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I remember seeing reviews of Babel and people disliking it because of the footnotes (which is totally fine!), but I can't stop thinking about House of Leaves lmao
Black cover of House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 2 pages of horrifying formatting and footnotes from House of Leaves where the text faces all directions
August 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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This book has shifted the way I think about climate change and environmental justice. Go read this asap! #climatechange #booksky #indigenousreads #indigenousbooks
Book cover of Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science
July 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Support your local library! The @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social is a great resource to learn how you can do more to protect your libraries locally and nationally #booksky #supportlibraries
Book "The Burning Stars" by Bethany Jacobs Book "Into the Drowning Deep" by Mira Grant Book "The Light Pirate" by Lily Brooks-Dalton Picture of a bookshelf with green text that says recent library haul
May 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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High on my tbr this month is I Got Abducted By Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-com, which my partner got for my birthday and fully annotated 🥰❤️ #booksky
Book cover of I got abducted by aliens and now I'm trapped in a rom-com. It has a grey horned alien holding a black woman in a green shirt with a camera, a pink t Rex, and an injured lion in a jungle environment on it. Book text highlighted in pink "We're gonna die and I'm never going ti get my PhD" followed by an annotation that says "good priorities lol"
May 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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In a weird reading mood you don't quite understand? Here's another reading roadmap to help you out! #booksky
Space is for shenanigans book recommendations. Pink and purple gradient background with blue title text. 9 book covers shown to describe different categories Got bored, might commit a crime book recommendations. Purple and green gradient background with blue title text. 8 book covers shown to describe different categories "If you need help don't call them because babes is unreliable" book recommendations. Light blue and blue gradient background with white title text. 9 book covers shown to describe different categories Map of North America at an angle background with a title that says Book Roadmaps in light brown
May 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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The TRR starts tomorrow! Read and uplift authors and/or stories with main characters that include trans, non-binary, 2-spirit, and/or gender nonconforming identities. I will be donating to the St Louis Trans Umbrella Group. I encourage you to do the same or donate to a charity of your choice
Pink and blue background. 6 book covers are shown as follows: Love After the End, Hammajang Luck, The Stonewall Reader, He Who Drowned the World, The Second Rebel, Her Majesty's Royal Coven Pink and blue background. White text says Trans Rights Readathon tbr March 21-31
March 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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The Whimy Wizard book club pick for April is Spice Road! Join here to read along: discord.gg/Ht4qJ8TN
A pink and blue landscape with a mountain in the background. A dragon flys and a wizard casts a spell. Text says The Whimsy Wizard bookclub April pick. The book is Spice Road
March 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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It doesn't count as a tbr problem when you get books for free right? Anyway here's the 12 books I just added to my shelves. #booksky
12 books in a stack: Rosewater, Insurrection, Redemption,City of Saints, City of Blades, City of Miracles, System collapse, The Traitor Baru Cormorant, The Dream Hotel, Death of an Author, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, We Lived on the Horizon
March 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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The Whimsy Wizard bookclub is now voting between these five Arab fantasy/dystopia novels. Join today to vote! #booksky

discord.gg/axgQ4tWM
A white background with blue airbrush over the top. The text says Vote for April's Whimsy Wizard bookclub pick. There are 5 book covers shown
March 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Alizeh and Kamran in This Woven Kingdom are giving this scene in Bridgerton with Kate and Anthony.

"You have consumed my thoughts since the moment I met you," he said to her. "I feel now, in your presence, entirely strange. I think I might fetch you the moon if only to spare your tears again."
A brown skinned woman in a blue dress with her hair up is held by a white man in a suit with brown hair A white skinned brown haired person in a green shirt holds up This Woven Kingdom
March 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Find a rally near you to stand up for science tomorrow. Science saves lives and it is necessary to research climate change, medical care for all, and plants to help feed the world #standupforscience2025

standupforscience2025.org
Sign on cardboard says Powered by science strengthened by diversity Sign on cardboard says there is no planet B Sign on white poster says defend not defend #standupforscience. A black background sign says MAD SCIENTIST. White poster says Got Measles? Me neither! Thanks science!
March 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Join and vote here:
discord.gg/uShuDyYZ
A white background with blue airbrush over the top. The text is black and says Vote for April's Whimsy Wizard bookclub pick. There are 5 book covers pictured
March 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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I'm so excited to participate in the @trreadathon.bsky.social again this year! Here are some of my favorites from last year!
Green cover with yellow lettering, a mermaid in green, and a child in brown. Text says The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen Black background with an orange and red peach in the middle. The text is white and says The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei
March 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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My February reading wrap up #booksky
Pink background with hearts. Text says books by genre with a blue background pie chart with fantasy as the primary genre read. Text says acquired from with a pie chart on blue background. Text says average rating 4.3 stars Pink background with hearta. Text says reading stats Pink background with hearts and the text says My reads. There are 8 book covers shown Pink background with hearts. Text says page distribution with a pie chart with blue background below. Test says format with a pie chart below
March 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Today's read! What's everyone else reading? #booksky
A black book cover with silver detailing and letters that say A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennet. There are also some greenish blue succulents decorating the left side
February 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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The Whimsy Wizard March bookclub pick is... 🥁🥁🥁

This Woven Kingdom 🎉🎉
A blue and pink mountain landscape with a dragon and a wizard. The text says The Whimsy Wizard Book club March pick. The book is This Woven Kingdom
February 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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I have filled it out and have been waiting like this ever since😂
Man in a white shirt, brown suit, and red tie, next to a field of yellow flowers checking his watch and waiting impatiently
February 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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I can't imagine a better Saturday than reading Angel Davis, a bookclub read, and eating rose pistachio beignets 🩷
Brown book cover with Black text that's says Angela Y. Davis Women Race & Class In a white box there are 3 beignets with glaze and pieces of pink rose and green pistachio A brown book cover with a strong Black woman on the cover armed with a sword. The text says The Unbroken by C.L Clark
February 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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The Devoured Worlds trilogy wrecked me... Now time for me to finish the sapphic trifeca with my bookclub #booksky
White text say last now next. The background is many books on a shelf. The Bound Worlds was read last. Now is This Ends in Embers and The Unbroken. Next is Friday Black
February 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Join my bookclub to vote for our read for March! #booksky

discord.gg/YXGGwkZ2
Blue and white background slide. Text says Vote for March's Whimsy Wizard Bookclub pick. The 5 books listed are Heir, Babel, The Blighted Stars, This Woven Kingdom, and Bitter
February 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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My January reading wrap up! #booksky
2 graphs on a blue background. One is for pages per book and the other is for book format. 10 books on a blue background with a title that reads My Reads Blue background with reading stats for books read, pages read, authors read, genres read, series finished, and % of physical tbr read. Title says Readings Stats Two graphs on a blue background. One says genre and the other is acquired from. There is also text stating the average star rating per book
February 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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This month has been such an amazing reading month 🥹
White text says January 2025 Reading Review. 9 book covers are shown with star ratings
January 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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POV: you're me reading The Blighted Stars by Megan E O'Keefe #booksky
Text says: POV:me reading this. There are 4 memes. One is almost screaming I love you and surrounded by hearts. One is Thomas the Train with a caption that reads "OH SHIT". One is a woman holding a man and pointing with two fingers at another woman. The first woman is labeled Me, the man Tarquin and Naira, and the other woman is The Fungus. Lastly is a mushroom with a bubble that says "I unravel the very fabric of reality"
January 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Screaming from the rooftops that this is going to be one of my new favorite series of all time. I would defend Naira and Tarquin with my life I swear. No notes 6/5⭐️ #booksky
Book cover for The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe. There are two people standing near fungus covered trees with 3 planets and a spaceship in the background
January 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Is this complete chaos? Yes. Is that accurate to me? No comment.
A picture of a white person with long brown hair in a black turtleneck. Text says "the vibes I bring to the function" in white. There are book covers, memes, and album covers.
January 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM