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Laura (she/they) 🏳️‍🌈 📚 🐈‍⬛
@auntieyorgareads.bsky.social
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Unapologetically Queer. Neurodivergent (ADHD) & Perimenopausal (⚠️). Diverse Reader. Bibliophile.

2025 📚 = 79/72 (original goal = 48 😂)

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It’s so much fun playing with the kiddos! I hope you two have some fantastic adventures together!

My (now) 9 year old nephew started playing with us a couple of years ago. We’ve had great success using books full of one-shot adventures 🐉

My brother-in-law gave me this one 😂
Cover of Sly Flourish’s Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master by Michael E. Shea
September 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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📚 August 2025 Reads 📚

Work was super busy this month, so I didn’t get through as many books as usual, but what I did read was fantabulous!

5 ⭐️

🍂 The Good House by Tananarive Due 🍂

🎥 Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin 🎥

Both very creepy, strange, and horrific 🥀

Sooo good!
Pictured is a graphic of my August 2025 reads courtesy of #TheStoryGraph 9 books 3,102 pages 4.19 avg rating I read: 100% fiction Average book length = 326 pages Average time to finish = 6 days 44% audiobooks and 56% print books Top 3 Genres were horror, LGBTQIA+, fantasy
September 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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I’ve been on a big audiobook kick lately and listened to quite a few good ones in July. These two were ones that really had me hooked though. Totally recommend! 📚 🎧
Pictured is the cover of an audiobook, Ask for Andrea by Noelle W. Ihli, narrated by Allison Delaney. There is an image of a person with long blond hair running on a dark background with shattered glass in the lower right corner. Pictured is the cover of an audiobook, What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall. The title is in bold red text over a background of dark and every woods.
August 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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📚July 2025 Reading Wrap-Up📚

I had another decent month of reading. Still on a pretty serious horror kick but decided to give some non-queer, but still diverse books a chance.

Had a couple of firsts: Finally read my first James Baldwin and my first Stephen Graham-Jones (hooked on both now 😂)
Pictured is a graphic of my reads this month courtesy of #TheStoryGraph 11 books 3,063 pages 3.95 avg rating Pictured is a graphic of my reads this month courtesy of #TheStoryGraph I read: 100% fiction 55% were between 300-499 pages 73% audiobooks and 27% print books Top 3 Genres were horror, thriller, LGBTQIA+
August 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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It’s been a minute since I’ve posted a monthly reading wrap up. My ADHD perimenopausal brain forgets things frequently these days. But I remembered this month, so here it is! Def one of my better months of reading. Very queer and full of horror!

#booksky #queerbooksky #readingwrapup
My June 2025 StoryGraph reading wrap-up: 11 books 3,799 pages 4.23 average rating Top Reads: Bury Your Gays by Chick Tingle Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove The Deep by Rivers Solomon Top Genres (mostly all queer): Horror Fantasy Mystery Thriller Speculative Fiction 45% print books and 55% audiobooks
July 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Wallpaper time! What’s your phone’s screen?
iPhone Lock Screen with the colors of the inclusive lgbtq+ flag in a waterfall pattern drawn in short confetti-like lines/dots
May 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Today is the first day of the #transrightsreadathon and I’m hoping to finish my current read tonight!

I’m listening 🎧 to Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse (Between Earth & Sky, Book 3). Great indigenous trans/non-binary rep & the narration is EXCELLENT! Highly recommend! 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 #trr2025 #booksky
A screenshot of the Mirrored Heavens audiobook from the Libro.fm app player. The player shows that the reader is on chapter 37 (track 40 of 57), and has listened to 14 hours and 29 minutes (74%) of the book so far.
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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I love getting #bookmail 🌈 📚

I think I’m going to have to start reading this one over the weekend!

Thanks to @ronnicareads.bsky.social for posting a review about this the other day. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it!

#booksky #queerbooks #queerhorror
A photo of the hardcover book Feast While You Can by Mikaelia Clements and Onjuli Datta sitting atop an opened brown book package. There is a partial shipping label visible behind the book and beige carpet in the background.
March 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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I’m right there with you 😆 soooo many books, soooo little time 📚 🕰️ #booksky
Screenshot of StoryGraph app showing TBR of over 800 books. Books pictured in the shot are Feast While You Can, Devil’s Wake, and the top part of The Between.
March 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Just finished #TheReformatory by #TananariveDue & it’s one of the most powerful books I’ve ever read. Easily 5+++⭐️! A gripping mix of historical fiction & the paranormal, it’s a haunting & chilling account of the horrors & cruelty of racism & infamous boys’ school in Jim Crow Florida #bookreview
Photo of the cover of The Reformatory by Tananarive Due. There is an image of a small house/building shadowed by large trees, surrounded by fog and the eerie orange of a sunset fills the sky.
March 8, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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February 2025 Reading Wrap-up 📚

I read a whopping total of 2 whole books last month! In all honesty, I’m surprised I even finished those because my February was rough y’all 😮‍💨

I’m continuing on in March with 2 books I started last month, plus one new, & likely DNFing another. Let’s do this!!
A monthly reading graphic showing various stats from February 2025. A reading graphic showing two book covers of the books read in February: Maame by Jessica George (5 stars) and The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst. A screenshot of 4 book covers of “currently reading” titles: The Reformatory by Tananarive Due, Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields, and Unshod, Cackling, and Naked by Tamika Thompson.
March 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Same. But also, my Zeppelin (named after the Led variety) 😻
A black and white photo of a long-haired black cat sitting on the arm of a couch, staring at his person because he wants loves.
February 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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🌈 📚 💙 January 2025 #readingwrapup #booksky #queerbooksky #diversebooksky #januaryreads

10 books
3,089 pages
4.2 average rating
Genre most read:
Most read genre: LGBTQIA+ 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

What were your favorite reads this month?

Awesome reading graphics courtesy of @thestorygraph.com
StoryGraph graphic of @auntieyorgareads January 2025 reading wrap-up summary. It notes number of books, pages, average rating, top rated reads, type, genres etc. StoryGraph graphic of @auntieyorgareads January 2025 books read showing 10 book covers with their star ratings. Bright Young Women - 4 stars Stone Blind - 3 stars The Personal Librarian - 4 stars Such Pretty Flowers - 4 stars Who is Vera Kelly? - 4 stars The Family Upstairs - 3.75 stars Your Driver is Waiting - 4.75 stars How Lovely to Be a Woman - 5 stars The Z Word - 4.5 stars House of Frank - 5 stars StoryGraph graphic of @auntieyorgareads January 2025 reading wrap-up calendar showing book covers and time spent reading (average of 3 days per book).
January 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Y’all, when I say that I am not ok… I just finished this and I’m devastated 🥺 I full on sobbed through the last 60 or so pages 😭 (I’m still weepy, if I’m honest)

“You are my sister, and our souls will forever be intertwined. In this life and the next. Speak to me. I’ll hear you.”

🧙‍♀️ 🏡 💫 💜

🌈 📚
Picture of the cover of House of Frank by Kay Synclaire. On the cover there is an older, charming three story white & house (with an attic) surrounded by grass, with a glass arboretum behind it. The evening sky is shades of orange, pink, green and blue and there’s a shooting star. The title of the book and author name are prominently displayed in front of the house in large font, the “A” in Frank has horns like a beast.
January 31, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Awwwww! So sweet 😻 Same vibe happening here on the daily (for him, not me, unfortunately 🤣)! 🐈‍⬛
A sleepy long-haired black cat is curled up lounging on the edge of a bed. His long fluffy tail is curled in front of his body and he has one eye partially open (likely annoyed with his person for taking a picture). The cat is on a lavender blanket and there is a window behind him with a sunny (albeit a bit blurry) view.
January 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?

(photo credit: @niapatterson.bsky.social or @thefriendineverwanted on IG)
A white hamster sitting in a pink car, wearing pink heart sunglasses. The car is nestled in what appears to be pine tree needles with sparkly lights against a pink background. The text across the hood of the car reads “the horrors persist, but so do i.” There is a white text box in the upper right corner that reads “Forever my mid-Monday mood.” In smaller white font across the bottom the text reads “@THEFRIENDINEVERWANTED,” and “// NIA PATTERSON, LLC.”
January 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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I’m so sorry to hear that your pup is nearing their end of life. It’s so hard to say goodbye, bittersweet really. 😢 I’ll tell our Fergus to welcome yours with open paws 🐾
A picture of a black, grey, & white Shetland sheepdog standing in a foot of snow. His ears are perked, he’s smiling and his tongue is licking the side of his mouth.
January 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Merry Little Meet Cute is on my want-to-read list! Maybe I’ll get to it soon 🤩

I’m currently reading Your Driver Is Here by Priya Guns, but recently finished Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht! #queerbooks #booksky
Book cover: Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns. There is a cracked rearview mirror, slightly askew, with an upside down smiley face in the lower right hand corner. There is a partial face of a person looking in the mirror with brown skin and dark hair that falls over one eye. Hanging from the rearview mirror is a green pine tree air freshener that is on fire with flames coming up on either side. The title of the book is in black font on the tree and the author’s name is in white font to the right. The cover background is a Pepto Bismol pink color. Book cover: Who Is Vera Kelly by Rosalie Knecht. A woman with alabaster white skin and black hair in a messy up-down has one hand up by her lips holding a smoking cigarette. She has bright red lips, brown eyes, and blue eye-shadow. The nails on her hand are painted blue to match the eye-shadow and the checked shirt she is wearing underneath a black coat. The title and author’s name are in yellow cursive font on the woman’s heart. The cover background is a slightly darker shade of blue.
January 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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💙 📚 My mini #bookhaul from oldfirehousebooks.com (one my fave independent bookstores). I had a gift card to spend and they had a list of queer reads for the year for their “Queer & Loathing” book club. Added them to my #tacklemyphysicaltbr stack!

Anyone read any of these? Thoughts?

#booksky
A small stack of three queer books, horizontal spines showing titles/authors, sitting on the corner of a black desk. Books from top to bottom: The Z Word by King Miller, An Education in Malice by S. T. Gibson, and House of Frank by Kay Synclaire. The top book has colorful spine/cover art and the cover has large white “Z” from the title that takes up the center half. The second book has a black, gothic style spine. The third book is part of a landscape with a darkened sky, setting sun, creepy house, and wild grass.
January 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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This is Zeppelin (Zep for short, Zepiddy-doo-dah for sillies) 🐈‍⬛ when he’s not right up in my grill and rubbing all over the book I’m currently reading, he’s either on one of his various “thrones” or messing with his pup-brother, Xander. He says hi to all the other bookish fur babies out there 😺
A slightly blurry (in movement) long-haired black cat (with gorgeous dark yellow eyes) is perching his front paws on his person’s right leg while they sit on a bed with dark purple fleece blanket. The cat is intent on further climbing up his person’s person, who happens to be wearing grey tennis shoes with neon green laces, black leggings, and a pink shirt. The fingers of his person’s right hand can be seen reaching out to pet said cat.
January 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM