Ana Coqui
@anacoqui.bsky.social
Librarian, reader, knitter,Boricua! 🏳️🌈🇵🇷📚 (pronouns: she/her)
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Ana Coqui
@anacoqui.bsky.social
· Jul 4
Mini-bio: A lifelong genre reader, grew up reading fantasy, sci-fi & mystery in Puerto Rico, then found Romance in a post-grad school burnout haze!
When I’m not reading, talking about books or knitting I’m a school librarian.
in short:
Bi🏳️🌈
Boricua 🇵🇷
Knitter 🧶
Rombklove 💕
Librarian 📚
When I’m not reading, talking about books or knitting I’m a school librarian.
in short:
Bi🏳️🌈
Boricua 🇵🇷
Knitter 🧶
Rombklove 💕
Librarian 📚
I’m not aromatherapy kind of person…my husband is very sensitive to scents…but today I have a simmer pot going. Some orange peels, apple slices, whole cloves, ginger slices, and cinnamon sticks in the slow cooker. It smells so nice in here right now.
December 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I’m not aromatherapy kind of person…my husband is very sensitive to scents…but today I have a simmer pot going. Some orange peels, apple slices, whole cloves, ginger slices, and cinnamon sticks in the slow cooker. It smells so nice in here right now.
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I remember your dogs, LiveJournal friends. The dogs that brought us together are all gone now, but I remember them, yours and mine.
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I remember your dogs, LiveJournal friends. The dogs that brought us together are all gone now, but I remember them, yours and mine.
Happy to report that our school absolutely loved our first virtual viist via @bookelicious.bsky.social
The kids were so engaged listening to Peter Brown talk about writing and drawing the Wild Robot!
They want to do more virtual visits! Great for our off-cycle years!
The kids were so engaged listening to Peter Brown talk about writing and drawing the Wild Robot!
They want to do more virtual visits! Great for our off-cycle years!
Bookelicious (@bookelicious.bsky.social)
❤️ Bookmoji Book-Matching Technology
📚 Curated Online Children's Bookshop
🎒 Virtual Author Visits
🧑🏫 PD Webinars
🛍️ PopUp Shops Fundraisers
bookelicious.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Happy to report that our school absolutely loved our first virtual viist via @bookelicious.bsky.social
The kids were so engaged listening to Peter Brown talk about writing and drawing the Wild Robot!
They want to do more virtual visits! Great for our off-cycle years!
The kids were so engaged listening to Peter Brown talk about writing and drawing the Wild Robot!
They want to do more virtual visits! Great for our off-cycle years!
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This is so pure. 😍
December 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This is so pure. 😍
So I haven’t seen Wicked for Good yet. Mostly because I don’t love the second half of the musical but I can’t stop laughing at the fact that my news feed has more than a dozen articles on a chunky sex cardigan! Like suddenly the movie might be relevant to my interests!
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 AM
So I haven’t seen Wicked for Good yet. Mostly because I don’t love the second half of the musical but I can’t stop laughing at the fact that my news feed has more than a dozen articles on a chunky sex cardigan! Like suddenly the movie might be relevant to my interests!
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I saw a meme last night about a generational divide marker of folks who cannot sit through videos and want the words typed out because they read faster than they can watch a video and I felt that deep in my heart. I'm happy for folks who love video, but I hate them. Give me text. Let me read.
December 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I saw a meme last night about a generational divide marker of folks who cannot sit through videos and want the words typed out because they read faster than they can watch a video and I felt that deep in my heart. I'm happy for folks who love video, but I hate them. Give me text. Let me read.
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I wrote an article about this years ago, so these examples are old: the-toast.archive.town/2013/09/30/b... Plus Jayne Ann Krentz has a whole bunch of historicals where it's disappointing at first.
Romance Novels and Bad Sex
The best bad sex in your favorite romance novels.
the-toast.archive.town
November 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I wrote an article about this years ago, so these examples are old: the-toast.archive.town/2013/09/30/b... Plus Jayne Ann Krentz has a whole bunch of historicals where it's disappointing at first.
I’m in the middle of binding off a project but got a wild hair and decided to cast on a hat yesterday afternoon. I’m 1/3 done with it
November 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I’m in the middle of binding off a project but got a wild hair and decided to cast on a hat yesterday afternoon. I’m 1/3 done with it
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Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores?
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
November 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores?
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
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Mafia/gang stories exist within the framework of a politically corrupt system. So bad man behavior can often times be restorative street justice. But notice how in those communities if done right, actual abusers are punished. I need yall to read Demon’s Dream which actually nails this.
I genuinely wonder if some of these authors have even watched The Godfather or Casino, listened to a podcast, anything. So many of the mob guys that are still around have YouTube channels lololol
Sometimes I think about how violent, sex negative, and weirdly vanilla dark romance is. I also wish I could explain proper gang/mafia related codes of ethics vs an MMC who is just violent and emotionally abusive. Loving a bad man is different than he’s not bad because I love him.
November 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Mafia/gang stories exist within the framework of a politically corrupt system. So bad man behavior can often times be restorative street justice. But notice how in those communities if done right, actual abusers are punished. I need yall to read Demon’s Dream which actually nails this.
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I come with yarn tidings: Knit Picks is giving away interchangeable needle sets with orders over $100 rn (there’s a code), AND everything is 30% off. I stocked up on Tree-Rex yarn big time ☺️
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November 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I come with yarn tidings: Knit Picks is giving away interchangeable needle sets with orders over $100 rn (there’s a code), AND everything is 30% off. I stocked up on Tree-Rex yarn big time ☺️
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The Benoit Blanc trilogy might end up as one of the best artistic statements on the diseased conservatism of our era, and l think Wake Up Dead Man is my favorite of the trilogy, largely because it’s Rian Johnson trying to understand Christianity and its adherents more than having a definitive take.
November 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The Benoit Blanc trilogy might end up as one of the best artistic statements on the diseased conservatism of our era, and l think Wake Up Dead Man is my favorite of the trilogy, largely because it’s Rian Johnson trying to understand Christianity and its adherents more than having a definitive take.
My husband and I first started flirting/interacting during our college’s production of Tom Stoppard’s Travesties. I was a costume runner who suddenly had to also bring ice to one of the actors who fractured his ankle two weeks before the play opened. We started talking each night. Rest well Tom!
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
My husband and I first started flirting/interacting during our college’s production of Tom Stoppard’s Travesties. I was a costume runner who suddenly had to also bring ice to one of the actors who fractured his ankle two weeks before the play opened. We started talking each night. Rest well Tom!
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Sometimes I think about how violent, sex negative, and weirdly vanilla dark romance is. I also wish I could explain proper gang/mafia related codes of ethics vs an MMC who is just violent and emotionally abusive. Loving a bad man is different than he’s not bad because I love him.
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Sometimes I think about how violent, sex negative, and weirdly vanilla dark romance is. I also wish I could explain proper gang/mafia related codes of ethics vs an MMC who is just violent and emotionally abusive. Loving a bad man is different than he’s not bad because I love him.
Just got back from Wake up Dead Man and wow! It was amazing. Twisty, turny, turbulent, funny, and yet full of incredibly touching, sincere moments of grace.
Josh O’Connor just shines as Father Jud, and what a cast he got to play with!
Josh O’Connor just shines as Father Jud, and what a cast he got to play with!
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Just got back from Wake up Dead Man and wow! It was amazing. Twisty, turny, turbulent, funny, and yet full of incredibly touching, sincere moments of grace.
Josh O’Connor just shines as Father Jud, and what a cast he got to play with!
Josh O’Connor just shines as Father Jud, and what a cast he got to play with!
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Since it's a big weekend for consumerism, I just want to put out there that buying an indie author's book in any format is "shopping small" no matter where you choose to buy it from.
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Since it's a big weekend for consumerism, I just want to put out there that buying an indie author's book in any format is "shopping small" no matter where you choose to buy it from.
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One of the many reasons I love Bluesky is because I can curate my feed so that I more frequently come across post threads like THIS. #BookSky #Uplift
If what you're looking for is a book that is not "loose" (ie, pages pulling or falling out in groups), "tight" might seem like what you want.
I, a full-contact bibliomaniac, can tell you that tightly sewn bindings can warp pages, so I've been hesitant to use "tight" to mean "not loose". (3/4)
I, a full-contact bibliomaniac, can tell you that tightly sewn bindings can warp pages, so I've been hesitant to use "tight" to mean "not loose". (3/4)
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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#Romancelandia Holiday Fairies is BACK for our 6th year! 🎁✨
This community-powered gifting initiative is all about mutual aid, kindness, and making sure no one goes without a little magic this season.
Let’s make 2025 our most generous year yet!
Learn more: bit.ly/holidayfairies
This community-powered gifting initiative is all about mutual aid, kindness, and making sure no one goes without a little magic this season.
Let’s make 2025 our most generous year yet!
Learn more: bit.ly/holidayfairies
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Oh, and if you want an American Thanksgiving themed read, may I recommend A Midnight Feast? It's in KU or only $0.99
Amazon.com: A Midnight Feast (Fly Me to the Moon, Book Four) eBook : Barry, Emma, Turner, Genevieve: Kindle Store share.google/XdJHoxK2lNy9...
Amazon.com: A Midnight Feast (Fly Me to the Moon, Book Four) eBook : Barry, Emma, Turner, Genevieve: Kindle Store share.google/XdJHoxK2lNy9...
Amazon.com
Amazon.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Oh, and if you want an American Thanksgiving themed read, may I recommend A Midnight Feast? It's in KU or only $0.99
Amazon.com: A Midnight Feast (Fly Me to the Moon, Book Four) eBook : Barry, Emma, Turner, Genevieve: Kindle Store share.google/XdJHoxK2lNy9...
Amazon.com: A Midnight Feast (Fly Me to the Moon, Book Four) eBook : Barry, Emma, Turner, Genevieve: Kindle Store share.google/XdJHoxK2lNy9...
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Apparently The Winter Sea is mentioned in The Times today? Can anybody take a pic for me?
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Apparently The Winter Sea is mentioned in The Times today? Can anybody take a pic for me?
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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone except politicians who try to destroy libraries and public schools.
I hope their turkey is super dry today.
I hope their turkey is super dry today.
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone except politicians who try to destroy libraries and public schools.
I hope their turkey is super dry today.
I hope their turkey is super dry today.
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"It was supposed to be a celebratory milestone, the final step in the process to obtain U.S. permanent residency. Instead, as each interview with an immigration officer wrapped up, federal agents swooped in, handcuffed the foreign spouse and took him or her away."
“I had to take the baby from my crying wife’s arms.“ It hasn’t even been a year, and this is not a scandal anymore? What is wrong with us?
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"It was supposed to be a celebratory milestone, the final step in the process to obtain U.S. permanent residency. Instead, as each interview with an immigration officer wrapped up, federal agents swooped in, handcuffed the foreign spouse and took him or her away."
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when the subtext is the text, Sesame Street edition
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
when the subtext is the text, Sesame Street edition
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We met our initial goal!!! Right now (with 2 days of auction left and 10 days of wishlist) that's enough money to buy about a third of the outstanding items. Which is HUGE!! But we still have a ways to go, so keep those socks and hats coming <3333 (or keep bidding on this octopus!)
and THANK YOU
and THANK YOU
Highlights from the Bundled Up on Broad auction opening tmow 11/13!! (Buys warm clothes for the families at my synagogue Rodeph Shalom Philly's food pantry, or give directly to our wishlist: bit.ly/bundled25)
I HAVE to start with Olivia Waite's beaded octopus www.32auctions.com/organization...
I HAVE to start with Olivia Waite's beaded octopus www.32auctions.com/organization...
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We met our initial goal!!! Right now (with 2 days of auction left and 10 days of wishlist) that's enough money to buy about a third of the outstanding items. Which is HUGE!! But we still have a ways to go, so keep those socks and hats coming <3333 (or keep bidding on this octopus!)
and THANK YOU
and THANK YOU
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Jamaica more or less out of the news entirely just a few weeks after Melissa hit. It shouldn't be.
"Hurricane Melissa changed the life of every Jamaican in less than 24 hours."
"Hurricane Melissa changed the life of every Jamaican in less than 24 hours."
‘This is survival’: Jamaica leads calls from vulnerable nations at Cop30
Countries including Mauritius and Cuba reiterate life-or-death nature of cutting emissions, calling it ‘a moral duty’
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Jamaica more or less out of the news entirely just a few weeks after Melissa hit. It shouldn't be.
"Hurricane Melissa changed the life of every Jamaican in less than 24 hours."
"Hurricane Melissa changed the life of every Jamaican in less than 24 hours."