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Elle
@ellington243.bsky.social
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Reader, runner, maker, aspiring SFF writer
My favorite hobby is learning new hobbies
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This popped up in my library app today!
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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The garden is officially out of control after I worked nights last week.

🌱 #gardening
Two raised garden beds and a number of pots, overflowing with plants.
July 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Pumpkin arch progress pic 🌱
Metal arch trellis between two raised garden beds with peas, beans, and a pumpkins vine growing across it.
July 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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A few chapters into The Last Soul Among Wolves on netgalley and I’m already excited about how much Jaycel content there is in this one.

#bestcharacter 💙📚
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Title page of the eARC for The Last Soul Among Wolves by Melissa Caruso
July 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Second potato harvest was a success! Perhaps too successful…
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Large Tupperware filled with potatoes
July 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Happy Adoption Anniversary, little man. You’ve had my heart since day one.

#catsofbluesky
Baby Jason sitting on my lab the day he was adopted, five years ago Baby Jason now, a much bigger (but still sweet) cat
July 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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I’m reading Doomsday Book and I swear, Connie Willis *is* an actual time traveler. I have to keep reminding myself it was published in 1992 and not 2022.

I mean, come on:
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Quote from Connie Willis’s Doomsday Book: "Explain! Perhaps you'd like to explain it to me, too. I'm not used to having my civil liberties taken away like this. In America, nobody would dream of telling you where you can or can't go. And over thirty million Americans died during the Pandemic as a result of that sort of thinking, he thought.
July 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Heart of the Wyrdwood is soooo good. My mind was blown around chapter 44 and I still haven’t recovered.
RJ Barker sure knows how to stick the landing when it comes to ending a series.

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Cover of Heart of the Wyrdwood by RJ Barker, book 3 of the Forsaken Trilogy
June 28, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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I fell prey to online marketing and accidentally ordered so many books from the Book Outlet sale, they had to ship two boxes.
Someone save my TBR.

#booksky 💙📚
Two cardboard boxes from Book Outlet
June 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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I’m so unbelievably proud of Minnesotans for showing up today, all over the state.
Stay safe, stay hydrated 🩷

#nokings
June 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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The air quality is terrible but the biking weather has been perfect

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Picture of a bike trail next to a green field and under a blue sky
June 13, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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30 bookstores in 3 days!
#IndieBookstoreDay was a success!

And I *almost* stuck to my “no buying new books” promise. 💙📚
Pic of books, stickers, a tote bag, and postcards from Twin Cities Independent Bookstore Day
April 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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I unexpectedly got to meet the author of one of my favorite childhood books yesterday and I only hyperventilated a little. I don’t think she even noticed.

At least I hope she didn’t notice.
April 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Not my elaborately planned itinerary to visit as many book stores today as possible.

#IndieBookstoreDay 💙📚
Spreadsheet, list, map, and walking instructions between twin cities indie bookstores.
April 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Weekend plans: locked in

#BookSky 💙📚
#IndieBookstoreDay
2025 twin cities independent bookstore passport
April 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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After last week’s book sales, my physical TBR is on its way to becoming a load-bearing structure.

(And Indie Bookstore Day next week is only going to make the situation worse)

#booksky 💙📚
Three stacks of books labeled “in progress,” “new reads,” and “re-reads.” 24 books total.
April 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Happy birthday, you little menace (affectionate)
Jason lounging on the floor Jason in front of his ‘Happy Birthday’ banner Jason with his birthday presents
April 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Do you like character-driven urban fantasy stories with mages and demons and wyverns and more? Then check out my updated #AgentGuide for MUNDANE!

#writingcommunity
#amquerying
#agentsguide
#fantasy #urbanfantasy
Background image: city skyline Foreground text: MUNDANE, Elle Towne Adult Urban Fantasy, 101k Words Image: blue-tinted city skyline Text: The Pitch Everyone in the world has a bit of magic – everyone except for Evan Kane, that is. But that’s exactly what makes him good at his job: stealing cursed artifacts too dangerous for any real mage to handle. Until he ‘accidentally’ targets the wrong mark – the most ruthless crime boss in the city – and the entire arcane underworld takes notice. Lyric Del Rosario is just your average, boring, pre-med student – aside from his suspiciously good luck and his crippling case of imposter syndrome to match. He hasn’t heard from his ex-best friend, Evan, in almost four years, but when their two worlds collide, Lyric discovers powers beyond his wildest dreams and Evan discovers that escaping his past is harder than he thinks. Text: Themes, Tropes, & Elements: Trust/reconciliation Identity/self discovery Reluctant chosen one Sarcastic, underdog MC Secret arcane underworld Witty banter Fast paced action Queer rep Chosen family Mental-health rep Similar Titles: Ninth House (Leigh Bardugo) Book of Night (Holly Black) When Among Crows (Veronica Roth) The Magicians (Lev Grossman) An Inheritance of Magic (Benedict Jacka) Multiple images: 1. gargoyle silhouetted against the moon 2. young man reading in front of a wall of library books 3. a payphone dangling from its receiver 3. close-up of a hand holding a single bullet 4. a couple kissing silhouetted against a red light 5. a hand summoning light 6. a dark city alley with two crows and some debris 7. the outline of a wyvern flying against a dark sky 8. an array of tarot cards 9. a woman and a cat looking a window 10. a man hunched over a sink 11. a brick-building with a sign reading "Books" on a rainy street
March 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Only you can prevent forest fires. Seriously. We’ve been defunded. It’s just you now.
February 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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MUNDANE 🌃✨🐉

When a mundane thief ‘accidentally’ steals an ancient weapon from the most ruthless crime-boss in the arcane underworld, he must reunite with his ex-best friend - a powerful but amateur magician - to stop a gang war from destroying their city.

#YouDeservepIT #Q #A #F #UF
A 3x3 grid of images showing: - A wyvern flying over a city - A hand dealing a spread of tarot cards - A sunny college campus in fall - Two hands wrapping bandages around another palm - The words “MAGIC COMES WITH A PRICE” - Two hands locked together in a “pinky promise” - A cluttered bookshop - A hand with floating orbs of light above it - A rainy city block
January 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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I’m nearly 75% through Ann Leckie’s Provenance and the significance of the title JUST dawned on me.
It’s perfect on so many levels and it’s just so *chef’s kiss*

#booksky 📚💙
#sff
Cover of Provenance by Ann Leckie. The cover shows a small, red spaceship flying near a large station.
January 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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I wish I was immune to impulse purchases, but the Shakespeare “Staged” editions just look too cool to resist

#Booksky 💙📚
The covers of Penguin Books “Staged” collection, Shakespeare’s Hamlet, As You Like It, and Macbeth Spines of the Staged collection editions of As You Like It, Hamlet, and Macbeth
January 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Two! Two industrious seedlings!
My first indoor garden successes of the year.

🌱 #gardening
A row of cups containing soil. Two cups contain tiny sprouting seedlings (aka, my new children)
January 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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The reason the bottom shelf has to stay empty:

#Booksky 💙📚
#Catsofbluesky
A bookshelf filled with books and a needy cat.
January 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Spent an extraordinary amount of time today, tetrising as many books into my new Craigslist bookshelf as possible.

#Booksky 💙📚
January 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM