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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · 5d

Favorite Author, new book, day off. yah, I know what I'm doing tomorrow. #booksky #bookcommunity #newbook #newrelease

Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · 19d

September reading wrap-up
#booksky #bookcommunity #sifibooks #Sapphicbooks #Septemberreadingwrapup
This month was definitely more of an #audiobook month

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · 25d

I've picked up a new hobby
#diamondpainting

Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · 25d

The background image in this post is from this Santa Clara county library article sccld.org/blogs/post/n...

National Hispanic Heritage Month 2025

National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15-October 15 to give recognition to the Hispanic and Latino history…

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · 25d

National hispanic heritage month is already a bit in swing, but I thought it gave a few recommendations and show some of the books with hispanic authorship in my TBR.
#booktok #hispanicauthors #latinxauthors
Several of these books were originally recommended to me by @dragoncrystal.bsky.social

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · 26d

I also use android, and the issues I mentioned are still present and persistent with the creators I watch. It's definitely better than when it was a decade ago, but it still has issues with some accents and dialects of English that when put in the creators hands can be fixed to match their intention

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · 26d

Especially accents and dialects of minority groups like AAVE, some UK accents, accents associated with second language learning, or mixed accents like hers because she's lived in multiple places

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · 26d

I use both, it's definitely an accessibility issue when apps don't give creators the ability to caption themself, since even if you're relying on your phones Auto captions there's going to be errors that the creator was unable to correct and a lot of these AIC can't correctly caption all accents

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · Sep 19

It's here!!! I can finally start reading her. This book is so beautiful, and the pop of blue foiling makes that dragon look stunning

Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · Sep 15

Home Body By Rupi Kaur
☆☆☆☆☆
Again she gave us her heart putting herself on a page the way a woman rants with her besties have snacks together with friends in the background every trauma so close and society and healing felt only by feeling seen #poetry #booksky #adultbook #politicalpoetry

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · Sep 13

Julienne
☆☆☆☆☆ (so far it's still coming out)
I just binged this web-comic. I highly recommend the stories a bit interse with the type of trauma the characters go through but this stories about the healing.

www.juliennecomic.com?view=pages&p...

#booksky #webcomic #comic #graphicnovel

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · Sep 12

Also it was so funny I got my copy off thrift books and was surprised to open it and find it was signed making this my first signed book since I bought it before bury our bones in the midnight soil came out

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · Sep 12

One Last Stop By Casey McQuiston
☆☆☆☆☆
This is such a cute story of time crossed lovers. So glad I read this just off friend recommendation going in blind was made this book so much less predictable and so much more fun. #booksky #Sapphicbook #blindread #bibook #transbook

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · Sep 10

Milk and honey By Rupi Kuar
☆☆☆☆☆
How can I rate someone's heart? I only thank Rupi for entrusting her pain with us scrolled out on paper for the world to hear her trauma, growth and healing. Know if you do read there is graphic description of assault #poetry #booksky #maturereading #SArecovery

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · Sep 6

Yelloface by R. F. Kuang
☆☆☆☆☆
She never learns omg this book is such a train reck that I couldn't look away from. I devoured it in a single day. I love a main character who is clearly not the good guy and R F Kuang has mastered the art of this. #booksky #yellowface #RFKuang #bookcommunity #library

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · Sep 1

August Reading Wrap-up
#booksky #bookcommunity #readingwrapup

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · Aug 27

I find it funny when people act like reading diverse books is hard when they claim to read more books, then I do like name a demographic and I've probably read a book with an MC from that demographic this year. #diversereading #booksky #reading #bookcommunity #readingchallenge

Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · Aug 19

I read the pawn of prophecy because it's such a literary touch stone to fantasy I can recognize how much David eddings works inspired modern fantasy and is culturally important and also hate that he was a completely horrible person who beat children but he isn't alive to profit from my attention

Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · Aug 19

Library Haul
I'm getting into kinda a reading slump, so I'm going more into my roots with a manga heavy month to see if that can kick start my reading drive.
#libraryhaul #librarybooks #booksky #fundlibraries #bookcommunity

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · Aug 13

That still implies you're at the game even played via practice. What about the person who's never played doesn't even know the rules, who has never been to a football field?

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C. M. Alongi @cmalongi.bsky.social · Aug 11

DO SOME BASIC HISTORICAL RESEARCH FFS!

(This is why I don't read historical fiction.)

#historygeek

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · Aug 7

Mooncakes by Wendy Xu & Susanna Walker
☆☆☆☆☆
#booksky #graphicnovel #bookrecs #bookcommunity #lgbtbooks #urbanfantasy #cozybook #quickreads #saphicbooks

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · Aug 1

JULY Reading Wrap-up
This month was a bit slower since I read exclusively full length novels instead of my normal balance of novels, novellas, and graphic novels
#booksky #bookcommunity #readingwrapup #julyreadingwrap #Julyreading #novels #lgbtbooks
And yes that is my first 1 star of the year

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · Aug 1

Hay guys, what theme do you want for August posts?
A. Non-fiction
B. Acadamia Fiction
C. Indie Author
D. Classics
If no one votes, I'm just going to do random stuff
#booksky #Bookrec #bookcommunity #whatshouldipost

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Lake @lakereflects.bsky.social · Jul 29

DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Part 11 Iron Widow
#XiranJayZhoe #mobilityrepbook
#booksky #bookcommunity #disabilityrepbooks #disabilitypride