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Cara M Bassett (Author)
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Hello! Missouri-based reader 💙📚, writer✍️, and bookmark maker🔖😁 #Booksky #Writesky
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Currently Writing📝: POE
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Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · Oct 2
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I post about bookish things, writing, local libraries &fellow small creators 💙📚

Get in touch for collabs!😁

#booklover #booktok #booksky #authors #writesky
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#high #writesky #writingprompts #writingcommunity #wipsnips
Despite the raging and hammering in Toby’s heart, the world around him was rather peaceful. Juxtaposition. He had heard the word in high school English class but felt as though he had only truly understood it today.
December 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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#fourthwing is about a girl with #EDS enduring a grueling training program for dragon riders🐉 I had a craving for basic action-romantasy and this hit the spot. I get why it's a fav amongst #booktok! 💙📚 6/10 #booklover #rebeccayarros #romantasy #romance #fantasy #spicy #booksky #reading #bookrec
The instant Sunday times and number one global bestseller phenomenon Graduate or die Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros The empyrean series
December 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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#SlowProductivity is a #business #selfhelp book detailing studies regarding work pace and how slowing down benefits everyone. Valuable content although the writing itself tends a bit repetitive and bland 💙📚 4.5/10
#booksky #booklover #calnewport #bookrec #psychology #nonfiction #reading #bookreview
New York times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work Cal Newport New York times bestseller Slow Productivity The lost art of accomplishment without burnout
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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A #wipsnips from an old #dnd campaign😁 #writesky #writingprompts #writingcommunity #request #dungeonsanddragons
You all, through one circumstance or another, have become employed by a collector of magical items and have spent much of your life fulfilling his requests through some daring and dangerous quests.
December 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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No #clay so I opted for #mud

In a creative writing class, I was once tasked with writing a short story combining fairy tales. Can you guess which two fairy tales I combined based on this #wipsnips ?
Here's a hint: 🐸🫅🐱🗡️👢
#writesky #writingcommunity #writingprompts 💙📚 💙✍️
The frog lay panting in the mud and Maria noticed in its eyes the same kind of human-like intelligence as in Maria’s. “Are you really a frog?” She asked him, sheathing her sword. “No, I used to be a prince,” he answered.
December 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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It feels silly reviewing a coffee table book, however here we are😅 This book is silly & simple & relatable in a coffee-table-book kinda way to awkward or introverted people in general, not just those in #Finland 💙📚 4.5/10 #finnishnightmares #booksky #booklover #karolinakarhonen #art #comic #funny
Finnish Nightmares A different kind of social guide to Finland Karolina Karhonen Atena
December 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Check me out on #tiktok for the next couple days as I post my best and Worst reads of each month in 2025!
I have a few other end-of-year posts coming up so follow me to stay updated😁
#booktok #booksky #booklover #bookrec #reading #readsky #january
Cara M Bassett 's Best and Worst read of Jan 2025 Note: this is based on ratings I gave as I read them, "worst" doesn't necessarily mean "bad" In January, I finished 13 books
December 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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A classic Socratic dialogue covering adlerian psychology. There's value in learning about it, even if you come away primarily disagreeing with the beliefs. 💙📚 4.5/10
#psychology #philosophy #adler #thecouragetobedisliked #fumitakekoga #ichirokishimi #booksky #booklover #bookreview #japan #japanese
More than 10 million copies sold worldwide The courage to be disliked The Japanese phenomenon that shows you how to change your life and achieve real happiness Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake koga
December 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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#moist #wipsnips #writesky #writingprompts #writingcommunity
Her eyes adjusted and she ran her tongue along the front of my teeth, trying to circulate some moisture back into her mouth.
December 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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💙📚 Real literary agents do NOT reach out to authors FIRST via email or cold calls...."
They are constantly inundated with book proposals from authors. Be aware and be careful.
writersweekly.com/angela-desk/...

JJ: Spouse of an author, tonibellon.com.
December 16, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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#Thesevenyearslip is a novel about a woman who realizes her living room can time travel and falls in love with a man from seven years ago while struggling with work and grief. The premise is cute but the writing often fell flat in lieu of confused melodrama 2.5/10 #ashleyposton #bookclub #booksky
December 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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#blanket #wipsnips #writingprompt #writingcommunity #writesky
She lifted her grandmother’s blanket, the light from her lamp shining through in some spots.
December 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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My #writinggoal for this week is to finish editing either chapter 1 or chapter 3 of my ongoing project #POE
#queerwriters #writingcommunity #lgbtqwriters
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#queerwriters Monday: Goals Day!

What do you hope to accomplish this week? Can be anything, big or small! Let us know so we can cheer you on!

#WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
Background: a plain background with colored pencils along the bottom half. Text: #Queerwriters What are your goals this week? Monday, Saturday, Sunday All LGBTQIAP writers welcome
December 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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The grand finale of a young girl uncovering one family's secrets while caught up in treasure she never imagined possible. Another simple but entertaining edition to the series 6/10 💙📚 #thefinalgambit #jenniferlynnbarnes #mystery #ya #fiction #reading #booksky #booklover #bookrecs #inheritencegames
THE FINAL GAMBIT riddles upon riddles Secrets upon secrets Winner takes all An inheritance games novel Jennifer Lynn barnes #1 New York times bestselling author
December 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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An artistic retelling of hs students at a school for the artistically gifted. Though it contains some interesting turns, I overall found it a bit too gratuitous for my liking 4.5/10 💙📚
#booksky #booklover #bookrec #trustexercise #susanchoi #comingofage #theater #school #adult #contemporary #fiction
Trust exercise A novel National book award winner Susan Choi Author of American Woman
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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I recently read "The Art of Description" by Mark Dory and found it very engaging. Does anyone have any recommendations for short books that enhance your story telling/technical skills in writing?
#writesky #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #writingprompts #booksky #authors #bookrecs #markdoty
December 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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#wipsnips #city #writesky #writingcommunity #writingprompts
"To enter the guarded city unnoticed would take more than skill, it would take finesse."
December 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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#dominant #writesky #writingprompt #writingcommunity #wipsnips The answer to yesterday's question is SHERLOCK😁🕵️‍♂️ #sherlock #fanfiction
"He mounted his seat, situating his poorly leg so it could rest while his dominant foot aided in operating the carriage."
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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I wrote this snip nearly fifteen years ago as a fanfiction WIP that I never posted anywhere... can you guess the fandom/ship just from it alone?😅 #percent #wipsnips #writesky #writingprompts #writingcommunity #fanfiction
"But... How did you know my favorite color? I'm not even wearing blue." He asked. "Sixty-five percent of males say their favorite color is blue. I took a shot in the dark."
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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2 short comics, one about the characters and one about the world of the beloved #cartoonnetwork show #overthegardenwall I preferred the latter of the two, but both are cute and entertaining 7.5/10 💙📚 #otgw #comicbook #graphicnovel #middlegrade #booksky #booklover #reading #readmore #autumn #spooky
Over the garden wall
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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A beautifully unsettling addition to the #southernreach series. Again, 3 shorter stories that serve to add detail& dimension to the characters& world. Captivating& nauseating, a worthwhile addition to the previous trilogy 8/10 💙📚 #booksky #scifi #jeffvandermeer #absolution #horror #annihilation
Absolution A southern Reach Novel Author of annihilation Jeff vandermeer
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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I plucked this #classic off a friends bookshelf and ripped through it. It follows the inhabitants of a small CA town as they navigate their own version of polite society. It was charming, heartwarming, and downright funny ✨10/10✨ #historical #fiction #steinbeck #canneryrow #reading #booksky 💙📚 #book
John Steinbeck Cannery Row
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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“What is Reading Rainbow?” 📚🌈

Library joy was featured as a Jeopardy! clue, alongside LeVar Burton and PBS 🤯🥹

💙 @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social
💚 @pbs.org
“ONCE A PBS STAPLE WITH LeVAR BURTON, THIS KIDS' SERIES HAS BEEN REBOOTED WITH VIRAL LIBRARIAN MYCHAL THREETS AS THE HOST” jeopardy! Clue
November 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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#direction #wipsnips #writingprompt #writingcommunity #writesky #library
If she turned around and kicked her rock in the opposite direction, before long she would reach the front steps of the local library.
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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This one felt seasonally accurate🎄🕎🦃🎇
Any fellow Americans have ✨special✨ Thanksgiving plans next week?😁
#special #writesky #writingprompts #weitingcommunity #wipsnips
PJ passed the patisserie without stopping today. It was towards the end of the month and rent was nearly due, she knew today wasn’t the day for special treats. Not to mention the holidays coming up.
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM