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reactor mag's resident book nerd. they/them 🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈 nyc https://linktr.ee/christinaorlando

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · Jul 15

Let's talk about books baybeeeeeee!!

Here are the titles I think you should check out for the rest of the year, including hot lady knights, tons of science-fantasy, bad bitches, epic non-eurocentric adventures, hot love triangles, and spooky houses

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30 More SFF Titles to Look Forward to in 2025 - Reactor

Here are 30 more standouts to put on your TBR for the second half of this year!

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 3h

jenny is the absolute right person to ask about it!

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 6h

periodic reminder that if you write stuff that's published on the web for a publication you yourself do not own, PDF that shit as soon as it goes live

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 5h

this cover is so fucking good

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 5h

oh you mean these? reactormag.com/tag/indie-pr...

Indie Press Spotlight - Reactor

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 5h

i dont know if you did but it's the night parade, right?

Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 5h

i mean if you wanna venmo me money you can but theyre not like, at risk of going away...?? reactor will do new releases lists until we die probably

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 5h

bruh

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 5h

i do most of the new releases posts yeah

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THANK ⚔️

Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 5h

feed me your booooooooooks

Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · Aug 1

I don't know how it got to be the end of summer but...

Hi! I'm the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and crossover speculative books! If you've got an adult or YA SFFH book publishing next year please share the link/info here!

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 9h

Men claim women talk too much, but boy if you get that man on a panel, he will over talk every woman present in the room.

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 9h

now is a perfect time to remember that 1989 is a perfect album

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

Carissa Broadbent has traveled from indie darling to romantasy superstar. With nine books across multiple series, you may be wondering where to start (and which books are right for you). Here's our comprehensive reading guide:

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Where to Begin Reading the Work of Carissa Broadbent - Reactor

In an industry saturated with romantasy, it might be easy to become jaded by the genre. As a fan of reading romantasy and fantasy romance, I am relatively picky with how a tale is told. For me, there ...

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 9h

THE WORRRSSSTTTT

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 1d

this is how I, a resident of LA, found out that the Palisades fire was arson, that they caught the guy, and that he used gen AI to work his way up to doing the crime

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 1d

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 11h

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 16h

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 10h

fiction is a safe space to think of unsafe things

if you feel it's messing you up, step away. don't assume it's messing everyone up and you need to eradicate it because you caught a case of the feel-bads from something. go sit with that and think about why instead of pissing in everyone else's cheerios.

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Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · 12h

good morning, Bunny! new from me at the
@nytimes.com, just in time for spooky season: a Dark Academia starter pack, feat. Sofia Samatar, Melina Marchetta, Mona Awad, and unexpectedly, Sarah Rees Brennan, for lo, I am Like This full time.

Dark Academia: A Starter Pack

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 1d

if you want a truly great pop album that is similarly themed, jade's THATS SHOWBIZ, BABY! is non stop bangers.

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 1d

criticism is not the same thing as "being mad at" for the love of all the things

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 1d

literally all i think about now. it's.....real bleak.

Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 1d

like i know watching dnd shows is just people sitting there but the cr people do just be sitting there

Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 1d

i just......i just wish critical role was filmed in a more visually interesting way

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, is asking for people to pray for her sister’s health.

Verified Facebook post by Freida Parton. The caption reads:

“Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you! ❤️”

Below the caption is a photo of Dolly Parton standing outdoors in front of lush green ivy, hands clasped in prayer, wearing a shiny silver outfit with lace-trimmed sleeves, her signature blonde hair styled in soft curls, looking upward serenely.

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