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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Art is misunderstanding." Ken Liu in conversation with Fonda Lee, celebrating his new short story collection, "The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories." Thanks @harvardbookstore.bsky.social for organising. So good!

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I know cannibalism is a micro-trend in fantasy or whatever but I've now read 4 books this year where it just happens to feature and like - should we be concerned about booktok feminism?

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Lisa Taddeo is one of those writers I have to microdose otherwise the rage just gets to me on a primal level. Anyway, read The Animal. Highly recommend.

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Some of my colleagues use AI much more than me. So we experimented.

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Adding another book to my god-tier fantasy rec list: The Sword of Kaigen, by M. L. Wang. Complex characters and worldbuilding, such deep exploration of motherhood, loyalty, purpose, and grief, and with violence written beautifully like cinematography. I kept crying on the train. Stunning.

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

So proud of my friend @drjennymorris.bsky.social and her debut book's publication, AN ETHICAL GUIDE TO MURDER!!!! In Amsterdam years ago she'd ask us questions in queues for food like "what would it take for you to randomly kill the guy in front of us?" This book has been a long time coming.

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Brittany @iambrittany.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I love that so many are advocating for libraries on my TL. If you don't know already, you can connect your library card to Libby, which allows you to read books on the Kindle store for FREE. #Booksky

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

I have been a dark cloud at work the past few days, popping people's bubbles. I think as an immigrant it's easier to see why this happened more clearly. And there's a big difference between feeling hopeless, which I feel too, and people straight up not understanding the context in which he won.

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Just finished intermezzo by Sally Rooney and I feel like I've been shot in the heart

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

Ru Paul's autobiography is great, insightful etc but my favourite bit by far is how he says DING replicating elevator noises

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 18/04/2024

Cherry blossom season 💙 which I'd love a lot more if I wasn't allergic to pollen.

White cherry blossom flowers filling the frame with the bright blue sky shining through branches.

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 03/04/2024

Locus Magazine is an indispensable, invaluable part of our science fiction/fantasy community. If you love SFF, you have benefited immensely from having Locus around, even if you've never read it. But if you *have* read it, then you understand the genre so much better. Please please help!

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

I haven't been here in a while, which is a shame, because I do actually like BlueSky. So to update you all, here's a short list of things I've loved/ discovered while I've been away: - The List by Yomi Adegoke - Blueberry Matcha from Blank Street Coffee - My melodramatic new peace lily, a VDay gift

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 17/01/2024

The chapter "Transactions" in Emily Ratajowski's book is truly eye opening, and one of my favourite so far. She has written more nuanced takes on feminism and her career throughout the book but this one section really stands out to me. Read My Body, you won't be disappointed!

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

Not substack platforming nazis just after I started using it

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 30/12/2023

Today I saw some big cats.

Cheetah sitting majestically on rock, framed by barren winter tree branches.

Snow leopard sitting luxuriously on a built platform, looking into the camera, with its hefty tail on full display

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

I'm finishing the year by finally reading Babel. I'm pretty sure there's nothing more Christmassy than a well-written delve into colonialism.

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

Here's to crying publicly once again

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea is the best book I've read all year. There are few pleasures greater in life than being introduced to a writer and promptly falling in love.

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Dessie @dessdim.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

Several publishers are offering free eBooks on Palestine right now. For anyone looking to learn more, here’s the info

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

Just finished my first ever audiobook (I know I'm late). I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy is so poignant and unexpectedly funny. A great expose of child exploitation in Hollywood too. 10/10, would recommend!

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

I only had 15 minutes to read with this view but by god it was worth it.

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

What are electrolytes and why do I need them

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

Selling Sunset/ Tampa/ the OC except there's a public leaderboard of sales and we get closure on all of the houses viewed so we can make our OWN minds up about who is actually a boss

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 03/09/2023

I think if I grew up near a view like this I'd also grow up believing you have to live free or die

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 29/08/2023

Plenty of things have aged badly in Ugly Betty but the one I've scoffed at most is her blog

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 28/08/2023

this thing isn't locked so what strangers on the internet can just see me? read what I write? seems suspicious. someone talk to me about ugly betty.

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Sarrah @sarrah2q.bsky.social · 28/08/2023

would wilhelmina slater be here? absolutely not. yet another mistake i am making by being here

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