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Diana 🐦‍⬛
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📍Olathe, Kansas
Bookworm reading through an endless TBR stack. Retro music & audiobook listener. Middle school paraeducator. 📖📱🎧
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@ladyfriar2007.bsky.social Thank you for the holiday card! Merry Christmas!🎄☃️🎀🔔 #tbtbsanta
December 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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We're almost halfway through the year, so it's time for the #midyearbookfreakouttag. I'm eight books behind schedule on my reading goal, but I've read several great novels that I gave lots of stars.

Here's a look back at a few reading highlights during the first half of 2025.

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Most Beautifully Written Book: Isola; New Release I Haven't Read Yet: A Beautiful Family; Most Anticipated Upcoming Release: High Season Made Me Cry: Broken Country; Favorite New-to-Me Author: Julie Clark; New-to-Me Favorite Character: Hana Babic in The Quiet Librarian Favorite Book of the Year (So Far): The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree; One That Didn’t Work for Me: Heartwood; Biggest Surprise: Gone with the Wind
June 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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I love it. I own multiple copies of my favorite Brontë novels. #BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #BookSky 💙📚
A bookshelf full of books by the Brontë Sisters.
March 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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I feel like February was a slow reading month. I finished 5 books, but had one DNF that slowed me down. Less time for walking with audiobooks due to freezing temps and snow. Hoping March will be better.

Feb Faves: Vantage Point by Sara Sligar & The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark

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February 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Book 4/75 of 2025: The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree
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Compelling Southern historical fiction not to be missed!

I won an ARC of this book in a Goodreads giveaway. Thanks to the publisher @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

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Diana's review of The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree
5/5: THE SONG OF THE BLUE BOTTLE TREE is the best book I've read in a while. Set in 1967, the story follows Genevieve Charbonneau, a tenacious young woman who took her name from a tombstone and happen...
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February 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Wishlist Wednesday: What upcoming book release are you eagerly anticipating? 🩸📚💙

New gothic horror coming July 22nd, It Was Her House First by #CheriePriest — Vengeful ghosts in a haunted cliffside mansion 👻 published by Poisoned Pen Press #BookSky
February 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Book 3/75 of 2025: Cold Snap
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An atmospheric, chilly #horror novella. Delves into grief, guilt, and madness.

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Diana's review of Cold Snap
3/5: COLD SNAP is an atmospheric novella about a grieving widow who takes her teenage son to a remote cabin over Christmas. She's carrying a lot guilt over the circumstances of her husband's death two...
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February 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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At the moment, I'm loving suspense/thrillers with dark/black backgrounds.

#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
Book cover for Murder Road by Simone St. James. Black background, red lettering, plus car headlights on a wooded road. Book cover for The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf. Black background, white and yellow lettering, plus a snowy house. Book cover for Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy. Black background with white and yellow lettering, plus a yellow moth wing. Book cover for The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean. Black background with white and blue lettering, plus a girl's profile in orange.
February 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Wishlist Wednesday: What upcoming book release are you eagerly anticipating? 🖋️📚💙

Coming June 3rd, Atmosphere by #TaylorJenkinsReid, "an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits." #BookSky
February 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Introduce yourself with:

one book 📚
one movie 🎥
one album 🎶
one show 📺

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February 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Book 2/75 of 2025: Beneath the Poet's House
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Gothic #suspense inspired by the brief relationship between poets Poe and Whitman, set in present day Providence. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for a review copy.

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Diana's review of Beneath the Poet’s House
3/5: 3.5 Stars — As a Poe fan, I couldn't resist the premise of BENEATH THE POET'S HOUSE. After her husband dies, Saoirse, a struggling writer, moves to Providence and into the former home of poet Sar...
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February 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Book 1/75 of 2025: Murder at Gulls Nest
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Arriving in April 2025, a new historical cozy #mystery from #JessKidd. I can't wait to return to Gore-on-Sea. Thank you to @atriabooks.bsky.social and Edelweiss for a review copy.

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Diana's review of Murder at Gulls Nest (Nora Breen Investigates #1)
4/5: 4.25 Stars — Set in the early 1950s, MURDER AT GULLS NEST is a charming historical cozy mystery with a layer of darkness simmering below the surface. Nora Breen is a clever main character whom I ...
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January 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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If you're looking for a little push toward spooky winter reading check out our first Readers Imbibing Peril Winter event over on Insta: www.instagram.com/perilreaders/ #ripwinteri
December 3, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (11/20)

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#BookChallenge
Book cover for Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, a woman in red standing on the moors.
December 2, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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2025 Challenges to Feed Your Reading Habit @ Reading Challenge Addict Blog

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2025 Challenges to Feed Your Reading Habit
I can't believe it. September isn't even over and the new challenges for 2025 are already appearing! So...I guess it's time to start think...
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November 30, 2024 at 2:04 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (10/20)

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#Nonfiction
Book cover for Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, a cemetery statue in Savannah, Georgia.
November 28, 2024 at 12:15 AM
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Pies are baked and side dishes are prepped. Time for a nap 😴
November 27, 2024 at 7:47 PM
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From My Wishlist: What upcoming book release are you eagerly anticipating? 💙📚

I'm looking forward to new #gothic #suspense coming May 6, 2025 — The Manor of Dreams by Christina Li (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster).

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Book cover for The Manor of Dreams by Christina Li, a woman's face in front of an old mansion.
November 27, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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Share some holiday cheer with LibraryThing's 11th annual Holiday Card Exchange! Receive a card from another book lover for each one you send. Sign-ups close Thursday, December 5th at 12pm EST. 💙📚 librarything.com/cardexchange...
November 26, 2024 at 6:23 PM
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Are you doing the Broke & Bookish Christmas Card Exchange? My cards are in the mailbox for international friends, and others will be going out this weekend. Also starting my Christmas reading.

#TBTBSanta #BookSky #ChristmasBooks
A Christmas Ghost Story book sitting on top of envelopes with Global Forever poinsettia stamps.
November 25, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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November 24, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (9/20)

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#Books
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#BookChallenge
Book cover for I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, a teen girl turning a cartwheel on the beach.
November 24, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (8/20)

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#Books
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#BookChallenge
#ParanormalRomance
Book cover for The Kingdom by Amanda Stevens, a cemetery statue wrapped in ivy.
November 24, 2024 at 1:32 AM
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Today is a good day to read a book from your #tbr pile that you’ve let languish.
November 23, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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My daughter is hosting Friendsgiving at our house tomorrow, so today we are deep cleaning from top to bottom. At least I get to start a new #audiobook — They Never Learn by Layne Fargo #thrillers

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November 23, 2024 at 7:52 PM