Others I had grabbed but off screen: The Name-Bearer by Natalia Hernandez, The Maid & the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko, The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri.
I also wanted to include They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran, but I could not locate my copy 🥲
The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi, A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon, The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri, Dragonfall by L.R. Lam.
Contract Bound by Elle Mae, Hazelthorn by CG Drews, The Bruising Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia, Outdrawn by Deanna Grey, The Luis Ortega Survival Club.
Books pictured: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, Babel by R.F. Kuang, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab (Illumicrate Version), The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker.
We have several more buddy reads lined up for the year and I am so excited!
I hope you have the best day and you manage to REST for a bit. Can’t wait to cause chaos (the good kind) in your discord server. Here’s to many more shenanigans and all the queer bookish adventures! 🥳
It’s A Day of Fallen Night, I am so slowly reading it but I am really enjoying the 10% I’ve read this far.
A couple of these ones are books we buddy read or ones I told Beck to read because I thought they would enjoy them. (I was right 😌)
Thirteen books arranged in three rows with all the book covers facing the camera. The first row has four books, the second row has four books and the third row has five books. Some books on the edges are cut off.
Today’s a special day! It’s my bestie Beck’s @becklovesbooks.bsky.social birthday! To celebrate I gathered a bunch of books I associate with Beck. Including one I am currently eye and ear reading! 🧵
A graphic with a white brick wall background with a thin gold outline. Along the top it reads “Rainbow Crate Presents” with a rainbow icon between crate and presents. Underneath that it says “The Pirate & Her Princess” in black font. Underneath this in smaller black font it reads "Book 1 reprint & sequels!". In the middle of the graphic are 3D book mockups with blank pages displayed. From left to right, the mockups are: Uncharted, Unbroken and Unleashed. Underneath the books it reads “Coming Soon!” in all caps dark blue font. Text at the bottom reads “exclusive dust jackets!”, “illustrated hardcase designs!”, “illustrated endpapers!”, and “printed edges!” in black font.
🌈 In collaboration with Alli Temple @allisontemplebooks.bsky.social , Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our reprint of Uncharted, and our sequel editions of Unbroken and Unleashed! 🧵
Will be live on #twitch all day doing cosy co-working and reading sprints with the best little community. Would love to see you. 💜💜
twitch.tv/becklovesbooks
Books pictured by edge: Exposed by H.L. Day, Pirates of Aletharia by Britney Jackson, Phantom & Rook by Aelina Isaacs, Far From Neverland by River Hale, The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard, The Musician & the Monster by Jenya Keefe, Of Tides & Snow by Darva Green, The Pendragon Wytch by C.C. Davie, Hide N’ Seek by Ashley Pines & Eden Emory, On Silver Shores by V.T. Hoàng. ID: A photo of a Rainbow After Dark box standing on top of eleven RAD editions with the printed edges displayed. The books stand on a wooden table and behind them is a white and black background. Text along the top reads “RAD Renewal Reminder” in white font with a red outline. End ID.
🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! Rainbow After Dark renewal day is January 15th and all subscribers will be charged! There’s about four more days to skip your February renewal if you would like to. 🧵
📷: Thanks to @polycraftory.bsky.social for the photo of our RAD box and some of our edges!
Be Intentional 2026 full version by Dr. Andy The Trope Trials Fantasy Reading Challenge 2026 by Beck Books that Bite Readathon 2026
Diverse Reading Challenge 2026 by Beck Diversify Your Horror Reads 2026 by me Diversify Your Romance Books 2026
My Reading Challenges for This Year! Featuring a horror challenge I've made. And Challenges made by @becklovesbooks.bsky.social and @foreverinastory.bsky.social y'all should hit up their pages for this year's Challenges!
#booksky #readersky #diversebooksky #queersky
Prompts by Category Bodies: MC has More Than One Disability Fat Activism MC has/has had Major Surgery Cover Depicts Two or More Diverse Bodies Indie Book with a Disabled MC Minds: BIPOC Autistic MC Chronic Migraines or Headaches Featuring a Therapist or Therapy Discusses or Portrays Parasocial Relationships Healing from or Overcoming Trauma Lives: Polyamory MC is or has Been a Refugee Invisible Chronic Illness/Disability Working Class MC Food Insecurity and/or Challenging Food Access Places: A Country with an Ongoing Genocide Set in a Library or Community Space Set in Two or More Countries or Territories Set on a Reservation or Native Land Short Story Collection set Somewhere Your Heritage Links to Identities: Features Deaf Culture Black Character on Cover Non-Christian Religious MC Trans MC in Romance Found Family by a Latine Author Styles: Translated Caribbean Literature Middle Grade or Young Adult Includes Second Person Narrative Retelling Written by an Asian Author Queer Poetry Cross: Longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards MC with an Intersectional Identity Queer Book with BIPOC Main Characters Oppression or Segregation Memoir of a Marginalised Figure Recs: Anthology by Diverse Authors Disabled Joy Indigenous Horror Trans Woman MC or Author Not Originally Published or Set in the USA or UK
Presenting the Diverse Reading Challenge 2025 ♡
Will take part on storygraph, in discord and there will be a wee chat on instagram.
Would appreciate a share ♡
Will type prompts in alt text!
💙📚 📚🌈
Sapphic Holiday Romances Depicted are two women, one white and one Black, in a Santa costume, smiling broadly.
I just finished updating my "Ultimate List of Sapphic Holiday Romances," and I can hardly believe the count: we are officially at 465 titles!
If you're looking for a festive sapphic book to snuggle up with this month, check out the list on my website:
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2025 Reading Goals You have read 146 books this year Books 146/150 97% completed ahead by 8 Books
Be Intentional 2025: Full Version 90% 126/140 prompts done
Read more LGBT books in 2025 100% Tarot Reading Challenge 100%
Diverse Reading Challenge 93% complete 28/30 The Trope Trials Fantasy Reading Challenge 2025 100% 40/40 prompts done 100% bonus
And Last but not least and update on all the Challenges I Joined this year and their current progress!
#booksky #queersky #diversebooksky #readingchallenges
I will absolutely be joining @foreverinastory.bsky.social 2026 be intentional next year! And @becklovesbooks.bsky.social challenges!
An image of 33 Rainbow Crate books. There are 27 books in two stacks sitting in front of a white bookshelf. All books in these two stacks have the edges facing the camera. The bookshelf has three shelves and is full of printed edges. The bottom shelf has rainbow flowers sitting on top of the book edges. Text along the top third of the image reads “Last Sale Day!” in white font with a dark pink outline.
🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows, it’s the FINAL DAY of our Last Chance Sale! Get up to 40% off select past books and 20% off select past boxes! Quantities are limited and once they’re sold out, they’re gone! 🧵
I can't even tell you how many hours I spent on this. There were SO MANY books.
An image of 31 Rainbow Crate books. The books are arranged in five rows, with the books slightly alternating where they line up. All book covers face the camera, the books near the edges of the image are more cut off. Text along the bottom reads “Last Chance Sale” in white font with a red outline.
🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows, we are working on clearing older inventory from our packing center, which means it’s time for a SALE! Get up to 40% off select past books and 20% off select past boxes! Quantities are limited and once they’re sold out, they’re gone! 🧵
Photo of The First And Last Demon by Hiyodori on a metal desk.
Return of The First And Last Demon from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social while I wait for things to happen at work. Yesterday was just busy enough I didnt get a chance to finish it.
#amreading #booksky💙📚 #diversebooksky #queersky #readersky
Review 5/5 stars Whirls review Autistic eldritch horror who is doing her spit shine best A cute bear companion Men being himbos. Himbos everywhere Sapphic ace romance Is it really a crime to eat your mom? Cozy in a creepy way
Short review for Someone You Can Build A Nest In by @wiswell.bsky.social unique cover and special edition courtesy of @rainbowcrate.bsky.social
#queersky #booksky💙📚 #diversebooksky #readersky #review
A graphic with a background of the striped sapphic flag featuring five horizontal stripes in coral, pale yellow, white, mint and amethyst. A white translucent square is overlaid with a thin white outline. Text reads “76 Sapphic Books for Sapphic September”. The 29 is in sapphic colors and each line of text follows in a new color of the sapphic flag with a thin black outline.
🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! Happy final days of #SapphicSeptember! We are here to celebrate sapphic books and writers. This features almost every single sapphic special edition we’ve done! There’s also some hints as to what’s coming next. 🧵
Books Pictured: The Fall That Saved Us by Tamara Jerée, Of Love & Libraries by Brenna Bailey, The Name-Bearer by Natalia Hernandez, Providence Girls by Morgan Dante, A Queer & Cozy Winter: A Rainbow Crate Original Anthology, Outdrawn by Deanna Grey. ID: Six books are pictured. Three of the books are open displaying the endpapers. The other three books display the front cover. The books are slightly overlapping each other and on a white background. Text at the bottom of the image reads “Oct Renewal Reminder” in white font with a purple outline. End ID.
🌈 October Renewal Reminder!
Renewal day is October 1st, 2025 and all subscribers will be charged! There’s about two days left to skip your October renewal if you would like to.
📷: Thank you @becklovesbooks.bsky.social for the photo! 🧵
A photo of trans magical girl novel “Magica Riot” on the Staff Picks shelf at Powell’s Books in Portland, Oregon
It never stops blowing my mind to see my lil trans magical girl novel here on *this* shelf at Powell’s 🥹
THIS is more like it.
Great work @jaseokundaye.bsky.social
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A stack of sprayed edges. Featuring green and space with planets. Ripped feathers. Pretty Christmas lights. Drawing materials on a light pink bg. A graveyard at night. Jellyfish.
Some of my favorite sprayed edges of my books that I have from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social can you spot any favorites? Do you recognize some?
#booksky💙📚 #diversebooksky #bookporn
You can buy some public library cards in areas where you don’t live. They’re generally $20-50. Some libraries that offer this are Charlotte-Mecklenberg, Houston, and Chattanooga. If you read a lot of ebooks/audiobooks this gives you more access/shorter holds.
An image of the hardcover of LORD OF RUIN by KM Enright propped up against a black cat. The cat looks expectantly up at the camera.
I am so thrilled and proud to be sharing LORD OF RUIN with you—it has been a labor of love in many ways, and I’ve put my whole heart and soul into bringing you Isaac’s story. Welcome back to Aeravin—the suffering is only getting started.
I'm going on BOOK TOUR!!!
Details at charliejaneanders.com/events 💝✨🌞
So excited!! Can't wait for Women's & Children First stop!!!
A collage featuring an older black couple, a greasy white boy, a Korean man, and a sad girl. Surrounded by zombies, a decayed hospital, fungi, and the London underground.
A book cover featuring a destroyed city with a man and a woman on the cover holding weapons. Titled: How We End By: LM Juniper
Rating: 😭😭😭😭😭
Genre: Horror, LGBT, Drama
Hours: 13
Format: Audiobook
#booksky💙📚 #review #diversebooksky
Thank you to @lmjuniper.bsky.social for this absolutely emotionally gutwrenching yet loving read. It altered my brain chemistry
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Books pictured:
The Fall that Saved Us by Tamara Jerée
The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard
Demon King’s Gardener Bind Up Vol 1-3 by Rori Thornton
Mercy by Ian Haramaki
In the Roses of Pieria by Anna Burke
Junker Seven by Olive J. Kelley
I am partial to any kind of character art. I have a hard time visualizing characters so I love seeing an example of what they look like, instead of just picturing a blob. I’ve read all six of these books and would recommend them if you like fantasy (or sci-fi for Junker Seven)!
