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Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

This tiny little book, with its big ass Silent Hill vibes, has completely sucked me in.

This book should be hyped way more than it is with the horror readers IMO.

#booksky #horrorbooks #novella

My hand is holding a copy of "Root Rot" by Saskia Nislow. The cover shows a rooty looking outline of a human body attached to random mushroom and parasitic looking specimens. At the bottom is a snippet of a review that says "a singularly uncanny and artfully insinuating book." -Dan Chaon.

May 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

I happened to win a $100 giveaway gift card to The Society for Unusual Books, which snagged me about 6 books. I added 3 more plus hit up my local Tardigrade Bookshelves indie store for a few more. I'm pretty sure this is my "final answer" for Indie Bookstore Day ❤️📚
#booksky #indiebookstore

6 book covers including: House of Rot by Danger Slater, The Dream Quest of Velleity Boe by Kin Johnson, Even Though I knew the End by C.L. Polk, Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud, Taaqtumi by Aviaq Johnston, A Carnival of Atrocities by Natalia Garcia Freire.

6 book covers including: Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez, Root Rot by Saskia Nislow, Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo, Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton, The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar, Bones Picked Clean by Jen Poetry.

April 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

I had some of these on my TBR earlier but didn't get to them yet. Just realized that literally everything on my TBR now has a black/white/red aesthetic going and I kind of love when that happens. ❤️🤍🖤🩶

I have Kings of the Wyld and Suffer the Children on audio as well.

#booksky

6 books with red, black, and white covers set on a white coffee table. Titles include: Ordinary Monsters by J.M. Miro, The Unworthy by Augustina Bazterrica, Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker, Eyes Guts Throat Bones by Moïra Fowley, and Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman.

April 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

Belated bday gift to myself was hitting up WeMeraki and getting my hair done and I LOVE it! 😍

I went in going for something different but then she suggested some bolder colors and we kept adding to the tray and just went with it.
#creativecolor #wemeraki

A view of the back of my hair after getting it colored. It's straightened with a slight wave and has my natural reddish color with an abundance of other colors in punks, oranges, corals, purples, aquas and dark blues.

The palette of colors used in my hair, seen in cups with applying brushes stuck in them. Colors include: pink, orange, coral, purple, aqua, and dark blue.

Another angle of my hair from the back. Straightened with a slight wave with my natural reddish hair and a multitude of colors including coral, orange, pink, purple, aqua and dark blue. More of my reddish hair is seen in this shot, especially near the roots.

April 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

Holy heck, my dudes! I was NOT expecting this book to be a 5 star read but OMG it IS!!

I fully expected to fall into a fit of obnoxious snoring tbh. But nope!

Fascinating AF.

#booksky #nonfiction #nature

Me holding up a copy of the book The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger in poor lighting. Filter used to help make the neon colors of the plant on the cover POP more.

April 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

This nonfiction book shouldn't be as enjoyable as it is, but it totally is. 😂

A quote image from the Fable app from The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger that says "Which is to say, in order to have plant sex, the plant pantomimed wasp sex, and the wasp unwittingly had plant sex. The mechanics are a little complicated...

April 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

My current fiction/nonfiction duo ❤️

#booksky
#nonfiction
#cozymystery

A picture of two books: The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger. Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala. They are slightly stacked, half on top a gray plaid electric blanket and half on my shabby navy suede couch. Very posh.

April 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

God fucking dammit.

Elon is in Wisconsin trying to buy a district this time.

He just wrote the max allowable amount to Van Orden after Cooke (who started her campaign early) had a tremendous grassroots start within 48 of announcing she was campaigning.

#wisconsin
#elonmusk
#vanorden
#rebeccacooke

A clip from an email I received from the Rebecca Cooke For Congress campaign that states: First: Rebecca launched this campaign last week, and we blew away everyone's expectations for grassroots support. More than 7,000 individual donors chipped in in the first 48 hours of her announcement. Then: Elections analysts at Inside Elections upgraded our chances of flipping this district. We're one rating away from a toss-up. They cited the strength of Becca's campaign in their report. Now: We recently got word that Elon Musk is now in the mix, and just wrote the maximum allowable personal check to Derrick Van Orden. He's trying to save him and this seat for far-right extremists.

March 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

A quote from The Mourner's Bestiary by Eiren Caffall that says: What if the whirlpool I'm falling into is really a vortex that takes me out through the glowing oceans of the world and into the infinity of the stars? What if that's death, something bigger and wilder and more beautiful than the fear?

March 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

Imminent book mood stack.

#booksky

A stack of novels and graphic novels, all in the horror/unsettling theme, and in black, red and white coloring. Books from bottom to top include: The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, Uzumaki Junkie Ito, Eyes Guts Throat Bones by Moïra Fowley.

March 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

#booksky

A quote from "The Lion Women of Tehran" by Marjan Kamali that says: That's how losses of rights build. They start small. And soon, the rights are stripped in droves...First, they'll say it's required only in government offices or shops. Then schools. Eventually, we worry, we will lose the freedom of choice altogether.

March 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

Preview of 2025 sweater #2

I am very aware that I should be on sweater 3 but they were out of the yarn I was using for about a month. I have to get buttons on that one and then it's basically done.

This one is going to be kind of chunky slouchy oversized blanket with sleeves thing.

Close-up of multi colored chunky yarn in alternating crochet stitches.

March 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

Granny-nap time for the elder-bun.

We had to resort to bunny diapering because of incontinence and inability to properly groom was leading to skin issues, especially on her legs. Her mobility is surprisingly increasing since we did though. Vet says her quality of life is excellent otherwise. ❤️

A sleepy brown bunny in a diaper laying on a gray checkered blanket. Bits of hay all over because someone is still a very messy eater, even 10 years later.

March 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

Quote from Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond that says "It is easier to change norms than beliefs."

March 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

Just got the yarn for my next chunky sweater! 😍

I'm so behind on my one sweater a month challenge. I'm still finishing up January 's. This is technically for February's sweater. 😅

#crochet

An armful of chunky Superwash wool/nylon blend yarn in colors on blue, turquoise, brown, lime green and dark coral. A very colorful bookcase can be seen in the background.

March 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

Apparently this is how my kid hangs with his bunny. 🤨

A picture of a black and white bunny sitting on a keyboard on a desk with CoryxKenshin playing on the monitor.

March 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

If anyone wants to follow news on Ukraine specifically, here's the BBC podcast dedicated to it.

If there are other news sources, let me know! 👇🏼

#ukraine
#ukrainecast

A screenshot of BBC Global News Ukrainecast as seen on Spotify.

March 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

#booksky

A quote from the book "Poverty, by America" by Matthew Desmond that says: It is easier to change norms than beliefs.

March 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

Reading "Poverty, by America" and this quote came up in Ch. 7.

This book is more relevant than ever right now IMO.

An old bearded dude in a loose tunic standing next to a Leo Tolstoy quote that says: I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means – except by getting off his back.

March 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

These two will be at bestie status soon. 🥰🐇

#bunnysky

A tiny child playing with a pile of duplo legoes while a white and black bunny investigates by sniffing the toy in his hand.

February 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

What's your distraction today during the blackout?

Mine? Finally taking down all my Christmas decorations. 😅

#24HourEconomicBlackout

A close up of a half decorated fake Christmas tree and some leftover decorations on the ledge of the window behind it.

February 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM

Bex

@rebrosecca.bsky.social

Update: I continue to be in a steadily increasing state of panic...

So I'm going to ditch my current 10 book reading list and read the first chapter of every single book box backlog book I've gotten so far this year...

Possibly while crying into endless cups of coffee.