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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · 7d

Book 48 of 2025: The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez. 4.25⭐️ “…that though today might seem special, there would be a tomorrow, and a day after that; that the best-case scenario of a well-spent life was the slow and steady unraveling of the heart’s knot”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #simonjimenez

Book cover of the vanished birds by Simon Jimenez

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15d

BlackRock will buy AES, one of the largest publicly traded utility companies in the U.S.

AES is a major power provider for Big Tech companies building out data centers.

Yes: while these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · 20d

Book 47 of 2025: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. 5⭐️📚 “Happiness is so hard to come by. I don't understand why anyone would begrudge anyone else for managing to find some of it.”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #atmosphere #taylorjenkinsreid

Book cover of Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · 26d

Book 46 of 2025: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang. 4.75⭐️ “…this numbness? It wasn’t that Alice didn’t* care, it was that she had cared so much, and a thread had snapped. Some fundamental capacity was broken.” Real. This was excellent!
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #katabasis #rfkuang (edited for a typo)

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · 26d

I haven’t read Yellowface yet, but it had a lot in common with the tone of Babel! I felt it was more of a slowish burn? You’re thrown into the fire, pun intended, early on but things really ramp up around the halfway point.

Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Sep 13

Book 45 of 2025: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab. 4⭐️📚 “‘Is it life,’ he counters, ‘if there is never death to balance it? Or is its brevity what makes it beautiful?’”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #vampires #buryourbonesinthemidnightsoil #veschwab

Book cover of bury our bones in the midnight soil by VE Schwab

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Sep 6

Book 44 of 2025: The Devils by Joe Abercrombie. 4⭐️📚 “He had never had much patience for religion. What was it, really, but superstition with money?” I thoroughly enjoyed this one!
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #thedevils #joeabercrombie

Book cover of the devils by Joe Abercrombie

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Aug 24

Book 43 of 2025: Normal People by Sally Rooney. 3.75⭐️📚 “Life offers up these moments of joy despite everything.”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #normalpeople #sallyrooney

Book cover of normal people by sally rooney

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Aug 23

Book 42 of 2025: The Hike by Drew Magary. 3.25⭐️ “The world changes, but people act the way people always do.”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #thehike

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Aug 17

Book 41 of 2025: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin. 3.75⭐️ “For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question.”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #theFifthSeason

Book cover of the fifth season by NK Jemisin

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Aug 2

Book 40 of 2025: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. 3.75⭐️ “If definitive proof emerges that we’re living in a simulation, the correct response to that news will be: So what. A life lived in a simulation is still a life.”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #scifi #seaoftranquility

Book cover of sea of tranquility by Emily St. John mandel

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Jul 30

Book 39 of 2025: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. 4.25⭐️ “Hate is loud, but I think you'll learn it's because it's only a few people shouting, desperate to be heard…so long as you remember you're not alone, you will overcome.”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #houseintheceruleansea #TJKlune

Book cover of the house in the cerulean sea by tj klune

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Jul 26

Book 38 of 2025: The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang. Wow. What a story 5+⭐️ “…how could one possibly hold so much suffering in something as small as a human form?”…“Yet here was this woman who held everything inside…without breaking.”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #MLWang #theswordofkaigen #fantasy

Book cover of the sword of Kaigen by ML Wang

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Jul 19

Book 37 of 2025: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. 5⭐️ “You keep asking why your work is not enough […] because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live.”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #beckychambers

Book cover for a psalm for the wild built by Becky chambers

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Jul 18

Book 36 of 2025: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith. 3⭐️ “For mine has always been the side of righteousness. The side of justice. The side of light.”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025

Book cover of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Jul 15

So much for that “line.”

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Jul 13

Book 35 of 2025: Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. 4⭐️ “The short answer is that I've always believed it's important to accept the people in your life for what they are.”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #mickey7 #scifi

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Jul 11

Book 34 of 2025: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler. 3.75⭐️ “Repressive societies always seemed to understand the danger of ‘wrong’ ideas.”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #kindred

Book cover of Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Jul 2

Book 33 of 2025: The Women by Kristin Hannah. 5⭐️ Phenomenal. “The women had a story to tell, even if the world wasn't quite yet ready to hear it, and their story began with three simple words. We were there.”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #thewomen #kristinhannah

Book cover of The Women by Kristin Hannah

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jun 30

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Jun 30

The magic system was super intriguing! The plot was good with several cool twists, but it did lull in some places. He writes a ton of helpful lore info in the index so if you jump in, check that out! I wish I had seen it earlier.

Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Jun 30

Book 32 of 2025: The Black Prism by Brent Weeks. 3.5⭐️ “Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #blackprism #fantasy

Book cover of the Black Prism by Brent Weeks

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Jun 25

Book 31 of 2025: Artemis by Andy Weir. 3⭐️📚“The Moon is a nice place to pass out. You hit the ground very gently.” 😂
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #artemis #andyweir

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Jun 21

Book 30 of 2025: The Will of the Many by James Islington. 5⭐️ “They ask something small of you…You think you are working your way up, but in fact they are changing you. Moulding you into what they think you should be, one compromise at a time.”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #willofthemany

Book cover of the Will of the Many by James Islington

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Michael Hoover @michaelhoover.bsky.social · Jun 15

Book 29 of 2025: Orbital by Samantha Harvey. 3.5⭐️📚 “Time moves on with its usual nihilism, mows us all down, jawdroppingly insensate to our preference for living.”
#booksky #booktok #tbr #tbr2025 #orbital

Book cover of Orbital by Samantha Harvey

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