AJ Reardon (she/her)
@ajbeingcreative.bsky.social
I read and review lots of books with an emphasis on queer fiction and nature-themed non-fiction. I also craft, dance, and talk about my corgi. Find my reviews at ajreardon.com
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Hello Bluesky! The most important thing you need to know about me is that I have a corgi. Her name is Emma Griddlecakes, and she turned three yesterday. She is very soft, very friendly, and while you can't tell in this photo, she has a glorious curly tail.
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*singing* l'm a writer and l'm ok
I dream all night
And I scheme all day
Non-writers: So when does the writing happen?
*singing louder*
I'M A WRITER AND I'M OK
I dream all night
And I scheme all day
Non-writers: So when does the writing happen?
*singing louder*
I'M A WRITER AND I'M OK
December 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
*singing* l'm a writer and l'm ok
I dream all night
And I scheme all day
Non-writers: So when does the writing happen?
*singing louder*
I'M A WRITER AND I'M OK
I dream all night
And I scheme all day
Non-writers: So when does the writing happen?
*singing louder*
I'M A WRITER AND I'M OK
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You know what? To hell with being circumspect.
@sfwa.org is saying it’s perfectly fine to use the plagiarism machine *”trained” on work stolen from its dues-paying members* to qualify for a Nebula, and that it in fact encourages doing so.
This is utterly shameful.
@sfwa.org is saying it’s perfectly fine to use the plagiarism machine *”trained” on work stolen from its dues-paying members* to qualify for a Nebula, and that it in fact encourages doing so.
This is utterly shameful.
December 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
You know what? To hell with being circumspect.
@sfwa.org is saying it’s perfectly fine to use the plagiarism machine *”trained” on work stolen from its dues-paying members* to qualify for a Nebula, and that it in fact encourages doing so.
This is utterly shameful.
@sfwa.org is saying it’s perfectly fine to use the plagiarism machine *”trained” on work stolen from its dues-paying members* to qualify for a Nebula, and that it in fact encourages doing so.
This is utterly shameful.
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Anyone looking for some part-time comms work?
The amazing @queerliblib.bsky.social is hiring a communications manager!
It's 8 hrs a week, $50–$75/hr, with a 6-month contract to start.
More details ⬇️
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#WritingCommunity #🌈📚 #LGBTQBooks #BookSky
The amazing @queerliblib.bsky.social is hiring a communications manager!
It's 8 hrs a week, $50–$75/hr, with a 6-month contract to start.
More details ⬇️
www.queerliberationlibrary.org/paid-opportu...
#WritingCommunity #🌈📚 #LGBTQBooks #BookSky
Paid Opportunities — Queer Liberation Library
www.queerliberationlibrary.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Anyone looking for some part-time comms work?
The amazing @queerliblib.bsky.social is hiring a communications manager!
It's 8 hrs a week, $50–$75/hr, with a 6-month contract to start.
More details ⬇️
www.queerliberationlibrary.org/paid-opportu...
#WritingCommunity #🌈📚 #LGBTQBooks #BookSky
The amazing @queerliblib.bsky.social is hiring a communications manager!
It's 8 hrs a week, $50–$75/hr, with a 6-month contract to start.
More details ⬇️
www.queerliberationlibrary.org/paid-opportu...
#WritingCommunity #🌈📚 #LGBTQBooks #BookSky
In case you're wondering why I haven't posted any book reviews recently, it's because this is the face I get when I sit back down at my desk after work.
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
In case you're wondering why I haven't posted any book reviews recently, it's because this is the face I get when I sit back down at my desk after work.
I think one of the best things about being an adult in my 40s is being sure enough of myself not to put myself in situations that would make me absolutely miserable, just to make others happy. Sometimes it truly is lovely to just be home with my dog in the peace and quiet.
December 13, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I think one of the best things about being an adult in my 40s is being sure enough of myself not to put myself in situations that would make me absolutely miserable, just to make others happy. Sometimes it truly is lovely to just be home with my dog in the peace and quiet.
Spouse and I had tickets to see Knives Out in the theater. There was a freak snow storm. By the time we realized we really shouldn't have left the house, it would have been harder to get home than to the theater. We were the only ones at our screening and by the time we got out, roads were plowed.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Spouse and I had tickets to see Knives Out in the theater. There was a freak snow storm. By the time we realized we really shouldn't have left the house, it would have been harder to get home than to the theater. We were the only ones at our screening and by the time we got out, roads were plowed.
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everything needs to stop doing a "Look Back At 2025..."
i do not want to look back at 2025. i wish 2025 would walk into the sea.
i do not want to look back at 2025. i wish 2025 would walk into the sea.
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
everything needs to stop doing a "Look Back At 2025..."
i do not want to look back at 2025. i wish 2025 would walk into the sea.
i do not want to look back at 2025. i wish 2025 would walk into the sea.
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
It's important to recognize that sometimes there's nothing wrong with a book, you're just not the target audience. My review of The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline doesn't go into too much depth because of this.
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Book Review: The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline - AJ Reardon - Book Blogger
I promise there are enthusiastic book reviews coming, but first we have to get through one more book that I just didn't enjoy very much.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
It's important to recognize that sometimes there's nothing wrong with a book, you're just not the target audience. My review of The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline doesn't go into too much depth because of this.
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Considering the fact that I get more "Black Friday" emails for sales that start well before the Friday after Thanksgiving than ones that start on Friday, can we please just admit that Black Friday isn't a thing?
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Considering the fact that I get more "Black Friday" emails for sales that start well before the Friday after Thanksgiving than ones that start on Friday, can we please just admit that Black Friday isn't a thing?
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Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
I Want to Burn This Place Down by Maris Kreizman is a collection of essays that is so close to being as 🔥as its title and cover. The author just needed to dig a little deeper.
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Book Review: I Want to Burn This Place Down by Maris Kreizman - AJ Reardon - Book Blogger
Like a lot of middle class white Americans in their 40s, Kreizman grew up believing that if you just followed the rules and did all the right things, you'd grow up, get a job with security and good he...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I Want to Burn This Place Down by Maris Kreizman is a collection of essays that is so close to being as 🔥as its title and cover. The author just needed to dig a little deeper.
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Last call for the Bookmark Book for charity! 30 cross stitch designs with a $15 (or more) donation to a humanitarian aid org!
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#CrossStitch #StitchSky #BookSky #Craftivism
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#CrossStitch #StitchSky #BookSky #Craftivism
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Last call for the Bookmark Book for charity! 30 cross stitch designs with a $15 (or more) donation to a humanitarian aid org!
sites.google.com/view/spellbo...
#CrossStitch #StitchSky #BookSky #Craftivism
sites.google.com/view/spellbo...
#CrossStitch #StitchSky #BookSky #Craftivism
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Spellbound Stitches The Bookmark Book
Here are the bookmarks from the SciFi chapter by Gunnhild the Good, @manda-infinitybear.bsky.social, @theretrostitcher.bsky.social, & Yellow Birdie Stitches.
30 patterns for $15 to charity!
Details: sites.google.com/view/spellbo...
#CrossStitch #Craftivism
Here are the bookmarks from the SciFi chapter by Gunnhild the Good, @manda-infinitybear.bsky.social, @theretrostitcher.bsky.social, & Yellow Birdie Stitches.
30 patterns for $15 to charity!
Details: sites.google.com/view/spellbo...
#CrossStitch #Craftivism
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Spellbound Stitches The Bookmark Book
Here are the bookmarks from the SciFi chapter by Gunnhild the Good, @manda-infinitybear.bsky.social, @theretrostitcher.bsky.social, & Yellow Birdie Stitches.
30 patterns for $15 to charity!
Details: sites.google.com/view/spellbo...
#CrossStitch #Craftivism
Here are the bookmarks from the SciFi chapter by Gunnhild the Good, @manda-infinitybear.bsky.social, @theretrostitcher.bsky.social, & Yellow Birdie Stitches.
30 patterns for $15 to charity!
Details: sites.google.com/view/spellbo...
#CrossStitch #Craftivism
A pox on Amazon dropshippers. If I wanted to give money to Amazon, I would buy it from Amazon.
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A pox on Amazon dropshippers. If I wanted to give money to Amazon, I would buy it from Amazon.
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And, also, if you run a business that regularly purchases shipping supplies: ULINE is run by some of the worst people on Earth. Get your boxes and tape elsewhere.
Remember: don't eat the mid tier fast food chicken, don't play the wizard game, don't shop at the hobby store run by the bad guys from Indiana Jones, and don't donate to the bigot bucket.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
And, also, if you run a business that regularly purchases shipping supplies: ULINE is run by some of the worst people on Earth. Get your boxes and tape elsewhere.
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And craft books. Mine are in there.
Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
And craft books. Mine are in there.
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Hi, it's me again
I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.
Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them
Get one at Squidfacts.net!
I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.
Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them
Get one at Squidfacts.net!
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hi, it's me again
I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.
Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them
Get one at Squidfacts.net!
I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.
Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them
Get one at Squidfacts.net!
Fall leaves make for good sniffing!
November 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Fall leaves make for good sniffing!
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"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.