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Rachel
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Scientist. Nerd. Baker. Cat lover. Book addict. Progressive AF.
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As American as...
(okay I'm not feeling at all patriotic but I really wanted apple pie, and Claire Saffitz's pie crust recipe is absolutely bomb)
#baking #BakeSky #pie
A top-down view of an apple pie with a lattice crust. A side view of a slice of apple pie on a blue plate.
August 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Second week of August #BookSky! I only finished one new book because I got sucked into @taskmaster.tv

👂Happy Place by Emily Henry: a beautifully written story, loved the back-and-forth timelines, but boy golly these people need to learn to effing communicate. Fantastic narration by Julia Whelan.
August 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Going to do weekly #BookSky recaps since my monthlies are too long. First week of August! My TBR is never-ending, but I will always take more book recs. Read down-thread for reviews.

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A collage of book covers of the following books: - Seven Year Itch by Amy Daws - Wreck My Plans by Jillian Meadows - Give Me Butterflies by Jillian Meadows - The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna - A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna - Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis
August 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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July recap! Here’s my list – read down-thread for reviews.

👂Summer Romance/ Annabell Monaghan

📖 The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes/ @xioaxelrod.bsky.social

👂Sinner/ @thesierrasimone.bsky.social

👂American Queen/ Sierra Simone

👂The Hotel Nantucket/ @elin-hilderbrand.bsky.social

1/15 #BookSky
A collage of book covers of the following books: - Summer Romance by Annabell Monaghan - The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes by Xio Axelrod - Sinner by Sierra Simone - American Queen by Sierra Simone - The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand - Quicksilver by Callie Hart - Hooking Up/Helena Hunting - Making Up/Helena Hunting - The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst - Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry - The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros - Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady - Deep End by Ali Hazelwood - Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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I had some egg yolks to use up and decided to give ice cream sandwiches a try! Riff on a chipwich. They go well with the hot summer temps lately. #baking #BakeSky #IceCream
Three ice cream sandwiches in a stack on a blue plate on a marble countertop in front of a white tile wall. The sandwiches are made with chocolate chip cookies, sandwiched with vanilla ice cream, and coated in mini chocolate chips.
July 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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#booksky
“You read a lot” God forbid a person try to find some joy in the middle of “gestures around wildly “ all of this
June 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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June #BookSky recap! All romance thanks to my bingo challenge. Doing mostly audiobooks, my eyes ain’t what they used to be.

👂A Simple Twist of Fate: a sweet, emotional story, loved that all the types of magical people are a natural and accepted part of the world. @novelsbyapril.bsky.social

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A collage of book covers of the following books: - Caught Up by Navessa Allen - Just for the Summer by Abby Jiminez - Talk Flirty to Me by Livy Hart - The Deal by Elle Kennedy - Shacking Up by Helena Hunting - The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan - A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst - The Kings of Kearny by Navessa Allen - A Simple Twist of Fate by April Asher
July 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Anyone wanna give book recs? I'm attempting to blackout bingo this Opendoor Romance challenge. The starred items, I don't have books for yet. Fire 'em at me! Not repeating authors and only counting books read between Jun 6-Aug 31. #books #BookSky #romance
A bingo board of romance book topics. The categories still needing to be filled are: - Romantasy by an author of color - Featuring musicians - Friends to lovers - Queer historical romance - By a debut author - Book from an author event - Trans main character - Published at least five years ago - Enemies to lovers - Sports romance by an author of color Categories I have already completed or have books chosen for: - Second chance - All caps title - Ocean or waves on the cover - Historical romance by an author of color - Fated mates - Has a dragon - Fake dating - Set at a hotel - Sapphic summer romance - Cowboy romance by an author of color - Historical fantasy romance - Audiobook (bonus points from Libro.fm)
June 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Feelin' summery and made vanilla and blackberry cupcakes for a lovely night with @littlegraysea.bsky.social and friends last night. #baking #BakeSky #cupcakes
A tray of vanilla cupcakes, each with pink blackberry frosting and a whole blackberry on top.
June 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Weekend bake: lemon mulberry layered bars! Bright and sweet and they hit the spot. #baking #BakeSky #berries
Mulberry lemon shortbread squares. A rectangle comprised of 24 purple squares on baking parchment on a marbled countertop. A side view of a few layered dessert squares on parchment paper. The bottom layer is yellow shortbread; the middle layer is yellow lemon curd; the top layer is purple mulberry curd.
June 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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A twofer #Booksky recap for April/May.

📖The Mask Falling-holy effing CLIFFHANGER. I need to get the next book asap. Get sucked into this intricate world! @samanthashannon.bsky.social

📖Temple of Swoon-cute archaeology romcom, light and fun read. @josegurabooks.bsky.social

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A collage of book covers. - The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon - Temple of Swoon by Jo Segura - The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso - Digging Dr. Jones by Olivia Jackson - Elizabeth of East Hampton by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding - The Charlie Method by Elle Kennedy - Perfectly Wicked by Lindsay Lovise - All Stirred Up by Brianne Moore - The Feud by Sawyer Bennett - Lights Out by Navessa Allen - For Whom The Belle Tolls by Jaysea Lynn
June 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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I've snagged around 7 pounds of mulberries so far and plenty to go. Made a batch of jam and, well, had to try it out with homemade biscuits! Delicious if a bit more chunky than jammy. I've also got a gallon of mulberry wine fermenting. What should I make next? #jam #berries #baking #BakeSky
Six glass mason jars of mulberry jam on a blue tea towel printed with lemons. A white plate with three biscuits on a grey marbled countertop. A split-open biscuit with butter and jam on a white plate.
May 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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First haul this season from the mulberry tree - I was only out there for 15 minutes and pulled 1.3 pounds. It's ridiculously fun to put a tarp down and then shake the hell out of the branches. Tomorrow - jam! #berries #nomnomnom
A strainer basket in a metal sink full of purple and red mulberries.
May 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Some lil vanilla and strawberry cupcakes, because why not? The kiddo got in on the frosting fun. #baking #cupcakes #BakeSky
Several rows of mini vanilla cupcakes with pink swirled frosting on a wire cooling rack. A woman and child (face obscured) frosting a wire rack of mini and full-size cupcakes with pink frosting from a piping bag.
May 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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The cake is a lie...well, not in this house! Birthday cake for my darling. First time making genoise or black forest. Photo from the game included for comparison - I didn't quite get the coating coverage but I'm still happy! #baking #cake #portal
A cake on a white plate on a marbled counter. The cake is black forest, with whipped cream frosting, a coating of shaved dark chocolate, eight maraschino cherries in a circle on top, and one white candle. A black forest cake from the video game Portal, showing a coating of shaved dark chocolate, eight maraschino cherries in a circle on top, and one white candle. The cake is on an orange plate on a black table. The Portal Gun is visible in the foreground and a cube in the background.
April 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Mid-week bake. It's peanut butter cookie time! #baking #BakeSky #cookies
A side view of numerous peanut butter cookies, each with a Hershey's kiss pressed in the center.
April 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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March #booksky recap! I enjoyed Bow Before the Elf Queen (❤️ narration by Bridget/Jake Bordeaux). Finally got next book in the Bone Season series and adored it. And I passed time with an old favorite, the Invisible Library.

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Three images of book covers in a row. The first is Bow Before the Elf Queen by JM Kearl. The second is The Dawn Chorus by Samantha Shannon. The third is The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman.
April 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Cupcake time! I'm getting into spring with sweet strawberry cupcakes. Also, a chance to break in my new apron. #BakeSky #cupcakes
A pink cupcake with pink swirled frosting in a multicolored liner. The cupcake is held in a hand in front of a tiled backsplash and marbled grey counter. A tray of cupcakes with pink swirled frosting in multicolored liners. A person stands behind them wearing an apron with multicolored stripes and the phrase "Kitchen Queen" over the chest.
March 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Tonight's dinner: homemade ramen! I made the broth, tare, and finishing from this Serious Eats recipe (with a few changes based on availability of ingredients) and added a marinated soft-boiled egg. Absolutely delish. #cooking #CookSky #ramen

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A bowl of soup, containing a brown broth, ramen noodles, soft boiled eggs, and scallions. Around the bowl are chopsticks and a spoon.
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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February #booksky recap! I bounced all over the place last month, revisiting some old favorites while I waited for The Reckoning to come available from the library. FYI, the audiobooks for Murderbot are *incredible* so shout out to @kevinrfree.bsky.social for that!
Four book covers. The Reckoning by Caroline Peckham and Susan Valenti; Hounded by Kevin Hearne; Storm Front by Jim Butcher:/; Network Effect by Martha Wells.
March 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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This weekend bake is back to bread. Made kardemummabullar (cardamom buns) as it's one of my husband's favorite flavors. He's already devoured two and they've been out of the oven all of fifteen minutes...

#baking #bread #BreadSky
A close-up of a sweet bread bun made of twisted strands wrapped into a ball. It's glazed and topped with cardamom sugar. A platter with twelve sweet bread buns, each made of twisted strands wrapped into balls before baking.
February 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Minimalist decoration on this weekend bake. Chocolate sponge, orange Italian meringue buttercream, orange curd filling, and candied orange peel for decor. Eventually I'll get the hang of smooth buttercream sides...

The kid devoured it, which is high praise.

#CakesOfBlueSky #cakes #baking
A side view of a two-layer cake with white frosting and a pile of candied orange peel strips on top, on a white plate on a marbled countertop. A cut-open view of a two-layer chocolate cake with white frosting on the outside and middle, and orange curd filling, on a white plate on a marbled countertop.
February 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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January #booksky recap! I'm SO hooked on the Bone Season series; I keep staying up way too late reading.

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The book covers for Priory of the Orange Tree, A Day of Fallen Night, The Bone Season, and The Mime Order. All books are written by Samantha Shannon.
February 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Doing a little Sunday therapy baking. Lil' 6" vanilla cake with lemon Swiss meringue buttercream and lemon curd filling. #cake #CakesOfBlueSky #baking
A front-on picture of a two-layer white cake with yellow frosting. A top-down view of a cake with piped yellow frosting.
January 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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What? We're sleeping here.
#BlueSkyCats #Caturday
Two cats half-sleeping on a bed
January 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM