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Renay⁷

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Arkansan. As seen on Fangirl Happy Hour, Lady Business, Intergalactic Mixtape & the Hugo Rec Sheet project. Books, BTS, memes, & 🐈. Hugo Award Winner². Mouthy, but soft. 18+ She/her. https://heyheyrenay.carrd.co/

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 2d

Intergalactic Mixtape is live! This week I and several readers built a rec list of our favorite reads of September. Plus: lots of great reviews, author interviews, and award news.

Intergalactic Mixtape #23

Hey! This week, the most mentioned book by far is a book that, as far as I can tell, doesn’t have a U.S. release date yet. That’s fine! I don’t suffer from...

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 11h

That's it! Congratulations winners and thank you for your contributions to such a beautiful SFFH landscape and community.
#2025IgnyteAwards
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2025 Results - The Ignyte Awards

OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/Saga Press) METAL FROM HEAVEN – August Clarke (Erewhon Books) THE E...

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 11h

The Ember Award for Unsung Contributions to Genre goes to @soniasulaiman.bsky.social
#2025IgnyteAwards

2025 Winner The Ember Award: Sonia Sulaiman

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 11h

Congrats!!!

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 13h

My favorite book in September was Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy! To see the rest of what IGMX readers loved in last month, check out issue #23. :)

Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 2d

Intergalactic Mixtape is live! This week I and several readers built a rec list of our favorite reads of September. Plus: lots of great reviews, author interviews, and award news.

Intergalactic Mixtape #23

Hey! This week, the most mentioned book by far is a book that, as far as I can tell, doesn’t have a U.S. release date yet. That’s fine! I don’t suffer from...

buttondown.com

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 13h

I cheat a lot and find other people talking about how much they love the thing and repost them. 😂

Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 14h

This has been my strategy with books I’ve loved this year and it’s been working great!

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XerrickLaMerrick @xerricklamerrick.bsky.social · 1d

HECK

wwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · 1d

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats! I have some friends who are probably sleeping who will be very happy. 😂

Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 2d

DID THEY FINALLY WIN???

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 2d

Intergalactic Mixtape is live! This week I and several readers built a rec list of our favorite reads of September. Plus: lots of great reviews, author interviews, and award news.

Intergalactic Mixtape #23

Hey! This week, the most mentioned book by far is a book that, as far as I can tell, doesn’t have a U.S. release date yet. That’s fine! I don’t suffer from...

buttondown.com

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Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · 2d

QUICK everyone else tell me your most blorbo song

Diana 📚🦦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @bookishdi.bsky.social · 2d

Florence + The Machine's "One of the Greats" is really the most blorbo song of all time to me, since it works perfectly for both Buffy and Commander Shepard

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 2d

Someone in the Hobbit fandom introduced me....what a legend

Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 2d

It's this one www.youtube.com/watch?v=A76a...

Of Monsters and Men - King And Lionheart (Official Video)

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 2d

It is a very thorough revenge delivered perfectly chilled and unexpectedly.

Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 2d

In this issue: a book that gets mentioned so many times I want to read it but there's no U.S. edition for it, which is clearly cosmic revenge for me reccing books with no U.K. edition.

(It's When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift)

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 2d

Oop

Diana 📚🦦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @bookishdi.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly it feels like a lot of popular romantasy is a backlash to diverse YA books

Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · 2d

This whole thread!!! when I talk about YA authors getting picked up to write romantasy, it's overwhelmingly white authors writing het romance. but that represents just a fraction of what's actually happening in the YA space.

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 2d

Intergalactic Mixtape is live! This week I and several readers built a rec list of our favorite reads of September. Plus: lots of great reviews, author interviews, and award news.

Intergalactic Mixtape #23

Hey! This week, the most mentioned book by far is a book that, as far as I can tell, doesn’t have a U.S. release date yet. That’s fine! I don’t suffer from...

buttondown.com

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 2d

My TBR knows and fears you

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 2d

*eyes you suspiciously*

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty confused by how TRON became a big-budget movie franchise. Was it a bit hit when it came out? No. Did it become a big hit on video/TV? Also no. Do people have fond nostalgic memories of it? Eh kinda but not really. Was it secretly great and critically acclaimed? No again

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, my ARC of Poisoned Blade had one design and my hardcover had a totally different one for the sword part. I definitely kept the ARC, it's SPECIAL.

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 3d

Okay, I realize I used the wrong word there. Bookcase, singular, with multiple shelves. 😂 😂 😂 😂

(It's because I keep all my ARCs and the one special cover from the Court of Fives series, after they changed the cover.)

Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 3d

tbh I may need an entire shelf for you at this point. I will report back once I get done putting things together 😂

Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 3d

We both know I'll get more regardless (see: all my preorders).