Beth
@thekissballad.bsky.social
30's club. Reading as many books as I can and writing to one day become published. Living life and gaming to keep myself sane.
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A thread for all of the reading challenges I'm hosting through Storygraph in 2026:
I hope you join me in any or all of them! #booksky 💙📚
I hope you join me in any or all of them! #booksky 💙📚
A thread for all of the reading challenges I'm hosting through Storygraph in 2026:
I hope you join me in any or all of them! #booksky 💙📚
I hope you join me in any or all of them! #booksky 💙📚
November 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A thread for all of the reading challenges I'm hosting through Storygraph in 2026:
I hope you join me in any or all of them! #booksky 💙📚
I hope you join me in any or all of them! #booksky 💙📚
Overall I prefer third person pov, but depending on what genre I'm reading in, I can and do enjoy some first person pov. The tense doesn't matter as much to me as long as it's consistent.
#booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋
#booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋
— ★°•| November 22 |•°★ —
Do you have a preferred pov and tense while reading (i.e. first person past, third person present, etc.)?
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
Do you have a preferred pov and tense while reading (i.e. first person past, third person present, etc.)?
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Overall I prefer third person pov, but depending on what genre I'm reading in, I can and do enjoy some first person pov. The tense doesn't matter as much to me as long as it's consistent.
#booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋
#booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋
I need noise, but it can't be distracting. So a show I've watched a lot, a twitch stream, music, or my usual go-to, Spirit City Lofi Sessions (which I also use for writing).
#booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋
#booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋
— ★°•| November 20 |•°★ —
This or that: Would you rather read with background noise or in complete silence?
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
This or that: Would you rather read with background noise or in complete silence?
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I need noise, but it can't be distracting. So a show I've watched a lot, a twitch stream, music, or my usual go-to, Spirit City Lofi Sessions (which I also use for writing).
#booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋
#booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋
I'm able to read daily because I make the time to do so. Either dedicating time for reading, or fitting it in between other chores / activities. How long I read for and what medium is what differs.
#booksky #BookishQOTD
#booksky #BookishQOTD
— ★°•| November 18 |•°★ —
How frequently are you able to read? To those with less time, what are ways you ensure you still get quality bookish time?
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
How frequently are you able to read? To those with less time, what are ways you ensure you still get quality bookish time?
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I'm able to read daily because I make the time to do so. Either dedicating time for reading, or fitting it in between other chores / activities. How long I read for and what medium is what differs.
#booksky #BookishQOTD
#booksky #BookishQOTD
Horror & mystery are my comfort genres. I love the thrills & chills I experience from horror. Then I love trying to solve the mystery before the MC does. While not a genre, I also read a lot of middle grade as a way to support authors & their books that are being challenged more often these days.
— ★°•| November 15 |•°★ —
What genre do you typically read in? What draws you to it?
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
What genre do you typically read in? What draws you to it?
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Horror & mystery are my comfort genres. I love the thrills & chills I experience from horror. Then I love trying to solve the mystery before the MC does. While not a genre, I also read a lot of middle grade as a way to support authors & their books that are being challenged more often these days.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
1st day of #NovNov down. Only 29 more to go. 🤞🏻 #NovelNovember
November 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
1st day of #NovNov down. Only 29 more to go. 🤞🏻 #NovelNovember
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
I rarely get quickly approved for ARCs on NetGalley, so I figured putting in requests for books releasing 4+ months from now would be okay for my sanity. 8/13 of them are approved already. 👀
October 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I rarely get quickly approved for ARCs on NetGalley, so I figured putting in requests for books releasing 4+ months from now would be okay for my sanity. 8/13 of them are approved already. 👀
Define your taste in books with 8 authors:
- Stephen King
- Claribel A. Ortega
- Ryan La Sala
- Darcy Coates
- Lindsay Currie
- Jim Butcher
- Anna James
- K.A. Cobell
#booksky
- Stephen King
- Claribel A. Ortega
- Ryan La Sala
- Darcy Coates
- Lindsay Currie
- Jim Butcher
- Anna James
- K.A. Cobell
#booksky
October 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Define your taste in books with 8 authors:
- Stephen King
- Claribel A. Ortega
- Ryan La Sala
- Darcy Coates
- Lindsay Currie
- Jim Butcher
- Anna James
- K.A. Cobell
#booksky
- Stephen King
- Claribel A. Ortega
- Ryan La Sala
- Darcy Coates
- Lindsay Currie
- Jim Butcher
- Anna James
- K.A. Cobell
#booksky