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📍louisville, ky
literary enthused community curator
founder @eclectixthebookclub
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POV: You spend the day surrounded by books, book lovers, and the BEST vibes. 📚✨
Another amazing event, another incredible turnout, and SO many new bookish friends made along the way. 🥹💚Until spring, Foxing Books… 📖💫
I’ll be counting down the days! 🫶🏼 #BookishBondsCo #ReadersMarket #FoxingBooks #BookishFriends

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The reviews are in and church is officially in session. 📖🙌

The critics are obsessed. And bookstagram? Bookstagram is not okay (affectionate) — "This book is a time, y'all."

Literary fiction that reads like your favorite reality show: The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman is the next move from a National Book Award finalist, and it is JUICY. Scandal, secrets, sequins, and a pageant full of Jesus' disciples if they had been a group of mean girls.

Swipe to see why critics and readers can't stop talking. 👉

📅 Preorder now, because you will want to have this one on release day 9/29

#TrueConfessionsOfFirstLadyFreeman #DeeshaPhilyaw #LitFic

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Wow 🥹 Really feeling all the love and support after today! Yall absolutely made The Kidds entire world with all the kind words and love! I say it all the time but my favorite part will forever be seeing yall get so hyped as yall look through my art! Thank you to everyone who bought my art and gave them new homes 🤍

Big thanks to @foxingbookstore & @introtoeclecticism for having me and hosting this event! 🫶🏽

If you didn’t catch me today I will be @mooncrustcafeofficial for the Coffee & Queers event hosted by @eventsbytayzzy tomorrow 12-4pm!! ✨✨

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Updated flyer! Save the dates & come support The Kidd 🫶🏽

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We’re a few days away from our Fall Readers Market 💚 See you on Saturday, September 12th from 12-4PM/EST at Foxing Books in Louisville, KY!

[bookstagram, book events, readers, louisville kentucky, things to do]

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WE OUTSIDEEEE! We got some dates coming up… where we will be serving the public. Come check us out ☕️

9/12 from 12p - 4p | Readers Market at @foxingbookstore
9/19 from 8a - 12:30p | at @barre3frankfortave
9/20 from 1p - 3p | A Novel Afternoon at @theprologuevenue
10/3 from 10a - 1p | Harvest Festival at @ouroldgreyhouse (ticketed event)

Don’t forget to book your local caffeine dealers for your next event.

#cartercoffeecompany #coffeecatering #mobilecoffeecart #louisvilleky #louisvillecoffee

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inviting the girlies who love books to share their last five star read✨

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Thank you so much @marinerbooks and @deeshaphilyaw for including me in this experience. I’m so excited for the rest of the world to get to know Schar and continue the discussion about The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman.

And lol I really did enjoy catching up with all of the content creators there 😅 I know I know we didn’t have to talk about the book the whole time LMAO

Everything about this trip was so thoughtful and carefully curated. From the ice cream shop and book store (you all will find out about the relevance when you read the book 🥺) to the little church fans and tiaras.

It was so great to be surrounded by other content creators, who want to uplift and celebrate stories like this.

🥂 Cheers to stories and memories that stay with us long after we read the last chapter and fly back home 🫶🏾 ( I kinda ate that last line 🤭💁🏾‍♀️😂)

🤎 Until next time!

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Thank you, Mariner Books and Deesha Philyaw, for a beautifully curated experience filled with joy, thoughtful conversation, incredible people, and so much Melanin 🤎It was a DREAM to celebrate the release of The True Confessions of First Lady Freedman 🫶🏾

#MarinerBooks #DeeshaPhilyaw #TheTrueConfessionsOfFirstLadyFreeman #Bookstagram #BlackBookstagram

I had the honor of being one of six content creators flown to Atlanta for 24 unforgettable hours celebrating the upcoming release of The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw and in just one day, we created memories I’ll hold onto for a long time.

#booksta #bookish

Stop 1: Landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and was greeted by our driver.

Stop 2: Our second stop was Black-owned Sweet Stack Creamery, where I had the BEST vegan ice cream of my life. If you’re ever in Atlanta, the Super Berry Açaí flavor is an absolute must-try!!!!🫐🍓🩷

Stop 3: We explored 44th & 3rd Booksellers; a black-owned bookstore with history, charm and an amazing collection of old and new stories.

Stop 4: We checked into The Tess Hotel; it’s gorgeous, warm, elegant and the team there was so nice and accommodating.

Stop 5: We headed to the rooftop, where Deesha Philyaw welcomed every guest by name (yes...she pronounced Jordanaé correctly on the first try 🥹).

Stop 5: I also had the chance to spend time with some of my favorite people in the bookish community.

Stop 5: The wind, the vibes…it was all there🩷

Stop 6: A few of us ended the evening with dinner at Yeppa & Co.

#eatatlanta

Stop 7: The next morning we had a private brunch with Deesha ( yes, we’re on a first name basis now ☺️🤭😂)

I honestly can’t imagine a more perfect way to spend 24 hours.

If you’re looking for a novel filled with satire, messy people, self-discovery, and the freedom that can come with life after 40, The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman belongs on your TBR, available September 29, 2026.

Thank you again, Mariner Books, for the invitation and for creating such an intentional, memorable experience. 🤎

#MarinerBooks #DeeshaPhilyaw #TheTrueConfessionsOfFirstLadyFreeman

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l gave the girls 30 seconds to find their fav book of the year, book on their tbr, current read, book they always recommend, and their funniest read!
it was so fun to see what everyone chose 🤭
special thank you to @marinerbooks for planning this special bookstore visit!
and big thank you to the good folks over @44thand3rdbookseller for letting us shop and run around the store 😂

do you agree with what everyone chose? 👀

#booklist #bookchallenge #bookrecs

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so much fun celebrating the only and only @deeshaphilyaw and her upcoming novel, the true confessions of first lady freeman💛

grateful to @marinerbooks for the invitation! my heart is so full after being surrounded by fellow book creators, librarians, and book sellers @tessinbuckhead in atlanta. the book community is amazing!

if you haven’t already, add the true confessions of first lady freeman to your tbr so we can chat in september✨

#bookstagram #newbookrelease

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I couldn’t help but wonder…

When did book clubs become the new VIP lounge?

Maybe the hottest reservation in the city isn’t at a restaurant. Maybe it’s a room full of women who underline paragraphs, fall in love with fictional men, and somehow leave knowing a little more about themselves.

Last night was a reminder that stories don’t just live on shelves they bring strangers together, start conversations that linger long after dessert, and make a Tuesday night feel like the opening chapter of something unforgettable.

Thank you to @deeshaphilyaw, @harpercollins, and the entire team at @marinerbooks for inviting us to celebrate The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman. Here’s to beautiful books, beautiful women, and the kind of evenings that make you believe the best plot twists happen in real life.

Because sometimes the perfect love story…
is the one you have with reading. 📚🥂

#Bookstagram #AtlantaReaders #BookClubLife #TheTrueConfessionsOfFirstLadyFreeman #BlackBookstagram

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