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Dr. Andy (they/xe)
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rainbowcrate.bsky.social
🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows, it’s the FINAL DAY of our Last Chance Sale! Get up to 40% off select past books and 20% off select past boxes! Quantities are limited and once they’re sold out, they’re gone! 🧵
An image of 33 Rainbow Crate books. There are 27 books in two stacks sitting in front of a white bookshelf. All books in these two stacks have the edges facing the camera. The bookshelf has three shelves and is full of printed edges. The bottom shelf has rainbow flowers sitting on top of the book edges. Text along the top third of the image reads “Last Sale Day!” in white font with a dark pink outline.
October 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
foreverinastory.bsky.social
I can't even tell you how many hours I spent on this. There were SO MANY books.
rainbowcrate.bsky.social Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · Oct 14
🌈 What's COMING OUT (pun intended) this October? Which books are you excited for? Which books are you adding to your TBR? Any other queer releases you know of? 🧵
A graphic with a background is made up of a diagonal oriented 6-stripe rainbow. In the middle is a white square with a thin outline and text that reads "318 queer books coming out in October!". The 318 is in matching horizontal rainbow stripes and October is in orange text. Text between the number and month are all caps black font.
October 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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rainbowcrate.bsky.social
🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows, we are working on clearing older inventory from our packing center, which means it’s time for a SALE! Get up to 40% off select past books and 20% off select past boxes! Quantities are limited and once they’re sold out, they’re gone! 🧵
An image of 31 Rainbow Crate books. The books are arranged in five rows, with the books slightly alternating where they line up. All book covers face the camera, the books near the edges of the image are more cut off. Text along the bottom reads “Last Chance Sale” in white font with a red outline.
October 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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whirloglyphics.bsky.social
Return of The First And Last Demon from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social while I wait for things to happen at work. Yesterday was just busy enough I didnt get a chance to finish it.
#amreading #booksky💙📚 #diversebooksky #queersky #readersky
Photo of The First And Last Demon by Hiyodori on a metal desk.
October 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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whirloglyphics.bsky.social
Short review for Someone You Can Build A Nest In by @wiswell.bsky.social unique cover and special edition courtesy of @rainbowcrate.bsky.social
#queersky #booksky💙📚 #diversebooksky #readersky #review
Review 5/5 stars Whirls review Autistic eldritch horror who is doing her spit shine best A cute bear companion Men being himbos. Himbos everywhere Sapphic ace romance Is it really a crime to eat your mom? Cozy in a creepy way
September 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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rainbowcrate.bsky.social
🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! Happy final days of #SapphicSeptember! We are here to celebrate sapphic books and writers. This features almost every single sapphic special edition we’ve done! There’s also some hints as to what’s coming next. 🧵
A graphic with a background of the striped sapphic flag featuring five horizontal stripes in coral, pale yellow, white, mint and amethyst. A white translucent square is overlaid with a thin white outline. Text reads “76 Sapphic Books for Sapphic September”. The 29 is in sapphic colors and each line of text follows in a new color of the sapphic flag with a thin black outline.
September 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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rainbowcrate.bsky.social
🌈 October Renewal Reminder!

Renewal day is October 1st, 2025 and all subscribers will be charged! There’s about two days left to skip your October renewal if you would like to.

📷: Thank you @becklovesbooks.bsky.social for the photo! 🧵
Books Pictured: The Fall That Saved Us by Tamara Jerée, Of Love & Libraries by Brenna Bailey, The Name-Bearer by Natalia Hernandez, Providence Girls by Morgan Dante, A Queer & Cozy Winter: A Rainbow Crate Original Anthology, Outdrawn by Deanna Grey. ID: Six books are pictured. Three of the books are open displaying the endpapers. The other three books display the front cover. The books are slightly overlapping each other and on a white background. Text at the bottom of the image reads “Oct Renewal Reminder” in white font with a purple outline. End ID.
September 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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magicariot.com
It never stops blowing my mind to see my lil trans magical girl novel here on *this* shelf at Powell’s 🥹
A photo of trans magical girl novel “Magica Riot” on the Staff Picks shelf at Powell’s Books in Portland, Oregon
August 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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sachacoward.bsky.social
THIS is more like it.
Great work @jaseokundaye.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize | Jason Okundaye
The Polari first book prize claims to promote trans rights and trans voices. But when I saw the longlist, I had to act, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
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August 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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whirloglyphics.bsky.social
Some of my favorite sprayed edges of my books that I have from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social can you spot any favorites? Do you recognize some?
#booksky💙📚 #diversebooksky #bookporn
A stack of sprayed edges. Featuring green and space with planets. Ripped feathers. Pretty Christmas lights. Drawing materials on a light pink bg. A graveyard at night. Jellyfish.
August 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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thedaybooks.bsky.social
You can buy some public library cards in areas where you don’t live. They’re generally $20-50. Some libraries that offer this are Charlotte-Mecklenberg, Houston, and Chattanooga. If you read a lot of ebooks/audiobooks this gives you more access/shorter holds.
August 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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kmenright.bsky.social
I am so thrilled and proud to be sharing LORD OF RUIN with you—it has been a labor of love in many ways, and I’ve put my whole heart and soul into bringing you Isaac’s story. Welcome back to Aeravin—the suffering is only getting started.
An image of the hardcover of LORD OF RUIN by KM Enright propped up against a black cat. The cat looks expectantly up at the camera.
August 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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charliejane.bsky.social
I'm going on BOOK TOUR!!!

Details at charliejaneanders.com/events 💝✨🌞
August 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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whirloglyphics.bsky.social
Rating: 😭😭😭😭😭
Genre: Horror, LGBT, Drama
Hours: 13
Format: Audiobook
#booksky💙📚 #review #diversebooksky
Thank you to @lmjuniper.bsky.social for this absolutely emotionally gutwrenching yet loving read. It altered my brain chemistry
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A collage featuring an older black couple, a greasy white boy, a Korean man, and a sad girl. Surrounded by zombies, a decayed hospital, fungi, and the London underground. A book cover featuring a destroyed city with a man and a woman on the cover holding weapons. Titled: How We End By: LM Juniper
August 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
foreverinastory.bsky.social
Hey friends! I’m featuring some of my favorite covers from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social today! I love all of them, so it was really hard to pick faves.
Books pictured: The Fall that Saved Us by Tamara Jerée The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard Demon King’s Gardener Bind Up Vol 1-3 by Rori Thornton Mercy by Ian Haramaki In the Roses of Pieria by Anna Burke Junker Seven by Olive J. Kelley ID: A photo of six books in two rows of 3 book covers each. The books lie in front of a white bookshelf which has rainbow flowers poking out from one of the shelves. Everything lays of a gray wooden floor. End ID.
July 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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burstofhope.itch.io
Oh look, another insta-buy author with a new book and a stunning cover to add to the TBR 🫡 #BurstoReads
July 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM
foreverinastory.bsky.social
I'm so excited to help reveal the breathtaking cover of The Flowers I Deserve by Tamara Jerée @tamarajeree.com ! If you know me, you know I LOVE Tamara’s writing and I couldn’t be more excited for this upcoming release, if I tried. 🧵
Three books sit above a wood slice. The books from left to right are: Rainbow Crate edition of The Fall that Saved Us, Satisfiction edition of The Fall that Saved Us, and a paperback of A Wolf Steps in Blood. Below this is The Flowers I Deserve (edited in) on the wood slice. A candle sits to the right of it. Below the book are red and black flowers.
July 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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cometkins.bsky.social
How about a promo day for reasons… if you’ve been affected by the NSFW takedowns and shadowbans on itch, share the other places people can support your work below ⬇️ #WritingPrompt
July 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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rainbowcrate.bsky.social
It’s your last chance to get a one time purchase or subscribe to Rainbow Crate for the July Hoist the Colors box! Our July books are Fragments of a Fallen Star by @vianoniomoh.bsky.social and Peter Darling by @essaychant.bsky.social 🧵
A graphic of a pride flag flying with a blue sky in the background. At the top in a white font with an orange outline it reads “July Subscriptions Last Chance”. Below this is a translucent gray rectangle. In the rectangle is the July theme image with the cover of Fragments of a Fallen Star on the bottom left and the cover of Peter Darling on the bottom right. Both book covers are outlined in a red frame.
July 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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essaychant.bsky.social
Last day to order!
rainbowcrate.bsky.social Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · Jul 23
It’s your last chance to get a one time purchase or subscribe to Rainbow Crate for the July Hoist the Colors box! Our July books are Fragments of a Fallen Star by @vianoniomoh.bsky.social and Peter Darling by @essaychant.bsky.social 🧵
A graphic of a pride flag flying with a blue sky in the background. At the top in a white font with an orange outline it reads “July Subscriptions Last Chance”. Below this is a translucent gray rectangle. In the rectangle is the July theme image with the cover of Fragments of a Fallen Star on the bottom left and the cover of Peter Darling on the bottom right. Both book covers are outlined in a red frame.
July 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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tomesandtextiles.bsky.social
Tell Congress to fund libraries: linktr.ee/tomesandtext...
July 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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whirloglyphics.bsky.social
This is another beautiful unique cover from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social that I got to read last week. I'm totally in love with this beautiful dust jacket.
#booksky💙📚 #diversebooksky #queersky
Check thread for review attached!
A cover of a post apocalyptic world and 2 girls holding hands. Titled: Hearts Still Beating By: Brooke Archer Open dual shot of full dust jacket depicting the post apocalyptic landscape of a city. Nutrition facts of book: 39 chapters, 336 pages Representation Genre Plot Demographics Pov
July 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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charliejane.bsky.social
Today is my birthday! It kinda snuck up on me tbh.

If you wanna do something nice for me, please RSVP for my upcoming tour: www.charliejaneanders.com/events

Or pre-order my weird heartfelt book: buttondown.com/charliejane/...

Thank you <3
Everything You Need to Know About My Next Novel!
Photo: Daderot/Wikimedia It’s almost six months before my next novel comes out on Aug. 19. Lessons in Magic and Disaster is my first novel for adults in...
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July 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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sjklapecki.itch.io
sent an email to support@itch.io, strongly suggest other writers, artists, game devs, etc. who give a shit do similarly
Email to support@itch.io, subject line "De-indexing of NSFW and adult work." Email content is too long for alt text, so slightly edited for character limit: Given recent rumours of the delisting and deindexing of adult work across all of itch.io, I wish to ask if these rumours are true (and a binary yes/no answer would be preferred to the question 'Is concealing NSFW and adult work from search and indexes now a policy of itch.io?') and voice my strong opposition to this for a multitude of reasons if it is. 1) "Adult" and "NSFW" are often used to discuss queerness, as queerness almost inherently brushes against topics of sexuality, bodies, and human desire. There are ways to create content about queerness which ARE 'safe for work,' however-- 2) There are ongoing campaigns to cast all forms of queer life as sexualized and perverse, not fit for consumption by decent people, and so on. Itch.io risks legitimizing these attitudes by suddenly deplatforming immense amounts of queer art, and thus 3) the de-indexing of adult work will inevitably disproportionately impact already precarious queer artists and writers and game-developers who have trusted itch.io and promoted it as a safe, accepting, place for art that the mainstream may reject. This is a betrayal of thousands of members of your artistic community who have put faith in your website and organization that will inevitably crater the reputation and user base of itch.io. If this is not the new policy, then I hope whatever technical error occured is resolved. If this is the new policy, I hope you will backtrack. If you will not backtrack, then I will be joining the exodus of writers, artists, game devs, and other creatives who once trusted you as we search for a place where queer art may be, for a time, safe.
July 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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becklovesbooks.bsky.social
More queer recs alert! Made this list of recs for the #tarotreadathon with @foreverinastory.bsky.social

We can always find a queer book for any occasion 💙📚

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July 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM