Light From

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📚🌈Kerie🐉🪐 @readingintandem.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I am unbelievably humbled & appreciative of all the support on my last post and I am absolutely committed to continuing to bring you all diverse book recs this month and beyond. But don’t forget to check out all the amazing black reviewers and content creators here on booksky also! Here’s a start:

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Finished the book Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe last night. Great read. My heart hurt for Maia.

Cover of Gender Queer which is an illustrated Cover featuring the main character standing in water and then another version of that character with longer hair being upside down

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

AND I FINISHED IT. Day 3 of finishing a book a day!

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I have finished a book a day for two days in a row. I'm currently reading On the Corner of Hope and Main by Beverly Jenkins. Her Blessings series have traditionally been quick reads for myself. Hoping to finish it today after work!

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

And I finished it! .. It is way past my bedtime

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Trying to finish All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson. If I can do that, I'll be on a two day streak of finishing books.

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I finished The Duke's Sister and I by Emma-Claire Sunday! It was the January 2025 pick for the Diverse Historical Romance bookclub... and I finished today. Feb 1st. 👀

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JOAS/T @joas-mon.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

February’s pick for my book club (No More Dead White Dudes), is When the stars are scattered by Victoria Jamison and Omar Mohammed. If you’d like to join the club, we are part of a coalition of smaller book clubs that have created a shared discord- Baby Got Books! You can also check out

Hand holding up the paperback edition of “when the stars are scattered”

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I am reading this book for the No More Dead White Dudes bookclub which is one of the bookclubs in the Baby Got Books bookclub coalition. You can find it here: discord.gg/Z6V6nyj6

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Join the Baby Got Books Discord Server!

Check out the Baby Got Books community on Discord - hang out with 33 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

"I've come to realize that when you're making history, you're rarely doing so because you are choosing to make it." - George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren't Blue

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Chel | Ink Drinker 📚 @unboundbibliophile.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Have you been wanting to read more diversely? Well, let me make it easy! Here's a FULLLLLLL list of 150 reviewers, authors, and book adjacent people. Go ahead and hit that "follow all" button and watch your feed get flooded with some AMAZING recs #booksky #blacksky #diversereads go.bsky.app/UF7S8ef

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Chel | Ink Drinker 📚 @unboundbibliophile.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This list is at 113! Let's fill it up 🥰 Is this you?🤔 💜Proud member of the Alphabet Mafia #LGBTQIA+ 🩵LOVES reading/writing #fantasy books 💚Didn't vote for Trump ❤️Doesn't support problematic authors Comment to be added! Also if you know a creator that fits the criteria tag them! go.bsky.app/2bZisMN

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Going to finish Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi today. I am reading it for the Young at Heart bookclub run by @michelle-my-belle.bsky.social. I do plan to read the non-kid version though I must note I am learning a lot even from the kid version.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is arbitrarily dismissing student and parent complaints arising out of public schools’ documented acts of censorship and discrimination. Our response: Book bans are real. Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...

Book Bans Are Real. American Library Association

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole is February 2025 pick for Diverse Historical Romance bookclub. You can join the club here: discord.gg/Z6V6nyj6 (There are also other amazing bookclubs part of Baby Got Books discord)

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Michelle_My_Belle_Reads @michelle-my-belle.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

For February, the Young at Heart book club is reading The Cookie Crumbles by Tracy Badua & Alechia Dow. discord.gg/a6kuWNt4

Teal graphic with yellow lettering and the book cover for The Cookie Crumbles, showing two girls with cookies floating around them over a mansion and thunderstorm.

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

My local school board meetings have a virtual option as well as meetings with city council and committee meetings. I know how tough it is to attend in person events so please check your local cities/towns to see if virtual is an option. If we want change, we gotta show up however we can.

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I finished Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes. I haven't seen 1am in a hour minute

Cover of Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes. Has gold framing and roses in top of a black backdrop

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Do you like to read about Black love? Great! Let me put you onto an event where you can grab a bunch of free books! Head over to jtbbooks.com and check out the details! ❤️❤️❤️ @annait.bsky.social @slimsbooks.bsky.social @mcjeterbooks.bsky.social

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Finished House of Frank by Kay Synclaire and that was....it was rude as what it was making me teary and emotional. Just...rude!

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I am using substack to talk about each book I read this year. I will be exploring themes and ideas in each book. This latest substack explores the theme of forgiveness in Beverly Jenkins' Second Time Sweeter. open.substack.com/pub/lostinab...

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You Want An Apology? All I Have Is Five Bucks: A Look At Wanting Forgiveness

2/100: Second Time Sweeter by Beverly Jenkins

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I picked my Frankenstein ('s monster) bookmark for my reading of House of Frank by Kay Synclaire.

Picture of a cartoon Frankenstein's monster magnetic bookmark

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

It’s MLK day. Feel free to make some Black content creators go viral today. ✊🏾

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I have been brainstorming a substack article on the subject of expecting forgiveness and utilizing Beverly Jenkins' book Second Time Sweeter from the Blessings series. I just...Today....Let's just say I'm not feeling like the title at this moment.

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Gabby AKA Bookish AfroLatina @bookish-afrolatina.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Not sure what to do to keep your peace today? Here are some ideas I have floating around: -Chat with friends on Discord -Play cozy games like Stardew Valley -Work on a puzzle while listening to a relaxing documentary -Read a cozy book #booksky

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I keep forgetting about the ban and clicking on TikTok.

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Chrissy @lostinabookbrb.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Reading while using the massage chair at the gym is my reward for working out.

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