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@cydney.bsky.social

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30. Jersey girl in MD. reader. editor. reviewer. writer. gamer. lover. hater. I live with fibromyalgia & am chronically ill. Interested in genuine interactions with genuine people. 🚫 AI. Not nice to hateful people. ♍️ https://linktr.ee/cydneyhumphrey

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Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · Jan 1

My goal for the year is to read 50 books! I'll likely go over this, but I'll be prioritizing my ARCs and physical copies of books, and I typically take more time to read both. I also want to engage other hobbies.

#BookSky💙📚
#BlackBooksky
#books
#CurrentlyReading
#BookRecs

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Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 1h

♥️♥️ boosting

Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 1h

A much-needed reminder 😭♥️

Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 1h

Hopefully Koa’s sheer joy over a plastic bottle makes you smile today ♥️

#DogSky
#Cockapoo

Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 1h

Imagine how powerful I’d be if I could afford 3 meals a day

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Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 1h

I love when my therapist is like, “valid, but everyone feels that way” because yeah. I do need to know I’m not alone, actually

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Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 1h

Fettuccine can go to hell.

actioncookBOOk @actioncookbook.com · 9h

a second day of the same discourse? no. no thank you.

instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape

Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you sis 🥺🫶🏾

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HERbron James 🐐 @meekayelah.bsky.social · 2h

Hey #blacksky, can y’all drop any mutual aid requests below? Whether your own or someone else’s.

I wanna try and support some ☺️ I don’t have much but I wanna do what I can.

Again, #BLACKSKY. 🤎

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Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 2h

Hi! I have $3 atm lol I would love to get some groceries & pick up my prescriptions (I have Medicaid less than $10). I am also trying to save $ to renew my medical MJ card because I have fibromyalgia and 🍃 is the only thing that checks my symptoms.

Venmo: @CydneyHumphrey
PayPal: @CydneyRenee

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 1d

For any readers and authors this missed.
Related: I'd love to see plenty of books on the Trans Book Feed next month.

Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 7d

I've made some new Diverse Book feeds.
-Trans & Nonbinary Books 📚💙💕
-Black Booksky 📚🖤
-Black Queer Bookworms 🌈📚🖤
-Disabled & Neurodiverse Books ♿📚

They're linked with emojis & or keywords they pick up/to put your posts on them, in this thread🧵👇

Also in thread: Queer SFFH 🌈📚🪐. Aro & or Ace Books

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Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 1d

Do y’all watch K9Konvoy on social media? This woman drives a school bus full of dogs to an open wooded area where they play together, then she gives them treats before they head home. Truly the best place to sink some time if you ever need a moment.

youtube.com/shorts/BiLqn...

#Dogsky
#AnimalSky

Monday snacks! Thank you Locke family! 🐾🦴 #dogpack #dogloverstagram

YouTube video by K9 Konvoy

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SWIIRL @thatonegirlkendra.blacksky.app · 1d

Bulk buying certain items (rice, pasta, meat, etc)
Freeze what you can
Get gas from Costco or a place that does a reward system to get it cheaper
Too Good to Go app
GET A LIBRARY CARD AND USE YOUR LOCAL LIBRARIES

Hunt @chizarone.bsky.social · 1d

I know everybody here balling outta control financially but me, I’m a deal finding/loving ass dude so what are your big money saving hacks?

Mine?

I ain’t bought tires retail in maybe a decade after learning I could buy’em on eBay, delivered to me, then taken to the tire spot for install for $25/ea

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Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 1d

That’s…deeply disturbing. And I’m kink shaming

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Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 1d

Yikes

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 2d

The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.

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Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 2d

I always have a bunch of secret reading goals that I keep in mind but never write down because I don't want to feel beholden to them. One of them was for me to read more outside of my comfort zone, and I've read more horror and sci-fi than ever (not a lot, but still). I'm proud!

#Booksky 💙📚

Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 4d

I think they should technically still appear on the #Booksky feed if they subscribe to it? Which a lot of them do, I think. Unless I'm misremembering how feeds function here. But I definitely don't see as many author posts as I do reader posts, so maybe tagging would help a lot.

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Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 4d

166. Huntsman by Naima Simone

⭐️ rating: 5
🌶️ rating: 4
Format: audiobook
🚨 Pub Date: 10/21/25

Thank you to @torbooks.bsky.social @macmillanaudio.bsky.social @naimasimoneauthor.bsky.social for the free book and ALC!

#Books
#Booksky 💙📚
#BlackBooksky
#ARC
#OctoberTBR
#BookRecommendations

The cover of Huntsman by Naima Simone. A skull is in the center of an ornate mirror on the wall, an homage to Snow White. Two guns appear on the lower left and lower right side, and vines are snaked around the mirror.

Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 4d

165. Exiles by Mason Coile

⭐️ rating: 3.75
Format: physical/audiobook

Thank you to G. P. Putnam's Sons & @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social for the free copy!

#Books
#Booksky 💙📚
#OctoberTBR
#BookRecommendations

The cover of Exiles by Mason Coile. The silhouette of a lone astronaut in the red background of Mars.

Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 4d

164. Another Sky by Cynthia A. Rodriguez

⭐️ rating: 5
🌶️ rating: 2
Format: ebook

#Books
#Booksky 💙📚
#OctoberTBR
#BookRecommendations

The cover of Another Sky by Cynthia A. Rodriguez. A Black man in a deep red shirt with curly, coily hair embraces a Puerto Rican woman with long curly hair in a black shirt.

Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 4d

163. Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake

⭐️ rating: 5
🌶️ rating: 1
Format: audiobook
🚨 Pub Date: 10/21/25

#Books
#Booksky 💙📚
#ARC
#OctoberTBR
#BookRecommendations

The cover of Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake. A gold fork appears with drops of blood surrounding it.

Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 4d

162. The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson

⭐️ rating: 4
Format: audiobook

#Books
#Booksky 💙📚
#BlackBooksky
#ARC
#OctoberTBR
#BookRecommendations

The cover of The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson. A black puppet-string master hand holds onto the strings of 3 Black college-aged girls and 1 Black college-aged boy. One Black college-aged boy is on the ground beside the university building everyone else hovers over.

Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 4d

161. Hollow by Karina Halle

⭐️ rating: 4.5
🌶️ rating: 4
Format: audiobook

#Books
#Booksky 💙📚
#ARC
#OctoberTBR
#BookRecommendations

The cover of Hollow by Karina Halle. A crow flying in front of a full moon and a dark purple sky.

Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 4d

160. Cowboy Casual by Holly Renee

⭐️ rating: 3
🌶️ rating: 3
Format: ebook

#Books
#Booksky 💙📚
#ARC
#OctoberTBR

The cover of Cowboy Casual by Holly Renee. A brown-haired white male cowboy with a cowboy hat, white shirt, and jeans holds onto the waist of a curvy redheaded white woman. They're surrounded by various country-related props.

Cydney | Author Services, ARC Reader @cydney.bsky.social · 4d

I'm…so fatigued by the fact that I gotta sit here and update this thread because I've been too fatigued to do it real-time. Someone remind me not to put this off again, omg.