𝟚𝟞. ★ ★ ★ ★ made me want to call everyone near and dear to me and just love on them a bit, idk. that, or just sit in my backyard and really contemplate life. idk. But if you enjoyed The Midnight Library at all, you'll like this one. and a song that felt like the book. #booksky #arcreader

🌼 Spring is here 🌱 *pics from the garden this morning

i need to do a better job of vetting my arc reads. this is like the thirds book i think i’ve read this year alone that got accused of using ai. i’d like to take all my wasted time back. please and thank you.

“In an email to The Times late on Thursday night, Ballard denied using A.I. to write “Shy Girl,” contending that an acquaintance she hired to edit the self-published version of the novel had used A.I.” girl, bye. #booksky #booknews www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...

‪𝟚𝟝. ★★★.𝟝‬ ‪Book #2, dynamics between two individuals working through fucked up childhood experiences, meet through similar kink interests, and navigate how to get to a healthy point where it doesn't continue to conjure the past. Lots of therapy, lots of dark moments. ‬ #darkromance #booksky 💙📚

*queue Home Depot theme song* attempting to install this antique art deco light fixture in my book room, but why is every step of installing this SO difficultUGHhhh

𝟚𝟜. ★★★★★ This was fun. A slow burn, but a good one. I'm glad I waited to read this closer to its duet release (Rites of the Starling). #booksky 💙📚

how it feels when me and a book bestie both agree on a five star rating #booksky

finally putting my vintage magazines in protective sleeves. but in case you were ever wondering what the girlies were reading in summer of 1902: “an illustrated monthly magazine devoted to the home and to the discussion of subjects most interesting to the household”

‪𝟚𝟛. ★ ★ ★.5‬ (ALC) ‪strong murder mystery start lost to slow-burn romance & letter chainmail. sinister stuff takes backseat. narrators great with emotion but breathy audio distracts. ending makes me curious for book two. fans of Ava Reid will like it.‬ #booksky 💙📚

today’s audiobook: 𝘖𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘬 by A.R. Conwell (ALC) #currentlyreading 💙📚👀

‪𝟚𝟙. ★ ★ ★ ★ (ALC)‬ ‪overall not a bad introduction to nikki st crowe retellings. ‬ ‪This had a slow start but overall wasn’t bad. It was a bit 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳 than the original story but nothing i’d cosider “dark” if that makes sense. overall not a bad liste‬ #booksky 💙📚

Next audiobook: 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥" 𝘣𝘺 𝘕𝘪𝘬𝘬𝘪 𝘚𝘵. 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘦 (arc) 💙📚👀 #booksky

‪𝟚𝟘. ★ ★ ★ ★‬ ‪alright, let me go watch the movie now. ‬ #booksky 💙📚

“Are you interested in this ad?” My brother in christ I have never been interested in a fucking ad

𝟙𝟡. ★ ★ ★.5 there’s a lot going on as far as descriptors go, but none of it is meant to be pleasant. it’s blasé in its delivery and honest in its execution. #booksky 💙📚

these are so stoopid 😂

February Reads + Book Haul. Overall, didn't have a bad month. Loving this more mindful approach to reading and not rushing to read whatever is currently getting hyped; I'll get to it when I get to it. #booksky 💙📚

The Veil of Death

𝟙𝟠. ★ ★ ★ ★ charming small town romance! Look, I don’t think this was meant to be a romcom, but Zachary Webber narrating a teenage Indy was hilarious, and his overall performance added an extra layer of entertainment that makes the audiobook worth checking out. 💙📚 #booksky

𝟙𝟟. ★ ★ ★ ★ like Criminal Minds but with a romantic subplot. Really appreciate the level of detail that TW puts into her books and the web she spins in her stories, always a treat. #darkromance 💙📚

𝟙𝟞. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ dark romance done right. story gets dark and vulnerable. author approaches taboo subject well. loved the flow of the story and writing. appreciated the side characters identified as being MX🇲🇽 w/o having to drop random spanish words throughout. #darkromance

𝟙𝟝. ★ ★ ★ ★ I want to say this audiobook was redone and recasted with Jacob Morgan and, aye….😏 Trisha Wolfe knew what she was doing. Psychooigical romantic thrillers like this are always welcome on my tbr. #darkromance

𝟙𝟜. ★ ★ ★.𝟝 there are two scenes that i wish i could erase or bleach out of existence from my memory-bank. por que like why you gotta do all that while shes on her period. 🫥 #darkromance

A visual snapshot of my sister and me on day two at any BookCon.

𝟙𝟛. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I’m not okay 😀💔 #booksky 💙📚

‪𝟙𝟚. ‬ ‪STEM, meets Magic systems, Meets Met Gala.‬ ‪Has some sociopolitical commentary, interesting cutesy YA stuff stuff but it put me in a hard reading slump so i’m just high-key glad it’s over. 😀 ‬

𝟙𝟙. ★★★.5 (Read for Kink&Ink BookCon) That first 50-60% had me hooked, I was all in, invested. the rest was not bad, it just had me feeling like it needed to wrap up -100 page.

look, i didn’t know it was going to be this good. I’m over here on my day off dusting the baseboards and spring cleaning because the story/audiobook is that good 👀💙📚

Moody little staircase #art #gothic

Its my birthday today! 🎈the first year of my thirties has been a wild ride, but I’m glad to still be here & making art, and it would mean so much if you could share my work 🖤

⋆⁺₊⋆ ━⊱༒︎ 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟼 𝙼𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚜 ༒︎⊰━⋆⁺₊⋆

alright, enough is enough enough. locking in and finishing up this arc today.

and because i can never just read one book at a time: (ARC) “This Dream Will Devour Us” by Emma Clancey #currentlyreading #booksky 💙📚👀

next arc read: “The Midnight Train” by Matt Haig #currentlyreading #booksky 💙📚👀

‪𝟙𝟘. ★★★★‬★‬ ‪one of those instances where a ‬ ‪ book finds me at the right time. don't think I would’ve enjoyed this as much years back.‬ ‪ It's all about the what-if’s we carry and just kinda letting go of regrets. The audiobook? 💯 ‬ #booksky 💙📚

audiobook of the day: 20% in and i went in blind, only knowing the cover and book title. i was guessing maybe whimsy/cozy vibes. 😶 apparently it’s kinda dark…

𝟡. ★★★★.5 haunting & intense. this one is a psychological labyrinth wrapped in gothic horror. less a ghost story, more a sincere study of grief, memory, and the hauntings within. A moving, standout read. but also, i’m just biased with any depression-related stories. #booksky #arcreader 💙📚

By Audrey Benjaminsen

love when an author actually listens and makes changes, in this case, the AI cover.

𝟠. I get authors taking a shot at representation, and I usually try to read books objectively, and I've read other books by this author that I really enjoyed, but this book right here, yeah, I'm not even going to rate it. I'll leave it at that. #iykyk

purchased a set of skeleton keys in hopes i find one for some antique furniture i have that are missing keys. but now im just walking around pretending im in a gothic/novel hoarding the one key needed to find a secret doorway.

next arc read: 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘺 Adrienne Tooley #currentlyreading #booksky 💙📚👀

alright, time to lock in and do this snow/ice storm like i’m supposed to 📚

Stand up, fight back.

Picking this back up—left off at 35%—hope to finish it this year. *reaction/quote thread* 💙📚👀 #booksky #currentlyreading

📡 SIGNAL RECEIVED! Tor Books has successfully entered this timeline. Expect books, dragons, and a good time 😎

let me go ahead and preorder this bad boy right here.

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