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Hard Return
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Personal and book review blog.
(On hiatus during gardening season.🌱🪴)
A one-woman book club.
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I’m on NetGalley and StoryGraph, too. 💛
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Light therapy is better on leisurely weekends!

Very much enjoying this book. Half through and I’ve chuckled out loud several times. It’s clever and fun.

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#Saturday #Reading #Weekend #Therapy #Literature #BookSky #Books #Love #Coffee #Weekend #TimeTravel #LitFic
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Delightful. This book was fun, quirky, and heartfelt. I needed something light but still engaging for a reset. I liked this even more than Lenny Marks!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Rec:👍
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#BookSky #Literature #AmReading #Review #BookRec #Love #Books #Mystery #Fun #Blog #Books #Novel #LitFic
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Hard to return. Getting a copy for my own shelf.💙📚⏳📚🖋️
A triumph. Jeffers takes centuries of histories that have long been kept separate & obfuscated - she uses a single family tree to reintegrate them with context & story leaving the reader w truth. You feel this book for days.
#BookSky #BookReview
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A little last minute Halloweening. 🎃
Have fun tonight, #BookSky friends! I’ll be tucked up with a doing what I always do… but with candles and toasted pumpkin seeds. 😉 🕯️ #Reading

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#Halloween #JackOLantern #Holiday #Pumpkin #Books #HappyHalloween #BookReviews #TrickOrTreat
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
My partner walked in to find me sobbing while reading page 523. “Sad ending?” I held up the remaining 250 pages. “Oh.”

Lots of pages. Lots of processing breaks. This book is really something. 💛
💙📚💬📚🖋️📚⏳ #BookSky #Reading #LitFic #Historical #Books #Literature #Fiction #BookReview #Love
October 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Taking my time with this novel. Not only is it a longer read, it’s a dense, meaningful one.

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#BookSky #Literature #Fiction #Novel #Monday #AmReading #Books #Love #Review #BookRecs #LitFic
October 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A little #Friday celebration! I have 200 #followers?!? As an anon account, that sticks to books (trending or not), with no other socials? I’m tickled that 200 folks want to hang out with me. Thank you!!!💛

(see Alt for more)

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#BookSky #Books #JeffGoldblum #TGIF #Reading #Love #Reviews #Blog #TY
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
For me, a good story doesn’t hit unless the wordsmithing is there. Ng’s composition is always there for me.

“Whodunnit?” meets insightful race/gender/generation commentary. Loved.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Rec:👍

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#BookSky #AmReading #BookRec #Review #Novel #LitFic #Literature #Love #Books #BookReview
October 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Since I don’t buy books often, and rarely buy them new, I enjoy dressing up my eReader. These will be a fun addition!

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www.etsy.com/shop/Jennife... for the original mushroom art.

#BookSky #eReader #Books #Stickers #Art #NewGirl #Kindle #Etsy #BookCover #CottageCore #Cute #Cozy #Love
October 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Good morning! Reading “Everything I Never Told You,” by Celeste Ng. 💙📚
October 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Parking lot reading today. How excited was I to realize there is a #CelesteNg book I haven’t read?!
The answer is “all.”

I was ALL the excited.

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#BookSky #Autumn #AmReading #Monday #Morning #Books #BookRec #Review #Love #Park #ReadInPublic #Coffee #View #BookLover
October 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Sunday snuggle reads. Library book I picked up for Celeste Ng’s pull quote. Nursing a very sick puppy through the weekend and hoping to get lost in this.
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#BookSky #Library #Rainy #AmReading #Cozy #Coffee #Books #Love #BookRecs #Reviews #LitFic #Literature #Vibes
October 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
After reading a book of hers in one night of binge, I’m enjoying the crispy weather today with another! (And a tv fire.)🍂🍁
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#BookSky #BookBinge #LizMoore #LongBrightRiver #TheGodOfTheWoods #AmReading #Books #Review #BookRecs #Blog #Autumn #Cozy
October 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It took till the middle of October but my morning glories have finally started flowering! 💙🌱
#GardenSky #Flowers #Gardening #Grow #Plants #Garden #PlantSky #Love #Nature
October 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Sunday afternoon in my reading/knitting/chilling tent. Alternated listening and reading when my hands were busy. I enjoyed it a lot. Especially all the baseball content!
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Rec:👍
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#BookSky #AmReading #Sunday #LitFic #Books #BookRecs #StephenKing #Baseball #BookLover #InnerChild
October 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
October baseball is over for #Cubs fans. Sigh. It sure was beautiful though. #GoCubsGo

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#Baseball #MLB #Wrigley
October 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Putting this one on pause. It’s just meh for me but that might be more to do with translation. Maybe I’ll return to it. 🤷🏻‍♀️
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#BookSky #ReaderSky #AmReading #Books #Reviews #BookRecs #Library #Love #BookCover
October 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
“If I leave my tote in the car, I’ll check out fewer books.” 😆

What are some book related lies you tell yourself? 😄

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#BookSky #ReaderSky #Library #Books #Love #Lies #Reading #Saturday #Haul #BookHaul #Review
October 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This pretty lil’ copy of Kafka was a fun read in the windy sunshine. Equally pretty lil’ puppy added to the pleasure. This book is humorous and absurd. I loved it.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
Rec: 👍

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#BookSky #TGIF #Puppies #Kafka #Classics #Literature #Reading #Books #Review #BookRecs #Love #FriYay
October 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Oh man. Another winner. I’m at 68% and this book has me hooked!
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#BookSky #Mystery #Thriller #LitFic #AmReading #CaseOfTheMondays #Books #BookRecs #Reviews #PageTurner #Love
October 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I keep kissing your Monday posts but made it tonight! I am LOVING #WildDarkShore by #CharlotteMcConaghy so far. 💛
October 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I read this in a sitting. Not because I’m fast or because it is short… because it is incredible! You may love it. You may hate it. Definitely you should read it to find out.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
Rec:👍
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#BookSky #BookRecs #AmReading #Reviews #Blog #SciFi #Dystopian #LitFic #Feminist #Literature
October 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I’ll be chewing this one for a while… Clever, unflinching, and good writing. You might prepare to step away or take breaks if disordered eating, parental abuse, or cancer are difficult topics for you. Worth it for this.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
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💙📚💬📚🖊️ #Memoir #BookRecs #Books #AmReading #BookSky #BookReview
September 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Unpopular opinion: I prefer (& miss)mass market paperbacks. Seems it’s all about fancy covers now… or maybe we’re meant to think so, but I love the hand/pocket/purse size paperbacks of old.

What about you??

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#BookSky #Books #Reading #Saturday #AmReading #BookChat #Classics #Literature
September 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM