Yay, bookmail from @2ndflightbooks.bsky.social from Independent Bookstore Day! Thanks for the reccs, @panediting.bsky.social! 🫶

Indie Bookstore Day yesterday was an amazing, record-breaking day, and were SO THANKFUL for such a kind and thoughtful community of readers. Our bookstore dog Archie raised around $150 with his little bag of book recommendations ❤️

We love to see it 😍

Somebody came by and asked if we had the wizard boy books and I said, "no, we don't have any at the moment," but what I really wanted to say was, "Hell no! We don't give money to TERFS in this house."

Here working at the shop while we're closed (Monday is the only day we're closed) and have to say it's pretty validating hearing people try the door and say "aw, man!" when they see we're closed. Sorry! We love you! We just need a day off.

We are once again teaming up with local tattoo shop Evil Genius Tattoo Club for Indie Bookstore Day flash tattoos on April 25, and here are some of the options! $100 flash tattoos, or $80 w/a bookstore day receipt from us or our sister shop @mainbooksIN

“The people who proclaim they are protecting the children are still setting horrible examples of how to behave…” @la-cac.org theamericanleader.org/leader/amand...

what will the Gilmore Girlies come up with next?? GILMORE GHOULS in SPOOPY HOLLOW??

Have you met Archie, our social media manager? He might be a toy poodle, but he can definitely maybe look at a book and know it smells nice. His new release is the week is Seasons Glass & Iron by @amalelmohtar.com

#booktour @loriraderday.bsky.social @minotaurbooks.bsky.social @bluehousebooks.bsky.social @christinaclancy.bsky.social @tracyc1.bsky.social @mpmthewriter.bsky.social @2ndflightbooks.bsky.social @rebeccamckanna.bsky.social @murderbooks.bsky.social

I've never laughed so hard during a book event at the shop. @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social and @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social were hilarious in conversation tonight and we've got some signed copies from them both you can snag!

Look what arrived a day early from @2ndflightbooks.bsky.social !! VEIL signed by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social - a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ horror/sci-fi/action-packed thriller published by @blackstonepub.bsky.social Spoiler-free review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Really excited about today’s bookmail from @gibsonsbookstore.bsky.social & @2ndflightbooks.bsky.social 3 of my favorite authors’ newest offerings coming in on the same day! @claymcleod.bsky.social @jonathanjanz.bsky.social & @rachelharrison.bsky.social

Wow! There's SO MANY books releasing today. Which ones are y'all excited about?

Tonight, I had a wonderful reading @2ndflightbooks.bsky.social w/ @johnmilas.bsky.social. Great questions asked, had great food w/ John & a long time fan gifted me a copy Grasshands he turned into a hardback! (I almost cried.) Making the hike to local bookstores to support PEERLESS has been great.

My hometown indie is @2ndflightbooks.bsky.social. They have a phenomenal collection of new and used books! They are/love romance readers AND have a fantastic horror section, too! They make this town feel home to me. I've made some of best friends there and I am so excited to celebrate tomorrow!

My stack of purchases from my favorite independent bookstore @2ndflightbooks.bsky.social … looks very #historian if I do say so myself. 🤣 #timetoread

Our friend @jonathanjanz.bsky.social has agreed to sign all the preorders of his forthcoming book VEIL ordered from our shop, and we're so excited! It's coming in September from @blackstonepub.bsky.social but you can order a copy now! www.secondflightbooks.com/item/GUXYli1...

Posted about the Trans Rights Readathon on fb. Had to block a sad lonely bigoted person who can't spell.

We might have gotten a few books at #abawinterinstitute this week. This national bookseller conference is a dream! What book should I pick up first?

It’s MLK day. Feel free to make some Black content creators go viral today. ✊🏾

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Support your local bookstores! @mainbooksin.bsky.social @2ndflightbooks.bsky.social #indiebookstore #booksky #books #booktok #shoplocal #read

One of the most fun things about the holidays is when people find a book that's been sitting lonely on the shelf for months and it's the perfect gift for someone. We love to see a book find its perfect person.

It seems like this should be common knowledge, but don't expect a bookstore to have a book in stock at Xmas time just because you saw it MONTHS ago in the shop. Like, inventory is fluid. Things sells. Sometimes we don't reorder them. 🤷‍♀️

It's pansexual & panromantic pride day which means I can tell you about how pansexual Luna, the main character in CHEF'S CHOICE, is: Very! CC is a t4t fake dating foodie romcom & Lambda Literary finalist Get it: tjalexander.com#books2 #pansexual #t4t #romancelandia

As of yesterday booksellers at The Strand are on strike. Solidarity with them. Don’t cross the picket line, even virtually.

Hearing Amy Coney Barrett say there's no history of du jour discrimination against trans people is MIND BOGGLING when I had to sue the state of Illinois for the right to be a lawyer whilst trans

We are still on Facebook because some of our customers still are, but the things it shows me on the feed when I am signed in are wildly transphobic and misogynistic or AI engagement baiting. And we're a progressive bookshop. Can't imagine what it's showing to other people as the default 😬🤢

People tend to romanticize dusty bookshops filled almost entirely with old books, and yes, it's still a room full of books, but every time I go to one like that I am thinking about who is missing in all those pages. All the women and BIPOC folks and queer people. I want to hear those voices.

If you aren't lucky enough to have an indie bookstore local to you, I've created a starter pack of the ones I know of on Bluesky, & I'm sure any of them would love & appreciate your business this holiday season. go.bsky.app/DZdrHhm

Looking for grassroots organizations standing up for intellectual freedom? Here you go: bsky.app/profile/la-c... readfreelyal.bsky.social txfreedomread.bsky.social freadomfighters.bsky.social letutahread.bsky.social flfreedomread.bsky.social If you know of another one, please list it!

Any “best books of 2024” list that doesn’t contain even a single genre book is bullshit.

I keep seeing reports that bookstore sales are soft this holiday season and it worries me a lot. If we're going to defend democracy in the terrible years to come, healthy bookstores will be an absolute necessity

Charlie is such an amazing advocate for indie bookshops and we're lucky to live in the same world with her! Also keep in mind that a lot of shops have had a less than stellar holiday season so far, so help keep them here!

Thanks for the indie bookstore love 🥰 Thanks for supporting our shop! ❤️

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To say thank you to all our lovely supporters we've got 10% off any order over $25 on our website through midnight tonight! If you don't have a local bookshop, hello, we'd love to be yours!! Let us make you a curated book bundle to treat yourself! secondflightbooks.com

This is probably my favorite picture book of the year. I read it, and was immediately obsessed! It probably would have been my favorite if it had existed when I was a kid. Buy it for all the rambunctious littles in your life.

JKR is truly the herpes of children's literature

if you’re buying stuff today and want to know more about the massive impact that marginalized workers have had on the evolution of workers’ rights, labor unions, and how we got to this moment, might I suggest my book? It’s on sale at this union shop! www.powells.com/book/fight-l...

This Small Business Saturday Eve make a plan to support all your favorite local shops and hangs and watering holes so that they're still here next year!

Make a day of it tomorrow! I’m excited to start my day Eleventh House Coffee with a friend tomorrow and hit all of the awesome downtown Lafayette, IN stores! @2ndflightbooks.bsky.social I would tag more local stores, but I don’t know their Bluesky names! I’m still pretty new here!

I think some of us will eventually be headed to us! 👀

A few, small (bookish) acts of rebellion & fuckery *prioritize books by marginalized authors (pre-order their books, it sends a message that this is what we want) *shop indie bookstores *celebrate the achievements of marginalized creators *read banned books *support library programming and services

If you have trouble remembering to put alt text you can go to the accessibility settings and set it to MAKE YOU include alt text. so helpful!

Dropping info about my debut, BIRDING WITH BENEFITS, which came out this summer! It's full of birding and hikes through the desert, plus lots of self-discovery, humor, and sexy times! Available where books are sold and in libraries around the world! bookshop.org/p/books/bird...

For my friends here: @haileypiperfights.bsky.social is my favorite modern horror author. It's not even a close contest. If you like horror lit, you should be reading her stuff.

People treat trans women the way that they wish they were able to treat all women.