abgushte
@abgushte.bsky.social
6'1" Amazon Princess, cat clowder caretaker, and lemonade enthusiast. Dabbler in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, weightlifting, highland games, and quad skates. Bookish and grannycore. M.Arts in Silly Goosery. She/her.
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A sweet, slow burn romance with pretty standard high stakes political intrigue marked with heartwarming community and relationships. There is an agonizing twist at the end, but I’m optimistic that the story will remain strong as a trilogy rather than a longer standalone.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½. #booksky 🪐📚💙
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½. #booksky 🪐📚💙
January 21, 2026 at 4:11 PM
A sweet, slow burn romance with pretty standard high stakes political intrigue marked with heartwarming community and relationships. There is an agonizing twist at the end, but I’m optimistic that the story will remain strong as a trilogy rather than a longer standalone.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½. #booksky 🪐📚💙
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½. #booksky 🪐📚💙
Gusting winds of 29mph in the Bahamas but still making a little reading nook to treat myself ❤️ Once I finish this one I’ll try Priory of the Orange Tree which I DNF’d last year because it was depressing, but now I’m in vacation mode so that means absorbing myself in it again will be just great???
January 21, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Gusting winds of 29mph in the Bahamas but still making a little reading nook to treat myself ❤️ Once I finish this one I’ll try Priory of the Orange Tree which I DNF’d last year because it was depressing, but now I’m in vacation mode so that means absorbing myself in it again will be just great???
*Dreamy sigh* All the tropes I love woven into an exciting plot that never tires. I have heard the second book is a hot mess rushed by the publisher, but I’m gonna try to plow through it anyway!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 📚💙
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 📚💙
January 18, 2026 at 10:03 PM
*Dreamy sigh* All the tropes I love woven into an exciting plot that never tires. I have heard the second book is a hot mess rushed by the publisher, but I’m gonna try to plow through it anyway!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 📚💙
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 📚💙
Part 2 takes up over half the book and is a very necessary story-within-a-story(-within-a-story) that goes on forever. The fishing parts didn’t fit smoothly but still accomplish a decent open & close to the story. I just really hated the hokiness…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ still because it was pretty epic. #booksky 📚💙
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ still because it was pretty epic. #booksky 📚💙
January 13, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Part 2 takes up over half the book and is a very necessary story-within-a-story(-within-a-story) that goes on forever. The fishing parts didn’t fit smoothly but still accomplish a decent open & close to the story. I just really hated the hokiness…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ still because it was pretty epic. #booksky 📚💙
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ still because it was pretty epic. #booksky 📚💙
A solid YA mythical fantasy adventure with a heartwarming family and a cozy enemies-to-lovers + marriage contract romance. A wholesome read for sure.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 📚💙
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 📚💙
January 8, 2026 at 2:45 PM
A solid YA mythical fantasy adventure with a heartwarming family and a cozy enemies-to-lovers + marriage contract romance. A wholesome read for sure.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 📚💙
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 📚💙
Even as a satisfying revenge fantasy, the story made me explicably angry and outraged, especially as it’s rooted in historical facts. And yet I still came away feeling connected to Abitha, Samson, and Mother Earth.
Also: another paperback destroyed by my greasy hands 🤣
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️¾. #booksky 📚💙
Also: another paperback destroyed by my greasy hands 🤣
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️¾. #booksky 📚💙
January 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Even as a satisfying revenge fantasy, the story made me explicably angry and outraged, especially as it’s rooted in historical facts. And yet I still came away feeling connected to Abitha, Samson, and Mother Earth.
Also: another paperback destroyed by my greasy hands 🤣
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️¾. #booksky 📚💙
Also: another paperback destroyed by my greasy hands 🤣
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️¾. #booksky 📚💙
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The youth don't even know how to use an abacus anymore, we used to be a proper dynasty 😪
January 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The youth don't even know how to use an abacus anymore, we used to be a proper dynasty 😪
January 1, 2026 at 2:57 AM
I hit my 2025 reading goal of 50 books 🎉 here are some of my favorites. Obviously it was a good year to discover Naomi Novik. I joined two book clubs this year and stretched myself outside my comfort zone on my own as well, and I’m hoping next year’s list will be more diverse. #booksky 📚💙
December 30, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I hit my 2025 reading goal of 50 books 🎉 here are some of my favorites. Obviously it was a good year to discover Naomi Novik. I joined two book clubs this year and stretched myself outside my comfort zone on my own as well, and I’m hoping next year’s list will be more diverse. #booksky 📚💙
I was expecting to not like this book as well as the others, but the only note I have is that there’s a LOT of plot in this book packed into 2 weeks that I would have liked to see deepened into 2 books, but perhaps not at the expense of extending the series into 4 books.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 🪐📚💙
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 🪐📚💙
December 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I was expecting to not like this book as well as the others, but the only note I have is that there’s a LOT of plot in this book packed into 2 weeks that I would have liked to see deepened into 2 books, but perhaps not at the expense of extending the series into 4 books.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 🪐📚💙
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 🪐📚💙
Knocking off a quarter point for the HIGH STAKES cliff hanger ending, otherwise *chef’s kiss*
One more book until I meet my 2025 reading goal 🎉
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️¾. #booksky 🪐📚💙
One more book until I meet my 2025 reading goal 🎉
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️¾. #booksky 🪐📚💙
December 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Knocking off a quarter point for the HIGH STAKES cliff hanger ending, otherwise *chef’s kiss*
One more book until I meet my 2025 reading goal 🎉
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️¾. #booksky 🪐📚💙
One more book until I meet my 2025 reading goal 🎉
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️¾. #booksky 🪐📚💙
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I don’t care if you woke libs cancel me for it but it’s pronounced HarKONnen not HARKonnen.
December 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I don’t care if you woke libs cancel me for it but it’s pronounced HarKONnen not HARKonnen.
Now that’s what I call dark academia! No notes. The only negative thing I’ll say is that the paperback is now absolutely riddled with my greasy fingerprints 😂
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 🪐📚💙
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 🪐📚💙
December 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Now that’s what I call dark academia! No notes. The only negative thing I’ll say is that the paperback is now absolutely riddled with my greasy fingerprints 😂
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 🪐📚💙
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 🪐📚💙
I really wanted to love this book, so maybe my expectations were too high. I loved the world, but hated the characters and how much the mystery hinged on miscommunication/withholding information for not a very good reason imo. I don’t think I’ll be continuing the series.
⭐️⭐️⭐️¾. #booksky 🪐📚💙
⭐️⭐️⭐️¾. #booksky 🪐📚💙
December 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I really wanted to love this book, so maybe my expectations were too high. I loved the world, but hated the characters and how much the mystery hinged on miscommunication/withholding information for not a very good reason imo. I don’t think I’ll be continuing the series.
⭐️⭐️⭐️¾. #booksky 🪐📚💙
⭐️⭐️⭐️¾. #booksky 🪐📚💙
December 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
December 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
You’re telling me that your lifetime bff snitches on you to save herself & throw you in jail for 8 years then immediately recruits you to do crime together when you get out AND YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BETRAYAL UNTIL PG 271???
⭐️⭐️. All the queer characters were neat. #booksky 🪐📚💙
⭐️⭐️. All the queer characters were neat. #booksky 🪐📚💙
December 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
You’re telling me that your lifetime bff snitches on you to save herself & throw you in jail for 8 years then immediately recruits you to do crime together when you get out AND YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BETRAYAL UNTIL PG 271???
⭐️⭐️. All the queer characters were neat. #booksky 🪐📚💙
⭐️⭐️. All the queer characters were neat. #booksky 🪐📚💙
KNOTSSSSSSSS.
I haven’t run into an Ali Hazelwood book yet that didn’t feel like the first sip of a blue raspberry slurpee when you’re thirsty af on hot day…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 🌶️📚💙
I haven’t run into an Ali Hazelwood book yet that didn’t feel like the first sip of a blue raspberry slurpee when you’re thirsty af on hot day…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 🌶️📚💙
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
KNOTSSSSSSSS.
I haven’t run into an Ali Hazelwood book yet that didn’t feel like the first sip of a blue raspberry slurpee when you’re thirsty af on hot day…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 🌶️📚💙
I haven’t run into an Ali Hazelwood book yet that didn’t feel like the first sip of a blue raspberry slurpee when you’re thirsty af on hot day…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. #booksky 🌶️📚💙
I loved the premise, but this book made me remember why I hate contemporary Japanese literature: the minimalism. There is so little detail/description and sooooooo much talking. Instead of world building we get sequences of events that lead up to various philosophical one-liners.
⭐️⭐️½. #booksky 📚💙
⭐️⭐️½. #booksky 📚💙
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I loved the premise, but this book made me remember why I hate contemporary Japanese literature: the minimalism. There is so little detail/description and sooooooo much talking. Instead of world building we get sequences of events that lead up to various philosophical one-liners.
⭐️⭐️½. #booksky 📚💙
⭐️⭐️½. #booksky 📚💙
Stayed in tonight to play around with makeup and closet looks ❤️
November 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Stayed in tonight to play around with makeup and closet looks ❤️
Intended to be a palette cleanser, but it was neither cozy nor spicy…just kind of bland. At only 308 pages I didn’t mind it, though.
⭐️⭐️⭐️½. #booksky
⭐️⭐️⭐️½. #booksky
October 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Intended to be a palette cleanser, but it was neither cozy nor spicy…just kind of bland. At only 308 pages I didn’t mind it, though.
⭐️⭐️⭐️½. #booksky
⭐️⭐️⭐️½. #booksky
2nd throwing session before the Austin Celtic Festival on November 8: movements are poetry decent, but I definitely have a lot of corrections to make. Only up from here? #highlandgames
October 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
2nd throwing session before the Austin Celtic Festival on November 8: movements are poetry decent, but I definitely have a lot of corrections to make. Only up from here? #highlandgames
This book is like 1000 pages and in 3 parts and part 2 is over 500 pages which was really frustrating because part 3 is chronologically right after part 1 so I was DYING of anticipation but it was all worth it.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½. #booksky 📚💙
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½. #booksky 📚💙
October 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
This book is like 1000 pages and in 3 parts and part 2 is over 500 pages which was really frustrating because part 3 is chronologically right after part 1 so I was DYING of anticipation but it was all worth it.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½. #booksky 📚💙
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½. #booksky 📚💙