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Alex
@alexthebookish.bsky.social
Librarian and writer of things. Book scoffer. Cat lady. Tea and biscuit kind of girl. Swiftie. Eternal emo punk. (She/her).
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Insta: @alexsadventuresinwonderland
TikTok: @alexthebookish
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ICYMI: The government must go further to prevent the ongoing marginalisation of English Literature as a subject, says Penny Batchelor in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
We cannot give up on English
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November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So, I'm starting to design my wedding signage and programs. So far with the wedding planning, I have very much been 'doing whatever the hell we want' because that's the advice everyone gave us when we got engaged. However, it now means we have all the choices in the world and it's, well... a lot 😅
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Thank you to everyone who helped! I was furious at that last hair one 😊🐰 #HiddenBooksGame
November 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
As I see a couple of people finishing it now, I'll plead for a clue for the hair. I am still upset it isn't Bunny #HiddenBooksGame
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I just thought I'd cracked it when it suddenly dawned on me that the hair was Bunny but unfortunately it's not. Note to @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social -that would have been genius 😭 #HiddenBooksGame
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
UGH, I JUST got the girl (who is actually a bit older than a girl) after just staring at her and then saying 'surely not?' but trying it anyway and it was 🙄 Just her hair to go now! #HiddenBooksGame
Still looking for clues for the girl and her hair bun... #HiddenBooksGame. In exchange, I'll try my best to think of clues for any others you might need. I've somehow done amazingly well by myself this year 😅
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Still looking for clues for the girl and her hair bun... #HiddenBooksGame. In exchange, I'll try my best to think of clues for any others you might need. I've somehow done amazingly well by myself this year 😅
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This is when I suddenly emerge in the hopes of finding help with #HiddenBookGame. It's like I only come here when I need something, which is bloody awful of me 👀

Looking for help with the girl, her hair bun and the fruit blanket. Can help out with clues for any others 💖
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Absolute buzzing 😬🧡
August 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
A relaxing Sunday morning finishing off this moving masterpiece of a novel. These voices are so vivid and Glasgow is so alive. Excellent 👌 @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Brought my first girl cat Rosie home earlier this week. She is absolutely adorable 🥰🐈‍⬛
August 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I've been looking into Substack lately and I'm really not sure how I hadn't discovered it till a few months ago. Obviously I cannot possibly start my own until January at the earliest because starting new things mid year would probably cause my brain to implode 🙃
July 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Just finished this moving, angry book from @sarahcrossan.bsky.social. A very powerful, heart-wrenching depiction of love within a horrifically scary time 🌿 @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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June 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
One of my friends is having a baby and rehoming her cat and asked if we know anyone who could adopt her. So I was like
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June 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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This is Tub and Blue. They simply cannot figure out how to get their tennis ball that fell in the pool. Still 12/10 because they really are trying
June 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
LOOOOVEEE THIS! 🥰🎉
Don’t they look great together?! Introducing The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden, winner of the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction, and The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke, winner of the 2025 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction. With thanks to #Audible, #Baileys and @findmypast.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Just under 90 mins to go till the winner is announced! Who are your winners?? #womensprize 👀
June 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Not only have I not read any of these, I've actually only heard of 3 of them. What do you think? 😊📚
The time has come to reveal our fabulous #YABookPrize shortlist 🤩 ✨

"The 10 brilliant books on this year’s shortlist cover a wide range of genres, themes and perspectives...they are all engaging, empathetic and entertaining"

See the full shortlist in the thread below 👇
June 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
She's gotta be laughing her ass off at all the fans doing maths for rep tv 😂 'She's got a plan!' She didn't even had a pla 😉
Our girl did it!!! 😀🎉🥂
Taylor Swift is regaining control of her recorded music catalog six years after her old label, Big Machine Label Group, sold it to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings.

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May 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Our girl did it!!! 😀🎉🥂
Taylor Swift is regaining control of her recorded music catalog six years after her old label, Big Machine Label Group, sold it to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings.

Story: rollingstone.com/music/music-...
May 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Social media is so random. I have so much respect for people who have built their followings over years of hard work and dedication because honestly, no one knows how anything is going to go 🤷
So this man started posting on booktok like 2 weeks ago? reading ACOTAR… Gained 100K+ followers and now is signing a 2 book deal without a manuscript???

I… *screams in a pillow* #booksky
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May 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
First time I'm saying this but I am writing a *thing*. Despite having written things before, it has been a while and so I find myself asking #writersky -how do you stay motivated to write every day? I know that's what it takes to get it done but help.
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May 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Honestly horrifying. It is going to destroy the ability for us to have any original creative or critical thought.
This is bleak reading
May 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I am currently reading a very gripping, unique YA dystopian/fantasy kinda book -The Vulpine by @writerpolly.bsky.social. Somehow ghostly without there really being any ghosts in it and fantastic fairytale vibes without it being any kind of retelling. So good! 🦊 @scholasticuk.bsky.social #booksky
May 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM