Sarah
@sarahsiska.bsky.social
Mom | Wife | Reader | Gardener | Learner
I believe love, curiosity, and compassion lead to wisdom and a life well-lived.
Learning, #booksky, Libraries, Service, Rotary, Bolingbrook, IL, USA
Opinions are my own.
I believe love, curiosity, and compassion lead to wisdom and a life well-lived.
Learning, #booksky, Libraries, Service, Rotary, Bolingbrook, IL, USA
Opinions are my own.
What Have We Done
by Alex Finlay
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Entertaining thriller that kept me guessing. Multiple narrators. Some really interesting characters, but we don’t spend much time in their pov.
Book club rated lower than me. But it did make for lively conversation
by Alex Finlay
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Entertaining thriller that kept me guessing. Multiple narrators. Some really interesting characters, but we don’t spend much time in their pov.
Book club rated lower than me. But it did make for lively conversation
December 1, 2025 at 3:34 AM
What Have We Done
by Alex Finlay
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Entertaining thriller that kept me guessing. Multiple narrators. Some really interesting characters, but we don’t spend much time in their pov.
Book club rated lower than me. But it did make for lively conversation
by Alex Finlay
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Entertaining thriller that kept me guessing. Multiple narrators. Some really interesting characters, but we don’t spend much time in their pov.
Book club rated lower than me. But it did make for lively conversation
We’ve been talking to the kids about values, civic engagement, and community. Both wanted to join no kings and made their own signs—deciding what messages to share. They got a ton of positive reinforcement from the crowd too. Such a great energy and so nice to see such a good sized turnout.
October 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
We’ve been talking to the kids about values, civic engagement, and community. Both wanted to join no kings and made their own signs—deciding what messages to share. They got a ton of positive reinforcement from the crowd too. Such a great energy and so nice to see such a good sized turnout.
Atmosphere
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great characters and thoughtful composition. The second half makes up for the slower pacing in the first half. Her prose is fantastic.
Found family, historical fiction, women in stem, self discovery.
Yes, I cried.
#booksky #bookreview
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great characters and thoughtful composition. The second half makes up for the slower pacing in the first half. Her prose is fantastic.
Found family, historical fiction, women in stem, self discovery.
Yes, I cried.
#booksky #bookreview
October 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Atmosphere
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great characters and thoughtful composition. The second half makes up for the slower pacing in the first half. Her prose is fantastic.
Found family, historical fiction, women in stem, self discovery.
Yes, I cried.
#booksky #bookreview
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great characters and thoughtful composition. The second half makes up for the slower pacing in the first half. Her prose is fantastic.
Found family, historical fiction, women in stem, self discovery.
Yes, I cried.
#booksky #bookreview
It’s almost banned books week!
Whether it’s The Lorax, Maus, or I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, reading books with challenging ideas and difficult themes better prepares us to recognize and deal with challenging situations in our lives and feel compassion for those facing similar challenges.
Whether it’s The Lorax, Maus, or I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, reading books with challenging ideas and difficult themes better prepares us to recognize and deal with challenging situations in our lives and feel compassion for those facing similar challenges.
September 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
It’s almost banned books week!
Whether it’s The Lorax, Maus, or I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, reading books with challenging ideas and difficult themes better prepares us to recognize and deal with challenging situations in our lives and feel compassion for those facing similar challenges.
Whether it’s The Lorax, Maus, or I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, reading books with challenging ideas and difficult themes better prepares us to recognize and deal with challenging situations in our lives and feel compassion for those facing similar challenges.
Fantasticland
by @mikebockoven.bsky.social
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great premise! Theme park Employees isolated by a hurricane form rival tribes that violently clash.
Structured as a series of interviews, we explore a tale that’s horrificly compelling. I’ll be thinking about this for years.
#booksky #bookreview
by @mikebockoven.bsky.social
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great premise! Theme park Employees isolated by a hurricane form rival tribes that violently clash.
Structured as a series of interviews, we explore a tale that’s horrificly compelling. I’ll be thinking about this for years.
#booksky #bookreview
September 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Fantasticland
by @mikebockoven.bsky.social
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great premise! Theme park Employees isolated by a hurricane form rival tribes that violently clash.
Structured as a series of interviews, we explore a tale that’s horrificly compelling. I’ll be thinking about this for years.
#booksky #bookreview
by @mikebockoven.bsky.social
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great premise! Theme park Employees isolated by a hurricane form rival tribes that violently clash.
Structured as a series of interviews, we explore a tale that’s horrificly compelling. I’ll be thinking about this for years.
#booksky #bookreview
Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper interview from 2019 about practicing gratitude in the face of grief.
Source for the full interview: youtu.be/YB46h1koicQ?...
Source for the full interview: youtu.be/YB46h1koicQ?...
September 20, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper interview from 2019 about practicing gratitude in the face of grief.
Source for the full interview: youtu.be/YB46h1koicQ?...
Source for the full interview: youtu.be/YB46h1koicQ?...
Starter Villain
By John Scalzi
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Light, funny, and the right amount of ridiculous. This novel takes the villain tropes we love and spins them into hilarious absurdities.
✅ Volcano lair
✅ Shadowy Villain network
✅ Pet Cats
✅ Stolen Nazi Treasure
✅ Dolphins trying to unionize
✅ Lasers
#booksky
By John Scalzi
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Light, funny, and the right amount of ridiculous. This novel takes the villain tropes we love and spins them into hilarious absurdities.
✅ Volcano lair
✅ Shadowy Villain network
✅ Pet Cats
✅ Stolen Nazi Treasure
✅ Dolphins trying to unionize
✅ Lasers
#booksky
September 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Starter Villain
By John Scalzi
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Light, funny, and the right amount of ridiculous. This novel takes the villain tropes we love and spins them into hilarious absurdities.
✅ Volcano lair
✅ Shadowy Villain network
✅ Pet Cats
✅ Stolen Nazi Treasure
✅ Dolphins trying to unionize
✅ Lasers
#booksky
By John Scalzi
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Light, funny, and the right amount of ridiculous. This novel takes the villain tropes we love and spins them into hilarious absurdities.
✅ Volcano lair
✅ Shadowy Villain network
✅ Pet Cats
✅ Stolen Nazi Treasure
✅ Dolphins trying to unionize
✅ Lasers
#booksky
The Heartless Sky (Zodiac Academy 7)
By Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
⭐️⭐️
Peckham & Valenti must be paid by the page. So much filler. So little editing. Characters became caricatures and we crossed from whimsical into the absurd.
Fans of this one are loyal fans indeed
#booksky #bookreview
By Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
⭐️⭐️
Peckham & Valenti must be paid by the page. So much filler. So little editing. Characters became caricatures and we crossed from whimsical into the absurd.
Fans of this one are loyal fans indeed
#booksky #bookreview
September 7, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The Heartless Sky (Zodiac Academy 7)
By Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
⭐️⭐️
Peckham & Valenti must be paid by the page. So much filler. So little editing. Characters became caricatures and we crossed from whimsical into the absurd.
Fans of this one are loyal fans indeed
#booksky #bookreview
By Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
⭐️⭐️
Peckham & Valenti must be paid by the page. So much filler. So little editing. Characters became caricatures and we crossed from whimsical into the absurd.
Fans of this one are loyal fans indeed
#booksky #bookreview
I’m endlessly charmed by the variations of my violas 🌱
August 31, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I’m endlessly charmed by the variations of my violas 🌱
The Names
By Florence Knapp
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Follows a family through 3 parallel time lines branching from different choices.
While the name of the youngest is distinct in each timeline, the decision to fight back, leave, or endure domestic violence is the choice and consequences Knapp explores.
#booksky
By Florence Knapp
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Follows a family through 3 parallel time lines branching from different choices.
While the name of the youngest is distinct in each timeline, the decision to fight back, leave, or endure domestic violence is the choice and consequences Knapp explores.
#booksky
August 31, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The Names
By Florence Knapp
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Follows a family through 3 parallel time lines branching from different choices.
While the name of the youngest is distinct in each timeline, the decision to fight back, leave, or endure domestic violence is the choice and consequences Knapp explores.
#booksky
By Florence Knapp
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Follows a family through 3 parallel time lines branching from different choices.
While the name of the youngest is distinct in each timeline, the decision to fight back, leave, or endure domestic violence is the choice and consequences Knapp explores.
#booksky
The Night Shift
By Alex Finlay
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What a great thriller! We time hop exploring similar crimes separated by several years in the same small town.
Short chapters. Multiple narrators. Great characters. Enough mystery to keep things interesting without being contrived.
#Booksky
By Alex Finlay
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What a great thriller! We time hop exploring similar crimes separated by several years in the same small town.
Short chapters. Multiple narrators. Great characters. Enough mystery to keep things interesting without being contrived.
#Booksky
August 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Night Shift
By Alex Finlay
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What a great thriller! We time hop exploring similar crimes separated by several years in the same small town.
Short chapters. Multiple narrators. Great characters. Enough mystery to keep things interesting without being contrived.
#Booksky
By Alex Finlay
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What a great thriller! We time hop exploring similar crimes separated by several years in the same small town.
Short chapters. Multiple narrators. Great characters. Enough mystery to keep things interesting without being contrived.
#Booksky
The Spellshop
by Sarah Beth Durst
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Absolutely adorable.
Librarian with a talking plant for a side kick uses magic, friendship, and kindness to save a community and find love.
Durst really knows her audience. Did I mention there are flying cats?
Fantasy, romance, no spice.
#booksky
by Sarah Beth Durst
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Absolutely adorable.
Librarian with a talking plant for a side kick uses magic, friendship, and kindness to save a community and find love.
Durst really knows her audience. Did I mention there are flying cats?
Fantasy, romance, no spice.
#booksky
August 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Spellshop
by Sarah Beth Durst
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Absolutely adorable.
Librarian with a talking plant for a side kick uses magic, friendship, and kindness to save a community and find love.
Durst really knows her audience. Did I mention there are flying cats?
Fantasy, romance, no spice.
#booksky
by Sarah Beth Durst
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Absolutely adorable.
Librarian with a talking plant for a side kick uses magic, friendship, and kindness to save a community and find love.
Durst really knows her audience. Did I mention there are flying cats?
Fantasy, romance, no spice.
#booksky
Today’s @carolynhax.bsky.social features this amazing Cartoon by @Nick Galifianakis
August 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Today’s @carolynhax.bsky.social features this amazing Cartoon by @Nick Galifianakis
The Mighty Red
By Louise Erdrich
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Erdrich’s prose borders on poetry. The characters are beautifully drawn and realistic yet charmingly fantastic.
So glad she didn’t make the love of a good woman the fix for broken men. ❤️
Erdrich is why I fell in love with magical realism.
#booksky
By Louise Erdrich
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Erdrich’s prose borders on poetry. The characters are beautifully drawn and realistic yet charmingly fantastic.
So glad she didn’t make the love of a good woman the fix for broken men. ❤️
Erdrich is why I fell in love with magical realism.
#booksky
July 31, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The Mighty Red
By Louise Erdrich
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Erdrich’s prose borders on poetry. The characters are beautifully drawn and realistic yet charmingly fantastic.
So glad she didn’t make the love of a good woman the fix for broken men. ❤️
Erdrich is why I fell in love with magical realism.
#booksky
By Louise Erdrich
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Erdrich’s prose borders on poetry. The characters are beautifully drawn and realistic yet charmingly fantastic.
So glad she didn’t make the love of a good woman the fix for broken men. ❤️
Erdrich is why I fell in love with magical realism.
#booksky
The era of aspic as fine dining seems like it couldn’t be real. 🫣
July 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The era of aspic as fine dining seems like it couldn’t be real. 🫣
Hi Squid! I’m reading The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich and Good Arguments by Bo Seo…
…or at least those are my emotional support books while I doom scroll
…or at least those are my emotional support books while I doom scroll
July 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Hi Squid! I’m reading The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich and Good Arguments by Bo Seo…
…or at least those are my emotional support books while I doom scroll
…or at least those are my emotional support books while I doom scroll
“What we mean by polarization—not that we disagree, or even that we disagree too much or too often, but that we disagree badly: our arguments are painful and useless.”
- Bo Seo
#booksky
- Bo Seo
#booksky
July 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“What we mean by polarization—not that we disagree, or even that we disagree too much or too often, but that we disagree badly: our arguments are painful and useless.”
- Bo Seo
#booksky
- Bo Seo
#booksky
Sunrise on the Reaping
by Suzanne Collins
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I cried at the first 4 books but not this one. Friends said they were gutted. I’m not sure what I missed, but I didn’t feel strongly for these characters. Maybe knowing H’s ending did it.
Top teen read at my library though, so I’m on trend.
#booksky
by Suzanne Collins
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I cried at the first 4 books but not this one. Friends said they were gutted. I’m not sure what I missed, but I didn’t feel strongly for these characters. Maybe knowing H’s ending did it.
Top teen read at my library though, so I’m on trend.
#booksky
July 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Sunrise on the Reaping
by Suzanne Collins
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I cried at the first 4 books but not this one. Friends said they were gutted. I’m not sure what I missed, but I didn’t feel strongly for these characters. Maybe knowing H’s ending did it.
Top teen read at my library though, so I’m on trend.
#booksky
by Suzanne Collins
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I cried at the first 4 books but not this one. Friends said they were gutted. I’m not sure what I missed, but I didn’t feel strongly for these characters. Maybe knowing H’s ending did it.
Top teen read at my library though, so I’m on trend.
#booksky
The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King (Crowns of Nyaxia #2)
by Carissa Broadbent
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lost momentum from book one maybe because the main character is grieving through most of this book so we don’t get that fire. The ending is satisfying enough.
“There she/he is…” every few pages was ugh.
#booksky
by Carissa Broadbent
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lost momentum from book one maybe because the main character is grieving through most of this book so we don’t get that fire. The ending is satisfying enough.
“There she/he is…” every few pages was ugh.
#booksky
July 16, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King (Crowns of Nyaxia #2)
by Carissa Broadbent
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lost momentum from book one maybe because the main character is grieving through most of this book so we don’t get that fire. The ending is satisfying enough.
“There she/he is…” every few pages was ugh.
#booksky
by Carissa Broadbent
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lost momentum from book one maybe because the main character is grieving through most of this book so we don’t get that fire. The ending is satisfying enough.
“There she/he is…” every few pages was ugh.
#booksky
When it rains, I take a picture of my rain gauge and send it to my garden club group chat. They reply with their own rain gauge pictures.
It’s these wholesome interactions that are keeping me going right now. Find joy where you can friends! 🌱
It’s these wholesome interactions that are keeping me going right now. Find joy where you can friends! 🌱
July 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
When it rains, I take a picture of my rain gauge and send it to my garden club group chat. They reply with their own rain gauge pictures.
It’s these wholesome interactions that are keeping me going right now. Find joy where you can friends! 🌱
It’s these wholesome interactions that are keeping me going right now. Find joy where you can friends! 🌱
Waiting to meet @peterbrownstudio.com for my first ever author meet and greet.
The wild robot was the first chapter book I read with both my kids who are now avid readers.
Roz has a special place in our family.
The wild robot was the first chapter book I read with both my kids who are now avid readers.
Roz has a special place in our family.
June 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Waiting to meet @peterbrownstudio.com for my first ever author meet and greet.
The wild robot was the first chapter book I read with both my kids who are now avid readers.
Roz has a special place in our family.
The wild robot was the first chapter book I read with both my kids who are now avid readers.
Roz has a special place in our family.
The God of the Woods
By Liz Moore
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
❤️ Told from multiple PoVs & each with a unique voice.
❤️ Keeps you guessing.
❤️ Beautiful writing.
❤️ “The nation’s first” navigating casual sexism 👌.
Why not 5⭐️? Some “clues” included to throw the reader off and made 0 sense. No magical realism.
#booksky
By Liz Moore
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
❤️ Told from multiple PoVs & each with a unique voice.
❤️ Keeps you guessing.
❤️ Beautiful writing.
❤️ “The nation’s first” navigating casual sexism 👌.
Why not 5⭐️? Some “clues” included to throw the reader off and made 0 sense. No magical realism.
#booksky
June 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The God of the Woods
By Liz Moore
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
❤️ Told from multiple PoVs & each with a unique voice.
❤️ Keeps you guessing.
❤️ Beautiful writing.
❤️ “The nation’s first” navigating casual sexism 👌.
Why not 5⭐️? Some “clues” included to throw the reader off and made 0 sense. No magical realism.
#booksky
By Liz Moore
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
❤️ Told from multiple PoVs & each with a unique voice.
❤️ Keeps you guessing.
❤️ Beautiful writing.
❤️ “The nation’s first” navigating casual sexism 👌.
Why not 5⭐️? Some “clues” included to throw the reader off and made 0 sense. No magical realism.
#booksky
If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh.
June 26, 2025 at 5:06 AM
If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh.