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Velvet

@velvetyaverage.northsky.social

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(she/her) reader and gamer but mostly just reposting pretty art 💜

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Velvet @velvetyaverage.northsky.social · 25/06/2026

I was lucky enough to be sent an ARC back in May so I've already yelled on Storygraph about how much I love this novella but with the release being tomorrow, wanted to yell about it here too: this is a really good book and especially if you like vampires you should really read it!! 💙💜 #booksky 🔮📚

Cover for "The Cage and the Cure" by D.N. Bryn featuring two men, one leaning into the other.

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Velvet @velvetyaverage.northsky.social · 23/05/2026

The way I screamed opening my email today and seeing I got approved for an arc of D.N. Bryn’s latest GFDV novella!! 🤩🤩 So glad I decided to fill out the form despite thinking I didn’t stand a chance. IMMEDIATELY downloaded to get started on it this evening!!

Photo of ereader with the cover for The Cage and the Cure displayed on the screen. The cover features two men, one leaning intimately into the other.

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Velvet @velvetyaverage.northsky.social · 02/01/2026

Another year of reading done! December was a bit of a reading slump but my library hold for The Everlasting finally became available and it has been single-handedly ending the slump 💙📚

Wrap up graphic from StoryGraph for 2025:
First book: Here U Are volume 2 by DJun
Last book: That Librarian by Amanda Jones
Longest book: Mother of Learning arc 3 by Domagoj Kurmaic
Shortest Book: Petal Skin, Steel Bone by Al Hess
132 books total
21,887 pages and 480.33 hours
Top Genres: LGBTQIA+, Romance, Fantasy, Contemporary, Science Fiction
Top Authors: Mone Sorai, V.E. Schwab, and nobody103
Some 5 star reads: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, Disintegrate / Dissociate by Arielle Twist, and Finna by Nino Cipri
Average rating was 3.85

Graph showing books read, pages read, and minutes listened. Most read months were March and June, with a downward trend toward the end of the year.

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Velvet @velvetyaverage.northsky.social · 27/11/2025

Most, if not all, are pretty well known so you’ve likely already heard of them but these are a few queer YA books I’ve enjoyed

Screenshot of notes app list of book titles and authors:

How the Boogeyman Became a Poet by Tony Keith Jr.

Deep In Providence by Riss M. Nielson

Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

Wrong Answers Only by Tobias Madden

Cafe Con Lychee by Emery Lee

The Misadventures of an Amateur Naturalist by Ceinwen Langley

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

This Day Changes Everything by Edward Underhill

This Is the Way the World Ends by Jen Wilde

Out of the Blue by Jason June

Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen

Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda DeWitt

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Velvet @velvetyaverage.northsky.social · 24/09/2025

Hello Sunshine will soon be mine!!

Screenshot showing that an order for the graphic novel "Hello Sunshine" by Keezy Young has shipped

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Velvet @velvetyaverage.northsky.social · 06/07/2025

The perfect way to spend a Sunday morning 📚💙

Photo of The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin held open with one hand. Just behind the book is a black and white dog sleeping beside the photographer.

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Velvet @velvetyaverage.northsky.social · 26/04/2025

wind calmed down enough for me to head up to my local park and get some reading in while enjoying the gorgeous weather! I wish photos could do the trees justice because the leaves were ✨glowing✨ today

Tree viewed from below in front of a blue sky with whispy clouds. The sun is behind the trunk, illuminating the leaves.

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Velvet @velvetyaverage.northsky.social · 20/04/2025

THE SPECIAL EDITIONS FOR @dnbryn.bsky.social ‘s GTDV SERIES BOOKS ARE HERE!! 🎉🎉 They’re gorgeous 😭😭 I love them so much!

Books for “How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager,” “How To Sell Your Blood and fall in Love,” and “How to Bare Your Neck and Save a Wreck” arranged on a wooden shelf

Back covers of books with quotes. First book: “You know what you did when you were starving? I want you to but me like that.” Second book: “Touch me. Touch me like you do when you’re savoring the hunt. Like you want to make me last until the sun comes up.” Third book: “I’m just going to bite you my little swan. Tender as your lovely neck deserves. I only take what’s owed me.”

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Velvet @velvetyaverage.northsky.social · 01/04/2025

Still have one more novella I'm working on but it's not looking like I'll have time to finish today so I'm calling it here. 15 books for this month, 7 of which were read through the week(ish) of the #trr25 ! Banger after banger this month! Thank you to everyone who helped organize this readathon!

Collage of covers for "Holler," "Taproot," "Melissa," "How to Sell Your Blood and Fall In Love," "Cemetery Boys," "The Sunbearer Trials," "Sapling Cage," "Lucas," and "Transgender Marxism." Text at the top reads Trans Rights Readathon 2025. Text at the bottom reads #TRR25 and #TransRightsReadathon

Collage of book covers for "Disintegrate/Dissociate," "Finna," "A Lady for a Duke," "The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation," "Blue-Skinned Gods," and "The Elopement of Atticus and NEON." Text at the top reads Trans Rights Readathon 2025. Text at the bottom reads #TRR25 and #TransRightsReadathon

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Velvet @velvetyaverage.northsky.social · 22/03/2025

“A Lady For a Duke” is one of those books I remember thoroughly enjoying but was too scared to reread in case it didn’t live up to my memory upon reread. Very glad the #trr25 gave me the push I needed to pick it up because I’m over here giggling and kicking my feet just as much on the reread 🥰