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Alyssa | Psychiatric Historian
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Psychiatric Historian & M.S. in Clinical Psych
Hounds. Writer. Researcher. Firebrand. Equestrian.
New England 🗝 Virginia
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blackpetticoat.bsky.social
Scads of rubes who only became aware of the prize this year and believe the Norwegian Committee's spelling to be "noble" are big mad in the comments today. 🥱

#Nobel
October 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
Double feature horror fiction...'tis the season...
#booksky #readersky 💙📚
@stephengrahamjones.bsky.social
An image in halves; the top is the cover of "Killer on the Road," and the bottom is the cover of "The Babysitter Lives," each part of a single printed book, a double novel by Stephen Graham Jones. Each novel is oriented right side up, so that it must be flipped when switching from one novel to the other, and reads from its cover toward the middle.
September 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
Weekend plans... #booksky #litfic
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
Photo of the hardcover edition of Fox, a 2025 novel by Joyce Carol Oates.
August 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
This rose garden protected by competence and taste.
#garden #spider
Photo of a spotted orb weaver spider perched on the water-spattered leaves of a rose plant.
August 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
Education and temptation. 🧡 #roses #davidaustinroses
Photo depicts the cover of David Austin Roses' 2025 handbook, featuring a hedge of Lady of Shalott roses.
July 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
This novel is singlehandedly convincing me to read more dystopian fiction. 📚💙#booksky
The image features the cover of the novel Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.
July 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
Excited to finally be delving into this important piece of scholarship. 💙📚💡📚
#booksky #history
The photo depicts the cover of the book "Madness in the City of Magnificent Intentions: a History of Race and Mental Illness in the Nation's Capital" by Dr. Martin Summers.
June 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
Historical fiction on deck. 💙📚
The photo in this post depicts the hardcover editions of two novels: "The Pretender" by Jo Harkin, and "Fagin the Thief" by Allison Epstein, against a hardwood floor background.
May 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
A thorn from one of my roses is embedded in my finger, and I have high hopes that we're on page one of my villain origin story.
May 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
Pollinators Are Always Welcome 🌹🐝
May 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
Dilettante Tip: add RARE [sic] to the description in your tasteless public listing of private medical documentation to increase awareness that you're not only crass trash but historically oblivious.
April 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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princetonupress.bsky.social
Sale approaching! ⁠🌸
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50% off books (including ebook and audio) starts tomorrow (!), with code BLOOM50 at checkout. The sale will run April 28–May 31. ⁠
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Some exclusions apply. What's on your TBR?⁠
Starts Tomorrow. 50% off. Print | Audiobooks | ebooks
April 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
My fellow readers, @uncpress.bsky.social is offering 30% off American History texts in their online catalog - a great opportunity to replenish your TBR pile with some fantastic scholarly nonfiction! 💙📚
American History Sale
American History Sale - save 30 percent on books from the University of North Carolina Press
uncpress.org
April 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
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April 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
I just placed one hand on each of my two dogs and what occurred to me was "this must be what car batteries feel like when live jumper cables are attached." ♥️
March 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
It has been almost 30 years. By now eBay should be providing the option to block a seller and effectively scrub every facet of their existence from a user's experience on the platform.
March 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
Turkey vultures have recently established a more robust presence in our surrounding woods. I consider this development both a compliment and a fitting enhancement to my aesthetic.
March 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
Recently 📚💙
March 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
I love #BookSky 💙📚 not just for all the new-to-me books I've placed on my TBR, but for all the books I had intended to read but forgotten (and can now revisit).
March 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
20/20 #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
March 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
19/20 #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
March 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
18/20 #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
February 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
17/20 #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
February 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
blackpetticoat.bsky.social
This embodies the exact kind of sinister, gradual encroachment I crave in historical horror. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM