Wait...Gone Girl is a psychological thriller??? What?! Ooookay now...I thought it was some chick flick. Waitwaitwait AND it's set in my home state of Missouri. How did I not know all of this? *tosses it onto the tbr* #booksky

#indieapril book 10: The Glass Garden by Jessica Lévai Cosmic artwork lures a pair of sisters & their crew into the dark caves of an abandoned world. 🚀👩🏻‍🤝‍👩🏼🪐🎨🌌 This artwork might...alive? Maybe? 🤔 Hard to tell ---> bookshop.org/a/111282/978... #booksky #scifi #sciencefiction #amreading #bookrecs

#indieapril book 9: Earth 7 by @debolinunferth.bsky.social About once a year, an author pops up who makes me want to read more of their work. This year has been Unferth. She has packed a lot of emotion into a small space. 🏡🪸💌🚀 💖 june9. bookshop.org/a/111282/978... #booksky #scifi #newbook

Describe your latest read using only emoji #booksky #amreading #bookrecs #fiction

#indieapril book 8: The Necessity of Stars by @ecatherine.com "When I don't remember my name, I will remember this." Haunting. Immediately. What is 'this', though??? ---> bookshop.org/a/111282/978... #booksky #scifi #bookrecs #novella #amreading

I'm thinking about doing a series later this year on #Virginia #authors who write genre fiction (since I am in Virginia). Any #genrefiction authors here from VA? #booksky #author #scifi #fantasy #horror #fiction

#indieapril book 7: "Skeletons, Secrets & Speakeasies" by Fran Heap Curl up with your #cat as this ragtag team (with their own clever cat) solves a decades-old case. Follow along as the team finds haunting clues buried below Willowcroft. bookshop.org/a/111282/978... #booksky #mystery #bookrecs

Ya'll, this #indieapril project is still difficult 🫠 I am _truly_ getting a taste of how hard it is for the #indie publishers out there. My entire personal bookshelf is all from The Big 5* except for my RPG games. This project is incredibly worth doing, so I will persist. #booksky #indiebooks

#indieapril book 6: And The Trees Stare Back by Gigi Griffis This haunting tale creates a tense narrative set in 1989 Soviet Estonia about a sister who lost her sibling in a forbidden forest. Grab it here to support StoW 💌: bookshop.org/a/111282/978... #booksky #fantasy #bookrecs #amreading

Wrapping up a class when a special guest decided to make a special appearance. #booksky #cats #officecat #catboss

Not me opening Steam to look for other bookish & coffee-themed games to stream >.> Anyone know of more in addition to Tiny Bookshop? #gaming #livestream #twitch #booksky #videogames #indiegames #indiebookstore #indiebookshop #indie #twitchtv #streamer #bookish

#indieapril book 5: The Book of Autumn by @mollyobooks.bsky.social This is written by a fellow ex-cybersecurity engineer! But there is no cyber and little security in this mysterious dark academia story. bookshop.org/a/111282/978... #booksky #darkacademia #fantasy #amreading #bookrec

#indieapril book 4: Field Notes from an Extinction by @eoghanwalls.bsky.social from @sevenstories.bsky.social This one reads like a field scientist's old journal. It's great if you need to quickly pick up & put down a book. bookshop.org/a/111282/978... #booksky #scifi #sciencefiction #indie

There'll be another @tinybookshopgame.com live stream this Wednesday @7PM after a successful launch 🥰 Thank you to those that joined! If you aren't available, send a follow over to my Twitch channel (www.twitch.tv/storiesofwonder) to be alerted when I go live. #booksky #gaming #livestream #twitch

#indieapril book 3: The Girl Who Made a Mouse from Her Grandfather's Whiskers by Kenneth Hunter Gordon from @lfpbooks.bsky.social This little novella reads like a homey old folktale while being set in the distant future. #booksky #sciencefiction #scifi #folk bookshop.org/a/111282/978...

#indieapril Book 2: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter audiobook from @dragonsteelbooks.com This is my first romantasy. It's not what I expected _at all_ which is a good thing. Annnd! It has a 4.4/5 across several reading platforms 🥰🎨 libro.fm/audiobooks/9... #booksky #fantasy #romance #romantasy

Starting my live stream of Tiny Bookshop (the video game) soon! twitch.tv/storiesofwonder #booksky #videogames #livestream #streamer #gamer

I love this #indieapril event! I don't have one that I _know_ is indie off the top of my head I've already read, BUT I am super looking forward to reading Saint Death's Daughter from @solarisbooks.bsky.social bookshop.org/a/111282/978... #booksky #fantasy #indiebooks #necromancy

My first book club at Reston's VIDA Fitness has spoken! April's read is, "I Who Have Known Men" by Jacqueline Harpman. There's a really nice hardcover collector's edition at bookshop.org/a/111282/979... right now 🥰 #booksky #modernclassic #dystopian #literaryfiction

🎮 I'll be streaming @tinybookshopgame.com starting on Wednesday nights at 7PM (Eastern Time) at www.twitch.tv/storiesofwon.... It's the coziest little game where Mindy pretends to be a bookstore owner 🤔😉 #booksky #twitch #streamer #livestream #videogame

The sisterly relationship in The River Has Roots is one I can only hope my nieces have for each other as they overcome life's difficulties. Check it bookshop.org/a/111282/978... #booksky #fantasy #fable P.S. One day I'll stop making newb mistakes lmao...finger covering title & author 🤦‍♀️

Hosted my first book club meetup this evening at the VIDA Fitness lounge here in Reston. I had them make a word cloud of genres and topics to get an idea of what they're all into. It came out so cute! #bookclubs #booksky #classics #fiction #indiebookshop

Have my first book club to host this evening and my body has decided to go all Flareon on me. #smallbusiness #pots #mcas #spoonie

Sabriel got me back into reading after being put off of it by my own school. I won't get into that now. It's full of fast-paced necromatic adventures & demonstrates how empowering a father-daughter relationship can be. Check it out here: bookshop.org/a/111282/978... #booksky #fantasy #necromancy

Bunny by Mona Award is a hot pink academia horror. But are the horrific forces fantastastical, drug-induced, or perhaps a psychological break? Anyone out there have a take on what was going on? Get it here 💌📚: bookshop.org/a/111282/978... #booksky #horror #amreading #weirdfiction #darkacademia

Just got back from watching Project Hail Mary. I rofled alone at one part. Another girl was cry-laughing on her own at another part. Bunch of dudes chuckled at some of their own bits. In one part we all gasped in horror together. Checkout the book here: bookshop.org/a/111282/978... #booksky #scifi

Severance was cool I guess. Sublimation is another level. www.storiesofwonder.com/products/sub... #booksky #sciencefiction #scifi

Current vibe as I curl up in my fluffy coat on a dark, snowy night in an unfamiliar town with strangely empty sidewalks: "Ellen Poe" by Diana Peterfreund (preorder: www.storiesofwonder.com/products/ell...) #booksky #amreading #thriller #fantasy

Not once did Clare Winger Harris's name come up during my research on the history of cyberpunk. She released "The Artificial Man" in 1929 --a story exploring cybernetic augmentation...in 1929?! :D This is 11 years before Asimov's robot series 🤯 www.storiesofwonder.com/products/the...

Soo...last year I went to this book fair where the cheapest thing I saw was over $200 --and it was an original Moebius work! The guy who allegedly inspired Ridley Scott & William Gibson's own cyberpunk worlds. Absolutely worth traveling to the NYC Antiquarian Book Fair: www.nyantiquarianbookfair.com

A major fantasy release this week is not for the faint of heart: The Poet Empress by Shen Tao. This beautiful but horrific dark fantasy breaks many rags to riches tropes while demonstrating several believable terrors of oppression. *Not for younger audiences. www.storiesofwonder.com/products/the...

Been following Stranger Things? Read a Wrinkle in Time with Holly the Heroic in Camazotz: www.storiesofwonder.com/products/a-w...

Happy New Year! ✨Mindy's favorite science fiction of 2025 goes to "There is No Antimemetics Division" by qntm. Find it on audiobook, e-book, or a physical copy here: www.storiesofwonder.com/products/the...

Website is almost in a usable state! I just got over a major hurdle with displaying each story's affiliate links in a user-friendly way. Shout out to @shopifysupport.bsky.social [...]

Heyaaa! Update incoming finally :D I am dropping food from the store menu. In result, "Basil & Books" no longer feels right. The coffee bar is still in the works with the bookshop specializing in scifi/fantasty/folklore/weird fiction/etc.