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Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · 15d

Stunning!

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Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · 15d

This app is filled with book lovers! We’ll talk to you. My whole feed is just me talking about books I’ve read. 😂

Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · 23d

Ooh I’m going check out what that book is about right now.

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Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · 23d

I’m intrigued!

Review by hannahkh - The Fortunes of Jaded Women

Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · 27d

📚 I finished The Fortunes of Jaded Women last night. It’s a really fun read, but there are a lot of characters to follow. My full review is on StoryGraph (linked below).
#Booksky

app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/07c4...

The Fortunes of Jaded Women follows a Vietnamese family that was cursed to only bear daughters...

Review by hannahkh - The Rachel Incident

Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Aug 31

📚 I finished The Rachel Incident last night. Great character development for this one. Something was small missing, but I can’t quite pinpoint what.
#Booksky

app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3371...

The Rachel incident follows the perspective of Rachel, a college student in Ireland who works ...

Review by hannahkh - The Long Earth

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Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Aug 22

📚 Put another way: Don’t think of books as the food on your plate to be finished. Think of them as a long menu and choose whatever you crave in the moment.
#Booksky

DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · Aug 20

Exactly!
#BookSky #Books

Books in the background of a quote on buying books.

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Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thanks for understanding! I read it with a group and the person who normally gravitates to sci-fi really enjoyed it. My go-to is usually realistic fiction.

Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Aug 19

📖 🌎 I finished Long Earth last night and I’ll probably get some hate for this, but I was not a fan. To be fair, I don’t usually read science fiction. If that’s your go-to genre, maybe you’d like it more. StoryGraph review linked below.
#Booksky

app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e077...

Long Earth has a unique premise. While characters are always technically on “Earth,” they sort...

You’re Not Supposed to Remember the Book

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Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Aug 12

📖 💭 “If you want to get more out of books, it helps to read with the right expectations. You are not memorizing. You are metabolizing.”

Interesting, science-backed read about why you don’t need to remember everything in books.
#Booksky

open.substack.com/pub/horacebi...

Every few months someone will admit that they read a lot but hardly remember any of it.

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Review by hannahkh - What Alice Forgot

Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Aug 6

📚 Books also promote empathy, help us understand ourselves better, and spark interesting discussions!
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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · Aug 4

Why read books? Because books are still the most powerful, reliable, transportive & magical storytelling technology we've invented - and all they need to work is YOUR OWN IMAGINATION! #booksky

(Cartoon by @mariascrivan.bsky.social)

Cartoon by Maria Scrivan: Benefits of Books, with a graphic of a book and its benefits: no glare, no battery, dog ears, probably won't get stolen at the beach, smells good, no pop up ads

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Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Aug 3

📖 I finished What Alice Forgot last night. It’s the third book I’ve read this year by author Liane Moriarty. My full review is up on StoryGraph (linked below) and Goodreads.
#Booksky
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1874...

My introduction to author Liane Moriarty was her book The Husband’s Secret, which I loved. Lat...

Review by hannahkh - Sea Wife

Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Jul 22

🌊 I finished the book Sea Wife last night. The characters were well developed, but I didn’t personally love the plot arc. My full review is up on StoryGraph (linked below) and Goodreads.
#Booksky

app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b722...

Sea Wife follows the perspectives of married couple Juliet and Michael. Together, asking with ...

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Jul 16

📖 I finished Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry last night after having been recommended the author several times! My full review is up on StoryGraph (linked below) and Goodreads.
#Booksky

app.thestorygraph.com/books/dba559...

Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a...

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Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Jul 12

I enjoyed that one as well. I’d read a sequel if they made one!

Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Jul 6

💯 My mind when people are rude says “Someone didn’t earn personal pan pizzas for reading as a child and it shows.” 🍕
#Booksky

Dixie ☕︎ @dixie13.bsky.social · Jul 5

#booksky

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Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Jul 4

🌶️ #RomanceBooks are having such a moment right now that Jimmy John’s is trying to get a piece of the action. 😂
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Review by hannahkh - Broken Country

Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Jul 2

📖 I finished the book Broken Country last night. It’s a raw, emotional one. My full review is on StoryGraph (linked below) and Goodreads.
#Booksky

app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b61b...

“Sooner or later something bad will happen and, when it does, it will be your own fault.” Inde...

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Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Jun 26

That was my favorite part!

Review by hannahkh - Seven Days in June

Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Jun 26

📖 I finished reading Seven Days in June last night and gave it 4 out of 5 stars. My full review is on StoryGraph (linked below) and Goodreads.
#Booksky

app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d695...

Seven Days in June mainly follows the perspectives of Eva and Shane, both in present time and ...

Judge Rules Training AI on Authors' Books Is Legal But Pirating Them Is Not

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Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Jun 25

📚 🤖 I’d love some #Booksky thoughts on this ruling.
#AI

www.404media.co/judge-rules-...

A judge rules that Anthropic's training on copyrighted works without authors' permission was a legal fair use, but that stealing the books in the first place is illegal.

www.404media.co

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Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Jun 24

🙉 I exclusively read physical books because I get too distracted with audio books. It’s too often I discuss books with someone who listened to the audio book and have to exclaim, “THAT’S how the make is pronounced?!”
#Booksky

Olivia Gaines, Author @ogaines.com · Jun 22

The verbosity astounds me. #dialgoue #writingcommunity #booksky

Hannah @hannahloveswords.bsky.social · Jun 14

There aren’t book vending machines near me, but there are Little Free Libraries!