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Elle Briars
@ellereadsromantasy.bsky.social
25 year old woman
Training Illustrative Designer
Book Lover- ARC Reader, Beta Reader, Aspiring Author
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Bookish getting to know me!
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January 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Currently reading Assistant to the Villain and I have so many theories.
January 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Does anyone have good recs for alternatives to audible and KU? I have a library card but it’s a small library so not much variety. I’m wanting to try and get as far away from Amazon as I can.
#booksky #booktok
January 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
So, I work for an independent shipping company that does frequent business with people sending phones. They have the lithium ion battery so they can’t do by air- safety concern. This dude on eBay tells me he wants air shipping and that it’s only $7 to send a phone to NJ… like no dude it isn’t….
January 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
So… TikTok is back up and running. This feels weird and not like a win. Just figured I’d let everyone know.
January 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Bookish getting to know me!
January 19, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Sales have been so slow the last couple of days, so if you see this and don’t mind reposting* my book and short story posts, I would very much appreciate it!! When you’re job hunting, every cent counts lmao 😂🙈

I’ll try and repost everyone back! 🤍🤍🤍

*book posts under media tab 😘
January 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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The owner of our cool local used book shop, Book Alley, lost his home in the Eaton Fire. If you can, please consider ordering a book from them! (Links in the article.) www.pasadenastarnews.com/2025/01/17/a...
A Pasadena bookstore owner lost his Altadena home in the Eaton fire. His staff responded.
Tom Rogers, owner of Book Alley, is back at work at his Colorado Boulevard store. His employees set up a GoFundMe to help.
www.pasadenastarnews.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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welcome booktok

please remeber to be kind, add alt text to images and to take time to breathe

heres a starter pack i threw together of people who read and review books. Also added a few feeds that you might like <3

go.bsky.app/PP7xTyL

#booksky #Booktok
January 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Shared this on the photo app and that story was already taken down, sharing it here now!! #tiktokrefugees #tiktok
January 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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The message a disappointingly large segment of Americans need to absorb…but won’t before it’s too late.
January 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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#BannedBookSkyClub schedule:

Jan 2025: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Feb 2025: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
March 2025: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
April 2025: Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, et al.

Link to feed in replies. #BookTok #BookSky

Please join us.
January 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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If y'all really think the same man who delayed stimulus checks to millions of desperate Americans, just so the checks would have his signature on it, wouldn't intentionally ban an app, so that he could come back and "save" that same app and play the hero, you haven't been paying attention.
January 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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In case anyone needs to take some time off this coming week… #booksky
January 19, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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On Monday/ Tuesday, when he tries to play the hero and resurrect an app he intentionally destroyed, remember this.
January 19, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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If you enjoy any of these let's be mutuals 🌸

📚 Books
📚 Writing
📚 Crime/Detective
📚 Fantasy
📚 Horror
📚 Libraries
📚 Cozy Reading Room
📚 Comedy
📚 Fiction
📚 Non Fiction
📚 Autobiography
📚 Audio Books
📚 Ebooks
📚 Hardbacks
📚 Paperbacks
📚 Kindle
📚 Reading
📚 Short Stories
📚 Non Romance
📚 Bookmarks
January 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Book review for God of Malice that I finished in December. #booktok #booksky
January 19, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Anyone else feeling oddly lost and heartbroken? I was mostly a lurker on TikTok, when I did post it was never of my face and always book content but it feels now like I’ve lost a part of myself. My Booktok community hopefully finds me once more
#booktok #booksky #tiktokrefugee
January 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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might be good to remember that banning TikTok was Trump's idea in the first place
TikTok is fortunate for President Trump. 🙏
January 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Just a reminder of some of the context around the TikTok ban: In 2020, Trump tried to ban it via executive order a couple months after K-pop fans used it to organize fake signups to Trump’s Tulsa rally, which led him to publicly overestimate how large the crowd size would be.
January 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Now that TikTok has officially gone dark, I’m re-upping my post from a few days ago to remind folks that this praise for Trump is wrong.
January 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Cheonggyecheon is proof that removing highways can make cities better. 20 years ago, Seoul replaced concrete with a stream, and the results are remarkable: cooler temperatures, cleaner air, and 12 million visitors annually.

My latest for the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘Everyone thought it would cause gridlock’: the highway that Seoul turned into a stream
Cheonggyecheon stream in the South Korean capital has become an attraction – and helps with flood management, fighting air pollution and cooling the city
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I’m honestly going to miss the community I’ve come to call my safe space. This ban and the next few that are coming (and we all know which apps are getting chopped next) are so restrictive and cruel. Cutting off our ability to communicate in meaning and powerful ways.
January 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Currently reading Powerless but what if I was also reading Shatter Me?
January 14, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Spicy literary rivalries strong enough to form gangs around. Sexy underground book clubs with rampant kiss v k!ll energy. My pitch for a post booktok dystopia.
January 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM