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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

🧙 wild witches
🐦‍⬛ a crow (or two)
🔮 portal fantasy
🐈‍⬛ a cat who wanders in
👨‍❤️‍👨 true love
🗡️ revenge
👑 evil faeries

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/rlEOgP
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/enlil-aris-t...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Cover for ‘Enlil and Aris: The Complete Collection by Rebecca Crunden’. Cover is purple, yellow and orange with white font. Image shows two silhouettes of men with a crow above them, the sun behind.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

🚀 spaceships
🌡️ dark conspiracies
🎭 brotherhood
❌ no romance
🐛 strange creatures
🤖 futuristic
🪐 other worlds
🐈 a rescue cat

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/schU
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/dust-lightning
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/56...

kindle cover for dust & lightning by rebecca crunden; image shows a dark planet in purple lighting, a moon in the background, volcano canyons below

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 18h

🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded by red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 8h

Oh gosh, these all took me yearsssss. One I recently published I started back in 2018 😂 I take forever lmfao

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Joharra Harper @joharraharper.bsky.social · 17h

Day 12. What do you think you're MC and villain think of each other?

They have a complicated relationship and despise one another.

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Cashew @cashewnutt12.bsky.social · 17h

bookish checkpoint 📝

last book: All Tomorrows by C. M. Kösemen

current reads: No Country For Old Men (just started)

newest adds to the tbr: The God Equation by Michio Kaku (had it for ages but I might actually read it soon)

eagerly waiting for: the All Tomorrows re-release as a hardback book 👍

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: wisteria by adalyn grace

✧ current read(s): perils of the past, holly, no earthly sunne

✧ newest adds to the tbr: i found the first three books in the nightrunner series at a used book store!

✧ eagerly waiting for: sunrise on the reaping! (i know, i am slow)

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Emily Sinclair @butterflyonawheel.bsky.social · 17h

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

✧ current read(s): Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

✧ newest adds to the tbr: Sympathy for the Blues by S.S. Genesee

✧ eagerly waiting for: the next non-fiction book by Jonathan Meiburg

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: wisteria by adalyn grace

✧ current read(s): perils of the past, holly, no earthly sunne

✧ newest adds to the tbr: i found the first three books in the nightrunner series at a used book store!

✧ eagerly waiting for: sunrise on the reaping! (i know, i am slow)

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 15h

Oh yay!!

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Mallory Wilde @withwildeabandon.bsky.social · 15h

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf

✧ current read(s): Play Nice by Rachel Harrison

✧ newest adds to the tbr: books two & three of Katherine Ardens' Winternight Trilogy (adored book one)

✧ eagerly waiting for: Behind Five Willows by June Hur

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: wisteria by adalyn grace

✧ current read(s): perils of the past, holly, no earthly sunne

✧ newest adds to the tbr: i found the first three books in the nightrunner series at a used book store!

✧ eagerly waiting for: sunrise on the reaping! (i know, i am slow)

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Patrick DeWind @dewind.bsky.social · 18h

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: Legends & Lattes by Baldtree

✧ current read(s): Deathstalker Rebellion by SR Green, A Philosophy of Thieves by Fran Wilde, plus Delilah Dawson and Scalzi

✧ newest adds to the tbr: Kings of the Wyld by Eames

✧ eagerly waiting for: new Black Company!!!

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: wisteria by adalyn grace

✧ current read(s): perils of the past, holly, no earthly sunne

✧ newest adds to the tbr: i found the first three books in the nightrunner series at a used book store!

✧ eagerly waiting for: sunrise on the reaping! (i know, i am slow)

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 18h

🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

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Pemry Janes @pemryjanes.com · 18h

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: Playing at the World by Jon Peterson

✧ current read(s): The God Eater Saga

✧ newest adds to the tbr: Dievenland, Swordheart

✧ eagerly waiting for: Platform Decay (Murderbot Diaries)

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: wisteria by adalyn grace

✧ current read(s): perils of the past, holly, no earthly sunne

✧ newest adds to the tbr: i found the first three books in the nightrunner series at a used book store!

✧ eagerly waiting for: sunrise on the reaping! (i know, i am slow)

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angela davis’ baby daddy @treynation.bsky.social · 19h

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: Kaiju preservation society by John scalzi

✧ current read(s): The memory Hunters, the Raven scholar

✧ newest adds to the tbr: Honey eater by Kathleen Jennings

✧ eagerly waiting for: Katabasis! It's my next loan on Libby

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: wisteria by adalyn grace

✧ current read(s): perils of the past, holly, no earthly sunne

✧ newest adds to the tbr: i found the first three books in the nightrunner series at a used book store!

✧ eagerly waiting for: sunrise on the reaping! (i know, i am slow)

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🎃 Astrid 🎃 @curiouscarrottop.bsky.social · 19h

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: “Haunt Sweet Home” by Sarah Pinsker

✧ current read(s): “I’ll Be Waiting” by Kelley Armstrong

✧ newest adds to the tbr: “The Fox Wife” by Yangsze Choo

✧ eagerly waiting for: “A Market in the Maelstrom” by Harmon Cooper*

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: wisteria by adalyn grace

✧ current read(s): perils of the past, holly, no earthly sunne

✧ newest adds to the tbr: i found the first three books in the nightrunner series at a used book store!

✧ eagerly waiting for: sunrise on the reaping! (i know, i am slow)

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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 19h

Bookish checkpoint

✨Last Book: James by Percival Everett

✨ Current Read(s): North Sun by Ethan Rutherford & The Haunting in Room 904 by Erika T. Wurth

✨ Newest TBR: Cat's People by Tanya Guerrero Distant Telepaths by Timothy Zahn Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: wisteria by adalyn grace

✧ current read(s): perils of the past, holly, no earthly sunne

✧ newest adds to the tbr: i found the first three books in the nightrunner series at a used book store!

✧ eagerly waiting for: sunrise on the reaping! (i know, i am slow)

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Ian Nathaniel Cohen @incspotlight.bsky.social · 19h

✧ last book: Alter Ego, by Alex Segura

✧ current read(s): An Empire of Their Own, by Neal Gabler

✧ newest adds to the tbr: The Alhambra, by Washington Irving

✧ eagerly waiting for: The Bruceploitation Bible

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: wisteria by adalyn grace

✧ current read(s): perils of the past, holly, no earthly sunne

✧ newest adds to the tbr: i found the first three books in the nightrunner series at a used book store!

✧ eagerly waiting for: sunrise on the reaping! (i know, i am slow)

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Whirl 📚(can't donate) @whirloglyphics.bsky.social · 19h

Bookish Checkpoint📖

📚 Last Book: The Legend of The White Snake by Sher Lee

📚 Current Read: The Demon King's Gardener by Rori Thornton

📚 Newest Add To The Tbr: The South Foresaken and The South Reclaimed by Rachel Drummond

🌄 Eagerly Waiting For: Some fucking sunshine its been pissing down rain

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: wisteria by adalyn grace

✧ current read(s): perils of the past, holly, no earthly sunne

✧ newest adds to the tbr: i found the first three books in the nightrunner series at a used book store!

✧ eagerly waiting for: sunrise on the reaping! (i know, i am slow)

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Nicole Winchester 📚 @nicolewinchester.bsky.social · 18h

last book: We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin

current read: The Happiness Trap by Dr. Russ Harris

newest add to tbr: Make Sure You Die Screaming by Zee Carlstrom

eagerly waiting for: I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (it's been in my library requests since may and I'm number 3 in line)

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: wisteria by adalyn grace

✧ current read(s): perils of the past, holly, no earthly sunne

✧ newest adds to the tbr: i found the first three books in the nightrunner series at a used book store!

✧ eagerly waiting for: sunrise on the reaping! (i know, i am slow)

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frawst-disasta.bsky.social @frawst-disasta.bsky.social · 1d

✧ last book: Mirror Girls by Kelly McWilliams

✧ current read(s): Sing Me to Sleep. I Am Made of Death

✧ newest adds to the tbr: The Goddess of, A Cruel Thirst

✧ eagerly waiting for: Immortal Consequences, Where the Library Hides

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: wisteria by adalyn grace

✧ current read(s): perils of the past, holly, no earthly sunne

✧ newest adds to the tbr: i found the first three books in the nightrunner series at a used book store!

✧ eagerly waiting for: sunrise on the reaping! (i know, i am slow)

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👻 Patrick Johanneson 🚀 🇨🇦 @patrickjohanneson.com · 1d

Last book: The Last Unicorn (graphic novel), Peter S. Beagle et al

Current read: Kaiju Preservation Society, John Scalzi

Newest adds to the TBR: The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde

Eagerly waiting for: I'm not sure; is Michael Swanwick releasing a new book soon, or did I dream that?

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: wisteria by adalyn grace

✧ current read(s): perils of the past, holly, no earthly sunne

✧ newest adds to the tbr: i found the first three books in the nightrunner series at a used book store!

✧ eagerly waiting for: sunrise on the reaping! (i know, i am slow)

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Troy Preston Dillon @troyprestondillon.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist (re-read of an old fave)

✧ current read(s): The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

✧ newest adds to the tbr: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

✧ eagerly waiting for: The Finest Edge of Twilight, by RA Salvatore

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: wisteria by adalyn grace

✧ current read(s): perils of the past, holly, no earthly sunne

✧ newest adds to the tbr: i found the first three books in the nightrunner series at a used book store!

✧ eagerly waiting for: sunrise on the reaping! (i know, i am slow)

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SKULLCAKiN @skullcakin.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: the worlds worst assistant

✧ current read(s): Misery, The butchers masquerade

✧ newest adds to the tbr: Ozzy Osborne:last rites, One yellow eye, I’m thinking of ending things

✧ eagerly waiting for: me to finish those dungeon crawler books!

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 23h

Today's Skeletal Season queer indie horror rec is Enlil and Aris, by @bookspotlight.bsky.social. M/M immortal witches! What's not to love?

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 19h

Oh yay! Thank you!!! 🥰

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Kristin Mai @kristinmaiart.bsky.social · 1d

Bookish checkpoint 💙📚

✧ last book: The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

✧ current read(s): The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson & Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope

✧ newest adds to the tbr: Lumenlaulaja by Emmi Itäranta

✧ eagerly waiting for: Boleyn Traitor by Philippa Gregory

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: wisteria by adalyn grace

✧ current read(s): perils of the past, holly, no earthly sunne

✧ newest adds to the tbr: i found the first three books in the nightrunner series at a used book store!

✧ eagerly waiting for: sunrise on the reaping! (i know, i am slow)

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