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Chrissy
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Reading, writing, and playing FFXIV
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Just in case anyone makes the same mistake I did: Any Man by Amber Tamblyn is not a quick read even with its many pages of just one or two lines or poetry and prose. I have had to put this book down to really think about what I read. I'm not even to 100 pages yet.
April 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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April pick for Diverse Historical Romance bookclub is Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana De La Rosa!
Cover of Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana De La Rosa. Illustrated cover of a Black man in a period suit (1800s England) holding close a Mexican woman in a dress.
April 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Starting The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy for the Trans Rights Readathon.
Picture of the book The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy on a gray blanket with stars.
March 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Books featured: The Duke's Sister and I by Emma-Claire Sunday All Boys Aren't Blue by George M Johnson On the Corner of Hope and Main by Beverly Jenkins My Brother's Husband by Gengoroh Tagame Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs
March 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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February wrap up!
Shows an image generated by storygraph. Books read 7. Pages read 2,173. Average book length 312 pages. Average time to finish 11 days. 71% fictions. 29% nonfiction. 5 books LGBTQIA+, 2 books memoir, 2 books romance, 2 books YA, 1 contemporary
March 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Finished Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. I looked up Bartók's Sonata for solo violin and...I understand the pacing of the book a lot better. Impactful read.
February 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Currently Reading Monday (February 10th 2025):
Two books and a kindle which shows the cover of a book are on top of a gray blanket that has a pattern of cats and dogs dressed as Witches, Vampires, and Skeletons. There are also bats. The two books are Jade City by Fonda Lee and The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs. The kindle shows Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
February 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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I am currently reading Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. I am on page 51 and my heart hurts for Katrina.
Cover of Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. It has the backdrop of a night sky and a koi fish behind the words Light From
February 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Finished the book Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe last night. Great read. My heart hurt for Maia.
Cover of Gender Queer which is an illustrated Cover featuring the main character standing in water and then another version of that character with longer hair being upside down
February 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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I finished The Duke's Sister and I by Emma-Claire Sunday! It was the January 2025 pick for the Diverse Historical Romance bookclub... and I finished today. Feb 1st. 👀
February 2, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Going to finish Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi today. I am reading it for the Young at Heart bookclub run by @michelle-my-belle.bsky.social. I do plan to read the non-kid version though I must note I am learning a lot even from the kid version.
January 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole is February 2025 pick for Diverse Historical Romance bookclub.

You can join the club here:
discord.gg/Z6V6nyj6

(There are also other amazing bookclubs part of Baby Got Books discord)
January 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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I finished Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes. I haven't seen 1am in a hour minute
Cover of Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes. Has gold framing and roses in top of a black backdrop
January 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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I picked my Frankenstein ('s monster) bookmark for my reading of House of Frank by Kay Synclaire.
Picture of a cartoon Frankenstein's monster magnetic bookmark
January 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Got myself a TBR dice game from Etsy.
January 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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I finished my first read of the year: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews.
The cover of Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews. It has a woman holding a sword and a lion behind the words Magic Bites.
January 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Reading Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes. One doesn't expect a book about murder to be funny but here we are. So far at 7% read.
Picture of a kindle with the cover of Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes on the screen.
January 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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The January 2025 pick for the Diverse Historical Romance is The Duke's Sister and I by Emma-Claire Sunday. You can join: fable.sng.link/Ali7l/etuk?_...
Cover of The Duke's Sister and I by Emma-Claire Sunday. Two women gazing into each other's eyes. One woman is blonde and in a lavender dress, the other is reddish brown hair in a dark blue dress.
December 29, 2024 at 4:48 AM
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The poll for Diverse Historical Romance bookclub is up! The choices are:

The Duke's Sister and I by Emma-Claire Sunday

The Davenports by Krystal Marquis

Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin

Bookclub found on Fable app.
December 19, 2024 at 10:00 PM
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Finished reading The Rogue's Christmas Gift by Cecilia Rene! Novella length historical romance. Feels weird to classify this book as sweet given the FMC owns a brothel and there is some tragic things that happen but I'll stick with saying it is sweet.
Cover of The Rogue's Christmas Gift by Cecilia Rene. Shows a black woman in a blue dress in front of a white man in a Victorian style suit.
December 17, 2024 at 6:42 AM
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Am now reading The Rogue's Christmas Gift by Cecilia Rene for my bookclub on Fable called Diverse Historical Romance. It is novella length which makes it a wonderful choice if anyone wants to join us now that the month is more than halfway over.
December 16, 2024 at 7:06 AM
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Finished Where They Last Saw Her by Marcie R Rendon today. Great read. There was one part that literally had my heart pounding in worry for the main character. Great pick Good Day to Read Indigenous bookclub!
Cover of Where They Last Saw Her by Marcie R Rendon. The cover has silhouette of a forest on the bottom and juxtaposed over it is a watercolor of an Indigenous woman's face
December 16, 2024 at 7:04 AM
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My TBR cards gave me the prompt Read a Popular Book and I chose Jade City by Fonda Lee.
Book called Jade City by Fonda Lee sitting on top of a green blanket with a green card that says Read A Popular Book
December 12, 2024 at 3:18 AM
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I finished The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite. I borrowed it from the Libby app. It is a Sapphic historical romance. I enjoyed it immensely even though it shows someone enjoying mathematics in it.
Cover of The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite. Two women in red dresses stare lovingly in each other's eyes. One woman, brunette, is touching the other woman's, blonde, face.
December 10, 2024 at 6:06 AM
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The goal is to finish The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite today.
Shows a kindle that has the cover om The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite. Two women in black and white picture on cover staring at each other longingly and one of them women has her hand on the others face.
December 8, 2024 at 5:35 PM