Finished "The Berry Pickers" by Amanda Peters. Indigenous historical fiction about a lifetime's journey of loss and healing after a tragic disappearance of a little girl. I was so moved by both Joe's & Norma's struggles. Best book I read this month! 5 out of 5 ⭐️. #booksky #indigenousbooks

Finished "Zombabe" by IS Belle. Enjoyed the dynamic of Babe & Dude as they dealt with both their relationship & the zombie problem. Also loved how the author made the small rural town of Bulldeen its own character. Definitely recommend. 5 out of five ⭐️. 📚💙 🌈📚 #booksky #queerbooksky

Finished "Captive of Wolves" by Eva Chase. I liked only August. Didnt like the rest of the book. Why set the story in a Fae realm if the author wont let any of the characters do ANYTHING outside the house?! Overdescribing of colors & Kellan especially was boring! 1.5 out of 5⭐️. 📚💙 #booksky

Finished "The Rogue Crown" by AK Mulford. A lovely sapphic fantasy. I liked Bri's internal struggle between avoiding a prophecy & falling in love with a princess that can make the prophecy a reality. Slow beginning but great fight scenes at the end. 4.5 out of 5⭐️. 💙📚 🌈📚 #booksky #sapphicbooks

I just learned one of the books I read months ago used AI to help write their book. Not only that, the author is now making an AI short film of their book. I feel icky now for highlighting this book. Blaming myself for not reading the reviews beforehand. 😔

Finished "Sleeping with the Frenemy" by Natalie Caña. Solid story but not my favorite out of her books. Wasn't a fan of the dog being a tool to rekindle a 2nd chance romance. Did like the ADHD representation tho. 4 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🌶 #booksky #romancebooks

Finished "Midnight Rooms" by Donyae Coles. Love the book cover! The lesson I learned from this book is that you should NEVER be a people pleaser in a horror story! I loved the atmosphere. Wished the epilogue didnt exist tho. 4.5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 #booksky #blackbooksky #horrorbooks

Finished "The Chaos Wielder" by AE Cosby. Felt like there was too many characters to follow at 1st but once the dynamics of everyone settled, I really enjoyed it. Quade became my favorite! A healthy amount of spicy scenes! 5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🌶 #booksky #diversebooks #spicybooks

Finished "Stormclan's Folly" by Erin Hunter. Well it was better than the last superedition at least. A more coherent story but the lack of communication between Galestar & Stripestar was very forced & unnecessary. Liked the Wild Cats tho! Want more Wild Cats! 3 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 #booksky #warriorcats

Finished "Pack's Promise" by Victoria Kent. It is exactly as advertised. Omega Madison went looking at a club & falls for a pack with 2 Alphas & 1 Beta. Short story with very little plot beyond the heat cycle & signing contracts. Cute with nice spicy scenes. 4 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🌶 #booksky #romancebook

I just had a literal 18 year old try to tell me she has "5 years experience of being professional dog trainer". I told her she shouldn't lie to people & her response was "Well I'll have my mom message you! She thinks so!". She was being 100% serious. The jokes just write themselves! 🤣

I read the worst book ever. It was sci-fi & dealt with alternate timelines. 70% into the book, female MC has sex with another character DIRECTLY AFTER giving him the memories of another timeline where they were close step-siblings. The whole thing was treated as "quirky". It was gross. #booksky

Finished "Siren's Test" by Jessica Cage. At first I was very confused why the love interests were sidelined so much until I realized Cage never advertised this as a romance. It changes EVERYTHING once you treat it as only Sy's personal journey. Loved it. 4 star out of 5 ⭐️. #booksky #blackbooksky

Finished "Due North" by Jill N Davies. This is YA sci-fi with zombies. I love Mason as a character but the big timeskips in the story catches you off-guard & might not be for everyone. One villain in particular was well-done & can't wait to see his future demise. 4 out of 5 ⭐️. #booksky #yabooks

Hey here's a tip for the day inspired by a recent conversation I had: If you're trying to defend your favorite piece of media when someone points out the racist tropes used in said media, maybe DON'T sound like Leonardo DeCaprio from Django Unchained. People (namely me) will laugh at you.

Finished "Skalterra By Nightmare" by MT Zimny. This was a fun read about teenager Wren being summoned to help save a world of magic in her sleep. Very good action scenes & once again this author made very well-written villains as well as bullies. 5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 #booksky #yabooks #fantasybooks

Doctors Without Borders says hospitals and staff in Gaza are barely functioning - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/doctors-without-borders-says-hospitals-and-staff-gaza-are-barely

Finished "Marriage of a Thousand Lies". This is a sapphic literary fiction about a Sri Lanken woman in a lavender marriage while watching her former lover getting married off. Powerful read about how people get stuck in a cycle & it isnt easy to escape it. 5 out of 5 ⭐️.📚💙 📚🌈 #booksky #lgbtqbooks

I just read "Ripe and Ready" by Elliot Kyle. Surprisingly nice best-friends-confessing-their-feelings story...and a banana or two played a ✨️creative✨️ part in the romance. It was crazy fun! 5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🌈 📚🌶 #booksky #lgbtqbooks #spicyromance

Read "Interior Chinatown" by Charles Yu. This is about a meta pocket dimension where the background Asian characters for a Law-&-Order like TV show resides. This went back & forth between funny & thought provoking sad. Loved it. 5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 #booksky #diversebooks

"Love Immortal" by Kit Vincent. I adore this book cover! The slow burn of Jonathan's and Dacian's relationship was lovely. However kinda felt the last few chapters of the book were unnecessarily rushed but still appreciated the conclusion. 3.5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🌈 #booksky #lgbtqbooks

I concluded the "Chaotic Orbits" novella trilogy. Space heists with a bit of romance. Very funny especially as you read govt agent Rian's mission reports flustered over being tricked by the space looter Ada over and over again! 🤣 5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🪐 #booksky #scifibooks

There's a direct line from "no kink at Pride" and "no sex in movies and books unless it Serves The Plot" to payment processors feeling completely empowered to censor art globally

FOURTEEN BOOKS. Itchio took 14 books off my library. 😡 COMPLETE BULLSHIT.

ANY GAME IS STILL DOWNLOADABLE, even the straight up removed ones. Please check out this thread and archive as many as you can while these methods still work bsky.app/profile/sufa...

so itchio has shadowbanned any games tagged with 'nsfw', 'adult', or 'erotic' so they don't show up in searches, and several devs have reported that their r18 games have been removed from the site with no warning

Finished "An Inconvenient Cop" by Edwin Raymond. I need to read more non-fiction because this kept my attention. Raymond's childhood and how it relates to his experience on the force which eventually led to him whistleblowing the NYPD made this a powerful read! 5 out of 5 ⭐️. #booksky #blackbooksky

Finished "Whiskey & Sin" by Emily Rath. I never thought I would enjoy an Omegaverse book that uses the term "Christmas morning scent" non-jokingly but I did..I really did! Amazing work by the audiobook narrators! 5 out of 5 ⭐️. 💙📚 🌶📚 🌈📚 #booksky #romancebook #omegaverse

Well I was going to post about the book I just read. It was a conclusion to a book series that has been a big comfort read for me. 😑 However I just realized the author decided to use AI for the cover of the final book. Well that was disappointing AF. #booksky

Finished "Alone" by Megan E. Freeman. Very entertaining middle grade book about young Maddie's survival after being left behind during a mass evacuation of the western US. Plot is perfectly fast pace so young readers will not get bored. Highly recommend! 5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 #booksky #middlegrade

Finished "All Superheros Need PR" by Elizabeth Stephens. Vanessa & Roland are so cute together in this fake dating romance! Roland's charming one-track mind of "This is my wife. She just doesn't know it yet" made me laugh throughout the book. 5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 🌶📚 #booksky #blackbooksky #romancebook

Taking away the phrase "minor coded" and chucking it into a furnace no one is allowed to use that anymore yall ruined it

Finished "Woodland Appeal" by N. Slater. Very angsty but sweet MMMM Omegaverse story. Like the role reversals of a dominant Omega & a submissive Alpha. Get ready to be frustrated by the useless local townsfolks tho. Check TWs. 4.5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🌈 #booksky #lgbtqromance #omegaverse

Finished reading "Ascendant" by Michael R Miller. A solid epic fantasy! I love how Holt & his dragon, Ash grow as a team throughout the book. Especially adored the battle scenes. Too much info-dumping near the end but overall would reccommend for most ages. 5 out of 5 ⭐️. 💙📚 #booksky #fantasybook

I just encountered this "Romantasy Coloring Book" while shopping. What in the AI art nonsense is this?! 🤣 The hands are deformed and her nose is missing! 📚💙 #booksky #romancebooks

Finished "Alpha of Mortal Flesh" by Ben Alderson. Once again good world-buliding by Alderson. I like the bulid-up in the 1st half but the villain got repetitive & overstayed their welcome. This might be better as a novella. 3.5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚🌈 📚💙 #booksky #lgbtqbooks

Had an interesting conversation with my oldest sister. My sister is a very non-dog person. Doesn't hate dogs but would never own one. She just revealed the main reason is bc dogs "vibrate" too much. The excited shaking & panting of dogs apparently makes her uncomfy. Never heard that before. #dogsky

Finished "You're Not Supposed To Die Tonight" by Kalynn Bayron. Very solid YA horror novel! Loved the bulid up to the fight to survival. I liked how the teens used camp tools creatively to their advantage. Only wished the book was longer. 4.5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🌈 #booksky #blackbooksky #lgbtqbooks

Finished "Lavender House" by Lev AC Rosen. A classically written mystery-noir with a cast of queer characters. This was fun! I especially liked Andy's mental journey in finding his life's purpose as he solves the murder. 5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🌈 #booksky #lgbtqbooks

Finished "Aliens Snared My Heart" by Hawke Oakley. Exactly as advertised! Reptilian alien with featherboa tentacles with a human man..& mpreg! Not much plot but like a puddle, there was enough there to splash in & have fun! 4 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🌈 📚🌶 #booksky #queerbooksky #mmromance #alienromance

Finished "Prince and Assassin" by Tavia Lark. This book made me swoon! The conversations between Juilen & Whisper made me giddy. The side characters were a great source of comedy & the spice was emotionally well done! 5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🌈 📚🌶 #booksky #romancebooks #lgbtqbooks

Happy International Sex Worker's Day! Remember to listen to sex workers & not to talk over them. Sex work is work. Sex worker's rights are human rights. 💕

Happy Pride Month! Finished "Almost Maybes" by Anna P. Features a bisexual Indian American woman falling for a nerdy guy. Ollie and Jackson were super cute together! Wonderful blend of sweetness, some spice & a few tough conversations. 5 out of 5 ⭐️. #booksky #lgbtqbooks #romancebooks 📚💙 📚🌶 📚🌈

Bought a new book! You can't go wrong with T Kingfisher! 😁 📚💙 #booksky #bookhaul #tkingfisher #horrorbook

Finished "Trying to Kill the Sun" by T.F Author. I love the premise of this queer superhero romance. I adored Noah's & Anatoly's relationship but I do feel the story needed more time in editing bc a lot of the dialogue got repetitive in the 2nd half. 3.5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🌈 #booksky #queerbooksky

I just pointed out something on TT & explained that it can easily be seen as a dog whistle if you are careless about it. The worst yet funniest thing is the amount of people who crawl out of the woodwork who prove to you that it really IS a dog whistle. smh

Finished "Redemption" by Kenya Wright. I liked it. Ebony & her strength to fight for her family carried the story for me. Yoshiro became the perfect support for her. My only nitpick is that there were some unnecessary dream sequences. Check TWs. 4 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 #booksky #blackbooksky

KOSA won’t keep kids safe. But it will keep kids from accessing information online and censor the internet for everyone.

Finished "Full Speed To A Crash Landing" by Beth Revis. My first heist story in a long time & this audiobook was fun! Ada's flirty but deceptive personality was the driving force of the story. Her opinionated observations made the worldbuliding feel very organic. 5 out of 5 ⭐️. 💙📚 #booksky