#readers

[http-tempted]

do you really love fictional men than real men or do you just love the fact they can’t push your boundaries without your permission?

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

welcome to @batty.about.books! 🦇💜🦇

hi there, my wonderful, supportive bookish bats! If you're new here, welcome! this is my space for all romance, queer / sapphic, and fantasy books; a space full of acceptance, love, magic, and a little mayhem.  🦇

my goal here is to help YOU find the perfect book; a story that speaks to you, resonates with you, represents you. for some of us, that's difficult to find. growing up as a queer / bisexual Muslim Middle Easterner, I rarely saw myself reflected on page or screen. I don't want anyone to feel that way; invisible, when all the intricacies of who we are as individuals make the stardust we're made of shine a little brighter. ✨

when did you start your bookstagram? ✨ 

January 13, 2023 🦇 

what made you start your account? ✨ 

I've been posting bookish content on my personal account for years, but I wanted a space where I could properly share my love of books, connect with other book lovers, and interact with authors. now I have a space where like-minded (amazing) bookish bats understand my ramblings. 🦇 

what inspired your handle? ✨ 

bats are misunderstood, stereotyped creatures. they’re perceived as creepy & dark when they actually provide vital ecosystem services (pest control, pollination, seed dispersal, etc.). have you seen a bat eat a strawberry, though? they’re adorable. growing up as a queer Middle Eastern, I always felt a little misunderstood, too. 🦇 

favorite thing about bookstagram? ✨ 

I've made so many amazing connections since creating this account (readers, authors, & members of the publishing industry). I could ramble for hours about how amazing, supportive, and welcoming this community is. 🦇

[lifescatalogue]

[jvneseries]

authors after ending a heartbreaking, gutwrenching, soulcrushing fanfic: fin

[knebellindemann]

[fatimazainab]

Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

[starryvomit]

[mgcsheaven]

realistically there is no chance i will have time to read, imma still bring a book though

[devilish289]

[curiositysavesthecat]

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[http-tempted]

current manuscript looking at me imagining a scene eight chapters later in the book

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

Queer Palestinian Books for Pride Month 🍉

Just a reminder: we do exist. ♥️

Please consider sharing this post, whether to show your support for Palestine, to boost awareness of these books (remember, reading is revolutionary), or to show your audience that you offer a safe space. I know it may seem small, but it makes a difference. Trust me. ♥️

Have you read any of these queer Palestinian books? If not, which would you consider reading first? ❓

[nemfrog]

The good child's own book, or Stepping stone to knowledge. 1830.

Internet Archive

[joytri]

Isn't it odd how much fatter a book gets when you've read it several times? As if something were left between the pages every time you read it. Feelings, thoughts, sounds, smells... and then, when you look at the book again many years later, you find yourself there too.. a slightly younger self, slightly different, as if the book had preserved you like a pressed flower... both strange and familiar.

- Cornelia Funke, The Inkheart

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I like Ink Drinker.