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Celeste | A Literary Escape @alitescape.bsky.social · Aug 15
🌞 Morning! 🌞 I’ve put together a fun list of Dungeons & Dragons 🐉 romance books. I’ve been loving this trend in new releases. 📚💙

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Dungeons and Dragons Romance Books
A list on A Literary Escape of Young Adult and Adult Dungeons and Dragons romance books. Knowledge of D&D is not necessary for enjoyment!
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Washington DC!

I will be doing an event next Weds (11/19) for Lessons in Magic and Disaster. It's at As You Are, a wonderful queer space, and hosted by Little District Books. I would consider it a huge personal kindness if you spread the word.

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Photo of Charlie Jane Anders with pink hair and pink sunglasses, wearing a pink dress and pink sparkly shawl, with a fancy necklace. Plus the cover of Lessons in Magic and Disaster with purple cracked earth with daisies pushing thru
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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🌞 Morning! 🌞 New on my book blog is another WWW Wednesday where I talk about what I’m reading, just finished, & reading next. 📚💙

Happy to report I finally read the first Emily Wilde book!

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WWW Wednesday: November 12, 2025
A Literary Escape participates in WWW Wednesday, a meme where current, recently finished, and future reads are discussed.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Break Wide the Sea by Sara Holland has a great found-family! Thank you, Netgalley, Wednesday Books, and Macmillan Audio!

#BreakWidetheSea #bookreview #bookblogger #netgalley
Review: Break Wide the Sea by Sara Holland
Title: Break Wide the Sea Author: Sara Holland Publisher: Wednesday Books Published: November 11, 2025 Pages: 336 Format: e-arc via Netgalley Goodreads Blurb: "A young woman cursed with a fatal heartbreak-induced sickness must race against time to find a cure and protect her family legacy from the ancient finfolk that would destroy it, the fiancé that would kill her for it, and the boy who would love her if she forsook it.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Short Story Reviews: A Dress to Kill For / A Dress to Save Me (Court of Furies) Tessa Hastjarjanto
A Dress to Kill For How much are you willing to sacrifice to gain everything you ever wanted? Lady Claire Rosewood lives on the fringes of society, being pitied by people she once thought of as fri…
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November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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👾 futuristic world
☣️ dystopia! ✨with magic✨
📝 600+ pages
🔥 grumpy x sunshine
🗡️ revenge
🍃 lots of plants
💪 close friendships

🔖 book link: mybook.to/QVgAoK
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/these-violen...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/59...
these violent nights by rebecca crunden kindle cover; image shows a neon city with four black figures, two men and two women; there's a moon in the background around the text.
October 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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26 Science Fiction Books To Read In 2026 #scifimonth2025

Do you like planning ahead? Are you already making your TBR for 2026? If so, and if you are looking for upcoming science fiction books, then look no future. Here is a list of 26 books that I'm very excited to read. These are listed in order…
26 Science Fiction Books To Read In 2026 #scifimonth2025
Do you like planning ahead? Are you already making your TBR for 2026? If so, and if you are looking for upcoming science fiction books, then look no future. Here is a list of 26 books that I'm very excited to read. These are listed in order of U.S. release date and linked to Goodreads, but do remember that dates are subject to change.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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I read The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow. It's hard to put into words what made this book such a treasure, but I tried.

#bookblogger #booksky #TheEverlasting #bookreview
Book Review: The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
From Alix E. Harrow, the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a moving and genre-defying quest about the lady-knight whose legend built a nation, and the cowardly historian se…
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November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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"THIS BRUTAL MOON delivers a tense finale that avoids putting too neat a bow on the problems of the galaxy."

My review of the final book in THE KINDOM Trilogy by Bethany Jacobs! Thanks @orbitbooks.bsky.social for the ARC!
Review: This Brutal Moon by Bethany Jacobs
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November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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A lovely weekend was had in a very eldritch hotel for my first World Fantasy Convention www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
World Fantasy Convention 2025 - Brighton — Runalong The Shelves
Dates – 30/10 to 2/11 Location – Brighton Metropole I like the odd trip to a convention. I’ve done them for a few years longer than being a blogger. I enjoy hearing people talking about books. I hav...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Come see why I loved this cozy fantasy. Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree. #Newrelease #audiobook
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Caffeinated Reviewer | Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree
We are back in the cozy fantasy world of Legends & Lattes with Brigands & Breadknives written and narrated by Travis Baldree. I love this world and was excited to have an adventure with Fern…
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November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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I have a new #BookReview today for THE WHITE OCTOPUS HOTEL by Alexandra Bell, which I adored! 📚💙

It’s “a steady, somewhat slow-moving stream of magical realism, star-crossed love, time travel, and reflection on grief and trauma.”

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The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell
A book review on A Literary Escape about The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell, a historical fiction about a love that transcends time.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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#BookReview up for I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com ★★★★★plus stars! Definitely one of my favourite books this year, a fun romp with romance, aliens, dinosaurs, and more!

#BookBloggers #Blogging #Romance #Humour #BookSky📚💙

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Pink Promo Banner for Twirling Book Princess reviews featuring the Cover for I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming featuring a girl in the hands of an alien with a lion and a pink t-rex behind her in the jungle
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Pirouette by Susan Scarlett (Noel Streatfeild) pagesunbound.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/p...
Pirouette by Susan Scarlett (Noel Streatfeild)
Information Goodreads: PirouetteSeries: NoneAge Category: AdultSource: LibraryPublished: 1948 Summary Young Judith Nell has finally received her big break–a starring role in the ballet. …
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November 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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I read Hot Wax by M. L. Rio. While I loved a previous book by this author, this one just didn't work out for me.
Have you read this? Did your experience differ from mine?

#booksky #bookblogger #books
Book Review: Hot Wax by M.L. Rio
Summer, 1989: ten-year-old Suzanne is drawn like a magnet to her father’s forbidden world of electric guitars and tricked-out cars. When her mother remarries, she jumps at the chance to tag along o…
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November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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"Though this story is decidedly more action-packed than the others set in this world, it never loses sight of its heart-filled message, making it another worthy entry in the LEGENDS AND LATTES series."

Thanks Tor for the ARC of BRIGANDS AND BREADKNIVES!
Review: Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree
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November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Following up on my last repost about turning off the “Rude” filter - there are lots of other “helpful” moderation filters that Bluesky just decided to turn on & it’s a bit of a search to turn them off (or at least turn the ones you want off). But definitely worthwhile to review your own settings!
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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In other news, my sourdough is a fail. Still having trouble getting my starter to behave, which I think is the reason for the fail. 🥲
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Idk how I have 400 blog views today by 9:30 am, which is NOT my norm. But it’s not for any one post & I can’t tell “who” the referrer is. Bots or AI searches maybe??? 🤖

Idk how this works.
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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On the blog today is my list of ten books I hope to read this month 💙📚

#authors @benmantle.bsky.social @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social @suemoorcroftauthor.bsky.social @johnirvingimr.bsky.social @margaretamatt.bsky.social @simonmason.bsky.social @katewilliamsme.bsky.social @tudorblogger.bsky.social
10 Ten Books I Want to Read in November 2025 - #booklist
Left on the Shelf Book Blog Book Reviews Book Information Recommendations Writing Reading Books for Children Books for Adults Books for Teens Fiction
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November 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Today I'm sharing my favourite community posts that I read in October! I hope you get the chance to visit and appreciate some of these blogs :) Happy reading! #booksky #bookblog #bookcommunity
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October 2025 Community Posts!
It’s time to look at October’s community posts. I didn’t realise how many reviews I checked out this month, but that explains how my TBR exploded with new titles because all these…
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November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Well, that’s a real shame, if true. AI “art” sucks. I hope people are able to return their copies if they want to.
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Superb photo of the near-full supermoon this morning and a plane departing National. It's gonna be a chilly one tonight! Frost possible inside the Beltway. Updated forecast at cwg.live.

📷: Philip Metlin
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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To do list 😵‍💫

✍️ Review THE WHITE OCTOPUS HOTEL
🌱 Reseed & add row covers
🌱 Plant garlic
🧼 Clean bathrooms 😫
🚘 Emissions inspection
✉️ Ship book sale

I’m sure I’m forgetting something…
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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🌞 Good morning!!!!! 🌞 What a glorious Wednesday. IYKYK. 🗳️ Anyway, new post about what I’m reading & just finished reading. 📚💙

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WWW Wednesday: November 5, 2025
A Literary Escape participates in WWW Wednesday, a meme where current, recently finished, and future reads are discussed.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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October was not the reading month I thought it would be and it wound up being the month I read the least (so far?) this year! I did find a 5-star read though, so at least there's that... 😌 How was your reading month? #MonthlyWrapUp #BookSky
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Monthly Wrap-Up: October 2025
October was a heavier month than expected. There was a lot of illness and loss this month, with several family friends and a former colleague who passed away. It made for a rather heavy month, and …
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November 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM