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Michelle
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GenX liberal bookworm. Married. Pets. Small business owner. Let's talk books!
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He continues to harass the reviewer.
A 2 star review for The arguing in Which We Bleed, by Steve N. Lee. The author has subsequently sought to intimidate the reviews and lie to her about her obligation when she receives a review copy. A sample of the harassing comments Steve N. Lee, an author has directed toward a reviewer. He feels it's spiteful to post a critical review that coincides with publication. A sample of the harassing comments Steve N. Lee, an author has directed toward a reviewer. He feels the reviewer has lied about him because he never asked her to remove the review, just heavily implied she should. He feels abused and like a second class citizen.
June 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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"I love women as men are expected to, but the way only one who has ever experienced womanhood can."
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, by Andrew Joseph White #booksky #lgbtqiabooksky
Book cover for The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, by Andrew Joseph White. The cover is predominantly lavender or violet with some gold. Eyes are incorporated along the gold border. A blond figure stands in the center in a purple dress. The figure looks weary.
June 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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My husband walked into the room 20 minutes ago and told me he'd reached the conclusion that I'd been leading him toward, that it was time to let your 17-year-old mini-dachshund go.
June 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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I'll take their word for it, too.

www.rwa.org/the-romance-...
www.writeforharlequin.com/romance-101-....
A screenshot from the RWA (Romance Writers of America) talking about the needed components for romance, which are a central love story and an emotionally satisfying ending involving "emotional justice and unconditional love." A screenshot from the the Harlequin website, saying the couple will always surmount their obstacles and reach a happily ever after.
June 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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It's weird when people who can't stop obsessing about genitals accusingly ask about the contents of my hard drive for the crime of being a good human, when the answer is 8,000 pictures of my pets, not a euphemism. Happy Pride!
A cartoon bird wearing colors indicating an ace identity and holding a Pride flag. The bird is associated with a self-care app called Finch.
June 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Ingrid was not a lesbian. She was often accused of being one, however, because she was my friend, and there are some misconceptions about how it spreads.
Everyone in This Room will Someday Be Dead, Emily R. Austin
#bookysky #lgbtqbooksky
The cover for Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead, by Emily R. Austin. We see a cartoon drawing of a female torso wearing a yellow t-shirt and jeans. She's holding a bunny. The title of the book is written on her t-shirt. The bunny has the words A Novel on it. A blurb from an author named Sarah Hayword reads "Humor, wisdom, and tenderness shine through on every page."
June 2, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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“Their love wanted to fix her, and refused to see that she wasn't broken.”
― Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway (ACE and trans rep.)
#booksky #lgbtqiabooksky #portalfantasy
The book cover for Every Heart a Doorway, by Seanan McGuire. A sun-dappled forest and in the midst of it a door stands ajar.
June 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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And people say it's a cult. Weird.
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A portion of an article quoting someone upset Ivanka called her father-in-law dad. "Please refrain from disrespecting THE most revered man on Earth aside from. God; your biological father POTUS."
May 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Only one evening is … I lay four years on a mountaintop, till the shape of my and my dog’s bodies had worn themselves into the mountain itself. If we went back there, we would still see the little double hollow, like two commas bent together in a circle.
Deerskin, Robin McKinley #Booksky #fantasysky
The cover of Deerskin, by Robin McKinley The title and author's name are red. A pale woman in a white dress and with abundant pale silver-white hair is seen from the waist up. In front of her is a sighthound, narrow of head, long of fur, who is perhaps the palest of cream.
May 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Only Elle is smart!
Elle in Legally Blonde asked if a study session is an RSVP thing only to be told it's a smart-people thing.
May 25, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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But, please, everyone keep on sharing so-called anti-tyranny videos narrated by a man who is happy to earn money for a woman who takes that money and funds hate and discrimination. #jkrowling #johnlithgow #TimothySnyder
About the fund The J.K. Rowling Women's Fund (JKRWF) offers legal funding support to individuals and organizations fighting to retain women's sex-based rights in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces. It provides women with the means and confidence to bring to justice cases that make legal precedents, force policy change, and make positive contributions to women's lives in the future.
May 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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"But here’s the thing. Joy is a form of resistance. Passion is a form of activism. And you’re out there kicking butt every day, with your writing, your humor.”
Key Player, by Kelly Yang (Front Desk #4)

Books by this author are often banned or challenged!
#booksky #bannedbooks #aapi
The book cover for the middle grade title Key Player, bu Kelly Yang. It's the 4th book in the Front Desk series. The main character, a Chinese-American girl, Mia Tang is in the forefront in soccer gear, kicking a soccer ball. She is the street, and behind her are her friends, a a restaurant on the corner called East Meets West.
May 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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When a woman is assaulted, one of the first questions people ask is, Did you say no? This question assumes that the answer was always yes, and that it is her job to revoke the agreement. To defuse the bomb she was given.
Know My Name: A Memoir, by Chanel Miller #Booksky #aapibooksky
The cover for Know My Name: A Memoir, by Chanel Miller The lettering is primarily white, except the words "A Memoir" are in a light blue. The background is a green-blue, with a few lines of gold jaggedly running through. I believe it's meant to represent broken pottery that's repaired in a way that shows the repair in order to highlight the new beauty that was created.
May 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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“I’m not one of those people who thinks music is going to save the world or whatever. But I do think art is one of the only things that can help people get in touch with the part of themselves and the world that’s worth saving.”
Natural Beauty, by Ling Ling Huang
The cover for Natural Beauty, by Ling Ling Huang A dark-haired woman is posed with in profile wither her arm draped artistically over her face, a face looking up. All we can see is a bit of one eye and a sliver of lip.
May 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Gossip says she hanged herself from the turret on the tower, but when you have a house like Hill House with a tower and a turret, gossip would hardly allow you to hang yourself anywhere else.
The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson #booksky #classicbooksky #horrorbooksky
One of the covers for The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson. This cover is how in gothic style. A woman climbs a winding staircase, clutching a candle in one hand for illumination, glancing over her shoulder. She wears a thin blue nightgown and her climbing shows a glimpse of leg. The wall behind her looks like a giant skull.
May 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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“People are willing to accept the pain and suffering of others, limitless amounts of it, as long as it helps them to keep on believing in whatever it is that they want to believe. Love, meaning, doesn’t matter.”
Breasts and Eggs, by Mieko Kawakami #booksky #aapibooksky #acerep
The cover for the novel Breasts and Eggs, by Mieko Kawakami. A Japanese woman lies on her back and stares up and we only see a close up of her face. There's a thick peachy-pink banner at the top with the author's name and title. On the left are blurbs calling the book Radical and Breathtaking by well-known authors like Murakami.
May 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Each word is a file cabinet in our brain. Periodically, someone's file clerk realizes that we can file more accurately with a new drawer, and that we will then understand that content better. Other file clerks in other brains concur. Everything in that drawer existed, just filed elsewhere.
A screenshot of a Twitter interaction. Someone says to J.K. Rowling that genderqueer characters have always existed -- mentioning, among others, Shakespeare -- but we didn't have the terms to describe them. Rowling responds "Yes, if there's one thing we know about Shakespeare it's that he struggled to find words."
May 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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"The moon worries. We may not know how we know that, but we know it all the same: that the moon watches, and the moon worries, and the moon will always love us, no matter what."
Down Among the Sticks and Bones, by Seanan McGuire #booksky #fantasybooksky #yabooksky
The cover for Down Among the Sticks and Bones, by Seanan McGuire. A desolate landscape ,rocky, with a dead looking tree on a hill. There's a trunk at the forefront, and then lid is cracked open. A bit of golden light spills out.
May 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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"What do you want from us? The dumb girls are too dumb, the smart girls are too smart, and the average girls are too unexceptional?"
Kim Ji-young, Born 1982, by Cho Nam-Joo
#booksky #aapibooksky
The cover for the novel Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, by Cho Nam-Joo A woman stands before a blue landscape. She has long brown hair. Where her face should be is empty, showing the background with -- blue sky, a twisted tree, rock formation, a sense it's the desert.
May 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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The!Best!Book!Ever!
The cover of a child's picture book called The Monster at the End of This Book. It featured Grover from Sesame Street, a little blue Muppet with a big pink nose.
May 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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"She could never understand why human beings had to be divided into those who bought others and those who were sold."
A Woman of Pleasure, by Kiyoko Murata. Translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter.
The book cover for A Woman of Pleasure, by Kiyoko Murata, winner of the Akutagawa Prize. Translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter. The cover is red, cream, and white and features an almost abstract drawing of woman holding a fan and looking over her shoulder, her hair in a bun.
May 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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I'm aware human children & pets aren't the same, but when someone sent me a private message on my FB business page with my dog's picture attached and asking "is this still available?" in the moments it took me to realize they clicked on the wrong image I almost passed out. What?!? No!!!Security!!!
A close up of a cream and white Pomeranian's face
May 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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"Is there anything more dangerous to a woman than to be beautiful when weeping?" #booksky #horrorbooksky #gothichorror
Book cover for Blood on her Tongue, by Johanna Van Veen. A black and white sight hound, think Italian Greyhound, stands before a wall of flowers and looks at it with curiosity. The flowers are too dimensional to be wall paper and their colors are mostly red, suggestive of blood and some gold. This is all in front of a black background. The overall effect is dark and gothic.
May 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Rae clapped. “Look, everybody, Lia is coming. Yay, it’s Lia!”

“Are you two close?” asked Vasilisa.

“Not really, I set her up for execution last week.”

"Long Live Evil," by Sarah Rees Brennan

#booksky #fantasybooksky #bookquotes
The cover for Long Live Evil, by Sarah Rees Brennan. A young dark-haired woman sits on an elaborate throne, her legs hang over one of the arms. Her dress is white, but is dipped in red at the hem. She looks decidedly mischievous as she glimpses something out of our frame.
May 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Is that Linda RonsCat?
A black and white picture of Linda Ronstadt, a white singer with dark hair and eyes.
May 4, 2025 at 4:50 AM