Ladner Stroud

All of my books are also available on #Kobo if you’re looking to support #BlackAuthors while standing in solidarity with Canada

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January Wrap-Up! February goal is to read every day. So far so good 😊 #booksky

An audiobook playing, a cozy drink in hand, a soft blanket & the pup to snuggle, and this view. My favorite kind of self care 💖 #BookSky

The Wave When I was in high school we had a movie day. I think it was in Pam Brewer’s AP Lit class. When we got to class her demeanor was more somber than her usual cheerful, light attitude. As we sat…

I have a website & a blog I post on occasionally. This one is just some thoughts I needed to get out of my head today. I hope you’re all being gentle with yourselves. 💜🏳️‍🌈

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For Booksky 📚

❌ Goodreads: owned by Amazon.

✅ StoryGraph: black woman-owned, inclusive, has mood based recommendations!

❌ Audible: owned by Amazon.

✅ Libro.fm: supports local books stores.

Sorry if I’ve been weird it’s just the unprecedented times

Hello BlueSky 🤠 guess it’s time to kick this off. This will primarily be an author/book account but you can also expect fandoms, occasional travel content, and random reposts. As well as the Oxford comma 😌

Mr. StoryGraph has a message for y’all… 😎

(Part 2)

Mr. StoryGraph has a message for y’all… 😎

(Part 1)

Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.

The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.

LGBTQIA+ Fiction Masterlist A masterlist of queer fiction books which can be sorted and filter by preferences such as genre, age group, representation, and romantic pairing.

Now seems like a great time to reshare my LGBTQIA+ masterlist. 3,200+ books with a queer MC, that you can filter and search by multiple preferences, such as genre, target age group, representation, pairing, and additional tags like "dragons" #booksky

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EXCLUSIVE: Ethics committee told of second sexual encounter between Matt Gaetz and 17-year-old, sources say | CNN Politics The woman who says she had sex when she was a minor with then-Rep. Matt Gaetz told the House Ethics Committee she had two sexual encounters with him at a party in 2017, sources familiar with her testi...

Jail!
The news that broke 5 min before Gaetz pulled out of AG nomination www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...

God forbid I just want to collect all the books that I possibly can, move into a mossy cottage in the darkest part of the woods, and make a lil home there amongst the animals and nature.

Here’s mine! 🥰 app.thestorygraph.com/profile/thes...

Trans day of remembrance. Don't just focus on those trans people who have been murdered by strangers in public. Also remember the trans people who were denied healthcare, allowed to die in prison, encouraged to kill themselves by their loved ones, buried under the wrong name by their families.

Okay book side of Bluesky. What’s the vibe? 👀