Castor Starr 🌈 📚
@castorstarr.bsky.social
Booktok/Tumblr migrant & queer book nerd who loves making lists and giving recs. Give me more unlikeable girls! #SupportYourLocalLibrary They/Them
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Castor Starr 🌈 📚
@castorstarr.bsky.social
· Jan 20
The Booktok moots told me to join so! Booksky intro I guess 🤷
I'm Castor, I'm into
✨queer books
✨specifically ace rep
✨weird horror
✨magical realism
✨KNIGHTS
✨VILLAINS (that aren't just abusers 😭)
✨slow burn yearning
and I have no idea how to use this platform yet 😂
#booksky #booktok #queerbooks
I'm Castor, I'm into
✨queer books
✨specifically ace rep
✨weird horror
✨magical realism
✨KNIGHTS
✨VILLAINS (that aren't just abusers 😭)
✨slow burn yearning
and I have no idea how to use this platform yet 😂
#booksky #booktok #queerbooks
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I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
January 27, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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WHAT WE ARE SEEKING is a most-anticipated book for Reactor, LGBTQ Reads, Nerd Daily, Abigail Nussbaum, and *squints* Men's Health?
OK sure why not. It is, in a way, a book about masculinity, which makes it a little ironic that I had to become a woman to finish it www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...
OK sure why not. It is, in a way, a book about masculinity, which makes it a little ironic that I had to become a woman to finish it www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...
We Can't Wait for These 15 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Transport Us to Another World in 2026
We've got our eye on stories about app-based love, A.I., and way more. Sound familiar?
www.menshealth.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:43 PM
WHAT WE ARE SEEKING is a most-anticipated book for Reactor, LGBTQ Reads, Nerd Daily, Abigail Nussbaum, and *squints* Men's Health?
OK sure why not. It is, in a way, a book about masculinity, which makes it a little ironic that I had to become a woman to finish it www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...
OK sure why not. It is, in a way, a book about masculinity, which makes it a little ironic that I had to become a woman to finish it www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...
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To those who feel they aren’t doing enough
There are many ways to help.
Art
Writing
Donation
Helping your community
Spreading awareness and education
You CAN help from even sitting where you are too
There are many ways to help.
Art
Writing
Donation
Helping your community
Spreading awareness and education
You CAN help from even sitting where you are too
January 24, 2026 at 10:41 PM
To those who feel they aren’t doing enough
There are many ways to help.
Art
Writing
Donation
Helping your community
Spreading awareness and education
You CAN help from even sitting where you are too
There are many ways to help.
Art
Writing
Donation
Helping your community
Spreading awareness and education
You CAN help from even sitting where you are too
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"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
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Minnesota activist releases video of arrest after manipulated White House version
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Minnesota activist releases video of arrest after manipulated White House version
A Minnesota activist who was charged for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a church has released her own video of her arrest, after the White House posted a manipulated image onli...
apnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Minnesota activist releases video of arrest after manipulated White House version
apnews.com/article/minn...
apnews.com/article/minn...
I made a few posts on ⏰ that the app (for some reason 🙄) didn't want to promote, but I'll try it on here!
Queer Booktok friends- how are we handling the ⏰ tos update? I'm feeling especially gross about the idea of my participation in the app helping border patrol/ICE in any way.
📚💙 #booksky #ice
Queer Booktok friends- how are we handling the ⏰ tos update? I'm feeling especially gross about the idea of my participation in the app helping border patrol/ICE in any way.
📚💙 #booksky #ice
January 24, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I have returned to BlueSky with crushing seasonal depression and a newfound obsession with Heated Rivalry that could be charged to my insurance
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January 24, 2026 at 9:45 PM
I have returned to BlueSky with crushing seasonal depression and a newfound obsession with Heated Rivalry that could be charged to my insurance
hiiiiiii
hiiiiiii
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I just saw a TikTok where a woman was listening to Edelweiss and said she finally understood how Captain Von Trapp felt. And honestly, same. Excuse me while I go sob into my pillow for an hour.
September 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I just saw a TikTok where a woman was listening to Edelweiss and said she finally understood how Captain Von Trapp felt. And honestly, same. Excuse me while I go sob into my pillow for an hour.
Got reminded that this acct exists right as I'm spiralling about the future of booktok so hiiiii
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September 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Got reminded that this acct exists right as I'm spiralling about the future of booktok so hiiiii
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Rewarded myself on finally reviewing another handful of arcs by downloading & requesting even more arcs (that's how it works, right?)
🌈📚 #booksky
🌈📚 #booksky
May 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Rewarded myself on finally reviewing another handful of arcs by downloading & requesting even more arcs (that's how it works, right?)
🌈📚 #booksky
🌈📚 #booksky
I finished btw ✨
March 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I finished btw ✨
Me, 24 hours ago: book bedazzling is a cute idea but it's a little silly, right? I probably wouldn't be into it haha
Me, 5 minutes into bedazzling a kaiju: T H I S I S M E N O W
#monstersona #booksky 📚🌈
Me, 5 minutes into bedazzling a kaiju: T H I S I S M E N O W
#monstersona #booksky 📚🌈
March 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Me, 24 hours ago: book bedazzling is a cute idea but it's a little silly, right? I probably wouldn't be into it haha
Me, 5 minutes into bedazzling a kaiju: T H I S I S M E N O W
#monstersona #booksky 📚🌈
Me, 5 minutes into bedazzling a kaiju: T H I S I S M E N O W
#monstersona #booksky 📚🌈
The sheer euphoria I got from having accidentally 3d printed the perfect bookmark for my current read- it's gonna get me through the week
💙📚 #adeathindoorcounty
💙📚 #adeathindoorcounty
March 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The sheer euphoria I got from having accidentally 3d printed the perfect bookmark for my current read- it's gonna get me through the week
💙📚 #adeathindoorcounty
💙📚 #adeathindoorcounty
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Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots is well written, steeped in social commentary, fast paced, queer, imaginative, and fun. It’s also very angry and fiercely feminist.
You root for the found family of super villains.
I thought Hench was very good!
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You root for the found family of super villains.
I thought Hench was very good!
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I come bearing a tiny bit of good news: HENCH is the featured deal on @ebookdaily for only $1.99 ebookdaily.com/bargain-kind...
It's also available of kindle for $1.99! www.amazon.com/Hench-Novel-...
relevant fun fact: I named the institution of superheroism The Draft after the evils of the NFL.
It's also available of kindle for $1.99! www.amazon.com/Hench-Novel-...
relevant fun fact: I named the institution of superheroism The Draft after the evils of the NFL.
Hench: A Novel
Hench: A Novel - Kindle edition by Walschots, Natalie Zina. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Hench: A Novel.
www.amazon.com
February 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots is well written, steeped in social commentary, fast paced, queer, imaginative, and fun. It’s also very angry and fiercely feminist.
You root for the found family of super villains.
I thought Hench was very good!
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You root for the found family of super villains.
I thought Hench was very good!
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still thinking about that (very good) short story collection I read that was mostly surreal-ish horror except from TWO STORIES that were entirely just about having being turned on by a goth woman and realizing you want to gay kiss your friend while high
#booksky 🌈📚
#booksky 🌈📚
February 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
still thinking about that (very good) short story collection I read that was mostly surreal-ish horror except from TWO STORIES that were entirely just about having being turned on by a goth woman and realizing you want to gay kiss your friend while high
#booksky 🌈📚
#booksky 🌈📚
Desperately desperately hoping The Rose Bargain gets the Bridgerton treatment & a fully fleshed out sapphic regency romance side story pleeeeease 😭
#therosebargain #booksky #diversebooksky 🌈📚
#therosebargain #booksky #diversebooksky 🌈📚
February 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Desperately desperately hoping The Rose Bargain gets the Bridgerton treatment & a fully fleshed out sapphic regency romance side story pleeeeease 😭
#therosebargain #booksky #diversebooksky 🌈📚
#therosebargain #booksky #diversebooksky 🌈📚
To answer my own question - my favorite things I've done at my library are probably DIY Sprayed Edges, teaching a yarn spinning class, making moss walls, and our huuuuge Pride & Disability Pride displays in June & July 🥳
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It's Library Lover's Month!! Take a moment to think about (or better tell me!) your favorite thing your library's done 🥰
#librarysky #booksky #supportyourlocallibrary 💙📚 🌈📚
#librarysky #booksky #supportyourlocallibrary 💙📚 🌈📚
February 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
To answer my own question - my favorite things I've done at my library are probably DIY Sprayed Edges, teaching a yarn spinning class, making moss walls, and our huuuuge Pride & Disability Pride displays in June & July 🥳
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It's Library Lover's Month!! Take a moment to think about (or better tell me!) your favorite thing your library's done 🥰
#librarysky #booksky #supportyourlocallibrary 💙📚 🌈📚
#librarysky #booksky #supportyourlocallibrary 💙📚 🌈📚
February 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It's Library Lover's Month!! Take a moment to think about (or better tell me!) your favorite thing your library's done 🥰
#librarysky #booksky #supportyourlocallibrary 💙📚 🌈📚
#librarysky #booksky #supportyourlocallibrary 💙📚 🌈📚
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I just saw the 2025 US banned books list. I just want to say, go read books. Talk about them. Share them. And please write them.
While many of these books will still be published, they do become less accessible when removed from libraries
Be a book punk. Read them all
While many of these books will still be published, they do become less accessible when removed from libraries
Be a book punk. Read them all
January 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I just saw the 2025 US banned books list. I just want to say, go read books. Talk about them. Share them. And please write them.
While many of these books will still be published, they do become less accessible when removed from libraries
Be a book punk. Read them all
While many of these books will still be published, they do become less accessible when removed from libraries
Be a book punk. Read them all
Bookish checkpoint: 📚 💙
Last:
✨ Liar's Kingdom - Christine Callela
Current:
✨ Not Quite a Ghost - Anne Ursu
Next:
✨ The Rose Bargain - Sasha Peyton Smith
Last Book Added to TBR:
✨ The Incandescent - Emily Tesh
#booksky #diversebooksky 🌈📚
Last:
✨ Liar's Kingdom - Christine Callela
Current:
✨ Not Quite a Ghost - Anne Ursu
Next:
✨ The Rose Bargain - Sasha Peyton Smith
Last Book Added to TBR:
✨ The Incandescent - Emily Tesh
#booksky #diversebooksky 🌈📚
Bookish checkpoint: 📚 💙
Last:
✨ Lucha of the Night Forest - Tehlor Kay Mejia
Current:
✨ The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
Next:
Probably either …
✨ Death of the Author - Nnedi Okorafor
✨ The Reformatory - Tananarive Due
Last Book Added to TBR:
✨ Vanishing World - Sayaka Murata
#Booksky
Last:
✨ Lucha of the Night Forest - Tehlor Kay Mejia
Current:
✨ The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
Next:
Probably either …
✨ Death of the Author - Nnedi Okorafor
✨ The Reformatory - Tananarive Due
Last Book Added to TBR:
✨ Vanishing World - Sayaka Murata
#Booksky
Bookish checkpoint: 📚💙
Last:
✨ Vicious Bonds -Shanora Williams
Current:
✨When the Reckoning Comes - LaTanya McQueen
Next:
✨A Torch Against the Night - Sabaa Tahir
Last Book Added to TBR:
✨A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim
Last:
✨ Vicious Bonds -Shanora Williams
Current:
✨When the Reckoning Comes - LaTanya McQueen
Next:
✨A Torch Against the Night - Sabaa Tahir
Last Book Added to TBR:
✨A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim
January 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Bookish checkpoint: 📚 💙
Last:
✨ Liar's Kingdom - Christine Callela
Current:
✨ Not Quite a Ghost - Anne Ursu
Next:
✨ The Rose Bargain - Sasha Peyton Smith
Last Book Added to TBR:
✨ The Incandescent - Emily Tesh
#booksky #diversebooksky 🌈📚
Last:
✨ Liar's Kingdom - Christine Callela
Current:
✨ Not Quite a Ghost - Anne Ursu
Next:
✨ The Rose Bargain - Sasha Peyton Smith
Last Book Added to TBR:
✨ The Incandescent - Emily Tesh
#booksky #diversebooksky 🌈📚
My version of a book club is forcing my sister to read things I know we can be insane together about
#longliveevil #booksky #villainmc 📚💙 🌈📚
#longliveevil #booksky #villainmc 📚💙 🌈📚
January 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
My version of a book club is forcing my sister to read things I know we can be insane together about
#longliveevil #booksky #villainmc 📚💙 🌈📚
#longliveevil #booksky #villainmc 📚💙 🌈📚
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Getting a library card is punk as fuck and free!
January 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Getting a library card is punk as fuck and free!