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Author Kathryn Mykel - Quilting Cozy Mysteries @authorkathrynmykel.bsky.social · 6d

🌧️ Is it raining where you are?
It’s raining in Heatherton, Maine — the fictitious seaside town from Raining Quilts and Dogs!

🐾 Join the investigation today and discover why readers love the Quilting Cozy Mysteries!

#CozyMystery #quilters #sewers

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Nose Stuck in a Book Blog @nsiabblog.bsky.social · 6d

Book worm goals 🙌🏼 #booksky

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but yes, you do deserve a bookshelf with a rolling ladder

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Maureen | Pen name Iris March @irismarchbooks.bsky.social · 4d

My Christmas short story, Twinkling Tree Trouble, is launching Nov 4. This low-stakes ebook is sure to help you get into the holiday spirit.
A truckload of Christmas trees. Mysterious string lights. A most festive secret.
Pre-order here: irismarchbooks.com/twinkling-tr...
#booksky #cozymystery
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New Shelves Books @newshelvesbooks.bsky.social · 8d

Reading Rainbow is returning, with all new episodes! Are you ready? Premieres Oct. 4 on KidZuko

Read more: people.com/reading-rain...

#ReadingRainbowReturns #BookTok #BookCommunity #KidLit #StorytimeMagic #ReadersOfInstagram #PublishingNews #BooksBringUsTogether #BookishNews2025

Reading Rainbow Returns With New Host and Celebrity Guest Stars

Reading Rainbow is back after almost 20 years! The beloved children's TV program — which ran for 26 years before wrapping in 2006 — is celebrated for fostering childhood reading and literacy.

people.com

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Maureen | Pen name Iris March @irismarchbooks.bsky.social · 11d

Totally agree!!! ❤️📚

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Gregory Ashe @tekhnemakre.bsky.social · 13d

SCRIPT SWAP is out TODAY! You can get it here:
books2read.com/scriptswap

(Hat tip to Dawn Cutler-Tran for the image!)
#GayCozy #GayCozyMystery #Quozy #CozyMystery #MMCozyMystery #MMRomance #GayRomance #SlowBurnRomance #LGBTQCozyMystery #LGBTQBooks #CozyReads

An amateur sleuth

A (possibly haunted) theatre

Two aging starlets

One extremely annoying house

A writer who will do anything BUT revise

Like seriously, anything, even clean the bathroom

Passive-aggressive jogging

Accidental reverse bullying

Snack-enabling friends

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Maureen | Pen name Iris March @irismarchbooks.bsky.social · 11d

This quote by Jorge Luis Borges about libraries feels so true. He was a writer from Argentina and I love that he wrote books and loved books. "I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library."
#fortheloveofbooks #booksky #bookquotes #libraryquotes

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1052rv.bsky.social @1052rv.bsky.social · 19d

Take a fall trip with Max and Lil!
FOLIAGE AND FATALITY
#booksky #cozymystery #KindleUnlimited
tinyurl.com/yahg5ojw

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Maureen | Pen name Iris March @irismarchbooks.bsky.social · 17d

The prose in this one is just beautiful! It's one of my favorites!!

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 26d

First teaser for Wrapped Up in Murder! The Kickstarter is fully funded, but we're reaching for some stretch goals now. This will go out to Kickstarter backers by early December, & to the wider public probably in January.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/fal...

#booksky #kickstarter #cozymystery 🌈 📚

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Maureen | Pen name Iris March @irismarchbooks.bsky.social · 26d

My novel Secrets, Songbirds, and Succulents won an honorable mention in the BooksShelf Writing Awards. The email said "With so many incredible entries, this is a real achievement and a reflection of the talent and heart you brought to your work." Feeling honored. #booksky #cozymystery #awardwinning

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Robin Stephanie, Author @robinstephanie.bsky.social · Sep 11

📣 Exciting news! The Deadly Gala—book #2 in the Driftwood Cove Mystery series—releases October 1. 🎃🕵️‍♀️ A Halloween-themed cozy full of secrets, charm, and murder. Mark your calendars! 📚✨

#CozyMystery #TheDeadlyGala #BookRelease #writingcommunity #booksky

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Maureen | Pen name Iris March @irismarchbooks.bsky.social · Sep 8

I was recently putting a hold on a book at my own local library and searched up my own books like authors do. I was so excited that not only were my books checked out, there's a wait list for two of them! This totally made my day! Whoo hoo! Yay library readers! #booksky #lovelibraries #cozymystery

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Maureen | Pen name Iris March @irismarchbooks.bsky.social · Sep 2

My Christmas short story, Twinkling Tree Trouble, will launch on Nov 4. This low-stakes cozy mystery will help you snuggle into the season.
A truckload of Christmas trees. Mysterious string lights. A most festive secret.
Pre-order irismarchbooks.com/twinkling-tr... #booksky #cozymystery #shortstory

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Nose Stuck in a Book Blog @nsiabblog.bsky.social · Aug 15

#booksky

You take a book everywhere you go? Readers yes. You wouldn’t rather just talk to people? Also readers get out.

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Ellie Lieberman @ellielieberman.bsky.social · Aug 12

August 12-16!
Society's Foundlings (99¢) is in Indie Author Central's Stepping Through Time Sale!
Check out all the historical & contemporary fiction for FREE or 99¢!

www.indieauthorscentral.com/stepping-thr...

#booksky 📚💙 📚📢 💙📚 #booksale

Screenshot of some of the books available through the Stepping Through Time Indie Authors Central event, alongside my contemporary novella, Society's Foundlings, include Pox, Fame & Other Disasters, A Forgotten Melody, Beneath the Surface, & Shape of the Sun!

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Maureen | Pen name Iris March @irismarchbooks.bsky.social · Aug 15

This is so so true for me!

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Maureen | Pen name Iris March @irismarchbooks.bsky.social · Aug 14

All my stories together
#cozymystery #booksky #mysterybooks

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Elaine L. Orr @elaineorr55.bsky.social · Aug 14

FREE August 14 and 15. Jolie Gentil Jersey Shore books 12-14 at all Amazon sites on #Kindle #cozymystery “the right mix of humor, mystery and just a light touch of romance”
amzn.to/4fXdk26
UK amzn.to/3Rby4JH
Canada amzn.to/4lsUBPS
Australia amzn.to/3YrGSio
India amzn.to/4j7Ier6

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Michelle Hollstein @michellehollstein.bsky.social · Aug 3

Deadly Withdrawal is a FREE Kindle ebook through Monday, August 4th! Enjoy!
Amazon - www.amazon.com/dp/B002NX0GI8

#freekindlebooks #freebook #freebookalert #cozymystery #cozymysteryseries

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Author Kay A. Oliver @kayaoliver2024.bsky.social · Aug 4

From Hollywood to your next favorite read…Award-winning author Kay A. Oliver turns her decades of Hollywood storytelling into cozy mysteries you can’t put down!
Link:
usawire.com/from-hollywo...

#CozyMystery #BookTok #MustReadbooks #MysteryBooks #BookLovers #Bestseller #viral #trending TBRlist

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Maureen | Pen name Iris March @irismarchbooks.bsky.social · Aug 7

I'm excited to announce that my novel Secrets, Songbirds, & Succulents was a finalist in the 2025 Wishing Shelf Book Cover Awards! I love this cover! The Wishing Shelf Awards is one of my very favorite awards because supports literacy and blind children - important work. #cozymystery #bookaward

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Maureen | Pen name Iris March @irismarchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 28

It's Christmas in July! My Christmas short story cozy mystery is now up for pre-order, Twinkling Tree Trouble! A truckload of Christmas trees. Mysterious string lights. A most festive secret. irismarchbooks.com/twinkling-tr...

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Maureen | Pen name Iris March @irismarchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 21

I wish you luck with the cacti! It would be destined to die at my house and am sending you all the happy plant vibes for healthy plants were you and your cacti live!

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Maureen | Pen name Iris March @irismarchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 18

I have a new short story that will be included in the Signed, Sealed, Deceased anthology, out Aug 12. There will be 12 cozy mystery short stories including my own "The Mystery of the Missing Merchant." They're all mail or communication mix up themed. www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

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