Sage 💚📚
@abookishbleep.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 She/they. Feminist. I blog about books by authors who aren’t cis dudes.
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Meet the crew of the Wayfarer, an interspecies crew that takes jobs creating wormholes through space. This creates shortcuts from one location to another. Becky Chambers' novel, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, is a…
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/the-long-way-to-a-small-angry-planet/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/the-long-way-to-a-small-angry-planet/
January 20, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Meet the crew of the Wayfarer, an interspecies crew that takes jobs creating wormholes through space. This creates shortcuts from one location to another. Becky Chambers' novel, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, is a…
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/the-long-way-to-a-small-angry-planet/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/the-long-way-to-a-small-angry-planet/
An Education in Malice by ST Gibson is a retelling of Carmilla. Is this vampire-filled novel worth your time? My thoughts inside.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/an-education-in-malice/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/an-education-in-malice/
January 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
An Education in Malice by ST Gibson is a retelling of Carmilla. Is this vampire-filled novel worth your time? My thoughts inside.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/an-education-in-malice/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/an-education-in-malice/
I'm trying something new in 2026. Presenting...the Pages with Sage reading challenge! Details inside this post!
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/reading-challenge/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/reading-challenge/
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I'm trying something new in 2026. Presenting...the Pages with Sage reading challenge! Details inside this post!
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/reading-challenge/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/reading-challenge/
Trying to decide whether to buy yourself (or a loved one) an eReader? I'm here answering some common questions I've encountered.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/ereaders-101/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/ereaders-101/
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trying to decide whether to buy yourself (or a loved one) an eReader? I'm here answering some common questions I've encountered.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/ereaders-101/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/ereaders-101/
Seventeen-year-old Doris goes to Atlanta for an abortion and gains a lot of perspective in Mia McKenzie’s novel These Heathens.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/these-heathens/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/these-heathens/
July 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Seventeen-year-old Doris goes to Atlanta for an abortion and gains a lot of perspective in Mia McKenzie’s novel These Heathens.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/these-heathens/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/these-heathens/
This is Where We Die is a locked room mystery of sorts featuring a group of friends on an isolated island. Can you solve this mystery?
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/this-is-where-we-die/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/this-is-where-we-die/
July 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is Where We Die is a locked room mystery of sorts featuring a group of friends on an isolated island. Can you solve this mystery?
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/this-is-where-we-die/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/this-is-where-we-die/
Let's discuss some of my reads from summer 2025 that don't already have dedicated blog posts about them. What have you been reading?
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/recent-reads-summer-2025/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/recent-reads-summer-2025/
July 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Let's discuss some of my reads from summer 2025 that don't already have dedicated blog posts about them. What have you been reading?
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/recent-reads-summer-2025/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/recent-reads-summer-2025/
What if your body starts to change in unexpected ways? That’s what the main character in Rivers Solomon’s novel, Sorrowland, experiences.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/sorrowland/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/sorrowland/
July 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What if your body starts to change in unexpected ways? That’s what the main character in Rivers Solomon’s novel, Sorrowland, experiences.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/sorrowland/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/sorrowland/
Bottling His Ghosts by SH Cooper is a novella that explores the ghosts we carry with us and how societal expectations determine how we’re “allowed” to grieve.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/bottling-his-ghosts/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/bottling-his-ghosts/
July 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Bottling His Ghosts by SH Cooper is a novella that explores the ghosts we carry with us and how societal expectations determine how we’re “allowed” to grieve.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/bottling-his-ghosts/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/bottling-his-ghosts/
The Hollow Half is the story of Aziza's experience with anorexia & how it echoes her family's experience of being displaced from their home.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/the-hollow-half/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/the-hollow-half/
June 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Hollow Half is the story of Aziza's experience with anorexia & how it echoes her family's experience of being displaced from their home.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/the-hollow-half/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/the-hollow-half/
, I went into The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath expecting to love it. A queer platonic relationship? An asexual character? A gay couple? Disability rep? Yes please. But was Heath’s novel really all I hoped it would be?
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/the-reckless-kind/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/the-reckless-kind/
June 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
, I went into The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath expecting to love it. A queer platonic relationship? An asexual character? A gay couple? Disability rep? Yes please. But was Heath’s novel really all I hoped it would be?
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/the-reckless-kind/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/the-reckless-kind/
Because it’s Pride Month, I wanted to make sure I read something with asexual representation. Rebecca Burgess’ graphic memoir, How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual caught my attention and I’m so glad I picked it up.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/how-to-be-ace/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/how-to-be-ace/
June 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Because it’s Pride Month, I wanted to make sure I read something with asexual representation. Rebecca Burgess’ graphic memoir, How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual caught my attention and I’m so glad I picked it up.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/how-to-be-ace/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/how-to-be-ace/
I was super intrigued by Psychosis Diagnosis by Nikki Minty when I read the description. I was looking forward to a full cast audiobook that explored mental health and featured supernatural elements. Did it live up to my expectations? Let’s…
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/psychosis-diagnosis/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/psychosis-diagnosis/
June 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I was super intrigued by Psychosis Diagnosis by Nikki Minty when I read the description. I was looking forward to a full cast audiobook that explored mental health and featured supernatural elements. Did it live up to my expectations? Let’s…
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/psychosis-diagnosis/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/psychosis-diagnosis/
"We are all someone's monster." - Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows
May 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"We are all someone's monster." - Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows
"When everyone knows you’re a monster, you needn’t waste time doing every monstrous thing." - Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows
May 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"When everyone knows you’re a monster, you needn’t waste time doing every monstrous thing." - Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows
Meet Kaz and his group of outcasts. Can they pull off an impossible heist that will give them a life-changing amount of money?
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/six-of-crows/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/six-of-crows/
May 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Meet Kaz and his group of outcasts. Can they pull off an impossible heist that will give them a life-changing amount of money?
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/six-of-crows/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/six-of-crows/
“No mourners. No funerals. Among them, it passed for 'good luck.” - Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows
May 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“No mourners. No funerals. Among them, it passed for 'good luck.” - Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows
Queer magical girls save Portland in Magica Riot, a self-published debut novel by trans author Kara Buchanan.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/magica-riot/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/magica-riot/
April 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Queer magical girls save Portland in Magica Riot, a self-published debut novel by trans author Kara Buchanan.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/magica-riot/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/magica-riot/
What are your favorite books featuring a chosen family?
April 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What are your favorite books featuring a chosen family?
Some of the reasons chosen families are important to the LGBTQIA+ community.
April 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Some of the reasons chosen families are important to the LGBTQIA+ community.
What is a chosen family?
April 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What is a chosen family?
This month, I'm focusing on books about chosen families by LGBTQIA+ authors. Why is this important, you ask? I attempt to explain here.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/chosen-family/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/chosen-family/
April 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This month, I'm focusing on books about chosen families by LGBTQIA+ authors. Why is this important, you ask? I attempt to explain here.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/chosen-family/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/chosen-family/
During the month of April, I'm covering a handful of books featuring the chosen family tope by authors who are openly LGBTQIA+.
March 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
During the month of April, I'm covering a handful of books featuring the chosen family tope by authors who are openly LGBTQIA+.
Human Acts is the brutal story of the Gwangju uprising. More notably, how the uprising impacted those involved.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/human-acts/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/human-acts/
March 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Human Acts is the brutal story of the Gwangju uprising. More notably, how the uprising impacted those involved.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/human-acts/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/human-acts/
Paris, 1880s: inconvenient women are sent to the Salpêtrière asylum. Paris residents enjoy watching hypnotisms and attending the yearly ball.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/the-mad-womens-ball/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/the-mad-womens-ball/
March 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Paris, 1880s: inconvenient women are sent to the Salpêtrière asylum. Paris residents enjoy watching hypnotisms and attending the yearly ball.
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/the-mad-womens-ball/
https://www.bookishbitch.blog/the-mad-womens-ball/