Bailey (she/her)
@baileydouglass.bsky.social
5th generation San Franciscan, unapologetic liberal, voracious reader, mostly lit fic, romance, speculative fiction, historical fiction, memoir, biography and niche non-fiction.
#booksky
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Is anyone else having trouble with @libbyapp.com today? I can’t sync shelves on any device all of a sudden and it won’t even let me clear data and start from scratch.
June 29, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Is anyone else having trouble with @libbyapp.com today? I can’t sync shelves on any device all of a sudden and it won’t even let me clear data and start from scratch.
I just crossed the street at a crosswalk in front of a #Waymo. It stopped for me, but as I was walking it continued to slowly creep forward in the same unsettling way some human drivers do. I still think they’re safer than the average driver on the street, but they’re becoming jerks! #sanfrancisco
April 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I just crossed the street at a crosswalk in front of a #Waymo. It stopped for me, but as I was walking it continued to slowly creep forward in the same unsettling way some human drivers do. I still think they’re safer than the average driver on the street, but they’re becoming jerks! #sanfrancisco
So, uh, is @thestorygraph.com down? #booksky
April 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
So, uh, is @thestorygraph.com down? #booksky
For any authors concerned about their books being stolen to train AI, this is @societyofauthors.bsky.social's suggestion for how to respond.
March 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
For any authors concerned about their books being stolen to train AI, this is @societyofauthors.bsky.social's suggestion for how to respond.
Is there a place to find supplemental pdfs for audiobooks on @netgalley.bsky.social? This is one that really just comes up with nonfiction, but I love a nonfiction listen. #booksky #nonfiction #audiobooks
March 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Is there a place to find supplemental pdfs for audiobooks on @netgalley.bsky.social? This is one that really just comes up with nonfiction, but I love a nonfiction listen. #booksky #nonfiction #audiobooks
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Oh shit.
If k*nye were a woman, there’d be a conservatorship in place years ago
March 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Oh shit.
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Mike has been a friend of mine since we were young reporters at the @washingtonpost.com in the 1980s. He brims with talent, integrity and commitment to the truth. This is exactly what I expected and he had hoped he could stave off, which is a trash move by trash people. Throw them out.
March 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Mike has been a friend of mine since we were young reporters at the @washingtonpost.com in the 1980s. He brims with talent, integrity and commitment to the truth. This is exactly what I expected and he had hoped he could stave off, which is a trash move by trash people. Throw them out.
Is there a secret place on @netgalley.bsky.social that shows how long books are? I feel like that would make my decisions about what to request 100000x more informed.
March 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Is there a secret place on @netgalley.bsky.social that shows how long books are? I feel like that would make my decisions about what to request 100000x more informed.
Just finished How to Live Free in a Dangerous World. Shayla Lawson transported me around the world and taught me about her perspectives oncolonialism (as the subtitle suggests) but also identity/gender, sex, and power.Am looking forward to digging into her back catalog. #booksky #memoir #essays
March 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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The ONE person who benefits from defunding Libby/Overdrive and libraries is Jeff Bezos.
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March 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The ONE person who benefits from defunding Libby/Overdrive and libraries is Jeff Bezos.
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I'm pretty proud of my review of @lauriewoolever.bsky.social's Care and Feeding.
This book is an unflinching account of her lived experience.
Some reviewers seem to hope the book will answer questions about the men she's worked with. She's told their stories. This is hers.
#booksky #foodtok
This book is an unflinching account of her lived experience.
Some reviewers seem to hope the book will answer questions about the men she's worked with. She's told their stories. This is hers.
#booksky #foodtok
Review by baileydouglass - Care and Feeding: A Memoir
This book is a memoir about Laurie Woolever's adult life. It's bookended, as you've probably h...
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March 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I'm pretty proud of my review of @lauriewoolever.bsky.social's Care and Feeding.
This book is an unflinching account of her lived experience.
Some reviewers seem to hope the book will answer questions about the men she's worked with. She's told their stories. This is hers.
#booksky #foodtok
This book is an unflinching account of her lived experience.
Some reviewers seem to hope the book will answer questions about the men she's worked with. She's told their stories. This is hers.
#booksky #foodtok
I’m reading Care and Feeding by @lauriewoolever.bsky.social and listening to Butter by Asako Yuzuki. Am really enjoying both but the themes of excess and gluttony in both books are swirling my brain into cocktail of butter, pork belly and French wine. #booksky #foodsky
March 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I’m reading Care and Feeding by @lauriewoolever.bsky.social and listening to Butter by Asako Yuzuki. Am really enjoying both but the themes of excess and gluttony in both books are swirling my brain into cocktail of butter, pork belly and French wine. #booksky #foodsky
There are certain books that I like to have on hand to give as gifts, but otherwise I don’t even usually own most of the books I read. Last year I read more than 500 books so I wouldn’t have the space or cash to buy them all!
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જ⁀➴ What do you think about owning multiple copies of the same book?
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જ⁀➴ What do you think about owning multiple copies of the same book?
#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
March 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
There are certain books that I like to have on hand to give as gifts, but otherwise I don’t even usually own most of the books I read. Last year I read more than 500 books so I wouldn’t have the space or cash to buy them all!
If you’re a Jane Austen fan, and of course you are, you’ve got to get Jane Austen’s Bookshelf. It’s such a fun read, I learned a lot, and it’s been so fun to start digging into the works of the authors she writes about.
So gratified to see @theguardian.com review JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF: an unforgettable phrase, “canon jujitsu”!
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March 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
If you’re a Jane Austen fan, and of course you are, you’ve got to get Jane Austen’s Bookshelf. It’s such a fun read, I learned a lot, and it’s been so fun to start digging into the works of the authors she writes about.
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America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.
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America Chose the Monster
We all make mistakes.
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March 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...
Really loved O Sinners! by @nicolethecuffy.bsky.social. I recommend it for anyone looking for lit fic that’s poignant but readable. Thank you to Random House for the ARC. Read it! #booksky #litfic
Review by baileydouglass - O Sinners!: A Novel
O Sinners! is a book that takes place between contexts. A journalist goes to northern Californ...
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March 8, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Really loved O Sinners! by @nicolethecuffy.bsky.social. I recommend it for anyone looking for lit fic that’s poignant but readable. Thank you to Random House for the ARC. Read it! #booksky #litfic
I'm consolidating finances with my spouse. Reached out to #Amex to downgrade my Platinum card to a free card. Learned you can't downgrade card to anything less than $150/year. It's my oldest credit line so my average age of credit will tank if I cancel it. The original card was a $25 annual fee.
March 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I'm consolidating finances with my spouse. Reached out to #Amex to downgrade my Platinum card to a free card. Learned you can't downgrade card to anything less than $150/year. It's my oldest credit line so my average age of credit will tank if I cancel it. The original card was a $25 annual fee.
I’ve been recapping my reading every month through annotated screenshots of Goodreads on insta. I’ll probably do something different in January, but here’s Feb! Lmk if you read any of these and what you think! #booksky
February 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I’ve been recapping my reading every month through annotated screenshots of Goodreads on insta. I’ll probably do something different in January, but here’s Feb! Lmk if you read any of these and what you think! #booksky
It’s so annoying when I’m online shopping and listening to an audiobook and the store website’s chat agent makes a noise that overrides my audiobook!
February 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It’s so annoying when I’m online shopping and listening to an audiobook and the store website’s chat agent makes a noise that overrides my audiobook!
Anecdotally, a huge percentage of the successful women I know are on an SSRI like Lexapro or similar. Does this mean we should be stocking up? This man is truly terrifying. #mentalhealth #rfkjr
RFK Jr. Goes After Widely Used Antidepressants, Claiming They Could Be A Threat To Americans
The newly confirmed US Secretary of Health and Human Services has falsely stated that SSRIs are more addictive than heroin and contribute to school shootings.
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February 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Anecdotally, a huge percentage of the successful women I know are on an SSRI like Lexapro or similar. Does this mean we should be stocking up? This man is truly terrifying. #mentalhealth #rfkjr
Ok, I go to Hawaii for a few days then I’m back and the girls are putting beef tallow on their faces?!?!
February 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Ok, I go to Hawaii for a few days then I’m back and the girls are putting beef tallow on their faces?!?!