Chel | Ink Drinker 📚

Happy #Valentine's Day!!! It's still Black History Month, though, so we gotta shout out #blackbooksky #romance #readers

#bluesky #booksky

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I don't think I need to wax poetic about how amazing Black women are. You should already know that. Just like you should already be following these creators, but I'll forgive you if you've never come accross them before. Now is the time to remedy that, though!

#booksky

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Aww I'm on this list ☺️💖

Want to diversify your reads this year? Time to follow more Black bookish creators! You're really missing out on some of the best books I've ever read if you just stick to what mainstream booktok is feeding you

#booksky #blackbooksky

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Had my best reading month EVER in January. Finished THIRTY books 😱. That's literally too many to list here since I have a character limit.

Book of the Month:
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

#booksky #storygraph #audiobooks

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Finished 18 books in December!

🩵Teller of Small Fortunes
💜Minor Feelings
🩵Hemlock & Silver
💜Hawaii's Story
🩵Half a Soul
🩵Company of Witches
🩵Crows Away
💚Year of the Reaper
🩵Unhoneymooners
💚Wonder Engine
🩵Outdrawn
🩵Game Changer
🩵HR
💜Long Game
💚Gentleman
💜Tough Guy
💜Hood Feminism
💜City in Glass

Happy Black History Month!

P.S. We should be reading books by Black authors year round, not just in February

#booksky #blackbooksky #bluesky

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Finished 9 books in November!

💜Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
🩵Oleander Sword
💜A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
🩵The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
🩵Clockwork Boys
💜Unmasking Autism
🩵The Namebearer
🩵Follower of Flowers
🩵Daughter of Danray

#booksky #fantasybooks #cozyfantasy

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I'm hosting a #readdiversebooks challenge over on #storygraph if anyone would like to join, the link is below #booksky

app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...

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Finished 10 books in October! #booksky #spookyseason

💚To Bargain With Mortals
💜Paladins Hope
💜Jesus & John Wayne
💜Jasmine Throne
🩵A Sorceress Comes to Call
💜For Brown Girls
💜Hammajang Luck
💜Paladins Faith
🩵The Jasad Heir
💜Braiding Sweetgrass

#fantasy #nonfiction #romantasy #scifi #fantasyromance

Green STEM Greenhouse Project, a project from Ms. Rabadue Help me give my students an amazing school year full of STEM opportunities! Hello, and thank you for taking the time to consider this project. My name is Ms. Rabadue, a teacher on our STEM campus. ...

One of my friends has a kid in this classroom so if you've got the funds and want to help out anything is appreciated! 🥰 #mutualaid #education #teachers #schoolfunding

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Tiktok notification about Manacled trending

Tiktok sending me video tips about an illegally bound #HarryPotter #fanfic wasn't surprising, just disappointing. This is why people say #Alchemized can't be separated from #Manacled. It doesn't matter that SLY wanted a clean break from HP, that fandom will never respect their wishes.

#booksky

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Finished 11 books in September! #booksky

💜An Education in Malice
🩵Vampires of El Norte
💜Paladins Grace
💚This Ravenous Fate
💜We Have Always Been Here
💜True Biz
💜Paladins Strength
🩵Katabasis
🩵Dragonfruit
💚The Grand Paloma Resort
🩵Swordheart

#sapphic #vampires #horror #deaf #romantasy #fantasy #books

To other eldest daughters,

It's part of the human experience to be wrong sometimes. Even if it doesn't happen often. Surround yourself with other eldest daughters that have the guts to call you out when you're wrong. Otherwise you'll be stuck in a echo chamber 💔

Love, a #Virgo #EldestDaughter

Vampires of El Norte Quick review

Review of Vampires of El Norte

Quick review of Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas.
TLDR: Beautifully written historical #horror with a side of a slow burn second chance #romance. Unique take on vampires and a great #spookyseason read!

#vampiresofelnorte #isabelcañas #historicalfictionbooks #horrorbook #vampire #booksky

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Defectors review

My quick review of Defectors by Paola Ramos

TLDR: Nonfiction deep dive of how far-right ideologies have seeped into the Latinx community. I gave it 5 stars, definitely pick this one up! #nonfictionbooks #latinx #latino #nonfictionreads #deepdive #bluesky #booksky

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Finished 9 books in August! #booksky

❤️The Housmaid( #thriller)
💜The Last Hour( #lgbtq)
💜Faithbreaker( #disability)
❤️Strange Beasts( #debut)
🩵Silver Under Nightfall( #vampires)
💚Court of Wanderers( #poly rep)
💜Rage Becomes Her( #nonfiction)
🩵Nettle and Bone( #fantasy)
🩵Not Quite Dead Yet( #mystery)

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Finished 9 books in July! #booksky

🩵When The Tides ( #mlm #romance)
🩵The Paris Library ( #ww2)
💛Ribbons of Scarlet ( #frenchrevolution)
💜One Day Everyone Will ( #Gaza #Palestine)
🩵Cry, Voidbringer ( #debutauthor)
💜Raven Scholar ( #fantasy)
💜Defectors ( #latine #nonfiction)
💜Sunbringer ( #lgbtqia)

Screenshot of a threads post showing Carissa Broadbent supporting Pages for Palestine

I had Carissa Broadbent on my problematic authors list because of her neutral stance on Gaza. This is a step in the right direction, so I'm taking her off my list for now.

#booksky #problematicauthors #stepintherightdirection

Thank you to everyone that made my birthday special 🥰 there's a bunch more I didn't tag because this was a book haul specific video but just know I love and appreciate you all @ChrisBReads 📚📚🐉 @📚Charl... TikTok video by Chel | Ink Drinker 📚

Birthday book haul! Thank you to everyone who made my 30th last week special 🥰

#birthday #birthdaybookhaul #bluesky #booksky

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Of course! It's a lot of info but it's worth it to help other people not read problematic authors 🥰

List of problematic authors

List of problematic authors

List of problematic authors

List of problematic authors

Here is my updated list of Problematic Authors and a blurb about what they did. 😮‍💨

Please don't shoot the messenger. I'm human, I make mistakes, if one of these authors apologized and is making moves to do better, please let me know so I can adjust my list

#booksky #bluesky #problematicauthors

Same 😭 I had so much fun making starter packs but they weren't getting attention anymore

I miss my bluesky book friends 😭 I've been slowly finding y'all elsewhere. Maybe once tiktok gets banned again the bluesky algorithm will push my posts out

#bluesky #booksky

I hope it helps 🩵

A collage I made. The text says “The rain is speaking quietly, you can sleep now.”

Hi friends! My short story “It’s Okay” is out and it would mean so much if you read it. It is all about the ambiguity of death and what that means to each of us.

www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/its-...

Alright everyone I’m gonna say it, the ONLY way Dems will ever win again is by going farther left.

Like we need to meet MAGA with their direct opposite & enact all the “socialist” policies they have terrified people about & that prosperity will pave way for republicans to be weakened indefinitely

No I'm not, I just shared it because I saw Michael share is on threads

Donate to Aid Michael LaBorn in Overcoming Family Hardship, organized by Dominique Burleson Hey y'all. My name is Dominique Burleson — many of you know me… Dominique Burleson needs your support for Aid Michael LaBorn in Overcoming Family Hardship

If you're on my side of booktok or booksky you'll know who @michaellaborn.bsky.social is. If you've got extra cash on hand please consider donating. If you don't have cash but still want to help please repost this 🩵

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Screenshot of my Goodreads review of Cry, Voidbringer by Elaine Ho

Uhhhh yeah. I definitely recommend pre-ordering Cry, Voidbringer from @binderybooks.bsky.social

@michaellaborn.bsky.social has phenomenal taste 🙌🏻 follow him if you haven't already 😇

#NetGalley #CryVoidbringer #LeftUnreadBooks #booksky #bluesky #fantasybooks #politicalintrigue #Queerlove #LGBTQIA