I really recommend Colleen Hoover! Idk if you’ve ever heard of her before tho :)
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I really recommend Colleen Hoover! Idk if you’ve ever heard of her before tho :)
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I split up a bunch of my vintage ephemera into junk journal kits 🥹 45+ mixed media items per bundle and each one is about 85% genuine vintage from the 1970s-90s. 🥰 #junkjournal
I replaced the background without AI btw !
My most recent junk journal spread 📚💗 #junkjournal
Back again with a request for someone to yell at me to put my phone down a read!!!!!
I wonder who could be responsible!!!!
I used to work in a bookstore with a huuuuge remainders section in the back. Could’ve gotten lost in there !! I found lady gaga’s photography book that she did with Terry Richardson in there for $5 (can you tell I’m gay) 😳
My cat playing with a crumpled up piece of paper instead of the expensive toy I bought 🤝 Me using up a crumpled up piece of paper as a bookmark instead of the expensive one I bought
okay but could chatGPT do THIS…. [spends 2 weeks stressing over a task that takes 48 seconds]
Forthcoming releases from independent publishers 📚💗
So cute! That smile!! 😊
Whenever I’m sad, I just look at pictures of my cat as a baby and I immediately feel a little better 🥰 (last photo is a current pic) #catsky
100 pages left of my current read. Let’s gooooooo 🏃🏻♀️
I’m a sapphic book lover first, human being second 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
My dad did that to me with Little House on the Prarie… it made me feel so guilty when I didn’t like them! And I felt pressured to finish all NINE books 😭😭😭😭 (2/2)
If I ever have a niece or nephew, I promise to attempt to instill a love of reading in them, but I also promise to never pressure them to read books I personally liked as a kid. (1/2)
Ok I’m just going to say it. I think it was very silly of them to fall for the whole Trojan horse thing
HIIIIIIII 🥺 👉🏻👈🏻
Thank you @noemipress.bsky.social & World Editions for the books!! & @zefrrr.bsky.social for the amazing, relatable poetry 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈💗 (are we bipolar twins?!)
So @becklovesbooks.bsky.social is having a 24hr readathon today! Here’s my progress so far 🥰📚
Kathy Acker….the woman that you are…..
CRYING LOL 😭😭😭😭
I’ve never felt more seen
Ohhh that’s awesome!! I never ended up doing panels; the thought of them made me too anxious lol!
Very well!!! Hoping to find a full time job in publishing after it finishes :). I hope you’re well too!!
Did you do it??
What country is this flag for 🏳️🌈? How is everyone from there so hot??
Hahaha well, I finally got some reading done!!! ✅
DID IT!!!
I read 25 pages!!
I need someone to yell at me to put my phone down and read!
“Gay people are taking over this country” What country are you even talking about?! Seriously, what’s the name? Give me the address #queersky
Happy Women in Translation Month Eve!!!! #booksky
Sometimes I think about that time when a reporter asked Biden how many genders there are and he responded with, “At least three”
Thank you so much!!! I’m still a beginner, so I hope to slowly improve 🥰
Junk journal progress! Full of random stuff from my drawers, bookish swag I’ve received over the years, and literal junk I collect throughout my day 💗 #junkjournal #journaling #booksky
Sometimes life just calls for eating an entire sleeve of crackers in one sitting
My cat during fireworks: *asleep* My cat when my partner has a plague doctor mask on: *bored* My cat when a random toy from the 90s plays a Christmas jingle: *most terrified he’s ever been in his life* #catsky
And just like that….. we put up the final bookshelf to complete our Wall Of Books 💗
Queer love destroys fascism 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Big poster from @akpress.org 💗
ARCs for two of my most anticipated fall 2025 releases just arrived!!!! Omg!! Orlanda by Jacqueline Harpman (author of I Who Have Never Known Men) The Other Girl by Annie Ernaux Thank you, @sevenstories.bsky.social 💗💗 #booksky
Our independent, queer-owned bookstore now has a “Reading For Antifascist Futures” Collection up! All books on our site are 15% off every day, too 🥰 x0imv0-ss.myshopify.com/collections/... #booksky
Hello. I need some cheerleaders to help get me to my promise (to myself) of reading 50 pages today!! I know it’ll be easy once I start, but I’m struggling to pick up my current read (that I’m honestly loving so idk what my issue is!!) #booksky
MY PARTNER GOT TO RING THE BELL AT THEIR LAST CHEMOTHERAPY INFUSION TODAY!!! I’M SO PROUD AND HAPPY FOR THEM/US 😭💗 Cancer, please don’t come back 😭
ALA Conference round-up!!! More important than the ARCs are the amazing connections I made over the long weekend 🥰 Thank you to all the publishers and authors shown for the books, fun conversations, and great time in general 💗 #booksky
Reading my first ARC from the ALA Conference! Thank you, @europaeditions.bsky.social 💗 The Woman Dies by Aoko Matsuda trans. Polly Barton. Out in September! #booksky
My reading calendar for June so far! (15 books, 2.7k pages) 📚
HEY EVERYONE!! I’ve officially been clean & sober for NINE (9) years?!?! 🤯🤩 If I can do it, anyone can 💗 #sobersky
Literally shaking and cry8ing bc I realized you can’t be a stay at home mom if you don’t have any kids
I started (and am now halfway through) Small Boat and omg….. absolutely deserves its spot on the Booker Prize shortlist!! #booksky
Done!!!!! 🥹
I did it!!! 😎
Someone PLEASE yell at me for being on my phone instead of reading. I’m committed to reading 50 more pages tonight !! help
This book wins best title of 2025 (so far). Out 7/1/25 from @catapultbooks.bsky.social 💗🏐 #booksky 💙📚
You’re so very welcome!!! 🙏🏽
Broke: getting mad about how much $ fast food workers make, bc they’re paid too much Woke: getting mad about how much $ fast food workers make, bc they should be earning more, actually
YUP!!!!!
A month and a half before I turn 30 and I did it. I have acquired a box of random cords.
Please *at least* include preferred genres when asking this question. Imagine someone asking for book recommendations with a straight protagonist. We would need wayyyyy more info about their tastes to actually make good suggestions.
It irks me when people make posts asking for pride month book recs without any other specifics, like preferred genres. It’s obvious those people aren’t actually trying to find books they’ll be interested in. It just seems so performative to me!! #booksky 💙📚
Someone needs to write a spicy 90s girl band themed sapphic romance called “Spice Up Your Wife”
No offense but if a book isn’t diverse in at least some aspect then I’m probably not interested 🫣😅 #booksky 💙📚
Thank you very much!!
As someone who’s in recovery, I’ll take “overconsuming” books over a million other things I could be spending time/money on #booksky 💙📚
No I haven’t gotten that one!! I can ask around for it, tho!
This, but unironically #queersky 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Me: I read 200+ books a year Random man on Bluesky who hasn’t picked up a book since high school: first of all, how dare you #booksky 💙📚
My bookstore’s pride collection is live! I hand-picked over FOUR HUNDRED queer af books!! All done by a human, no AI used here :) All orders are always 15% off retail price, too!! #booksky 💙📚 indiepubsalon.com/collections/...
Happy pride!!!!!! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
When you go to the bookstore and see the indie publisher you’re interning for all over the shelves!! #booksky 💙📚
I got “Nadi” the other day 😅
Thank you!!!! 💗😭
I’m SO EXCITED to announce I’ve been selected as an intern for my very favorite independent publisher, @deepvellum.bsky.social !! I’m so grateful to have this opportunity! I am specifically working in the marketing department 🥰💗 #booksky 💙📚
If anyone is feeling like they want to support a queer-owned business during pride month: May I suggest my own, online indie bookstore? Indie Pub Salon! We prioritize diverse books, marginalized voices, and small publishers 💗 15% off retail price every day!! Indiepubsalon.com #booksky 💙📚
Thank you so much!! ☺️
My internship with my favorite independent publisher officially starts tomorrow 🤩💗 I’m so excited and proud of myself tbh!!!! #booksky 💙📚
Smh. The link is formatted weird. My username is “Hedgehogbooks” if it lets you search that!
Yes! Storygraph link: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/hedg... I’ll accept your friend request if you add me :)
Hi, friend!! I randomly came across you on here?! The FBI agent in my phone works harder than the d*vil 😳
Open up bookmail with me! 💌📚 Today, I received these 5 packages in the mail from publishers. Swipe to see what was inside!! #booksky 💙📚
That is SO awesome! Congrats!! The first 90 days can be incredibly rough, especially with withdrawal symptoms. Proud of you!!
Today I have been sober for exactly 8 years and 11 months. I’m so close to 9 years !!!! 🥹 #sobersky
First booksta shelfie — September 2014 vs Most recent booksta shelfie — March 2025 #booksky 💙📚
Why would some random penguin even WANT to publish a book…..? #booksky 💙📚
Thank you SO MUCH!!!! 😭😭😭🥰
We can work with authors if their titles are available through Ingram! Most of our stock is from small presses/independent publishers, but let me know if your book(s) are available on Ingram and we can probably make it work 🥰
Yup! Just like a physical store. Can you email me at indiepubsalon[at]gmail[dot]com *or* DM me on my linked Instagram? 🥰🥰
If anyone is feeling like they didn’t shop enough yesterday on Independent Bookstore Day: May I suggest my own, online indie bookstore? Indie Pub Salon! We prioritize diverse books, marginalized voices, and small publishers 💗 15% off retail price every day!! Indiepubsalon.com #booksky 💙📚
When literary fiction makes your heart ache in that special lit fic type of way >>>> #booksky
Okay, goal for today is to finish A Family Matter by Claire Lynch. I’m 25% through it. Just posting this to hold myself accountable and remember what I wanted to accomplish today! What do you want to accomplish reading wise today? #booksky
Various bookmail pictures 🫶🏻 #booksky
For those on @thestorygraph.com, we're giving away from copies of Cautery! Check it out: app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/02...
YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THIS SAYS “9 LIVES” AND NOT “OLIVES”????!?!! #catsky
If only I hadn’t been in a reading slump during the first four days of the month…..
My reading calendar for April (so far) 🥰 13 books! #booksky 💙📚
#currentlyreading this ARC of A Family Matter by Claire Lynch. It’s sapphic literary fiction, my fave!! Thank you @scribnerbooks.bsky.social for my copy! It’s out in June 🥰🥰 #queerbooksky
Thank you for 3k followers, y’all!!! I love the #booksky community!! 📚💙
911 HELP A BOOK IS MAKINF ME FEEL THINGS 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 #booksky 💙📚
May I interest you in a photo of my cat’s fluffy tummy? #catsky
