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The storygraph challenge I’m talking about in this video is available to join here: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...

And there’s also a lovely, hand-lettered bingo card if you’d prefer.
White and gold bingo card on a green background. The title is: 2026 Ro.Reading Bingo. The boxes read as follows: 1. 5 books you already own 2. A reread 3. About a systemic problem 4. Published in 2026 5. Published in 1926 6. In translation 7. With a green and gold cover 8. Nonfiction about immigration 9. About internet culture 10. Featuring or containing a queerplatonic relationship 11. Read for story research 12. An essay collection 13. Free space: your favorite book of the year 14. Published after 2016, facing/has faced a book ban 15. Self- or indie published 16. Recommended by a friend 17. Finish a series 18. By a queer black woman 19. New-to-you subgenre 20. For a community event 21. Own voices, about disability 22. With someone’s photograph on the cover 23. Featured in a video essay 24. 12 nonfiction books 25. 12 books you want to give your full attention to
February 2, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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For reference here is the real cover
The cover for The Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey. The title is on a pink square near the bottom of the page. Behind it are illustrations of a blonde woman in leathers and a black-haired woman in chainmail, both wielding swords. Behind them is a gold illustration of an eagle.
January 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Well. This might be the worst alternate cover design I’ve seen since the trade paperbacks of Rainwild Chronicles.

You’re telling me I have to look at this rather than the gorgeous valdemar illustrated cover?!

#booksky #coverdesign
The audiobook cover of The Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey. It has two badly cut out stock photo women ln the cover, one dressed in brown and holding a sword, the other dressed in chainmail and holding two swords. In the background is a badly blurred 3D model of a hawk’s head that looks like it was rendered on the first Playstation. The title is on top in gray.
January 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Jan 1st book sale buys + the books I added to my tbr after wandering around BookPeople 🌅

#booksky #newbooks #tbrpile
Photograph of the covers of Song of the Hell Witch by Taylor Hartley and She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan, side by side on a wooden table. Photo grid of book covers including Automatic Noodle, The Great When, Forged by Blood, Lost Ark Dreaming, The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door, There is no Antimemetics Division, Womb City, and City of Last Chances. Photo grid of book covers including Wash Day Diaries; Salt Grows Heavy; Red Rabbit Ghost, House of Day, House of Night; How to Be Eaten; Chain Gang All-stars, Everyday I Read, Howdunit, and are you listening?
January 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Library holds pickup + “haul”! Got a very blue-tinted month ahead. 🦕

#library #booksky #tbrpile
A stack of books and cds on a gray background. The spines are mostly white and blue. From top to bottom they are: Renaissance by Beyoncé, Weezer by Weezer, Witch Hat Atelier volumes 3-4, Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung le Nguyen, and The Garden of Secrets by Niki de Saint Phalle.
December 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Super adorable new bookends are set up! My black cat is eyeing them suspiciously though 🐈‍⬛

#christmas #booksky #fantasybooks
Image the top of a wooden bookshelf, showcasing fantasy books by robin hobb, ursula k le guin, and jrr tolkien. On either side of the books are bookends that are shaped like a black cat.
December 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Ew no thanks

#acl2025
Text message reading: “ACL Fest: It pays to be your friend, literally! New this year, you can earn $20 in festival cash for every ticket sold through your own personalized referral link. There's no limit, so sign up & spread the word now: https://go.festlink.co/DvxwPh”
May 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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A zoomed in photo of the HEB logo (red rounded rectangle with the bold white letters “H-E-B”) on a glass spice bottle full of paprika
February 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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The reading wrap-up!

#booksky #storygraph
Storygraph reading wrap-up: 10 books read, 2,835 pages, 3.65 average rating.
February 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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An orange and white cat sleeping on a green blanket. His paw is touching a hair tie.
January 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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See because I think a video conferencing app would perhaps put something else first. Can’t quite put my finger on whatttt…
Screenshot of the app store of the Zoom workplace app. The subtitle reads “AI-first collaboration” on the left side is the medium blue zoom app logo.
January 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Help—
Screenshot of an apple news TIME headline on an iphone home screen. The headline reads: “Meta ends fact-checking, prompting fears of misinformation”
January 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Trying out book bingo this year!

#booksky #readingchallenges
Bingo card with the following prompts: 1. Read books set in 5 different real world countries 2. Book published in 2025 3. Book in a genre I don’t usually read 4. The book that’s been on my tbr the longest 5. At least 12 books by poc 6. Book over 700 pages 7. A book that bends genres 8. Book with a 1 word title 9. At least 12 nonfiction books 10. Book by a black trans woman 11. Finish a series 12. Book where a journey/travel is a primary focus 13. Friend recommended book 14. Book I annotated 15. (Free space) my favorite book of the year 16. Reread of a past favorite 17. Book or short story with a genderfluid, aroace character 18. Book from a readathon or community event 19. Queer history book 20. A book about the natural world 21. A memoir 22. Book from a new-to-me fantasy subgenre 23. A book with a major theme of resilience 24. Purple font on the cover 25. A book that has been on pause
January 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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You know spotify, usually the blue notification icon means that there’s a new episode out. Idk when that stopped being the case but it makes me want to find a new podcast platform

#frustratedwiththemoderninternet #spotify
Screenshot of the spotify for you page, cropped to show the icon for the podcast “If Books Could Kill” with a blue notification icon on the righthand side.
December 28, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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Day 16: The Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson

#booksky #fantasybooks
Book cover for Rhythm of War. The background is a fully painted illustration. The right side is a purple and blue night sky with coral-looking trees. There is a point of light in the sky with rays coming from it. On the left half, an orange rock outcropping with diamond shaped gems serves as the backdrop for a woman wearing divided skirts and boots, holding one hand up in front of her chest and is looking at the sky as if she is surprised to see something. On top of this is the author’s name, “Brandon Sanderson” in white serif and “Rhythm of War” in yellow serif with smaller white font underneath saying “book four of The Stormlight Archive”.
December 28, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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Day 15: Under the Sea Wind by Rachel Carson

#booksky #rachelcarson
Cover of Under the Sea Wind. It is a penguin classics cover, so the bottom third is solid black with the text [by] “Rachel Carson” and “Under the Sea Wind”, above that is a white line with the penguin classics logo. Above that is a heavily textured painting of a white shorebird on an orange and green background.
December 28, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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Day 14: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. le Guin

#booksky #thedisspossessed #leguin
Book cover for The Dispossessed. The background is an illustration of space, with an earthlike planet in the bottom right corner, closely orbited by a red and yellow, arid moon, that sits in the top left corner. Blue and red energy swirls between them. Between them in white uncial serif font is: “The Dispossessed; winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards!” And below, “The magnificent new epic of an ambiguous utopia, [by] Ursula K. le Guin”
December 25, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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Day 13: Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

#favoritebooks #booksky #realmoftheelderlings #royalassassin
The book cover for Royal Assassin. The background is black, and the top 2/3 of the image are a symmetrical stylized red image of a red ship, swords, and ropes, the author’s name, “Robin Hobb” is worked into this illustration. Below that id the book title, “Royal Assassin,” in white decorative serif font, with “the illustrated edition” below it in smaller red font.
December 25, 2024 at 4:57 AM
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Day 12: Sabriel by Garth Nix

#booksky #sabriel #garthnix #theoldkingdom
Book cover for Sabriel. The background is black, with “Garth Nix” at the top in white serif, an arrow divider, and “Sabriel” in gold uncial script below. Below the title is an illustration that takes up 3/4 of the cover. It is a young woman in a blue surcoat. She is wearing a cross-body leather holster that holds 7 bells. She is holding a small bell in front of her chest as if ringing it. In her other hand, nearly off the page, she’s holding a sword. Behind her is a shadowy figure reaching for her.
December 24, 2024 at 1:17 AM
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Day 11: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

#booksky #spinningsilver #naominovik
The book cover for spinning silver. In a paneled illustration on the top third, there is a young woman pouring silver coins from one hand to her other, turning them to gold. To her left in 3 vertical panels are a sack of silver coins, a pale, sharp, masculine face, and a shower of gold coins. Below this illustration in gold and blue blackletter font is “Naomi Novik,” and the title, “Spinning Silver.” At the very bottom there is a small illustration of an icy mountain.
December 23, 2024 at 2:46 AM
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Day 10: Keep Going by Austin Kleon

#booksky #keepgoing
Book cover for “Keep Going”. The background is medium blue, with marker-drawn white text on top woth the title and author name: “Keep Going,” by “Austin Kleon.” Between the 2 is a line of yellow text that says “10 ways to stay creative in good times and bad.”
December 21, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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Day 9: Squire by Tamora Pierce

#booksky #bookchallenge #protectorofthesmall
Book cover for Squire. The background is light blue with white clouds. A girl with a blond bob wearing a long sleeve white shirt and a green tunic holds a golden griffin and looks at the viewer. Behind her, on a blue banner is the title and series title, “Protector of the Small”. The author’s name is in red on a background.
December 19, 2024 at 12:44 PM
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Day 8: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

#booksky #parableofthesower #octaviabutler #climatefiction
Book cover of Parable of the Sower. The background is a stylized illustration of a black woman wearing a red dress and hair cover with an orange triangle pattern. She is surrounded by leaflike shapes and facing the right side of the cover. Above this is the text “Parable of the Sower” in serif red, “with a new foreword by N. K. Jemisin” and “Octavia Butler” in sans serif black.
December 18, 2024 at 12:47 PM
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Day 7: Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

#bookskt #emilycarroll #throughthewoods #hisfaceallred
The book cover of Through the woods. The background is a stylized forest in black and white. A cloaked figure in blue is walking away from a house and leftwards across white snow. Taking up most of the sky, a red moon holds a smoky outline of a wolf. The title, Through the Woods, is in white hand lettered text on the moon, and “stories by Emily Carroll” is in red and white in the shadow of the woods.
December 17, 2024 at 12:27 PM
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Day 6: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

#booksky #leguin #lefthandofdarkness
Book cover for The Left Hand of Darkness. The background is a glacier in the dead of night. On the blue-white ice is a statue made of ice with a feminine face on the back and a masculine face on the front. The title and author name are in white text with a mauve drop shadow in the foreground.
December 16, 2024 at 12:12 PM