#books 2-7 of 2026 should be no surprise to anyone who has talked to me in the last 2 weeks. @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social’s Game Changer series has been a stellar distraction Image courtesy of @shybookstagramer.bsky.social on Insta because I’m hella lazy with photos #booksky #hockeyromance

“I feel rich beyond my deepest desires. Family, a man I love, and the career I always dreamed of.” - pole position by Rebecca J. Caffery #BookQuotes #BookSky

“…he wants to keep me around forever. That’s not something anyone has ever wanted of me before, and I’m finally not afraid to embrace it and show it off to the world. I deserve it, I deserve him, and I deserve to be happy—thank you, therapy!”- pole position by Rebecca J Cafftery #BookQuotes #BookSky

“‘Harp?’ … ‘I’m in love with you.’ I wait for him to squirm or run but he doesn’t. … ‘Me too,’ he whispers back. ‘You’re in love with you, too?’ … ‘No, you idiot. I love you. I really bloody do.’” - pole position by Rebecca J. Caffery #BookQuotes #BookSky

Mini review of I'm just a little guy: how to escape the horrors and get back to dillydallying by Charlie James & illustrated by Paige Tompkins This is an adorable & funny book with cute illustrations. If you're looking for a lighthearted quick read, check it out ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐5/5 #BookSky #BookReview

"There's really no getting around it: Everything alive will stop being alive. Logs were trees, dead flowers were alive flowers, and bones were guys we knew." - I'm just a little guy by Charlie James #BookQuotes #BookSky

"Ah, Public. The Private of other people. I'm told it's important to leave my house from time to time. But I am told this by creatures who do not live at my house and do not understand how cozy it is" - I'm just a little guy by Charlie James #BookQuotes #BookSky

"Handling a difficult coworker...Tonight, as your head hits the pillow, you are permitted to picture your coworker getting into a nonlethal bicycle accident. You are even permitted to smile." - I'm just a little guy by Charlie James #BookQuotes #BookSky

"It is customary to bring your potential employer a gift to show dedication. I like to bring a jar of bees." - I'm just a little guy by Charlie James #BookQuotes #BookSky

"If I do not wish to entertain, that is what the thirty-seven deadbolts on my front door are for." - I'm just a little guy by Charlie James #BookQuotes #BookSky

"Anything can be a trinket: heart-shaped rock, buttons, engagement rings flung dramatically into the river, your neighbor's mail, teeth from on the ground." - I'm just a little guy by Charlie James #BookSky #BookQuotes

“They say home is where the heart is. I say home is where you keep your stuff. Your heart, whenever possible, should remain firmly inside your body.” - I’m just a little guy: how to escape the horrors and get back to dillydallying by Charlie James #BookSky #BookQuotes

Mini review for sunset year by @bycjellison.bsky.social this book was short but it packed a big punch. There was so much heart and emotion throughout. I was invested the entire time and fell in love with these characters. Highly recommend 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟5/5 #BookSky #BookReview (1/2)

“Though winter steals the sun earlier and earlier, its promise endures. No matter where I have lived, no matter who I have been, there has always been one thing I can count on. Each morning, the sun returns. Now, the sun has given me a second.” - sunset year by cj ellison #BookQuotes #BookSky

"’Tess?’ Maggie asks ‘That's cute! I was sure you'd go with something silly.’ … ‘What is Tess short for?’ ‘Testament,’ I mumble. ‘Testament?’ she cries. ‘As in Old and New?’ ‘As in, Will and—‘ … ‘Will and Testament. You're such a nerd, I love you.’” - sunset year by cj ellison #BookQuotes #BookSky

“It's okay that I miss my sister. It's sad that she's gone, and it's sad that I won't see her again in this life, so it's beyond okay that I feel sad knowing she's not with me. It means that I loved her. It means I was loved by her, and no matter what else changes in life, (1/2)

“AFTER THREE YEARS settled in Michigan, one thing I've learned is that if you don't like the weather, wait a few hours, and reconsider. It can snow one morning and be seventy the next. (1/2)

Finally the sprayed edges for small towns big hearts box from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social shifting gears is on the left and to catch a firefly on the right #RADNov25 #RainbowCrate

These end pages!! For small towns big hearts box from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social so gorgeous. Shifting gears is on top and to catch a firefly on the bottom #RADNov25 #RainbowCrate

The hard cases of the small towns big hearts books from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social are so pretty. Shifting gears is on the left and to catch a firefly on the right #RADNov25 #RainbowCrate

Dust jackets for @rainbowcrate.bsky.social small towns big hearts books. Always love the info on the inside of the flaps #RADNov25 #RainbowCrate

@rainbowcrate.bsky.social November 2025 box was small town big heart with shifting gears by jazz forester and to catch a firefly by Emmy sanders #RADNov25 #RainbowCrate

“…the last word hanging in the air, my name. Not as a means to call me, though, but as a notion of describing the future. Is it irony, that I gave myself this name? A name that means inevitability? A name that requires a future? (1/2)

"’I was a child when my parents told me I was not allowed to be myself under their roof. I need to prove that I can become someone of value.’ ‘You already are.’ ‘Someone more.’ ‘You already are,’ she counters again.” - sunset year by cj Ellison #BookQuotes #BookSky

"’For what it's worth, I understand what you meant, about the pain of a breakup versus the pain of a death. From the outside, they're not comparable. At all. From the inside, you're both experiencing the deepest pain you've ever felt. (1/2)

“‘For some trans people, living with dysphoria kills you slowly. It eats away at your confidence, your joy, your relationships, your ability to function around other people. When you take steps to feel at home in your body, in whatever way that looks, (1/2)

“I wonder if there’s such a thing as platonic soulmates. Surely there has to be, right? If life can conspire in such a way to bring two people together who are meant to love each other, can it not do the same for friends?” - sunset year by C. J. Ellison #BookSky

“‘He passed peacefully at the hospital.…He left me a note’…’He said, ‘the bank will take the house, but the car is yours. I was happy to know you, Will.’’” - sunset year by C. J. Ellison #Sobbing #BookSky #TransLivesMatter

“If I died today, my mother and father would not attend my funeral” - first line of sunset year by C. J. Ellison #BookSky

First book of 2026 is sunset year by @bycjellison.bsky.social #BookSky

Happy new year! I’m going to attempt to be more active on here this year! Posting currently reading posts, quotes, mini reviews, etc. Let’s see how long that lasts! #BookSky

Veil us in gold by shepard distasid got a redesigned dust jacket, end pages, naked cover, and sprayed edges in @rainbowcrate.bsky.social June we’re here we’re queer get used to it box #RCJune25 #RainbowCrate #BookSky

Is a queer queer summer is a collection of short stories written by various authors with summer vibes. It came in @rainbowcrate.bsky.social june we’re here we’re queer get used to it box. It has a gorgeous cover, end pages, sprayed edges, and naked cover #RCJune25 #RainbowCrate #BookSky

@rainbowcrate.bsky.social June box was we’re here we’re queer get used to it! This box includes rainbow crates second collection of short stories called it’s a queer queer summer as well as veil us in gold by Shepard distasid #RCJune25 #RainbowCrate #BookSky

“Home is salty air, sign language, and smiling until it hurts.” a the loudest silence by Sydney Langford #BookQuotes #BookSky

“What I’ve learned this year is that home has nothing to do with geography. It’s about people. The people who love and accept you—who don’t treat you like an inconvenience.” - the loudest silence by Sydney Langford #BookQuotes #BookSky

Face by A. M. Rose also got a redesigned dust jacket, edges, end pages, and naked cover in @rainbowcrate.bsky.social May soulmates box. #RCMay25 #RainbowCrate #BookSky

Check out the redesigned dust jacket, sprayed edges, end pages and naked cover for where the river meets the soul by S. Nicole from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social may soulmates box #RCMay25 #RainbowCrate #BookSky

@rainbowcrate.bsky.social may box was soulmates with where the river meets the soul by S. Nicole and faces by A. M. Rose. They got all new dust jackets, end pages , sprayed edges, and naked covers #RainbowCrate #RCMay25 #BookSky

The flowered blade by Taylor Hubbard got a redesign from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social in their after dark captive hearts may 2025 box with a new dust jacket, naked cover, endpages & sprayed edges #RADMay25 #RainbowCrate #BookSky

Take a look at the new dust jacket, endpages, sprayed edges & naked cover of the pendragon wytch by C. C. Davie form @rainbowcrate.bsky.social after dark captive hearts box. #RainbowCrate #RADMay25 #BookSky

@rainbowcrate.bsky.social rainbow after dark may 2025 captive hearts box. Includes the pendragon wytch by C. C. Davie and the flowered blade by Taylor Hubbard #RainbowCrate #RADMay25 #BookSky

Final day of @rainbowcrate.bsky.social anniversary photo challenge is my favorite end pages. My favorite is the necessity of rain by @sarahchorn.bsky.social #RCANNIV2025 #RainbowCrate

Day 4 of @rainbowcrate.bsky.social anniversary photo challenge is my favorite hardcase. I picked rules & regulations for mediating myths & magic by @ftlukens.bsky.social it’s simple but beautiful. I love that it feels like a leather textbook #RVANNIV2025 #RainbowCrate

Day 3 of @rainbowcrate.bsky.social anniversary photo challenge is for my favorite spayed edges. They’re all so pretty but I chose you & I rewritten by @chippons.bsky.social #RCANNIV2025 #RainbowCrate

Day 2 of @rainbowcrate.bsky.social anniversary photo challenge asks to see my fav cover for one of their achillian books. So I’m sharing evergreen by Devin Greenlee is absolutely stunning #RCANNIV2025 #RainbowCrate

For @rainbowcrate.bsky.social anniversary photo challenge they want to see our favorite covers, sprayed edges, etc. For day 1 I’m sharing my fav cover for 1 of their sapphic books. in my case 2.I love the covers for @nataliahernandez.bsky.social prophecy of flowers series #RCANNIV2025 #RainbowCrate

Finally the sprayed edges for the @rainbowcrate.bsky.social aftg books. I’m obsessed with these! They’re simple but beautiful. The coloring is the same as the corresponding cover. They each have a design that reflects that books. Paw prints, keys, & queen chess piece #RCAFTG #RainbowCrate #BookSky

Can't forget the beautiful end pages for the @rainbowcrate.bsky.social aftg books. These were designed by @ouijacine.bsky.social l'm obsessed with these. They are designed after some of the scenes throughout the books. #RCAFTG #RainbowCrate #BookSky

The @rainbowcrate.bsky.social version of aftg are hardcovers! That means gorgeous naked covers. I’m obsessed with these. They’re by @llstarcasterll.bsky.social who is part of the reason I caved & read this series. Her art is amazing especially for these characters! #RCAFTG #RainbowCrate #BookSky