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Avalos Mama
@avalosmama.bsky.social
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Married to my absolute best friend. Mom to four wonderful and badass teenagers.

✊ Black lives. 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans lives.
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Starting #TheSpellshop by #SarahBethDurst & wishing I could read more. Thanks @emynemmy.bsky.social for the recc! #BookSky #📚💙
The image shows a Kindle Paperwhite display featuring the black and grey cover of The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst. The Kindle Paperwhite is balanced in a left hand, hold in an L position. The background is a plain white wall with no color or texture. The image is not well light or social media aesthetic.
September 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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I have been struggling with reading, but … hopefully I’m back?! Still working on Assistant to the Villain, and dipped my toes into Magical Innkeeping … but #KJBradford releases this baby soon & I was intrigued. Black characters, fantasy elements, spice?! 👀 I’m in!!! #BlackAuthors #Booksky 📚💙
The image shows a black & grey cover of a book by KJ Bradford, titled The Perfect Unicorn. Tagline states “What happens when perfection meets sin?” The image also shows that this novella is part of a series called, “Enchanted Forest.”
August 3, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Reading #AssistantToTheVillain on my Kindle & loving the … slow burn. 🔥 #BookSky
Photo of a Kindle being held by a stand, displaying a page of the book Assistant to the Villain. Blurred background.
July 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Everyone, but ESPECIALLY #BlackSky … is #invited to a #virtual #FamilyStoryTime on 6/16 at 11:30am! Come for #stories, #fingerplays, #rhymes, & #songs about #Juneteeth!

& #SpreadTheWord! The more attendance at these #LibraryPrograms, the more they happen!

visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/13772472
LA County Library social media image for a Juneteenth Family Storytime hosted at the Black Resource Center. The event is virtual and will occur on Monday, June 16th at 11:30am. Books titled “Free At Last,” “Juneteenth For Mazie,” and “A Flag for Juneteenth” are displayed. LA County Library flyer PDF image for a Juneteenth Family Storytime hosted at the Black Resource Center. The event is virtual and will occur on Monday, June 16th at 11:30am. The text describes “a special story time celebrating Juneteenth with stories, finger plays, rhymes, and songs.” There is a scannable QR code to register.
June 1, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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An appreciation post for my MSW ride or die, @emynemmy.bsky.social on “the other social medias” that she doesn’t have. The accompanying song was Graduation by Vitamin C. ♥️
Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring this author and the stranger she met in 2023, who became one of her best friends over the course of their MSW program.
May 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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CR: My Sister, The Serial Killer by #OyinkanBraithwaite (pg. 195/227).
💭: Holy. Shit. This has me in an absolute chokehold! Edge of my seat vibes! Try audiobook for correct Nigerian name pronunciation. #booksky #currentread #thrillerbooks #bookish, #bibliophile #bookworm #booklove #bookshelf #reader
The cover of “My Sister, The Serial Killer” by Oyinkan Braithwaite shows a Black woman’s face and upper shoulders. She is wearing a beige head wrap, concealing her hair pulled back into a low bun style. She is also wearing sunglasses that have a reflection image of a silhouetted hand holding a large knife, poised to stab downward. The title and author’s name are in large bright green letters.
May 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Grad school is basically over. My internship ends May 15th. I do have to attach appendices to my paper & submit it as a final, but … I’m done. Me & my Kindle are gonna get some *quality time* in before I start my new job. 🙌
User holds a Kindle, with a case that looks like an old school diner receipt titled “Guest Check.” It is varying shades of pink with the words “Midnight reading club” sprawled across it. User’s name is printed in cursive in the bottom right corner, “Stormy.”
May 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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May is fast approaching and I am equally terrified and full of hope. 🤷‍♀️ Grad school has been amazing, but I am ready to be done … for now. Doctorate? Maybe once I’m in a more stable place. ♥️
User holds a physical copy of the children’s book titled “Will The Pigeon Graduate?” Featuring the Mo Willems pigeon wearing a grad-cap, accompanied by a speech bubble saying “I have the hat!” The book is purple and Pigeon is grey, with a white stripe on this throat, and a yellow beak. The title is written in a yellow speech bubble and Pigeons speech bubble is white.
April 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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#DeadBreakfast by @kathillisauthor.bsky.social & @rosieethor.bsky.social is queer GOLD. I cannot wait to buy this in its physical form and look at it on my #bookshelf. The paranormal, the queer, the cozy, the murder?! TOP TIER READ, #BookSky!
Photo of an e-reader displaying text from Chapter 7 of Dead & Breakfast by Kat Hillis and Rosiee Thorr.
April 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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OMFG. I posted on IG today that I was feeling some type of way because someone posted the voice actors of Goofy and Max … & they’re white. 😂 I am glad to see this. Black history, INDEED. ☺️
Screenshot of IG reel being shared. The reel features scenes from A Goofy Movie and the original voice actors for Goofy and Max. Posted text in the photo says: Me having a weird vibe seeing that Goofy and Max are actually white men.
April 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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On my LAST non-thesis assignment, I’m building off @emynemmy.bsky.social’s idea to report on #DecolonizingTherapy by #JenniferMullan. I’m adding a few different books & providing a PDF for the class BUT! Can we just appreciate a ✨talented✨ artist that let #Canva use their stuff? That art is FIRE! 🔥
Computer screen photo with a colorful Canva presentation called “Decolonized Bookshelf: A Guide to Centering BIPOC Voices on Our Collective Social Work Bookshelf.” Features tabs in colorful hues, golden sparkles, and a young Black woman with long golden-beaded locs tied into a half up half down messy bun, rounded hot pink glasses, and multiple piercings with gold jewelry. She is wearing a royal blue tank top and shows a floral outline tattoo. Her eyes are closed and she is smiling. She is literally the best part of the slide!
March 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Just got #NetGalley approved for #DeadBreakfast & I couldn’t be more excited! #Gay #vampires running a cozy country #BedAndBreakfast with a little #MurderMystery, a #Werewolf #Barista, and an #Elven #Coroner?! Yeah, I guess there’s humans too, but like … the absolute POTENTIAL in this story?! 🥹
Cover of Dead & Breakfast by Kat Hillis and Rosie Thor. Reads “Come for the vampires, stay for the scones” and features two fabulously dressed (suits!) gay vampires holding their beverages of choice. They are holding hands in front of their idyllic little bed & breakfast. The queer representation is REPRESENTING.
March 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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I was driving to internship today and realized the #carpaltunnel in my left hand is NOT helped by the way I drive. My inner thumb kinda does a press & pull vibe on the wheel … and OMG THE FIRE AND TINGLES. 😭
Left hand on a grey steering wheel.
March 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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@nnedi.bsky.social Someone requested your novel in large print at my library & it has arrived for them! So excited to hear their feedback! 🥰
Library worker shows a book titled Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor. The book has a teal/orange motif, but that is mostly covered by the darkened silhouette bust of a young Black woman with braids. Some of her face is illuminated, but very slightly.
March 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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I have #CarpalTunnel and my symptoms are ON FIRE between grad school, internship, & work. I hate the traditional braces because I’m a fat girl & my hands are little?! They are SO uncomfortable! Anyways, I found this little “brace” & immediately grabbed it. ITS SO HELPFUL! 😭 Replying w/ link!
A wrist, with a bracelet style carpal tunnel brace.
March 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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ON SALE NOW! 👏 Cry, Voidbringer is an anarchist dark fantasy that challenges readers to wrestle with the cost of complicity in the face of tyranny and systemic injustice.

#CryVoidbringer #ElaineHo #BookSky #Books #Readers
Informational graphic for a new book release: Cry, Voidbringer by Elaine Ho. There is a photo of the book, a small photo of the author Elaine Ho, the sale dates 03/18-04:22, and a 15% off code: LOVEBOOKSELLERS to use on Bookshop.org.
March 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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So, we doing #promosky posts to find folks? Okay! ♥️

✨ I’m fat & body positive.
✨ Queer, but hetero-passing?
✨ LGBTQ rights or choke on air.
✨ Black & Brown folks are superior.
✨ Four teenagers, yup.
✨ I read. A lot.
✨ I’m a library lady, but also a social worker.
✨ My existence is political.
White woman with long-ish hair sitting in a library setting. Her face is propped in her closed fist and her sweater is yellow with a large white anchor printed on it. She is smiling with a closed mouth. White woman with short cropped wavy hair in large hoop earrings is standing with her hand on her hip. Her shirt is black and her cardigan is yellow. She is smiling with a closed mouth. White woman with short cropped wavy hair with small stud earrings is sitting in the drivers seat of her car, posing for a selfie. Her shirt is black with a floral skull design repeating. She is smiling with a closed mouth and her weird dimple is showing. She has makeup on and it is late at night. Fat white woman with her hair up in space bun style with small stud earrings and black glasses stands next to a state of the Inside Out character, Disgust. They are striking the same pose: arms crossed, hip out, leg extended. Woman’s pants and sweatshirt are black and she is wearing a colorful Disney lanyard. She is smiling with a closed mouth and has a sassy expression to match the pose.
March 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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I do the #millennialpeacesign so much that all my kids do it. They’re 18, 17, 17, and 13. 🤷‍♀️ YALL GETTING THIS PEACE SIGN!
Short haired white woman with a grey t-shirt and large hoop earrings does “the millennial peace sign” while smiling and taking a selfie in her car. Her child mimics the peace sign and is hanging over her shoulder. The photo is cropped to protect the identity and privacy of the child.
March 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Arthur was a little worried that I slept in until 10:30. I sat up & he was … like this. #DogsOfBlueSky #DogPics
Tan maltese/terrier mix in a blue SparkPaws sweater staring directly and expectantly into the camera. He is lying on a teal cozy plush blanket.
March 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Me from a different era was … a hellion. Now? Social worker slash library lady with a story. 😂
Teenage girl with mid back length straightened black hair, 90/00s style bangs, and large earrings. She’s wearing a Raiders jersey tied at the small of her back with jeans. She’s blowing a bubble with bubble gum and has her hand on her hip.
March 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Here’s the book in question, basically back to new with a little TLC & book tape!
The outer cover of a damaged book. The inner cover of a damaged book.
March 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Sometimes, the things that get returned to the #library are strange. We have fun making notes that ONLY library staff can see. This graphic novel had a literal bite mark on its cover. 🤷‍♀️ #BookSky
Screen showing note: “Bite mark on the cover - repaired with book tape.”
March 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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I have entirely too many books and don’t *quite* understand how #Kindle works haha. #BookSky
Kindle titles.
March 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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Is anyone on #BookSky old enough to remember #AmeliasNotebook?! Because this book reminded me of her covers. The nostalgia! I still can’t wear purple nail polish and eat grapes!
Person holding a book with an old school “composition notebook” style cover. The title is Horrible Harry and the Ant Invasion, written by Suzy Kline.
March 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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My oldest kid has to have NO grad cap design, NO leis, and an APPROVED stole at their high school graduation. Aht aht, I see there are no rules about pins!

We found these on Etsy & they’re IN THE CART!
Photo of the Etsy website with two wooden pins. The design resembles a Molotov cocktail in a glass bottle with colorful flames. One option is the traditional flame colors like red and orange. The second option is the trans flag colors, with blue and pink.
March 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM