Happy birthday, Trayvon Martin Rest in Power and know that, while so many of us wish you were still here Your name, Your legacy, Your impact Live on 🫶🏽✊🏽🤎

HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH ✊🏽🤎🫶🏽 Read Black stories Uplift Black voices Celebrate Black joy Support Black creatives Protect Black narrative Honor Black resistance WE do all of this all year! But right now let's all make sure we are doing our part of amplify Big love to all my people, for real

So I definitely need to have a Schitt's Creek marathon and cry.. got it 😭🫂 #rip #catherineohara

Mental health Monday I hope everyone is taking time to check in with themselves and their loved ones. There is so much going on in the world and we have to keep going and fighting for what's right and standing up. But don't forget to rest and hydrate and take care of yourself, too 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

How many more? This is terrifying and devastating and frustrating and so many things. This is wrong

Happy New Year to all my bookies, baddies and besties 🍾🫶🏽🥳 #booksky #happynewyear

I feel so accomplished 🥹😫🙌🏽 #booksky #reader #readinggoals

I'm really gonna need people to stop trying to insist that we need to just accept and lean in to generative AI in creative spaces Authors/artists/creatives are more than capable of simply not using AI I promise, I love to support genuine art! But the second I suspect AI, I'm out 🙅🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

I swear... I add books to my tbr like I'm immortal 😅 And I'm sure I'm gonna read em all! #booksky

I've been really loving on indie authors lately 🥰🥰🥰 After BRAE I'm filling up on so many new authors and indie books and I'm so excited to read them #booksky #blackbooksky #indiebooks

It's been a while since I've done a #readingwrapup but hey, I'm still reading! Numbers are slowly going back up from the slump I was fighting, but I'm reading some GOOD books 😍 #storygraph #booksky

People thirsting over Steve from Blue's Clues was not on my bingo card for today....but also........ I understand 😅😅😅 It is what it is. And I feel like he's leaning in and testing the waters

Needing extra kitty cuddles, but my cat's sleeping. However, when I'm sleeping she feels the urge to knead my face. Not sure what it all means, but I'll just say my cat loves me and leave it at that #catsky

We are SEVEN DAYS from our first book launch and here is where my heads at! Go check out my latest blog!

I've been reading an eARC for Our Vicious Oaths by @niadavenport.bsky.social and omg I'm loving this book! Now if I could just have some solid uninterrupted time to sit and read!!! #booksky

If I read Mate my Ali Hazelwood... How many times will I have to read the word "knot"? #booksky

When I tell you I'm so excited for this book!!!!!! Huge congrats to Elaine Ho and Michael LaBorn (Left Unread Books -- imprint at Bindery) for this Debut!!!! #booksky

Some of y'all are really out here reading problematic books and then trying to gaslight everyone else into thinking they are the problem because they don't support those choices. You can 100% read/promote whatever you want, but don't start getting mad when people stop trusting you 🤷🏽‍♂️ #booksky

You can argue that you don't need to read those first, but to do so you have to acknowledge that they are related! Otherwise WHY WOULD YOU FEEL THE NEED TO SAY THAT? 🤔🤔🤔 #booksky

It's so strange that I keep seeing people talk about how Alchemised is "so removed" from HP, but these are the same people who keep bringing up comparisons between it and Manacled/HP.

If there's one thing I'm gonna do... It's make sure I have at least 3 different books available at a time. Because you're not gonna catch me out in the wild without something to read 💁🏽‍♂️🙇🏽‍♂️🙂‍↕️ #booksky

I just found out my library card expired 😱 this just threw off my whole day Allow me the time to mourn this mild inconvenience while I use this as an excuse to reframe my entire day around a trip to the library 😔🤭 #booksky #library

I'm gonna say it... If you can't name the song and the character who sings the song... Don't post the magic/magician trend on TikTok 🤷🏽‍♂️ #tiktok #trend

Hey #booksky please consider donating and/or sharing! Michael is a great person who is constantly and consistently showing up for the bookish community. If you are able, let's show him some love and be there for him like he is there for so many others 🫶🏽🫂

I am reading so slowly lately 😩😩😩 I know it's largely because I haven't had any time to read... But it's making me feel like I'm in a slump and I'm sad. Let's just not count July.... It's fine #booksky

Got my coffee, sneezed, spilled all of my coffee..... So that's how my morning went. Allergies are so fun 🙃

Fighting this reading slump with all I've got! I almost soft DNFed a book..... Does that count as progress? Probably not 😮‍💨 #booksky

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Mental health check in. I hope you all are doing okay.. I know there is so much crazy going on, so please be gentle with yourselves, check in on your friends, and reach out if you need to 🫶🏽🫂 #mentalhealth

Friends!! June was a really good reading month for me. I thoroughly enjoyed all the books I read!! They are diverse, and fun, and thoughtful and full of PRIDE🌈 And I feel like I really found my groove again with reading! #booksky #storygraph #readingwrapup

#booksky #blacksky #blackbooksky All of my other bookshelves got 60+ likes except this one and it doesn’t sit right with my soul🤭

I was scrolling through Pango, as one does Please tell me why I kept seeing people selling BOTM versions of books for the same price as regular editions that I could go down the street and buy brand new right now... Without $6 shipping Y'all, be for real #booksky

I am grateful to this community. And as a thank you, I giving TEN of my free and/or $5 subscribers a free upgrade to the $12 tier! So if you wanted your name listed in Devil of the Deep but can’t quite commit to $12 a month, go enter the giveaway! Ends at midnight tonight! ❤️❤️❤️

I keep seeing people admit and accept they aren't a safe space for any marginalized voices just so they can continue to read/promote problematic authors... They went from feigning ignorance to embracing being bad people!? Why..? I feel like they've completely lost the plot #booksky

My anxiety is in the fast lane. I am so overwhelmed. I need a hug. Or at least 5 minutes to zone out into the void. I hope you are all taking care of yourselves right now... 🫶🏽 Check on your friends. Be patient with yourselves. Happy Monday?

New bookshelf setup! Be nice to me 😂☺️🤭

Happy Juneteenth ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 "It's an opportunity to both look back but to look ahead to make sure that that notion of freedom and the fragility of it is always protected and celebrated." —Lonnie Bunch

I really hope I see WAY more posts about immigration, pride, and Juneteenth than posts about this next potential TT ban.. for obvious reasons.

#booksky confession: If I start a book and the prologue/first chapter is confusing, I'll often read it, and then once I understand enough of the plot/world-building I'll go back and reread the intro with an informed perspective. Does anyone else ever do this??

Today is Loving Day Loving v. Virginia June 12, 1967 Only 58years ago Our "History" isn't as old as they want us to believe I love that I was born on June 12. As a biracial, black man in America, there's so much weight behind today With all that's going on, it's important to acknowledge our history

Built (put together) a new bookshelf!!!! And I only hurt myself once 😅 Now for the fun of reorganizing (organizing for the first time in forever) my books!! 🥰📚 #booksky

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I... I think I'm confused. People think Harriet Tubman wasn't real??? Because she changed her name? Like... What? I know sooo many people who have changed their names and/or use nicknames... Are they not real? Is any of this real? I'm so confused... Let me just-- I'm just gonna go

Idk how I did it, but May was a great reading month for me! 16 books?! 🤯 Round of applause for being delulu and it working! Here are my #storygraph wrap-up stats #booksky #readingwrapup

Happy Pride Month!! Let's continue to support, love, cherish, and advocate for this beautiful, vibrant, and necessary community 🌈🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽 #pride #loveislove

I've been seeing an alarming number of... Certain People... Get the wrong message from the Australian guy getting a 2 book deal. Too many people are feeling emboldened and even more entitled. That is not the move #booksky

Genuine #booksky question: What do you think reading diversely means? Because I just saw someone post, bragging about their diverse books, but not one book was by a Black, Brown, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, minority or marginalized author. Am I missing something? #diversebooksky

Omg being delulu works 🤯 I somehow finished all 12 of these books!! I'm so shocked right now. And also planning on trying to finish 2 more books before the end of the month 🤪 The delulu continues!! #booksky

Me: I should really start making my way through my physical TBR Also me: *actively scrolling through Libby looking for even more books to put on hold like I don't already have 67 holds* #booksky

Here it is, y’all! The official cover for Devil of the Deep, by @falenciajfwrites.bsky.social , featuring art by @blackgirlabsolute.bsky.social! This is a Haitian fantasy about a mermaid, a pirate and a navy caption who have to work together to tackle an underwater cult to save the world.