631/700 💙📚⚡️📚🖋️📚 📖: Good People by Patmeena Sabit Genre: Thriller, Literary Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25/5 Thoughts: Told in multiple perspectives (all from outside the family), the tragedy of Zorah’s early death unfolds and highlights the difficulty of the Afghan refugee experience in the US, even with money. 1/2

An update from Alaa, the mother in the family in Gaza that I have been supporting for a year and a half. They are happy the ceasefire is here, but her children are still hungry and traumatised. Please help them rebuild their life. Their GFM campaign is in the link in my bio. #gaza #ceasefire

Currently reading "The Hacienda" by Isabel Cañas. Doña Beatriz is taking some pozole and tamales to Padre Andrés, and that's all I'm thinking about eating right now.

VIVA MEXICO! 🗣️🇲🇽 VIVA MEXICO! 🗣️ 🇲🇽 VIVA MEXICO! 🗣️🇲🇽

What is happening in Gaza is horrific and the people who are trying to silence it are ignorant for not wanting to learn and understand what is taking place. Same sentiment for Haiti, Sudan, Congo and so many other facing unfair circumstances. My heart truly goes out to them and want their peace.

haven’t been on here in a minute🤭😅 happy September🍁🤎 #booksky

If you are still curating your TBR for Sapphic September and enjoy speculative fiction genres, I have a few suggestions for you… What other books are on your list for this month? #booksky

TODAY IS THE DAY!! LOVE BE DAMNED IS OFFICIALLY RELEASED, AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD!! ❤️🫶🏾😈😇

Let me get this straight. Stephen King made a distasteful and offensive joke that ppl didn't like and called him out for it. And instead of apologizing and taking accountability, he insulted the people offended? And now his fans are pardoning things that aren't theirs to pardon That tracks #booksky

I was featured (very briefly) in this piece on Restoried Bookshop, a Chicago indie bookstore that focuses on work by AAPI and other BIPOC storytellers 💜 The launch party for DEATH IN THE CARDS is at this store on May 17 from 3-5pm, so I hope you can join us! abc7chicago.com/post/restori...

hiii… haven’t posted any reading updates on here..mostly because I haven’t been feeling like reading much lately… I did finish this one earlier today and it was very cute💕 my favs are still Wes and Ada though (so far)🤭 #booksky

"The first time I sold my story, it was for $40 and a tweet." THE HOLLOW HALF author Sarah Aziza opens up to @people.com about her battle with anorexia—this time, on her own terms. buff.ly/luGA8Sx

Ben of Ben & Jerry’s *arrested* after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress: "They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"

haven’t been on here in a min🤭 happy Saturday and happy reading friends💘 #booksky #weekend

Not THE S.A. Cosby liking my post 😭😭😭😵 I finished King of Ashes this week if you have not read any of his books what are you doing ? You still have time before the release of King of Ashes June 10th trust me you’ll want to read those first 😉

The Librarians is a must-see documentary about the recent history of book banning in the US

National Library Week ended yesterday but we should be supporting our libraries all the time! get a library card, check out books, request books, etc.. here’s a haul from my last trip to the library 🙂‍↔️✨💌 #booksky #nationallibraryweek #librarybooks

almost came across Oathbound spoilers….I’ve never scrolled that fast before…..✨🙃 #booksky

Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries. EveryLibrary made it easy to take action today! action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social #bluesky (And special shout-out to @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social for being so vocal and raising awareness for this!!)

Don't F**K with Cats

here are the books I read for the Trans Rights Readathon 2025🏳️‍⚧️ both are different in their own ways and both had different impacts/important messages✨ #booksky #trr2025 #transrightsreadthon

happy trans day of visibility🏳️‍⚧️💕🫶🏻 you are seen. you are loved. you are important! #booksky #trr2025 #transdayofvisibility

I take this back because my sinuses/allergies are killing me…..😷🫠

New idea: Before anyone can try to ban books, they have to READ THE BOOK then write an essay about the message (proving they understood it)! And then LOGICALLY try to explain why it should be banned. If they can do that, then they probably don't understand the world we live in... #booksky

the spring weather is spring weathering🌸 and it makes me want to read all the books that take place in spring/summer…. #booksky

When I was emailed about this book just reading the blurb made me emotional. This is going to be a heartbreaking & important read. Detained : A Boys Journal of Survival and Resilience by D. Esperanza and Gerardo Ivan Morales comes out 5/13/2025

Update as of 2:30pm: $309 USD has been raised!!! Thank you all so so much from the bottom of my heart. ♥️ This will give the Sehweil opportunity to leave. However, we’re trying to get in contact with them.. the connection has been horrible Please keep them in your prayers and thoughts.

happy Friday✨ enjoying a solo coffee date🙂‍↔️, wbu ? #booksky

Re-quote/comment with your current read to help get Mohammad and Boshra extra visibility since it’s been 9 days since last donation. Mohammad is in the hospital recovering from his amputation & other illnesses. Anything helps right now. spot.fund/x88jgsc

My latest book When We Were Widows released barely 4 months ago & now has over 10K reviews on Amazon! It’s on track to surpass reviews for Big Chicas Don’t Cry which has just over 10k & came out in 2022. Thank you to everyone who has shared & reviewed! books2read.com/u/471VxN

I read this for the book club I’m in (shoutout @ginnywithag.bsky.social for choosing it🫶🏻). It’s a partial memoir of the author’s experience with immigration and a very informative piece regarding immigration in general✨ I highly recommend🙂‍↔️ #booksky

Books that made me a better person. #booksky #nonfiction #memoir

I need to focus on reading but all I’ve been doing is adding a bunch of books to my tbr list….. #booksky

Mohammad’s leg has been amputated and he’s in the hospital recovering. Boshra has to bring him food everyday but needs to take transportation to get there bc she has issues walking To help make this a little easier for Boshra, please consider donating to help with transport costs spot.fund/x88jgsc

Please help out if you can!!! 🥺

For the parents who have children who are reading middle age books. Honestly I’ve read most of these myself and loved them. My favorite is “The Last Cuentista”is a Sci-Fi novel and it’s about a girl uses storytelling to resist memory-erasing oppressors in space. #booksky #booktok #childrenbooks

Another author to take off your TBR! Stephanie Fields, author of Willow's Flame in KU. Not only did she defend Sophie Lark's BS, she also thinks DEI is discrimination. Only the circled comment is important. You can ignore the scrolling. I couldn't remember where it was 💙📚

Why does a villain have to be racist? Why does a character who is supposed to be awful have to be racist? Why? Why is that the go to? I see so many people saying “readers shouldn’t tell authors what to write, it’s fiction” but where is the EMPATHY? Where did it go? It feels like it doesn’t exist.

Happy #Oathbound day all! I updated my muted words to include the following: oathbound tracy deonn legendborn bloodmarked sel selwyn nick king arthur bree valec kane natasia shadow king LMK if there's others you think I should add!

How I feel watching y’all read Oathbound when my copy won’t be here till tomorrow #blackbooksky #booksky

9 more people to share $5.🗣️ A repost from the original helps reach more people! www.ko-fi.com/JessStarling

Be cool to create a Scholastic Book Fair for all the banned books and help support the authors.

Please repost to reach more people 🫶 & contribute if you’re able to

Happy Women's History Month! Support women, believe women, encourage women, champion women. Cis and trans women need our allyship year round! Let's show everyone what true gender equity and equality looks like.

I LOVE NAPS!!! My favorite thing in the whole world🙂‍↕️

Some more details- please join us! #booksky #diversebooksky

literally just screamed WTF out loud because where did 1.5k of you come from👀…. thank you for being here I appreciate all of you💘🤞🏻🥹 #booksky

just finished bloodmarked and I’m both gagged and gooped…. #booksky