I adopted my dog 3 years ago and although she has become a lot more confident, she has never shown any interest in toys at all. This morning my Christmas present is catching her actually playing with a toy for the first time ever 🥹

A gorgeous, cosy Welsh Christmas romance with achillean, trans masc, bisexual, physical disability and neurodivergent rep? 🥹 This book just kept getting cuter as it went on and I loved it! #diversebooksky #diversebooks #booksky

Introduced my dog to our local indie bookshop properly this week where she got given treats by the booksellers. Two days later she is now banned from going to said bookshop because anytime we go anywhere near it, she tries to drag me through moving traffic to get there. #booksky

Having a very cute queer time with an achillean Christmas romance, would recommend for a cosy evening in or with a cup of tea at your local bookstore. #queerbooksky #diversebooks #queerbooks

When I picked this book up for a joyous, quick read today I was not expecting some of the best chronic illness rep I've read all year. It is so beautiful to feel seen through books. #disabledbooks #booksky #diversebooksy

With anti-trans news every day, we're on a mission to bring festive joy to trans+ youth 🎄 We have just closed sign ups for this year's Trans Secret Santa with hundreds and hundreds of registrations. 🎅 Now we we need your help making the gifts as magical as possible ✨ www.transsecretsanta.co.uk

It's the @plutopress.bsky.social half price sale at the moment! I want to especially recommend Elite Capture by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social , which I went through with an organising group earlier in the year. It inspired me to make big life changes. #booksky #diversebooksky

You know an algorithm is bad when it sees you listening to Maintenance Phase and suggests you might want to listen to a Turning Point USA podcast next 🤢

Alice Wong was an incredible leader, activist and writer and this news is devastating for the disability community today 😔

Currently reading Black and British by David Olusoga and now will be getting rid of my Tennyson poetry and not reading any Dickens. They both supported the acquittal of Edward John Eyre after he lost his job due to carrying out a massacre in Jamaica whilst he was governor. #booksky

Every day the world gets worse, I get nerdier. The ceasefire failed? I’m going to deep dive into this Kpop band Trinidad reinstated sodomy laws? I’m going to binge this gay Thai show Spotify CEO invested in AI military? Time to join a new DnD campaign Sudan’s fucked? TIME TO REWATCH LOTR AGAIN

Small chronic pain things that feel like big hits: 1. It hurts to hold hands with people because of terrible joints. 2. It's hard to get comfy snuggling cause my back is so fussy. 3. Stroking my dog for any length of time really injures my wrists. Fuck pain. #chronicpain #disabledbluesky

SO looking forward to this discussion next Saturday at the Radical Book Fair

Finally got a chance to read Gender Queer and had an amazing time. Beautiful artwork, wonderfully nuanced discussion and ace rep I didn't know about going in. I wish it was in more UK libraries! #diversebooks #queerbooksky #queerbooks

If you want a poly, queer, spicy romantasy that puts a new twist on heaven and hell, I think you will love this. As an exvangelical, it was delightful in all the best ways. Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi. Gifted an e-arc in exchange for review. #diversebooksky #booksky #romantasy

Walking my dog this early this morning and saw a local shopkeeper opening the awning at an indie with someone else wrapping their arms around their waist. They looked so cosy and happy and people are sometimes beautiful 🥹

TBR challenge update Books left to read: 18 Days left in 2025: 91 Confidence I will finish: 5/10 Starting this today, have heard so many good things. #diversebooksky #booksky

Just got an email to let me know that I have early access to read and review Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi. This is my most anticipated book release for the rest of 2025 and feel so lucky! #diversebooks #booksky

There is something uniquely sobering about reading a collection of writing by young Gazan authors and hoping at the end of each story that their update will tell you that they survived to the book being published. Yousef Maher Dawas didn't. This is from We Are Not Numbers, a book I recommend.

"Actual death is when you don't stand up for what is right" From a degree in surviving assaults by Basman Derawi in We Are Not Numbers: The Voices of Gaza's Youth #booksky #diversebooks

Has anyone read Patsy? Starting it today with a blank slate of opinions and looking forward to it. TBR challenge update Books on TBR: 25 Days left in 2025: 117 Confidence I will finish it: 8/10 #diversebooks #booksky

Found this little croissant on my bed.

Trying to read my entire physical TBR by the end of 2025 Books remaining: 26 Days remaining: 119 Confidence I will do it: 6/10 This might be the most fun book I've read this year. I love dark comedy and I love Pride & Prejudice.

Wee username update and name reveal for anyone who I communicate with regularly! I want to work towards writing about disability one day and this is the first baby step.

I made a little bookmark holder to sit on my TBR shelf. It is very wobbly but I am rather fond of it. #booksky

Another update to the map - Four months later and protests are still happening 🏳️‍⚧️ (Green markers for completed demos, red for upcoming) www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e... 141 protests and events and counting! Keep following and supporting @whatthetrans.com for updates

Trying to read my entire physical TBR by the end of 2025 Current total: 27 Days left in year: 126 Confidence I will finish: 7/10 I have re-picked up this book to round out women in translation month - an intersectional book which packs a lot into a short number of pages. #booksky #diversebooksky

I have a letter in this book. Pre-order your copy of this book because of the letters written by everyone else.

The first 150 pages were slow paced, with learning Chinese history fascinating enough to keep me going. I cried for at least 85 of the last 150 pages, the gentle building was clearly meant to destroy me later. #booksky #diversebooksky

Feeling super impulsive and noticing it is in a cycle. Of course it's ADHD, apparently traits can get much stronger depending on hormone levels. Do I even have a personality, or is it just a jigsaw puzzle of my disabilities? 🤣

If anyone else has read this, please let me know! I've not been this lost since I studied philosophy in uni 😭 I fear I am the problem, time travel notoriously confuses me. (I am reading an e-arc to review) #booksky

I'm trying to read my whole physical TBR by the end of 2025. Current total: 28 Days left in year: 130 Confidence that I will complete it: 6/10 Just starting Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien (please lemme know your thoughts, I've heard nothing about it)

I topped up the oil in my car today! There was about 8 steps leading up to it and my ADHD made it really interesting to get the motivation for all of them, but now I feel like a strong independent woman.

Update: 16 of 24 authors and 2 judges have now withdrawn. First Book: Curtis Garner Jason Okundaye Sacha Coward Sanah Ahsan Amy Twigg Mae Diansangu Eleanor Medhurst Hanako Footman Ciara Maguire June Thomas Main: Olumide Popoola Robert Hamberger Dean Atta Andrew McMillan Rhian Elizabeth Jane Traies

Disability Pride book recommendations day 3: My favourite book of the year so far, featuring PTSD. The writing is beautiful and careful and it's a story of rediscovering yourself in the safety of strong friendships. #booksky #disabledbooksky

News is swirling around about the chaotic concessions and bill push-through yesterday. But what are the actual changes and how will they impact you? Our Welfare Policy Officer, Ken Butler takes you through it all in this piece👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/governm...

Book recommendations for Disability Pride month day 2: This is one from a pretty popular billionaire romance series, but it also has dyslexia rep! I enjoyed the specific details around accessibility woven into the story. #romancebooksky #disabledbooksky #diversebooks

Book recommendations for Disability Pride month day 1: This book manages to be a great introduction if you are new to disability activism and also have some fantastic content I haven't read elsewhere. #booksky #disabledbooksky #diversebooks

Talk Data to Me is a very geeky new enemies to lovers romance. Honestly, it was a little too long and too physics heavy for my taste. But it was fun nonetheless, and I would read more by Rose McGee in the future. I received an e-arc to review. #booksky #romancebooksky

Managed to get this absolute bargain of a bookcase at the weekend for £25! Is it practical? Not particularly, but it's secondhand and oh so pretty! #booksky

So I was doing a challenge to finish all the books I own by the end of the year. Pretty sure this haul wiped out that goal. Any ideas of which I should read first? (Full list in alt text) #booksky #diversebooks

If anyone has 15 minutes to complain about transphobia to the BBC today, please do! I have filed my report: www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...

I have officially caught up with all my Net Galley book reviews. The temptation to request a bunch more is looming over my evening.

Every day the authoritarianism grows worse - Christopher Rufo calling for the Trump administration to "dispatch unmarked vans to follow key agitators and snatch them from the streets while the media are not looking" christopherrufo.com/p/trump-shou...

Happy Aromantic Visibility Day!

This may just be the best book I’ve read this year! A queer anti-establishment fantasy about a young butcher who becomes a rebel figurehead in an unequal world full of food-based magic. Brutal, brilliant and gripping! Out in July. Thank you @blackcrowpr.bsky.social 📚💙 📚🏳️‍🌈 Eat the Rich!

How do you tell new dates about your disabilities? I am seriously considering a PowerPoint, feel like it is the perfect combination of informational and humorous.

Parable of the Sower was as good as everyone says. Although it's got quite a lot of dark content, it's surprisingly optimistic, really good for the times we are in.

Also, please remember not to report Palestinian accounts. If you don't want to see them, just mute or block. But please don't report - let them reach others who might be willing to help them.