"Someone, at some point, had told him he was too much, had shut him up, and now he did it to himself, even when whoever he was talking to didn't seem to mind." Okay, thanks for awkwardly hitting the relatable feels already. Current read: The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

Read if you like: realistic character growth, an octopus who will make you feel, wonderfully layered flawed characters

Read if you like: vampires, morals being challenged, takeover of power, coming into your own

I am tired. I am old and like as much sleep as possible. But I have 40 pages left in my books and I am STRESSED and I need to finish this but my eyes are betraying me. Someone tell myself I can not stop where I'm at. Current read: Blood Slaves

I am so frustrated by Gertie, which I can't explain without giving any kind of spoilers, but man is the frustration real. That aside, if (when? 😏) this gets made for the screen, I have the perfect person in mind for her role. Wunmi Mosaku Current read: Blood Slaves

"Immortal slaves to blood mean you still a slave!" Tell it Gertie Current read: Blood Slaves by Markus Redmond

Step one: make Wild Strawberry Grove from The Raven's Cup Step two: open Blood Slaves by Markus Redmond Step three: sip, read, ignore everything else.

With the Smithsonian contributing in the attempt to rewrite and hide parts of history, I feel like this is an even more important time to start reading this book. Current read: Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools

Kitty stretches and first reads of August. Current read: Mallory in Full Color (and if you haven't checked out Elisa Stone Leahy yet, please please do it now)

11 pages in, not even out of the introduction, and I'm wondering if this book may be too smart for me. Or should I not read it when I'm getting tired. Current read: Abundance

"I'll find myself happy, on occasion, but the feeling never stays long. Life has become something to endure, rather than to savor, and the prospect of it lasting forever is more than I can bear." Current read: The Unkillable Frank Lightning

A humid Ohio morning. A porch kitty demanding attention but not too much. A western horror twist on Frankenstein brought to you by Josh Roundtree and #TachyonPublications Current read: The Unkillable Frank Lightning

Current read: Hungry Bones by Louise Hung

Finally reading A Long Stretch of Bad Days by @mindymcginnis.bsky.social Every time I open up one of her books, I'm reminded how amazing her skill is with making realistic teen characters who act in ways that aren't watered down or "nice". If you haven't checked her books out yet, HERE'S YOUR SIGN.

"Now someone did know his name. He wasn't sure he liked that." Uh huh, yea, didn't like that. Sure you didn't. Mmhmm. Current read: The Keeper of Lonely Spirits

Finished Vol. 5 of the series Monstress. I wish I knew more who read these. The take on racism, homosexuality, being a woman, being in pain & suffering, is all told with top notch storytelling by Marjorie Liu & phenomenal artwork by Sana Takeda. I'm reading them as fast as the library gets them in.

Sitting on the front porch of where I'll be moving to this summer. Book out, rain gently falling, birds doing their bird things, church bells softly playing in the distance.

Continuing my non-fiction reading journey. Current read: A Woman Among Wolves: My Journey Through Forty Years of Wolf Recovery

The roller-coaster this series puts me through is going to give me high blood pressure or put me on extreme anxiety meds, yet I can't stop because it is absolutely amazing. Current read: To Your Eternity 12

Read if you like: true crime, drug-addled ramblings, egotistical characters, Club Kids

I want to read Wake Up and Open Your Eyes next, but want to read Carl's Doomsday Scenario, but also want to read Bunny, but I also have The Last Bookstore on Earth from the library, but also I've been wanting to read Navola, and need to read The Year of the Witching for book club... #readerproblems

Read if you like: slow twisted stories, dark plots, uncomfortable characters, endings that will make you say 'woah'

Read if you like: mental health rep, queer rep, dystopian 'treatments' that's not so fictional, intense moments

Less than 50 pages left of Dead Happy by Josh Silver and I am STRESSED. Like just burned part of dinner because I didn't stop reading stressed.

Say you're in a cult without realizing you're in a cult. Man, I'm digging this duoligy. Current read: Dead Happy by Josh Silver

Read if you like: getting away with murder, justified revenge, character development, twisty plots, satisfying endings and quoteable moments

Thanks to being sick for a decent part of February, I didn't get much reading done. What I did read, however, was really good. If you're looking for a good manga series that's completed, I highly suggest For thr Kid I Saw In My Dreams.

The Monkey (theaters) Body horror comedy with some laugh-out-loud parts, this one felt like it was adapted from a short story. Worth the time spent, but I'm still a bit bothered by what I felt was a (granted small) unfinished plot point that should have been cleaned up.

I am SOCLOSE to finally meeting and surpassing the reading streak I broke back in I think 2021 when I had covid and didn't read the whole time. I want to surpass it so bad.

"The problem is, when Underdogs become Upperdogs, they turn against the Underdogs. We have to fight that." Current read: Buses Are A Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider by Charles Person

Reading non-fiction is rough with constantly being reminded how selective history class was while in school. Current read: Buses Are A Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider by Charles Person

What's a good way to read digital books that's NOT a kindle when a phone is just annoying because there's too many distractions?

Reading non-fiction as a fiction reader is rough and I can't figure out how to read the same no matter what the type is. Current read (still): Buses Are A Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider

Partner and I both feel that valentines day is stupid & we don't celebrate. Yet every year we use it as an excuse to get each other something, rarely give it ON the 14th, & make sure to say that it's a just because gift. Anyway, our weirdness is the way I finally got Wake Up and Open Your Eyes 💜

Read if you like: twists and turns, reading an ending and realizing everything made sense, going into a book blind, a story from the perspective of a cat

Read if you like: middle grade fantasy, unwilling chosen one(ish), strong character development, magical creatures and a coat that helps you fly Full review on app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/7b87...

Often feeling overwhelmed with book choices once it's time to pick a new read, I'm going to attempt to plan out a few books for the month and see how that goes. For February, the goal is: The Last House On Needless Street Buses Are A Comin' Carl's Doomsday Scenario Murder Your Employer

About 100 pages in The Last House On Needless Street and I guess I can see why people quit this book, but I'm here needing to know what the heck is going on, is it as obvious as it seems, and why are the Olivia parts so weird.

I need #booksky to come through for me: Good middle grade books that have allyship/lgbtqia+/POC/ect rep. Must be middle grade fiction. Must be lighter (no Boy in the Striped Pajamas, etc). Fantasy/animal stories a huge bonus (Wings of Fire, Warriors, etc). Graphic novels a plus. Help a parent out!

I've used Goodreads since well before it was owned by 'zon. I just deleted my account. It's sad as I have a lot of history on it, but also it's owned by Amazon & I've ignored bad changes it's done long enough. Imported my entire read list to @thestorygraph.com. Thank you for being an option 💜

Backed a board game that was seemingly made specifically for me. Even the names used in it have a person in my life that is similar to the character they are in game. Obviously I have to own this. kck.st/3PQSU0f

Companion (in theaters) Don't watch the trailer. Though it's not the worst at giving things away, the viewing would be better if you let it just unfold. Good acting and decent foreshadowing make for a good view.

My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.

January wrap up was filled with some great reads. For a month that felt like it'd never end, I sure did read like there was more time to be had. Top reads for the month (in no order): Luster The Spellshop Poverty, By America Dungeon Crawler Carl The Summer Hikaru Died Vol 4

The US cover (almost identical to the UK cover). April 8th - preorder for the win.

Thanks to Hank Green talking about @scishow.bsky.social (👈🏻go follow!), I was able to give my 11 year old a new science show to watch. They now watch both the main & kids channel regularly (great backlog) & said they're telling their science teacher about it. The mini science lover is happy.

Buy elsewhere when you can, research other places to get what you're wanting, but if it can't be helped then supporting the author is going to be better in the long run.

OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product. On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.

one of the coolest covers I've been lucky enough to get. coming July 15th, from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Killer...

I love love love pinksky.app so much 💜 The fact that they feed your posts with photos over automatically when you create an account is so beneficial. Not sure if they do it automatically with every post, that's one thing I'm unclear on, but overall I'm a fan.