Aimee the Bluestocking 📚
@bluestockingbook.bsky.social
Millennial, queer, romance-reading, chaos-coordinating, target-on-my-back bookshop owner, building diverse, accessible, inclusive, informed community in Holland, MI. Let's do this thing. 📚🗳
If I had a nickel for every time a book made me shout "but it was his DAD!" in my brain, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice...
And you read that in his voice, admit it.
And you read that in his voice, admit it.
November 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If I had a nickel for every time a book made me shout "but it was his DAD!" in my brain, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice...
And you read that in his voice, admit it.
And you read that in his voice, admit it.
Becoming more and more tired of the knock-off "journalism girl who wants to write about more than hair and shoes" character type...
a man in a suit and a woman in a pink dress are sitting on a couch looking at each other .
ALT: a man in a suit and a woman in a pink dress are sitting on a couch looking at each other .
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November 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Becoming more and more tired of the knock-off "journalism girl who wants to write about more than hair and shoes" character type...
The Brit looks on anxiously as I read a book from his favorite series.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Brit looks on anxiously as I read a book from his favorite series.
Gonna be honest, 'flesh' sounds too sci-fi to be used twice in one paragraph of a sex scene. Not a big ick, but noticeable. Probably blame Doctor Who.
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Gonna be honest, 'flesh' sounds too sci-fi to be used twice in one paragraph of a sex scene. Not a big ick, but noticeable. Probably blame Doctor Who.
When the dog takes up your entire side of the bed, kicking you out to the couch, then decides she needs to sit HERE 🙄
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
When the dog takes up your entire side of the bed, kicking you out to the couch, then decides she needs to sit HERE 🙄
Yes, I'm aware it is 2pm, but I will still want to open every email with "Morning!"
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Yes, I'm aware it is 2pm, but I will still want to open every email with "Morning!"
Good days at the bookshop are book club meeting discussing a queer fantasy, a teen who is regularly not comfortable in public laughing and joking, and a dad reading in the kids area complete with voices. #IAmBatman
November 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Good days at the bookshop are book club meeting discussing a queer fantasy, a teen who is regularly not comfortable in public laughing and joking, and a dad reading in the kids area complete with voices. #IAmBatman
Husbrit: Going to bed?
Me: Yeah
H: At *checks watch* 8:43?
M: Time is a construct. Also, you were asleep on the couch five minutes ago.
Me: Yeah
H: At *checks watch* 8:43?
M: Time is a construct. Also, you were asleep on the couch five minutes ago.
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Husbrit: Going to bed?
Me: Yeah
H: At *checks watch* 8:43?
M: Time is a construct. Also, you were asleep on the couch five minutes ago.
Me: Yeah
H: At *checks watch* 8:43?
M: Time is a construct. Also, you were asleep on the couch five minutes ago.
Evidently, the way to make friends as an adult is to open a used bookshop, then just get coffee with the people who trade in the books you want to read. #millennial
October 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Evidently, the way to make friends as an adult is to open a used bookshop, then just get coffee with the people who trade in the books you want to read. #millennial
Days off are best when you don't have to put people pants on right away.
October 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Days off are best when you don't have to put people pants on right away.
None of us are single-faceted. I can be an outspoken liberal and a business owner, a wife and a partner, a mom and a token Capricorn friend.
But every facet of me is against the term "vagblocking".
You're still the queen, @oliviawrites.bsky.social, despite the face I just made reading 40-Love.
But every facet of me is against the term "vagblocking".
You're still the queen, @oliviawrites.bsky.social, despite the face I just made reading 40-Love.
October 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
None of us are single-faceted. I can be an outspoken liberal and a business owner, a wife and a partner, a mom and a token Capricorn friend.
But every facet of me is against the term "vagblocking".
You're still the queen, @oliviawrites.bsky.social, despite the face I just made reading 40-Love.
But every facet of me is against the term "vagblocking".
You're still the queen, @oliviawrites.bsky.social, despite the face I just made reading 40-Love.
Hey, #SmallBusiness owners in Michigan, dont forget to start your ESTA policies today if you haven't already!
October 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Hey, #SmallBusiness owners in Michigan, dont forget to start your ESTA policies today if you haven't already!
Red wine and puppy chow. Get in it.
September 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Red wine and puppy chow. Get in it.
We should probably do more examination of the fact that all our domestic assistance devices come with female-presenting voices because it's more comforting.
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We should probably do more examination of the fact that all our domestic assistance devices come with female-presenting voices because it's more comforting.
Festival season is officially over for the bookshop. How do I know? Because I'm awake at 5, my brain trying to puzzle through shelf shuffling for our first UHaul Day.
45 days and counting. #BookshopMove
45 days and counting. #BookshopMove
July 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Festival season is officially over for the bookshop. How do I know? Because I'm awake at 5, my brain trying to puzzle through shelf shuffling for our first UHaul Day.
45 days and counting. #BookshopMove
45 days and counting. #BookshopMove
My problem with this heat is that when I get cold, I get tired. Don't mind me, the AC is just putting me to sleep in the stacks.
a penguin is reading a red book on its back
ALT: a penguin is reading a red book on its back
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June 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My problem with this heat is that when I get cold, I get tired. Don't mind me, the AC is just putting me to sleep in the stacks.
The social media-friendly version: which book would you date, which would you marry, and which would (did) you ghost?
June 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The social media-friendly version: which book would you date, which would you marry, and which would (did) you ghost?
Reposted by Aimee the Bluestocking 📚
💓 Reading is for everyone
🌻 Books help us grow
💤 Audiobooks can calm your mind
🥽 Pick up a book to learn something new
📚 Audiobooks count
🌻 Books help us grow
💤 Audiobooks can calm your mind
🥽 Pick up a book to learn something new
📚 Audiobooks count
June 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
💓 Reading is for everyone
🌻 Books help us grow
💤 Audiobooks can calm your mind
🥽 Pick up a book to learn something new
📚 Audiobooks count
🌻 Books help us grow
💤 Audiobooks can calm your mind
🥽 Pick up a book to learn something new
📚 Audiobooks count
Running from reality counts as cardio, right? Asking for a book friend...
June 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Running from reality counts as cardio, right? Asking for a book friend...
My goblin kid walked around the No Kings protest handing out water and snacks. 🥹🥹 #proudmommoment #raisemoregoblins
June 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
My goblin kid walked around the No Kings protest handing out water and snacks. 🥹🥹 #proudmommoment #raisemoregoblins
This weekend's mood is brought to you by working in a place I love (that we're outgrowing), greeting book nerds by name, and planning for our busy Pride Month and bookshop expansion. 🥰🤩😬🫠🏳️🌈
June 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This weekend's mood is brought to you by working in a place I love (that we're outgrowing), greeting book nerds by name, and planning for our busy Pride Month and bookshop expansion. 🥰🤩😬🫠🏳️🌈
The problem with having wonderful local romance authors is that I now have to look @merylwilsner.bsky.social in the face at #Pride after reading the bungalow scenes in My Best Friend's Honeymoon. 😳😳🩷💛💙
June 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The problem with having wonderful local romance authors is that I now have to look @merylwilsner.bsky.social in the face at #Pride after reading the bungalow scenes in My Best Friend's Honeymoon. 😳😳🩷💛💙
Seeing quiet allyship, like two rainbow rings on a customer who had never made their leanings clear, will always fill me with more joy than a loud spectacle. Because I see them and they see me, and no one has to shout about who's louder. #HappyPride🏳️🌈
June 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Seeing quiet allyship, like two rainbow rings on a customer who had never made their leanings clear, will always fill me with more joy than a loud spectacle. Because I see them and they see me, and no one has to shout about who's louder. #HappyPride🏳️🌈
Very clear to me: the person driving in front of me was not a millennial. #iykyk
Also, this may be the furthest under the speed limit I've ever driven home.
Also, this may be the furthest under the speed limit I've ever driven home.
May 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Very clear to me: the person driving in front of me was not a millennial. #iykyk
Also, this may be the furthest under the speed limit I've ever driven home.
Also, this may be the furthest under the speed limit I've ever driven home.