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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · 6h

Finished "The Berry Pickers" by Amanda Peters. Indigenous historical fiction about a lifetime's journey of loss and healing after a tragic disappearance of a little girl. I was so moved by both Joe's & Norma's struggles. Best book I read this month! 5 out of 5 ⭐️. #booksky #indigenousbooks

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · 4d

Finished "Zombabe" by IS Belle. Enjoyed the dynamic of Babe & Dude as they dealt with both their relationship & the zombie problem. Also loved how the author made the small rural town of Bulldeen its own character. Definitely recommend. 5 out of five ⭐️. 📚💙 🌈📚
#booksky #queerbooksky

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · 12d

Finished "Captive of Wolves" by Eva Chase. I liked only August. Didnt like the rest of the book. Why set the story in a Fae realm if the author wont let any of the characters do ANYTHING outside the house?! Overdescribing of colors & Kellan especially was boring! 1.5 out of 5⭐️. 📚💙 #booksky

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · 15d

Go back to the old subtitle programming. The new one is awful and NO ONE LIKE IT!!!

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · 18d

Finished "The Rogue Crown" by AK Mulford. A lovely sapphic fantasy. I liked Bri's internal struggle between avoiding a prophecy & falling in love with a princess that can make the prophecy a reality. Slow beginning but great fight scenes at the end. 4.5 out of 5⭐️. 💙📚 🌈📚 #booksky #sapphicbooks

"The Rogue Crown" by AK Mulford. A battle axe with a bronze ornate patterned background.

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · 19d

I just learned one of the books I read months ago used AI to help write their book. Not only that, the author is now making an AI short film of their book. I feel icky now for highlighting this book. Blaming myself for not reading the reviews beforehand. 😔

mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · 25d

Finished "Sleeping with the Frenemy" by Natalie Caña. Solid story but not my favorite out of her books. Wasn't a fan of the dog being a tool to rekindle a 2nd chance romance. Did like the ADHD representation tho. 4 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🌶 #booksky #romancebooks

"Sleeping with the Frenemy" by Natalie Cana

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · 26d

Finished "Midnight Rooms" by Donyae Coles. Love the book cover! The lesson I learned from this book is that you should NEVER be a people pleaser in a horror story! I loved the atmosphere. Wished the epilogue didnt exist tho. 4.5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 #booksky #blackbooksky #horrorbooks

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · 28d

Hey Bluesky! Your adult content guidelines are not helpful when you don't clarify & explain the definitions of terms used within said guidelines! This will be ridiculously abused!

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · Sep 13

Finished "The Chaos Wielder" by AE Cosby. Felt like there was too many characters to follow at 1st but once the dynamics of everyone settled, I really enjoyed it. Quade became my favorite! A healthy amount of spicy scenes! 5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🌶
#booksky #diversebooks #spicybooks

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · Sep 12

Finished "Stormclan's Folly" by Erin Hunter. Well it was better than the last superedition at least. A more coherent story but the lack of communication between Galestar & Stripestar was very forced & unnecessary. Liked the Wild Cats tho! Want more Wild Cats! 3 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙
#booksky #warriorcats

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · Sep 5

Finished "Pack's Promise" by Victoria Kent. It is exactly as advertised. Omega Madison went looking at a club & falls for a pack with 2 Alphas & 1 Beta. Short story with very little plot beyond the heat cycle & signing contracts. Cute with nice spicy scenes. 4 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🌶
#booksky #romancebook

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · Sep 5

I just had a literal 18 year old try to tell me she has "5 years experience of being professional dog trainer". I told her she shouldn't lie to people & her response was "Well I'll have my mom message you! She thinks so!". She was being 100% serious. The jokes just write themselves! 🤣

mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · Aug 31

I read the worst book ever. It was sci-fi & dealt with alternate timelines. 70% into the book, female MC has sex with another character DIRECTLY AFTER giving him the memories of another timeline where they were close step-siblings. The whole thing was treated as "quirky". It was gross. #booksky

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · Aug 26

Finished "Siren's Test" by Jessica Cage. At first I was very confused why the love interests were sidelined so much until I realized Cage never advertised this as a romance. It changes EVERYTHING once you treat it as only Sy's personal journey. Loved it. 4 star out of 5 ⭐️. #booksky #blackbooksky

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · Aug 22

Finished "Due North" by Jill N Davies. This is YA sci-fi with zombies. I love Mason as a character but the big timeskips in the story catches you off-guard & might not be for everyone. One villain in particular was well-done & can't wait to see his future demise. 4 out of 5 ⭐️. #booksky #yabooks

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hey here's a tip for the day inspired by a recent conversation I had:

If you're trying to defend your favorite piece of media when someone points out the racist tropes used in said media, maybe DON'T sound like Leonardo DeCaprio from Django Unchained. People (namely me) will laugh at you.

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · Aug 18

Finished "Skalterra By Nightmare" by MT Zimny. This was a fun read about teenager Wren being summoned to help save a world of magic in her sleep. Very good action scenes & once again this author made very well-written villains as well as bullies. 5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 #booksky #yabooks #fantasybooks

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · Aug 13

Doctors Without Borders says hospitals and staff in Gaza are barely functioning - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/doctors-without-borders-says-hospitals-and-staff-gaza-are-barely

Doctors Without Borders says hospitals and staff in Gaza are barely functioning

<article data-history-node-id="427132" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/doctors-without-borders-says-hospitals-and-staff-gaza-are-barely" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/doctors-without-borders-says-hospitals-and-staff-gaza-are-barely" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Doctors Without Borders says hospitals and staff in Gaza are barely functioning </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff member described Gaza’s healthcare sector as “utterly horrific” following targeted Israeli attacks in an interview with Al Jazeera on Wednesday.</p> <p>Nursing activities manager Nastasha Davies told the news network that there is “not one fully functioning” state hospital left and that the current skeletal facilities are “absolutely incapable of meeting the huge demand” in Gaza.</p> <p>Davies also expressed concern that healthcare workers “go to work not sure if [they’re] ever going to come back to [their] family,” because they are under attack by the Israeli military.</p> <p>Israel has systemically targeted healthcare workers in Gaza.</p> <p>Everybody, including health workers, are facing a widespread famine, and starvation in the strip.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · Aug 11

Finished "Marriage of a Thousand Lies". This is a sapphic literary fiction about a Sri Lanken woman in a lavender marriage while watching her former lover getting married off. Powerful read about how people get stuck in a cycle & it isnt easy to escape it. 5 out of 5 ⭐️.📚💙 📚🌈
#booksky #lgbtqbooks

"Marriage of a Thousand Lies" by SJ Sindu

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · Aug 9

Why...just why???

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · Aug 9

I just read "Ripe and Ready" by Elliot Kyle. Surprisingly nice best-friends-confessing-their-feelings story...and a banana or two played a ✨️creative✨️ part in the romance. It was crazy fun! 5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🌈 📚🌶 #booksky #lgbtqbooks #spicyromance

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · Aug 4

Read "Interior Chinatown" by Charles Yu. This is about a meta pocket dimension where the background Asian characters for a Law-&-Order like TV show resides. This went back & forth between funny & thought provoking sad. Loved it. 5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 #booksky #diversebooks

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mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · Aug 3

Forget real life people. Some of them can't handle the idea of their significant other having a favorite fictional character & call it "emotional cheating". 😂

mydragonflydust @mydragonflydust.bsky.social · Jul 31

"Love Immortal" by Kit Vincent. I adore this book cover! The slow burn of Jonathan's and Dacian's relationship was lovely. However kinda felt the last few chapters of the book were unnecessarily rushed but still appreciated the conclusion. 3.5 out of 5 ⭐️. 📚💙 📚🌈
#booksky #lgbtqbooks

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