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boooooooks. mostly SFF & LitFic. some NonFic now and again.
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Royal Assassin
@robinhobb.bsky.social

I’m prepared to suffer for this conclusion. Watch Hobb craft that bastard Fitz with the meticulousness of a Swiss watchmaker.

It was a pleasure to write this review for SFFInsiders. Check it out at www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...

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#bookreview
#books
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
gradyish.bsky.social
#bookvember day 4! Not necessarily a children’s series but I loved reading through the Guinness book of world records when I was young! Always exploring the edges of non-fiction in a way

#booksky
#nonfiction
#books
woodenvelt.bsky.social Samantha Breaux @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 11d
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 4!

Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.

#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Bookvember, a book share prompt game for writers and readers by @woodenvelt.bsky.social Day 4: Share your favorite non-fiction children’s book or series. What topic did you nerd out over? Dinosaurs? Space? Something more obscure? Remember: Quote post using #Bookvember. Use alt text for images. Have fun and interact with others!
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Oh also, tags lol
#bookvember
#booksky
#comics
#calvinandhobbes
#writing
#reading
gradyish.bsky.social grady @gradyish.bsky.social · 12d
Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes creator 🧡
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes creator 🧡
November 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Video overview is live as well! Trying some new ideas
1/2

#manga
#mangareview
#books
#bookreview
#booksky
#berserk
#kentaromiura
November 3, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe was for a long while my favorite book. Narnia’s the first series I ever owned and read in full.

CS Lewis was a beautiful writer. Captured dreamlike wonder from a child’s perspective magnificently

#Bookvember
#booksky
#writesky
#books
#authors
#narnia
#cslewis
November 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Berserk Deluxe Edition Volume 1.
Kentaro Miura

As Halloween draws near, we find ourselves with an absolute heavy-weight on our hands that’s perfect for the mood.

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#manga
#mangareview
#berserk
#kentaromiura
#darkfantasy
October 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Celebrating Ursula K. Le Guin’s birthday with my latest review of her book, The Left Hand of Darkness!

Read my full review on SFFInsiders.com (link below)

#booksky
#books
#bookreview
#scifi
#ursulakleguin
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October 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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First Law Trilogy 1. The Blade Itself
Joe Abercrombie

All throughout, the writing is suffused with wry, black humor. How else can you cope in a world as grim and uncaring as this? Yet beneath the grotesqueness, there are glimpses of warm hearts and tenderness, even from the darkest seeming souls.📚💙
October 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Btw you can now find me on SFFInsiders.com as a staff reviewer! I’ll keep my non-sff genre reviews separate still but everything else will be hosted there in full! See my first full length reviews for @robinhobb.bsky.social and @mikemollman.bsky.social at www.sffinsiders.com
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More coming soon!
September 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Going live in 30 (4pm PDT) watch along here: www.youtube.com/live/v9bDeqA...
Many Books and a Beverage with Grady Shelton
YouTube video by Bald&Balding
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September 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Proxima Station
Mike Mollman

Book One of Mike Mollman’s new “Proxima Station Saga” series is a fresh snack that’s scrumptious to devour. Like a well salted bag of chips, “betcha can’t eat just one.”

📚💙 📚🪐 #books #bookreview #sff #absurd #aliens
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@mikemollman.bsky.social
Overlaid Text: 'GUEST REVIEW' Excerpt: "It very staunchly does not take itself seriously, but Mike Mollman is sharp, witty, and really knows how to pace a well-stitched story." Image: Proxima Station novella, by Mike Mollman on a bookshelf. Background image: purple milkyway sky Bottom text: '@gradyish’s full review on SFFInsiders.com' Bottom logo: 'SFF Insiders with book and lightning'
September 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Assassin’s Apprentice
Robin Hobb

“It’s my first Robin Hobb novel and I’m an absolute convert. She effortlessly works on multiple levels and […] it’s plain to see why she’s on so many people’s Mount Rushmore of fantasy writers”

Check the 🔗 to my full review below!

#bookreview
#robinhobb
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Overlaid Text: 'GUEST REVIEW DEBUT' Excerpt: "How do you find your place in a society that works relentlessly to undermine you and bring you down? When you know from your earliest ages your very existence is upheld only out of political advantage...?" Image: Assassin's Apprentice, by Robin Hobb Illustrated edition being held up. Background image: un-detailed two toned beige cut by a diagonal line Bottom text: '@gradyish’s full review on SFFInsiders.com' Bottom logo: 'SFF Insiders with book and lightning' Overlaid Text: 'read it on sffinsiders.com' Secondary image: illustrated young man laying on ground with dog laying on top of him Primary image: Assassin's Apprentice, By Robin Hobb Illustrated Edition Title Page Background image: un-detailed two toned beige cut by a diagonal line Overlaid attribute text tied to the first image: 448 pages, Genre: Fantasy, Deep and interesting characters, By Robin Hobb, Soft Magic, Royal Bastard Bottom Text: "Link in the comments" with down arrow Bottom logo: 'SFF Insiders with book and lightning'
September 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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MORE exciting news? Yes! Join the live stream Thursday the 11th. Will share the link day-of.
@mikemollman.bsky.social #booksky 📚🪐 #books #bookreview
Text: "MORE EXCITING NEWS upcoming podcast appearance I’m excited to announce that I’ll be joining Mike and Roe, of Bald & Balding fame, on Thursday, September 11th (never forget 🙏🏻) 4pm PDT, for their live podcast, Book and a Beverage. With them I plan to talk books and perhaps even beverages. Grady Shelton, Book Reviewer" With image of Grady looking at the Bald & Balding logo, overlaid a desk piled high with books.
September 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Exciting NEWS 👀
I’m thrilled to announce
my new partnership with SFF Insiders, a growing platform for Science Fiction & Fantasy fans, creators, and content.
With them, I will be writing and sharing my newest reviews as a guest.
Stay tuned for more!
SFFInsiders.com

@sffinsiders.com #booksky 📚🪐
Exciting NEWS I’m thrilled to announce my new partnership with SFF Insiders, a growing platform for Science Fiction & Fantasy fans, creators, and content. With them, I will be writing and sharing my newest reviews as a guest. Stay tuned for more! SFFInsiders.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Committed a cardinal sin of forgetting tags in the OP! this will have to do this time #booksky 📚🪐 #books
gradyish.bsky.social grady @gradyish.bsky.social · Aug 24
I brought 3 books… and left with 7 more. Not on my bingo card for WorldCon 😅 but I wanted to share my gets! Let’s go:

1. Royal Assassin, Robin Hobb. A free (signed!) copy from the excellent Freebie lounge. I just finished book 1 of the series. Thrilled to have book 2 @robinhobb.bsky.social
Royal Assassin, Robin Hobb
August 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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I brought 3 books… and left with 7 more. Not on my bingo card for WorldCon 😅 but I wanted to share my gets! Let’s go:

1. Royal Assassin, Robin Hobb. A free (signed!) copy from the excellent Freebie lounge. I just finished book 1 of the series. Thrilled to have book 2 @robinhobb.bsky.social
Royal Assassin, Robin Hobb
August 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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I only brought three books with me to the con…
#booksky 📚🪐
10 books on a bed with a dog. Tagged authors include George RR Martin, Robin Hobb, Brandon Sanderson, Fonda Lee, Palmer Pickering, Ryan Cahill, Zack Argyle, & Mike Mollman
August 19, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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And that’s a wrap. Great time at the con! Pleasure meeting everybody, and truly an inspirational time.
#seattle2025worldcon
#booksky 📚🪐
Authors MJ Kuhn, Greta Kelly, Robin Hobb, George RR Martin, Adrian Gibson, Brandon Sanderson, Rebecca Roanhorse, Ryan Cahill line up for a photo after their live podcast taping
August 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Got to meet some incredible authors and heroes today #seattle2025worldcon #bluesky 📚🪐
August 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Day one was a great success! Day two off to an unbelievable start!
#seattle2025worldcon 📚🪐 📚🖋️ #booksky
August 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Will be here through the weekend! 🙏
#seattle2025worldcon
First panel feat:
@robinhobb.bsky.social
@fondalee.bsky.social
@terrybrooks.bsky.social
#booksky #books 📚🪐
August 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Moby Dick
Herman Melville

“Call me Ishmael.” Okay, Herman.
This American Leviathan is a voyage that tests you and dares you to meet it on its own supernatural terms. It presents as a novel, but the writing style is utterly experimental.
1/x

📚💙 📚🖋️ #books #bookreview #mobyDICK
cover of moby dick by herman melville with the rating 10/10 superimposed over the top.
August 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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this is maybe trite at this point but it is in your interest to find ways to create things. basically everyone wants you to be consuming nonstop. making stuff, from cooking to photography or whatever, can help you feel more in control. doesn’t even have to be something you share with other people
May 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros

A break from the sweltering panoply of life, this meditation on the mundane served as a great reminder for how we might be able to ground ourselves in the real.
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#booksky #books #bookreview
Holding the book A Philosophy of Walking
July 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM