Carol Ann Tack
@carolanntack.bsky.social
Librarian and Host of Top Shelf Podcast. Book lover, book talker, book reviewer, all things books.
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Great night celebrating
@rlmaizes.bsky.social & her fabulous new book, A COMPLETE FICTION, at PT Knitwear. R.L. was joined by Bethany Ball-what a conversation they had! The place was packed & we had some delish drinks & snacks.
A good time had by all!
A COMPLETE FICTION is on shelves now! #booksky
@rlmaizes.bsky.social & her fabulous new book, A COMPLETE FICTION, at PT Knitwear. R.L. was joined by Bethany Ball-what a conversation they had! The place was packed & we had some delish drinks & snacks.
A good time had by all!
A COMPLETE FICTION is on shelves now! #booksky
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Great night celebrating
@rlmaizes.bsky.social & her fabulous new book, A COMPLETE FICTION, at PT Knitwear. R.L. was joined by Bethany Ball-what a conversation they had! The place was packed & we had some delish drinks & snacks.
A good time had by all!
A COMPLETE FICTION is on shelves now! #booksky
@rlmaizes.bsky.social & her fabulous new book, A COMPLETE FICTION, at PT Knitwear. R.L. was joined by Bethany Ball-what a conversation they had! The place was packed & we had some delish drinks & snacks.
A good time had by all!
A COMPLETE FICTION is on shelves now! #booksky
Had the great pleasure of celebrating @maycobb.bsky.social for her terrific new book, All the Little Houses.
On shelves in January, so get those pre-orders IN!
Super lucky to sit with the one and only @joshsabarra.bsky.social. 🤩
Great time had by all!
Thank you, @sbkslibrary.bsky.social!
On shelves in January, so get those pre-orders IN!
Super lucky to sit with the one and only @joshsabarra.bsky.social. 🤩
Great time had by all!
Thank you, @sbkslibrary.bsky.social!
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Had the great pleasure of celebrating @maycobb.bsky.social for her terrific new book, All the Little Houses.
On shelves in January, so get those pre-orders IN!
Super lucky to sit with the one and only @joshsabarra.bsky.social. 🤩
Great time had by all!
Thank you, @sbkslibrary.bsky.social!
On shelves in January, so get those pre-orders IN!
Super lucky to sit with the one and only @joshsabarra.bsky.social. 🤩
Great time had by all!
Thank you, @sbkslibrary.bsky.social!
My #fridayreads is the fast-paced #thriller, INNOCENCE ROAD by Laura Griffin. Two murders, one horrible pattern, a Texas town divided. So suspenseful!
On shelves 11/11.
#HappyHalloween 🎃
@prhlibrary.bsky.social
On shelves 11/11.
#HappyHalloween 🎃
@prhlibrary.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My #fridayreads is the fast-paced #thriller, INNOCENCE ROAD by Laura Griffin. Two murders, one horrible pattern, a Texas town divided. So suspenseful!
On shelves 11/11.
#HappyHalloween 🎃
@prhlibrary.bsky.social
On shelves 11/11.
#HappyHalloween 🎃
@prhlibrary.bsky.social
E170 is up with the incomparable Matthew Norman! Listen here: bit.ly/4of9JkX
Four-time returning guest
@thenormannation.bsky.social joined me to talk all about his terrific new book, Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon, holiday movies, music, grief, the NYJ & so much more! Thx, Matt! #booksky
Four-time returning guest
@thenormannation.bsky.social joined me to talk all about his terrific new book, Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon, holiday movies, music, grief, the NYJ & so much more! Thx, Matt! #booksky
October 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
E170 is up with the incomparable Matthew Norman! Listen here: bit.ly/4of9JkX
Four-time returning guest
@thenormannation.bsky.social joined me to talk all about his terrific new book, Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon, holiday movies, music, grief, the NYJ & so much more! Thx, Matt! #booksky
Four-time returning guest
@thenormannation.bsky.social joined me to talk all about his terrific new book, Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon, holiday movies, music, grief, the NYJ & so much more! Thx, Matt! #booksky
Seen on my afternoon walk. The wind picked up, ruffled his costume, and I thought he was moving. Reader, oh how I ran.
#halloween
#halloween
October 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Seen on my afternoon walk. The wind picked up, ruffled his costume, and I thought he was moving. Reader, oh how I ran.
#halloween
#halloween
I am terribly late to this, bit The History of Sound hy Ben Shattuck is a gorgeous short story collection. I’m also listening to the all-star cast audiobook. Don’t miss it. #BookSky
@vikingbooks.bsky.social
@vikingbooks.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I am terribly late to this, bit The History of Sound hy Ben Shattuck is a gorgeous short story collection. I’m also listening to the all-star cast audiobook. Don’t miss it. #BookSky
@vikingbooks.bsky.social
@vikingbooks.bsky.social
“To be fair, there are an awful lot of famous people on the planet nowadays, so many that there hardly seems to be anyone who isn't famous anymore.”
Another #SundaySentence from the terrific, Seascraper by Benjamin Wood.
Another #SundaySentence from the terrific, Seascraper by Benjamin Wood.
October 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“To be fair, there are an awful lot of famous people on the planet nowadays, so many that there hardly seems to be anyone who isn't famous anymore.”
Another #SundaySentence from the terrific, Seascraper by Benjamin Wood.
Another #SundaySentence from the terrific, Seascraper by Benjamin Wood.
E169 is up & running with Jennifer Fawcett: bit.ly/4pUjzdn
'Tis the season to be readin' thrillers, and Jennifer gifts us all with her 2nd book, KEEP THIS FOR ME. We talk about deep dark family secrets, unsolved mysteries, ghost ships & more. Thank you, Jennifer! #BookSky @atriabooks.bsky.social
'Tis the season to be readin' thrillers, and Jennifer gifts us all with her 2nd book, KEEP THIS FOR ME. We talk about deep dark family secrets, unsolved mysteries, ghost ships & more. Thank you, Jennifer! #BookSky @atriabooks.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
E169 is up & running with Jennifer Fawcett: bit.ly/4pUjzdn
'Tis the season to be readin' thrillers, and Jennifer gifts us all with her 2nd book, KEEP THIS FOR ME. We talk about deep dark family secrets, unsolved mysteries, ghost ships & more. Thank you, Jennifer! #BookSky @atriabooks.bsky.social
'Tis the season to be readin' thrillers, and Jennifer gifts us all with her 2nd book, KEEP THIS FOR ME. We talk about deep dark family secrets, unsolved mysteries, ghost ships & more. Thank you, Jennifer! #BookSky @atriabooks.bsky.social
“It’s so strange, when you read a book and you can picture all the places in it so completely, even though they're built from someone else's life and you're just like a tourist in the writer's scenery…”
#SundaySentence from the absolutely marvelous, Seascraper by Benjamin Wood.
#BookSky
#SundaySentence from the absolutely marvelous, Seascraper by Benjamin Wood.
#BookSky
October 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“It’s so strange, when you read a book and you can picture all the places in it so completely, even though they're built from someone else's life and you're just like a tourist in the writer's scenery…”
#SundaySentence from the absolutely marvelous, Seascraper by Benjamin Wood.
#BookSky
#SundaySentence from the absolutely marvelous, Seascraper by Benjamin Wood.
#BookSky
“Hypocrites are always first in line when you have something they want.”
#sundaysentence from the terrific, August Lane by Regina Black.
#Bookthreads
#sundaysentence from the terrific, August Lane by Regina Black.
#Bookthreads
September 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“Hypocrites are always first in line when you have something they want.”
#sundaysentence from the terrific, August Lane by Regina Black.
#Bookthreads
#sundaysentence from the terrific, August Lane by Regina Black.
#Bookthreads
E168 is up & running with author @samsussman.bsky.social!
We sat down to talk about his remarkable auto-fiction debut, The Boy From the North Country.
Don’t miss the very special interview: bit.ly/46sF0JC
Thank you, Sam!
#penguinpress
Special thanks to
@jeffreyyamaguchi.bsky.social
#BookSky
We sat down to talk about his remarkable auto-fiction debut, The Boy From the North Country.
Don’t miss the very special interview: bit.ly/46sF0JC
Thank you, Sam!
#penguinpress
Special thanks to
@jeffreyyamaguchi.bsky.social
#BookSky
September 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
E168 is up & running with author @samsussman.bsky.social!
We sat down to talk about his remarkable auto-fiction debut, The Boy From the North Country.
Don’t miss the very special interview: bit.ly/46sF0JC
Thank you, Sam!
#penguinpress
Special thanks to
@jeffreyyamaguchi.bsky.social
#BookSky
We sat down to talk about his remarkable auto-fiction debut, The Boy From the North Country.
Don’t miss the very special interview: bit.ly/46sF0JC
Thank you, Sam!
#penguinpress
Special thanks to
@jeffreyyamaguchi.bsky.social
#BookSky
Huge thanks to
@groveatlantic.bsky.social for this fabulous book mail. Someone hand me a fork, I’m ready to dig right in! 🍽️
#BookSky
@groveatlantic.bsky.social for this fabulous book mail. Someone hand me a fork, I’m ready to dig right in! 🍽️
#BookSky
August 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Huge thanks to
@groveatlantic.bsky.social for this fabulous book mail. Someone hand me a fork, I’m ready to dig right in! 🍽️
#BookSky
@groveatlantic.bsky.social for this fabulous book mail. Someone hand me a fork, I’m ready to dig right in! 🍽️
#BookSky
Loved this historical fiction coming-of-age story of young William Carter as he searches for his missing father in NARROW THE ROAD by James Wade. An adventure tale set in 1930s Texas that I’m still thinking about. On shelves in August. #ewgc
July 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Loved this historical fiction coming-of-age story of young William Carter as he searches for his missing father in NARROW THE ROAD by James Wade. An adventure tale set in 1930s Texas that I’m still thinking about. On shelves in August. #ewgc
Eli Cranor gives us MISSISSIPPI BLUE 42 this August, and man was it a good one! A rookie FBI agent finds herself deep in the web of the college football empire. The beginning of a new series featuring Special Agent Rae Johnson. I’m already anxious to read the next one. #ewgc
July 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Eli Cranor gives us MISSISSIPPI BLUE 42 this August, and man was it a good one! A rookie FBI agent finds herself deep in the web of the college football empire. The beginning of a new series featuring Special Agent Rae Johnson. I’m already anxious to read the next one. #ewgc
Do not miss AMITY by Nathan Harris. The gripping story of a brother & sister, recently emancipated, yet forced to go on the run across the Mexican desert to escape their former slave owner. On shelves in September.
#ewgc
#ewgc
July 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Do not miss AMITY by Nathan Harris. The gripping story of a brother & sister, recently emancipated, yet forced to go on the run across the Mexican desert to escape their former slave owner. On shelves in September.
#ewgc
#ewgc
E166 of the Top Shelf Podcast is up & running! Listen here: bit.ly/4erEtel
I had the incredible honor of hosting authors Nancy Grace and Benee Knauer to discuss their powerful new book,
What Happened to Ellen: A Miscarriage of American Justice.
A must listen.
@thenancygrace.bsky.social #beneeknauer
I had the incredible honor of hosting authors Nancy Grace and Benee Knauer to discuss their powerful new book,
What Happened to Ellen: A Miscarriage of American Justice.
A must listen.
@thenancygrace.bsky.social #beneeknauer
July 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
E166 of the Top Shelf Podcast is up & running! Listen here: bit.ly/4erEtel
I had the incredible honor of hosting authors Nancy Grace and Benee Knauer to discuss their powerful new book,
What Happened to Ellen: A Miscarriage of American Justice.
A must listen.
@thenancygrace.bsky.social #beneeknauer
I had the incredible honor of hosting authors Nancy Grace and Benee Knauer to discuss their powerful new book,
What Happened to Ellen: A Miscarriage of American Justice.
A must listen.
@thenancygrace.bsky.social #beneeknauer
For most of us, so much of who we are is little different from who we first were.
#SundaySentence from
What About the Bodies by Ken Jaworowski.
Just started this gem and got pulled right in.
@kenjaws.bsky.social
@groveatlantic.bsky.social
#SundaySentence from
What About the Bodies by Ken Jaworowski.
Just started this gem and got pulled right in.
@kenjaws.bsky.social
@groveatlantic.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
For most of us, so much of who we are is little different from who we first were.
#SundaySentence from
What About the Bodies by Ken Jaworowski.
Just started this gem and got pulled right in.
@kenjaws.bsky.social
@groveatlantic.bsky.social
#SundaySentence from
What About the Bodies by Ken Jaworowski.
Just started this gem and got pulled right in.
@kenjaws.bsky.social
@groveatlantic.bsky.social
What a way to celebrate 165 episodes! Frederic S. Durbin joined me to talk about his fantastic new historical fiction gem, THE COUNTRY UNDER HEAVEN, a western that follows a Civil War veteran haunted by visions. Listen here: bit.ly/440F6XF
Thank you, Fred!
#bookthreads @melvillehouse.bsky.social
Thank you, Fred!
#bookthreads @melvillehouse.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
What a way to celebrate 165 episodes! Frederic S. Durbin joined me to talk about his fantastic new historical fiction gem, THE COUNTRY UNDER HEAVEN, a western that follows a Civil War veteran haunted by visions. Listen here: bit.ly/440F6XF
Thank you, Fred!
#bookthreads @melvillehouse.bsky.social
Thank you, Fred!
#bookthreads @melvillehouse.bsky.social
The money, the money…always the money.
Another #SundaySentence from the marvelous
EL DORADO DRIVE
by Megan Abbott.
I’m a bit obsessed with the sisters in this story and loved every page of this terrific thriller.
On shelves 6/24.
#BookSky #thriller #comingsoon @meganabbott.bsky.social
Another #SundaySentence from the marvelous
EL DORADO DRIVE
by Megan Abbott.
I’m a bit obsessed with the sisters in this story and loved every page of this terrific thriller.
On shelves 6/24.
#BookSky #thriller #comingsoon @meganabbott.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The money, the money…always the money.
Another #SundaySentence from the marvelous
EL DORADO DRIVE
by Megan Abbott.
I’m a bit obsessed with the sisters in this story and loved every page of this terrific thriller.
On shelves 6/24.
#BookSky #thriller #comingsoon @meganabbott.bsky.social
Another #SundaySentence from the marvelous
EL DORADO DRIVE
by Megan Abbott.
I’m a bit obsessed with the sisters in this story and loved every page of this terrific thriller.
On shelves 6/24.
#BookSky #thriller #comingsoon @meganabbott.bsky.social
Opening drive of my #FridayReads weekend:
MISSISSIPPI BLUE 42 by Eli Cranor. This one’s throwing nothing but perfect spirals. 🏈
On shelves 8/5.
@sohopress.bsky.social #booksky
MISSISSIPPI BLUE 42 by Eli Cranor. This one’s throwing nothing but perfect spirals. 🏈
On shelves 8/5.
@sohopress.bsky.social #booksky
June 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Opening drive of my #FridayReads weekend:
MISSISSIPPI BLUE 42 by Eli Cranor. This one’s throwing nothing but perfect spirals. 🏈
On shelves 8/5.
@sohopress.bsky.social #booksky
MISSISSIPPI BLUE 42 by Eli Cranor. This one’s throwing nothing but perfect spirals. 🏈
On shelves 8/5.
@sohopress.bsky.social #booksky
You don't become innocent again…life only goes in one direction.
#SundaySentence from the marvelous,
EL DORADO DRIVE
by Megan Abbott.
#SundaySentence from the marvelous,
EL DORADO DRIVE
by Megan Abbott.
June 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
You don't become innocent again…life only goes in one direction.
#SundaySentence from the marvelous,
EL DORADO DRIVE
by Megan Abbott.
#SundaySentence from the marvelous,
EL DORADO DRIVE
by Megan Abbott.
Someday, my dad said, things won't be broken any more…till then, we've got to fix what broken things we can.
Another #SundaySentence from the marvelous, The Country Under Heaven
by Frederic S. Durbin.
#Booksky
Another #SundaySentence from the marvelous, The Country Under Heaven
by Frederic S. Durbin.
#Booksky
May 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Someday, my dad said, things won't be broken any more…till then, we've got to fix what broken things we can.
Another #SundaySentence from the marvelous, The Country Under Heaven
by Frederic S. Durbin.
#Booksky
Another #SundaySentence from the marvelous, The Country Under Heaven
by Frederic S. Durbin.
#Booksky
Francis, I said, things don't have to be the way they were…every morning there's a chance to start something new.
#SundaySentence from the magnificent, The Country Under Heaven by Frederic S. Durbin. On shelves 5/13.
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#BookSky
#SundaySentence from the magnificent, The Country Under Heaven by Frederic S. Durbin. On shelves 5/13.
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#BookSky
May 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Francis, I said, things don't have to be the way they were…every morning there's a chance to start something new.
#SundaySentence from the magnificent, The Country Under Heaven by Frederic S. Durbin. On shelves 5/13.
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#BookSky
#SundaySentence from the magnificent, The Country Under Heaven by Frederic S. Durbin. On shelves 5/13.
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
#BookSky
E163 is live & talk about live! THEY ALL FALL THE SAME by Wes Browne is a terrific thrill ride & ya just gotta listen to the audio. In the meantime, check out my convo with Wes-we even talk a little pizza- a total blast.
Listen here: bit.ly/4jKbEey
Thanks a million, @browneallover.bsky.social
Listen here: bit.ly/4jKbEey
Thanks a million, @browneallover.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
E163 is live & talk about live! THEY ALL FALL THE SAME by Wes Browne is a terrific thrill ride & ya just gotta listen to the audio. In the meantime, check out my convo with Wes-we even talk a little pizza- a total blast.
Listen here: bit.ly/4jKbEey
Thanks a million, @browneallover.bsky.social
Listen here: bit.ly/4jKbEey
Thanks a million, @browneallover.bsky.social
Spring has sprung. 🪻🌻🌷🌸🌳
April 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Spring has sprung. 🪻🌻🌷🌸🌳