apers (she/they)

16 May 2025

Hi! I’m apers, I’m a children’s librarian who runs a romance review website and moonlights as a NOT fey presence who probably knows someone you do!

This turnip grins like a kid told to smile for their school photos, that’s my child and I love them.

National Museum of Ireland@nmireland.bsky.social

Long before pumpkins became the Halloween tradition, people in Ireland carved turnips into spooky faces to ward off wandering spirits. This wonderful Ghost Turnip is on display at the National Museum of Ireland, Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, and it's guaranteed to stop you in your tracks!

Grant Hurlbert@granthurlbert.bsky.social

03 / Uhura #startrek #startrek60 #uhura #nichellenichols

It’s Bookmarks Festival of books and authors today!!!!

Starting with a recitation of the first like of the Odyssey in original Greek

Poly prefixes come from Odysseus 😏

It’s Bookmarks Festival of books and authors today!!!!

Imagine your family assuming you’re straight and never actually asking… even tho you have the gayest haircut… imagine… 😬🫥

Emily Wilson discussing Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea and translation

It’s Bookmarks Festival of books and authors today!!!!

“It’s not a coming out, it’s inviting people in.”

Panel pic!!

It’s Bookmarks Festival of books and authors today!!!!

Romance stories really ought to have a meddler. It’s me, I’m the meddler.

@zweijems.spicypeps.com said “my pronouns are medd/ler”

It’s Bookmarks Festival of books and authors today!!!!

Romance can teach you about all kinds of sexualities if you’re open and willing to read and learn. I found out about the queer spectrum as a kid from a web comic when I was in high school.

Love is for everyone, no matter how it presents. I don’t need a partner, I’ve got my friends and my romance novels and that’s what I need. It can be hard to understand different kinds of love without reading stories about them because you might not see the full spectrum in your for real life.

It’s funny that this is my pinned post bc I tried to go from Point A to Point B four or five times and saw at least one person I knew *each time*

apers (she/they)@aprilstaedt.spicypeps.com

Hi! I’m apers, I’m a children’s librarian who runs a romance review website and moonlights as a NOT fey presence who probably knows someone you do!

It’s Bookmarks Festival of books and authors today!!!!

I shoulda started this thread with the panel and authors but ngl I got a new phone so it’s fine.

Fall in Love Again & Again Author(s): Erin Conner, Mason Deaver, Gabriella Gamez, Julian Winter Moderator: Joanna Lowell

It’s Bookmarks Festival of books and authors today!!!!

It reminds me if the age gap between me and @zweijems.spicypeps.com 👵 👶

WE LOVE ACE REP IN ROMANCE. Just cos I don’t wanna kiss in for real life doesn’t mean I don’t wanna read the books about fuckin

It’s Bookmarks Festival of books and authors today!!!!

“I got to know about… squids” yea romance will really teach ya things you don’t expect lol

@unexpectedlullaby.bsky.social

I love how romance authors started on AO3, but also it makes me feel 👵

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Unexpected Lullaby

17 Sept

🚀👽 I’M ALIVE!!! 😂 Fall has been BUSY, but I’m still creating! My space-inspired drop is almost ready, and the Trash Gang is looking better than ever. 🦝🌌 This little space raccoon still needs finishing touches, but I already love him! ✨ What should join the space crew? #SpaceArt #Ceramics

It’s Bookmarks Festival of books and authors today!!!!

You KNOW we’re at the romance panel cos where else would @zweijems.spicypeps.com and I be tbh

Second Chance romance isn’t usually our trope (can I get an Only One Bed), but I love the idea of you forgot a first date and now you’re on your second first date.

10 July

I cleaned my office and now my #Murderbot print is on full display. Funny too a coworker asked if I wanted to read them and I said “oh I’ve already read them, twice!”

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Jess Fink🍉🌈

@jessfink.bsky.social

3 June

HAPPY PRIDE 🌈🌈🌈🌈✨✨✨✨BE FREE, READ GAY BOOKS AND COMICS

18 June

My two babies Trubbish and Espurr represent

Sarah Graley 🔜 Thought Bubble 🌈💫@sarahgraley.com

I love cat Pokémon >:)

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Cats on the Rocks 🪨🍸

31 May

This is exactly why I told my friend he wasn’t going to use Linktree when I could just make him a link landing page on his website. You don’t want your business cards to link to a third party site you don’t fully control.

Úna-Minh (That's my first name!) 🔜 AdventureX@unaminh.bsky.social

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

22 May

There’s no way this shit could replace me: Kid- “I’m looking for a book called Kit & Kitty” Me- “I don’t think that’s what it’s called… what’s it about? What color is it?” K- “a girl and cats… purple or pink…” M- “is it Katie the Catsitter?” It turns out yes, based on color I found the right book.

Matthew Noe@noethematt.bsky.social

"...intelligent enough to not need a trained librarian." EXCUSE YOU? www.librarlabs.com/en/home

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Scott Christian Sava

@ssavaart.com

16 May

Replying to @ssavaart.com

Next Gen

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Scott Christian Sava

@ssavaart.com

16 May

Teeny Tiny Star Trek Watercolor Paintings 1/2

30 Apr

Talking about @dimension20.dropout.tv in discord and… forgot what I’d set my D20 themed username to…

7 Apr

I started The Wave by @susancasey.bsky.social and had the thought, as I often do for some reason, “this book was published before they proved gravitational waves”

7 Apr

The book was published in 2010, but LIGO’s discovery was in 2015 www.ebsco.com/research-sta...

7 Apr

But at 21% ☺️ Gravitational wave mention