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Anybody else succumb to the book outlet $6 fiction sale today? On the plus side, it’s only 6 books to get free shipping. On the other hand, my TBR pile is staring at me.

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November 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Its new release Tuesday for Willow Rose by M. Kevin Hayden!

This eerie novel combines Native American folk horror with a scifi comet plot line. I had the pleasure of reading an ARC of this spooky gory tale set in the snowy woods of Minnesota. A unique story fans of scifi horror.

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October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Happy new release day to Psychopomp & Circumstance by @edenroyce.bsky.social !

This is an atmospheric southern gothic tale full of magic, ghosts, funerals, tea, secrets, & more. I had the pleasure of reading an ARC and my only complaint is I wish it had been longer!

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October 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🎵Must be the season of the witch🎵

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October 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Indie bookstores have the best sidewalk signs.

Currently reading: A Memory Called Empire by @byzantienne.bsky.social

#booksky #indiebooks #schulersbooks #itsfallyall
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October 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It’s spooky reading season so I’m hype to be starting my first horror novel by @paperbacksandpugs.bsky.social

I have heard nothing but good things about his eerie novellas. Gonna start myself off right with The Haar.

#booksky #halloween #horror #horrorbooks 💙📚🩸📚🪐
October 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Time for an Influence my TBR Thursday. I have been loving Robert Jackson Bennett’s Tainted Cup series. I bought this so I can start another series by him while. But I’m afraid to start it in case I don’t like it. 😭

Should I bump City of Stairs up my TBR list?

#booksky #fantasy 💙📚🪐📚🐉
October 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Picked up a couple of horror novellas as vacation souvenirs. I am ready for spooky season with:

They Were Here Before Us by @ericlarocca.bsky.social and
Wild Spaces by @slconey.bsky.social

#booksky #horror #spookyseason 📚💙📚🩸
October 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When you go to your indie bookstore to pick up one order & remember also to order Beings by @ilanaslightly.bsky.social while there, that’s a good day I say.

The description had me at 1960’s alien abduction, a lesbian in-book scifi writer, & an ‘Archivist’.

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September 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
It’s time for another “help me decide on my next reads” TBR Thursday. I have too many spooky books to fit into October. Should Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian hop up my list?

I’m intrigued by what sounds like Kansas folk horror, witches, and stagecoaches.

#booksky #horror #tbrthursday 💙📚🩸
September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The next indie book on my TBR is The Glass Garden by Jessica Lévai published by @lfpbooks.bsky.social

An archaeologist makes a strange discovery on an exoplanet, a cavern containing a mysterious glass garden. 👀 I’m a sucker for books featuring alien worlds.

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September 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
As a huge fan of the Southern Reach (Annihilation) books by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social I’ve been meaning to start the Borne series for ages. Weird Lit is my jam and I’m immediately hooked on this wild plot after starting it yesterday.

#booksky #weirdlit #fantasy #sciencefiction 💙📚🪐
September 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Happy new release day to this incredible work of queer horror by @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social ! 5 stars of gut wrenching emotion when this hive of worms and insects takes the reins of the lives of those who have reached the bottom of their barrel.

📚🩸 #booksky #horror
I don’t know if ya’ll are ready. You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social comes out 9/9. A trans man forced to carry a pregnancy by an alien insect hive, post the fall of roe v wade. Finished the ARC ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Check the content warnings first because 🫣.

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September 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I’m relatively new to reading horror books. What new releases are coming out this fall that should be on my radar for spooky season? I generally read fantasy and scifi, so I prefer more paranormal/fantasy horror vs slasher horror. 📖🕷️

#booksky #horror #horrorbooks 💙📚🩸📚🪐
September 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It’s time for - Influence my TBR Thursday.

I picked up Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez earlier this year. What are your thoughts on this one? With spooky season coming up I’m starting to think about October mood reads.

#bluesky #fantasy #horrorbooks #tbrthursday 💙📚🩸🪐
September 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Next up for my September mood read is The Dollmakers by @lynnbwrites.bsky.social

A dark fantasy with demon slaying dolls seems like the perfect way to usher in autumn. Would you look at this cover art? 🤩

#booksky #fantasy #darkfantasy
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September 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A paladin who knits socks. Poisoning. Beheading. Mud & rain. Gnoles. A pet civet. Perfumes & headless bodies. Temple of the White Rat.

Paladin’s Grace has the perfect vibes. 5 stars. I ran to order the whole series in the Orbit UK covers.

#booksky #fantasybooks #romantasy 💙📚🐉🪐⚔️
August 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I don’t know if ya’ll are ready. You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social comes out 9/9. A trans man forced to carry a pregnancy by an alien insect hive, post the fall of roe v wade. Finished the ARC ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Check the content warnings first because 🫣.

#booksky #horrorbooks 📚💙🩸
August 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
She gave me permission to back burner my book club book (Exordia 📚🪐) because my preorder of Hemlock & Silver came in and then she mumbled something about priorities prishmoraties.

#bluesky #fantasy #sciencefiction #reading #cozysaturday 💙📚🐉
August 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Time for - Influence my TBR Thursday.

I’ve had Red Rising by Pierce Brown lower on the list for my TBR because I don’t typically go for YA. I heard enough good things to buy a copy at a library sale. Should I move this one up my list?

#booksky #tbrthursday #fantasy #sciencefiction #tbr 💙📚🪐🐉🩸
August 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New release Tuesday! I have Hemlock & Silver on the way from @bookshop.org and I can’t wait 🙌

T Kingfisher is an immediate add to cart for me. And I love that Bookshop,org sends proceeds to the indie bookstore of your choice.

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August 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
(de)influence my TBR thursday!

Im starting a series where I post a book from my physical “to read” shelf every Thurs to help me decide what to read next. Should I move this one up or down my list?

Pictured: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

#booksky #tbrthursday #fantasy #horror #darkacademia 💙📚🪐🐉🩸
August 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A wee stack of books from my trip this past weekend. Anyone else love books as their trip souvenirs? Usually I just get one. 😅

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August 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
One of the later chapters in this scifi mystery thriller set in Mars had me crying. I found out the author died from cancer earlier this year and then the themes of grief and loss in the book broke my heart even further.

Thank you @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social for this ARC.

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August 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
You ever have a book make you cry and mess you up emotionally and then you go to read the reviews and everyone else is just like “what a great scifi thriller!” So then you have to question, what is wrong with ME?

#booksky #sciencefiction #sobbingcryingthrowingup 💙📚🪐
August 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM