Jessica Pryde

Selfie of a Black woman standing against a white wall wearing a black jacket in which the body is denim and has knit sleeves and hood

TFW you finally find the answer to “are you a hoodie bisexual or a denim jacket bisexual” 😂😂😂

I was also trying to figure out why it hurt to look at my computer and realized I had to put dark mode back on 🥸

The way I PANICKED when my work computer finally finished updating and I thought I was going to have to live with a center search bar forever 😅 (if you are now suffering with Windows 11 you can go to taskbar settings and move it back to the left corner where it belongs)

Hah yes I have her on my list but I appreciate the response!

Friends, help me out! Are there any newer Indigenous romance authors that I might not know about (especially in the indie zone), or heck, any veteran authors with tribal heritage that I might have just missed?

Me, going through my TBR and want-to-reads to start a longlist for Read Black and Rainbow Reads: ...What if we had a disability book club?
😂😂😂 why am I like this

I mean sure, the majority of the cast is BIPOC and two women of color rock complex central roles but we can’t reward Jared Leto, who has already been paid and is the least interesting thing about the movie.

So yeah. Tron.

Be nice to your collection development librarian and bookseller friends this week, folks. It’s going to be a bit of a shit show.

I saw a cover with a woman wearing a helmet and was like “is that?” But alas it was not, so can anyone point me to a romance novel in which a main character, preferably not male-presenting but any gender will do, wears a helmet in order to safely move around with cerebral palsy?

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I'm sorry I keep asking for help, but I literally have nowhere else to turn. I am doing my best to get back on my feet, both literally & metaphorically, but that will be exponentially harder if I lose my apartment. I desperately need $482 for rent & enough utilities to avoid shut off. Please.

Signed: Wedgeford Trials Trilogy – Courtney Milan Auction item 'Signed: Wedgeford Trials Trilogy – Courtney Milan' hosted online at 32auctions.

Hey, this is a reminder that the Unbound for Gaza auction is live right now.

I have the complete Wedgeford Trilogy up here:

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Photo of print copy of Where Do We Go From Here by Martin Luther King, Je

Read this book.

I didn’t start tabbing until pg 80, so I have to go back and find all the things that made me sit and stare at the wall. It’s his last book, very much of its time but timeless in so many unfortunate ways.

📖 Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Who do I need to talk to at S&S to get 107 Days in large type? I have had to decline so many purchase suggestions 😭

(Also, how do you publish a book like that with no large print option???)

I keep seeing videos for Ragtime on IG and I gotta say there’s something incredibly meaningful about casting a dark skinned man in a role originated by someone practically passing

Thanks!

Ooh that one has been on my TBR for AGES and I’m due for another Zabo. Thank you!

I thought it might be that one! I realized I started it in a bad mental state and never finished it (pretty sure I was in chemo), I need to go back and read it from the beginning, and Shake is gonna get read either way 😉 thank you!

Ooh, I’ve only read one Soto book and that is criminal, I’ll have to grab that one (and hold my nose and close my eyes about the cop thing), what’s your other one??? (It will be hilarious if it’s one I’ve already read and just forgotten 🫣)

Can someone point me towards a 1:1 romance featuring a partnered protagonist falling in love with someone new (as in ethical nonmonogamy, not cheating of any kind)? Katrina Jackson’s NEIGHBORLY is my gold standard for this, with Jude Lucens’ BEHIND THESE DOORS following close behind.

This classroom needs just $472 to be fully funded. Anyone has ten bucks they can toss their way, so that students can have access to books--and snacks--this school year? Bonus: we also help Kelly celebrate her birthday the way she wants--doing good for others.

Libby. LIBBY. I will never remember to unsuspend a hold. That’s what’s so great about deliver later. What are you doing????

💯 💯💯💯💯 and their business model isn't good for your business:

Friends, can we please please use something besides substack? I want to support you and read your work but I’m trying to limit my use of sites that happily and unrepentingly platform nazis and white supremacists

reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle

Just submitted my first story for NYC Midnight, so fun! The short timeframe and word count makes it so you have to do a lot of tightening up in a short period of time, and then this particular one had to rhyme! I don't have any expectations, but hey, fingers crossed ;) #RhymingStoryChallenge

Since we are supporting work by trans folks, Finders//Keepers was collected along with the 4 other Horizon Experiment books into a trade 🖖🏾🤠

Controversial opinion, but I think trans people should feel safe here on bluesky, and nazis shouldn't.

Honestly, I think 24 hours is enough. Let’s stop talking about that man and let him fade away into obscurity. He would have been proud of how much oxygen y’all have been giving him alongside the people who actually care about his death.

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This Murderbot + Witch King and more Humble Bundle from @torbooks.bsky.social has raised nearly $80,000 for @wck.org World Central Kitchen -- Can we get that up higher before time runs out? #booksky

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Sometimes it takes a while to realize you don’t have to suffer through the little things. Like the toilet in my hotel room flushes so loud it hurts. It took me a full 36 hours to realize I could just…cover my ears, instead of enduring it with a wince.