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💭 what’s a book you want to read before the end of 2025?

i love picking up novellas! especially when they’re a bit weird or take a risk and explore something really unique (Tordotcom always comes through for me there). 

📚 books mentioned:
- Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell and Ruth Sepp
- The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark
- The Strange Beautiful by Carla Crujido
- The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar
- Death Among the Stars by C.M. Lockhart

👗💄:
- eyeshadow is Lord of the Rings Middle Earth Palette from Glamlite
- (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!)

thank you to Tordotcom, Chin Music Press, and Ingram Sparks for the gifted copies!

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💭 what’s a book you want to read before the end of 2025?

Hi friend! I’m Steph – let’s devour some otherworldly stories together.

Steph

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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.

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