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welcome to your bookish holiday gift guide! featuring some books that don’t get nearly as much love and appreciation as they should.

📚 books mentioned:
- The Coven Tendency by Zoe Hana Mikuta
- Arc of the Universe by Nikki Alexander
- Detained: A Boy’s Journal of Survival and Resilience by D. Esperanza and Gerardo Iván Morales
- Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
- Love Be Damned by Briana Garrett
- The Necessity of Rain by Sarah Chorn
- Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us by Anna Malaika Tubbs
- Blood Orange by Yaffa As
- Death’s Country by R.M. Romero

👗💄:
-  dress is from CeliaB, rented from Nuuly
- eyeshadow is The Grinch Shadow Stix duo from Colourpop 
- (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 Disney Hyperion, The Nerd Fam, Atria/Primero Sueño Press, Ingram, Flatiron, and Peachtree Teen for the gifted copies!

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welcome to your bookish holiday gift guide! 

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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