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Jeff Vande Zande

@jeffvandezande.bsky.social

Hey #booksky 💙📚, both of my #gothic /folk #horrorbooks are available on #kindleunlimited. Even on #Kindle, they are only $2.99.

#horror

I would love to pick up more #readers as I start (gulp!) the 3rd and final book in the series.

Give me a reason to keep writing!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL7SDTB...

Blood of the Witness Tree

Amazon.com: Blood of the Witness Tree eBook : Vande Zande, J.C.: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com

October 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM Everybody can reply

Baron Smudge - Roy Tonkin 🇪🇺🌹🎨🌟💙

@baronsmudge.bsky.social

20TBRbookchallenge
💙📚

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no expectations, just covers. No 20

#Booksky #bookchallenge
#readingchallenge #readersky 📚🩸

October 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM Everybody can reply

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your host

@yourhost.bsky.social

now reading: "The Dream Hotel" by Laila Lalami
💙📚 #Booksky

October 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM Everybody can reply

Joseph

@thejoestermn.bsky.social

Pine needles, moss, mushrooms, mist. A narrator that speaks directly to the reader addressing them as “we”. Writing, setting, and well developed characters all make for a creepy and entertaining October read. Solid.
#BookSky 💙📚
#OlgaTokarczuk
#TheEmpusium

October 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM Everybody can reply

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bev (indie author) 👩🏻‍💻

@beverlyannemichel.bsky.social

Donate to the Food Bank for the Heartland and get a copy of Mechanical Heart for free!

Only $5 to help families that are losing SNAP next month!!

foodbankheartland.org

#booksky #mutualaid
💙📚

Send a screenshot of your donation to: beverlyannemichel@outlook.com

At least $5 for a copy of mechanical heart.

foodbankheartland.org

October 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM Everybody can reply

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John Sundman

@jsundman.bsky.social

I've been a self-publishing novelist since November, 1999. Still learning.

I'd love to hear from other self-publishing authors about their experiences with book giveaway sites like Bookfunnel.

Thanks in advance for sharing. #booksky 📚💙

open.substack.com/pub/johnsund...

Are book giveaways worth it?

I've given 3,460 free ebooks to promote Sundman figures it out! Am I nuts?

open.substack.com

October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM Everybody can reply

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SkarabraeAuthor

@skarabraeauthor.bsky.social

📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 30 📚

That you really shouldn't hate yourself.

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat

Tracey Lee @traceyleewrites.bsky.social · 5h

📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 30 📚

Are you hoping to share something with your readers beyond a good tale? Is there a deeper meaning you want to impress on them?

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat

October #writinglifemonthly Day 30 What's the one message you hope readers take away from your book?
Build Community - Share. Like.Comment in Group. @traceyleewrites

October 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM Everybody can reply

SkarabraeAuthor

@skarabraeauthor.bsky.social

📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 30 📚

That you really shouldn't hate yourself.

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat

Tracey Lee @traceyleewrites.bsky.social · 5h

📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 30 📚

Are you hoping to share something with your readers beyond a good tale? Is there a deeper meaning you want to impress on them?

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat

October 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM Everybody can reply

Bookish QOTD 📖🦋

@bookishquestions.bsky.social

— ★°•| October 30 |•°★ —

This or that: would you rather read about physical or psychological terrors? If you dislike horror, choose between internal or external conflicts.

☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆

[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]

Text: this or that thursday
Image: a blue and yellow collaged butterfly with black accents on a cream colorer grid

October 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM Everybody can reply

Sam 🌈📚🎧💙🐈‍⬛

@wanderolah.bsky.social

🎃October Reading Update🦇

🎧✅Fire Bones
🎧▶️The Sentinel
🎧⏭️Off Duty
🎧⏭️Deadly Avarice
📳▶️By Silk Tones
📖▶️Jackdaw

💙📚 🌈📚 🏳️‍🌈📚🎧
#booksky #readersky #queerbooksky #diversebooksky #currentread

October 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM Everybody can reply

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Melanie’s reading…

@shelovestoread.bsky.social

“Jesus and John Wayne” by Kristin Kobes Du Mez.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
If you were raised in an Evangelical or Fundamentalist religion you will find this book interesting. Coming from that background, this book didn’t offer new insight but there were a lot of things I could relate to.

October 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM Everybody can reply

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Librarianchica

@librarianchica.bsky.social

It’s officially spooky season, gente! For the month of October we will be featuring seasonally scary picture books!

21. HECKEDY PEG, 1992
Author: audreywood.com
Illustrator: audreywood.com/childrens-bo...

💙📚
#Booksky
#picturebooks
#AudreyWood
#DonWood

October 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM Everybody can reply

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Jeff Vande Zande

@jeffvandezande.bsky.social

#booksky 💙📚

Victoria Sterling | Poor Little Bookish Girl @vebesterling.bsky.social · 11h

Okay, but f’real, this is one of my favorite books I read this year. 💙📚🩸

Jeff Vande Zande @jeffvandezande.bsky.social · 11h

Not that I would be opposed to additional sales, #BookSky 💙📚 but tonight at a library event in Bay City, MI, I sold 5 more copies of The Dance of Rotten Sticks! That brings me to 704 sold so far, exceeding my goal.

#horror #horrorbooks

Still welcoming readers!

www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...

October 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM Everybody can reply

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Nat Weaver

@weaver.wtf

Celebrate @vebesterling.bsky.social’s birthday and pick up her short story for free. It’s a good one, I really enjoyed it. #Booksky 💙📚

And wish her a happy birthday on her post!!!

Victoria Sterling | Poor Little Bookish Girl @vebesterling.bsky.social · 1h

Since today’s my birthday, I’m giving away my #shortstory “The Messengers” for FREE on #Kindle! Get yours here: a.co/d/4UjZMDo

💙📚 #booksky #freebook #indieauthor

October 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM Everybody can reply

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Eva

@noveldeelights.bsky.social

“a unique and unpredictable Swedish thriller”

#BookReview "The Truth Behind The Lie" by Sara Lövestam - #ScandiLit #SwedishFiction #TheTruthBehindTheLie #BacklistReview #BookSky fictionophile.com/2025/10/29/t... - via @fictionophile.bsky.social 💙📚

“The Truth Behind The Lie” by Sara Lövestam – Book Review #ScandiLit #SwedishFiction @MinotaurBooks #TheTruthBehindTheLie @sara_lovestam #BacklistReview @StMartinsPress #BookReview #BookX #BookSky

This novel was published in other countries under the title “Truth Is A Personal Matter” Over the past decade, I have become a huge fan of Scandinavian literature, so this Scandi Noir, …

fictionophile.com

October 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM Everybody can reply

Paul D Coombs

@pauldcoombs.bsky.social

My novel - The Great Orme is a classic Halloween gift. Any arguments, meet me in the yard!

#BookSky💙📚

October 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM Everybody can reply

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SG807

@sg807.bsky.social

At the moment my #tbr pile is growing faster than I can read 📖🙈
📈 #HailMary #SonneUndBeton #James #OnEarthWe'reBrieflyGorgeous

#BookSky 💙 📚 #booklover

October 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM Everybody can reply

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Eva

@noveldeelights.bsky.social

“A gripping, captivating and engrossing mystery. Heartwarming, witty and engaging”

#BookReview: The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman #TheManWhoDiedTwice #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/10/30/b... - via @damppebbles.bsky.social 💙📚

#BookReview: The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social #TheManWhoDiedTwice #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles

“It’s the following Thursday. Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He’s made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His st…

damppebbles.com

October 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM Everybody can reply

Steve Shilstone

@steveshilstone.bsky.social

💙📚 #booksky

October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM Everybody can reply

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Chantal Agapiti

@chantal-agapiti.bsky.social

Free #ebooks 🎉
LAST DAY!

Get the first three episodes of the series for free 💯

This is a YA series/sweet romance.
Free on KU / Kobo Plus, available in four languages.

Get your paperback at
thedreamersbookshop.myshopify.com

Support Creative Dreams 💙📚

#bookrecommendations #indieauthor #booksky

October 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM Everybody can reply

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M.H.Urban

@mhurban.bsky.social

The Art of Obsession, by Douglas J. Ostling
A riveting mystery. A haunted portrait. Rounded characters. A thriller set in the fascinating world of art and artists that reads as a noir story. (1/2)

www.goodreads.com/review/list/...

#booksky 💙📚 #Thriller ⚡️📚 #ARC #bookreview #AmReading

October 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM Everybody can reply

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Nat Lawless 🌈🦄

@nat-lawless.bsky.social

Mara is deaf; she and her sibling invented a sign language that some of their friends have learnt, but fluency takes time!

🌈📚💙 🪐📚 🌈🚀💫 🌈✒️
#booksky #fantasy #authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #writerscommunity #WiPSnips