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Kate McReader
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Lover of books, especially historical fiction and literary fiction. BookToker
#BookTok #BookSky She/Her
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“And the other thing that saved me? Do you know what it was?” …“It was books. I read and read. Went to the library as much as I could. And to bookstores. Lost myself in books. Did you know that books can heal you? They helped restore me.”
—The Lion Women of Tehran, Marian Kamali
#BookSky #Books
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To introduce myself here: I'm a fiction writer specializing in literary fantasy. I published my first novel, Sasha the Witch, this year. It's about friendship, loneliness, drinking, control, and fraught familial relationships. I also love cats, crafting, flowers, style, television and movies.
November 16, 2024 at 11:22 PM
I just couldn’t read anything but a Maisie Dobbs audio last week. And now I’m faced with hard Libby choices. Have you read Artificial Wisdom, and do you recommend focusing on it in the next few days—as we are inaugurating an orange man and LA has been burning? Or moving towoard whimsy? #BookSky #💙📚
January 20, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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share this post with your friends who want to join the #booksky community! 💙📚
December 31, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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Welcome new followers, as well as long-time followers.

I've got 4+ years of tools, tips, techniques, and actual action steps related to pushing back against book bans and being proactive in your support of the democratic institutions of public libraries and public schools.

It's updated regularly.
A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.

This is updated regularly!
January 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Chicago honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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If you’re coming from TikTok, I created a Black BookTok starter pack. I created it awhile ago and needs to be updated but it’s still thorough

go.bsky.app/A6micpn
January 19, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Looking for queer, BIPOC and/or disabled BookTok? 👇

Let me know if you want to be added!
#booksky #booktok #bipocbooksky #queerbooksky #blackbooksky #disabledbooksky

go.bsky.app/Ax5LErr
January 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Choose 20 graphic novels/comics that have stayed with you or influenced you. One comic or graphic novel per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 20/20

#Comics
#GraphicNovels
#ComicsSky
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
January 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Extroverts aren’t happy with just each other. They need to find introverts to suck energy out of.
January 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Managed to create a new account on desktop. I am unable to get logged off on the phone app or uninstall and reinstall. It's throwing up errors. US based accounts are still visible to those with accounts outside of the US.

This is one of the most restrictive bans I've ever seen on social media.
January 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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The practical implementation of this ban by tiktok is completely over the top. It's overcompliance to an extreme degree while praising Trump. It's clear that this is political at this point. This isn't simply an IP ban, it's an account level ban tied to accounts with registered US phone numbers.
Just tried on desktop. I was able to access the site with a VPN but once I logged in, it gave me the ban notice. I think this is specific to US based accounts and cannot be circumvented with a VPN.
January 19, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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It should have been like survivor. We should have been able to vote an app off the island instead of it just being TikTok.
January 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
If this wasn’t the most ominous way to learn it was gone—a German TikToker warning Americans about 1933, fascism, and media while seeing this TikTok splash—seemed too on the nose. #TikTok #BookTok #Ban #LightsOut #BookSky
January 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.
January 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.

This is updated regularly!
November 10, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Exhibits the Senate’s Slow Decline
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Exhibits the Senate’s Slow Decline
Plus: How do California Republicans feel about conditioning aid for wildfire victims?
open.substack.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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December 5, 2024 at 1:22 AM
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#goodreads #goodreadsyearinbooks #booksky

these truly are all 5 star reads. so much character and commentary.
December 20, 2024 at 11:05 AM
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if this is your vibe, be my friend 👉🏻👈🏻

#booksky
#books
November 19, 2024 at 11:23 PM
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January 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Welcome to the Mystery & Thriller books feed! ⚡️📚💙

1️⃣ save/pin/heart the feed if you're enjoying it
2️⃣ repost to help us find more nerds
3️⃣ use ⚡️📚 or 📚⚡️ to post to feed
4️⃣ you can add a 💙 to post to the main BookSky feed too
5️⃣ more #booksky feeds on my profile

FAQ 👉🏻 bit.ly/bookskyFAQ
January 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Welcome to the Literary Fiction feed! 🖋️📚💙

1️⃣ save/pin/heart the feed if you're enjoying it
2️⃣ repost to help us find more nerds
3️⃣ use 🖋️📚 or 📚🖋️ to post to feed
4️⃣ you can add a 💙 to post to the main BookSky feed too
5️⃣ more #booksky feeds on my profile

FAQ 👉🏻 bit.ly/bookskyFAQ
January 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Welcome to the Historical Fiction feed! ⏳📚💙

1️⃣ save/pin/heart the feed if you're enjoying it
2️⃣ repost to help us find more nerds
3️⃣ use ⏳📚 or 📚⏳ to post to feed
4️⃣ you can add a 💙 to post to the main BookSky feed too
5️⃣ more #booksky feeds on my profile

FAQ 👉🏻 bit.ly/bookskyFAQ
December 31, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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For once in my life I am COMPLETELY lost for words. This is beyond anything I ever imagined. So grateful #booksky
January 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM