Tess || booksky 📚
@htessh.bsky.social
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✨️Fantasy|💀Horror|❤️Romance
📚Avid Reader
✍️Writer
📘Librarian
Check my feed for recs, reviews, and a glimpse into my writing journey!
✨️Fantasy|💀Horror|❤️Romance
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New Year, New #promosky
Here's Me! I'm a reader and a fantasy writer! Also trying to be more engaged here this year and would love to chat with some people :)
Tess | 27 | she/her
Reading 📚
Fantasy ✨️
Muppets 🐸
Journaling ✏️
Hozier🌲
Dogs 🐶
Cherry soda 🍒
Here's Me! I'm a reader and a fantasy writer! Also trying to be more engaged here this year and would love to chat with some people :)
Tess | 27 | she/her
Reading 📚
Fantasy ✨️
Muppets 🐸
Journaling ✏️
Hozier🌲
Dogs 🐶
Cherry soda 🍒
Want to read more this year? Check out your local library! It's a free way to get involved with reading, or, if your library has a library of things, other hobbies! Happy reading and happy experimenting in 2026! #booksky 💙📚
January 2, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Want to read more this year? Check out your local library! It's a free way to get involved with reading, or, if your library has a library of things, other hobbies! Happy reading and happy experimenting in 2026! #booksky 💙📚
Just here to urge everyone who hasn't already to read The Serviceberry. Oh my gosh it was short, so sweet, and a fantastic image of what blending community and care for nature can look like.🍓🐦 #booksky 💙📚
January 2, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Just here to urge everyone who hasn't already to read The Serviceberry. Oh my gosh it was short, so sweet, and a fantastic image of what blending community and care for nature can look like.🍓🐦 #booksky 💙📚
New Year, New #promosky
Here's Me! I'm a reader and a fantasy writer! Also trying to be more engaged here this year and would love to chat with some people :)
Tess | 27 | she/her
Reading 📚
Fantasy ✨️
Muppets 🐸
Journaling ✏️
Hozier🌲
Dogs 🐶
Cherry soda 🍒
Here's Me! I'm a reader and a fantasy writer! Also trying to be more engaged here this year and would love to chat with some people :)
Tess | 27 | she/her
Reading 📚
Fantasy ✨️
Muppets 🐸
Journaling ✏️
Hozier🌲
Dogs 🐶
Cherry soda 🍒
January 2, 2026 at 4:02 AM
New Year, New #promosky
Here's Me! I'm a reader and a fantasy writer! Also trying to be more engaged here this year and would love to chat with some people :)
Tess | 27 | she/her
Reading 📚
Fantasy ✨️
Muppets 🐸
Journaling ✏️
Hozier🌲
Dogs 🐶
Cherry soda 🍒
Here's Me! I'm a reader and a fantasy writer! Also trying to be more engaged here this year and would love to chat with some people :)
Tess | 27 | she/her
Reading 📚
Fantasy ✨️
Muppets 🐸
Journaling ✏️
Hozier🌲
Dogs 🐶
Cherry soda 🍒
Since the year is done, thought I would share my top reads this year! 210ish books down, and many more to look forward to next year! 💙📚 #booksky
December 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Since the year is done, thought I would share my top reads this year! 210ish books down, and many more to look forward to next year! 💙📚 #booksky
Reposted by Tess || booksky 📚
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Finally going home after a week of traveling to see everyone for Christmas. So happy to finally crash on my own couch 😴
a woman is standing next to a bed with white sheets and pillows
Alt: A man and woman jumping into bed
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Finally going home after a week of traveling to see everyone for Christmas. So happy to finally crash on my own couch 😴
Uhhhh.... wait a minute
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Uhhhh.... wait a minute
When is a good time to crash out over grad school admission decisions? Asking for a friend who hasn't heard back yet 🫠
December 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
When is a good time to crash out over grad school admission decisions? Asking for a friend who hasn't heard back yet 🫠
I am simply not meant to work 40 hours a week. I am meant to sit at home with a warm drink and a good book and my small dog.
December 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I am simply not meant to work 40 hours a week. I am meant to sit at home with a warm drink and a good book and my small dog.
Get to know me with these 10 random things!
✨️Books
✨️Dogs
✨️Silver jewelry
✨️Banter
✨️Pin Collections
✨️Hozier
✨️Fall
✨️Theater
✨️Muppets
✨️Arts & Crafts
✨️Books
✨️Dogs
✨️Silver jewelry
✨️Banter
✨️Pin Collections
✨️Hozier
✨️Fall
✨️Theater
✨️Muppets
✨️Arts & Crafts
Get to know me through these 10 random things. I WILL be testing you on this.
- Diet Mtn Dew
- snow
- Purse charms
- Waffle House
- Black and gold color combination
- very large earrings
- collecting mini things
- the night sky
- Real Madrid
- this gif
- Diet Mtn Dew
- snow
- Purse charms
- Waffle House
- Black and gold color combination
- very large earrings
- collecting mini things
- the night sky
- Real Madrid
- this gif
December 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Get to know me with these 10 random things!
✨️Books
✨️Dogs
✨️Silver jewelry
✨️Banter
✨️Pin Collections
✨️Hozier
✨️Fall
✨️Theater
✨️Muppets
✨️Arts & Crafts
✨️Books
✨️Dogs
✨️Silver jewelry
✨️Banter
✨️Pin Collections
✨️Hozier
✨️Fall
✨️Theater
✨️Muppets
✨️Arts & Crafts
With the rising interest in physical media, be sure to check your local library out for DVDs, CDs, books, and more. It helps us keep those programs going and offers you a chance to use physical media without buying it all outright! #booksky 📚💙
December 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
With the rising interest in physical media, be sure to check your local library out for DVDs, CDs, books, and more. It helps us keep those programs going and offers you a chance to use physical media without buying it all outright! #booksky 📚💙
For those who were invested, I found a modular notebook. I got a voyager notebook from my local bookstore. It's sold out from the publisher online right now, but here's the link! Eagerly awaiting the planner inserts. #booksky 📚💙
Voyager Notebooks – Peter Pauper Press share.google/WMWbifYKWdFi...
Voyager Notebooks – Peter Pauper Press share.google/WMWbifYKWdFi...
Voyager Notebooks
Today, still family owned and operated, Peter Pauper Press continues to honor our founders’ legacy -- and our customers’ expectations -- of beauty, quality, and value.
share.google
December 7, 2025 at 6:14 AM
For those who were invested, I found a modular notebook. I got a voyager notebook from my local bookstore. It's sold out from the publisher online right now, but here's the link! Eagerly awaiting the planner inserts. #booksky 📚💙
Voyager Notebooks – Peter Pauper Press share.google/WMWbifYKWdFi...
Voyager Notebooks – Peter Pauper Press share.google/WMWbifYKWdFi...
Does anyone have any refillable journal/notebook recs? Looking for something with inserts that won't cost me an arm and a leg.
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Does anyone have any refillable journal/notebook recs? Looking for something with inserts that won't cost me an arm and a leg.
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Reposted by Tess || booksky 📚
Us:
💜 every purchase supports indie bookstores
💰 pays local taxes
🎉 raised more than $39 million for bookstores
🌎 certified B-Corp
Them:
❌ does not pay their fair share of taxes
❌ does not care about putting indie bookstores out of business
❌ harmful to the environment
💜 every purchase supports indie bookstores
💰 pays local taxes
🎉 raised more than $39 million for bookstores
🌎 certified B-Corp
Them:
❌ does not pay their fair share of taxes
❌ does not care about putting indie bookstores out of business
❌ harmful to the environment
July 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Us:
💜 every purchase supports indie bookstores
💰 pays local taxes
🎉 raised more than $39 million for bookstores
🌎 certified B-Corp
Them:
❌ does not pay their fair share of taxes
❌ does not care about putting indie bookstores out of business
❌ harmful to the environment
💜 every purchase supports indie bookstores
💰 pays local taxes
🎉 raised more than $39 million for bookstores
🌎 certified B-Corp
Them:
❌ does not pay their fair share of taxes
❌ does not care about putting indie bookstores out of business
❌ harmful to the environment
Reposted by Tess || booksky 📚
This is going to be a devastating blow to the sciences and the crisis we're already seeing in research, education, and advancement.
When history marks the point where we lost the future to China, this will be it.
July 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This is going to be a devastating blow to the sciences and the crisis we're already seeing in research, education, and advancement.
Reposted by Tess || booksky 📚
“There’s a level of terror I haven’t seen before.” A psychiatrist who provides care to undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles talks about the psychological harm caused by recent ICE raids and anti-immigrant rhetoric.
What Therapists Treating Immigrants Hear
Some mental-health-care providers are trying new approaches to treat patients whose worst fears have come true.
www.newyorker.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“There’s a level of terror I haven’t seen before.” A psychiatrist who provides care to undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles talks about the psychological harm caused by recent ICE raids and anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Okay... leaving everything i know behind is rapidly becoming the most appealing option... I'm in total disbelief at the way things are falling apart.
July 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Okay... leaving everything i know behind is rapidly becoming the most appealing option... I'm in total disbelief at the way things are falling apart.
Hey pals! I disappeared for a moment. The state of the world is terrifying. But I've created a writing discord! We'll be doing bi-weekly meetings for critique on Fridays, if you're interested! Please feel free to join us! #writersky #booksky 💙📚
discord.gg/HSDc2Xzc
discord.gg/HSDc2Xzc
Join the Roundtable Writers Discord Server!
Check out the Roundtable Writers community on Discord - hang out with 12 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
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July 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Hey pals! I disappeared for a moment. The state of the world is terrifying. But I've created a writing discord! We'll be doing bi-weekly meetings for critique on Fridays, if you're interested! Please feel free to join us! #writersky #booksky 💙📚
discord.gg/HSDc2Xzc
discord.gg/HSDc2Xzc
Review: Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Rating: 5⭐️
Reading Method: 🎧
This made me sick to my stomach. Du Mez does an amazing job tracing the threads of the evangelical to alt right pipeline through history, presenting how we got where we are in the US. #booksky 💙📚
Rating: 5⭐️
Reading Method: 🎧
This made me sick to my stomach. Du Mez does an amazing job tracing the threads of the evangelical to alt right pipeline through history, presenting how we got where we are in the US. #booksky 💙📚
May 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Review: Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Rating: 5⭐️
Reading Method: 🎧
This made me sick to my stomach. Du Mez does an amazing job tracing the threads of the evangelical to alt right pipeline through history, presenting how we got where we are in the US. #booksky 💙📚
Rating: 5⭐️
Reading Method: 🎧
This made me sick to my stomach. Du Mez does an amazing job tracing the threads of the evangelical to alt right pipeline through history, presenting how we got where we are in the US. #booksky 💙📚
Review: The Cult of Trump by Steven Hassan
Rating: 5⭐️
Reading Method: 🎧
Written by a former Moonie and Cult Expert, Hassan puts Trump's first presidency under the lens of cults and manipulation tactics. Excellent analysis. #booksky 📚💙
Rating: 5⭐️
Reading Method: 🎧
Written by a former Moonie and Cult Expert, Hassan puts Trump's first presidency under the lens of cults and manipulation tactics. Excellent analysis. #booksky 📚💙
April 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Review: The Cult of Trump by Steven Hassan
Rating: 5⭐️
Reading Method: 🎧
Written by a former Moonie and Cult Expert, Hassan puts Trump's first presidency under the lens of cults and manipulation tactics. Excellent analysis. #booksky 📚💙
Rating: 5⭐️
Reading Method: 🎧
Written by a former Moonie and Cult Expert, Hassan puts Trump's first presidency under the lens of cults and manipulation tactics. Excellent analysis. #booksky 📚💙
Review: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
Rating: 4⭐️
Reading Method: 🎧
I love T. Kingfisher's fairy-tale style of storytelling. This was dark and rich in lore. Chef's kiss! #booksky 📚💙
Rating: 4⭐️
Reading Method: 🎧
I love T. Kingfisher's fairy-tale style of storytelling. This was dark and rich in lore. Chef's kiss! #booksky 📚💙
April 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Review: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
Rating: 4⭐️
Reading Method: 🎧
I love T. Kingfisher's fairy-tale style of storytelling. This was dark and rich in lore. Chef's kiss! #booksky 📚💙
Rating: 4⭐️
Reading Method: 🎧
I love T. Kingfisher's fairy-tale style of storytelling. This was dark and rich in lore. Chef's kiss! #booksky 📚💙
I'm still on IG (I know, I know), but nothing makes me angrier than seeing all of the stupid target ads/influencers and people gushing in the comments and breaking boycotts. New pet peeve unlocked.
April 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I'm still on IG (I know, I know), but nothing makes me angrier than seeing all of the stupid target ads/influencers and people gushing in the comments and breaking boycotts. New pet peeve unlocked.