#black book stack

[bitesonmyneck]

ratcliffe power station by michael kenna

[belovedcampfire]

Remus Lupin is the type of guy where people that don’t know him think he’s so cool. Like the tall guy covered in scars that smokes and reads old novels? Cool as hell.

Then people get closer to him and go ‘oh, this guy is a loser (affectionate)’. Like he’s got all his socks matched and they’ve all got funky patterns. He forgets people are talking to him cause he’s too busy reading. He trips over his own feet constantly and wears holes in the cuffs of his jumpers through fiddling with them. He was banned from bookmarks for multiple years cause he would damage them while reading through bending them without thinking. All his shirts have stains on from where he’s dropped food down himself when distracted. He CANNOT walk in a straight line if he turns his head in any direction other than forwards, he’s simply that uncoordinated. Like he’s a total loser.

And then there’s Sirius. Knows him possibly the best out of everyone and is CONVINCED that he is the coolest person alive. He is not. Sirius is biased and also blinded by love.

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

TBR: Black Authors Spotlight!

In honor of Black History Month, here's a selection of my mountainous TBR--new works by many fave authors (Okorafor, Emezi, Polk, Solomon, Roanhorse, and Giddings), and many others I am hyped to try (shout-out to Ancrum, Monae, and Shawl especially!).

And honorable mention, too, to P. Djèlí Clark and Suyi Davies Okungbowa, who did not make the TBR list only because I read them last month haha.

[lulublack90]

Prompt 29 - Hogwarts Library

@wolfstarmicrofic November 29, word count 122

Remus could honestly live in the library at Hogwarts. It had everything he could ever want to read and more. Plus, it had a rather secluded section in the stacks that Madam Pince rarely checked on. 

This was where Remus currently was, being pressed into the shelves by Sirius Black as they kissed. Sirius had his hands under Remus’s jumper, and Remus had his fingers tangled in Sirius’s lustrous locks. 

He relaxed into Sirius’s hands and grinned like a loon when Sirius dragged him as close as possible. They’d have to make the long journey back to Gryffindor Tower if they wanted to go any further, but for now, Remus was perfectly happy being ravaged beside a bunch of long-forgotten, dusty pages. 

[bookishfreedom]

Q: what’s black and white and queer all over?

A: this book stack!!

[themelodyofspring]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge

May 06, 2025 - Best Cliffhanger

[the-way-we-were]

Good (hat)ernoon among books…!!!

[pawswithprose]

October 2nd

my tbr for the month and the cutest (also most distracting) study buddy you could ask for

I’m being optimistic with this book stack but I want to read everything this month so fingers crossed I actually read something from it

🎧 Francesca by Hozier

[inkdrippeddreams]

Hey guys! While yall wait on part 4 of In Your Corner (which is coming but I’m still in college😔) if you guys like reading physical books and loved Sinners you’d love Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark! It’s such an amazing book that follows a girl and her resistance group in 1922 after the KKK was regrouped, in Macon GA. The KKK have now resorted to summoning demons to reign terror and Maryse and her group hunt and kill them. I haven’t finished it yet but it’s so good so far! Short and sweet and straight to the point 🙂‍↕️ it’s also written by a black man!

[honey-bri-books]

Book to screen adaptations, starring...

[in-the-stacks]

A video book review of Murder at La Villette by Cara Black. Reviewed by Michelle Zaffino for In the Stacks. https://www.inthestacks.tv/2025/01/in-the-stacks-230-murder-at-la-villette

[grimini]

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2025: Spring Haul!

My birthday and indie bookstore day are, like, super close to one another, which I LOVE because it means I get So Many Indie Day Deliveries Right Around My Birthday!! Behold: This Year's Stack, featuring purchases and gifts alike!

[theparadoxmachine]

I finished the Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle last night. It was so good. If you're at all interested in the Cthulhu mythos but put off by Lovecraft's racism (rightfully so) definitely check it out.

The ending is fantastic. It's a fast read too, only about 150 pages, so if you're trying to ease back into reading as a habit, it's a good choice. It just took me forever because I'm a slow reader

[classic-asian-art]

Stack of books and plum blossom flowers on a table by Shibata Zeshin 

[the-way-we-were]

Read more…Books make you grow…