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🌑🩸 Lights off. Sistah Scifi After Dark is our new weekly series: the darkest corners of our shelves, a few books at a time. Week one is about what gets handed down. A family's conjure. A family's empire. A mother's fire. 🌲 Conjure Island by @edenroycebooks Del Baker is sent to spend the summer on an island off the South Carolina coast with family she has never met: Nana Rose, who runs a school for Southern conjure magic. The magic is real. The ghosts talk. And a shadow on the island may lead back to Del's own family. 🩸 This Ravenous Fate by @pagesofhayley Harlem, 1926. The dance halls are full, and reapers, vampires who used to be human, are on the hunt. Elise Saint is heir to the empire that hunts them. Layla Quinn is the reaper Elise betrayed. Now a string of killings forces the two to work side by side. 🔥 (S)Kin by @ibizoboi A novel in verse rooted in Caribbean folklore, and a 2025 National Book Award finalist. Marisol is fifteen and the daughter of a soucouyant. Every new moon in Brooklyn, she sheds her skin and becomes a witch of fire. Gen is seventeen, with a skin condition that keeps getting worse and a hunger that leads back to her estranged mother. One family secret ties the two together. 📚 Grab your copy at www.sistahscifi.com or request it from your favorite #library. Our copies of (S)Kin are signed. Which one are you reading with the lights on? Tell us below 👇🏾 #SistahScifi #SistahScifiAfterDark #BlackSpeculativeFiction #SpeculativeFiction #SupportBlackAuthors #HorrorReads #EdenRoyce #HayleyDennings #IbiZoboi
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American Street by Ibi Zoboi ⭐️⭐️⭐️.8/5 💅🏽Kaleidoscope Eyes by Orly • It’s been a while but I’m back! I took a much needed birthday break and ended up finishing 3 books on my trip! This book has been on my radar ever since I saw the cover blown up on the wall at the Buder Branch Library in STL. It’s written by a Haitian author and I’ve been deep in my hoodoo bag as of late so…why not? Overall I enjoyed this book. • It’s a coming of age tale of Haitian immigrant Fabiola Toussaint. The book starts off with her immigrating to the US and hoping to do so with her mother. Her mother is detained due to issues with her “paperwork,” and Fabiola is left to navigate her new world in Detroit without her. Fabiola transitions to life with her cousins and aunt and feels like a fish out of water, but slowly acclimates to a new culture. This is a gritty tale, it’s YA but it goes there. Themes of domestic violence, drug dealing, addiction, and violence take center stage. There’s also space for Haitian hoodoo practices, sisterhood, teenage love, and family. • I appreciated how Koboi doesn’t shy away from the harsh realities of coming up in a rough city and what it can do for a teenage girl. I do wish there were more themes of community, as I know firsthand that it exists in Black “rough” cities across the United States. I also wish there was more time given to develop the story, especially the ending. I’ll keep it spoiler free, but the ending was potent and it deserved more exploration. All in all, I enjoyed this book and I do think it aged overall well. If you’ve read it, what did you think?
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I’ve had so so much fun with @booksparks #frc2026 Practical Magic 2 After Dark event 🪄 A splash of fantasy with @aamna_qureshi 🐉 A splash of sci-fi with @sonidoreyes ☀️ A splash of lit-fic with @jess.rao 🚗 Anddd a splash of Halloween romance with @laurel_osterkamp 🎃 Happy Reading! 📚
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New releases in store now 📚🏳️‍🌈🐶 WHAT FEEDS BELOW @thebuffwriter QUAINT FOLK @bitterkarella THE HOUSE OF GARDENIAS @isabelcanas_ THE UNTAMED CORE @sonidoreyes SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME @cynthiapelayoauthor WE’VE BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME @joeycliiiiiift CHILDREN OF OWL @dr.littlebadger INDIGENOUS FROM A TO Z @tracisorellauthor ABC DOGS @lilichin_art What upcoming releases are you most excited for? 💖 #IndieBookstore #NewBooks #NewReleases #BooksellerRecommends #DiversifyYourBookshelf
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they’re a 10, but … (book edition)! 🤭 let us know your what numbers you’d give each of these in the comments. ft. kyle! @cosmos.kyle 📚 books mentioned: - Spread Me by Sarah Gailey - You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White - Redundancies and Potentials by Dominique Dickey - The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi - Doe by Rebecca Barrow - The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri - (S)Kin by Ibi Zoboi - The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez - These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma - Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo - The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar 👗💄: - dress is from AFRM, rented from Nuuly - eyeshadow is Sickly Sweet Palette from Blend Bunny Cosmetics - eyeliner is Vegan Longwear Eyeliner (Lilac) from Pacifica - mascara is Cow Lashes and Horse Lashes from Sarelly Beauty - lip combo is Keep It Full Plumping Lip Liner (Over the Top) and Keep It Full Maxxx Lip Plumper (First Kiss) from Milani Cosmetics - (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!) thank you to Tor Nightfire, Saga Press, William Morrow, Penguin Teen, Orbit, Versify, Mariner Books, and Tordotcom for the gifted copies! #horrorbooks #fantasybooks #scifibooks #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @tornightfire @sagapressbooks @neonhemlock @williammorrowbooks @penguinteen @orbitbooks_us @versifybooks @torbooks @marinerbooks @henryholtbooks @tordotcompub @shop.afrm @nuuly @blendbunnycosmetics @sarellybeauty @milanicosmetics
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Big changes start with small conversations. 📚✨ Seems like electing a 34x convicted felon has *really* lowered the bar for men. Women everywhere are so tired of this crap. We will have to take this rage, call our moms, aunts, grandmothers and march to the polls. And mamas, we gotta teach em young. When we read books about democracy, fairness, and elections with our little ones, we aren’t just telling stories—we’re teaching them that their opinions matter, their voices have power, and every single vote counts. Building a habit of civic engagement starts long before someone turns 18. It starts right on your lap during bedtime stories. By showing children how communities come together to make decisions, we empower them to grow up confident, caring, and ready to stand up for what they believe in. Raise your hand if you’re building a little future voter! 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ Which book about making a difference is a favorite on your child’s bookshelf? Please comment VOTE if you’d like this list of books sent to your DMs Texans, last day to register to vote is October 5th. I dream of a future for Texans where we care for all people and support our public education. #talarico @jamestalarico #vote #fdt #change #blue
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🪴To Our Untamed Core🪴 Thank you @sonidoreyes @harpercollinschin and @versifybooks for my gifted ARC of #toouruntamedcore ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Do you want a book with an epic fight-to-the-death YA Dystopian Fantasy? Where religion is used as a weapon to subjugate the will of the people? How about a book full of YEARNING while the main characters are also trying to just stay alive? Then pick up To Our Untamed Core! This book hooks you so fast! There are so many topics that you don’t expect but make so much sense in the plot overall that it just makes you want to keep reading! I have read this twice now, once via kindle and then via audio, and I can’t get enough! This is not at all what I expected and loved how complex each character was. Temo just wants their loved ones to survive. Ollin wants to help everyone. Socoyote wants to preserve the culture that The Holy Order wants eradicated. There are so many emotions that will run through you as you read this book but it’s just as Reyes says in their dedication, “For the disenfranchised and all who live in the margins. May your joy ring so loud it keeps them up at night.” I can’t wait to see Sonido Reyes at Nowhere Bookshop next week 🥰 💭What’s a book with a dedication that you loved? Help Your Local Nonprofits Use Your Voice Donate However You Can Remember The Files, The Concentration Camps, The People Deported, and The War. Latina Bookstagram | Recently Read | Diversify Your Shelf | BIPOC Reader | Latina Author | Book
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Can love survive a fight to the death? You might just have to read to find out 👀 To Our Untamed Core is OUT NOW!
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Happy Thursday! Happy National Punctuation Day! As a reader of books, punctuation is necessary to convey meaning. :) What is the highlight of your week so far? Besides, Shelves and The City, I saw @sonidoreyes Wednesday night at @mystgalaxybooks! I love to preorder books from there. They have amazing customer service & I definitely feel seen. Thank you @booksparks #partner for the arc box of To Our Untamed Core @epicreads @versifybooks :) The Hunger Games meets The Sunbearer Trials in bestselling and award-winning author Sonido Reyes’s YA dystopia about a boy who survives by hiding his truth until his boyfriend is sentenced to El Torneo — a brutal, fight-to-the-death game — where he must risk everything to save him. Thoughts: I’m still reading it but I’m loving it so far. I expressed this to Sonido when I talked with them & I can’t wait to see how the rest of the story unfolds.
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UBWM (unbox with me) • like GRWM (get ready with me) 🤭 yes, I’m making this a new series! Look at these #gifted beauties!!!! Also - two of these books release TODAY… and I have them in my hands 😭🫶🏼 Which one would you pick up first or what’s your current energy/reading mood? 🔗 🛒 Shop my books and book-related gift list in my storefront on my bio! All of these are located there for immediate purchase or to pre-order! 🏚️ The Sisters of Crimson House — Melissa Anderson Sweazy @melissaasweazy 📅 September 29, 2026 | @bookmarked A Southern Gothic about a psychic family, a supposedly haunted mansion, and secrets that refuse to stay buried. Give me haunted house + family secrets and I’m listening. (already reading and loving)! 📖 Between Chapters — Zibby Owens @zibbyowens 📅 September 22, 2026 | @zibbypublishing A memoir about reinvention, motherhood, divorce, love, and building a new life. Basically, one woman figuring out what happens when you turn the page and start over. ⚔️ To Our Untamed Core — Sonido Reyes @sonidoreyes 📅 September 22, 2026 | @booksparks @versifybooks A YA dystopian fantasy about a trans teen who enters a deadly tournament to save his boyfriend. Rebellion, romance, colonialism, and VERY high stakes. ❄️🔥 Throne of Frost and Flame — J.R. Ward 📅 April 6, 2027 | @brambleromance @shelf.awareness Book 2 in the Kingdoms of the Compass series, following Crown of War and Shadow. Fantasy, romance, dangerous magic, and court intrigue — so obviously I need to catch up on Book 1. Thank you to the publishers/authors for sending these my way! My TBR is officially out of control.
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NEW TITLES TUESDAY! #TBR #reading #bookrecommendations #justpublished #shoplocal
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I've wanted to read Sonido Reyes's books for a while, so when I had the chance to pick up his new book before its release date... You bet I grabbed it without a second thought 😂 And I loved every minute of it! I related a lot to Temo's transness from the beginning (how surprising😁) and I loved that everyone was supportive of him by default. Even his sister in her VERY misguided ways. At the same time, this book isn't *about* being trans and I appreciated that a lot. Temo is defined by his transness, in part, much like we all are. But he's also strong-willed and as he starts realizing what his world is like, he rolls with the punches and never stops caring fiercely about the people who are important to him. I personally really loved the worldbuilding and how the book's colonial dystopia shaped the people living in it. Reyes doesn't pull punches but neither do they spend a minute longer than necessary to illustrate the suffering that this particular colonial power (and all colonial powers irl) is inflicting as part of their exploitation. With all that, the book is a fast-paced and emotional survival adventure, and I stayed up way too late finishing it. It only adds to the awesomeness that the audiobook is performed by my new favorite voice actor, Avi Roque. (I see their name on a book, I add to TBR XD) Many, many thanks to Versify, Harper Audio, and @librofm for the free audiobook! Check out this book, it releases today! 💖 ❓ Love triangles, yes or no? 💭 Yes, but only if they all end up together 🤫 #librofm #sonidoreyes
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