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Kim Novak - The Reading Rx
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CF Clinical Pharmacist & PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy RPD 🦋
Voracious reader 💙📚
Posts on books, lungs, bugs, drugs, & health policy
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Just trying to be a good human
Columbus, OH
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So many great dark and emotional reads for a dark and emotional month. I’m ready to dive into some feel good Christmas reads in December. Who’s with me on that?
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Pictorial of the 22 books I read and reviewed in November 2025. Refer to individual posts throughout the month.
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory is a mildly farcical look at a fictional family with ESP talents. #Fantasy #LiteraryFiction #Audiobook #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory. Poolside pic of a 1960s family (mom, dad, 3 kids, and a dog) all wearing bathing suits and black sunglasses. Pic is shown in an old school red CRT TV with dials and an antenna.
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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The White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes is an interesting take on young motherhood and finding oneself. #LiteraryFiction #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of The White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes. A woman not wearing pants holds her toddler up to the sky which obscures her from the shoulders up.
December 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith was on my TBR for like 20 years and finally made its way to the top due to a reading challenge. Surprisingly delightful with a lovely FMC. #Mystery #Fiction #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. A Black woman sits outside her detective shop on the veranda overlooking an African landscape.
November 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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I Found Christmas Lights Slithering Up My Street by Ben Farthing is just plain weird but oddly endearing at the same time. #Horror #Comedy #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of I Found Christmas Lights Slithering Up My Street by Ben Farthing. A winter snowscape with a house entwined in large vines of Christmas lights kudzu style.
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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I definitely need a cup of this! Lake effect snow day! 🥶❄️
Picture of snowy northwest Pennsylvania woods
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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The first holiday after losing my mom last month is especially hard. I am thankful for all the memories of us cooking and baking together over the years. 💔
To my mom in Heaven… It is so hard every day without you. I miss our times we shared together. I miss your hugs and loving words. Even though you are in Heaven, we are never far apart. You are always in my heart. I love you Mom.
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Ordinary Soil by Alex Woodard defies genre. It’s both scientific and spiritual in it’s contemplation of the food meant to nourish ourselves. #Fiction #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of Ordinary Soil by Alex Woodard. Cross section of a dried up wheat field with chemical plants in a hazy distance.
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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On November 24, 1859 a book was published that changed how we think of the world.

On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

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On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Finishing up the last few pages of Ordinary Soil by Alex Woodard. Then we’ll see where my mood lands.
Ordinary Soil by Alex Woodard
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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From the Belly by Emmett Nahil is a claustrophobic tale set aboard a whaling ship. This isn’t quite the Moby Dick you were expecting. #Horror #BookSky 💙📚 #SSBA2025
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Book cover of From the Belly by Emmett Nahil. Picture of a young man with barnacles on his skin and his face scribbled out above his nose.
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Slewfoot by Brom. Some of the most imaginative and captivating literary illustrations out there. It definitely had a witchy New England vibe. #Horror #Folklore #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of Slewfoot by BROM. A red headed woman with cloven hooves sits aperch a broom hovering in front of a full moon.
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Sickening by John Abramson is an interesting medical expose but needs to be read with critical thinking and appreciation of nuance. #NonFiction #MedSky #Audiobook #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of Sickening by John Abramson, MD, MSc. A wad of $100 bills rolled up in a prescription vial.
November 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown bends reality through books. Absolutely loved this literary #Fantasy #Thriller! #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown. A woman falls through a doorway in the middle of a spiral staircase of books.
November 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Last Rites by Ozzy Osbourne is full of everything I’ve come to expect from Ozzy… wild stories, humor, and love for his family, fans, and a lifetime of music. Last Rites are his last words in a life thoroughly lived. #Memoir #Music #Audiobook #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of Last Rites by Ozzy Osbourne. An older Ozzy has his hands clasped in prayer as he stares at the reader.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier still delivers in its gothic imagery even 90 years after its writing. #Mystery #ClassicLit #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier. Drawing of an old inn by the sea. A woman in a red coat espies 3 men carrying crates into the building. It’s obviously very windy at the time.
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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So many great choices since I’m listening to Last Rites by Ozzy Osbourne. Iron Man is the obvious, but I’m going with Mama I’m Coming Home since it’s his love song to Sharon and his love for her is felt throughout his book. 💙📚
Last Rites by Ozzy Osbourne.
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Sundown in San Ojuela by M.M. Olivas is a creepy tale of Aztec folklore merged with modern day family secrets. Unique and unsettling. #Horror #BookSky 💙📚 #SSBA2025
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Book cover of Sundown in San Ojuela by M.M. Olivas. Green cactus like monster arms with red claws next to an actual cactus. That sounds weird, but it’s gorgeous!
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose. Sometimes you just want a #thriller #audiobook that is easy to listen to while you pass the time. This delivered what I ordered. #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose. Picture of a VHS tape with the title and author on the label along with some drops of blood.
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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A Spectre is Haunting Greentree by Carson Winter has a unique take on creepy small towns and what they cultivate. #Horror #BookSky 💙📚 #SSBA2025
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Book cover of A Spectre is Haunting Greentree by Carson Winter. A creature with red eyes tromps through a field as crows flock overhead.
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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The Scientist, the Spaceman, and the Stars Between Them by A.L. Davidson is an emotional space horror mashup with a romance core. #Horror #SciFi #Romance
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Book cover of The Scientist, the Spaceman, and the Stars Between Them by A.L. Davidson. A person in a pink spacesuit is enveloped by cherry blossoms against a pink background.
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy will leave you crying like a baby seal. 🦭
The beauty and isolation of the setting is so alive in this heartbreaking story. #LiteraryFiction #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover of Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy. A storm ravaged ocean with white birds soaring overhead.
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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The Midnight Knock by John Fram. Weird but not in a way to make me love it. #Horror #BookSky 💙📚 #NetGalley

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Book cover of The Midnight Knock by John Fram. Night picture of an old motel with a mountain in the background.
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout. A masterful depiction of perspectives on aging and what it means to be elderly in rural America. Lovely and heartbreaking.
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Book cover of Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout. Falling autumnal leaves against a dark green background.
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken by Kimberly Tso and illustrated by Louie Chin is a delightful and informative story for all ages. #KidLit #BookSky 💙📚
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Book cover of Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken by Kimberly Tso and illustrated by Louie Chin. Illustration of a young Asian girl playing tic tac toe with a chicken.
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM