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announcing … the Celestial winter book club picks!! i’m so pumped for these! 
📚 books mentioned:
- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
- The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

#bookclub #celestial #binderybooks #bookrecs #fantasybooks #horrorbooks #scifibooks #nycinfluencer #starrysteph #bookstagram @delreybooks @flatiron_books @fable

announcing … the Celestial winter book club picks!! i’m so pumped for these! 


winter book club

#ad Brandi is a MENACE (complimentary) and I would love to hang out with her (if she decided to let me live). also how do I meet a shader 🐺(asking for a friend)??

📚 book mentioned:
- We Are the Origin by C.M. Lockhart @clockhartwrite @ingramsparkbooks 

#IngramIndies #indiebook #fantasybooks #epicfantasy #wearetheorigin #nycinfluencer #starrysteph #bookstagram

#ad Brandi is a MENACE (complimentary) and I would love to hang out with her (if she decided to let me live). also how do I meet a shader 🐺(asking for a friend)??


we are the origin

happy birthday to me; read these books because i said so (or face my wrath).  
📚 books mentioned:
- Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
- Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi
- The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
- The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
- Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
- Minor Detail by Adania Shibli
- Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies by Andrea J. Ritchie
- White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
- Parable of the Sower (and Parable of the Talents) by Octavia E. Butler
- To Shape A Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
- The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
- Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
- The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
- The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R. M. Romero

#bookrecs #fantasybooks #horrorbooks #scifibooks #nycinfluencer #starrysteph #bookstagram

happy birthday to me; read these books because i said so (or face my wrath).  



read for my birthday!!

just a handful of words from me to you. yeah i just do book stuff, and it’s all political. my very existence is political.

#readingispolitical #endbookbanning #readbannedbooks #diversifyyourshelves #celestial #nycinfluencer #starrysteph #bookstagram

just a handful of words from me to you. yeah i just do book stuff, and it’s all political. my very existence is political.


reading is political

Let's talk about the future of Celestial.

Some community reflections 

this has been my entire social media experience today (and by that i mean watching brilliant mutuals stitch some very ignorant takes. none of the OGs organically made it to my feeds lol) #readingispolitical #endbookbanning #readbannedbooks #diversifyyourshelves #2024election #nycinfluencer #starrysteph #nycbooktok #booktok #diversebooktok 

this has been my entire social media experience today (and by that i mean watching brilliant mutuals stitch some very ignorant takes. none of the OGs organically made it to my feeds lol)

terrible cyclical book takes

it’s a super speedy october reading wrap up!! 
📚 books mentioned:
- The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
- Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson
- My Life: Growing Up Native in America
- We Are the Origin by C. M. Lockhart
- I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
- Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

#readingwrapup #monthlyreads #bookreviews #bookrecs #fantasybooks #horrorbooks #scifibooks #nycinfluencer #starrysteph #bookstagram @acebookspub @berkleypub @sagapressbooks @mtvbooks @illuminative @fsgbooks

it’s a super speedy october reading wrap up!! 


october reading wrap up

this is not a negotiation! these are birthday DEMANDS! 🤭 i’m only joking of course (i’m not). 

📚 books mentioned:
- Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

#celestial #bookclub #bookcommunity #binderybooks #thistlefoot #jewishbooks #fantasybooks #nycinfluencer #starrysteph #bookstagram @vintageanchorbooks @bindery_books

this is not a negotiation! these are birthday DEMANDS! 🤭 i’m only joking of course (i’m not). 



birthday month demands

haaaappppppy halloween! my favorite day of the year!! 🎃 i hope you enjoy these spooky slashers.

📚 books mentioned:
- I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
- The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington

#horrorbooks #slasherbooks #scarybooks #halloweenbooks #nycinfluencer #starrysteph #bookstagram @sagapressbooks @simonteen

haaaappppppy halloween! my favorite day of the year!! 🎃 i hope you enjoy these spooky slashers.




halloween slashers

did you guess any correctly? 🖍️ part eighteen of one star goodreads reviews of books - continuing a fun picture book twist!

📚 books mentioned:
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
- The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
- Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
- The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan

#onestarreviews #negativebookreview #bookreviews #goodreadsreviews #bookhumor #bookstagram #nycinfluencer #starrysteph

did you guess any correctly? 🖍️ part eighteen of one star goodreads reviews of books - continuing a fun picture book twist!

📚 books mentioned:
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
- The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
- Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
- The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan


one star reviews (kid's books edition)

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Steph

Reading is better in community, and I’m grateful to welcome you to mine! I’ve been a content creator most of my life & an avid reader my entire life. Celestial is our home base to celebrate imaginative stories from galaxy-wide voices. (Think: fantasy, horror, sci-fi, magical realism & beyond.) I love being playful with my recommendations, but I always read with intention – this is a discerning and deliberately diverse space. Join my chaotic community … and let’s have fun while uplifting all voices. 

steph ✨ 📚 ✡︎ (@starrysteph)

Hi! I'm Steph. You can mostly find me on booktok (@starrysteph). I love reading & sharing book reviews and recommendations.

book reviews & recs 📚 • animal lover 🐇 • actor & content creator 🎭
