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📚 Swap Me a Recommendation
I’ll give you one underrated literary banger, you give me one back.

The Friend by Sigrid Nunez

Your turn. Make it hurt. 🎁
#BookSky #UnderratedBooks #LiteraryFiction #FictionRecs #AmReading
July 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
opencoverbooks.bsky.social
First book that genuinely made us CRY this year.

MAJOR CW for Suicide, Suicide Attempt, and Child Abuse

SPOILERS/thoughts in comments

ALC from Libro.fm and @simonandschuster.bsky.social

#wecouldberats #bookrecs #booksky #audiobooks #fictionrecs #librofm #lesbiancharacters #lesbian
Screen capture of the audiobook "We Could Be Rats" by Emily Austin Narrated by Candace Thaxton
March 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
tobbsjournal.bsky.social
Featured Indie Story: The Shaman’s Apprentice: The Yellow PathPending by Y.M Namgong

If you're into coming-of-age stories with a touch of mystery and spiritual folklore, this one's worth checking out.

www.royalroad.com/fiction/1092...

#indiefiction #shortstories #fictionrecs #readindie
The Shaman’s Apprentice: The Yellow PathPending
I never believed in spirits. Sure, I grew up surrounded by my uncle’s shamanic rituals, drawing talismans, memorizing formations, but it was just tradition. Nothing more. Or so I thought. Then, a stra...
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April 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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I’m inviting readers to share a short recommendation (not your own work!) for the “Readers’ Reading Corner,” a section of the newsletter where I spotlight great #indiefiction discovered by you. #readindie #fictionrecs #indieauthors #WhatImReading

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Let's build this digital bookshelf together!
Use this form to recommend an indie story (short story, novella, and novel-length or ongoing) that deserves more love. This recommendation will be placed under the section Readers' Reading Corner. It ...
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May 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Sparks of Renewed Embers by 1Tuna1 (suggested by Joel): “The author has a very descriptive #writing style that immediately pulls you into the story. The theme is heavily centered around Rebirth and Redemption.” #bookrecs #fictionrecs #readindie #WhatImReading

www.royalroad.com/fiction/1119...
Sparks of Renewed Embers
Ash Vale was a raw recruit when the near-mythic party Bright Hollow plucked him from obscurity, only for a single, brutal night to wipe every member from existence and leave him the shuddering, sole s...
www.royalroad.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
bywaterbooks.bsky.social
🏳️‍🌈✈️🌏 He left his husband at the airport to chase his dreams—now both men must figure out what it really means to grow up, love hard & start over.
🎧 Listen to Tom Pyun’s fierce, funny & unforgettable new audiobook today.
Available everywhere!
#QueerLit #Audiobooks #LGBTQReads #FictionRecs
October 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM