Leslie D (she/her)
@leslie-d.bsky.social
I'm a nerd when it comes to books and TTRPGs; I sell the former (for Powell’s Books on Hawthorne) and often GM the latter.
a magic school debut #middlegrade out May 5th!! This 1st in a series is a great length & features relatable characters & drama. I love not only the illustrations (by the author), but the sheer quantity; the layout is really appealing. A fun, young-person’s novel I’m going to enjoy handselling.
!! NEW #middlegrade fantasy adventure graphic novel!! I love Star Scouts so I was excited for this new first in a series by Mike Lawrence. It is a lot of fun.
An excellent new 12+ slow-burn feminine rage #YASFF w a healthy side of romance. #booksky #kidsbooksky
It's International Women's Day, and thus it makes sense that today is 4.17% shorter than your typical day but you still have to do as much work in it.
a short middle grade novel for older Wild Robot fans from a storyteller who writes incredible protagonists. an ultimately hopeful story set in a hardscrabble section of an oppressive society. Please note that this is not a gentle story.
was I up late finishing this 630-page behemoth of a SFF novel? Yes. and did I have to mind how loud I gasped out of fear or awe? did I quietly weep two & a half times in the lamplight? I spent the last three days carving out time for this incredibly compelling adventure/intrigue.
a short, illustrated, middle grade adventure out Tuesday. I’m always on the look out for such titles. I think this will do: good action, emotional work, thrilling premise, boarding school dynamics, diverse + inclusive. A nice set up for a series of intrigue & adventure #booksky #kidsbooksky
Heads up that this same company runs Emerald City Comic-Con, PAX, and others
Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 8mo agoAuthors Alix E. Harrow, Olivie Blake, and more raise concerns about BookCon 2026
how many puzzles 🧩 did volume 6 (audio) take? A few. My word but this one was less interesting to me gaming-wise—I’m not a deck build/player (except gloomhaven). But the lore/world & the drama 🖤. & did I listen to a heartbreaking chapter ending while driving? yes 😭 that was rough.
joined a pair of coworkers doing a (re)read through of Carriger’s work—it’s mostly all new to me. This first series has been brilliant. Just the right amount of absurdly entertaining and charm. A great idea when so many books are being set down.
Sapphic horror, queer history and fantasy rom-coms - here are some of the LGBTQ+ books that came out in January 2026 at proud-geek.co.uk (A list of books included in this video can be found in the alt text) #booksky #queerbooks
Celebrating Black History Month with new and upcoming releases from Black authors we can’t stop thinking about. 📚✨ Which one’s going on your TBR first? 👀
Bad Bunny's speech last night at the Grammy's for best música Urbana was beautiful. "We're not savages, we're not animals...we are humans and we are Americans...Hate get more powerful with more hate...we need to be different, if we fight, we have to do it with love." www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhvd...
BAD BUNNY Wins BEST MÚSICA URBANA ALBUM | 2026 GRAMMYs
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When you next hear a billionaire screaming at you that trans people are a “danger to women and girls”, just remember who’s in the Epstein files. Trans people: zero. Billionaires: all of them.
this middle grade book 💔😭 this book is a book for right now. RIGHT NOW. It is brutal; nail-biting…& heartbreaking. It’s beautiful in that Lucas & Alice & Bia (& others) are stunning & Pennypacker is such a skillful children’s storyteller. #booksky #kidsbooksky #WWIIbooks #lebensborn #horsebooks
It was an honor to be on The Children’s Book Podcast this week with host @matthewcwinner.bsky.social we talk about Speechless and kids comics. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
As ICE raids continue in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN (MSP), the school day is anything but normal. Read more about how school librarians are supporting students and peers: sbee.link/a6ucetnjhg
Excellent article (gift link) from Adam Serwer at the Atlantic. A salient point among many salient points is that the Trumpists are fragile posturing cowards who are unprepared to face real courage and solidarity, and in fact don't believe it exists. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
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Fairly chilling article detailing the surveillance state we already live in. (Gift link) wapo.st/4bXee03
The powerful tools in ICE’s arsenal to track suspects — and protesters
Biometric trackers, cellphone location databases and drones are among the surveillance technologies agents are using in their immigration enforcement campaign.
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a compelling new middle grade graphic novel that is delightfully strange and surprising. Highly recommend. #booksky #kidsbooksky #kidsgraphicnovels
it has been rough at work in our *small* store. this week we are farewelling 3 wonderful coworkers who were laid off two weeks ago. Today we lost one more to lay-offs…😔 someone with whom I worked closely & spent a lot of time in their excellent company. 😭 today—especially—just 🤬 sucked.
I knew this YA SF would be fun. A fast-paced standalone adventure w Kaufman’s excellent characterization/wit. clever & romantic. The alternating POVs (Hunter/Chloe) should broaden the appeal. For fans of Kirby’s Starsplitter or Martel’s Codebreaker. #booksky #YASFF #kidsbooksky
a fun novella OUT Feb 3 for those who maybe enjoyed Station Eleven but wouldn’t have minded it shorter, more SF-ish, with dinosaurs, & starring a queer young person of color who dreams of becoming a buckaroo in a hostile future US #booksky #sfnovella
kudos to the author who not only set their YA novel in the 1989s but made it seem as though it had been written & filmed in the ‘80s. Kudos to me for acknowledging it was not my cup of tea & DNF’ing it. Now I’m reading a weird-ass future/dystopia w/ dinosaurs.
The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined
20 Queer Comics We Can't Wait To Read In 2026 From sapphic romance to trans superheroes and magical queer fantasy, here are 20 of our most anticipated LGBTQ+ graphic novels coming out in 2026: #queerbooks #booksky #queercomics
20 Queer Comics We Can't Wait To Read In 2026
From sapphic romance to trans superheroes and magical queer fantasy, here are 20 of our most anticipated LGBTQ+ graphic novels coming out in 2026.
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