emma 📖✨
@ebook-em.bsky.social
📚 library book reader (she/her)
🌈 lit fic | SFF | nonfiction | anything
🌈 lit fic | SFF | nonfiction | anything
Queer book rec for Pride day 29: Open Throat. A novella told from the POV of a lonely, queer, anti-capitalist mountain lion roaming the Hollywood Hills. Yes, you read that right. #booksky
July 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Queer book rec for Pride day 29: Open Throat. A novella told from the POV of a lonely, queer, anti-capitalist mountain lion roaming the Hollywood Hills. Yes, you read that right. #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 28: the Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School. A funny but heartfelt story about a Mexican teen figuring out how to be herself at her very white Catholic school. #booksky
July 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Queer book rec for Pride day 28: the Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School. A funny but heartfelt story about a Mexican teen figuring out how to be herself at her very white Catholic school. #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 27: Monstrilio. A quirky and moving story about grief with several queer POV characters - a good entry point to horror for litfic readers. #booksky
July 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Queer book rec for Pride day 27: Monstrilio. A quirky and moving story about grief with several queer POV characters - a good entry point to horror for litfic readers. #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 26: Odd Blood. This cozy horror series features an autistic demisexual protagonist, a himbo vampire, and great banter. #booksky
July 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Queer book rec for Pride day 26: Odd Blood. This cozy horror series features an autistic demisexual protagonist, a himbo vampire, and great banter. #booksky
Fell behind again but let’s finish this series up! Queer book rec for Pride day 25: Lockjaw. An eerie YA thriller with trans characters and Stranger Things vibes #booksky
July 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Fell behind again but let’s finish this series up! Queer book rec for Pride day 25: Lockjaw. An eerie YA thriller with trans characters and Stranger Things vibes #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 24: Hammajang Luck. Finished this just last week and I’m obsessed. “Ocean’s 8 meets Blade Runner” — think sapphic space heist with a nonbinary MC and an ode to Hawaiian culture. So much fun, and the audio narration is top notch #booksky
June 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Queer book rec for Pride day 24: Hammajang Luck. Finished this just last week and I’m obsessed. “Ocean’s 8 meets Blade Runner” — think sapphic space heist with a nonbinary MC and an ode to Hawaiian culture. So much fun, and the audio narration is top notch #booksky
Queer book rec for for Pride day 23: House of Frank. A cozy fantasy novel that beautifully addresses grief in a queer normative world #booksky
June 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Queer book rec for for Pride day 23: House of Frank. A cozy fantasy novel that beautifully addresses grief in a queer normative world #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 22: Camp Damascus. A truly terrifying horror novel about the harms of conversion therapy and weaponized religion #booksky
June 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Queer book rec for Pride day 22: Camp Damascus. A truly terrifying horror novel about the harms of conversion therapy and weaponized religion #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 21: Chlorine. A twisted, dark literary thriller with body horror and a somewhat unhinged protagonist. #booksky
June 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Queer book rec for Pride day 21: Chlorine. A twisted, dark literary thriller with body horror and a somewhat unhinged protagonist. #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 20: Cemetery Boys. A ghost story about love, acceptance, and Latinx culture — a perfect read for fall! #booksky
June 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Queer book rec for Pride day 20: Cemetery Boys. A ghost story about love, acceptance, and Latinx culture — a perfect read for fall! #booksky
Queer book recs for Pride day 19 (Juneteenth): How We Fight for Our Lives and Pretty, which are both great memoirs written by queer Black Texan authors. #booksky
June 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Queer book recs for Pride day 19 (Juneteenth): How We Fight for Our Lives and Pretty, which are both great memoirs written by queer Black Texan authors. #booksky
Queer book recs for Pride days 17 & 18: Light from Uncommon Stars and This Is How You Lose the Time War. Both books are niche and quirky, but if you love beautiful prose, sci-fi, semi confusing plots, and a touch of sapphic romance, then these might be for you! #booksky
June 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Queer book recs for Pride days 17 & 18: Light from Uncommon Stars and This Is How You Lose the Time War. Both books are niche and quirky, but if you love beautiful prose, sci-fi, semi confusing plots, and a touch of sapphic romance, then these might be for you! #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 16: Sorrowland. You really can’t go wrong with any book by Rivers Solomon, but this lives in my head for its complex intersex FMC, body horror elements, and commentary on racism & cults. Can’t do it justice here, but it’s very thematically rich. #booksky
June 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Queer book rec for Pride day 16: Sorrowland. You really can’t go wrong with any book by Rivers Solomon, but this lives in my head for its complex intersex FMC, body horror elements, and commentary on racism & cults. Can’t do it justice here, but it’s very thematically rich. #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 15: and because I always want to see more aro & ace recs during Pride, check out Elatsoe - an adventurous YA urban fantasy featuring ghost dogs and an indigenous, ace MC! #booksky
June 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Queer book rec for Pride day 15: and because I always want to see more aro & ace recs during Pride, check out Elatsoe - an adventurous YA urban fantasy featuring ghost dogs and an indigenous, ace MC! #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 14: Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture. I learned so much from this book, and it also made me feel very seen. It’s a bit dense but still accessible imo. #booksky
June 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Queer book rec for Pride day 14: Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture. I learned so much from this book, and it also made me feel very seen. It’s a bit dense but still accessible imo. #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 12: Interesting Facts About Space. Witty and charming contemporary with a quirky, neurodivergent, lesbian MC and great side characters. #booksky
June 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Queer book rec for Pride day 12: Interesting Facts About Space. Witty and charming contemporary with a quirky, neurodivergent, lesbian MC and great side characters. #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 11: Punch Me Up to the Gods, an extremely underrated memoir about Blackness, masculinity, and addiction. #booksky
June 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Queer book rec for Pride day 11: Punch Me Up to the Gods, an extremely underrated memoir about Blackness, masculinity, and addiction. #booksky
I fell very behind on this, but let’s catch up! Queer book rec for Pride day 10: The Seep. Very weird and philosophical sci-fi with a trans MC. #booksky
June 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I fell very behind on this, but let’s catch up! Queer book rec for Pride day 10: The Seep. Very weird and philosophical sci-fi with a trans MC. #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 9: Skye Falling. Skye is an endearing mess of an MC and this was the funniest book I read last year. Lesbian romance, intergenerational relationships, trans side character, and great banter. And Bahni Turpin’s audio narration is excellent as usual! #booksky
June 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Queer book rec for Pride day 9: Skye Falling. Skye is an endearing mess of an MC and this was the funniest book I read last year. Lesbian romance, intergenerational relationships, trans side character, and great banter. And Bahni Turpin’s audio narration is excellent as usual! #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 8: Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness As Anti-Blackness. Da’Shaun L. Harrison is a transmasc author and brings a nuanced yet accessible analysis to the topic — I learned a lot from this. #booksky
June 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Queer book rec for Pride day 8: Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness As Anti-Blackness. Da’Shaun L. Harrison is a transmasc author and brings a nuanced yet accessible analysis to the topic — I learned a lot from this. #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 7: Dear Mothman. A mystical middle grade novel with a trans autistic MC grieving the loss of his best friend. Loved it on audio #booksky
June 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Queer book rec for Pride day 7: Dear Mothman. A mystical middle grade novel with a trans autistic MC grieving the loss of his best friend. Loved it on audio #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 6: The Stars and the Blackness Between Them. A moving, reflective story about acceptance, sapphic connections, chronic illness, and abolition. Bonus points for an excellent grandmother character. #booksky
June 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Queer book rec for Pride day 6: The Stars and the Blackness Between Them. A moving, reflective story about acceptance, sapphic connections, chronic illness, and abolition. Bonus points for an excellent grandmother character. #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 5: the Darkness Outside Us. A surprisingly philosophical and twisty new adult sci-fi. This story really lives in my head rent free #booksky
June 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Queer book rec for Pride day 5: the Darkness Outside Us. A surprisingly philosophical and twisty new adult sci-fi. This story really lives in my head rent free #booksky
Queer book rec for Pride day 4 (a day late): Hijab Butch Blues. A moving memoir about queer Muslim identity. One of my fav reads of last year! #booksky
June 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Queer book rec for Pride day 4 (a day late): Hijab Butch Blues. A moving memoir about queer Muslim identity. One of my fav reads of last year! #booksky