My Dora has so many facial expressions 🤣 #dogs #funny

🖤 Late dark Valentine's recs 🖤 I know I'm late, but if you still need some recs for a bit of dark and bloody love, I've got some for you! 🖤 Supernatural gothic series 🖤 Collection of horror romance 🖤 Dark psychological horror duology about wounded love Any recs for me? 💙📚 #BookSky #horrorrecs

✍️ *Book Review* ✍️ She Made Herself a Monster by Anna Kovatcheva ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫 4.5/5 A feminist story like no other, nuanced and elegant, highlighting brutality, superstition and powerlessness. There's a coming together of women putting themselves at risk to help another woman. So uplifting! 📚💙 #BookSky

Cannot wait to read this one!

🤖 *New Release* 🤖 A.I. Apocalypse by Robert W. Bly published by @crystallake.bsky.social AI Apocalypse: A Guide to Artificial Intelligence as Portrayed in and Predicted By SF Stories, Novels, TV, Films, Comic Books, and Video Games. Doesn't this look so interesting and fun? 💙📚 #BlueSky #newbook

🏚️ Unquiet Guests edited by Dan Coxon 🏚️ If you love a haunted house, this anthology is for you! With stories from Chuck Palahniuk, Grady Hendrix, Kirsty Logan, Will Maclean, Irenosen Okojie, Alison Moore, Matthew Holness, Claire Fuller, Clay Macleod Chapman and Ally Wilkes. 📚💙 #BookSky #horror

Step inside a world where survival is duty—and death is policy. Click for a chance to win a free copy of A Hole in the Sky! novellic.com/guides/a-hol...

❄️ January wrap up ❄️ I read/listened to 13 books and I loved them all! Some more than others but they were all great books, be it for the story, writing, or characters! How was your January reading? 💙📚 #BlueSky #Januarywrapup

💜 Street team mail 💜 Thankful to be on @jaywordauthor.bsky.social street team! She's a great author and person 😍 Thanks for all my goodies! I highly recommend When Love Kills. Such an insightful and emotional read about abuse and how it can truly affect anyone. 💙📚 #BlueSky #streetteam

Loved it! Can't wait to continue the story of Hazel!

✍️ *Book Tour Review* ✍️ The Panharmonion Chronicles: Times of London, Volume 1 by Henry Chebaane and illustrated by Stephen Baskerville ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 A time travel steampunk graphic novel? Yes please! With themes of colonialism, racism, religious supremacy and misogyny. I loved it! 💙📚 BlueSky #review

Two very cool genre non-fiction titles from our sister list, Repeater Books.

✍️ *Book Review* ✍️ Echoes of a Killer by Alistair B. Hayward ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫 4.5/5 Coming soon! If you’re looking for an uncomfortable read that you won’t be able to stop reading, even if everything in you tells you so, this is it! A brutal serial killer story with a psychic twist. 📚💙 #BookSky #arcreview

🍎 *Cover Reveal* 🏹 Apples & Arrows by Chrystal D. Grant and Moriah Chavis with works by several authors. Published by Twenty Hills Publishing 𝘼 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙗𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨. 💙📚 #BookSky #coverreveal

✍️ Book Review ✍️ A Veritable Household Pet by Viggy Parr Hampton ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 Based on historical facts, this book breaks you with its simplicity. The clever use of the diary format makes it even more effective! Highly recommended! 💙📚 #BookSky #arateclathebookrat #horrorbooks

Look what arrived today 😍 The giveaway I won by @jenniferkennedy.bsky.social I'm ecstatic! The story is fantastic, highly recommend 👇 Accused of witchcraft, Fortune flees her village marrying a man she barely knows. But is the man who promises to be her saviour all he seems? 💙📚 #BookSky #gothic

Last but not least, it’s time for BOOK THREE in our #readalong for @paulhardisty’s environmental thriller series, #TheForcing!😱 The newest book in the series, #TheHope COMES OUT January 29, 2026!😍 The unforgettable conclusion to the internationally acclaimed trilogy🙌🌎

😔 I'm shocked and enraged by what's happening in the US, but all around the world to be fair it's a s***tshow!

"We need a reason for a haunting, to give the paranormal some normalcy , to centre the living in a story that isn't about them."

Added immediately to tbr!!

🙌 Thanks to all the publishers for gifting me these amazing books! 🙌 📚 HEAD CLEANER by David James Keaton published by @daturabooks.bsky.social 📚 SENTIENT by Michael Nayak published by @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social 📚 PARADISE by Ben Tufnell published by @influxpress.bsky.social 💙📚 BookSky

Hey this is officially up and running (all ebugs removed) at Netgalley and Edelweiss.

Happy Book Birthday to Mummy's Boy by Jay Word @jaywordauthor.bsky.social This was such an emotional rollercoaster, but one that I recommend! 💙📚 #BookSky #arateclathebookrat

Currently finishing and oh my word I'm loving it!

Two for Tuesday ✌️ Bookmail generously gifted by @srlpublishing.bsky.social 🔪 Through Broken Glass by Nicky Shearsby @nickyshearsby.bsky.social Book 3 in The Flanigan Files series 😍 💜 The People's Republic of Love by Heather Child OUT IN MARCH 2026 ❓What should I read first? 💙📚 #booksky

Has anyone else taken advantage of @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social sale? How fantastic do these look? From tales of possession, haunted Christmas, dead turning up in unexpected places and a gothic horror set in Russia. What's your pick? 📚 💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat

omg what’s that 👀

New Books Today!! Finally, I can let go of Feral & Hysterical and let her run screaming into the void... @isabelcanas.bsky.social Ania Ahlborn, Joe Lansdale @tkingfisher.com @markmatthews.bsky.social (Aug. 15) @cgolden.bsky.social @briankeene.bsky.social

Want to add more amazing books to your collection? I have a discount code for you for 10% off from the award winning indie publishing company www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk Code: Bookrat10 They have all the genres you can think of. A conscious company with award winning authors! #BookSky 📚💙

Title Reveal for a gothic horror novelette by C. S. Schiavone and published by Twenty Hills publishing She Had Glass Eyes 👀 A chilling tale of machines, madness, and the dangerous echo of a voice not quite human. 📚💙 #booksky #arateclathebookrat

Today I bring you two cosy horror novellas to listen to whilst you're going about your day. Riley's House and The Groundskeeper's Daughter by Holly Knightley were both entertaining and mysterious. For full review go to www.goodreads.com/user/show/15... 💙📚 #boosky #arateclathebookrat #cosyhorror

#booklover #bookstagram #bookcommunity #booksofinstagram #readingtime #ilovebooks #bookblogger #bookblog HELP! I need some book bloggers who read digital books for some amazing new crime fiction tours. Please get in touch if you are interested or visit my blog COMPULSIVE READERS to contact me.

Who's ready to roll the dice? 🎲 I invite you to read this bloody ride with an emotional ending! Roll For Initiative by Lesley A. Camphouse is a satisfying extreme horror. Be sure to check the triggers Full review on www.goodreads.com/user/show/15... 💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat #extremehorror

🚨 Author Spotlight 🚨 Ray Star is an amazing writer and human being, with a passion for the environment and animals. If you like a dystopian coming of age story with magical realism then check out her trilogy Earthlings! 💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat #earthlings #magicalrealism #dystopian

#horror #poe #melancholy

If you're into alien horror then this should be on your list! Very original novellas on the alien invasion trope from some of the best horror writers out there: John Durgin, Gage Greenwood, Andrew Van Wey. Find the full review at www.goodreads.com/userlshow/15... 💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat

Cover reveal for the revisited edition of HIDING LIES by Stephanie Rose @deathbytbrbooks.bsky.social Lydia Walker, is a forensic photographer, working on a gruesome murder of a camping couple. As she finds a deeper connection to the case, will she give in to explore her darker urges? 💙📚 #booksky

Amazing immersive audio experience! Skandinavien by Albion Byrd is a horror that entertains with its sounds, music and atmosphere! 5 ⭐ for me!! 💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat #immersive #audiobook

We're giving away this VANISHING WORLD goodie bag to a lucky winner on both Bluesky and Instagram 🍎 To be in with a chance of winning all you need to do is: - Follow @grantabooks.bsky.social - Repost - Leave a comment tagging a friend (more tags = more entries) - Enter by 2 May See below for T+Cs.

Bloodstains by Gaslight by Red Lagoe @redlagoe ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 One of the most compelling vampiric novels I’ve read! It is emotionally brutal and I was invested from the first page. Full review on www.goodreads.com/user/show/15... 💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat #vampires

Happy Release Day to Scurry by @seannb.bsky.social This novel is a 5 ⭐ from me! It's a thriller with a heart, challenging and uplifting at the same time! Go get it! 🪳🪳 Full review on www.goodreads.com/user/show/15... 📚💙 #booksky #arateclathebookrat #bookrelease #thriller

Exciting release!!

I know I'm late, but forgot to post some book recs for Earth Day 🌍 💙📚 #booksky #earthday #arateclathebookrat #climatefiction #ecofiction

An Interview with Award-Nominated Poet Deborah Sheldon horrortree.com/an-interview... #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors #horror #Book #Books #writingcommunity

To celebrate the completion of The Library Trilogy with THE BOOK THAT HELD HER HEART, I'm giving away the full set of signed Locked Library special editions. To enter just repost. Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances. Winner chosen randomly from all entries.

Happy #InternationalWomensDay ! Banned books by women & nonbinary authors make a great reading list. 💙📚 #BookSky

Just started this and a few pages in, I'm taken! Amidst a rise in inexplicable violence and patricide, Seth and Charlotte follow the threads of blood trying to find out the cause. An ancient myth is the link... The Gaia Chime by Johnny Worthen 💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat #flametreepress

Women Horror Month - this month, every month #WiHM

Women In Horror Month - this month and every month. #wihm