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Indie Book Reviewer | Celtic Pagan | TTRPG Player | Ren Faire Obsessed Bisexual Blog: https://margaretadelle.wordpress.com/ Looking for a review? Check out my review policy: https://tinyurl.com/ycycjw7n

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · Sep 8

I'm currently closed to review requests.

Usually I wouldn't close for the year until after Halloween (and with notice) but the brain has not been braining recently.

I'll hopefully reopen in the new year!

(Or I'll get excited and jump the gun in late December idk.)

#booksky

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 11h

The new video is here!

Let's discuss why Zero TBRs fail.

#booktube #booksky

Why Zero TBRs Fail

YouTube video by Margaret Adelle

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 12h

One second grader really doesn't like that we're watching Just Dance videos.

Except what he keeps yelling is "I don't want the white people."

I've never had to work so hard to keep my laughter quiet. 😂😂😂

Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 17h

How do you take such a tried and true concept like "live life to the fullest" and give it the worst rebrand?

"Life maxing" is like the Crocker Barrel of sayings.

Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

New cartoonish tech CEO just dropped www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...

"We have a cat and a dog and a child and an adult in the same room," he said. "Why not an A.I.?
In preparation for the campaign's Aug. 25
launch in New York, Mr. Schiffmann headed to Burning Man, without an internet connection. The overlap was intentional. "I wanted to do the coolest thing I could possibly do and the biggest thing I could possibly do at the same time," he said. "In the spirit of life-maxing."

Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 1d

Soon.

#booktube #booksky

A white woman with purple glasses and a kerchief sits in front of two bookcases. She's leaning on her hand to the left of the image with a vaguely disappointed expression. The white text to the right of her reads "they are impossible (if you do it wrong)"

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 1d

Excuse you, I don't self insert when I read a book.

I do the PROPER thing:

creating an entirely separate self-insert character for my daydreams, and introduce so many new plot and world elements for that character until it's a completely different story.

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 1d

A 4th grader kept asking me why I "sway a lot" when I sit or stand in place.

Can't even stim in peace in a special ed classroom. smh 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 1d

Oh definitely. Stumbling across What It Sounds Like in my Spotify algorithm first inspired me to watch the movie.

Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 1d

The kids at work have decided:

Your Idol is the best Kpop Demon Hunters song.

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 2d

Yor Forger is my ideal woman.

In that she has dark hair and could kill me one-handed.

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 3d

Any indie authors got new books coming out this November or December?

The new releases challenge will be the hardest part of HRCYED, I swear. 😅

#booksky #HRYCED

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 3d

The new blog post is here.

And we're talking about my new favorite sci-fi trope: Gay Robot Romances!

Seriously, if you have any more recs, PLEASE let me know.

#bookblog #booksky

Gay Robots in Love

Fictional creatures have always been used as allegories for queer romance. It’s long been speculated that original tale of “The Little Mermaid” was inspired by the depression it&#…

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 3d

I love it when YouTubers keep their personal lives so secret you don't even know they're getting married till they release the wedding pictures

Granted, we at least knew Markiplier was in a relationship, so Shourtney still wins on pure shock.

Go on queens, give us nothing. ❤️

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 3d

does the world turn black and white for PIs automatically or do you have to pay for it

jazz musicians willing to play in a smoky office

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Aluminium Bat @aluminiumbat.bsky.social · 3d

I really want to point out that this is the HEAD OF TRUST AND SAFETY casually saying that their automoderation tools falsely flags depictions of disabled people as adult content with regularity. So this is a known issue, and he gives no indication they are attempting to stop this.

Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team · 3d

It's an automated system, so unfortunately this is an error that gets made surprisingly often with prosthetics.

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 3d

Silly October Name
A C T I V A T E D

Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 3d

Wearing leggings under my skirt instead of shorts and I'm not overheated.

It is time. 🍁🍂🎃

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 5d

I'll stay on BlueSky cuz it's currently the least-bad option for what I'm looking for.

But if someone would like to invite me to a micro-blogging platform that actually understands how to interact with users and isn't desperately trying to invite in transphobia, I would be HIGHLY interested.

Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 5d

I did not know I desperately needed to scream-sing "Great Escape" at a Boys Like Girls concert until tonight.

Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 5d

Forgot my sensory headphones when I was packing for the Jonas Brothers concert and was about to cry from the sheer noise of walking in the stadium.

Thank the gods for event centers with sensory bags to check out. ✌🏻

A white woman with purple glasses and a teal kerchief gives the camera a half smile. On her head are a pair of orange sensory headphones.

Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 5d

Anya Forger from Spy x Family is an allegory for neurodivergence in the traditional school setting, with hidden stressors and stumbling blocks she can't verbalize without ostracizing herself from society.

Yes, I KNOW this is a Wendy's, TED Talks aren't returning my calls.

Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 5d

Don't worry y'all, the rapture is still on.

The Christian god just forgot everyone's been using a different calendar for several centuries and gave everyone the wrong date.

He totally meant October 7th instead.

Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 18d

Merry Rapture Eve to all who celebrate. ✌🏻

Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 5d

Never read any of the books but I did have a friend harass me until I finally agreed to watch a few of the movies. Honestly can't remember how many were out at the time.

Watched each only then once to appease him, then never again.

Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 6d

Not so much a tower as a pyramid that spit out little dice when you pushed a button.

Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 6d

Camel Up.

Aka betting on a dice-powered camel race.

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