I strongly recommend you read these 2 books in 2026. Both of them in tandem paint an irresistibly lush picture of West African history and mythology. #ZodiReads #BlackSky #BlackBookSky
December 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I strongly recommend you read these 2 books in 2026. Both of them in tandem paint an irresistibly lush picture of West African history and mythology. #ZodiReads #BlackSky #BlackBookSky
Re-reading #TheBookOfJuJu by @itsjujubae.bsky.social as we head into the weekend. I appreciate how she makes her historical overviews accessible and straightforward, not pedantic. This book is a great resource for anyone interested in spirituality across the Diaspora.
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
July 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Re-reading #TheBookOfJuJu by @itsjujubae.bsky.social as we head into the weekend. I appreciate how she makes her historical overviews accessible and straightforward, not pedantic. This book is a great resource for anyone interested in spirituality across the Diaspora.
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
First book of 2026!
Title: I, Medusa
Author: Ayana Gray
Narrators: Tyla Collier, A’Rese Emokpae
Format: audiobook 🎧
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky #mythology
Title: I, Medusa
Author: Ayana Gray
Narrators: Tyla Collier, A’Rese Emokpae
Format: audiobook 🎧
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky #mythology
January 1, 2026 at 5:52 PM
First book of 2026!
Title: I, Medusa
Author: Ayana Gray
Narrators: Tyla Collier, A’Rese Emokpae
Format: audiobook 🎧
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky #mythology
Title: I, Medusa
Author: Ayana Gray
Narrators: Tyla Collier, A’Rese Emokpae
Format: audiobook 🎧
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky #mythology
These two essays are beautiful brilliant siblings.
📝 Anna Julia Cooper: The Negro’s Dialect (dh.howard.edu/ajc_addresse...)
📝 Zora Neale Hurston: The Characteristics of Negro Expression (people.duke.edu/~ldbaker/doc...)
#ZodiReads
📝 Anna Julia Cooper: The Negro’s Dialect (dh.howard.edu/ajc_addresse...)
📝 Zora Neale Hurston: The Characteristics of Negro Expression (people.duke.edu/~ldbaker/doc...)
#ZodiReads
May 24, 2026 at 3:27 AM
These two essays are beautiful brilliant siblings.
📝 Anna Julia Cooper: The Negro’s Dialect (dh.howard.edu/ajc_addresse...)
📝 Zora Neale Hurston: The Characteristics of Negro Expression (people.duke.edu/~ldbaker/doc...)
#ZodiReads
📝 Anna Julia Cooper: The Negro’s Dialect (dh.howard.edu/ajc_addresse...)
📝 Zora Neale Hurston: The Characteristics of Negro Expression (people.duke.edu/~ldbaker/doc...)
#ZodiReads
Next up, #WeRefuse by Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson (@/kcarterjackson.bsky.social).
I’m interested to see how this text diverges from This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed by Charles E. Cobb (2014).
#ZodiReads #NowReading
I’m interested to see how this text diverges from This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed by Charles E. Cobb (2014).
#ZodiReads #NowReading
July 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Next up, #WeRefuse by Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson (@/kcarterjackson.bsky.social).
I’m interested to see how this text diverges from This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed by Charles E. Cobb (2014).
#ZodiReads #NowReading
I’m interested to see how this text diverges from This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed by Charles E. Cobb (2014).
#ZodiReads #NowReading
IT’S HERE!!! 🎉🎉🎉
As soon as I finish The Starving Saints, I’m pressing play on Mazywood.
#BlackWomenWriters
#BlackHorror #BlackBookSky #HorrorSky #ZodiReads
As soon as I finish The Starving Saints, I’m pressing play on Mazywood.
#BlackWomenWriters
#BlackHorror #BlackBookSky #HorrorSky #ZodiReads
September 22, 2026 at 3:16 PM
IT’S HERE!!! 🎉🎉🎉
As soon as I finish The Starving Saints, I’m pressing play on Mazywood.
#BlackWomenWriters
#BlackHorror #BlackBookSky #HorrorSky #ZodiReads
As soon as I finish The Starving Saints, I’m pressing play on Mazywood.
#BlackWomenWriters
#BlackHorror #BlackBookSky #HorrorSky #ZodiReads
In need of something more lighthearted today, so I’m getting into ‘The Davenports: More Than This’ by @/krystalmarquis.bsky.social.
If you’re a fan of Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte or The Guilded Age’s Peggy Scott, you’ll probably like this series. #ZodiReads #BlackBookSky #BlackRomance #Audiobooks
If you’re a fan of Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte or The Guilded Age’s Peggy Scott, you’ll probably like this series. #ZodiReads #BlackBookSky #BlackRomance #Audiobooks
August 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In need of something more lighthearted today, so I’m getting into ‘The Davenports: More Than This’ by @/krystalmarquis.bsky.social.
If you’re a fan of Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte or The Guilded Age’s Peggy Scott, you’ll probably like this series. #ZodiReads #BlackBookSky #BlackRomance #Audiobooks
If you’re a fan of Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte or The Guilded Age’s Peggy Scott, you’ll probably like this series. #ZodiReads #BlackBookSky #BlackRomance #Audiobooks
I did not intend to add this book to my #SpookySeason2025 reading list, but after finishing it just now…
🤬😢💔
We will never comprehend the horrors of slavery. The horrors of white folks. Their utter depravity.
A superb, terrifying novel: Night Everywhere We Go by Tracey Rose Peyton
#ZodiReads
🤬😢💔
We will never comprehend the horrors of slavery. The horrors of white folks. Their utter depravity.
A superb, terrifying novel: Night Everywhere We Go by Tracey Rose Peyton
#ZodiReads
September 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I did not intend to add this book to my #SpookySeason2025 reading list, but after finishing it just now…
🤬😢💔
We will never comprehend the horrors of slavery. The horrors of white folks. Their utter depravity.
A superb, terrifying novel: Night Everywhere We Go by Tracey Rose Peyton
#ZodiReads
🤬😢💔
We will never comprehend the horrors of slavery. The horrors of white folks. Their utter depravity.
A superb, terrifying novel: Night Everywhere We Go by Tracey Rose Peyton
#ZodiReads
Current audiobook.
Classic gothic premise but with creepy butterflies. Let’s get into it.
Title: Their Monstrous Hearts
Author: Yigit Turhan
Narrators: Tina Nakhleh Falkenbury & Luca John Filiz
#ZodiReads #BookSky
Classic gothic premise but with creepy butterflies. Let’s get into it.
Title: Their Monstrous Hearts
Author: Yigit Turhan
Narrators: Tina Nakhleh Falkenbury & Luca John Filiz
#ZodiReads #BookSky
July 22, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Current audiobook.
Classic gothic premise but with creepy butterflies. Let’s get into it.
Title: Their Monstrous Hearts
Author: Yigit Turhan
Narrators: Tina Nakhleh Falkenbury & Luca John Filiz
#ZodiReads #BookSky
Classic gothic premise but with creepy butterflies. Let’s get into it.
Title: Their Monstrous Hearts
Author: Yigit Turhan
Narrators: Tina Nakhleh Falkenbury & Luca John Filiz
#ZodiReads #BookSky
My next fiction audiobook. I enjoyed my first foray into Jessica Cage’s work, so I’m going back for the first book in this series.
I love that her characters are relatable grown women.
#ZodiReads #BlackRomanceBooks #BlackBookSky #NowReading
I love that her characters are relatable grown women.
#ZodiReads #BlackRomanceBooks #BlackBookSky #NowReading
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My next fiction audiobook. I enjoyed my first foray into Jessica Cage’s work, so I’m going back for the first book in this series.
I love that her characters are relatable grown women.
#ZodiReads #BlackRomanceBooks #BlackBookSky #NowReading
I love that her characters are relatable grown women.
#ZodiReads #BlackRomanceBooks #BlackBookSky #NowReading
Next up: Slavery’s Exiles by Sylviane A. Diouf
#Maroons #Maroonage #BlackHistory #AfricanHistory #UnitedStatesHistory #Resistance #BlackBookSky #ZodiReads #NowReading #Audiobooks
#Maroons #Maroonage #BlackHistory #AfricanHistory #UnitedStatesHistory #Resistance #BlackBookSky #ZodiReads #NowReading #Audiobooks
August 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Next up: Slavery’s Exiles by Sylviane A. Diouf
#Maroons #Maroonage #BlackHistory #AfricanHistory #UnitedStatesHistory #Resistance #BlackBookSky #ZodiReads #NowReading #Audiobooks
#Maroons #Maroonage #BlackHistory #AfricanHistory #UnitedStatesHistory #Resistance #BlackBookSky #ZodiReads #NowReading #Audiobooks
Currently fascinated by the Gordon Parks photos in this article. What a beautiful glimpse of Ella Watson’s life in the Spiritualist church.
#ZodiReads #BlackHistory
www.jstor.org/stable/27179...
#ZodiReads #BlackHistory
www.jstor.org/stable/27179...
Walking with Ella Watson on JSTOR
Jovonna Jones, Walking with Ella Watson, Southern Cultures, Vol. 28, No. 2, sanctuary (summer 2022), pp. 6-17
www.jstor.org
May 12, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Currently fascinated by the Gordon Parks photos in this article. What a beautiful glimpse of Ella Watson’s life in the Spiritualist church.
#ZodiReads #BlackHistory
www.jstor.org/stable/27179...
#ZodiReads #BlackHistory
www.jstor.org/stable/27179...
I added Eden Royce’s Psychopomp and Circumstance to my #SpookySeason2025 reading list.
Listening to Bahni Turpin’s impeccable narration for the audiobook.
I love the world the author created here.
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
Listening to Bahni Turpin’s impeccable narration for the audiobook.
I love the world the author created here.
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
October 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I added Eden Royce’s Psychopomp and Circumstance to my #SpookySeason2025 reading list.
Listening to Bahni Turpin’s impeccable narration for the audiobook.
I love the world the author created here.
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
Listening to Bahni Turpin’s impeccable narration for the audiobook.
I love the world the author created here.
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
After that gross surprise with the AI-narrated audiobook (shudder), I am diving into ‘The Seventh Veil of Salome’ tonight. This one has a whole human cast of narrators. 🎉
Silvia Moreno-Garcia never disappoints.
#ZodiReads #BookSky
Silvia Moreno-Garcia never disappoints.
#ZodiReads #BookSky
December 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
After that gross surprise with the AI-narrated audiobook (shudder), I am diving into ‘The Seventh Veil of Salome’ tonight. This one has a whole human cast of narrators. 🎉
Silvia Moreno-Garcia never disappoints.
#ZodiReads #BookSky
Silvia Moreno-Garcia never disappoints.
#ZodiReads #BookSky
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Season 3 of #IWTV premieres on June 7, so I’m cheering myself up with a re-read of #TheVampireLestat.
#VampSky #BookSky #ZodiReads
The first dozen pages are reminding me why I fell in love with #TheVampireChronicles as a teenager.
🖤🧛🏻♂️🩸🎸
#VampSky #BookSky #ZodiReads
The first dozen pages are reminding me why I fell in love with #TheVampireChronicles as a teenager.
🖤🧛🏻♂️🩸🎸
April 20, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Season 3 of #IWTV premieres on June 7, so I’m cheering myself up with a re-read of #TheVampireLestat.
#VampSky #BookSky #ZodiReads
The first dozen pages are reminding me why I fell in love with #TheVampireChronicles as a teenager.
🖤🧛🏻♂️🩸🎸
#VampSky #BookSky #ZodiReads
The first dozen pages are reminding me why I fell in love with #TheVampireChronicles as a teenager.
🖤🧛🏻♂️🩸🎸
Listening to the audiobook version of ‘Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon’ this week. It is a treat!
Wonderful story + engaging narration by Ben Arogundade.
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
Wonderful story + engaging narration by Ben Arogundade.
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Listening to the audiobook version of ‘Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon’ this week. It is a treat!
Wonderful story + engaging narration by Ben Arogundade.
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
Wonderful story + engaging narration by Ben Arogundade.
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
I just finished Nikita Gill’s ‘Hekate.’
Thoroughly enjoyed it. She weaved together several stories and interactions between the Titans and Olympians.
Hekate was always one of my favorite deities (not surprising LOL).
It is a good companion read for ‘I, Medusa.’
#ZodiReads
Thoroughly enjoyed it. She weaved together several stories and interactions between the Titans and Olympians.
Hekate was always one of my favorite deities (not surprising LOL).
It is a good companion read for ‘I, Medusa.’
#ZodiReads
August 28, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I just finished Nikita Gill’s ‘Hekate.’
Thoroughly enjoyed it. She weaved together several stories and interactions between the Titans and Olympians.
Hekate was always one of my favorite deities (not surprising LOL).
It is a good companion read for ‘I, Medusa.’
#ZodiReads
Thoroughly enjoyed it. She weaved together several stories and interactions between the Titans and Olympians.
Hekate was always one of my favorite deities (not surprising LOL).
It is a good companion read for ‘I, Medusa.’
#ZodiReads
#NowReading
Title - When the Reckoning Comes: A Novel
Author - LaTanya McQueen
Format - Audiobook
popfeed.social/notes/at://d...
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky #HorrorSky
Title - When the Reckoning Comes: A Novel
Author - LaTanya McQueen
Format - Audiobook
popfeed.social/notes/at://d...
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky #HorrorSky
When the Reckoning Comes A Novel • Notes by Zodi Texensis 🌌🪻 • Popfeed
The opening of this book is already giving me chills. Chattel slavery is the ultimate horror.
popfeed.social
March 27, 2026 at 9:03 AM
#NowReading
Title - When the Reckoning Comes: A Novel
Author - LaTanya McQueen
Format - Audiobook
popfeed.social/notes/at://d...
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky #HorrorSky
Title - When the Reckoning Comes: A Novel
Author - LaTanya McQueen
Format - Audiobook
popfeed.social/notes/at://d...
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky #HorrorSky
#NowReading
🧛🏻♂️ The Vampire Lestat
👸🏾 The Portable Anna Julia Cooper
✊🏾 Afropessimism
🌾 Braiding Sweetgrass
—-
Not sure what I’ll read next. 🤔 But if anyone on #BlackBookSky is on Fable & wants to share lists, here I am:
fable.co/fabler/zodi-...
📚💜 #ZodiReads
🧛🏻♂️ The Vampire Lestat
👸🏾 The Portable Anna Julia Cooper
✊🏾 Afropessimism
🌾 Braiding Sweetgrass
—-
Not sure what I’ll read next. 🤔 But if anyone on #BlackBookSky is on Fable & wants to share lists, here I am:
fable.co/fabler/zodi-...
📚💜 #ZodiReads
April 22, 2026 at 9:12 AM
#NowReading
🧛🏻♂️ The Vampire Lestat
👸🏾 The Portable Anna Julia Cooper
✊🏾 Afropessimism
🌾 Braiding Sweetgrass
—-
Not sure what I’ll read next. 🤔 But if anyone on #BlackBookSky is on Fable & wants to share lists, here I am:
fable.co/fabler/zodi-...
📚💜 #ZodiReads
🧛🏻♂️ The Vampire Lestat
👸🏾 The Portable Anna Julia Cooper
✊🏾 Afropessimism
🌾 Braiding Sweetgrass
—-
Not sure what I’ll read next. 🤔 But if anyone on #BlackBookSky is on Fable & wants to share lists, here I am:
fable.co/fabler/zodi-...
📚💜 #ZodiReads
I’m late, but I’m finishing up my last book for #SpookySeason2025 this week: Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s ‘The Bewitching.’
Wonderful use of mystery and tension to drive the plot forward. I love when authors can pull off multiple POVs and timelines like this.
#ZodiReads #HorrorSky #BookSky
Wonderful use of mystery and tension to drive the plot forward. I love when authors can pull off multiple POVs and timelines like this.
#ZodiReads #HorrorSky #BookSky
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I’m late, but I’m finishing up my last book for #SpookySeason2025 this week: Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s ‘The Bewitching.’
Wonderful use of mystery and tension to drive the plot forward. I love when authors can pull off multiple POVs and timelines like this.
#ZodiReads #HorrorSky #BookSky
Wonderful use of mystery and tension to drive the plot forward. I love when authors can pull off multiple POVs and timelines like this.
#ZodiReads #HorrorSky #BookSky
About to give myself the heebie jeebies listening to this audiobook alone in my dark room at 2:00 am. Because I’m an adult, & I can do what I want!
#ZodiReads
#ZodiReads
September 6, 2026 at 6:56 AM
About to give myself the heebie jeebies listening to this audiobook alone in my dark room at 2:00 am. Because I’m an adult, & I can do what I want!
#ZodiReads
#ZodiReads
The trigger warning for this audiobook is HILARIOUS. 🤣 This is my escape-from-the-real-world read for the weekend.
@jcageauthor.bsky.social definitely has a hit on her hands, & Tempest Mensah is an excellent narrator.
#ZodiReads #NowReading #VampSky #BlackRomanceBooks #BookSky #BlackBookSky
@jcageauthor.bsky.social definitely has a hit on her hands, & Tempest Mensah is an excellent narrator.
#ZodiReads #NowReading #VampSky #BlackRomanceBooks #BookSky #BlackBookSky
June 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The trigger warning for this audiobook is HILARIOUS. 🤣 This is my escape-from-the-real-world read for the weekend.
@jcageauthor.bsky.social definitely has a hit on her hands, & Tempest Mensah is an excellent narrator.
#ZodiReads #NowReading #VampSky #BlackRomanceBooks #BookSky #BlackBookSky
@jcageauthor.bsky.social definitely has a hit on her hands, & Tempest Mensah is an excellent narrator.
#ZodiReads #NowReading #VampSky #BlackRomanceBooks #BookSky #BlackBookSky
I do want to get my numbers up in 2026, but I think I read a decent mix of nonfiction, smut, horror, historical fiction, & fantasy in 2025.
I don’t track reference books (although maybe I should).
I’m aiming to read a wider variety this year. More poetry & science. #ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
I don’t track reference books (although maybe I should).
I’m aiming to read a wider variety this year. More poetry & science. #ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
January 6, 2026 at 1:41 PM
I do want to get my numbers up in 2026, but I think I read a decent mix of nonfiction, smut, horror, historical fiction, & fantasy in 2025.
I don’t track reference books (although maybe I should).
I’m aiming to read a wider variety this year. More poetry & science. #ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
I don’t track reference books (although maybe I should).
I’m aiming to read a wider variety this year. More poetry & science. #ZodiReads #BlackBookSky