Beth 📚
@thekissballad.bsky.social
30's club. Reading as many books as I can and writing to one day become published. Living life and gaming to keep myself sane. 05/75 📚💙
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Beth 📚
@thekissballad.bsky.social
· Nov 23
A thread for all of the reading challenges I'm hosting through Storygraph in 2026:
I hope you join me in any or all of them! #booksky 💙📚
I hope you join me in any or all of them! #booksky 💙📚
Starting near 30% on my current read. Determined to get to at least 60% before bedtime. 🤞🏻
January 17, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Starting near 30% on my current read. Determined to get to at least 60% before bedtime. 🤞🏻
I'm near 22% into my current read and so bored. Why do I need all this backstory for this couple to get their freak on?
FMC has the yips & is a sub. MMC is a dom. That's all the info I needed to realize where the story's going & how it'll help. Why does there need to be five million other things?
FMC has the yips & is a sub. MMC is a dom. That's all the info I needed to realize where the story's going & how it'll help. Why does there need to be five million other things?
January 15, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I'm near 22% into my current read and so bored. Why do I need all this backstory for this couple to get their freak on?
FMC has the yips & is a sub. MMC is a dom. That's all the info I needed to realize where the story's going & how it'll help. Why does there need to be five million other things?
FMC has the yips & is a sub. MMC is a dom. That's all the info I needed to realize where the story's going & how it'll help. Why does there need to be five million other things?
It's going to drive me insane that I had an idea for a new project earlier today, but wasn't able to jot it down, and now I can't remember it.
January 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
It's going to drive me insane that I had an idea for a new project earlier today, but wasn't able to jot it down, and now I can't remember it.
I was wondering what book to read after I finish my current read tonight, but Libby beat me to it and decided for me. 😄
January 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I was wondering what book to read after I finish my current read tonight, but Libby beat me to it and decided for me. 😄
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Reintroduction! I’m Naomi an Ojibwe book content creator who reads diversely and in every genre. I created Indigenous book bingo to help people find more Indigenous books and run the Good Day to Read Indigenous book club for free members of my Bindery: boozhoo.binderybooks.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Reintroduction! I’m Naomi an Ojibwe book content creator who reads diversely and in every genre. I created Indigenous book bingo to help people find more Indigenous books and run the Good Day to Read Indigenous book club for free members of my Bindery: boozhoo.binderybooks.com
I've been doing some reorganizing lately, and in doing so, finding a lot of books I don't remember buying. 😅
January 10, 2026 at 10:38 PM
I've been doing some reorganizing lately, and in doing so, finding a lot of books I don't remember buying. 😅
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No book is going to turn kids into someone else. But books will regularly show kids other people like them and show those kids they're not alone. And they'll show kids other types of people who also exist. There is a large proportion of the population who are terrified of this.
January 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
No book is going to turn kids into someone else. But books will regularly show kids other people like them and show those kids they're not alone. And they'll show kids other types of people who also exist. There is a large proportion of the population who are terrified of this.
🧵 of my 2026 reads, how I read them, what I rated them, and a link to my Storygraph review.
January 5, 2026 at 3:03 AM
🧵 of my 2026 reads, how I read them, what I rated them, and a link to my Storygraph review.
January 1, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Happy New Year everyone! 🎆 May 2026 be a blessed year for you and yours.
January 1, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Happy New Year everyone! 🎆 May 2026 be a blessed year for you and yours.
Gay hockey romances for the win in 2025. #heatedrivalry #omgcp
January 1, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Gay hockey romances for the win in 2025. #heatedrivalry #omgcp
Making plans to meet online friends in-person for the first time is terrifying. 😰 It's a combination of my social anxiety and having consumed too much true crime media.
December 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Making plans to meet online friends in-person for the first time is terrifying. 😰 It's a combination of my social anxiety and having consumed too much true crime media.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all! 🫶🏻❤️💚
December 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all! 🫶🏻❤️💚
A thread for all of the reading challenges I'm hosting through Storygraph in 2026:
I hope you join me in any or all of them! #booksky 💙📚
I hope you join me in any or all of them! #booksky 💙📚
November 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A thread for all of the reading challenges I'm hosting through Storygraph in 2026:
I hope you join me in any or all of them! #booksky 💙📚
I hope you join me in any or all of them! #booksky 💙📚
Overall I prefer third person pov, but depending on what genre I'm reading in, I can and do enjoy some first person pov. The tense doesn't matter as much to me as long as it's consistent.
#booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋
#booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋
— ★°•| November 22 |•°★ —
Do you have a preferred pov and tense while reading (i.e. first person past, third person present, etc.)?
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
Do you have a preferred pov and tense while reading (i.e. first person past, third person present, etc.)?
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Overall I prefer third person pov, but depending on what genre I'm reading in, I can and do enjoy some first person pov. The tense doesn't matter as much to me as long as it's consistent.
#booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋
#booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋
I need noise, but it can't be distracting. So a show I've watched a lot, a twitch stream, music, or my usual go-to, Spirit City Lofi Sessions (which I also use for writing).
#booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋
#booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋
— ★°•| November 20 |•°★ —
This or that: Would you rather read with background noise or in complete silence?
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
This or that: Would you rather read with background noise or in complete silence?
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I need noise, but it can't be distracting. So a show I've watched a lot, a twitch stream, music, or my usual go-to, Spirit City Lofi Sessions (which I also use for writing).
#booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋
#booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋
I'm able to read daily because I make the time to do so. Either dedicating time for reading, or fitting it in between other chores / activities. How long I read for and what medium is what differs.
#booksky #BookishQOTD
#booksky #BookishQOTD
— ★°•| November 18 |•°★ —
How frequently are you able to read? To those with less time, what are ways you ensure you still get quality bookish time?
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
How frequently are you able to read? To those with less time, what are ways you ensure you still get quality bookish time?
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I'm able to read daily because I make the time to do so. Either dedicating time for reading, or fitting it in between other chores / activities. How long I read for and what medium is what differs.
#booksky #BookishQOTD
#booksky #BookishQOTD
Horror & mystery are my comfort genres. I love the thrills & chills I experience from horror. Then I love trying to solve the mystery before the MC does. While not a genre, I also read a lot of middle grade as a way to support authors & their books that are being challenged more often these days.
— ★°•| November 15 |•°★ —
What genre do you typically read in? What draws you to it?
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
What genre do you typically read in? What draws you to it?
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Horror & mystery are my comfort genres. I love the thrills & chills I experience from horror. Then I love trying to solve the mystery before the MC does. While not a genre, I also read a lot of middle grade as a way to support authors & their books that are being challenged more often these days.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
1st day of #NovNov down. Only 29 more to go. 🤞🏻 #NovelNovember
November 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
1st day of #NovNov down. Only 29 more to go. 🤞🏻 #NovelNovember
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
I rarely get quickly approved for ARCs on NetGalley, so I figured putting in requests for books releasing 4+ months from now would be okay for my sanity. 8/13 of them are approved already. 👀
October 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I rarely get quickly approved for ARCs on NetGalley, so I figured putting in requests for books releasing 4+ months from now would be okay for my sanity. 8/13 of them are approved already. 👀
Define your taste in books with 8 authors:
- Stephen King
- Claribel A. Ortega
- Ryan La Sala
- Darcy Coates
- Lindsay Currie
- Jim Butcher
- Anna James
- K.A. Cobell
#booksky
- Stephen King
- Claribel A. Ortega
- Ryan La Sala
- Darcy Coates
- Lindsay Currie
- Jim Butcher
- Anna James
- K.A. Cobell
#booksky
October 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Define your taste in books with 8 authors:
- Stephen King
- Claribel A. Ortega
- Ryan La Sala
- Darcy Coates
- Lindsay Currie
- Jim Butcher
- Anna James
- K.A. Cobell
#booksky
- Stephen King
- Claribel A. Ortega
- Ryan La Sala
- Darcy Coates
- Lindsay Currie
- Jim Butcher
- Anna James
- K.A. Cobell
#booksky