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Book Reviewer | Book Blogger | Writer | Artist | Editor | 18+ only
Reads: Mostly BIPOC authors- all genres
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Whirl 📚(can't donate) @whirloglyphics.bsky.social · Dec 30
Black Literature I plan on reading in 2025 a thread!
#booksky #diversebooksky
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Also if y'all want spotify but dont want to give them money. There may or may not be a method in which to pirate it. That you likely can't find on internet threads like reddit. And I definitely would never endorse piracy. But if you were interested that might be the place to look for it.
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January 29, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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rainbowcrate.bsky.social
Our artist form is open until the end of the month for our #gamechangers set! Submit on our website or below.
rainbowcrate.bsky.social Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 20d
We are also looking for artists interested in working with us on this set. If you’d like to be considered please apply on our form linked in our bio or on our website.
A graphic with a white brick wall background with a thin gold outline. Along the top it reads “Rainbow Crate Presents” with a rainbow icon between crate and presents. Underneath that it says “Game Changers Set” in black font. In the middle of the graphic are seven 3D book mockups with blank pages displayed. The seven books are arranged in two rows with 3 books in the front/bottom and four books in the back/top of the graphic. The books are arranged in series order from 1 to 7. Underneath the books it reads “Artists Wanted!” in all caps dark blue font. Text at the bottom reads “if you are an artist and would like to be considered for this project, please fill out the form in our bio or on our website!" in black font.
January 29, 2026 at 2:24 PM
whirloglyphics.bsky.social
This Year I am quitting all subscription services that aren't PBS, RC, and BOTM. One sort because I'm sick of supporting tech and media companies that add nothing to my life and not being able to own what I pay for. Two because they just don't need so much data on me as the creep of fascism looms
January 29, 2026 at 9:04 PM
whirloglyphics.bsky.social
I know I've been terrible at consistent posting. I swear I'm working on it 🤣 here's some more pages from the journal I've been working on!
#booksky #diversebooksky #queersky #readersky #myart
26 in 26 books to read in 2026 Drawn bookshelves full of Indigenous Books and a couple of horror novels. A spec reading bingo Allosexual aromatic mc. Horror or scifi. Trans A Spec mc. Asecual alloromantic mc. Bipoc mc written by a bipoc author. Qpr. Comic/graphic novel/or manga. No romance. Contemporary. Two or more aspec mcs. Ownvoices. Reccomended by a friend. Nonfiction or poetry. Indie. Fantasy. Part of a series. Diverse Horror 26. Set on a background of dripping blood. By a black author. By a latine author. By an Asian Author. By an Indigenous Author. By a middle Eastern Author. Achillean mc by a queer authors. Sapphic mc by a queer authors. Bisexual mc by a queer author. Nonbinary mc by a nonbinary author. Trans/2s by a trans author. Aspec mc and/or author. By an African Author/or set in an African Country. Set in and written by a Latin American author. Set in and written by a Mainland Asian Author.
January 26, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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rainbowcrate.bsky.social
🌈 Introducing our Book 1 feature for February! 🎉

We are so excited to feature this tale of mystery, magic, adventure and betrayal with a side of sapphic romance. Welcome to The Blood-Born Dragon by J.C. Rycroft @jcrycroft.bsky.social 🧵
A graphic that reads “February Book 1 Spotlight” along the top with a Rainbow logo to the left of it. Underneath it is a search bar with a mic icon that says “Rainbow Crate’s edition of The Blood-Born Dragon…” Underneath it is a 3D book with the cover displayed. To the right it has the Featuring section of the caption displayed with the following text underneath EXCLUSIVES: “- Redesigned Dust Jacket Not Shown) w/ Silver Foil, Spot Gloss + Embossing - Illustrated Hardcase w/ Silver Foil - Art Endpages - Printed Edges - Bonus Short Story - Signed Bookplates” At the top and bottom of the text area are yellow arrows with red outlines pointing towards the book. Surrounding the graphic is a red-yellow ombre striped border.
January 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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foreverinastory.bsky.social
Today’s a special day! It’s my bestie Beck’s @becklovesbooks.bsky.social birthday! To celebrate I gathered a bunch of books I associate with Beck. Including one I am currently eye and ear reading! 🧵
Thirteen books arranged in three rows with all the book covers facing the camera. The first row has four books, the second row has four books and the third row has five books. Some books on the edges are cut off.
January 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our next artist reveal for the February Here There Be Dragons crate! Next up is Ren @whirloglyphics.bsky.social who illustrated the hardcase for The Blood-Born Dragon by J.C. Rycroft @jcrycroft.bsky.social 🧵
An artist reveal for one of the February books. A quartet of illustrations arranged in quadrants of the graphic. Surrounding the graphic is a pastel rainbow striped border. In the center it reads “Artist Spotlight: @whirloglyphics.bsky.social”. Artist Spotlight is in black font while the handle is in pastel blue font.
January 14, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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rainbowcrate.bsky.social
🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! We’ve been teasing some big announcements and we’re almost ready to reveal them all! We are doing several outside the box editions this year. All of these editions will be available as an OPEN pre-order. 🧵
An announcement of future special editions coming from Rainbow Crate this year via emoji hints. The graphic has a white brick background with a golden rectangle frame. At the top it reads “Rainbow Crate” with our logo in between the words. The heading below reads “2026 Emoji Hints”. Underneath this heading are six lines of 4 emojis each.
January 7, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our first artist reveal for the February Here There Be Dragons crate! First up is North @northyme.com who illustrated the endpapers for The Blood-Born Dragon by J.C. Rycroft @jcrycroft.bsky.social 🧵
An artist reveal for one of the February books. A quartet of illustrations arranged in quadrants of the graphic. Surrounding the graphic is a deep red-blue ombre striped border. In the center it reads “Artist Spotlight: @northyme.com”. Artist Spotlight is in black font while the handle is in gray-blue font.
January 10, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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rainbowcrate.bsky.social
🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! Rainbow After Dark renewal day is January 15th and all subscribers will be charged! There’s about four more days to skip your February renewal if you would like to. 🧵

📷: Thanks to @polycraftory.bsky.social for the photo of our RAD box and some of our edges!
Books pictured by edge: Exposed by H.L. Day, Pirates of Aletharia by Britney Jackson, Phantom & Rook by Aelina Isaacs, Far From Neverland by River Hale, The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard, The Musician & the Monster by Jenya Keefe, Of Tides & Snow by Darva Green, The Pendragon Wytch by C.C. Davie, Hide N’ Seek by Ashley Pines & Eden Emory, On Silver Shores by V.T. Hoàng. ID: A photo of a Rainbow After Dark box standing on top of eleven RAD editions with the printed edges displayed. The books stand on a wooden table and behind them is a white and black background. Text along the top reads “RAD Renewal Reminder” in white font with a red outline. End ID.
January 11, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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rainbowcrate.bsky.social
Better watch your step, fierce and monstrous creatures of myth and legend are roaming the lands.

The Rainbow Crate team is pleased to reveal that our February 2026 theme is…

🐉 HERE THERE BE DRAGONS 🐲

Read on to learn more! 🧵
A graphic with a blue sky background and two purple dragons depicted. In the background is the full body of a dragon in front of a cloud. A close up of a purple wing and tail extending from the edges of the graphic. In the bottom right corner is text that reads “here there be dragons”. At the top is "Rainbow Crate" with a rainbow in between the words and "presents" underneath. At the very bottom it reads "- February 2026 Theme -" in all caps.
January 1, 2026 at 3:37 PM
whirloglyphics.bsky.social
Here are some more pages from my reading journal. I've been working on this almost all week for just my yearly tracking and one of my challenges. More pages to come!
#booksky #journaling #myart #readersky
A self portrait with a stack of 12 books reccomended by 12 friends Organ meats Cry voidbringer Tripping Arcadia A master of djinn Station 11 When the Wolf comes homes Boys in the Valley Man o War The Blood Trials The Familiar Dnf Graveyard with a drawing of 11 headstones that say DNF on a hill at night Reading Mosaic that keeps track of source, format, Pages, and genre of a book read set on a gradient lesbian flag bg 2026 Wrapped with a calender for book tracking Physical Audio Ebook Fiction Nonfiction Total Goal 140 Year 2026 Total books read Most read month Least Read month # of 5 stars # of dnfs Most read Genre Least read Genre Longest book Shortest book Book of the year
January 12, 2026 at 12:49 AM
whirloglyphics.bsky.social
I'm trying a reading journal this year as a means to keep track of my reads and have something to look back on. Here are my first pages. It took me many hours while listening to an audiobook.
#booksky #art #myart #journaling
A paper with bookshelves and a bookcase drawn containing 140 books. A window with the moon and stars. Crystal decorations. A potion. A candle. Titled: Books Read 2026
January 5, 2026 at 8:32 PM
whirloglyphics.bsky.social
What's this another reading challenge for me to keep track of? Unheard of!
Lovely background and one of the recs courtesy of @becklovesbooks.bsky.social
#booksky #amreading #diversebooksky #queersky
12 friends 12 reccomendations Organ Meats by K-Ming Chang -Benn Tripping Arcadia by Kit Mayquist -Mace Cry Void Bringer by Elaine Ho -Kat Six fo Crows by Leigh Bardugo-Ozzy A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark -Annie Station Eleven - Linoca Cinderella-Jessy When the Wolf Comes Home -Kath Boys in the Valley -Biryani Man of War - Andy Blood Trials by N.E Davenport- Beck The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo -Micah
January 4, 2026 at 3:22 AM
whirloglyphics.bsky.social
My Reading Challenges for This Year! Featuring a horror challenge I've made. And Challenges made by @becklovesbooks.bsky.social and @foreverinastory.bsky.social y'all should hit up their pages for this year's Challenges!
#booksky #readersky #diversebooksky #queersky
Be Intentional 2026 full version by Dr. Andy The Trope Trials Fantasy Reading Challenge 2026 by Beck Books that Bite Readathon 2026 Diverse Reading Challenge 2026 by Beck Diversify Your Horror Reads 2026 by me Diversify Your Romance Books 2026
January 1, 2026 at 9:47 PM
whirloglyphics.bsky.social
First Read of the Year while I'm back at work!
#booksky #diversebooksky #readersky #amreading
The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica 57% 2hrs left
January 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
whirloglyphics.bsky.social
My top 10 Reads for 2025! With my #1 book for the year being When Sleeping Women Wake by Emma Pei Yin. This book stayed with me all year and truly made me more emotional than I had been years.
#booksky #diversebooksky #readersky #queersky #recs
Top 10 Books for the year 2025 When Sleeping Women Wake by Emma Pei Yin Model Home by Rivers Solomon The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling How We End by LM Juniper The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Sisters of The Lost Nation by Nick Medina Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyan Hearts Still Beating by Brooke Archer Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
January 1, 2026 at 7:58 PM
whirloglyphics.bsky.social
Here is my ranking tiers for MOST of the books I read. Unfortunately it doesnt seem like I was able to find all 150 covers. I will do my best to list all books in the alt text.
#booksky #readingsky #queersky #diversebooksky
Perfection tier: When Sleeping Women Wake. Moon of the Crusted Snow. The Starving Saints. The Reformatory. Model Home. How We End. Hijab Butch Blues. Kaikeyi. Sisters of the Lost Nation. Bloodmarked. Hearts Still Beating. Oathbound. White Horse by Erika T Wurth. House of Frank by Kay Sinclair. The New Jim Crow. Inverse Cowgirl. Outstanding Tier: Chain-Gang All-Stars. We Refuse a Forceful History of Black Resistance. Strange Beasts. A Song of Legends Lost. Bat Eater. Heaven and Eartj Grocery Store. There There by Tommy Orange. A Prince Without Sorrow. Fearing the Black Body. Braiding Sweetgrass. Bury Our Bones in The Midnight Soil. Where Sleeping Girls Lie. Good Dirt. Immortal. Faebound. Moon of the Turning Leaves. Legendborn. You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty. Outdrawn. Legend of the White Snake. Excellent Tier: Color of Law. Langston Huges. Babylonia. Road to The Country. Golden Apple Duet. Black Fat Femme. Someone You Can Build A Nest In. Julie Chan is Dead. Soil a Black Mother's Garden. A Nearby Country Called Love. Indian Burial Ground. Bury Your Gays. Jackal. Born Sacred Poems for Palestine. Hammjang Luck. How to Hide an Empire. And They Were Roomates. The First And Last Demon. Between The World and Me. A Land of Open Graves. Cultish. What my Bones Know. All boys arent Blue.
January 1, 2026 at 7:56 PM
whirloglyphics.bsky.social
Here are my reading stats via storygraph (more stats to come later) from the year! I did manage to accomplish my reading goals of 150 books. I think this year Im going with 140
#booksky #readingsky #queersky #diversebooksky
First book: Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyan Last Book: Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata Longest Book: The Living Dead by George A Romero Shortest 28 days later issue 10 Top authors Michael Alan Nelson, Sue Lynn Tan, Jonathan Maberry 5 star reads Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyan Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates When Sleeping Women Wake by Emma Pei Yin Average rating 4.39 Mood graph of reasing stays steadily in brooding and climbs to happier
January 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
whirloglyphics.bsky.social
Happy New Year! Here are all the Challenges I participated in and completed. For never doing challenges before I'm quite pleased with how much I was able to accomplish!
Diverse Reading and Trope Trials were @becklovesbooks.bsky.social
#booksky #diversebooksky #queersky
This Witch Reads 2025 Divination Coven 100% Be Intentional 2025: Full Versiob 92% Trans rights Readathon 2025 100% 64% bonus Read kore LGBT books in 2025 100% Tarot Reading Challenge 100% Diverse Reading Challenge 2025 97% The Trope Trials- Fantasy Reading Challenge 2025 100% 100% bonus
January 1, 2026 at 7:38 PM
whirloglyphics.bsky.social
Happy New Year! Sorry for vanishing. I needed more time to recover from surgery than expected. However! I do have most of my stats from last years reads!
January 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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The ultimate fantasy reading challenge is back for 2026!

Choose one trial or complete them all - plan or mood read - completely customisable. Trackers and graphics available on my linktree by the end of the day and it will also be on storygraph!

What is everyone's favourite fantasy book? 📚💙
Initiation: Forbidden Magic Magical Training Arranged Marriage Diverse Retelling Hate At First Sight Trials Magical University Royal Intrigue Ancient Fantasy Alchemy The Quest: Heist Magical Animals Quest Living Forest Magical Library Magical Item Or Artifact Magic Loss Mermaids Or Sirens Disguised Gender Magical Bond The Side Quest: Healing Magic Magical Oasis Found Family Parallel Worlds Slow Burn Wise Mentor Soulmates True Names Forced Proximity Monsters The Conflict: Defies Gender Role Magical Weapon Mysterious Plague Ritual/Spell Gone Wrong "Amnesia/ Lost Memory" Knights Rivals To Lovers Touch THEM & DIE Vampires A Kidnapping The Finale: Dragons Kingdoms At War Hidden Identity Friends To Lovers Saints Corruption Arc Cliffhanger HEA Revolution Big Sacrifice
December 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
whirloglyphics.bsky.social
After having a blast with the 2025 diverse reads. You im know im on this like butter and pancakes.

Come one come all!
#readingchallenges #booksky #diversebooksky
becklovesbooks.bsky.social Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · Dec 15
Presenting the Diverse Reading Challenge 2025 ♡

Will take part on storygraph, in discord and there will be a wee chat on instagram.

Would appreciate a share ♡

Will type prompts in alt text!

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Prompts by Category Bodies: MC has More Than One Disability Fat Activism MC has/has had Major Surgery Cover Depicts Two or More Diverse Bodies Indie Book with a Disabled MC Minds: BIPOC Autistic MC Chronic Migraines or Headaches Featuring a Therapist or Therapy Discusses or Portrays Parasocial Relationships Healing from or Overcoming Trauma Lives: Polyamory MC is or has Been a Refugee Invisible Chronic Illness/Disability Working Class MC Food Insecurity and/or Challenging Food Access Places: A Country with an Ongoing Genocide Set in a Library or Community Space Set in Two or More Countries or Territories Set on a Reservation or Native Land Short Story Collection set Somewhere Your Heritage Links to Identities: Features Deaf Culture Black Character on Cover Non-Christian Religious MC Trans MC in Romance Found Family by a Latine Author Styles: Translated Caribbean Literature Middle Grade or Young Adult Includes Second Person Narrative Retelling Written by an Asian Author Queer Poetry Cross: Longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards MC with an Intersectional Identity Queer Book with BIPOC Main Characters Oppression or Segregation Memoir of a Marginalised Figure Recs: Anthology by Diverse Authors Disabled Joy Indigenous Horror Trans Woman MC or Author Not Originally Published or Set in the USA or UK
December 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
whirloglyphics.bsky.social
Shop pay installments is honestly a life saver. I bought my pre-order today with it. Which gives me a beautiful set to look forward to and still allows me to buy my immediate needs. This is such a beautiful set i cant wait to see the finalized mockups!
#booksky #queersky #promosky #rainbowcrate
rainbowcrate.bsky.social Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · Dec 9
🌈 In collaboration with Jae @jaeauthor.bsky.social , Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our special edition set of the Fair Oaks duology! 🧵

Note: This is a digital mockup and finished copies may differ slightly.
A graphic with a white brick wall background with a thin gold outline. Along the top it reads “Rainbow Crate Presents” with a rainbow icon between crate and presents. Underneath that it says “The Fair Oaks Duology Books 1 & 2” in black script font. In the middle of the graphic are two 3D mockups of the cover and edges of Perfect Rhythm and Not the Marrying Kind with a shadow under it. Text at the bottom reads “exclusive dust jackets by @jongyiarts!”, “hardcase illustrated by @therena_carlin”, “illustrated endpapers by @kelsijosilva”, and “printed edges by @mrosedesigner”. Across the middle of the graphic is a rectangular banner with a blue-pink gradient. Text on the banner reads “on sale now!” in white font.
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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The special editions of my favorite books from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social by @skellygraves.bsky.social arrived♥!! They are even more beautiful and special in person. Pictured with some on theme Finnish rowan candy called Pihlaja or kettukarkki (translates to: rowan and fox candy)
December 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM