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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they)

@becklovesbooks.bsky.social

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Visually impaired Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 reader, reviewer 📖 and chaos creator 🏳️‍🌈 Queer and diverse reads, fantasy lover. 📚 Cannot resist a reading challenge https://linktr.ee/bookasaurusbex

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · 18d

FYI: if any of you have DMed me or reached out privately, I don't have access to even read DMs because they come under the UK's age restriction barriers. I refuse to upload my data so I can be even more easily exploited and tracked. Feel free to DM on another platform if this is the case ♡

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 18d

🌈 It’s time for our monthly new release call! We are looking for queer books releasing any time during October. Self, Indie and Trad published books are accepted!

To be considered for our post, please fill out our form: forms.gle/uqaeKmcC3bzX...

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · 23d

Sapphic September days 12-15!
⚫️ A Treachery of Swans by A. B Poranek
-retelling of Swan Lake meets phantom of the opera
💙 The Final Strife by Saara El Arifi
-afro-arab inspired fantasy
💀The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica
-literary horror
💚Malice by Heather Walters
-retelling of Sleeping Beauty

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A copy of a treachery of swans, on a home made throne with moss and lesbian ribbons, surrounded by sapphic books in rainbow order on a mantelpiece

A copy of a the final strife, on a home made throne with moss and lesbian ribbons, surrounded by sapphic books in rainbow order on a mantelpiece

A copy of the unworthy, on a home made throne with moss and lesbian ribbons, surrounded by sapphic books in rainbow order on a mantelpiece

A copy of a malice, on a home made throne with moss and lesbian ribbons, surrounded by sapphic books in rainbow order on a mantelpiece

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · 26d

I think i managed to balance them out well! You are so welcome in ANY coven ♡

Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · 26d

🪄 HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT🪄

I am SO EXCITED to share THE THIRD ANNUAL #thiswitchreads October Team Readathon and Competition.

🔮 How do I take part? 🔮

-Running on Discord or Instagram (links in bio)

-Complete as many of your group's prompts as possible during October - every page counts!

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · 27d

So good!!

Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · 27d

SapphicSeptember Day 11: recommendation is Eat The Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin

Read this for:
-set in an old local shopping centre
-overtaken and controlled by sentient plant life
-flawed characters
-creeping tension

#series #booktok #September #sapphic #sapphicromance

A copy of eat the ones you love, on a homemade throne with moss and lesbian ribbons, surrounded by sapphic books in rainbow order on a mantelpiece

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · 27d

Soooo clever!! Agreed

Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · 28d

#SapphicSeptember Day 9: rec is Lucy Undying by Kiersten White

Read this for:
-a dracula retelling
-hilarious in-jokes
-feral women

10: Feast While You Can by M Clements and O Datta

Read this for:
- an unsettling, surprisingly sexy book with a monster
-loads of yearning (i have a type) 📚💙🌈

A copy of feast while you can, on a home made throne with moss and lesbian ribbons, surrounded by sapphic books in rainbow order on a mantelpiece

A copy of Lucy Undying on a home made throne with moss and lesbian ribbons, surrounded by sapphic books in rainbow order on a mantelpiece

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · 28d

This one was so good honestly!!

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · 29d

It gets so good!!!

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 8

#SapphicSeptember Day 8: recommendation is Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales

Read this for:
-older high school romance with surprisingly dark themes
-royal intrigue
-an emotional rollercoaster 📚💙🌈

#series #September #sapphicromance

A copy of nobody in particular, on a home made throne with moss and lesbian ribbons, surrounded by sapphic books in rainbow order on a mantelpiece

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 7

#SapphicSeptember Day 7: recommendation is The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Read this for:
-rich world building
-intriguing and original magic
-vibrant and crazy but you kinda like it characters 📚💙🌈

#series #September #sapphicromance

A copy of the Jasmine Throne, on a homemade throne with moss and lesbian ribbons, surrounded by sapphic books in rainbow order on a mantelpiece

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 6

#SapphicSeptember Day 6: recommendation is Rock The Boat by Olivia Harvey

Read this for:
-a fast paced summery book to read if you love below deck
-huge character growth
-fun scenarios and plotpoints

#series #September #sapphicromance 📚💙🌈

A copy of rock the boat, on a home made throne with moss and lesbian ribbons, surrounded by sapphic books in rainbow order on a mantelpiece

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 6

I am so sorry, noone deserves that sort of disrespect. Sending so much love ♡

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

#SapphicSeptember Day 5: recommendation is Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn

Read this for:
-a young adult novel exploring isolation
-an intricate and gothic story
-a sinister premise but passionate outcome

#series #booksky #September #sapphicromance 🌈💙📚

A copy of bitterthorn, on a home made throne with moss and lesbian ribbons, surrounded by sapphic books in rainbow order on a mantelpiece

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

Its so funny cos I always think they look awful 😅

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

#SapphicSeptember Day 4: recommendation is But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo

Read this for:
-a tense horror novella based around spiders
-translated by the author herself
-rich beguiling language

#series #booktok #September #sapphicromance

A copy of but not too bold, on a home made throne with moss and lesbian ribbons, surrounded by sapphic books in rainbow order on a mantelpiece

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

#SapphicSeptember Day 3: recommendation is The Dating Countdown by NG Peltier

Read this for:
-actual adult characters
-a sweet and spicy plot
-believable and vibrant family dynamics

#series #booktok #September #sapphicromance 📚💙🌈

A copy of the dating Countdown on my handmade sapphic shrine

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

♡♡♡♡

Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ahaaha thank you!! ♡♡

Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 2

#SapphicSeptember Day 2: recommendation is Lady of the Lake by Jean Menzies.

Read this for:
-a Sapphic reimagining of the myths of Camelot
-headstrong women
-ancient magic

#series #September #sapphicromance

A hand made throne with an ARC copy of lady of tne lake sitting on it

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

@rainbowcrate.bsky.social have a few left! 19 or such!

Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

#SapphicSeptember Day 1: recommendation as promised is "Outdrawn" by Deanna Grey.

Read this for:
-rivals to lovers
-witty banter
-workplace slow burn

#series #September #sapphicromance #sapphicbooks

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A copy of deanna grey's outdrawn sitting on a handmade throne on a mantelpiece surrounded by colourful sapphic books in rainbow order.

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · Aug 31

Made a chaotic sapphic shrine in the form of a *forest lesbian vibe* throne to highlight a different book every day in September. Thought I'd share a pic 😅

Ft @rainbowcrate.bsky.social edition of Outdrawn by Deanna Grey

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A moss covered "throne' made of cardboard with floral embellishments and lesbian flag coloured ribbon

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