🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for the June We’re Here, We’re Queer, Get Used to It photo challenge! Today we’re featuring book 2: Veil Us In Gold by Shepard DiStasio @shepardnosheep.bsky.social 🧵

Right, this event needs $1500 to happen. There are 600 participating bookstores & for most it’s their busiest sales day of the year, or is second only to Indie Bookstore Day / Small Business Saturday. Editors/publishers, this is a no-brainer of an opportunity for your imprint. Romancelandia: pls RT

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our next artist reveal for the December Run Away With Me crate! Next up is Kateryna @vitkovskayaart.bsky.social who illustrated the hardcase for Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne @rebeccathorne.bsky.social 🧵

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! Our September Where the Magic Happens photo challenge is officially underway! Entries are open until November 15th! 🧵

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for the June We’re Here, We’re Queer, Get Used to It photo challenge! Today we’re featuring book 1: It’s a Queer, Queer Summer. This is our second anthology curated by RC Staff and edited by Rachel Skelton! 🧵

What a nice day to receive this little treat I bought for myself! Thank you @rainbowcrate.bsky.social for the awesome sale, and @chucktingle.bsky.social for continuing to prove that Love Is Real. 🫶

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! We have some shop updates for you today. RAD November crates have shipped, we have emoji hints for 2026 (swipe), and the November RC boxes will be shipping very soon! 🧵 📷: Thank you to @lockandluce.bsky.social for the unboxing photo of our August RAD crate!

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our next artist reveal for the December Run Away With Me crate! Next up is Noah @noahdeaart.bsky.social who illustrated the endpapers for Static Crush by Alistair Reeves @kataraqui.bsky.social 🧵

hi friends! @jodimeadows.bsky.social, @bethrevis.bsky.social, and I started a fiber artist author discord! If you are an author/writer (publication status doesn’t matter!) and a fiber artist (all fiber arts welcome!) and you’d like to join, let me know and I’ll DM you an invite!

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! BIG NEWS: Our November Queer & Quirky books are scheduled to arrive at our packing center this week! We expect these boxes to begin shipping out either late this week or early next week! 🧵

Fellow writers: this is depressing #BookSky www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our next artist reveal for the December Run Away With Me crate! Next up is Alistair @kataraqui.bsky.social who illustrated the edges & wrote the book: Static Crush by Alistair Reeves! 🧵

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our first artist reveal for the December Run Away With Me crate! First up is Anta @antaarf.bsky.social who illustrated the endpapers for Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne @rebeccathorne.bsky.social 🧵

if you liked this great story about how zohran's campaign and youth outreach, you should 1) donate to the gofundme started by TV's laid-off workers: www.gofundme.com/f/help-laido... and 2) hire lex, who i genuinely believe is a generational talent as a politics writer

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for some shop updates! New items in the shop, photo challenges are running for Sept & Oct, and Nov RAD will be shipping very soon! 🧵 📷: Thanks to @/LittleMissStar55 on IG for the September unboxing photo!

Check out our November queer new release list which is posted on our website this month! 🧵

I am SO excited for this special edition! It's absolutely STUNNING.

Have you ever wanted to leave all your responsibilities behind? Get ready to be swept away on thrilling adventures! The Rainbow Crate team is pleased to reveal that our December 2025 theme is… 🏃‍♀️ RUN AWAY WITH ME ⛺️ Read on to learn more! 🧵

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows, it’s the FINAL DAY of our Last Chance Sale! Get up to 40% off select past books and 20% off select past boxes! Quantities are limited and once they’re sold out, they’re gone! 🧵

@rainbowcrate.bsky.social The Cozy Horror Rainbow Crate box 😍 #RCAug25 #RainbowCrate

@rainbowcrate.bsky.social and don't get me started on how much I love these hardcovers! As someone who doesn't love dust jackets, I love grabbing special editions with nice hardcover art #RCAug25 #RainbowCrate

@rainbowcrate.bsky.social okay last post about this pretty book box. For those of you who appreciate dust jackets, I do feel like a lot of love goes into the ones #RainbowCrate puts out #RCAug25

@rainbowcrate.bsky.social has signed special editions of Bury Your Gays by @chucktingle.bsky.social for TWELVE DOLLARS right now, you better believe I finally gave in and bought a copy. It’s $20 and change after shipping. That’s such a good deal, it’s…scary. *insert horror movie laughter here*

If you're in Maryland, call your electeds (use @5calls.org or @resist.bot) and yell at them, daily if you have to. We've seen public pressure cause electeds to flip.

I am pleased to announce the Game has officially begun. 🌻🏳️‍🌈🍂✨️ To celebrate three years of this hedge witch and immortal playing games with the universe so they can be in love, Phantom and Rook's ebook is now free ! While prices process, here is the bookfunnel link. (1/2) BookHip.com/JGZKBZH

🌈 Shop Updates: AFTG sets are still available, Blood Bound sets have shipped and our last chance sale is ends on Friday. 🧵 📷: Thank you to @/CarisBookCorner on IG for the photo of our AFTG set!

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for the May Soulmates photo challenge! Today we’re featuring book 2: Faces by A.M. Rose (@AMRose_Author)!

🌈 November Renewal Reminder! Renewal day is November 1st, 2025 and all subscribers will be charged! There’s about four days left to skip your November renewal if you would like to. 🧵 📷: Thank you @/huono_lukija on IG for the photo!

THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES, latest and so far longest of the Mossa & Pleiti Investigations, is on ebook sale across platforms! If you've been waiting to catch up on the latest Jovian mystery, or wanted to get your own copy, now is a great time to do it!!

The @rainbowcrate.bsky.social special edition of HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE is here, and it’s beautiful!!!

I did a whole thread for AceWeek! Well. 3 a day, now collected in a thread. bsky.app/profile/dove...

Lookit! More books to check out for Ace Week! Will happily second the ones I’ve read and I know friends would second some of the others, so I’m sure the ones I don’t know will be awesome too!

Last day to add books!

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! Happy Asexual Awareness Week! We are celebrating with 24 more asexual book recommendations! 🧵

🌈 Introducing our Book 2 feature for November! 🎉 We are so excited to feature this silly and fun light academia fantasy novel. Welcome to Shroom for Improvement by Jemma Croft @jemmacroft.bsky.social 🧵

This beautiful edition of Royal Rescue is currently on sale and can be found @rainbowcrate.bsky.social honestly. If for nothing else, get it for the masterpiece that is the foiling #booksky💙📚 #diversebooksky #readersky #queersky #rainbowcrate

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our recommendation post for next month’s theme! Here are twenty books that we think also fit the November theme of Queer & Quirky! These are a mix of Adult and Young Adult titles. 🧵

This lovely edition of Where The River Meets The Soul by S. Nicole can be found @rainbowcrate.bsky.social I recently finished reading it and review to come. A lovely emotional YA of queer Soul mate magic. #booksky💙📚 #diversebooksky #readersky #queersky #rainbowcrate

🌈 Introducing our Book 1 feature for November! 🎉 We are so excited to feature this satirical space opera that is equal parts wacky and imaginative. Welcome to Judgement Dave by Si Clarke @clacksee.bsky.social 🧵

🌈 Do you or someone you know have an Nov queer book release? Indie or Trad books! Add it by Oct 25th! (No AI books or covers) Include: -title & author (& series name) -release date -Cover image/link -Cover artist/designer 🏳️‍🌈 We will be adding these to our new release list!

Flash Review for The Golden Apple Duet by Ali Williams. I got my dual story novella from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social #booksky💙📚 #queersky #diversebooksky ##readersky

#booksky💙📚 ##diversebooksky #readersky #queersky #rainbowcrate

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! BIG NEWS: Our November RAD Big Town Small Heart books have arrived at our packing center. This means, they will be shipping out early November! 🧵

🌈 Introducing our Book 1 feature for November! 🎉 We are so excited to feature this space opera packed with preposterous scenarios, quirky characters, and oodles of humour. Welcome to The Left Hand of Dog by Si Clarke @clacksee.bsky.social 🧵

Recently read and absolutely inhaled The Apple Duet, which is 2 novellas in one. This was a phenomenal read. Reviews to come later today. You can find this @rainbowcrate.bsky.social #booksky💙📚 #diversebooksky #readersky #queersky NSFW hardcase in 🧵

🌈 Do you or someone you know have an Nov queer book release? Indie or Trad books! Add it by Oct 25th! (No AI books or covers) Include: -title & author (& series name) -release date -Cover image/link -Cover artist/designer 🏳️‍🌈 We will be adding these to our new release list!

Flash Review for The First And Last Demon by Hiyodori which unsurprisingly I got from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social #booksky💙📚#queersky#diversebooksky #review

Rating: 5/5 ☆ Pages: 322 Genre: Fantasy, LGBT Link to photos of the beautiful special edition from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social can be found in the thread along with my review for House of Frank by Kay Sinclair #booksky📚💙#diversebooksky #queersky #readersky #review

My reading for the day since I have finished the sweaty and arduous labor of FIFOing a walkin and cleaning it. Yet again another lovely special edition from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social Where The River Meeta the Soul by S. Nicole #booksky #amreading #diversebooksky #queersky

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our final artist reveal for the November Queer & Quirky crate! Last up is Alistair @kataraqui.bsky.social who illustrated the dust jacket for Shroom for Improvement by Jemma Croft @jemmacroft.bsky.social 🧵