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𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡: 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝.

There is nothing more monstrous than some of the things that humans do to one another.

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
@gradyhendrix.bsky.social

Thank you to @rachelmayquin.bsky.social for sending me a copy of Overspill by Charlotte Paradise to read and review.

Overspill is out on April 24th and it's an absolute privilege to receive an early copy. I can't wait to read it! 🖤

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David Wilson's review of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter 5/5: I find it difficult to gather all of my thoughts on this book. Every time I think I know what I want to say, more occurs to me, or things re-arrange in my mind. This is clearly the best book I've...

My review of the Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @sgj.bsky.social is live on Goodreads. This is without a doubt the best book I've read in years. Stephen, thank you for Weasel Plume, Three Persons, Good Stab... and more.

Sunday Spotlight: Uplifting and Comforting Recent and Upcoming Reads Today I’m talking about the recent reads that I found uplifting or comforting, followed by a reminder of some reads I’m looking forward to this year. These are books I couldn’t put down, not becaus…

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱, 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗟𝘆𝗱𝗶𝗮, 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀. 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

Blessed be.

@margaretatwood.bsky.social @reneenault.bsky.social

I read ᴛʜᴇ 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 by @naomialderman.bsky.social as the bookclub pick for #HasslBookClub 🪬⚡

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭. 𝐓𝐚𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰. 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬: 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.
@hasslofficial.bsky.social

𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐂𝐇𝐎 🪓

'𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞.'
'𝐎𝐡, 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞.'
'𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞?'
'𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 -'
'𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡!'
(𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜.)
'𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫.'
'𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.'
'𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮.'

🫶🏼

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘝𝘌𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘌 𝘑𝘖𝘕𝘌𝘚 by @hickesy.bsky.social

"𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳." 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘵."

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Our bookclub pick for March is The Power by @naomi_alderman ♀️⚡

First readthrough of ᴛʜᴇ 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 by @naomialderman.bsky.social as the pick for the @hasslofficial.bsky.social monthly bookclub read, and boy do I have a LOT to say about this book 🤭🥰
Next up, annotations 🖊🗒

And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗢𝗡 by Samantha Sotto Yambao 🌟💧
"𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀. 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀. 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀. 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 ... 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴."

ℭ𝔞𝔯𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔞 by Sheridan le Fanu is for the Nosferatu, classics, sapphic girlies 🖤
Without Carmilla there would be no Dracula. It is sapphic; it is feminist; it is a gothic classic. She is one of the very first literary depictions of a female vampire.

@pushkinpress.com @magneticpress.bsky.social

Absolutely smashing through these #TillyAndPoe books by @mwcraven.bsky.social I swear they’re laced with an illegal substance 🤣 finished #TheCurator today!! Another 5⭐️ read 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I loved 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 by Eliza Clark.

It is feminist, it is queer, and it is glorious (though definitely horrible and made me squeamish in places too). If you like Black Mirror, you'll like this book.

@lucyrosecreates.bsky.social

Well I never expected to weep at a horror novel, but 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝗟𝗔𝗠𝗕 by Lucy Rose is such a tender and brutal story 🍽🥩

𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙩, 𝗠𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱. 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱.

Made the switch from X. I'll be ranting and raving about books and design over here instead now 💖 My first post is a quick illustration I did today ✨

Absolutely my pleasure lovely Nydia 🥰🌊

𝘚𝘠𝘊𝘖𝘙𝘈𝘟 by @nydiawriter.bsky.social is a beautiful fantasy novel exploring misogyny, disability, superstition and magic/witchcraft, girlhood, class divides & self acceptance.

𝘔𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯.
𝘔𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯.
𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺.

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There’s a book about the witch Sycorax coming out in February and I am beside myself with excitement - the first picture book I wrote was inspired by The Tempest!!! Quickest preorder ever! #BookSky #EduSky

𝔜𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔡𝔞𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔟𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔰𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔞𝔲𝔱𝔦𝔣𝔲𝔩 𝔪𝔞𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔫, 𝔏𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔙𝔞𝔯𝔳𝔢𝔨, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔢𝔶𝔢𝔰 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔡𝔯𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔞𝔩 𝔪𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔞𝔡𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰. 𝕽𝖔𝖘𝖈𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖊 𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖊𝖝𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖔𝖋𝖋𝖊𝖗𝖘 𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖇𝖊𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖈𝖙𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖆𝖑𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖛𝖊. 𝕭𝖊𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖔 𝖇𝖊 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍-𝖈𝖚𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍; 𝖇𝖊𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖍𝖆𝖌𝖘𝖊𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 𝖍𝖆𝖌.
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My first read of the year was 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝘞𝘖𝘓𝘍 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝘞𝘖𝘖𝘋𝘚𝘔𝘈𝘕 by Ava Reid 🐺

I love fantasy stories that have folklore woven through, and I hadn't really read any Hungarian or Jewish mythology before.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘯.

He said, 𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚; 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩.
He said, 𝘼𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙩.

I ADORED 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐆 𝐖𝐈𝐅𝐄 by @kaychronister.bsky.social & it was my favourite read of 2024. It's a perfect mix of folklore, family dynamics, feminism, environmentalism, & dark cottage core 🖤🌿

🖤🌿🍂 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚑𝚊𝚞𝚕 🍂🌿🖤

Bog people, dark cottagecore, creeping dread... what's not to like 🥰

Books include:
• The Bog Wife by @kaychronister.bsky.social
• Don't Let the Forest In by @paperfury.bsky.social
• We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

Hey ghouls and goblins! There's still a bit of time to preorder my upcoming horror book.

Any signal boosts are heckin' appreciated.

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