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Kat Christensen

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Kat Christensen @katchristensen.bsky.social · Dec 28

📚 Your Next Unforgettable Story Awaits! Step into a gripping tale of love, survival, and murder on the rugged American frontier. #BookSky

🌟 "A stunning story of a tougher-than-nails woman..."
🌟 "Historical fiction gold... Highly recommend!"

👉 Buy Now:
www.amazon.com/Profitable-W...

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Kat Christensen @katchristensen.bsky.social · 4d

Ty!

Kat Christensen @katchristensen.bsky.social · 6d

✨ Loading up on @jarnopp.bsky.social on Bluesky
reads before I head across the pond! ✨
Next stop: Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, and London. 🛫📚
History, castles, cathedrals, and a little adventure await…
Super excited to see the Basilica of Saint Dennis — some characters from my WIP are entombed! ⛪️

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Kim McNeill •📚🌿☕️ @joiedevivre9.bsky.social · 6d

I have a pile of new Aug/Sep publications to read (birthday month acquisitions). 🎂🎉 I’ve only finished three so far (Zambreno, Romano & Mendelson—all recommended), so I have a long way to go. Ravn & Lin are next!

CÉCÉ by Emmelie Prophète (tr. Aidan Rooney)
THE ENDLESS WEEK by Laura Vazquez (tr. Alex Niemi)
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM by Lana Lin
GRACE PERIOD by Maria Judite de Carvalho (tr. Margaret Jull Costa)
ANIMAL STORIES by Kate Zambreno
INTO THE WEEDS by Lydia Davis
THE WAX CHILD by Olga Ravn (tr. Martin Aitken)
HELEN OF NOWHERE by Makenna Goodman
DREAMING OF DEAD PEOPLE by Rosalind Belben
GOOSE OF HERMOGENES by Ithell Colquhoun
IN FARTHEST SEAS by Lalla Romano (tr. Brian Robert Moore)
RESTORATION by Ave Barrera (tr. Ellen Jones & Robin Myers)
MRS. DALLOWAY by Virginia Woolf
ORLANDA by Jacqueline Harpman (tr. Ros Schwartz)
THE OTHER GIRL by Annie Ernaux (tr. Alison L. Strayer)
SAY FIRE by Selma Asotić
LITTLE WORLD by Josephine Rowe
THE INNER LIFE OF MRS. DALLOWAY by Edward Mendelson
ALPHA AND OMEGA by Jane Ellen Harrison

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 16d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Kat Christensen @katchristensen.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you so much!🌻

maryanneyarde.bsky.social 💙📚📜 @maryanneyarde.bsky.social · 23d

❀༻ Books Worth Reading ༺❀

✩。:*•. A Profitable Wife
By Kat Christensen .•*:。✩

maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-pr...

#HistoricalFiction #BooksWorthReading #bookoftheday @katchristensen.bsky.social @histficcompany.bsky.social
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DB 🇨🇦 @rebelliousdb.bsky.social · 24d

I've been trapped in this escape room for hours.

"Sir, this is a library and you can leave anytime."

Can I though? 🤔

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JT Hume MIS Writer Podcaster @jthume.bsky.social · 28d

In an obvious attempt to get you to read my books, I’ve dropped the prices of the first books in all my series.

These e-books are 99¢ on Amazon, so load up on them while the price is right.

jthume.substack.com/...

#writingcommunity

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Judith Arnopp @jarnopp.bsky.social · 28d

' Judith Arnopp masterfully captures both the relentless ambition and sharp intelligence that guided her (Margaret Beaufort) through adversity.' Review ##HIstFicThreads

READ FREE WITH KU

http://mybook.to/thebeaufortbride

http://mybook.to/TBwoman

http://mybook.to/thekingsmother

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · Aug 30

the_wildrumpus
Arlo, LouLou & Gaia Champagne
#SingalongSaturdays 🎼 “Fluffy Dancer”🎶

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Rosemary Griggs @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social · Aug 17

Walking through town to yesterday’s book signing for my new book, Mistress of Dartington Hall, at Waterstones in Newton Abbot.

Huge thank you to everyone!

#bookevent #booksigning #newbook #elizabethancostume #historicalfictionauthor #newtonabbot #devonauthor #dartington

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Kat Christensen @katchristensen.bsky.social · Aug 8

This one brought tears to my eyes…❤️

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Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · Aug 5

Family Photo

Three of my book covers: The Three-Cornered War, Saving Yellowstone, and The Westerners - all with white font and vivid paintings (orange/red, purple/yellow, and green) as backgrounds.

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Kat Christensen @katchristensen.bsky.social · Aug 8

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · Aug 8

those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this

A book titled "Outdoor Pigs: How to Make them Pay."

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · Aug 8

Next read.

"I saw trees growing and changing like puffs of vapour, now brown, now green; they grew, spread, shivered, and passed away. I saw huge buildings rise up faint and fair, and pass like dreams. The whole surface of the earth seemed changed -- melting and flowing under my eyes."

cover of HG Wells "The Time Machine" with a black and white steampunky contraption

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𝓞𝓹𝓾𝓼 @opus24.bsky.social · Aug 8

Good night…🌙

May your dreams be weird and wonderful…💫

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · Aug 4

Latest read (print & audio), In The Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales (1905-1952) by Lord Dunsany; Known for lush, feverish, otherworldly tales, Dunsany actually has a breath of style. His later work, while more earthly, is charming.
Both are present here.
Essential for fantasy writers.
#BookSky

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Astrid Aillume @aillume.bsky.social · Aug 2

#booksky #writingcommunity #amwriting #Life #scape #nature #Quote #Art

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Kat Christensen @katchristensen.bsky.social · Aug 6

Great graphic!

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G. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social · Aug 4

#NewRelease!

January 1536
The King is dead... but who will live long now?

A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos...

All the King's Bastards £3.99 #Free #KU!

#Histfic #SpeculativeFic #Tudor #Booksky 📚💙📚💙📚
amzn.eu/d/5wpjqZU

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Zeb Cyrus @zbcy.bsky.social · Aug 4

Books to film. 📚=🎞️

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) by Philip K Dick & adapted as Blade Runner (1982). Some key differences include replicants being more empathetic, a powerful theme in the novel, something mostly displayed in the film by Roy Batty. 🧠🤖🐏

#booksky #filmsky

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · Aug 5

If you like the Addams Family and wonder what crafted, tender stories about that kind of world might be like, try Ray Bradbury's Elliott Family stories. Collected under one cover in From the Dust Returned.
It's 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' Bradbury; midwest mansions & autumnal fantasy.
#BookSky

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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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Lucy Gray @lucymaygray.bsky.social · Aug 6

#booksky

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Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social · Aug 5

Read Free on #KindleUnlimited

#WW2: A B-17 pilot on the edge. A woman fighting to rebuild shattered lives. John Mackenzie faces death with every mission—until he meets Stella. Can love heal the wounds of war?

mybook.to/thebeautyshop
#histfic #HistoricalRomance

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Brook Allen @brookallenauthor.bsky.social · Aug 5

EBOOK SALE! ONLY .99!!!

The incredible story of Julia Hancock. A girl who loved two men--one as her husband, the other like a brother--and those men were Lewis & Clark.
amzn.to/48KZn3N
#BlueSkyBooks #BlueSkyWriters #History #HistoricalFiction #HistoricalRomance #Virginia #Missouri #StLouis

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