Obviously, we're a little biased, but we think diving even more deeply into books and reading, spending time off your screen, slowing down in general is a good response to how overwhelming every goddamn day seems to be. So here's another micro-course on close reading to help you do that...
April 2, 2026 at 11:29 PM
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Off to a work meeting. Got my keyring out so people know I'm there under protest 💙📚 #ratherbereading
May 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Off to a work meeting. Got my keyring out so people know I'm there under protest 💙📚 #ratherbereading
I get so excited every time I get to join an ARC team 😍😍
#booksky #books #readingismytherapy #ratherbereading #arcreader
#booksky #books #readingismytherapy #ratherbereading #arcreader
November 25, 2024 at 12:26 PM
I get so excited every time I get to join an ARC team 😍😍
#booksky #books #readingismytherapy #ratherbereading #arcreader
#booksky #books #readingismytherapy #ratherbereading #arcreader
#horrorbsky #fantasybsky #poetry #myth #lore #poet #fable #storyteller #haunted #strange #dark #culture #ancient #lost #ratherbereading #ratherbewriting #read #write #story #rumor #escape #dream
Throwback Thurs #Mythology
Lost Civilization of Canaanites, from what is now Syria, have a lore of feuding Gods: origins: 1400-1200 BCE. Ba'al the God of storms, thunder &rain, a divine warrior, was constantly feuding with the God of the underworld, Mot who brought death &drought.
Source below
Lost Civilization of Canaanites, from what is now Syria, have a lore of feuding Gods: origins: 1400-1200 BCE. Ba'al the God of storms, thunder &rain, a divine warrior, was constantly feuding with the God of the underworld, Mot who brought death &drought.
Source below
www.metmuseum.org
May 29, 2026 at 3:39 AM
December 23, 2024 at 2:38 PM
#read #write #history #myth #goth #dark #twisted #morbid #fable #book #story #freak #haunt #horror #escape
#ratherbereading #ratherbewriting #Gaia #earth #revenge #spirit #witch
#ratherbereading #ratherbewriting #Gaia #earth #revenge #spirit #witch
#Witchcraft Weds. Practice responsibly. Respect Gaia. No sacrifices. Ever.
Real witches work within the balance of Earth
Canidia; Horace’s Epodes, 1st Century
is a twisted bastardization of magic.
Disturbing &evil, her story makes for morbid read if you have the constitution. She's truly evil.
Real witches work within the balance of Earth
Canidia; Horace’s Epodes, 1st Century
is a twisted bastardization of magic.
Disturbing &evil, her story makes for morbid read if you have the constitution. She's truly evil.
March 25, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Good Morning 😊
Sorry, Monday.
Can we reschedule? We need to read today. We'll get to everything else. . . .later.
Honest!! 😃 💙📚
#dailyreadingexcuses
#RatherBeReading #MondayMood
Sorry, Monday.
Can we reschedule? We need to read today. We'll get to everything else. . . .later.
Honest!! 😃 💙📚
#dailyreadingexcuses
#RatherBeReading #MondayMood
January 8, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Good Morning 😊
Sorry, Monday.
Can we reschedule? We need to read today. We'll get to everything else. . . .later.
Honest!! 😃 💙📚
#dailyreadingexcuses
#RatherBeReading #MondayMood
Sorry, Monday.
Can we reschedule? We need to read today. We'll get to everything else. . . .later.
Honest!! 😃 💙📚
#dailyreadingexcuses
#RatherBeReading #MondayMood
#ratherbereading #ratherbewriting #horrorbsky #BookSky #ReadingCommunity #WritersSky #horrorcommunity #fantasybsky #horrorbooks #fantasybooks
Check out #gore #fables #dark #twisted #fucked Bloodied Constellations
Just search "Bloodied Constellations" B&N; amazon
BNPGothReads 25% off ebook B&N
Check out #gore #fables #dark #twisted #fucked Bloodied Constellations
Just search "Bloodied Constellations" B&N; amazon
BNPGothReads 25% off ebook B&N
May 12, 2026 at 3:48 AM
#ratherbereading #ratherbewriting #horrorbsky #BookSky #ReadingCommunity #WritersSky #horrorcommunity #fantasybsky #horrorbooks #fantasybooks
Check out #gore #fables #dark #twisted #fucked Bloodied Constellations
Just search "Bloodied Constellations" B&N; amazon
BNPGothReads 25% off ebook B&N
Check out #gore #fables #dark #twisted #fucked Bloodied Constellations
Just search "Bloodied Constellations" B&N; amazon
BNPGothReads 25% off ebook B&N
#read #write #history #myth #goth #dark #twisted #morbid #fable #book #story #freak #haunt #horror #escape
#ratherbereading #ratherbewriting #Gaia #earth #revenge #ghost #spirit
#ratherbereading #ratherbewriting #Gaia #earth #revenge #ghost #spirit
Tek-ko-kui Tuesday
A ghost legend in Taiwan that protects the Bamboo forrests... Or maybe just fucks with humans for fun. I need to do more research on this one for sure.
Yes Gaia! Fight back!
Art by Kaza Bouladoux- inktober
A ghost legend in Taiwan that protects the Bamboo forrests... Or maybe just fucks with humans for fun. I need to do more research on this one for sure.
Yes Gaia! Fight back!
Art by Kaza Bouladoux- inktober
March 24, 2026 at 3:22 PM
On track to publish Sunday
@austincreates1.bsky.social
#art #gothic #fables #dark #twisted #horror #read #write #ratherbereading #rathebewriting
Ebooks will first drop on Barnes and Nobles
@austincreates1.bsky.social
#art #gothic #fables #dark #twisted #horror #read #write #ratherbereading #rathebewriting
Ebooks will first drop on Barnes and Nobles
April 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM
On track to publish Sunday
@austincreates1.bsky.social
#art #gothic #fables #dark #twisted #horror #read #write #ratherbereading #rathebewriting
Ebooks will first drop on Barnes and Nobles
@austincreates1.bsky.social
#art #gothic #fables #dark #twisted #horror #read #write #ratherbereading #rathebewriting
Ebooks will first drop on Barnes and Nobles
Why not? I'll do public and private readers for you #denver #book #horror #fantasy #read #ratherbereading #ratherbewriting
youtu.be/c-y8bPnvGMM?...
youtu.be/c-y8bPnvGMM?...
May 19, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Why not? I'll do public and private readers for you #denver #book #horror #fantasy #read #ratherbereading #ratherbewriting
youtu.be/c-y8bPnvGMM?...
youtu.be/c-y8bPnvGMM?...
youtube.com/shorts/2r_SS...
@whistlertimbc.bsky.social
This poet evokes magnificent prose
I begged him to let me share it
Follow this man
#ratherbereading
#poetry
#micropoetry
#read
Okay, just two for now until he gets the chance to review my performance of his words
@whistlertimbc.bsky.social
This poet evokes magnificent prose
I begged him to let me share it
Follow this man
#ratherbereading
#poetry
#micropoetry
#read
Okay, just two for now until he gets the chance to review my performance of his words
Gothgirl presents the wicked words of Whistlertim
YouTube video by gothreads.denver
youtube.com
June 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
youtube.com/shorts/2r_SS...
@whistlertimbc.bsky.social
This poet evokes magnificent prose
I begged him to let me share it
Follow this man
#ratherbereading
#poetry
#micropoetry
#read
Okay, just two for now until he gets the chance to review my performance of his words
@whistlertimbc.bsky.social
This poet evokes magnificent prose
I begged him to let me share it
Follow this man
#ratherbereading
#poetry
#micropoetry
#read
Okay, just two for now until he gets the chance to review my performance of his words
@whistlertimbc.bsky.social
This poet writes such beautiful prose I begged him to let me share it
Follow this man
#ratherbereading
#poetry
#micropoetry
#read
youtube.com/shorts/zFi4G...
This poet writes such beautiful prose I begged him to let me share it
Follow this man
#ratherbereading
#poetry
#micropoetry
#read
youtube.com/shorts/zFi4G...
Gothgirl Denver presents the amazing prose of Whistlertim
YouTube video by gothreads.denver
youtube.com
June 13, 2026 at 2:11 AM
@whistlertimbc.bsky.social
This poet writes such beautiful prose I begged him to let me share it
Follow this man
#ratherbereading
#poetry
#micropoetry
#read
youtube.com/shorts/zFi4G...
This poet writes such beautiful prose I begged him to let me share it
Follow this man
#ratherbereading
#poetry
#micropoetry
#read
youtube.com/shorts/zFi4G...
#ratherbereading #horrorbsky #BookSky #ReadingCommunity #WritersSky #horrorcommunity #fantasybsky #horrorbooks #fantasybooks #read
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&Keep emailing WI to help activists free the last 700 beagles! Buy cruelty free. End animal testing!!! Gov's number &email at end of video
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&Keep emailing WI to help activists free the last 700 beagles! Buy cruelty free. End animal testing!!! Gov's number &email at end of video
Goth Girl smiles. I sold a book!!! Strange dark weird gore horror fantasy
YouTube video by gothreads.denver bluesky
youtube.com
May 22, 2026 at 11:52 PM
#ratherbereading #horrorbsky #BookSky #ReadingCommunity #WritersSky #horrorcommunity #fantasybsky #horrorbooks #fantasybooks #read
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&Keep emailing WI to help activists free the last 700 beagles! Buy cruelty free. End animal testing!!! Gov's number &email at end of video
youtube.com/shorts/pobVD...
&Keep emailing WI to help activists free the last 700 beagles! Buy cruelty free. End animal testing!!! Gov's number &email at end of video
#read #write #history #myth #goth #dark #twisted #morbid #fable #book #story #freak #haunt #horror
#ratherbereading #ratherbewriting #revenge #spirit #witch #culture #educate #escape
#ratherbereading #ratherbewriting #revenge #spirit #witch #culture #educate #escape
Throwback Thursday
A legend from 10th-century Japan tells of a rebel samurai: Taira no Masakado and his daughter: Takiyasha-hime. She was a powerful magic caster who summoned the collective rage of the unburied dead to rise up &fight as giant skeleton...
#morbid #ratherbereading #ratherbewriting
A legend from 10th-century Japan tells of a rebel samurai: Taira no Masakado and his daughter: Takiyasha-hime. She was a powerful magic caster who summoned the collective rage of the unburied dead to rise up &fight as giant skeleton...
#morbid #ratherbereading #ratherbewriting
March 27, 2026 at 3:15 AM
The words flow through me so easily when I'm supposed to be working. ✏️
#ratherbewriting
#writer #write #writing
#reader #read #reading
#ratherbereading
#ratherbewriting
#writer #write #writing
#reader #read #reading
#ratherbereading
March 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
The words flow through me so easily when I'm supposed to be working. ✏️
#ratherbewriting
#writer #write #writing
#reader #read #reading
#ratherbereading
#ratherbewriting
#writer #write #writing
#reader #read #reading
#ratherbereading
What are some of your reading goals for 2025?
#booksky #readingismytherapy #ratherbereading #booksbooksbooks
#booksky #readingismytherapy #ratherbereading #booksbooksbooks
December 31, 2024 at 2:08 PM
What are some of your reading goals for 2025?
#booksky #readingismytherapy #ratherbereading #booksbooksbooks
#booksky #readingismytherapy #ratherbereading #booksbooksbooks
#read #write #ratherbereading #ratherbewriting #witch #culture #history #goth #magic #earth #fantasy #heal
Witch Wednesday!
The Shamanic Witch originates from older tribal cultures, but the practice was blended w the understandings of ancient pagan rituals. The Shamanic Witch is a philanthropist for their community walking the line between this world and the veiled.
www.llewellyn.com/journal/arti....
The Shamanic Witch originates from older tribal cultures, but the practice was blended w the understandings of ancient pagan rituals. The Shamanic Witch is a philanthropist for their community walking the line between this world and the veiled.
www.llewellyn.com/journal/arti....
What Is a Shamanic Witch?
Alongside writing and teaching witchcraft, I also teach classes on holistic health and alternative healing methods at local centers in the New England area. Most of my students ...
www.llewellyn.com
April 16, 2026 at 4:37 AM
youtu.be/JCgaVwIvC8M?...
Fake Shoes
#poem #poetry #protest #acab #social #justice
Full #free poem from "Bloodied Constellations" available on Barnes and Nobles website 14 #horror #fantasy #fables short #stories #fiction #read #ratherbereading ; 13 poems
Fake Shoes
#poem #poetry #protest #acab #social #justice
Full #free poem from "Bloodied Constellations" available on Barnes and Nobles website 14 #horror #fantasy #fables short #stories #fiction #read #ratherbereading ; 13 poems
Gothgirl denver performs indie poetry, Bloodied Constellations, Fake Shoes, Barnes&Nobles, amazon
YouTube video by gothreads.denver
youtu.be
June 9, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Does anyone else use a reading planner/journal? Started getting mine ready for 2025!
#booksky #readingismytherapy #ratherbereading #readingjournal
#booksky #readingismytherapy #ratherbereading #readingjournal
December 29, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Does anyone else use a reading planner/journal? Started getting mine ready for 2025!
#booksky #readingismytherapy #ratherbereading #readingjournal
#booksky #readingismytherapy #ratherbereading #readingjournal