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Y’all I made a mistake. Borrowed this from the library and I’ve already taken pictures of whole passages—and I’m still on the introduction. Guess I’m taking it back and getting my own copy to mark up. Good thing @haymarketbooks.org is having a sale lol 📖 Black History is for Everyone by Brian Jones

Finally finished! In 1968, a group of misfits build a family (not polyam). Weirdly, it’s not the only sad gay boy historical + found family I’m reading, but it’s the most poignant and heartrending, the most hopeful. I’m getting a print copy for my collection. Do yourself a favor and do the same.

Watching the Great Performances TWELFTH NIGHT and I just have two thoughts: 1. Toby who? Michael WHO? No, ma'am, Khris Davis—who has hardly appeared in any press—is the R&B himbo Orsino of my soul. 2. I need to finish my current project so I can get back to my Black queer genderspicy retelling

Good news for U.S.-based romance fans: Crave's TV adaptation of Rachel Reid's Heated Rivalry is coming to HBO Max at the end of the month!

Happy DOORYARD BOOKS day!!

Today in "why we don't trust the Hallucination Machine"

Cool cool cool. Guess today’s the day to have a complete meltdown because you ordered sandwiches but you ended up with a sub roll instead of gf bread and hubs is like “you have bread, just put it all on your bread” like that’s not how this works. Also I paid extra for gf bread. I expect gf bread.

This whole ability to check out fifty physical items thing is really helping my impulsivity screw me over, like what do you mean I have four MORE books waiting on the hold shelf when I’ve got nineteen unread ones at home???

Happy cranberry Wensleydale at Costco season to all who celebrate!

Countries with the kind of healthcare the chronically ill and disabled need don't want to admit us because we would be a 'drain on resources'. Ableism exists everywhere. It's a global problem. So while the US tries to kill us (again) so many are literally stuck.

We have updated our call script so you can let your Senators know how you feel about this (TERRIBLE) deal they just advanced... 👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...

In September your generosity helped me get a consult; now I'm cleared for top surgery! You can help me raise the $1000 down payment by Dec 14th, via links below! And hey, wow! Now at $415 of $1000. Thank you for helping me reclaim my mountains ⛰️⛰️ buff.ly/nPdjHzP buff.ly/ZsU6eFu

Hello everyone! Farmer Mohamed needs our help. His land was taken, and he's doing his best to survive. If you can toss him a little bit, please do. chuffed.org/project/help...

TFW you have 48 hours to write a 500 word rhyming story but you can’t remember which form of sonnet you prefer lol

Y'all, I got fourth place in my group! I get to move on to the next round! (which means I have to write a 500 word rhyming story this weekend 😨🫣)

Okay is there some Mandela Effect stuff going on or did they (D+) cut “careful down there, you almost hit us!” out of Nightmare Before Christmas???

I’m pretty sure I asked this before but no keyword search will bring it up. Does anyone have recs for romance with a central character with type 2 diabetes? Bonus if they’re BIPOC, super bonus if they’re Black.

As folks have said, money is always the best when donating to food banks, but if you want to donate goods, think about your celiac and other disabled peers. GF and DF foods are already at a premium, and nobody deserves to further injure themselves because they can’t afford to eat what they need.

Having never actually watched it, it took me far too long to realize 99 to Beat is basically Safe Squid Game

When I decided I wanted to go to library school, I got a student assistant job at Wash U's now defunct Digital Library Services office, and after learning the basics of XML and metadata worked on those things for the Eyes on the Prize collection. But I don't think I knew about the whole archive.

I mean…at least there aren’t satellites falling out of the sky, amirite? (Yes, I just watched last week’s 9-1-1, which was uh…timely…)

Is there a trope name for just…regular degular romance? “Hey I just met you and this is crazy” style just meet-interest-date books? “courtship romance”? “We just like each other”? Three decades in and I have no idea lol

Somebody was talking about basketball romance so I figured I’d remind people why there aren’t a whole lot bookriot.com/where-are-al...

TFW you finally find the answer to “are you a hoodie bisexual or a denim jacket bisexual” 😂😂😂

The way I PANICKED when my work computer finally finished updating and I thought I was going to have to live with a center search bar forever 😅 (if you are now suffering with Windows 11 you can go to taskbar settings and move it back to the left corner where it belongs)

Friends, help me out! Are there any newer Indigenous romance authors that I might not know about (especially in the indie zone), or heck, any veteran authors with tribal heritage that I might have just missed?

Me, going through my TBR and want-to-reads to start a longlist for Read Black and Rainbow Reads: ...What if we had a disability book club? 😂😂😂 why am I like this

I mean sure, the majority of the cast is BIPOC and two women of color rock complex central roles but we can’t reward Jared Leto, who has already been paid and is the least interesting thing about the movie. So yeah. Tron.

Be nice to your collection development librarian and bookseller friends this week, folks. It’s going to be a bit of a shit show.

I saw a cover with a woman wearing a helmet and was like “is that?” But alas it was not, so can anyone point me to a romance novel in which a main character, preferably not male-presenting but any gender will do, wears a helmet in order to safely move around with cerebral palsy?

I'm sorry I keep asking for help, but I literally have nowhere else to turn. I am doing my best to get back on my feet, both literally & metaphorically, but that will be exponentially harder if I lose my apartment. I desperately need $482 for rent & enough utilities to avoid shut off. Please.

Hey, this is a reminder that the Unbound for Gaza auction is live right now. I have the complete Wedgeford Trilogy up here: www.32auctions.com/organization...

Read this book. I didn’t start tabbing until pg 80, so I have to go back and find all the things that made me sit and stare at the wall. It’s his last book, very much of its time but timeless in so many unfortunate ways. 📖 Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Who do I need to talk to at S&S to get 107 Days in large type? I have had to decline so many purchase suggestions 😭 (Also, how do you publish a book like that with no large print option???)

I keep seeing videos for Ragtime on IG and I gotta say there’s something incredibly meaningful about casting a dark skinned man in a role originated by someone practically passing

Can someone point me towards a 1:1 romance featuring a partnered protagonist falling in love with someone new (as in ethical nonmonogamy, not cheating of any kind)? Katrina Jackson’s NEIGHBORLY is my gold standard for this, with Jude Lucens’ BEHIND THESE DOORS following close behind.

This classroom needs just $472 to be fully funded. Anyone has ten bucks they can toss their way, so that students can have access to books--and snacks--this school year? Bonus: we also help Kelly celebrate her birthday the way she wants--doing good for others.

Libby. LIBBY. I will never remember to unsuspend a hold. That’s what’s so great about deliver later. What are you doing????

💯 💯💯💯💯 and their business model isn't good for your business:

Friends, can we please please use something besides substack? I want to support you and read your work but I’m trying to limit my use of sites that happily and unrepentingly platform nazis and white supremacists

reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle

Just submitted my first story for NYC Midnight, so fun! The short timeframe and word count makes it so you have to do a lot of tightening up in a short period of time, and then this particular one had to rhyme! I don't have any expectations, but hey, fingers crossed ;) #RhymingStoryChallenge

Since we are supporting work by trans folks, Finders//Keepers was collected along with the 4 other Horizon Experiment books into a trade 🖖🏾🤠

Controversial opinion, but I think trans people should feel safe here on bluesky, and nazis shouldn't.

Honestly, I think 24 hours is enough. Let’s stop talking about that man and let him fade away into obscurity. He would have been proud of how much oxygen y’all have been giving him alongside the people who actually care about his death.

This Murderbot + Witch King and more Humble Bundle from @torbooks.bsky.social has raised nearly $80,000 for @wck.org World Central Kitchen -- Can we get that up higher before time runs out? #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...