Lydia
banner
booksbeforebed.bsky.social
Lydia
@booksbeforebed.bsky.social
🚫 47. Full stop.
🌈 Human Rights > Everything
✋🏻Michigan
💎 Beta/ARC Reader
📖 Wannabe PA
🔥 Queer Romance Reader
🐉 Fantasy
linktr.ee/booksbeforebed
Pinned
Umm hi there's a bunch of new people here! Welcome!
❤️ I'm Lydia 🌈
🧡 I read mostly queer romance, but also love fantasy
💛 I've got one human spawn and two fur roommates
💚 ADHD
🩵 Would love to work with authors to get their books into reader's hands
💜 Reviewer
🤍 Alpha / Beta / ARC reading is my jam
Are you a nerd? Do you love fantasy, queer romance, and laughing?

Come join Sarah Glenn Marsh and I on her fellowship street team for her LOTR-inspired April 2026 release! We're a little insane, but it's gonna be so much fun!

docs.google.com/forms/d/1dNZ...
June 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
An afternoon if #crochet, #audiobooks, and #quiettime before the chaos of tonight 🩵
June 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🏕️ Book Review! 🏕️

🏕️ Title: "Cloudy With a Chance of Bad Decisions"
🏕️ Author: @fae.loves.art

🏕️ Pick up if you love:
✨ Sharing clothing
✨ K!nky adventures in a boat house
✨ Mental Health Rep and discussions
✨ Being seen for who you are
June 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
That moment when you get the chance to sink into a book you've been so freaking excited for, and to have the honor of beta reading 💕
a cartoon cat is laying in a bed with a pillow
ALT: a cartoon cat is laying in a bed with a pillow
media.tenor.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
As a parent, I never realized *how much* of my adult life would be fighting for the living things in my house to go potty.

Dog? Won't touch wet grass. Or go out in dark. Or if there's a little noise. Will hold it out of our spite.
Kid? Needs 382715 negotiations before even entering the bathroom.
March 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reposted by Lydia
I feel confident in predicting history will judge this decade or so as the absolutely stupidest time in American history.

Honestly our kids and grandkids will read about this time and be shocked that adults existed.
March 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Me: "Oh, #ReadtheRainbow is next month and I'd love to make a ton of little things to hand out!"

Also me: "You crammed all your obligations into a single freaking month and have zero extra time for new things."

Well....damn 🤣
March 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Reposted by Lydia
The United States is no longer a nation under the rule of law.
I urge Canadians to avoid travel. Illegal detentions and kidnapping by ICE have become all too common for travellers and those with working VISAs.
Stay away at this time.

boingboing.net/2025/03/20/d...
Dire warning from Canada MP: "I urge people not to travel to the United States" (video)
Dire warning from Canada's Prime Minister Angus: "I urge people not to travel to the United States" (video)
boingboing.net
March 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Me, seeing star fruit in the grocery store: "Wait, I needed a star fruit. What did I need a star fruit for?"

10 seconds later

"Oh, I needed to give Kent a star fruit so he could give it to Jodi..."

#StardewValley
March 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Shout out to the yarn art community, who - when I said I was struggling - came through and offered suggestions, advice, and support.

The best 🩵
March 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I'm trying to teach myself A G A I N to crochet

This is so confusing

I cannot figure it out 😂
March 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I made the mistake of looking at a 🔴 family member's social media page....goddamn, they're really a cult, aren't they
March 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This morning I got up before my alarm, got ready for the day, took care of the animals, scooped the litter box, got a Pango package in the mail, started a load of laundry and unloaded the dishwasher...all before 8am.

Who. Am. I.
March 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"We're calling this 'controlling what we can when things feel out of control.'"
March 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Reposted by Lydia
The combination of firing all the air traffic people and then firing all the weather experts means air travel in this country is going to become even worse, and not slowly.
February 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
On top of this disgusting abuse of power and child terror tactics.....it's the spelling errors that are the icing on the shit cake
This is evil. Pure evil.
February 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I hate when I'm having a good energy day, and then my body reaches the point where it says "Nah, actually, you're done" and goes down to 0 almost instantly 😭🖕🏻
February 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I just finished #SonsOfTheFallen by @jaclynosborn.bsky.social and OH my GAWD I don't know what to do with my life right now 😭 How am I supposed to just....pick up another book?! I'm #shattered in the best way 🩵 These boys 🩵
February 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Reposted by Lydia
WYOMING:
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
February 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Reposted by Lydia
been crunching some numbers and can't help but notice there's a lot of us and only one of him
February 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I always check out the dedication of a new book, and this one from Van R Som got me

Book: "Allured" by Van R. Som
February 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A lil #ShelfieSunday to round out the week (because nothing else is happening tonight, right? 😂)

This week - my #ReadTheRainbowSigning shelf! These are books from attending authors I've already collected. Some signed, some not, but the unsigned ones I'll be bringing with me to remedy that 😉
February 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Reposted by Lydia
The vibe atm in the United states
February 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM