i need to become more offline so i can have more interesting things to say on dates i cant keep saying shit like "do you think foucault's conception of biopower is a good lens to examine the (il)legality of sex work in our modern capitalist society or am I being enthocentric" and "would you like to see fanart of a 57 yr old man" like neither of these extremes are very attractive i need a hobby that will grant me rizz and graduate me from bitchlesshood

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Alexa, we hear you!!! We are also patiently waiting for book three in the Legendborn Cycle by Tracy Deonn!!!!!! The Sistah Scifi Book Club is partnering with Maya of the @Sup3r_xn0va booktube channel to host a hybrid (option to join virtual or in person) book club discussion on August 19th from 2PM to 330PM PST. Link in bio: @sistahscifi under events. Please join us!! If you haven't read Legendborn or Bloodmarked, we are in stock. We have the set in hardcover signed by Tracy Deonn. Link in bio: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/products/bloodmarked-book-2-the-legendborn-cycle-by-tracy-deonn They are also available at your local #library. Today, we are highlighting @chapelhillpubliclibrary because libraries are our friends. What library is your favorite? Reposted @byalexajoan I am patiently waiting for the third book in this legendborn cycle… I don’t even know where author @tracydeonn would go with the next book! I mean wow. @sistahscifi thanks for the recommendation. I am speechless. I just finished the book, I have to digest everything I have read over the last three weeks… and I may have to read both of the books again. Well what a way to end the night! Peace Ya’ll ❤️🤍💙💜 #scifi #fantasybooks #ancestors #kingarthur #grief #trauma #personalstrength #sistahscifi #legendborn #bloodmarked #tracydeonn #bookclubs #bookclub #Legendborncycle (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp7uYTSrUIA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Friends, we are getting closer to the launch of Poems for Squares! Here's an excerpt I would like to share with you, which was written for @entrompadorateo. (Swipe to see the photo that inspired this poem!) #poetrybook #newpoetry #newpoetspotlight #newpoem #poembook #instapoetry #instagrampoetry #instagrampoetrycommunity #amwriting #book #books #instapoets #writing #selfpublished #writersofinstagram #writerscommunity #bookclub #bookclubs #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstack #diybook #writersofig #smallpress #indiepoetryplease #indiepoet #indieauthors #indieauthor https://www.instagram.com/p/CoN3c1qyr-M/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I am going to be making a discord bookclub if you are interested pls reply to this post or my last one, I will be posting the link once its made also :00

Join me in congratulating my girl genius Psalm! 🎉🎊💜🎉🎊 Today Psalm's team became Battle of the Books 1ST PLACE DISTRICT WINNER! 🏆🏆🏆 They head to compete at state level next month then on to regionals! #battleofthebooks #blackgirlsread #avidreader #bookclub #blackexcellence #bookloversofinstagram #booklover #blackgirlmagic #blackhistory365 #bookclubs #blackreaders #winningseason #winningteam (at Durham NC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpWJHV2LNuj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

November Wrap Up Cassie: So for our September wrap up— Rina: Nope it’s November. Cassie: ….so for our Octob— Rina: Still November. Cassie: no. Rina: Right now it's December. So we’re going to talk about the books we read in November. That makes it our November wrap up. Cassie: It can’t be December already. Rina: It can. The books we’ve read mark the passage of time. Cassie: Whoa. Rina: Yeah. Cassie: We’re so much closer to death than I thought. #HowManyBooksWillWeReadBeforeWeDie #GotABigTBR #ProbsGonnaLiveForeverTBH Cassie’s reads: Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell: 4 stars Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi: 3 stars Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade: 2 stars Rina’s reads: Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune: 4.5 stars (audio) The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes: 4 stars (audio) Goodbye Paradise by Sarina Bowen: 3 stars Hello Forever by Sarina Bowen: 3 stars . . . . #novemberwrapup #merrychristmas #happyhanukkah #happyholidays #becauseofreading #bookclubs #booksbooksbooks #bookishphotography #bookstagramfeature #bookaesthetic #bookstagrammer #bookstagrammers #epicreads #prettybooks #boostagram #flatlay #books #bookfeature #bookishlove #bookishfeature #bookcommunity #igreads #unitedbookstagram #bookrecommendation #readersofinstagram #readingismagic #currentreads https://www.instagram.com/p/CmkMqPjy36a/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“This world is dark and the night is unyielding; the least we can do is fill it with sweet, forbidden dreams.” - A Duel with the Vampire Lord . . 🌟QOTD: do you have a favorite vampire? . . 🎉 HAPPY RELEASE DAY TO @elise.kova AND A DUEL WITH THE VAMPIRE LORD!! . I absolutely LOVED this book!! Its no secret that I am a sucker for Elise's married to magic series!! Each story in the series is a stand alone but based in the same world. This one truly felt like its own world though. Especially since the vampires are so far removed from the rest of Midscape, you really didn't need to know anything about the world or its magic to understand it or fall in love with it! This book had all the best things including enemies to lovers, slow burn, vampires and of course magic and curses! Be sure to grab your copy today: https://elisekova.com/a-duel-with-the-vampire-lord/ (the link is also in my bio!) . . #EliseKova #ADanceWithTheFaePrince #ADealWithTheElfKing #ADuelWithTheVampireLord #ADWTVLARCTour #MarriedToMagic #BOMMTours #BOMMIndieAuthors #BOMMARCTour #BookOfMatchesMedia #newrelease #fantasyromance #romantasy #vampires #standalone #tbrpile #booksonbooks #bookclubs #avidreader #readingismagic #instareading #booksharks #bookaesthetic #bookishlife #bookaholics #bookwormproblems #booksoninstagram #bookchallenge #bookstagramit #bookshelves https://www.instagram.com/p/ChZ5A0pLb6G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Super random book-related ask for you! I recently joined a book club with friends from college, and I'm reading the first book and BOY HOWDY do I hate it. I've never been in a book club before, so idk the etiquette here. I'm worried everyone else will have all sorts of glowing praise while I'm sitting there like an asshole going "😐." Has this ever happened to you? I don't suppose you have any wisdom you could bestow upon me??

Oh yes, this happens all the time! Imo people should know that your opinion about a book isn’t personal. In my bookclub we don’t agree on everything. We have different tastes and ways of reading things. We do tend to have similar feelings, there have been books that were not popular and books that all of us loved. But we always respect and support each other’s opinions!

Are there any guidelines for the discussion? Or is it structured in any way? It might feel weird since you’ve known them a while, but maybe at some point it should be made clear that you all have different thoughts and that everyone’s opinions should be respected. Maybe they will all hate it too and you can all rant 😂 that’s always fun

January’s Books & Bars discussion of Who Is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews.

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Welcome to RRBC’S WRITERS’ CONFERENCE & BOOK EXPO! Join me at RRBC’s 8th Annual Writers’ Conference & Book Expo!Win books & prizes!Meet the friendliest authors online!https://rrbcwritersconferencebookexpo2023.wordpress.com/meet-author-susanne-leist-rrbc-wcbe21-susanneleist/

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Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman

I have read multiple books where depression and other mental illnesses are mentioned and dealt with, but none was this kind and subtle about it. Indeed mental illness is a big issue in today’s generation, it is a massive health crisis and we all are surrounded by it yet very few have encountered this subject delicately and kindly.With this book, the author has so subtly induced the issue within…

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Book of the Month

Welcome to Personal Growth with Grace bookclub.On the month of May we are reading a memoir by Ken banks.You can check us out on Instagram @personalgrowthwithgrace and on bookclubs.com

You have been invited, come and read with us.

Book Club!

Putting this out into the nether, I started a witchy bookclub and would love some takers. Looking for people who want to participate in discussion via meeting or online forum, will provide some structure.

The Quick and Pithy of MY READING MIND...

Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson It's odd how nearly every character in this novel has the ability to quote literature -- especially Shakespeare. Of my various Brit friends I don't know any who could quote poetry, drama, or tid-bits of novels; no, not a single one, although they do know lines of dialogue from East Enders and Monty Python.

Nevertheless, these novel characters, particularly Ursula, live lives of luxury. No sign of Dickens here! Well, without such "trappings" -- is money really a trap? -- she could not have used her reincarnation to get close to Hitler.

I'm not giving anything away: the first two pages tell you about all anyone needs to know, as foreshadowing, to keep the reader-pump primed for all the events as re-combinate, hashed, diverted, inverted, and etcetera.

A fun book.

-- Mark Beyer author of What Beauty and Max, the blind guy, and The Janitor: Or, Dostoevsky in America. To sample and buy: https://rb.gy/poyrsd

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