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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · 20d

What's that? Oh my god I finally posted to YouTube again 👀 Aaaand it's a rank of R.F. Kuang books 😎 #booksky

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Ranking R.F Kuang's books

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · Sep 7

Sapphic September book recs #booksky #sapphicseptember

💖 An Island Princess Starts a Scandal
🌸 The Jasmine Throne
⚔️ Chain-Gang All-Stars
🎬 Director's Cut
🌠 A Memory Called Empire
💕 The Daughters of Izdihar
☀️ She Who Became the Sun

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · Sep 7

What is important is that eventually Robin gets to a point where he finally accepts all that he has seen and heard and wants to take action

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · Sep 7

I think Robin going through this vicious cycle of anger and acceptance is one that many in academia follow. Sometimes speaking out about issues in academia feels like talking to an ostrich with its head in the sand. This is how Robin's character development goes away well

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · Sep 7

Those in academia struggle to reconcile the fact that while their work may contribute to better things in the world (i.e climate or cancer research), it also harms disenfranchised groups and furthers empire.

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · Sep 7

The fact is, academia denies change and ignores what causes harm simply because one feels they don't have the power to make a change or because that is how it has always been.

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · Sep 7

Babel by R.F. Kuang is heavy handed in it's themes but I don't believe this is Kuang not trusting her readers. As someone who is an academic, I think this speaks to a broader issue in academia.

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · Aug 13

Don't say you love when women read "male fantasy" but then your page only supports problematic white cis straight male fantasy authors. We should read books by male authors, but let's focus our efforts to promoting marginalized and/or unproblematic male authors

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Elaine Ho @artofelaineho.bsky.social · Aug 12

3 more months until the release of Cry, Voidbringer! Here's a fun little trope list and some book comps!

Cry, Voidbringer releases 28 October 2025 in the US with @binderybooks.bsky.social, and 6 Nov 2025 in the UK with @solarisbooks.bsky.social. We're almost there!

trope graphic with the following captions: "dark, political fantasy", "should we fix broken systems from within, or burn it from without?", "accidental acquisition of a magical child", "toxic lesbians (the bisexual is also toxic)", "weird POVs", "exploring how identity is reshaped under empire", "grump x sunshine", "why do postcolonial societies perpetuate the same crimes of their oppressors: a thesis", "your found family sucks, actually"

graphic of book comps with the following books: the fifth season by NK Jemisin with the caption "unusual POV and political worldbuilding", the traitor baru cormorant by Seth Dickinson and the unbroken by C.L. Clark with the caption "intersectionality of identity and empire", and the jasmine throne by Tasha Suri, with the caption "morally grey characters". the bottom graphic is a quote from cry, voidbringer: "tyranny doesn't happen in the blink of an eye. it is a slow descent, helped by the complicity of those who think they have no power."

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · Aug 12

I remember seeing reviews of Babel and people disliking it because of the footnotes (which is totally fine!), but I can't stop thinking about House of Leaves lmao

Black cover of House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

2 pages of horrifying formatting and footnotes from House of Leaves where the text faces all directions

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · Jul 14

This book has shifted the way I think about climate change and environmental justice. Go read this asap! #climatechange #booksky #indigenousreads #indigenousbooks

Book cover of Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · Jul 12

What are some of your most anticipated releases this year? I'm looking forward to Cry, Voidbringer by Elaine Ho and Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

@binderybooks.bsky.social @michaellaborn.bsky.social

#binderybooks #diversebooks #reading #readdiversebooks

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · Jul 12

Priority #1 this month: finish another series

Priority #1 next month: read all @binderybooks.bsky.social books I own

#booksky #diversebooks

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · Jul 12

Would I survive the book as the main character? #booksky #houseofleaves #rebelblue #threebodyproblem

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odds are I'm probably not😂 #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #bookrec #booktokfyp #booktok #fyp #foryou

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · May 19

Support your local library! The @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social is a great resource to learn how you can do more to protect your libraries locally and nationally #booksky #supportlibraries

Book "The Burning Stars" by Bethany Jacobs

Book "Into the Drowning Deep" by Mira Grant

Book "The Light Pirate" by Lily Brooks-Dalton

Picture of a bookshelf with green text that says recent library haul

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · May 4

High on my tbr this month is I Got Abducted By Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-com, which my partner got for my birthday and fully annotated 🥰❤️ #booksky

Book cover of I got abducted by aliens and now I'm trapped in a rom-com. It has a grey horned alien holding a black woman in a green shirt with a camera, a pink t Rex, and an injured lion in a jungle environment on it.

Book text highlighted in pink "We're gonna die and I'm never going ti get my PhD" followed by an annotation that says "good priorities lol"

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · May 4

In a weird reading mood you don't quite understand? Here's another reading roadmap to help you out! #booksky

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Got bored, might commit a crime book recommendations. Purple and green gradient background with blue title text. 8 book covers shown to describe different categories

"If you need help don't call them because babes is unreliable" book recommendations. Light blue and blue gradient background with white title text. 9 book covers shown to describe different categories

Map of North America at an angle background with a title that says Book Roadmaps in light brown

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Molly📚💛 @msare.bsky.social · May 4

Got my Netgalley score back up so of course I requested another book 😅

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · May 2

The tiktok trend of charcuterie chips is making me so mad and it's not because it doesn't look delicious... it's because those are nachos you rebranded

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · Apr 9

Part 2|| Book recs based on Cards Against Humanity prompts #booksky

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part 2 of book recs based on Cards Against Humanity prompts #fyp #foryou #bookrecs #bookrecommendations #bookrec #booktokfyp #booktok

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · Apr 9

it’s National Library Week, and there are actions Americans can take to support libraries TODAY!

visit >> saveimls.org << and sign the petition, send an email, and more. (seriously, it couldn’t be EASIER to do.)

Take Action To Save Federal Funding for Libraries!

Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries. We need you to take action today! That's why we made it easy to contact your reps, sign petitions, and learn about the Institute of Museum...

saveimls.org

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Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social · Apr 8

Please repost! I am looking for novel length genre fiction centering Indigenous stories.

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · Apr 7

Book recs based on Cards Against Humanity prompts... sorry for how diabolical some of these jokes are 😂 #booksky

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Book recs based on Cards Against Humanity prompts. Sorry for some of these diabolically bad jokes😂 #booktok #booktokfyp #bookrec #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #fyp #foryou

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · Apr 7

This was so fun. Some of these 1⭐️ reviews are just hilarious and some made me want to pick up and reread the books I already love

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1⭐️ book reviews either make me want to pick up a book immediately or make me laugh or both #greenscreen #bookreviews #booktok #booktokfyp #bookrec #bookrecommendations #books

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Madison📚🌈 @bookswithmads.bsky.social · Mar 25

This game was insane 😭

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