Apple’s new sci-fi series “Murderbot” to make global debut May 16, 2025 Today, Apple TV+ unveiled a first look at “Murderbot,” created by Chris and Paul Weitz and starring Alexander Skarsgård

I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

Tia’s works are also queernormative! 💖

Indeed!!!

Cover reveal! Solum Iris, by T.M. Ledvina, releasing August 5, 2025. Cover description - The upper bodies of two young women, one with curly auburn hair and one with dark, flowing hair, are surrounded by a classical looking column arch. The arch is covered in dark pink flowers and wisps of iridescent magic.

Solum Iris is a standalone, cozy romantic fantasy novel inspired by the beauty of nature and color-based magic. Perfect for readers of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and Legends & Lattes, it combines found family, a cozy academic mystery, and soft romance with a satisfying conclusion. The cover is displayed again as ebook and paperback mockups.

Hundreds of generations have passed since the Goddess blessed the Azura Isles and then mysteriously disappeared. Dove Cita has finally achieved her lifelong ambition; acceptance to Prism Academy, the Azura Isle’s most prestigious university. At the annual Revelation Ceremony, every student discovers their soul’s color—a reflection of their identity and place in society. Dove dreams of a soul as rich and ruby red as her mother’s. But when she steps before the Aura Mirror, it reveals the unthinkable; her soul has no color at all. Shunned and adrift, Dove’s carefully laid plans crumble. When a mysterious sickness strikes campus, the students see her colorless soul as the culprit. Desperate to prove her innocence, Dove uncovers unsettling truths about the disease—secrets that tie it to the Azura Isles’ forgotten history and the goddess who vanished generations ago. As these revelations unravel everything Dove thought she knew about her world, she must confront not only the island’s past but her place in its future. And while Dove navigates the tension of a life upended, she finds herself drawn to her roommate Rory, a rare black soul whose magnetic presence is impossible to ignore.

I’m so happy to help T.M. Ledvina reveal the cover for their next novel, SOLUM IRIS, coming on August 5, 2025! Swipe through the photos for the blurb, and find out more about Tia’s books at www.tmledvina.com/links 🌸

📚💙 #booksky #indieauthor #coverreveal

I’m a little over halfway through Master of Djinn at the moment and I’m really enjoying it! The only other book of his that I have read is Ring Shout, which I thought was awesome.

I looooove StoryGraph so much!! I also just love data, haha.

My February TBR:

🐉 Dragon Keeper (currently at 29%)
💫 A Master of Djinn (currently at 18%)
🐍 The Serpent and the Wings of Night (buddy read)
🔔 Lirael (reread for me, buddy read with my husband)
🐘 The Memory of Souls

#booksky #tbr #februarytbr

January #readingwrapup!

Gideon the Ninth - reread!
A Dead Djinn in Cairo - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Name of All Things - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Kindred - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This Will Be Fun - ⭐️⭐️
Vox Machina: Kith & Kin - DNF @ 35%
A Deadly Education - DNF @ 21%

#booksky #storygraph

A young kid is coloring with crayons while crying with a head in one hand.

me listening to the ending of Gideon the Ninth while washing dishes today:

#gideontheninth #lockedtomb

It’s on thin ice with me right now…👀 but I’m only two chapters in so we’ll see.

I am with this reread, actually! 😄 This is my first time listening and Moira Quirk is SO GOOD.

A brown cali-tab cat surrounded by a kindle and two books on a white and blue bedspread.

What are you reading this week?

I’m reading:
A Deadly Education
Dragon Keeper
Gideon the Ninth (reread)

Shoutout to my little croissant kitty, Arya. 🥐🤎 #booksky #currentlyreading

I literally gasped when I saw it 😂

the fact that this account exists is just like a warm hug 🤍🤍🤍

Eldritch! Hot cocoa! Butterfly!

It’s for sure one that’s going to stick in my brain!

The cover for Kindred by Octavia E. Butler. A young black woman stands looking down, with black and white photos of slave cabins at the bottom of the cover.

This was a stressful and harrowing read, but so good. Watching the major characters’ relationships with Dana change throughout the years was so interesting. My heart hurts!! #booksky #kindred

It was a fun story, and I think perfectly paced for a novella!

Yay! I love it when authors release short stories or novellas as prequels, because I feel like when done well it really sets the stage!

Things are bleak right now, but guys please stop gazing into the palantir. It’s just what Sauron wants….

The cover of “The Haunting of Tram Car 015” by P. Djèlí Clark. Depicts a retro-futuristic version of Cairo, Egypt.

Finished! I wish I had read this as an ebook, but alas, my library only has the audio. I’m really digging the world that these books are set in, and I’m looking forward to the novel next! #booksky #deaddjinnuniverse

The vibes I intend to bring to the function (2025) ✨💖

his current thoughts are “yeah it’s pretty good” 😂

buddy reading with some friends! Ian is also reading it with us 😈

Gideon is my fave!! It’s a crazy series but I adore it 🤍

A screenshot of the StoryGraph reading process tracker with percentage bars. The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - 48%; Kindred - 52%; Gideon the Ninth - 42%

Currently reading! 💫

This is my fourth (😅) reread of Gideon and I’m having a blast. Kindred and Tram Car are also both getting good. 👀 #booksky #currentlyreading

"Disaster Paladins"

aren’t we all?

An illustration of a tiger protecting cubs colored in Trans and nonbinary flag colors. Says: "protect trans & nonbinary kids!"

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