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Sonora Reyes
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award winning and bestselling author of THE LESBIANA'S GUIDE TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL and THE LUIS ORTEGA SURVIVAL CLUB

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My birthday is tomorrow but my dad got covid so I guess I will be celebrating in my room with the gang
A screenshot from SpongeBob when he says “the gang’s all here” with smiley faces drawn on each of his fingertips
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Who's coming to Steamy Lit Con? 👀

So excited to be on a panel with some of my favs! Jo Segura, Julian Winters, Karmen Lee, and Whitney Amazeen will also be on the panel November 1, moderated by the wonderful Taj Mccoy!

I’m in seat g45 for the signings!
A graphic that reads: Steamy Lit Con Schedule. October 31: 2-6pm: signing in grand ballroom e. 6:30pm: latin author/influencer event. November 1: 10:15-11: Panel "bookstagram, booktok, and you: Digital etiquette between authors and readers" 1-5pm: signing in grand ballroom e
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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I'm so incredibly sorry to everyone who made plans to see me this month. Hopefully I can reschedule things when I'm better
Tw suicidal ideation I feel like I’ve been a hypocrite because this recent book release has centered so heavily on mental health, especially asking for help when you need it. I promised myself I wouldn’t perform wellness for this release. I thought if I made myself visible, as this broken version of myself who I am fighting so hard to keep alive, then people who are struggling to show up for themselves would see me and know they aren’t alone. Unfortunately I think it’s time I took my own advice. It took me longer than it should have to admit it, but I need help once again. In order to get treatment, I unfortunately have to cancel my upcoming events for the rest of the month. I wanted to give all my energy to release week, but I have to save my own life right now. Sales numbers mean nothing if I’m not here to see them. thank you for understanding 💜
September 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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HAPPY RELEASE DAY CESAR!!! Woke up late but had to do a little photo shoot to celebrate release day! The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar is finally out in the world and I couldn’t be more proud 🥰
A selfie of me posing with my book The Gilden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar. The book covers part of my face and I’m smiling A selfie of me posing with my book The Gilden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar. The book covers part of my face and I’m smiling A selfie of me posing with my book The Gilden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar. The book covers part of my face and I’m smiling with my eyes closed A selfie of me posing with my book The Gilden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar. The book covers the lower part of my face with only my eyes visible. They are open wide but smiling
September 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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ARE YOU SERIOUS??? I was JUST talking about how afraid I was that this book wouldn't reach it's people but you all came through so quickly!! Number one new "Hispanic & Latino" release, just in time for Latinx Heritage Month!!! I love youuuu 🥰
A screenshot from Amazon showing The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar as the number one new release in the Hispanic & Latino category. I added two screenshots from Spongebob, one where he is wearing the number one hat with a smile, and the other of the skeleton of Smitty Werbenjagermanjenson wearing the number one hat with a caption "he was number one"
September 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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I’M GOING ON TOUR! If you’re local to any of these areas, please come say hi! I can’t wait to celebrate books with you all! 💜💜💜

you can find all the event links on my newsletter post here: sonorareyes.beehiiv.com/p/upcoming-e...
A graphic with the cover for The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar that reads: upcoming events: 9.15 Tempe, AZ event @changing hands9.20 Anaheim, CA Fall Into Books Fest9.23 Culver City, CA event @ the ripped bodice10.4 Little Rock, AR Six Bridges Book Festival10.16 Portland, OR event @ Annie Bloom’s Books10.31-11.01 Anaheim, CA Steamy Lit Con11.8 PHOENIX, AZ author fair @ Burton Barr Central Library
September 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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it's time for the obligatory bnn preorder sale promo! If you've been waiting for a discount to buy The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar, I have good news! It's included in the Barnes & Nobles preorder sale from now until Friday, September 5. I hope you enjoy 💜
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September 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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DAY ONE: I still feel bad about this one

when we were kids, me and my cousins were playing outside during a drought and it was SO HOT. We decided to ask the rain gods for help, and I suggested it wouldn't work without a sacrifice so we decided to use my cousin 🧵

#LesbianaRereadChallenge
A graphic that reads: The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School Re-Read Party! #LesbianaRereadChallenge June 2-28 ch 1. Thou Shalt Not Trust a Two-Faced Bitch: When were you the villain in someone else's story?
June 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Last question : shameless self-promo! How can we support you and your work?

#BIPOCQTchat
a graphic that reads: #BIPOCQTchat 6. shameless self-promo! How can we support you and your work? A graphic that reads: What is #BIPOCQTchat? While our communities are being silenced, this is a space for celebration as resistance. Formerly #QPOCChat, #BIPOCQTchat is for BIPOC writers under the LGBTQ+ umbrella to nerd out with each other and build community A graphic that reads: How to participate? quote skeet each question with your response, and make sure to include the hashtag #BIPOCQTchat in your posts! Feel free to scroll through the hashtag while you wait for the next question and show each other some love!
June 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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question 5: Pride is as much a protest as it is a celebration. What is one way you balance both, or how would you like to?

#BIPOCQTchat
a graphic that reads: #BIPOCQTchat 5. Pride is as much a protest as it is a celebration. What is one way you balance both, or how would you like to? A graphic that reads: What is #BIPOCQTchat? While our communities are being silenced, this is a space for celebration as resistance. Formerly #QPOCChat, #BIPOCQTchat is for BIPOC writers under the LGBTQ+ umbrella to nerd out with each other and build community
June 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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question 4: How does your identity influence your writing style or voice?

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a graphic that reads: #BIPOCQTchat 4. How does your identity influence your writing style or voice? A graphic that reads: What is #BIPOCQTchat? While our communities are being silenced, this is a space for celebration as resistance. Formerly #QPOCChat, #BIPOCQTchat is for BIPOC writers under the LGBTQ+ umbrella to nerd out with each other and build community A graphic that reads: How to participate? quote skeet each question with your response, and make sure to include the hashtag #BIPOCQTchat in your posts! Feel free to scroll through the hashtag while you wait for the next question and show each other some love!
June 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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question 3. What is your favorite line of your current WIP? If you don't have a favorite, what is the first?

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a graphic that reads: #BIPOCQTchat 3. What is your favorite line of your current WIP? If you don't have a favorite, what is the first? A graphic that reads: What is #BIPOCQTchat? While our communities are being silenced, this is a space for celebration as resistance. Formerly #QPOCChat, #BIPOCQTchat is for BIPOC writers under the LGBTQ+ umbrella to nerd out with each other and build community A graphic that reads: How to participate? quote skeet each question with your response, and make sure to include the hashtag #BIPOCQTchat in your posts! Feel free to scroll through the hashtag while you wait for the next question and show each other some love!
June 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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question 2: What about yourself are you most proud of? This can be related to your writing or anything else!

#BIPOCQTchat
a graphic that reads: #BIPOCQTchat 2. What about yourself are you most proud of? This can be related to your writing or anything else! A graphic that reads: What is #BIPOCQTchat? While our communities are being silenced, this is a space for celebration as resistance. Formerly #QPOCChat, #BIPOCQTchat is for BIPOC writers under the LGBTQ+ umbrella to nerd out with each other and build community A graphic that reads: How to participate? quote skeet each question with your response, and make sure to include the hashtag #BIPOCQTchat in your posts! Feel free to scroll through the hashtag while you wait for the next question and show each other some love!
June 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Happy pride!

1. Indroduce yourself and what you're currently writing or reading 💜

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a graphic that reads: #BIPOCQTchat 1. Happy pride! Indroduce yourself and what you're currently writing or reading A graphic that reads: What is #BIPOCQTchat? While our communities are being silenced, this is a space for celebration as resistance. Formerly #QPOCChat, #BIPOCQTchat is for BIPOC writers under the LGBTQ+ umbrella to nerd out with each other and build community A graphic that reads: How to participate? quote skeet each question with your response, and make sure to include the hashtag #BIPOCQTchat in your posts! Feel free to scroll through the hashtag while you wait for the next question and show each other some love!
June 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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#LesbianaRereadChallenge promps continued:

On the last day of the challenge, stay tuned for the afterparty, aka me sharing the details of the preorder campaign for The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar! Save your receipts for both Lesbiana's Guide and Golden Boy because both will count as an entry!
A graphic that reads: The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School Re-read party! #LesbianaRereadChallenge. June 2-28. ch 19. Adendum. Thou Shalt Commit Adulting: What is the BEST thing about being an adult? ch 20. Thou Shalt Not Admit It's a Date: Have you ever been on a date you didn't know was a date? When did you figure it out? ch 21. Thou Shalt Step On Legos, Bitch: What is your favorite petty curse? ch 22. Drop the Commandments. Live By the Code: What code do you live by? A graphic that reads: The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School Re-read party! #LesbianaRereadChallenge. June 2-28. ch 23. In Lak'ech Ala K'in: For better or worse, who do you find yourself in community with? ch 24. Tú eres mi otro yo (you are my other me): Who is your "other you"? ch 25. Si te hago daño a ti, me hago daño a mi mismo (if I do harm to you, I do harm to myself): What fictional character do you relate most to? Do you find yourself loving or hating the qualities you share with them? Do you have any strategies for being kinder to yourself? ch 26. Si te amo y respeto (if I love and respect you): What is your favorite thing about someont you love? 27. Me amo y respeto yo (I love and respect myself): What is your favorite thing about yourself? A graphic that reads: June 28 THE GOLDEN BOY'S GUIDE TO BIPOLAR PRE-ORDER CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENT!!
May 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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SO FREAKING EXCITED to share the #LesbianaRereadChallenge details!

I'll be posting my answers here and would love to see yours too! Feel free to join in whatever capacity you can. You can log your progress daily on pagebound if you want the full book club experience here: bit.ly/3FsFMwM (part 1)
A graphic that reads: The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School Re-read party! #LesbianaRereadChallenge. Daily questions and answers based on chapter titles. Treat it like a book club and log your progress on Pagebound! Filter Pagebound posts by % or pages read to avoid spoilers and discuss specific chapters. After party announcement of the preorder campaign for The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar! A graphic that reads: The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School Re-read party! #LesbianaRereadChallenge. June 2-28. Ch 1. Thou Shalt Not Trust a Two-Faced Bitch: When were you the villain in someone else's story? Ch 2. Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Capitalism: What is the most creatively unhinged thing you've ever done for money? Ch 3. Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Butt: Most impressive mental gymnastics you've done to deny a gay thought? ch 4. Honor Thy Liner and Thy Hoops: What is your "fashion armor"? ch 5. Make Unto Thee Non-Racict Friends: What's your most unhinged high school betrayal? ch 6. Thou Shalt Procure a Pseudo Suitor: What's the most creative way you ever convinced someone you were straight? A graphic that reads: The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School Re-read party! #LesbianaRereadChallenge. June 2-28. ch 7. Thou Shalt Divert Thy Mother's Gaydar: What is the biggest tell you were queer that you and everyone else somehow missed? ch 8. Thou Shalt mind Thine Own Business. Bitch: What is the weirdest rumor that ever spread about you? ch 9. Thou Shalt Not Self-Sabotage: How do you tend to sabotage yourself? What's one way you want to give yourself a better chance? ch 10. Thou Shalt Not Drink and Call: Most embarrassing moment? ch 11. Thou Shalt Bear False Witness Against Drunken Voicemails: Ever sent a message to the wrong person and made a full recovery? How? ch 12: Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Brother's Life: Are you the golden child, the scapegoat, or the forgotten middle? What is one upside to your category? A graphic that reads: The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School Re-read party! #LesbianaRereadChallenge. June 2-28. ch 13. Thou Shalt Confess Thy Sins--Selectively: Two truths and a lie. Go! ch 14. Make Unto Thee a Fat Wallet: If you were given enough money to pursue any business venture you wanted, what would you do or create? ch 15. Thou Shalt Not Adulate False Idols: Have you ever had a "don't meet your heroes" moment? ch 16. Thou Shalt Not Foster Petty Grudges: Pettiest grudge you ever held? ch 17. Remember Thy Ancestors. Keep Them Holy: How do you connect with your ancestors? ch 18. Thou Shalt Not Commit Adulting: What is the biggest scam of adulthood?
May 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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The book that changed my life came out three years ago today. It brought me so many wonderful friends, and I’m so very grateful for all the love and support from everyone who felt seen by this book. I truly couldn’t have imagined a better debut. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
A selfie of me smiling with my eyes closed holding my book The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School in my hand
May 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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With The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar coming out this year, I thought it'd be fun to throw a re-read party for the book that started it all! Whether it’s your first time reading The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School, or you just want to refresh your memory before september, let’s do it together!
a graphic that reads: Lesbiana's Guide re-read party. Challenge from June 2-28. One chapter each day. Daily storytimes based on each chapter title. Buddy read with the community by logging your progress on Pagebound!
May 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Last question: Shameless self-promo! How can we support you and your work?

#BIPOCQTchat
a graphic with a red background reading: 6. Shameless self-promo! How can we support you and your work? A graphic with a brown background that reads: What is #BIPOCQTchat? While our communities are being silenced, this is a space for celebration as resistance. Formerly #QPOCChat, #BIPOCQTchat is for BIPOC writers under the LGBTQ+ umbrella to nerd out with each other and build community A graphic with a tan background that reads: How to participate? quote skeet each question with your response, and make sure to include the hastag #BIPOCQTchat so people can find your answers and support you!
May 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Question 5: Who are your favorite QTBIPOC authors/books and why?

#BIPOCQTchat
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May 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Question 4: What is a "dead" or "overdone" trope or genre that you want to see come back through a QTBIPOC lens?

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a graphic with a yellow background reading: 4. What is a "dead" or "overdone" trope or genre that you want to see come back through a QTBIPOC lens? A graphic with a brown background that reads: What is #BIPOCQTchat? While our communities are being silenced, this is a space for celebration as resistance. Formerly #QPOCChat, #BIPOCQTchat is for BIPOC writers under the LGBTQ+ umbrella to nerd out with each other and build community A graphic with a tan background that reads: How to participate? quote skeet each question with your response, and make sure to include the hastag #BIPOCQTchat so people can find your answers and support you!
May 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Question 3: What is your most unhinged writer dream? think "someone tattoos my words on their butt" or "a barely visible corner of my book is in the background of a BTS livestream"

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a graphic with a green background reading: 3. What is your most unhinged writer dream? think "someone tattoos my words on their butt" or "a barely visible corner of my book is in the background of a BTS livestream" A graphic with a brown background that reads: What is #BIPOCQTchat? While our communities are being silenced, this is a space for celebration as resistance. Formerly #QPOCChat, #BIPOCQTchat is for BIPOC writers under the LGBTQ+ umbrella to nerd out with each other and build community A graphic with a tan background that reads: How to participate? quote skeet each question with your response, and make sure to include the hastag #BIPOCQTchat so people can find your answers and support you!
May 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Question 2: We can't draw from an empty well. What do you do to avoid burnout, and how do you refill your creative well?

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a graphic with a blue background that reads: 2. We can't draw from an empty well. What do you do to avoid burnout, and how do you refill your creative well? A graphic with a brown background that reads: What is #BIPOCQTchat? While our communities are being silenced, this is a space for celebration as resistance. Formerly #QPOCChat, #BIPOCQTchat is for BIPOC writers under the LGBTQ+ umbrella to nerd out with each other and build community A graphic with a tan background that reads: How to participate? quote skeet each question with your response, and make sure to include the hastag #BIPOCQTchat so people can find your answers and support you!
May 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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WE'RE BACK!!

question 1: Introduce yourself! What kind of stuff do you write? Are you working on anything you're dying to tell us about?

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May 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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So excited to be partnering with @pagebound.bsky.social to give away three copies of The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar! Pagebound is kind of like a gamified reading tracker, I love it so much!
A graphic that reads: The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar ARC GIVEAWAY! in partnership with Pagebound! 1. Create a Pagebound account. 2. Fill out the form from the link in my bio. 3. Cross your fingers and enjoy Pagebound while you wait! A graphic that reads: what is Pagebound? Pagebound is a social reading site and Goodreads alternative. Every book has its own forum where users can post their thoughts as they read, sorting posts by % read for a readalong experience. This allows users to stay in control of their TBR but still get the social interaction of a book club. Readers also use Pagebound to maintain their digital library, plan reads by month, and participate in Quests, reading challenges where you can earn badges.
May 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM