Rapunzel Reads #booksky 🌈
@rapunzelreads.bsky.social
Just a teen reader who loves fantasy and queer books 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ • MG, YA & ARC reviewer! • Reviewing books on my blog since 2014 💙📚
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Hello #booksky!! I'm Nico, a teen fantasy lover looking to find a community here, coming from bookstagram.
Some fave books/authors:
Gabe Cole Novoa
Nimona
Jordan Ifueko
Esme Symes-Smith
Alice Oseman
Aiden Thomas
Anti-JKR, pro-queer books, lover of MG & YA ✨️
Say hi in the comments!
Some fave books/authors:
Gabe Cole Novoa
Nimona
Jordan Ifueko
Esme Symes-Smith
Alice Oseman
Aiden Thomas
Anti-JKR, pro-queer books, lover of MG & YA ✨️
Say hi in the comments!
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Rapunzel Reads
Two siblings reviewing and recommending great middle grade (MG) and young adult (YA) books since 2014
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November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Rapunzel Reads
Two siblings reviewing and recommending great middle-grade (MG) and young adult (YA) books since 2014
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October 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If you want a review of a fantastic MG or YA book in your inbox every week, subscribe to the new Rapunzel Reads newsletter! You'll get access to reviews before they're available online, be able to vote on upcoming booklists, and more!
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Just finished ON A SUNBEAM by Tillie Walden and absolutely loved it! It's a beautiful, queer space adventure graphic novel that I couldn't stop reading.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Just finished ON A SUNBEAM by Tillie Walden and absolutely loved it! It's a beautiful, queer space adventure graphic novel that I couldn't stop reading.
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I am thrilled to share the absolutely GORGEOUS cover of my next MG novel, THE DELTA CODEX, with art by James Firnhaber.
June 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I am thrilled to share the absolutely GORGEOUS cover of my next MG novel, THE DELTA CODEX, with art by James Firnhaber.
Just got approved on @netgalley.bsky.social for A FATE SO COLD by Amanda Foody and C L Herman and I am soooo excited!
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April 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Just got approved on @netgalley.bsky.social for A FATE SO COLD by Amanda Foody and C L Herman and I am soooo excited!
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Libraries are essential.
Libraries are under attack.
Your reps need to know that the cuts to IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Sciences) are impacting your communities. Every call makes a difference!
If you've ever used your local library...this is your chance to show your thanks! 💙📚
Libraries are under attack.
Your reps need to know that the cuts to IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Sciences) are impacting your communities. Every call makes a difference!
If you've ever used your local library...this is your chance to show your thanks! 💙📚
April 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Libraries are essential.
Libraries are under attack.
Your reps need to know that the cuts to IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Sciences) are impacting your communities. Every call makes a difference!
If you've ever used your local library...this is your chance to show your thanks! 💙📚
Libraries are under attack.
Your reps need to know that the cuts to IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Sciences) are impacting your communities. Every call makes a difference!
If you've ever used your local library...this is your chance to show your thanks! 💙📚
Looking for a whimsical, fast-paced MG SFF that'll keep you on your toes?
The third Scarlett & Browne book by Jonathan Stroud is out now, and I loved it!
Read my full review:
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💙📚 #booksky
The third Scarlett & Browne book by Jonathan Stroud is out now, and I loved it!
Read my full review:
rapunzelreads.weebly.com/fiction/book...
💙📚 #booksky
Book Tour: The Legendary Scarlett and Browne
I'm so excited to be part of the book tour for The Legendary Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud, run by TBR and Beyond Tours! This YA fantasy/science fiction novel was released on March 25...
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April 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Looking for a whimsical, fast-paced MG SFF that'll keep you on your toes?
The third Scarlett & Browne book by Jonathan Stroud is out now, and I loved it!
Read my full review:
rapunzelreads.weebly.com/fiction/book...
💙📚 #booksky
The third Scarlett & Browne book by Jonathan Stroud is out now, and I loved it!
Read my full review:
rapunzelreads.weebly.com/fiction/book...
💙📚 #booksky
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2 days left until the US release of MORGANA LE FAY, including my trans reimagining "To Catch A Name"!
I'm so excited for this incredible anthology to be out in the world. In the meantime, check out this fun Q&A with the Morgana authors!
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I'm so excited for this incredible anthology to be out in the world. In the meantime, check out this fun Q&A with the Morgana authors!
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
Morgana le Fay | Author Q&As
morgana le fay, myths gods and immortals, new and ancient arthurian tales
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April 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
2 days left until the US release of MORGANA LE FAY, including my trans reimagining "To Catch A Name"!
I'm so excited for this incredible anthology to be out in the world. In the meantime, check out this fun Q&A with the Morgana authors!
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
I'm so excited for this incredible anthology to be out in the world. In the meantime, check out this fun Q&A with the Morgana authors!
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
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ARC readers wanted!
I'm one of 39 authors featured in this incredible anthology of black cat stories coming this June, and advance reader's copies can be accessed now through BookSirens.
Check it out below!
booksirens.com/book/RVFE93B...
#blackcattales #horroranthology #writing #arc
I'm one of 39 authors featured in this incredible anthology of black cat stories coming this June, and advance reader's copies can be accessed now through BookSirens.
Check it out below!
booksirens.com/book/RVFE93B...
#blackcattales #horroranthology #writing #arc
March 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
ARC readers wanted!
I'm one of 39 authors featured in this incredible anthology of black cat stories coming this June, and advance reader's copies can be accessed now through BookSirens.
Check it out below!
booksirens.com/book/RVFE93B...
#blackcattales #horroranthology #writing #arc
I'm one of 39 authors featured in this incredible anthology of black cat stories coming this June, and advance reader's copies can be accessed now through BookSirens.
Check it out below!
booksirens.com/book/RVFE93B...
#blackcattales #horroranthology #writing #arc
Just posted my February round-up on my blog! Check it out for my latest reviews, upcoming releases I'm excited for, recent cover reveals, and more!
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February Round-Up
Welcome to the first Rapunzel Reads monthly round-up! Here, I'll be collecting the month's top posts, upcoming and recent releases I'm particularly excited about, and more! In February's special...
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March 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Just posted my February round-up on my blog! Check it out for my latest reviews, upcoming releases I'm excited for, recent cover reveals, and more!
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I have a new book coming out, too. In June.
*dies of self-promotion*
*dies of self-promotion*
Up now at @reactorsff.bsky.social, the first chapter of my upcoming novel, AMONG GHOSTS!
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Read an Excerpt From Rachel Hartman’s Among Ghosts - Reactor
In the world of Seraphina, a boy on the run from a dragon—among other dangers—seeks refuge in a haunted abbey…
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March 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I have a new book coming out, too. In June.
*dies of self-promotion*
*dies of self-promotion*
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Hi, I'm Nico, and I never saw an emotionally complex, cozy trans fantasy book I didn't like!
Writers, introduce yourself like this:
Hi! I’m X and I never saw a Y I didn’t like!
Hi! I’m X and I never saw a Y I didn’t like!
February 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Hi, I'm Nico, and I never saw an emotionally complex, cozy trans fantasy book I didn't like!
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Some SFF lit kickstarters worth boosting! These are just a few that I've come across - feel free to comment more to share! 🧵
#booksky #kickstarter
#booksky #kickstarter
February 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Some SFF lit kickstarters worth boosting! These are just a few that I've come across - feel free to comment more to share! 🧵
#booksky #kickstarter
#booksky #kickstarter
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The entirety of my hopeful, futuristic short story THE SCIENCE OF TRANSIENT CARTOGRAPHY is now free to read from The Daily Tomorrow!
☀️ Future with a solarpunk feel
✏️ Maps & art to preserve & resist
🌎 Personal stakes
Read Part 1: dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/the-scienc...
☀️ Future with a solarpunk feel
✏️ Maps & art to preserve & resist
🌎 Personal stakes
Read Part 1: dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/the-scienc...
The Science of Transient Cartography - Part One
By Nico Martinez Nocito
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February 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The entirety of my hopeful, futuristic short story THE SCIENCE OF TRANSIENT CARTOGRAPHY is now free to read from The Daily Tomorrow!
☀️ Future with a solarpunk feel
✏️ Maps & art to preserve & resist
🌎 Personal stakes
Read Part 1: dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/the-scienc...
☀️ Future with a solarpunk feel
✏️ Maps & art to preserve & resist
🌎 Personal stakes
Read Part 1: dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/the-scienc...
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Exclusive Cover Reveal: Sir Callie and the Last Stand by Esme Symes-Smith
Today on the site I'm delighted to welcome Esme Symes-Smith to reveal the cover of the fourth and final book in the MG fantasy Sir Callie series, Sir Callie and the Last Stand, which releases October 14, 2025 from Labyrinth…
Today on the site I'm delighted to welcome Esme Symes-Smith to reveal the cover of the fourth and final book in the MG fantasy Sir Callie series, Sir Callie and the Last Stand, which releases October 14, 2025 from Labyrinth…
Exclusive Cover Reveal: Sir Callie and the Last Stand by Esme Symes-Smith
Today on the site I'm delighted to welcome Esme Symes-Smith to reveal the cover of the fourth and final book in the MG fantasy Sir Callie series, Sir Callie and the Last Stand, which releases October 14, 2025 from Labyrinth Road/PRH! Here's the story: In the conclusion of this bestselling fantasy series a nonbinary knight-in-training, a reluctant crown prince, a fierce young witch, and her resilient twin brother must fight for the heart of their kingdom against tyranny, once and for all.
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February 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Exclusive Cover Reveal: Sir Callie and the Last Stand by Esme Symes-Smith
Today on the site I'm delighted to welcome Esme Symes-Smith to reveal the cover of the fourth and final book in the MG fantasy Sir Callie series, Sir Callie and the Last Stand, which releases October 14, 2025 from Labyrinth…
Today on the site I'm delighted to welcome Esme Symes-Smith to reveal the cover of the fourth and final book in the MG fantasy Sir Callie series, Sir Callie and the Last Stand, which releases October 14, 2025 from Labyrinth…
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🌈SIR CALLIE AND THE FINAL STAND: 10/14/25🏳️⚧️
'Even if it feels like their best will never be enough to conquer the infection of hate that has spread across Wyndebrel, they must hold true to their mission: to create a better and safer realm for everyone.'
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737457...
'Even if it feels like their best will never be enough to conquer the infection of hate that has spread across Wyndebrel, they must hold true to their mission: to create a better and safer realm for everyone.'
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737457...
February 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🌈SIR CALLIE AND THE FINAL STAND: 10/14/25🏳️⚧️
'Even if it feels like their best will never be enough to conquer the infection of hate that has spread across Wyndebrel, they must hold true to their mission: to create a better and safer realm for everyone.'
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737457...
'Even if it feels like their best will never be enough to conquer the infection of hate that has spread across Wyndebrel, they must hold true to their mission: to create a better and safer realm for everyone.'
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737457...
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Loads of #literary #magazines are coming to Bluesky, here is a great list to follow! PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THEM LEAVE TWITTER!
#litmags #writer #writingcommunity
go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
#litmags #writer #writingcommunity
go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
February 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Loads of #literary #magazines are coming to Bluesky, here is a great list to follow! PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THEM LEAVE TWITTER!
#litmags #writer #writingcommunity
go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
#litmags #writer #writingcommunity
go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
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I wrote the first draft of this book when I was a teenager, and it's crazy close to my heart. Revisiting it these past few years has gotten me through some tough times. Can't wait for everyone to meet the characters that have lived in my head for almost my whole life ❤️
February 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I wrote the first draft of this book when I was a teenager, and it's crazy close to my heart. Revisiting it these past few years has gotten me through some tough times. Can't wait for everyone to meet the characters that have lived in my head for almost my whole life ❤️
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Cover real!! My next book (and first prose novel!) SCARLET MORNING is coming to you September 23 from HarperCollins! 🏴☠️🩸🌅⚔️ people.com/nimona-creat...
February 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Cover real!! My next book (and first prose novel!) SCARLET MORNING is coming to you September 23 from HarperCollins! 🏴☠️🩸🌅⚔️ people.com/nimona-creat...
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Aro Week Spotlight: Common Bonds 2, ed. by Claudie Arseneault, Emery Lee, and RoAnna Sylver
Happy Aro Week! In celebration, we're highlighting the followup to a popular aromantic anthology (whose cover reveal we happen to have done here)—yes, Common Bonds returns for another anthology! Five years…
Happy Aro Week! In celebration, we're highlighting the followup to a popular aromantic anthology (whose cover reveal we happen to have done here)—yes, Common Bonds returns for another anthology! Five years…
Aro Week Spotlight: Common Bonds 2, ed. by Claudie Arseneault, Emery Lee, and RoAnna Sylver
Happy Aro Week! In celebration, we're highlighting the followup to a popular aromantic anthology (whose cover reveal we happen to have done here)—yes, Common Bonds returns for another anthology! Five years ago, Claudie Arseneault, Emery Lee, and RoAnna Sylver put together a collection of nineteen speculative short stories and poems featuring aromantic characters about platonic relationships. The first Common Bonds…
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February 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Aro Week Spotlight: Common Bonds 2, ed. by Claudie Arseneault, Emery Lee, and RoAnna Sylver
Happy Aro Week! In celebration, we're highlighting the followup to a popular aromantic anthology (whose cover reveal we happen to have done here)—yes, Common Bonds returns for another anthology! Five years…
Happy Aro Week! In celebration, we're highlighting the followup to a popular aromantic anthology (whose cover reveal we happen to have done here)—yes, Common Bonds returns for another anthology! Five years…
One of my fave authors, Laura Brooke Robson, has a new book out today!
I can't wait to read A CURSE FOR THE HOMESICK - pitched as a book about love and disillusionment, curses and stones and sheep and sweaters and oceans.
Learn more: retrograder.beehiiv.com/p/book-launc...
I can't wait to read A CURSE FOR THE HOMESICK - pitched as a book about love and disillusionment, curses and stones and sheep and sweaters and oceans.
Learn more: retrograder.beehiiv.com/p/book-launc...
Book launch day
A Curse for the Homesick comes out today. Big feelings!
retrograder.beehiiv.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
One of my fave authors, Laura Brooke Robson, has a new book out today!
I can't wait to read A CURSE FOR THE HOMESICK - pitched as a book about love and disillusionment, curses and stones and sheep and sweaters and oceans.
Learn more: retrograder.beehiiv.com/p/book-launc...
I can't wait to read A CURSE FOR THE HOMESICK - pitched as a book about love and disillusionment, curses and stones and sheep and sweaters and oceans.
Learn more: retrograder.beehiiv.com/p/book-launc...
#booksky I need you!
Just posted a Goodreads review that includes some MAJOR CWs that I can't find in other reviews, and I would love to get my review up in its ranking so new readers don't get caught off guard like I was.
If you're still on Goodreads, I'd be thrilled if you boosted it!
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Just posted a Goodreads review that includes some MAJOR CWs that I can't find in other reviews, and I would love to get my review up in its ranking so new readers don't get caught off guard like I was.
If you're still on Goodreads, I'd be thrilled if you boosted it!
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Rapunzel Reads's review of A Theory of Dreaming (A Study in Drowning, #2)
5/5: Thorough content warnings at end! Highly recommended to read In a word: gorgeous. A Theory of Dreaming is a romance, and yet far more than that; it is a war story, but without dramatic batt...
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February 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
#booksky I need you!
Just posted a Goodreads review that includes some MAJOR CWs that I can't find in other reviews, and I would love to get my review up in its ranking so new readers don't get caught off guard like I was.
If you're still on Goodreads, I'd be thrilled if you boosted it!
💙📚
Just posted a Goodreads review that includes some MAJOR CWs that I can't find in other reviews, and I would love to get my review up in its ranking so new readers don't get caught off guard like I was.
If you're still on Goodreads, I'd be thrilled if you boosted it!
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I made a survey about epics. I'm preparing an "epics about women" blog series, and I wanted to kind of take a look at what people think of when they hear the word "epic." And which ones are the most well-known.
Survey here:
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#MythologyMonday #epics #mythology #folklore
Survey here:
forms.gle/zm53o7gvSTxL...
#MythologyMonday #epics #mythology #folklore
Epics in general knowledge
Hello! My name is Zalka Csenge, I am a professional storyteller. I am working on a reading challenge where I read (and blog about) epics, and the more I talked to people, the more curious I got about ...
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February 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I made a survey about epics. I'm preparing an "epics about women" blog series, and I wanted to kind of take a look at what people think of when they hear the word "epic." And which ones are the most well-known.
Survey here:
forms.gle/zm53o7gvSTxL...
#MythologyMonday #epics #mythology #folklore
Survey here:
forms.gle/zm53o7gvSTxL...
#MythologyMonday #epics #mythology #folklore
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I am so excited to announce that my poem "Gretel", published in GRIMM RETOLD from @speculationpub.bsky.social, is officially a Rhysling nominee!!
This was my first published poem, and seeing it on the nominees list was truly surreal!
🌈🚀📚💙 #rhysling @sfpoetry.bsky.social
This was my first published poem, and seeing it on the nominees list was truly surreal!
🌈🚀📚💙 #rhysling @sfpoetry.bsky.social
February 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I am so excited to announce that my poem "Gretel", published in GRIMM RETOLD from @speculationpub.bsky.social, is officially a Rhysling nominee!!
This was my first published poem, and seeing it on the nominees list was truly surreal!
🌈🚀📚💙 #rhysling @sfpoetry.bsky.social
This was my first published poem, and seeing it on the nominees list was truly surreal!
🌈🚀📚💙 #rhysling @sfpoetry.bsky.social
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Thrilled to share that the first installment of my solarpunk/sci-fi story THE SCIENCE OF TRANSIENT CARTOGRAPHY is out now from @thedailytomorrow.bsky.social!
It's about art and discovery, the complications of family and what it means to reimagine a better world. I hope you love it as much as I do!
It's about art and discovery, the complications of family and what it means to reimagine a better world. I hope you love it as much as I do!
February 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Thrilled to share that the first installment of my solarpunk/sci-fi story THE SCIENCE OF TRANSIENT CARTOGRAPHY is out now from @thedailytomorrow.bsky.social!
It's about art and discovery, the complications of family and what it means to reimagine a better world. I hope you love it as much as I do!
It's about art and discovery, the complications of family and what it means to reimagine a better world. I hope you love it as much as I do!