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Kris
@electriclibrarian.bsky.social
Retired librarian, avid reader, mediocre golfer, beach lover, dog mom.
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No matter what side of the aisle you sit on read The Year of Living Constitutionally by AJ Jacobs. Informative, thought provoking & humorous

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#booksky #audiobook #bookrec

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The Year of Living Constitutionally
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Have you read Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo? If not, you really should.

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Life, and Death, and Giants
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October 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Do you want to boycott ABC, FCC, & Nexstar? Turn off your TV and go to your public library and check out books and DVDs. Or go to your public libraries digital service and get e-books and movies for download and streaming.

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September 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
There’s a new Philomena McCarthy book out from @michaelrobotham.bsky.social
and @simonaudio.bsky.social
The White Crow is another great police procedural!
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The White Crow
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July 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
You guys- Welcome to Murder Week by @karendukess.bsky.social is fantastic and more need to read it. Out now from @simonaudio.bsky.social

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Welcome to Murder Week
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July 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A few new quick reviews are up for The Doorman, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, and Someone Knows. Check the out!
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July 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
There’s something about a good police procedural set in a small English village.

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#mystetiesandthrillers

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Death at the White Hart
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July 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Might be an unpopular opinion but it’s time for Stephen King to take a break from Holly Gibney.

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Never Flinch
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July 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Ruth Run is a great debut novel by Elizabeth Kaufman. I love a good heist novel!
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Ruth Run
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June 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
So Happy Together is a dark story of obsession that more twisted as it goes on. Great book from Olivia Worley.
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So Happy Together
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June 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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I’m delighted by how my Audible membership introduces me to great authors. I listened to my first book by Australian author, J.P. Pomare, “Trapdoor.” It was an excellent locked-room mystery!

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Trapdoor (by J.P. Pomare) — A Book and A Dog
I’m delighted by how my Audible membership introduces me to great authors. I listened to my first book by Australian author, J.P. Pomare, “Trapdoor.”
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June 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
King of Ashes proves @blacktopkid.bsky.social is the reigning king of crime fiction.

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King of Ashes
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June 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto is a marvel. This is now a Vera Wong stan account. #sorrynotsorry

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Vera Wang’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
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June 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I loved Atmosphere by TJR. Narrator Julia Whelan is perfection, as usual. Giving it all the stars.

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Atmosphere
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June 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Stillwater is a good upcoming debut thriller from author Tanya Scott from @groveatlantic.bsky.social
Out Aug 12
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Stillwater
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June 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I have a few new book reviews posted if you want to check them out.
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June 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Eli Cranor has another fantastic book out this August from SoHo Press. If you’re a #collegefootball fan, you’ll want to read it.
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Mississippi Blue 42
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June 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Forgot to post this yesterday! #twofortuesday Noelle Ihli thrillers

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#mysteriesandthrillers

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Run on Red and Such Quiet Girls
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June 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Happy Friday book lovers!
Kristin Harmel’s new book The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau releases 6/17. I enjoyed it, but there’s a lot going on in this story. Whew! #booksky
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The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
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May 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It’s #thrillerthursday! Here’s a quick look at The Retirement Plan. It’s darkly funny with harebrained schemes and miscommunication.
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The Retirement Plan
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May 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Great Big Beautiful Life is good, but I didn’t like how one issue was handled.
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Great Big Beautiful Life
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May 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Nova Ren Suma discusses female characters who are in defiance and on the run. crimereads.com/outlaw-women...
Outlaw Women In Fiction
I was twelve years old when I met my first outlaw. She was a woman whose face had graced the FBI’s “10 Most Wanted List” for her part in the radical leftist movement of the late 1960s and 1970s—not…
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May 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
May 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Quick reviews of 2 #audiobooks featuring rich people behaving badly
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2 for Tuesday: rich people behaving badly
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May 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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