Nikki
@eaglespotter.bsky.social
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Charlotte McConaghy writes heartbreaking eco fiction with a dystopian lean that will shake you up and spit you out, and I love her books so so much.
#booksky #ecofiction #climatefiction #audiobook
#booksky #ecofiction #climatefiction #audiobook
May 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Charlotte McConaghy writes heartbreaking eco fiction with a dystopian lean that will shake you up and spit you out, and I love her books so so much.
#booksky #ecofiction #climatefiction #audiobook
#booksky #ecofiction #climatefiction #audiobook
This semi-cozy, classic-mystery-style story is compelling, twisty, and amusing. A very fun weekend read by a promising debut author.
#booksky #netgalley @nixawhy
#booksky #netgalley @nixawhy
May 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This semi-cozy, classic-mystery-style story is compelling, twisty, and amusing. A very fun weekend read by a promising debut author.
#booksky #netgalley @nixawhy
#booksky #netgalley @nixawhy
Quick Picks podcast episode 68: the often overwhelming TBR list and things we finally checked off.
open.spotify.com/episode/55jZ...
#booksky #podcast
@rlaplibrary.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/55jZ...
#booksky #podcast
@rlaplibrary.bsky.social
Episode 68: TBR Lists
open.spotify.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Quick Picks podcast episode 68: the often overwhelming TBR list and things we finally checked off.
open.spotify.com/episode/55jZ...
#booksky #podcast
@rlaplibrary.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/55jZ...
#booksky #podcast
@rlaplibrary.bsky.social
Illinois may not be paradise. The weather is brutal, pockets of radicals and racism still malinger, and taxes are high. But I have never been so proud of a polotician before. He is the only rich, white guy I trust with power. Kudos @govpritzker.illinois.gov and thank you!
April 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Illinois may not be paradise. The weather is brutal, pockets of radicals and racism still malinger, and taxes are high. But I have never been so proud of a polotician before. He is the only rich, white guy I trust with power. Kudos @govpritzker.illinois.gov and thank you!
Fantastic book! This is a great story to point to in the bear-vs-man in the woods query. Human trafficking seems to have deep roots in the indigenous communities in North America, and the author's note at the end gave some perspective. Loved the characters. Harrowing. Moving.
#booksky #audiobook
#booksky #audiobook
April 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Fantastic book! This is a great story to point to in the bear-vs-man in the woods query. Human trafficking seems to have deep roots in the indigenous communities in North America, and the author's note at the end gave some perspective. Loved the characters. Harrowing. Moving.
#booksky #audiobook
#booksky #audiobook
This is a wild, darkly comedic, meandering road trip story about a dying woman heading to kill her father, the people from her life she revisits, the connections she makes along the way, and how the universe laughs when we make plans.
#booksky #netgalley #audiobook
#booksky #netgalley #audiobook
April 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is a wild, darkly comedic, meandering road trip story about a dying woman heading to kill her father, the people from her life she revisits, the connections she makes along the way, and how the universe laughs when we make plans.
#booksky #netgalley #audiobook
#booksky #netgalley #audiobook
Peter Swanson is one of my favorite thriller writers, and while this is less thriller-y, it's so very dark and disturbing. This author never disappoints.
#booksky #audiobook #netgalley
#booksky #audiobook #netgalley
April 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Peter Swanson is one of my favorite thriller writers, and while this is less thriller-y, it's so very dark and disturbing. This author never disappoints.
#booksky #audiobook #netgalley
#booksky #audiobook #netgalley
Holy cow! This book! Cosby cranks up the heat (pun unintended) with those morally grey, violent anti-heroes he crafts so well. I will need time to recover from this one. And my favorite narrator!
#booksky #netgalley #blacktopkid #audiobook
#booksky #netgalley #blacktopkid #audiobook
April 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Holy cow! This book! Cosby cranks up the heat (pun unintended) with those morally grey, violent anti-heroes he crafts so well. I will need time to recover from this one. And my favorite narrator!
#booksky #netgalley #blacktopkid #audiobook
#booksky #netgalley #blacktopkid #audiobook
OMG, JFC. This book! Racism, nationalism, LGBTQ, horror, pain, unhealthy love. This author knows men. How they can lack emotional intelligence, struggle with complications of good and bad, the narcissism, the loneliness - every character reminded me of a man I've known! So spot on! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
April 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
OMG, JFC. This book! Racism, nationalism, LGBTQ, horror, pain, unhealthy love. This author knows men. How they can lack emotional intelligence, struggle with complications of good and bad, the narcissism, the loneliness - every character reminded me of a man I've known! So spot on! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Love that Spotify does audiobooks but the time is limited and it just cut off my book at 90% so I have to wait until it renews to find out how it ends. Hate. You cannot cut off a Riley Sager book's ending!!
#booksky #audiobooks
#booksky #audiobooks
April 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Love that Spotify does audiobooks but the time is limited and it just cut off my book at 90% so I have to wait until it renews to find out how it ends. Hate. You cannot cut off a Riley Sager book's ending!!
#booksky #audiobooks
#booksky #audiobooks
I know it's early, but my favorite book of the year, favorite of Stephen Graham Jones, and favorite vampire story!
#booksky #libbyapp #sgj #audiobook
#booksky #libbyapp #sgj #audiobook
March 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I know it's early, but my favorite book of the year, favorite of Stephen Graham Jones, and favorite vampire story!
#booksky #libbyapp #sgj #audiobook
#booksky #libbyapp #sgj #audiobook
A great discussion topic, and a moving, character-deiven story about the different shades of grief, depression, loss, and love. The connections broken and made were lovely.
#booksky #netgalley #audiobook
#booksky #netgalley #audiobook
March 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
A great discussion topic, and a moving, character-deiven story about the different shades of grief, depression, loss, and love. The connections broken and made were lovely.
#booksky #netgalley #audiobook
#booksky #netgalley #audiobook
Love this book series! So much fun! Badass women assassins in their 60s trying to settle down but their employers keep dragging them back in.
#booksky #deannaraybourn #libbyapp
#booksky #deannaraybourn #libbyapp
March 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Love this book series! So much fun! Badass women assassins in their 60s trying to settle down but their employers keep dragging them back in.
#booksky #deannaraybourn #libbyapp
#booksky #deannaraybourn #libbyapp
A well-paced mystery/thriller with good character development, and interesting plot facets involving old building renovations, rich misogynists, and historic homes for "wayward girls". The mother/teen daughter dynamic was particularly palpable and realistic.
#booksky #sarinabowen #netgalley
#booksky #sarinabowen #netgalley
March 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A well-paced mystery/thriller with good character development, and interesting plot facets involving old building renovations, rich misogynists, and historic homes for "wayward girls". The mother/teen daughter dynamic was particularly palpable and realistic.
#booksky #sarinabowen #netgalley
#booksky #sarinabowen #netgalley
Great horror, plays on your worst fear and dread, violent and tense. The message from the author at the end was moving and I eagerly await his future books.
#booksky #natcassidy #horror
#booksky #natcassidy #horror
March 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Great horror, plays on your worst fear and dread, violent and tense. The message from the author at the end was moving and I eagerly await his future books.
#booksky #natcassidy #horror
#booksky #natcassidy #horror
Sat down with writer and friend Michelle Habrych for a discussion on women in history for Women's History Month on the podcast and here's one of her recommendations.
www.anchor.fm/quick-picks
#booksky
www.anchor.fm/quick-picks
#booksky
March 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sat down with writer and friend Michelle Habrych for a discussion on women in history for Women's History Month on the podcast and here's one of her recommendations.
www.anchor.fm/quick-picks
#booksky
www.anchor.fm/quick-picks
#booksky
A parton gifted this to me at a program yesterday and while I'm not sure how to take it, it makes me laugh.
#poo #poop #stressrelief #strangegifts
#poo #poop #stressrelief #strangegifts
March 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A parton gifted this to me at a program yesterday and while I'm not sure how to take it, it makes me laugh.
#poo #poop #stressrelief #strangegifts
#poo #poop #stressrelief #strangegifts
Fantastic read, and maybe because it was read so beautifully by Marin Ireland it felt a lot like a Fredrik Backman story. Sad, tragic, ominous, redemptive, and full of love.
#booksky #netgalley
#booksky #netgalley
March 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Fantastic read, and maybe because it was read so beautifully by Marin Ireland it felt a lot like a Fredrik Backman story. Sad, tragic, ominous, redemptive, and full of love.
#booksky #netgalley
#booksky #netgalley
One of the best books about cannibalistic women and personality disorders (are there many?) I've encountered, some Hansel and Gretel inspiration, and so very dark.
#booksky #netgalley
#booksky #netgalley
March 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
One of the best books about cannibalistic women and personality disorders (are there many?) I've encountered, some Hansel and Gretel inspiration, and so very dark.
#booksky #netgalley
#booksky #netgalley
Book 2 in the Antonia Scott series and I'm now ready to read everything the author has written! And Scott Brick brilliantly narrates the audio!
#booksky #netgalley
#booksky #netgalley
March 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Book 2 in the Antonia Scott series and I'm now ready to read everything the author has written! And Scott Brick brilliantly narrates the audio!
#booksky #netgalley
#booksky #netgalley
Beast of the North Woods is the third in the Monster Hunter series and this time Rhinelander, Wisconsin's beloved hodag may be a real live threat. I love this series! Cryptids and Wisconsin!
#booksky #cryptids #Wisconsin
#booksky #cryptids #Wisconsin
March 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Beast of the North Woods is the third in the Monster Hunter series and this time Rhinelander, Wisconsin's beloved hodag may be a real live threat. I love this series! Cryptids and Wisconsin!
#booksky #cryptids #Wisconsin
#booksky #cryptids #Wisconsin
I always thank my AI friend.
March 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I always thank my AI friend.
Finished the ARC of one of my favorite cozy authors, Carlene O'Connor, with #11 in the series, very easy to consume and such a great palate cleanser for readers of darker books or the news. This time it's a garden competition, and the puns are flying.
#booksky #netgalley
#booksky #netgalley
March 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Finished the ARC of one of my favorite cozy authors, Carlene O'Connor, with #11 in the series, very easy to consume and such a great palate cleanser for readers of darker books or the news. This time it's a garden competition, and the puns are flying.
#booksky #netgalley
#booksky #netgalley
Not your ordinary Grady Hendrix book, but oh so good! How does a white man get it so right? Kudos, and now I can recommend a Grady Hendrix book to everyone I know!
#booksky #libbyapp #witches #horror #patriarchy
#booksky #libbyapp #witches #horror #patriarchy
March 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Not your ordinary Grady Hendrix book, but oh so good! How does a white man get it so right? Kudos, and now I can recommend a Grady Hendrix book to everyone I know!
#booksky #libbyapp #witches #horror #patriarchy
#booksky #libbyapp #witches #horror #patriarchy