Aimee the Bluestocking 📚
bluestockingbook.bsky.social
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.
November 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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
The Brit looks on anxiously as I read a book from his favorite series.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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
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
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
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
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.
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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
Days off are best when you don't have to put people pants on right away.
October 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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.
October 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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
Red wine and puppy chow. Get in it.
September 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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
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
July 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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
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
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 ⁠
June 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My elder millennial spouse had never heard the term "ship" used in fanfic terms. Now I need to know who your forever ships are. I'm a #destiel and #reylo shipper.
June 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Running from reality counts as cardio, right? Asking for a book friend...
June 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
My goblin kid walked around the No Kings protest handing out water and snacks. 🥹🥹 #proudmommoment #raisemoregoblins
June 14, 2025 at 11:28 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. 🥰🤩😬🫠🏳️‍🌈
June 8, 2025 at 6:26 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. 😳😳🩷💛💙
June 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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
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.
May 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM