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Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · Aug 12

Absolute buzzing 😬🧡

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · Aug 12

Taylor Swift announces twelfth studio album The Life of a Showgirl

Taylor Swift has announced her twelfth studio album, The Life of A Showgirl, following a mysterious countdown on the singer's website.

www.thepinknews.com

Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · Aug 10

A relaxing Sunday morning finishing off this moving masterpiece of a novel. These voices are so vivid and Glasgow is so alive. Excellent 👌 @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social

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Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · Aug 7

Brought my first girl cat Rosie home earlier this week. She is absolutely adorable 🥰🐈‍⬛

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Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · Jul 17

I've been looking into Substack lately and I'm really not sure how I hadn't discovered it till a few months ago. Obviously I cannot possibly start my own until January at the earliest because starting new things mid year would probably cause my brain to implode 🙃

Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · Jun 26

Just finished this moving, angry book from @sarahcrossan.bsky.social. A very powerful, heart-wrenching depiction of love within a horrifically scary time 🌿 @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social

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Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · Jun 18

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · Jun 18

🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨

Back when Steps were formed, Ian “H” Watkins didn’t feel he could be himself. “I was too scared,” he admits.

Steps' Ian 'H' Watkins: LGBTQ+ kids' book is a love letter to my younger self

Ian 'H' Watkins from Steps talks to PinkNews about his new book, Pride & The Rainbow Warriors and making amends to his younger self.

www.thepinknews.com

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Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · Jun 17

So we're picking our new little girl up in early August and there will be cat content coming soon to this feed 😉

Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · Jun 17

One of my friends is having a baby and rehoming her cat and asked if we know anyone who could adopt her. So I was like

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Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · Jun 17

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · Jun 16

This is Tub and Blue. They simply cannot figure out how to get their tennis ball that fell in the pool. Still 12/10 because they really are trying

Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · Jun 12

LOOOOVEEE THIS! 🥰🎉

Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social · Jun 12

Don’t they look great together?! Introducing The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden, winner of the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction, and The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke, winner of the 2025 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction. With thanks to #Audible, #Baileys and @findmypast.bsky.social

Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · Jun 12

Just under 90 mins to go till the winner is announced! Who are your winners?? #womensprize 👀

Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · Jun 12

Not only have I not read any of these, I've actually only heard of 3 of them. What do you think? 😊📚

yabookprize.bsky.social @yabookprize.bsky.social · Jun 12

The time has come to reveal our fabulous #YABookPrize shortlist 🤩 ✨

"The 10 brilliant books on this year’s shortlist cover a wide range of genres, themes and perspectives...they are all engaging, empathetic and entertaining"

See the full shortlist in the thread below 👇

Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · May 30

She's gotta be laughing her ass off at all the fans doing maths for rep tv 😂 'She's got a plan!' She didn't even had a pla 😉

Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · May 30

Our girl did it!!! 😀🎉🥂

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · May 30

Taylor Swift is regaining control of her recorded music catalog six years after her old label, Big Machine Label Group, sold it to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings.

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Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · May 30

Our girl did it!!! 😀🎉🥂

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · May 30

Taylor Swift is regaining control of her recorded music catalog six years after her old label, Big Machine Label Group, sold it to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings.

Story: rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · May 27

Social media is so random. I have so much respect for people who have built their followings over years of hard work and dedication because honestly, no one knows how anything is going to go 🤷

Grace 🏳️‍🌈 @graceverything.bsky.social · May 27

So this man started posting on booktok like 2 weeks ago? reading ACOTAR… Gained 100K+ followers and now is signing a 2 book deal without a manuscript???

I… *screams in a pillow* #booksky

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Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · May 20

First time I'm saying this but I am writing a *thing*. Despite having written things before, it has been a while and so I find myself asking #writersky -how do you stay motivated to write every day? I know that's what it takes to get it done but help.

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Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · May 16

Green Day's American Idiot album kinda fits this vibe. But that is also somehow over 20 years old now 🤯

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Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · May 15

Honestly horrifying. It is going to destroy the ability for us to have any original creative or critical thought.

Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · May 14

This is bleak reading

Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · May 13

I am currently reading a very gripping, unique YA dystopian/fantasy kinda book -The Vulpine by @writerpolly.bsky.social. Somehow ghostly without there really being any ghosts in it and fantastic fairytale vibes without it being any kind of retelling. So good! 🦊 @scholasticuk.bsky.social #booksky

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Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · May 12

At my work, we really try to promote the 'community' events that we do -book club, feedback boards, wellbeing activities. It can be so hard to engage students (ages 18-21 mostly) though. Does anyone have any tips on doing that? #librarysky

Libraries Connected @librariesconnected.bsky.social · May 12

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek this year focuses on the power of community. Public #Libraries help fight loneliness and encourage connections by bringing people of all different ages and backgrounds together in a free, non-judgmental space.

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Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 is taking place 12 to 18 May, and the theme is Community.

www.mentalhealth.org.uk

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Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · May 9

But we know we're 'cringe'*? That's part of it. We are the most unserious generation.

*I feel like putting the word cringe in quotation marks is literally it?

Cringe! How millennials became uncool

They are mocked by gen Z for everything from their trainer socks to their mom jeans and selfie technique. A maligned millennial asks: how did we get here?

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Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · May 2

Heartbroken that most of Warwickshire County Council is now Reform. Elated that the Green candidate won for my tiny little neighbourhood in Warwick. Eeesh what a scary world #localelections

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Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · Apr 29

Does anyone have any experience with Substack? Considering switching my blog posts over there and wondered what the book reviewing world is like on it #booksky

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Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · Apr 28

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · Apr 28

This book sells well where I live in Yorkshire, especially among its menfolk

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Alex @alexthebookish.bsky.social · Apr 26

Just finished this fascinating, page-turning read -the true stories of four millennial women who have worked tirelessly against multiple obstacles to fix their country's injustices. I felt so proud of them and learned so much 🙌 @yuanfenyang.bsky.social @womensprize.bsky.social

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