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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Has anyone figured out a way to filter out AI from the #booktok feed yet? Holy hell

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Your reminder that I'm giving away 3 autographed copies of my novella, 'The Unbearable Taste of Fruit & Wine', to 3 lucky contributors to my breast cancer Go Fund Me during the month of March! An update & details are at the link. Please feel free to share widely! www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

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Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar

Hi everyone, I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

‼️‼️‼️ The bill is HR-7661 It will NOT protect children, it WILL erase Queer and Trans identities from libraries nationwide. Call your House do Representatives! Find Your Representatives - Common Cause www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...

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A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives

Hours after the State of the Union address, House republicans introduced legislation banning LGBTQ+ books from public schools nationwide.

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I think I'm going to try and incorporate more poetry into my reading this year and maybe post some poems that really stand out to me. What are your reading plans this month? Any poets who you really like? 💙📚⏰💡📚🌈🌶️📚🪐🎧📚

Finish
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-Hee
Black AF History by Michael Harriot
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
all about love by bell hooks

Wish list
Eternal Ruin by Tigest Girma
invisible man by ralph ellison
Becoming Ms. Burton by Susan Burton and Cari Lynn
The collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes
I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in A Rom-Com by Kimberlt Lemming
Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Y Davis
Sing Me to Sleep by Gabi Burton
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavelle
Marsha by Tourmaline
The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

If you guys are into video games like I am, I would definitely pick this bundle up! Helps a good cause and you get a TON of games

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Super late on reviews but this is for January. I didn't leave one for Song of Solomon yet because I listened to it but I feel like I didn't hear it, if that makes sense. I'm going to reread it with the audio and the physical book to make sure I understand it before I review it. 🎧📚⏰🩸📚🖋️💡📚🪐💙⚡️📚

Reading wrap up: A Few Rules for Predicting the Future by Octavia E Butler, 5 stars, I want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee, 4.25 stars, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin, 4 stars, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, no rating, Looking for Smoke by K A Cobell, 5 stars, Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma, 4.25 stars, The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor, 4.5 stars, R U R by Karel Capek, 2.75 stars, My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, 4.25 stars, the Black Flamingo by Dean Atta, 4.5 stars.

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Pedro Iniguez @pedroiniguez.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I had to make a second Starter Pack! If you have any recs for Latinx Spec Fic authors, let me know and I'll try to add them when I can. Much love! go.bsky.app/UtDuh4e

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Pedro Iniguez @pedroiniguez.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all! go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 09/02/2026

I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them

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Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Sports reporter with NBC News reporting that the couple in Bad Bunny’s halftime show got married for real

Rohan Nadkarni
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This is incredibly cool — A source familiar with Bad Bunny’s performance tonight tells me that the couple in the halftime show got married for real.

They invited Bad Bunny to their wedding and in turn he invited them to get married during his performance.

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

A REAL wedding at the half time show!!! 😭 I love love!! God that was such a great halftime show

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Jasmine Crockett @jasmineforus.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

A picture of bad bunny with the word love

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Not enough. Every single ICE and CBP agent should be out of Minnesota. The terror campaign must stop. ICE must be abolished.

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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Read this brilliant queer horror collection by @tcparker.bsky.social last night. Loved it. I really shouldn’t have read it at night just before I went to sleep, it was that terrifying! I especially loved the subtle commentary on British social inequality and intolerance. 📚💙 📚🏳️‍🌈

The Nine o’Clock Horses by TC Parker. An image of a black horse in the dark.

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ThePoetJean - currently drafting! 💫 @thepoetjean.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! Hello, I'm Jean -- writer, artist, developmental editor, and creator of THE STAR BARON'S HUSBAND! I love creating LGBT+ fantasy stories w Black leads at the center! To support me, pls give & share: Venmo: thepoetjean Cashapp: $thepoetjean Much love! Stay safe!

THE STAR BARON'S HUSBAND
A LGBT+ Steampunk Fantasy Webserial by Jean M. Hodges

ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION BY SAE AKA LIGHTLYBOW

Tarot- style illustration of DND OC, Sambethe, with the words "Sambethe, the Oracle" in a vintage banner

Original Artist: THEPOETJEAN

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Jean was very flexible to work with and communicated throughout the entire process, which included giving expected turnaround times and consistent updates. There were three main things I loved about Jean's feedback. One, Jean provided comments throughout my manuscript that showed me how readers might interpret different scenes. These comments really made me feel as if my characters' personalities were coming across as desired. The second was the many book, movie, and tv shows that were recommended as tools to help me later improve my plot (one of which gave me lots of inspiration after I binge watched it one weekend during the waiting process). I'm looking forward to looking into these many resources. Finally, I also appreciate that Jean answered my questions to help me determine first impressions of the manuscript and the overall plot, which helped me see what next steps to take. Thanks for treating my manuscript with so much care and respect, Jean!"

Janeal D. for Developmental Editing Services (Oct 2023)

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Wolf & Wyld's Queer Bookstore @wolfwyld.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

🌈🎧📚 *On Sale $4.99* 🤑 📖 So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole @wordsiren.bsky.social Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine who’s forced to choose between saving her sister or protecting her homeland Affiliate Link www.libro.fm/audiobooks/9... #booksky #queerbooks #audiobook #ya

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So Let Them Burn Audiobook on Libro.fm

Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine who’s forced to choose between saving her sister or protecting her homeland—perfect for fans of Iron Widow and T...

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.

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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

This is a fantastic short story by @sunyidean.com. It’s told entirely in second person and the format works so well. As for the plot… well, the title says it all. It’s extremely satisfying and very *now*. And look at that cover!! EAT THE RICH. 📚💙

How to Cook and Eat the Rich by Sunyi Dean. An abstract image of a waiter with a knife.

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I've said it before but I'll say it again. It's not enough to read diversely for a day or a month, you should be doing it continuously & consistently. If you haven't started yet, start now. Follow black authors & readers & creators, listen to their reccs, support their work, start reading.

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Proud to be here for another Black History Month! Show some love to the Black creators who've been a part of FIYAH for the past decade: go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p

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Kemi Babagbemi MD, FACR🐳 @kemimdrad.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

The black and white pictures are meant to deceive you. It was not long ago. #MLKinColor

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Frances Danger *Deadly SoverAuntie* @francesdanger.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

NATIVE #MUTUALAID💸💕 Kiowa relatives Rez Ride needs a new $250 alternator please. They are currently looking for work so a car is essential. Pls put 🚘 in the notes and I'll transfer to her. Mvto! Cashapp $fdanger Venmo/PayPal @francesdanger #settlersaturday #helpsky

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Frances Danger *Deadly SoverAuntie* @francesdanger.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

🧵 Oglala Sioux Tribe Issues Treaty-Based Demand for Immediate Federal Action Following ICE Detention of Tribal Citizens “This is not a misunderstanding or an enforcement discretion issue," President Star Comes Out stated.

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Stay as safe as you can out there, care for your communities as extensions of yourself, & don't let up. My heart goes out to Keith, Renee, Silverio, Genry, Serawit and everyone who is being treated like points on a scoreboard instead of fucking human beings with dreams families & a right to live.

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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Reviewers! ARC sign ups for my book (and other awesome new releases) are now open. Email Nefarious Bat Press via the address in the comments to be added to the ARC sign up list. My queer dystopian novella THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS is coming autumn this year! 📚💙 📚🏳️‍🌈 📚🏳️‍⚧️

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/01/2026

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

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xtina @plandroreads.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Do you guys have any New Year's Reading Resolutions? I'm not really into the normal resolutions but I still have a reading goal of 100 books this year, hit certain books series this year, finish The Hardest Book Challenge 2.0, and collect more library cards for Libby. How about you guys? 💙📚⏰🪐📚🌈

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Mav (Comms Open) @xmaveria.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

For people that feel helpless, this period is so tough but there's ways to help for anyone. Go out there support Venezuelan ppl and artists living in it as they prepare for unpredictable times Here is a starter pack of artists with commissions or donations open as well: go.bsky.app/8daQmpX

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Here's my top 10 books I read in 2025. I did only have 12 5⭐ reads this year, not seen here are White Women by Saira Rao and Regina Jackson and All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson. 💙📚⏰🖋️📚⏳💡📚🌈🩸📚🪐

Top 10 of 2025: Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor, James by Percival Everett, In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, Creep by Myriam Gurba, The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, Kindred and Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler, The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I passed my 2025 reading goal of 100 books, didn't quite hit my bonus goal of 150 but I really read a lot of great books & mangas. The best books of the year were Chain Gang All Stars by Adjwi-Brenyah & The Serviceberry by Kimmerer. The book I liked the least was Robopocalypse by Wilson. 💙📚⏰

First book: Angel of Solitude by Christopher Magett. Last book: Love Beyond Body Time and Space edited by Hope Nicholson. Longest: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V E Schwab. Shortest: I Am the Grim Reaper (Webtoon). 145 books, 30663 pages, 115.8 hours. Five star reads: Kindred by Octavia E Butler, Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor, James by Percival Everett. Average rating 4.33 stars.

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Here's my reading wishlist for Dec. I'm mainly going to be focusing on new releases that I haven't had time to catch up on until now and what ever becomes available on Libby. Gotta get at through 7 to hit my end of the year goal of 150 books. I'm pretty confidant I can do it! 💙📚⏰🩸📚🖋️💡📚🌈🌶️📚🪐

Finish Shiene Lende by darcie Little Badger, The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich, Love Beyond Body Time and Space by Hope Nicholson, Looking for Smoke by K A Cobell.

Read Immortal Dark and Ertnal Ruin by Tigest Girma, I Meduss by Ayana Gray, The Last Tiger by Julia and Brad Riew, You Weren't Meant to be Human by Andrew Joseph White, Katabasis by R F Kuang, Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon, 107 Days by Kamala Harris, Blood Moon by Britney S Lweis, Cry Voidbringer by Elaine Ho, How We End, How We Began, How We Survive by L M Juniper, The Library of the Dead, Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments, The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle, The Legacy of Arniston House, Secrect of the First School by T L Huchu

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Here's my reading wrap up for November. There's still a few books I'm wrapping up and I'm still working on my plan for December but I think I'm going to lean towards reading all the new releases I haven't got to yet. ⏰📚💙🖋️📚⚡️🩸📚🪐🌈📚

No-No Boy by John Okada, 4.5, Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, 3, The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley, 4.75, The Sea-Ringed World by Maria Garcia Esperon, 3.5, Harriet Tubman Live in concert by Bob the Drag Queen, 4.5, Robopocalypse by Daniel H Wilson, 2.5, What Feasts at Night by T Kingfisher, 3.25, Hunting By Stars by Cherie Dimaline, 4.75, What Stalks the deep by T Kingfisher, 4.

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Some books I picked up today, they didn't have book 4 and 5 of The Edinburgh Night series but I went ahead and ordered them online. Will probably have my November reviews up tonight or tomorrow as well as my Dec wishlist! ⏰📚💙🪐📚🌈

Someone you can build a nest in by John Wiswell, Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments, and The mystery at dunvegan castle by T L Huchu

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ThePoetJean - currently drafting! 💫 @thepoetjean.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

WANNA GRAB SOME EPIC FANTASY READS, JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS?! Check out the End-of-Year Indie Fantasy Mega Bundle: 64 items for just $45.00! itch.io/b/3409/end-o... #SupportIndieAuthors #IndieBooks #BookSale #ItchioBundle #ItchioBundles #IndieAuthors #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #IndieFantasy

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December 1st - 15th!

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

This evening maybe join me in reading Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins which can be read here for free: digital.library.upenn.edu/women/winnem... And if you can join me in donating here: csvanw.org/donate-now/?...

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Release day pick up! I, Medusa by Ayana Gray came out today along with The Shadow of God's trilogy special edition by John Gwynne. Picked up a few others too! God is Red by Vine Deloria Jr. and This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. 💙📚⏰🪐📚🖊️📚💡

Bookstack: This is how you lose the time war by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, God is Red by Vine Deloria Jr, the shadow of the gods, the fury of the gods, the hunger of the gods by John Gwynne. Standing book: I Medusa by Ayana Gray.

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Finished Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab, 4⭐, three sapphic vamps whose lives are tangled. And Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, 5⭐, sapphic galdiators fighting their way through prison death matches. Both were good but Chain-Gang hit it out of the park! ⏰📚💙🦄📚🌈🪐📚

Book: Bury Our Bones in the Mignight soil by V E Schwab. "Number 1 Sunday Times Bestselling Author of The invisible Life of Addie LaRue." Yellow text on a dark blue background of blue roses and blue rose stems.

Book: Chain-Chang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. New York Times Best-selling author to Friday Black. Yellow background with a red scythe cracking the words chain-gang. black, yellow, abd blue sparks coming off the scythe's blade.

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

California next! One more win! One more win!

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

My November reading wishlist. Not as ambitious as some months but I tend to add some more books in here and there. Like I also want to add Braiding Sweetgrass, Blood Moon, A Two Spirit Journey, and We Will be Jaguars. What are you guys hoping to read this month? ⏰📚💙🖋️📚🩸💡📚🌈🪐📚🌶️

November reading wishlist: Finish Bury Our Bones in the Midnight soil by V E Schwab, Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Harriet Tubman: live in concert by Bob the Drag Queen, What Feasts at Night and What Stalks the Deep by T Kingfisher. Start The Fire Keeper's Daughter byAngeline Boulley, 100 Years of Solitude by Babriel Garcia Marquez, Immortal Dark and Eternal Ruin by Tigest Girma, The Sea-Ringed World by maria Garcia Esperon, Never Whistle at Night by Shane Hawk, Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger, Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline, The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava, I Medusa by Avana Gray, Looking for Smoke by K A Cobell, The Night Watchman by Louise Erorich.

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Wrapped up October with I was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones, 3; What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher, 4.5; and I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya, 4.75. You can see my reviews below. I'll be posting my November Reading Wishlist a little later. ⏰📚💙🩸📚💡

I was a Teenage Slasher, a novel by Stephen Graham Jones. Read my Michael Crouch. A figure in a hoodie looms behind the title.

What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher. A black background with a grey and brown hare whose body faces left and head faces right. Pink and red fungi grow out of cuts in the hare's body.

I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya. Cover is a plain hot pink with a orange-pink text.

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Happy early Halloween everyone! Here's what I picked up at the store today What are you guys reading for Halloween? 💙📚⏰🩸📚🌈💡📚🖊️

Stack of books in the sun from top to bottom: Never Whistle at night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C Van Last Jr. Poppy State by Myriam Gurba, Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen, Hazelthorn by C G Drews

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Finished two more books! The Marrow Thief by Cherie Dimaline, 4.5⭐, a bittersweet dystopian story of Frenchie's found family fighting to survive & preserve their culture. Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger, 4⭐, where Ellie must solve the mysterious death of her cousin in the town of Willowbee. 💙📚⏰🪐📚🌈

Book: The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline. The cover is a close up of half of an indigenous boy's face. he has a white mark that runs down his cheek. long black hair, and a neutral expression.

Book: Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger. Illustrations by Rovina Cai. A girl in a ling brown jacket can be seen in a sea of ghostly dogs that are rushing past her with a few leaves as well. She has short black hair and black pants on.

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Ash 🏳️‍🌈📚 @vixusg.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

What a contrast in books. I finished Melissa, a young girls quest to play Charlotte in Charlotte's Web and the obstacles that prevent her because she's perceived as a boy, 4.5⭐. Tender is the Flesh, explores the most depraved parts of humanity and what it means to be hungry and human, 4.25⭐. 💙📚⏰🌈📚🩸

Book: Melissa by Alex Gino. Rainbow lettering on a white background, with a child peeking through the A.

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