Ronnica Fatt

That’s a lot of mysteries!

A book shelf featuring books from Black, Brown, and indie authors, placed prominently with cover facing outward is the book “Cry, Voidbringer” by Elaine Ho.

Cry, VoidBringer releases TOMORROW & today is the last day for pre-orders which are so important in helping make sure that books do well & that we are able to get more amazing reads like this! This is an action packed feminist fantasy of oppressive government and what resistance looks like! #booksky

Ooh! I’ve only read The Passage, which I absolutely loved.

Doomsday Book

I was feeling some FOMO with everyone posting about spooky reads this week, so I went to my TBR shelf and somehow ended up with this one. Time traveling and being stuck in the 14th century would be spooky, right? #booksky

Before They Were Men

611/700 💙📚
🎧📖: Before They Were Men by Jacob Tobia
Genre: Nonfiction
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Thoughts: This book stung a bit…but brings up important points of treating all with empathy

#booksky

Oh my, Kara, I’m as obsessed with this cover as I am with the idea of getting my hands on it!

The cover for queer magical girl novel "Magica Riot: Full Bloom," by Kara Buchanan. The text "Magica Riot" is in the upper left corner in black in a combination of fantasty/crystalline and punk script fonts, while "Full Bloom" is below it in an interwoven script font in orange, red, and purple. The artwork depicts two trans girls, Iris and Bloom, laying on a bed of orange rain lilies. Iris has purple hair that fades to orange at the tips. She is wearing an orange sun dress, and is laying with her eyes closed. One hand is draped across her stomach, and the other is reaching up. Her fingertips are barely touching those of Bloom, also laying on her back and who is wearing a black corset dress, red bow, and long black gloves. She also has purple hair. Her eyes are open, and red. In her other hand, she holds a purple flower. Iris and Bloom are arranged diagonally across the page, head to head.

One year ago, you met my queer Portland rock band/magical girl squad, and their new trans member, Claire.

Soon, it'll be time for their next adventure!

"Magica Riot: Full Bloom" is the sequel to my debut. This is the cover, once again by @ambisweetiepie.bsky.social.

Release date & preorders soon!

This House Will Feed

610/700 💙📚⏳📚
📖: This House Will Feed by Maria Tureaud
Genre: Historical
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
Thoughts: I really appreciate that it pins the starvation of millions of Irish people on the British Empire. The gothic vibes were creepy & the ending satisfying. Thanks Kensington Books for a review copy.

Before They Were Men

609/700 💙📚💡📚
🎧📖: Before They Were Men: Essays on Manhood, Compassion, and What Went Wrong by Jacob Tobia
Genre: Nonfiction, Essays
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Thoughts: This is challenging, but necessary

#booksky

Middlesex

608/700 💙📚
🎧📖: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (2nd read)
Genre: Family Saga
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
Thoughts: It’s not surprising that this is/was so popular

#booksky

It is one of my favorite author’s birthday. If you haven’t checked out her writing, I highly recommend The Violence, Bloom, Guillotine, House of Idyll, and It Will Only Hurt for a Moment!

Happy birthday! All I want for your birthday is for you to keep writing too…so I preordered Books and Bewitchment!

The Book of Guilt

607/700 💙📚
📖: The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey
Genre: Dystopian, Alternative history
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
Thoughts: Interesting commentary on the ethics of scientific progress

To Bargain with Mortals

606/700 💙📚🪐📚
📖: To Bargain with Mortals by RA Basu
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Thoughts: I loved Poppy. Interesting discussion of the harms of colonization and cross-cultural adoption.

#booksky

Suddenly my TBR is closed. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Sorry I Keep Crying During Sex

605/700 💙📚💡📚🌈📚
📖: Sorry I Keep Crying During Sex by Jesse James Rose
Genre: Memoir
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Thoughts: Best memoir I’ve read in a long time. The emotional depth and thoughtfulness overcame the experimental formating.

Define your taste in books with 8 authors:

📚 @rfkuang.bsky.social
📚 @delilahsdawson.bsky.social
📚 Octavia Butler
📚 @yumewrites.bsky.social
📚 @robinhobb.bsky.social
📚 Mac Crane
📚 Charlotte McConaghy
📚 Mona Awad

#booksky

Be a Revolution

604/700 💙📚💡📚
🎧📖: Be a Revolution by Ijeoma Oluo
Genre: Nonfiction
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Thoughts: Highly recommend to anyone wanting to make societal change

Cherish Farrah

603/700 💙📚⚡️📚
📖: Cherish Farrah by Bethany C Morrow
Genre: Thriller
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75/5
Thoughts: the twist wasn’t difficult to figure out, but it was an interesting commentary on our culture

Good choice!

Hum

602/700 💙📚🪐📚🖋️📚
📖: Hum by Helen Phillips
Genre: Dystopian, Literary
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Thoughts: This is at the sweet spot between speculative and literary.

#booksky

Annie Bot

601/700 💙📚 🪐📚🖋️📚
📖: Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Genre: Science Fiction, Literary
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.75/5
Thoughts: I love books that explore humanity through what we don’t consider to be human

#booksky

Yeah…but unless I’m sleeping, there’s a good chance I’m reading!

And 24 hours in each day! 🙃

Yes. 😅

Yes, I hit my new book goal of 600 books read for 2025. I’ve decided to increase it 1 more time to 700. #booksky

All the Way to the River

600/600 💙📚💡📚
🎧📖: All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert
Genre: Memoir
Rating: ⭐️⭐️/5
Thoughts: It’s about what I expected. Can’t help but feel like Liz is still using her partner

I think you’ll like it!

The Eyes are the Best Part

599/600 💙📚🩸📚
📖: The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim
Genre: Horror
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Thoughts: this is my favorite type of horror book: one where the horror is fully rooted in the problems of this world

Soldier Sailor

598/600 💙📚🖋️📚
📖: Soldier Sailor by Claire Killjoy
Genre: Literary
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.75/5
Thoughts: So many poignant lines about the difficulty of motherhood of a young child in a patriarchal society

#booksky