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Carol Ann Tack

@carolanntack.bsky.social

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Librarian and Host of Top Shelf Podcast. Book lover, book talker, book reviewer, all things books. https://topshelfatmerricklibrary.blubrry.net/

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Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · 3d

E169 is up & running with Jennifer Fawcett: bit.ly/4pUjzdn
'Tis the season to be readin' thrillers, and Jennifer gifts us all with her 2nd book, KEEP THIS FOR ME. We talk about deep dark family secrets, unsolved mysteries, ghost ships & more. Thank you, Jennifer! #BookSky @atriabooks.bsky.social

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Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · 3d

Cannot wait to read your review.

Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · 4d

Intense. Love to hear your thoughts when done.

Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · 4d

The sentence about apologies… oof!
Loved this book; a knockout.

Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · 4d

Loved this book.

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Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · 4d

My goodness, this is some book. It has stayed with me all this time.

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Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · 5d

A beaut.

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Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · 5d

“It’s so strange, when you read a book and you can picture all the places in it so completely, even though they're built from someone else's life and you're just like a tourist in the writer's scenery…”

#SundaySentence from the absolutely marvelous, Seascraper by Benjamin Wood.

#BookSky

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Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · 12d

“Hypocrites are always first in line when you have something they want.”

#sundaysentence from the terrific, August Lane by Regina Black.

#Bookthreads

Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · 19d

E168 is up & running with author @samsussman.bsky.social!
We sat down to talk about his remarkable auto-fiction debut, The Boy From the North Country.
Don’t miss the very special interview: bit.ly/46sF0JC
Thank you, Sam!
#penguinpress

Special thanks to
@jeffreyyamaguchi.bsky.social
#BookSky

Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations!!

Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · Aug 13

Huge thanks to
@groveatlantic.bsky.social for this fabulous book mail. Someone hand me a fork, I’m ready to dig right in! 🍽️
#BookSky

Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · Jul 10

Looks like a good one!

Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · Jul 10

Loved this historical fiction coming-of-age story of young William Carter as he searches for his missing father in NARROW THE ROAD by James Wade. An adventure tale set in 1930s Texas that I’m still thinking about. On shelves in August. #ewgc

Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · Jul 10

Eli Cranor gives us MISSISSIPPI BLUE 42 this August, and man was it a good one! A rookie FBI agent finds herself deep in the web of the college football empire. The beginning of a new series featuring Special Agent Rae Johnson. I’m already anxious to read the next one. #ewgc

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Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · Jul 10

Do not miss AMITY by Nathan Harris. The gripping story of a brother & sister, recently emancipated, yet forced to go on the run across the Mexican desert to escape their former slave owner. On shelves in September.
#ewgc

Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · Jul 10

I remembered! Hello, #ewgc peeps! Now if I can just remember the books I wanted to boost…
🤔

Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · Jul 1

E166 of the Top Shelf Podcast is up & running! Listen here: bit.ly/4erEtel
I had the incredible honor of hosting authors Nancy Grace and Benee Knauer to discuss their powerful new book,
What Happened to Ellen: A Miscarriage of American Justice.
A must listen.
@thenancygrace.bsky.social #beneeknauer

Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · Jun 29

For most of us, so much of who we are is little different from who we first were.

#SundaySentence from
What About the Bodies by Ken Jaworowski.

Just started this gem and got pulled right in.

@kenjaws.bsky.social
@groveatlantic.bsky.social

Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · Jun 17

What a way to celebrate 165 episodes! Frederic S. Durbin joined me to talk about his fantastic new historical fiction gem, THE COUNTRY UNDER HEAVEN, a western that follows a Civil War veteran haunted by visions. Listen here: bit.ly/440F6XF
Thank you, Fred!
#bookthreads @melvillehouse.bsky.social

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Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · Jun 8

The money, the money…always the money.

Another #SundaySentence from the marvelous
EL DORADO DRIVE
by Megan Abbott.

I’m a bit obsessed with the sisters in this story and loved every page of this terrific thriller.
On shelves 6/24.
#BookSky #thriller #comingsoon @meganabbott.bsky.social

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Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · Jun 6

Opening drive of my #FridayReads weekend:
MISSISSIPPI BLUE 42 by Eli Cranor. This one’s throwing nothing but perfect spirals. 🏈
On shelves 8/5.
@sohopress.bsky.social #booksky

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Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · Jun 2

You don't become innocent again…life only goes in one direction.

#SundaySentence from the marvelous,
EL DORADO DRIVE
by Megan Abbott.

Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · May 25

Someday, my dad said, things won't be broken any more…till then, we've got to fix what broken things we can.

Another #SundaySentence from the marvelous, The Country Under Heaven
by Frederic S. Durbin.
#Booksky

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Carol Ann Tack @carolanntack.bsky.social · May 25

Loved it.