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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 14d
The Gods have left their mark. In the race for power, only the destined will rise.

The Rainbow Crate team is pleased to reveal that our January 2026 theme is…

☀️ MARKED BY THE DIVINE 👑

Read on to learn more! 🧵
A sunset breaking over a mountain. The image has yellow-red colors and five rays from the sun can be seen shooting outward. Three distinct cloud formations are in the sky. Above the sun is text that reads “marked by the divine”. At the top is "Rainbow Crate" with a rainbow in between the words and "presents" underneath. At the very bottom it reads "- January 2026 Theme -" in all caps.
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becklovesbooks.bsky.social
Presenting the Diverse Reading Challenge 2025 ♡

Will take part on storygraph, in discord and there will be a wee chat on instagram.

Would appreciate a share ♡

Will type prompts in alt text!

💙📚 📚🌈
Prompts by Category Bodies: MC has More Than One Disability Fat Activism MC has/has had Major Surgery Cover Depicts Two or More Diverse Bodies Indie Book with a Disabled MC Minds: BIPOC Autistic MC Chronic Migraines or Headaches Featuring a Therapist or Therapy Discusses or Portrays Parasocial Relationships Healing from or Overcoming Trauma Lives: Polyamory MC is or has Been a Refugee Invisible Chronic Illness/Disability Working Class MC Food Insecurity and/or Challenging Food Access Places: A Country with an Ongoing Genocide Set in a Library or Community Space Set in Two or More Countries or Territories Set on a Reservation or Native Land Short Story Collection set Somewhere Your Heritage Links to Identities: Features Deaf Culture Black Character on Cover Non-Christian Religious MC Trans MC in Romance Found Family by a Latine Author Styles: Translated Caribbean Literature Middle Grade or Young Adult Includes Second Person Narrative Retelling Written by an Asian Author Queer Poetry Cross: Longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards MC with an Intersectional Identity Queer Book with BIPOC Main Characters Oppression or Segregation Memoir of a Marginalised Figure Recs: Anthology by Diverse Authors Disabled Joy Indigenous Horror Trans Woman MC or Author Not Originally Published or Set in the USA or UK
December 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
rainbowcrate.bsky.social
Fate is a twisting wild entity. This quarter our main characters are bound by the threads of fate and must navigate their tangled destinies.

The Rainbow Crate team is pleased to reveal that our R.A.D. February 2026 theme is…

🧵 THREADS OF FATE 🪡

Read on to learn more! 🧵
A neon sign on a dark brick wall. The sign says “Threads of Fate” in rainbow and red neon text. A rainbow thread icon is to the left of fate, while a needle and thread with a heart in it is to the right of fate. Turquoise text is curved around the top and says "R. A. D. Presents.". A neon rainbow glows in between RAD and Presents. Text is along the bottom and says "- February 2026 -" in turquoise neon font. Nine multicolored four pointed stars decorate the image.
December 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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amandalitman.bsky.social
This week's @runforsomething.net feel-good update: This weekend we had our last election day of the year - and we won! A little spot of light amidst the darkness. rfsfeelgoodupdates.substack.com/p/rfs-feel-g...
RFS feel-good update (12/15): Our last election day of the year!
And it was a GOOD one
rfsfeelgoodupdates.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
rainbowcrate.bsky.social
🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our next artist reveal for the January Marked by the Divine crate! Next up is Den (@/StarsDennn) who illustrated the hardcase for The Prince’s Poisoned Vow by Hailey Turner @haileyturner.bsky.social 🧵
An artist reveal for one of the January books. A quartet of illustrations arranged in quadrants of the graphic. Surrounding the graphic is a deep green-deep red ombre striped border. In the center it reads “Artist Spotlight: @starsdennn”. Artist Spotlight is in black font while the handle is in orange font.
December 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
rainbowcrate.bsky.social
🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our first artist reveal for the January Marked by the Divine crate! First up is Kleo @noxarcanaart.bsky.social who illustrated the endpapers for The Prince’s Poisoned Vow by Hailey Turner @haileyturner.bsky.social 🧵
An artist reveal for one of the January books. A quartet of illustrations arranged in quadrants of the graphic. Surrounding the graphic is a navy-blue ombre striped border. In the center it reads “Artist Spotlight: @noxarcanaart.bsky.social”. Artist Spotlight is in black font while the handle is in forest green font.
December 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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whirloglyphics.bsky.social
Shop pay installments is honestly a life saver. I bought my pre-order today with it. Which gives me a beautiful set to look forward to and still allows me to buy my immediate needs. This is such a beautiful set i cant wait to see the finalized mockups!
#booksky #queersky #promosky #rainbowcrate
rainbowcrate.bsky.social Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 6d
🌈 In collaboration with Jae @jaeauthor.bsky.social , Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our special edition set of the Fair Oaks duology! 🧵

Note: This is a digital mockup and finished copies may differ slightly.
A graphic with a white brick wall background with a thin gold outline. Along the top it reads “Rainbow Crate Presents” with a rainbow icon between crate and presents. Underneath that it says “The Fair Oaks Duology Books 1 & 2” in black script font. In the middle of the graphic are two 3D mockups of the cover and edges of Perfect Rhythm and Not the Marrying Kind with a shadow under it. Text at the bottom reads “exclusive dust jackets by @jongyiarts!”, “hardcase illustrated by @therena_carlin”, “illustrated endpapers by @kelsijosilva”, and “printed edges by @mrosedesigner”. Across the middle of the graphic is a rectangular banner with a blue-pink gradient. Text on the banner reads “on sale now!” in white font.
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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flanru.bsky.social
The special editions of my favorite books from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social by @skellygraves.bsky.social arrived♥!! They are even more beautiful and special in person. Pictured with some on theme Finnish rowan candy called Pihlaja or kettukarkki (translates to: rowan and fox candy)
December 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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jaeauthor.bsky.social
I'm excited to announce that Rainbow Crate Book Box has created special editions of my sapphic romance novels Perfect Rhythm and Not the Marrying Kind!

It's cool to see how they envisioned my characters & the artwork turned out really beautiful.

The pre-order is open right now until December 22
rainbowcrate.bsky.social Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 6d
🌈 In collaboration with Jae @jaeauthor.bsky.social , Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our special edition set of the Fair Oaks duology! 🧵

Note: This is a digital mockup and finished copies may differ slightly.
A graphic with a white brick wall background with a thin gold outline. Along the top it reads “Rainbow Crate Presents” with a rainbow icon between crate and presents. Underneath that it says “The Fair Oaks Duology Books 1 & 2” in black script font. In the middle of the graphic are two 3D mockups of the cover and edges of Perfect Rhythm and Not the Marrying Kind with a shadow under it. Text at the bottom reads “exclusive dust jackets by @jongyiarts!”, “hardcase illustrated by @therena_carlin”, “illustrated endpapers by @kelsijosilva”, and “printed edges by @mrosedesigner”. Across the middle of the graphic is a rectangular banner with a blue-pink gradient. Text on the banner reads “on sale now!” in white font.
December 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
rainbowcrate.bsky.social
🌈 In collaboration with Jae @jaeauthor.bsky.social , Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our special edition set of the Fair Oaks duology! 🧵

Note: This is a digital mockup and finished copies may differ slightly.
A graphic with a white brick wall background with a thin gold outline. Along the top it reads “Rainbow Crate Presents” with a rainbow icon between crate and presents. Underneath that it says “The Fair Oaks Duology Books 1 & 2” in black script font. In the middle of the graphic are two 3D mockups of the cover and edges of Perfect Rhythm and Not the Marrying Kind with a shadow under it. Text at the bottom reads “exclusive dust jackets by @jongyiarts!”, “hardcase illustrated by @therena_carlin”, “illustrated endpapers by @kelsijosilva”, and “printed edges by @mrosedesigner”. Across the middle of the graphic is a rectangular banner with a blue-pink gradient. Text on the banner reads “on sale now!” in white font.
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
rainbowcrate.bsky.social
🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! Our October Help My Roommate’s Hot! photo challenge is officially underway! Entries are open until December 15th! 🧵
A photo of a white branded Rainbow Crate box. To the right of the box is the spoiler card. Below them are the two hardcover books: Make Room for Love by Darcy Liao & And They Were Roommates by Page Powars. Below the books are red, pink and blue flowers. Everything sits on a white brick background.
December 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
rainbowcrate.bsky.social
🌈 What's COMING OUT (pun intended) this December? Which books are you excited for? Which books are you adding to your TBR? Any other queer releases you know of? 🧵
A graphic with a background of a diagonal oriented 6-stripe rainbow. In the middle is a white square with a thin outline and text that reads "189 queer books coming out in December!". The 189 is in matching horizontal rainbow stripes and December is in green text. Text between the number and month are all caps black font.
December 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
rainbowcrate.bsky.social
🌈 Hey, Reading Rainbows! It’s almost time for our November R.A.D. photo challenge, which starts on December 12th! You can post your photos from now until the end of December; winners announced in January. 🧵
A dark graphic with a red-brown brick wall background. Three boxes of the wall background are outlined with a dark frame. The top box has the RAD logo and “Small Town Big Heart photo/video challenge!”. “Small town” is in a thicker font that glows yellow, while “Big Heart” is in a script font that glows pink. Next to the text is a glowing yellow house icon with a pink glowing heart inside of it. The middle box has the schedule transcribed above with the dates glowing pink, the prompt in bold white font and the details in white font. The last box has the last two paragraphs of text in white font all caps and the hashtags are pink font with a glow.
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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whirloglyphics.bsky.social
I'm sure you've heard about the @rainbowcrate.bsky.social Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale that ends today! So snag some past boxes and on sale books while you can. Who'd Have Thought is definitely one of my favorite past books!
#booksky #queersky #promosky #readersky
Who'd Have Thought By G. Benson featuring two femmes lovingly gazing at each other while the plus size Love Interest holds an extremely fat cat in front of a large window opening up to a city. Book set on a background of scrubs and florals Who'd Have Thought dustjacket splayyed out Hardcase with a golf foiled fat grumpy cat on the front and a qoute on the back "Turns out this year was the weirdest of her life. In all of the best ways." Interior endpages with stethoscope, paw prints, and med bags
December 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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noahhawthorne.bsky.social
Presenting Yaakov from The Lair of Qoresis, illustrated by @gagakumadraws.bsky.social ! His short story first appeared in @rainbowcrate.bsky.social Queer and Cozy Winter Anthology.

You can read this on its own through my Patreon!

www.patreon.com/posts/136768...
A sketch illustration of Yaakov, an older man with a full beard, tied back hair, and a thick belly.
December 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
rainbowcrate.bsky.social
It's the last day of our very GAY sale! 🏳️‍🌈
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
rainbowcrate.bsky.social
what if there was a YET to part of this statement 👀
rainbowcrate.bsky.social Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 14d
We might not carry Heated Rivalry, but we do have gay, sapphic, trans and queer special edition books! Several of which are on sale right now 👀
December 3, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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whirloglyphics.bsky.social
I also have my Rainbow After Dark box! Which honestly this may be one of my favorite themes for this box yet! Spoilers ahead! @rainbowcrate.bsky.social honestly they have phenomenal quarterly risqué boxes.
#booksky #queersky #readersky #promosky
A Dark box with neon rainbows down the side that says RAD rainbow after dark. Surrounded by a wreath with frosted berries Theme card reads. Small town, big heart. In neon.
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
rainbowcrate.bsky.social
Our December ✨ RUN AWAY WITH ME ✨ crate is now available for new subscribers and one time purchases!

🏳️‍🌈 Our December books are Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne and Static Crush by Alistair Reeves! 🧵
A graphic of a gray background with multicolored stamps of famous landmarks. At the top in a black font with a pale orange outline it reads “December Subscriptions Open Now!”. Below this is a translucent gray rectangle. In the rectangle is the December theme image with the cover of Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea on the bottom left and the cover of Static Crush on the bottom right. Both book covers are outlined in a light blue frame.
December 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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ardenpowell.bsky.social
It's December, which means it's time for holiday romance novellas! THE SOLSTICE CABIN is a gay historical romance set in Canada's far north. Ghosts, snow magic, northern lights, and best friends to lovers with mutual pining 🎄❄️

✨$2.99 on Amz and KU: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BN6W753D
Solstice Cabin trope map: Elemental magic, snowed in, Great White North, 1920s Canada, best friends to lovers, talkative husky, only one bed, ghosts in the snow, solstice celebrations, gift giving, mutual pining, magic in the northern lights, huddling for warmth.
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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thetransfemininereview.com
For our second year, I'm proud to present the TFR Reader's Choice Awards, the only literary awards where YOU can vote for your favorite transfeminine books of 2025 🩷

Voting is open right now! The voting period will last until December 26th, 2025 at 11:59 PM, so don't forget to cast your ballot.
Vote for the 2025 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards!
Voting is open now for the 2025 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards! Vote by Dec. 26th.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
rainbowcrate.bsky.social
We might not carry Heated Rivalry, but we do have gay, sapphic, trans and queer special edition books! Several of which are on sale right now 👀
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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haileyturner.bsky.social
Excited for this! 😍
rainbowcrate.bsky.social Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 14d
👑 BOOK 2 for January is The Prince’s Poisoned Vow by Hailey Turner @haileyturner.bsky.social ! The land of Maricol is poisoned and prolonged exposure will kill you. Royal machinations have been turning the gears of war and tensions are primed to spark.
The theme image with a transparent red overlay. On the left side is the original cover of The Prince’s Poisoned Vow. On the right is listed the special features for the book as listed in the main body text of this post. Under the list it reads "stay tuned to our social media and mailing list for more information including content warnings!".
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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whirloglyphics.bsky.social
Back in action! I finally got my November boxes from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social (really I think I just got clueless to my own mail) I absolutely adore my November boxes
#booksky #queersky #diversebooksky #promosky #rainbowcrate
Spoilers ahead!
A rainbow crate box nestled in pine and frosted berries Queer & Quirky title card with rainbow colored mushrooms November 2025 Theme nestled in pine and presents
December 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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whirloglyphics.bsky.social
Current Work Read between customers. I knooooow I've been slacking on RC reads. I'm working on catching up now tho! This is from Octobers box from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social
#booksky #rainbowcrate #queersky #readersky
And They Were Roommates by Page Powars
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
rainbowcrate.bsky.social
The Gods have left their mark. In the race for power, only the destined will rise.

The Rainbow Crate team is pleased to reveal that our January 2026 theme is…

☀️ MARKED BY THE DIVINE 👑

Read on to learn more! 🧵
A sunset breaking over a mountain. The image has yellow-red colors and five rays from the sun can be seen shooting outward. Three distinct cloud formations are in the sky. Above the sun is text that reads “marked by the divine”. At the top is "Rainbow Crate" with a rainbow in between the words and "presents" underneath. At the very bottom it reads "- January 2026 Theme -" in all caps.
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM