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Helen
@sunrayravine.bsky.social
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Librarian. Romance and SFF reader. She/her.
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sunrayravine.bsky.social
*whispers* I think my reading slump might be over.

Helped by The StoryGraph January reading challenge
Collage of book covers with ratings
February 3, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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rdotspoon.bsky.social
Small town romantic suspense with a BDSM chaser. Check out my Beards & Bondage trilogy today!

😈 print: www.therippedbodice....
😈 e: amzn.to/48lbAfm
😈 audio: www.chirpbooks.com/a...

#booksky #romancelandia #blacksky
Now available in audio! Haven, Sanctuary and Harbor by Rebekah Weatherspoon Three romances with shirtless buff guys on the cover, standing in front of the mountains, in front of a farm and in front of the ocean. All three books have plus size black heroines and all three books feature BDSM elements. Haven - he saves her from serial killers. Months later they reunite and do the nasty instead of going to therapy. Sanctuary - She saves herself from a professional hit and ends up hidding at his farm. They do the nasty Harbor is a polyam story with three black folks. Their cheating partners are killed and they try to find meaning in it all. The meaning involves a threesome on the beach. Now available in audio! Haven, Sanctuary and Harbor by Rebekah Weatherspoon Three romances with shirtless buff guys on the cover, standing in front of the mountains, in front of a farm and in front of the ocean. All three books have plus size black heroines and all three books feature BDSM elements.
January 30, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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hackblackburn.bsky.social
I love Stephen. The face of a doomed WW1 officer and the wardrobe of John Travolta. #thetraitors
January 23, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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scottygb.bsky.social
My highlights of #TheTraitors 2026.
January 23, 2026 at 7:03 PM
sunrayravine.bsky.social
This made me so happy
feliciadavin.com Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · Jan 10
a pick-me-up! just beaming at my screen the whole time. (actual song starts around 2 minutes)
Chris Thile at Brown County Music Center, 10/3/21, “Toxic”
YouTube video by MyTallTripod
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January 10, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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scottygb.bsky.social
All six episodes of Heated Rivalry are now available on Sky and NOW.
January 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM
sunrayravine.bsky.social
5 of 5 stars to My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier.

Genius. The audiobook read by Luke Thompson is really good too.

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Helen's review of My Cousin Rachel
5/5: I have no idea how Du Maurier did it! Slowly revealing how unreliable Philip is as a narrator, while keeping my sympathy despite his many faults. Creating a character in Rachel who is so beguilin...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing. What is it? Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
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December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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singlecrow.bsky.social
It's 20 December and here in London we have 17 hours of darkness. so, as I do, I commend to you Sing For The Coming of the Longest Night, co-written by me & my bff @krfabian.bsky.social: a solstice poly romance, complete with jolly vicars, haunted theremins, & deep, sweet, weird-ancient magic. ❄️🎄🏳️‍🌈
Book cover: Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night, by Katherine Fabian and Iona Datt Sharma (a deep blue background, silver text and a sprig of holly) text: The world you know is underneath the substance of another, with cracks in the firmament that let the light of its magic in… Layla and Nat have nothing in common but their boyfriend – enigmatic, brilliant Meraud – and their deep mutual dislike. But when Meraud disappears after an ambitious magical experiment goes wrong, they may be the only ones who can follow the trail of cryptic clues that will bring him safely home. To return Meraud to this world, the two of them will confront every obstacle: the magic of the wild unknowable, a friendly vicar who’s only concerned for their spiritual wellbeing, and even the Thames Water helpline. All of which would be doable, if only they didn’t have to do it together. But the winter solstice is fast approaching – and once the year turns, Meraud will be lost forever. As buried secrets lead to unexpected revelations, Nat and Layla must find a way to overcome their differences before it’s too late.
December 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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kjcharleswriter.com
In an effort at something good on the internet today: A thread on Mr KJC, gingerbread architect of the early 21st century.

Mr KJC got his beginnings like so many gingerbread architects: with a kit house for the kids. Kind of fun but the premade pieces are dry and nasty, only technically edible.
Tesco gingerbread house "build your own" pack
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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freyamarske.bsky.social
Here it is! The magical medical school book I've been talking about for years! 🫀✨💀📙

BODIES OF MAGIC will be taking your pulse & injecting itself into your veins in September next year.
reactorsff.bsky.social Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Dec 10
We are THRILLED to announce @freyamarske.bsky.social's Bodies of Magic, a new medical dark academia featuring mages and murder coming September 16, 2026 from Tor Books!
Announcing Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske - Reactor
A dark academia fantasy arriving September 2026
reactormag.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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readingtheend.bsky.social
good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete

sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
Anatomy of a Sex Scene: Heated Rivalry Edition - Reading the End
Heated Rivalry, AKA the gay hockey show, has been getting a lot of buzz for its explicit(-ish) sex scenes, and a lot of that buzz has been coming from viewers and critics whose experience with the rom...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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FREE Shipping is GO!

Get your paws on some excellent books with free delivery 28 Nov-1 Dec. Support independent bookshops, indie booksellers (and their cats.) Bookshop.org

[Site-wide | UK only | Standard shipping]
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
sunrayravine.bsky.social
Love a repressed protagonist. Yearning! Secrets! Denial!

4 of 5 stars to The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

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Helen's review of The Safekeep
4/5: A compelling and sexy book that explores what lies beneath the surface and what is being repressed on both an individual and a national level. The short, staccato sentences added to the tension a...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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scottygb.bsky.social
headless clare balding won't hurt you

headless clare balding:

#TheCelebrityTraitors
October 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
sunrayravine.bsky.social
4 of 5 stars to North Woods by Daniel Mason.

A beautiful, moving tapestry of a novel

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Helen's review of North Woods
4/5: An evocative, funny, and moving novel chronicling centuries of human and natural history centred on a house and its surrounding land in Massachusetts. From the 17th century to the present, and t...
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October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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kjcharleswriter.com
It's my birthday, so have a present. SLIPPERY CREATURES (Will Darling Adventures book 1) is going on cheap over the weekend. 1920s pulp adventure m/m romance with plots, spies, Bright Young People, and emotional support knife, all for 99p!
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles
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October 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
sunrayravine.bsky.social
4 of 5 stars to All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles

Probably won't be re-reading this one, but it did make me want to re-read Jackdaw and Think of England

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Helen's review of All of Us Murderers
4/5: I know KJC can write the heck out of a second chance romance (Jackdaw is probably my favourite of hers) so I was excited to pick this book up. However, I was a bit disappointed. Four stars becau...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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scottygb.bsky.social
First time Cat has made a wrong move all series #CelebrityTraitors
October 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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bluewillowbooks.bsky.social
Register free now for next Sunday's virtual event with @charlottestein.bsky.social, celebrating her new novel DEALING WITH A DESPERATE DEMON! 🧡 Charlotte will appear in conversation with @oliviawaite.com.

We hope you'll join us, friends! Register free here: buff.ly/TAIar1B
October 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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markfaulkner24.bsky.social
Recommended viewing: Storyville: The Librarians, BBC4, Tuesday, 7 October. Explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Four - Storyville, The Librarians
Documentary about the US librarians who are risking their safety to defend free speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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kjcharleswriter.com
This Sunday (October 5) at 12 noon EST/ 5pm UK time, I'm talking with @alexandravasti.bsky.social and @felicityniven.bsky.social about all things Gothic Romance!

Catch us at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfmk...
Flyer for Gothic Romance Extravaganza with KJ Charles, Alexandra Vasti and Felicity Niven running the conversation. With images of Ladies in Hating by Alexandra and All Of Us Murderers by KJ.
October 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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sapphicswoon.bsky.social
The Romance Reading Group is back with our first session of the new academic year! Join us from 6-7pm (BST) on Monday 29th September to (finally!) discuss Laura Steven’s queer reincarnation romance, Our Infinite Fates. We can’t wait to see you! 💕📚
The book cover for Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven. The cover features a male and female figure embracing against a star-filled night sky, with colours of red peach, orange and pink exploding above them. The book’s title is in cursive black font at the top of the cover, and the author’s name is in bold yellow font at the bottom.
September 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
sunrayravine.bsky.social
3 of 5 stars to Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession

There's a BBC TV series coming and I've no idea how they're going to adapt it - so much of the book is quiet routine with wry observations from an omniscient narrator.

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Helen's review of Leonard and Hungry Paul
3/5: Gently humourous book about kind, quiet people living ordinary lives. I wasn't particularly engaged (hence 3 stars) and the whimsy was a bit much for me at times, but I would recommend it to anyo...
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August 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
sunrayravine.bsky.social
I finished a book! Compelling but brutal read.

4 of 5 stars to There There by Tommy Orange www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Helen's review of There There
4/5: Book club pick that I admired, but found tough to read. It's about Native people in an urban setting (Oakland, California), identity, family, generational trauma, and what it's like to live in a ...
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August 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM