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23 & chronically ill
romance + fantasy + disability
📍 Seattle
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*BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION POST*

Hi bookish friends! The #ChronicallyIconicBookClub’s September/October read is UNTIL THE CLOCK STRIKES MIDNIGHT by Alechia Dow, a YA fantasy with bipolar representation based on the author’s personal experience!

Our discussion via Instagram group chat will begin one week from tomorrow on October 10th at around 1pm EST and continue through Monday October 12th at our own pace. Let me know in the comments if you’d like to join! (There’s still time for you to snag a copy and catch up as this is a quick read/listen!) Everyone is welcome!

I will also post 10 official discussion questions in the comments of this post that you can answer at your leisure if you’d prefer.

I personally had a lot of fun with this magical, silly little book! It has the vibe of a Disney movie - except with moving representation and diversity! I only wish that the plot didn’t go by so quickly as I wanted more time and space for the characters’ journeys. I’m excited to hear your thoughts…

Our next read will be for Nonfiction November so we’re chosing between four nonfiction books by disabled authors based on their personal experience. Keep an eye on my stories to cast your vote!

ID in the alt text and the comments.

Tags/keywords: #DisabilityRepresentation #Bookstagram #BookClub #YAFantasy Romantasy Mental Health Representation. End of keywords. a dark purple book with an illustration of two smirking Black teens with painted fairy ears back to back. The teen on the right has pink and gold eyeshadow, curly black hair in a bun, and butterflies in her hair. The teen on the left wears black and has dark curly hair. “Until the Clock Strikes Midnight” is written in white cursive outlined in purple in front of an illustration of a fairy tale style tan castle. The book is covered in reflective details of hearts and lightning bolts. The book sits on a bed of white lace and loose book pages surrounded by purple roses and pearls. A tiny sculptured white ballroom slipper sits to the right with a single purple rose.

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My name in books! 📚💕

•Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas
•Love at Frost Sight by Torie Jean
•Love Like the Sun by Riss M. Neilson
•Always Only You by Chloe Liese
•Shade of Darkness and Deception by Jordan A. Day

•Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
•Not the Witch You Wed by April Asher
•Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas
•Herbwitch Princess by Irene Chau
•Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas
•Next to You by Hannah Bonam-Young
•Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings
•Ever After Always by Chloe Liese
•Dukes & Dekes by Torie Jean

•Rivalry of Hearts by Tessonja Odette
•Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce
•Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
•Dream So Wicked by Tessonja Odette
•Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L Armentrout

My dear friend @_chronicallybookish came up with this name for me one day and told me to go make a Bookstagram and it’s just been the best experience ever! I just love it here. It was a very good idea! 🫶🏻

#bookstagram #booklover #booksbooksbooks #readmorebooks #readersofinstagram
#fortheloveofbooks #bookedition #booktography

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happy national book lovers day! 💜🪻📖

Five years ago, BookTok convinced me to take a chance on ACOTAR. Halfway through, I found myself ordering the entire series and becoming obsessed with reading again, especially romantasy. I hadn’t picked up a book in years, and now I can’t imagine a life without books in it.

It wasn’t soon after that my dear friend @_chronicallybookish was handing me my first contemporary romance book ever (Ali Hazelwood & Torie Jean!!!), introducing me to new genres and books with disability representation, and giving me a crash course on all things books & Bookstagram. She is also the lore behind why Ella’s Enchanted Reads exists, or I guess I should say Mittens’ Enchanted Reads now? 🐈 Kaley is just the best person ever, and I am forever grateful to call her my book bestie. LOVE YOU GIRL! 🫶🏻

#nationalbookloversday #booklover #booksbooksbooks #bookbestie

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Did you know the book right away from this quote? If so, let’s be friends.

This is one of my favorite books and I realized as I was making this I don’t own a copy! 😱 Because I fell in love with it when I started teaching English, I always used a school copy!

Inspired by:
@_chronicallybookish

#bookish #bookquotes #reading #favoritebook

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Disability Pride Readathon 2026 Wrapup @_chronicallybookish
I try to read diverse, queer, and disabled all year. I will continue working towards these prompts.
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang - purchased
Knot My Type by Evie Mitchell - purchased
Percolation Play by Katherine McIntyre - KU
Ms.V's Hot Girl Summer by A. H. Cunningham - Library
Sparks Will Fly by Lauren Holl - KU
With Stars in Her Eyes by Andie Burke - KU
The Broposal by Sonido Reyes - Library
Darn Knit All by Evie Mitchell - purchased
Filtration Play by Katherine McIntyre - KU
Love Flushed by Evie Mitchell - purchased

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Thank you so much to @_chronicallybookish for organising this readathon, I’ve had a wonderful time! These books have kept me company through some hard days this month & I feel so accomplished to have gotten so close to filling the bingo board.
I hope y’all find the reviews helpful & maybe find something to add to your tbr.
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[text reads: 7 Mini Book Reviews for Chronically’s Bookish’s Disability Pride Month Readathon]

[image description: A muted pink scrapbook style background overlayed with squiggles in the colours of the stripes on the disability pride flag & a torn sheet of lined paper covered in dark purple writing.]

This month I took part in the disability pride month readathon organised by @_chronicallybookish through their bindery & discord community. The aim is to get a “bingo” on their bingo card where each book can be used for up to two spots. There’s more to it, the rules are on @_chronicallybookish so I recommend going over there 😊
My goal was to read 8 books, all audiobooks or graphic novels & I got super close which is pretty cool tbh 😊
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[image description: a cream page with squiggles in the colours of the stripes on the disability pride flag. Overlayed is a 4 by 4 bingo grid with squares reading, from left to right, top to bottom, “any book” “main character with a physical disability” “multiply-marginalized disabled main character” “any book”
“a book rec from the Chronically Bookish discord server” “visibly disabled character on the cover” “main character with an invisible disability” “neuro-divergent main character”
“set in a country other than where you live” “main character with a sensory disability” “two or more disabled characters” “memoir by a disabled author”
“any book” “self-published book” “main character with a psychiatric disability” “any book”
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Text at the bottom reads “Disability Pride Readathon”
ChronicallyBookish.BinderyBooks.com]

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🌟 Half-year review 🌟

Slightly belated but I finally got some headspace to evaluate half year review in my first year using a reading spreadsheet, gifted to be by @foreverinastory.

Here are some stats, standouts, goals and a challenge update.

Challenge organisers are tagged where possible!

Any recommendations for me based on my goals? 🥰

#halfyearreview #midyearreview #diversereads

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Der Juli ist Disability Pride Month 🩷

Gemeinsam wollen wir die Stereotype und Vorurteile gegen Menschen mit Behinderung aufbrechen.
👉🏻 Ja, wir erleben sehr viele Barrieren und strukturelle Diskriminierung, so wie alltägliche Beleidigungen, Gaslighting und Ableismus.
👉🏻 ABER wir sind keine mitleidserregenden Kreaturen. Wir haben trotz der Barrieren ein Leben mit vielen Glücksmomenten. Und das wollen wir zeigen.

Dieses Jahr gibt es wieder einen Readathon von @_chronicallybookish 😍

& da ich weiß wie schwer die Recherche für deutschsprachige Bücher mit Disability Repräsentation ist, habe ich hier für jede Kategorie eine kleine Auswahl, um es euch einfacher zu machen 🥺🫶🏻

(Und jetzt mal ehrlich: Jede Recherche bringt mich an den Rand der Verzweiflung, weil ich die Repräsentation meist in den Untiefen von Rezensionen erst finde und es online sonst nirgendwo in Klappentexten oder Leseproben steht. Wisst ihr wie viele Bücher ich schon mit Repräsentation entdeckt habe, die wochenlang meine FYP gefüllt haben, ohne das die Repräsentation auch nur einmal genannt wurde? 😭 und wenn ich englische Bücher finde, werden sie nur selten übersetzt…)

Hauptcharaktere mit körperlicher Behinderung:

🩷 Not Quiet Dead Yet von Holly Jackson (Chronische Nierenerkrankung und neurologische Folgesymptome von einem Aneurysma)

🩷 Where Our Dreams End von Yvonne Merschmann (Endometriose)

🩷 13 Polaroids of Us von Justine Pust (Sie hat einen Herzklappendefekt, Skoliose und Migräne - Er hat cPTBS und eine schwere Nussallergie)

Hauptcharaktere mit einer Behinderung, die mehrfache Diskriminierung erleben:

🩷 Iron Widow von Xiran Jay Zhao (Asiatische Protagonistin)

🩷 Faebound von Saara El-Arifi (Schwarze Protagonistin, die in Armut lebt)

🩷 Falling for Eve Brown von Talia Hibbert (Schwarze, mehrgewichtige Frau)

Hauptfiguren mit Sprech- und Sprachstörungen 🩷
(Hab die Kategorie verändert weil man für die Kategorie einen Account auf Bindery und Discord erstellen muss)

🩷 The Witch Collector von Charissa Weaks (Aphasie und Nutzung der Gebärdensprache)

🩷 Unwritten Love von Teresa Sporrer (Stottern)

🩷 The Way you Crumble von Nena Tramountani (selektiver Mutismus)

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I cannot believe it's already July! This year is passing wayyyy too fast for my liking. Did you read anything good in June? Any 5 stars?

#readerforlife #romancebookrecs #romancereader #romancereads #romancebookstagram

bookstagram/booktok/book recommendations/book recs/reading wrap up/arc reviewer/arc review/arc reader/June reading wrap up/monthly reads/queer book recs/queer books/queer romance books/lgbtq book recs/lgbtq books/lgbtq romance books/queer mystery books/lgbtq mystery books/lgbtq horror books/queer horror books/lgbtq fantasy books/queer fantasy books/diverse book recommendations/diverse books/diverse reads/

Books featured:
Good Luck, Babe! by @erinbaldwin.books
The Romance Rewind by Sarah Everett
Doe by @rebeccakbarrow
Bump, Set, Sparks by @jmoffattwrites
Love is a Contact Sport by Frederick Smith
You Won't Forget Me by @mazeyeddings

Books featured:
Missing in Soho by Holly Stars
The Guest Book by Mae Marvel
Grief Eater by @redscribed
Evening the Score by @lexilafleur

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My first book for @_chronicallybookish Disability Pride Readathon is done! Checked off "Main character with a sensory disability" with SOMEONE TO DAYDREAM ABOUT by @slangwrites ! Really enjoyed this YA romance book. The FMC is Deaf (and spoiler alert, the MMC has dyslexia and ADHD!). Really fun, enjoyable read. Highly recommend!

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how my books fit @_chronicallybookish ‘s Disability Pride Readathon!!

go follow her page for updates, and join her discord for a chance to win a $25 gift card to get even more books!

i’m personally extremely excited to dive into books with disability rep and/or books by disabled authors this month (i do every month, but it’s fun to play bingo with it and make a challenge out of it for sure)

let me know down below what your favorite books with disability rep are- bonus points if you tell me which square they fit in!

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*BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION POST*

Hi bookish friends! We will be discussing the #ChronicallyIconicBookClub’s May read THESE VENGEFUL GODS by Gabe Cole Novoa starting tomorrow May 30th through Monday June 1st!

Our discussion will take place via Instagram group chat at our own pace starting around 1pm EST on the 30th. Let me know in the comments if you’d like to join! Everyone is welcome!

I’m also sharing our discussion questions in the comments of this post that you can answer at your leisure if you’d prefer.

I enjoyed this book a lot more than I expected! It was surprisingly cozy and satisfying despite being a dark dystopia. I’m excited to discuss it with you all and hear your thoughts!

We’re currently collecting nominations for our July read under the theme “disability pride/joy”. Please let me know if you have any books with disability representation based on personal, lived experience that fit this theme that you’d like to nominate!

We also have a general group chat for random thoughts, book recommendations, and book pick brainstorming. Please let me know if you’d like to join our little community!

ID in the alt text and the comments.

Tags: #DisabilityRepresentation #Bookstagram #BookClub #YABookstagram End of tags. a dark blue book cover with an illustration of a teen with brown eyes and brown skin staring out at the viewer with their upper face framed by a dark hood and a mechanical black mask. “These Vengeful Gods, Gable Cole Novoa” is written in curling white script above and below the figure. The book sits on a bed of loose book pages surrounded by fake blue flowers and book page confetti. To the right of the book brown and black scrabble tiles spell out “Book club” with a paper rose and an unheated silver and white dagger underneath it.

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