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📖 The Last Time I Wore A Dress
🎧 Clean Air
📱Dissolution
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It’s my stop on the tour for Skin Deep by Sung J Woo!
Thank you to daturabooks for the e-ARC of the novel. All opinions are my own.
💙📚

#bookreview

Stats
Author: Sung J Woo
Page Count: 332
Format: e-reader
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A collegiate background with an image of an e-reader displaying the cover to Skin Deep and 4 stars. Bullets identify themes of cozy mystery, fast-paced, Korean-American adoptee, Adult FMC, private university setting A book online tour list of participants. The tour runs from June 17-28 and takes place on Instagram, BlueSky, and a personal blog.
June 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Another side nearing completion for my #littlefreelibrary project! 💙📚
The side panel of a little free library. It has been painted to look like the cover of The Hobbit
June 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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@libbyapp.com coming through for me today with the fastest hold time ever! 💙📚🌶️
A screenshot of the Libby app showing the audiobook to Caught Up by Navessa Allen playing.
June 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Thank you so much St Martin’s Press and Macmillan Audio for the amazing PR box of So Gay For You by Leisha Hailey & Kate Moennig!
This memoir promises to be a love letter to ride-or-die friendship over the decades, and a testament to the liberating power of chosen family. I can’t wait to dig in!
A woman wearing a beanie that says “so gay for you” and over the ear headphones holding a copy of So Gay For You by Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig in front of bookshelves.
June 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Chaos Beckons

Indie Author Spotlight 🚨
#bookreview

Book Stats
Author: Sophie Gabrielle
Page Count: 511
Format: Digital
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you to Sophie @sophgabswrites.bsky.social for the digital review copy of the recently updated Chaos Beckons. All opinions are my own.

#booksky 🌈📚💙
A dark blue background with thorny vines. There is an image of the book Chaos Beckons with arrows identifying tropes labeled: strangers to lovers to ???, strong/competent heroine, found family, killing god, morally grey characters, triple POV, LGBTQIA+ characters
June 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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The Silence of the Girls
#bookreview

Book Stats
Author: Pat Barker
Page Count: 325
Format: Audiobook
Narrators: Kristin Atherton, Michael Fox
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#prhaudiopartner
all opinions are my own
#booksky 💙📚
Against a background showing the caryatid porch of the Erechtheion is a tablet displaying the cover to The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker, a pair of headphones, five stars, and a quote reading “So there was my duty laid out in front of me, as simple and clear as a bowl of water: Remember.”
May 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Finally making some progress on my #littlefreelibrary! I loved Curious George books when I was young and in the process of painting this cover I learned about the incredible lives of the couple who wrote and illustrated the stories! 💙📚
One side of a framed wooden box with a painting displaying a cover of a Curious George book. The background is yellow and a monkey is holding a bundle of brightly colored balloons. Tubes of paint litter the foreground of the work surface the box is on.
May 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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What a season! @literaryarts.bsky.social gave us an amazing year of lectures wrapping up tonight with @mashagessen.bsky.social I am eager to read their works which are relevant and necessary.

Can’t wait for next year which looks like a phenomenal lineup! 2025-2026 Season preordered! 💙📚
A hand holding Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen in a concert hall balcony seating area.
May 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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I was able to attend @literaryarts.bsky.social incredible presentation by @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social last night. I also picked up copies of Wilson’s translations of both The Iliad and The Odyssey, although after listening to her read passages from them, I want to listen to the audiobooks more! 💙📚
A hand holding the program for Portland Arts and Lectures Emily Wilson Tuesday April 15, 2025.
April 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Many thanks to @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social for the ALC of Everything is Tuberculosis by & read by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social

I just started this audiobook (out March 18th! 👀) and I am already obsessed with learning everything about this deeply interesting & relevant disease!

#booksky 💙📚
A screen shot showing the audio play display for the book Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green.
March 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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I absolutely needed to read this.

The past 7ish weeks I’ve been feeling so creatively drained and devoid of the things that bring me joy on a daily basis.

In celebration of what I love and in the spirit of sharing, these two snuggled for the first time yesterday 💖
A cat with a mottled brown, orange, and black coat lays next to a small white dog. Both are facing away from the camera.
March 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Super excited to finally be able to read A Love Song for Ricki Wilde!

Thanks so much to Hachette for the gifted copy!
A hand holding a copy of A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams in front of bookshelves.
February 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Blood Over Bright Haven
#bookreview

Book Stats

Author: ML Wang
Genre: Fantasy, Dark Academia, Magic
Page count: 430 pages
Format: audiobook
Narrator: Moira Quirk
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#booksky 📚💙

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Against a dark red background the cover to Blood Over Bright Haven is displayed along with images of ear buds and five stars. A quote reads “the worthwhile run is never the short one. You know we’re not running from oblivion. We’re running toward hope.”
February 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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The Weekend Guests
#bookreview

Book Stats

Author: Liza North
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Suspense
Page count: 336 pages
Format: digital book
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#booksky 🩸📚💙

Thank you to HarperPerennial for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

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A stormy cost image with the cover to The Weekend Guests and four stars.
February 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Reason #4,826,931 why independent bookstores are better: They have the special new release with the pretty pages when the chain store that also sells books runs out! 💙📚
A picture of a Target store book display. It is sparse with many sections left open. A sign indicates that Onyx Storm is in high demand and copies will be limited. A copy of Onyx Storm with dragon design sprayed edges is held in front of the shelves at an independent bookstore.
January 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Murder in the dressing room
#bookreview
I would like to thank @berkleypub.bsky.social for the complimentary e-arc. My opinions are my own.

Book Stats

Author: Holly Stars
Genre: Mystery, Cozy, Queer
Page count: 368 pages
Format: digital book
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#booksky 🌈📚⚡️📚💙

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A pink background displaying an ereader showing the cover to Murder in the Dressing Room, 5 pink stars, a box of (possibly poisoned) chocolates, and a pair of red lips
January 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Love a good excuse for a shelfie! 💙📚
A pair of very filled red bookshelves.
January 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Phantasma
#bookreview

Book Stats

Author: Kaylie Smith
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal, Horror, Gothic
Page count: 512 pages
Format: audiobook and digital book
Narrator: Laura Horowitz
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

#booksky 🌶️📚💙📚🪐

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A smoky red background with an e-reader displaying the cover to Phantasma by Kaylie Smith, a pair of headphones, and 3 stars. Text reads “my soul will go to its grave with your name echoing in my mind.”
January 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Lecture tonight! Really excited to hear from this author. 💙📚
Against a backdrop of a theater stage from the balcony, a copy of A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan is being held.
January 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Ascension
#bookreview

Completed reread!

Book Stats

Author: Nicholas Binge
Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Speculative Fiction
Page count: 344 pages
Format: physical book
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#booksky 🪐📚🩸

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A man stands on the peak of a mountain. Overlayed is the cover to Ascension by Nicholas Binge, 4 stars, text that reads “the only way out is up”, and text that reads “Whatever is going to happen, it’s going to happen. It’s already happened. It’s happening right now. It’s up to you to decide how you make that count. How beautiful you let that be.”
January 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Love and Other Conspiracies
#bookreview

Book Stats

Author: Mallory Marlowe
Genre: Romance, Contemporary,
Page count: 368 pages
Format: audiobook
Narrator: Alex Finke
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#romancelandia 💙📚🌶️

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A background with a cartoon ufo beaming up a silhouette of two people holding hands. Overlayed is an image of an e-reader with the cover to Love and Other Conspiracies, a pair of headphones, and four stars.
January 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Here is a throwback #bookreview for a title from 2024 that I think didn’t get the attention it deserves.

Title: In Universes
Author: Emet North
Genre: Science Fiction, Queer, Speculative, Gender
Page count: 240 pages
Format: physical book
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#booksky 🌈📚🪐

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The cover to In Universes by Emet North
January 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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I might have set a new record for a Libby hold! Anyone else keep track of the wild hold lengths? 💙📚
A screen shot from the Libby app showing a book hold with the requester being 3,186 in line.
January 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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A bit of a delayed #bookreview for
December’s TBBC Book Club selection.

Love You A Latke
#bookreview

Book Stats

Author: Amanda Elliot
Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Holiday, Jewish
Page count: 368 pages
Format: audiobook
Narrator: Kelli Tager
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

#romancelandia 💙📚🌶️

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A blue black ground with a white needlework cloth displaying a tablet showing the audiobook to Love You A Latke and a pair of black over the ear headphones.
January 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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For One Night Only
#bookreview

Author: Jessica James
Genre: Romance, Contemporary,
Page count: 368
Format: e-ARC
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Thank you to @berkleyromance.bsky.social for the free review copy.
Opinions are my own.

#romancelandia 💙📚🌶️

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The cover to For One Night Only by Jessica James. It features blue, purple and pink hues with artwork of a woman with pink hair and a man with black hair sharing a microphone.
January 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM