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📚Think critically, read diversely, be kind🦄
Crocheting a granny square blanket one book at a time
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2025 Crochet Book Blanket

This year I'm creating a starburst granny square for each book I read, this is a thread of each square as I go. 💙📚

(As a heads up, I am still figuring out BlueSky and the first four are reposts because I now think a 🧵is better than individual posts.)
The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton with Elizabeth Knowelden (Narrator)
4⭐(Love’s Academic #1)

Absolutely adorable and hilarious, I was constantly cackling.

Full review: buff.ly/jxbvlVg

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Review by jackireads - The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love
Absolutely adorable and hilarious, I was constantly cackling. First off, this narration by Eli...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Saying you don’t “pay attention” to diversity when buying/reading books gives the same exact vibes as “I don’t see color”. Publishers and bookstores generally push white straight cis authors. You NEED to pay attention if you want to read diversely and get viewpoints outside your own experiences. 📚💙
February 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
4⭐

What You Are Looking For is in the Library is an cute and cozy collection of interwoven people trying to find purpose in their lives again.

Full review: buff.ly/kpKqIPS

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Review by jackireads - What You Are Looking For is in the Library
What You Are Looking For is in the Library is an cute and cozy collection of interwoven people...
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February 2, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher with Jennifer Pickens (Narrator)
4.5⭐

It is so incredibly refreshing to have a main character who is a self-described curvy spinster.

Full review: buff.ly/KmDfICC

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Review by jackireads - Hemlock & Silver
It is so incredibly refreshing to have a main character who is a self-described curvy spinster...
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January 30, 2026 at 11:25 PM
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig with Samantha Hydeson (Narrator) (The Stonewater Kingdom #1)
4⭐

The narrator, Samantha Hydeson, MADE this book. Wow.

Full review: buff.ly/utxtMwA

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Review by jackireads - The Knight and the Moth
The narrator, Samantha Hydeson, MADE this book. Wow.Six doesn't remember the last time she hea...
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January 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The Trident and the Pearl by Sarah K.L. Wilson (The Fisher King #1)
3.5⭐
Out Feb 24

First things first: this is NOT a romantasy and marketing it as such is hurting this book.

Full review: buff.ly/jzmQWjX

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Review by jackireads - The Trident and the Pearl
First things first: this is NOT a romantasy and marketing it as such is hurting this book.The ...
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January 26, 2026 at 12:08 AM
A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan (The Artisan Trilogy #1)
5⭐

I'm not going to lie, I bought this book because of the pretty cover and the sprayed edges and I was very pleasantly surprised by how much I loved this book.

Full review: buff.ly/CNy9Qjk

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Review by jackireads - A Forbidden Alchemy
I'm not going to lie, I bought this book because of the pretty cover and the sprayed edges and...
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January 23, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Murder in Manhattan by Julie Mulhern
3.5⭐

What is more glamorous than going to a speakeasy dressed as a flapper in the 1920s? I'll tell you what, it isn't murder.

Full review: buff.ly/OddHjH3

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Review by jackireads - Murder in Manhattan
What is more glamorous than going to a speakeasy dressed as a flapper in the 1920s? I'll tell ...
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January 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM
To Ride A Rising Storm by Moniquill Blackgoose (Nampeshiweisit #2)
4.5⭐
Out January 27!

Anaqus and her dragon Kasaqua survived their first year at Kuiper's Academy even after being outcast, shot, and saving the Jarl.

Full review: buff.ly/monCJW0

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Review by jackireads - To Ride A Rising Storm
Anaqus and her dragon Kasaqua survived their first year at Kuiper's Academy even after being o...
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January 19, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien with Andy Serkis (Narrator)

Andy Serkis gives his best performance yet. I regularly forget that I was listening to just one person.

Full review: buff.ly/FGXNVsg

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Review by jackireads - The Return of the King
Andy Serkis gives his best performance yet. I regularly forget that I was listening to just on...
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January 16, 2026 at 11:25 PM
The Unnamed by M.S. Masood (The Book of Names Duology #1)
4.5⭐
Out January 15!!

When the Unnamed rebel, the healer comes to collect Reim's side of the bargain, her hand in marriage (that is NOT where I thought this was going).

Full review: buff.ly/mG6vVHz

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Review by jackireads - The Unnamed
In Vuor Order reigns supreme and part of that order is keeping the Unnamed in their place. Rei...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien with Andy Serkis (Narrator)

I would be so interesting to read through this series when it first came out. The plot twists in this book would be diabolical .

Full review: buff.ly/otzMy2u

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Review by jackireads - The Two Towers
The Fellowship of the Ring is in tatters. Frodo and Sam are off on their own only to find an u...
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December 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien with Andy Serkis (Narrator)

Frodo has always lived a quiet life in the Shire, but he often wishes he could go on an adventure like his uncle and guardian Bilbo.

Full review: buff.ly/HBvREY5

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The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
THE FIRST PART OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN'S EPIC MASTERPIECE, THE LORD OF THE RINGS In a quiet village in ...
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December 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A Fortnight To Forever by Alycia E. Anderson
4⭐

Out January 2026

Quinn has a fortnight (14 days for the modern reader) to aid a stranger before she goes back to sleep for a century.

Full review: buff.ly/xSov87I

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Review by jackireads - A Fortnight To Forever
Quinn has a fortnight (14 days for the modern reader) to aid a stranger before she goes back t...
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December 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children #11)
4⭐

Out January 6, 2026.

Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children has three rules: no solicitations, no visitors, no quests. Well that last rule is broken once again.

Full review: buff.ly/WNFK5lW

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Review by jackireads - Through Gates of Garnet and Gold
Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children has three rules: no solicitations, no visitors, no qu...
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December 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire with Barrie Kreinik (Narrator) (Wayward Children #10)
4⭐

Nadya was born with the bottom portion of her right arm missing, but that has never slowed her down.

Full review: buff.ly/sJ9cOSD

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Review by jackireads - Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear
Nadya was born with the bottom portion of her right arm missing. That birth defect likely led...
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December 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire with Jesse Vilinsky (Narrator) (Wayward Children #9)
4⭐

Antsy knows that all doors have a cost and not everything that is lost can be found.

Full review: buff.ly/lUdtFVW

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Review by jackireads - Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
Antsy knows that all doors have a cost and not everything that is lost can be found. Unfortun...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Accomplice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (Assistant to the Villain #3)
4⭐

Evie is no longer an assistant or apprentice, but an accomplice to the Villain.

Full review: buff.ly/PPqiF3F

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Review by jackireads - Accomplice to the Villain
Evie is no longer an assistant or apprentice, but an accomplice to the Villain. With her promo...
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December 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
4.25⭐

Graduate school is its own form of hell. But Alice has to take it one step further after her advisor, Jacob Grimes, dies

Full review: buff.ly/P7AhnFt

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Review by jackireads - Katabasis
Graduate school is its own form of hell. But Alice has to take it one step further after her ...
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December 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Sargassa by Sophie Burnham
5⭐

I would give this book every star in the universe if I could. Yes, it is that good. And yes, you need to read it right now so I have someone to talk to about it.

Full review: buff.ly/NmsSHlB

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Review by jackireads - Sargassa
I would give this book every star in the universe if I could. Yes, it is that good. And yes, ...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
@sophieburnham.bsky.social has broken my brain. I literally don't even know what to do with myself after finishing Sargassa.

I need more people to talk to this about RIGHT NOW.

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December 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire with Jesse Vilinsky (Narrator) (Wayward Children #8)
5⭐

Watching your father die in the toy aisle is probably the most traumatic experience any child could have.

Full review: buff.ly/jFhURYv

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Review by jackireads - Lost in the Moment and Found
Watching your father die in the toy aisle is probably the most traumatic experience any child ...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
A Short History of Ancient Rome by Pascal Hughes with Johns Hopkins (Narrator)
4.5⭐

The fact that Pascal Hughes was able to pack a millennia of history into 352 pages (or nine hours audio) is truly remarkable.

Full review: buff.ly/dyIAfaZ

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Review by jackireads - A Short History of Ancient Rome
The fact that Pascal Hughes was able to pack a millenia of history into 352 pages (or nine hou...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The Burning Queen by Aparna Verma
5⭐

Elena is no longer an innocent princess. She is the exiled Ravani Queen and a god.

Full review: buff.ly/YSGfOwU

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Review by jackireads - The Burning Queen
Elena is no longer an innocent princess. She is the exiled Ravani Queen and a god.In The Phoen...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire with Whitney Johnson (Narrator) (Wayward Children #7)
4.25⭐

Following the events of the fifth Wayward Children book Come Tumbling Down, Cora is struggling after being noticed by the drowned gods in the Moors.

Full review: buff.ly/w2Rt1eG

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Review by jackireads - Where the Drowned Girls Go
Following the events of the fifth Wayward Children book Come Tumbling Down, Cora is struggling...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM