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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 13h

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 14h

How dare he be so pretty 🧡🧡🧡🧡

#bookstorecat #mrbingley #orangecat #catsofbluesky

An orange cat sitting in a sunny window, with a big tree in the background

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 1d

BOOK TAKE: Dark Romance is Erotica.

(And there is NO SHAME in reading it!!!!)

#booksky #booktake #darkromance #erotica

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Looking for Cozy & Queer? Read this!

A monk and bird companion sort through effects of a dead ruler. Stories come with each item, courtesy of a former handmaid. They are small things. Games. Paper scraps. A figurine. Intimate and kind.

Nonbinary, Poly, & Sapphic!

#nghivo #singinghills #booksky

Screen capture of audiobook - "Empress of Salt and Fortune" by Nghi Vo

Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 5d

"The Haunting of Hill House" - The ghosts are probably real AND metaphors and also LESBIANS!

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 5d

TRUE LOVE: Crying at a cliffhanger then hooking your friend on the books SO YOU CAN BOTH HAVE EMOTIONS 🤣🩷🤣

(Anyway y'all should read the Burning Kingdoms trilogy ~)

#booksky #friendship #friendshipistrauma #bookish

a woman is putting her hand on a man 's shoulder while sitting at a table with a glass of wine .

ALT: a woman is putting her hand on a man 's shoulder while sitting at a table with a glass of wine .

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Good day to read and ugly cry in the woods

#hudafwantstoknow #booksky #hudafahmy #muslim #grief

Closeup of graphic novel panels talking about grief from "Huda F Wants to Know?"

A hand holds the graphic novel "Huda F Wants to Know?" with blurred trees in the backgrouns

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 6d

a woman sitting at a table with a tablet and a t-shirt that says ' ariel ' on it

ALT: a woman sitting at a table with a tablet and a t-shirt that says ' ariel ' on it

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 6d

"Catching Fire" - For ALL the mistakes the Hunger Games trilogy made, that entry? Perfect. It's the only one I ever want to rewatch.

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 6d

BOOK TAKE: Billionaire Romances are Conservative Propaganda

No you cannot change our mind

#bookish #booksky #nothankyou #billionairesshouldnotexist #taxtherich

spongebob squarepants is smiling and sitting on a rock with the words ew written in the background

ALT: spongebob squarepants is smiling and sitting on a rock with the words ew written in the background

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 10d

Holy cow Nghi Vo DOES NOT MISS - Short, pointed, engrossing mystery

Rep: Nonbinary

MAJOR CW for famine, cannibalism, and animal death

ALC from @libro.fm

#nghivo #amouthfulofdust #aapi #nonbinary #queerhorror #booksky #horror

Screen capture of the audiobook "A Mouthful of Dust" by Nghi Vo

Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 11d

Grumble grumble HERE HAVE PRODUCT PHOTOS also updated the website with a "Sticker" section so y'all can HAVE THEM!

*pats self on head*

#stickers #autism #Queer #trans #neurodiverse #antiterf

A sticker with the text "and they were Roommates" on a lavender background, held in front of a blurry plant

A sticker with the text "SORRY CAN'T I'M HYPER FIXATING" held in front of crochet

A sticker of a ghost with the words "HAUNT TERFS" in front of Halloween decor

A sticker with the words "because AUTISM!" being held up by Haikyuu figures of Kenma and Atsumu

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 13d

#bannedbooksweek #banbookbans #booksky #bookish #read

Libby App @libbyapp.com · 13d

Let #BannedBooksWeek (Oct 5–11) remind you that reading freely means thinking freely. Follow the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and celebrate curiosity, open minds, and the power of a good story. #Booksky #Bookish #LibraryLove #CheckOutYourLibrary #LibbyApp

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 13d

Look if we have to trick ourselves into journaling via ~*Aesthetics*~ then THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES

Hello rain plz stick around

Couple good reads in September and some... QUESTIONABLE

#bookjournaling #readinglist #booksky #septemberbooks #journal

Open journal on a table filled with writing. Next to it are a coffee cup and pens

Journal page with handwritten book summaries

Photo of grey rainy skies over a brick building

Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 15d

Sold out of "You Weren't Meant to Be Human," "Lucky Day," "Hungerstone," and "Freakslaw."

Thank you Horror Queers! We love bringing books to the people!

#booksky #ruralqueer #youwerentmeanttobehuman #queerhorror #trans

Books on a table displayed with a fake candle and pink skull

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 16d

We ❤️ small town Prides, THANK U NEWARK!!!

#ohio #ruralqueer #booksky #lgbtq #shopindie

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 17d

We identify as Halloween Queer. Hallowqueer?

🌈🎃🌈🎃🌈🎃🌈🎃

#horrorbooks #happyhalloween #youwerentmeanttobehuman #trans #booksky

Fake candle and skull sitting next to the book "You Weren't Meant to Be Human"

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 21d

New sticker oooOOOooo!~

#noterfs #trans #transrights #halloween #lgbtq

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 24d

Really it's free interior decorating! Rugs are expensive!

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 24d

Hi Cisco, We admire you not bothering to realize we are a bookstore. 🌟 Too many scammers reach too many writers--your voice deserves less. We mock & censure AI with hate + disgust to help bullshit like this die. Let's never meet! ❌

#aibullshit #scammer #booksky

Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 24d

Possibly our best book summary ever! 🤣

Any guesses?

#blindbook #lgbtqia #booksky #blindbox #trans

Book wrapped in brown paper with the description "Trans Latine Short King fistfights EVERYBODY", "Crime", and "1800s"

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 24d

You would THINK, and yet fur tumbleweeds continue to blow across our floors 🤣

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 25d

Due to popular demand Lupin will now shed 200% more

#catsandbooks #indiebookstore #lupin #catsky

Grey and white cat sleeping on a thesaurus and laptop

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 26d

Did you want cat hair with your order? 🤣

#catsandbooks #lupin #indiebooks #booksky #ace #asexual

Grey and white cat sitting on top of two books and looking quizzically at the camera

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Open Cover Books @opencoverbooks.bsky.social · 27d

Is this how you Vibes 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

#fall #finally #horrorbooks #theskull #booksky #fallvibes

Books displayed on a shelf with a lit candle and crochet pumpkin

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