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WhiskeyintheJar @whiskeyinthejar3.bsky.social · 12d
First batch of #DecemberReads

ARCS
- The Swan's Daughter: A Possibly Doomed Love Story
by Roshani Chokshi
- The Sea Captain's Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
- Odyssey by M.L. Fergus

#BookSky
#romancelandia
#CurrentlyReading
Fantasy book cover titled "The Swan's Daughter" by Roshani Chokshi. Features a red-haired woman with wings, a sky background, and ornate text. Cover of "The Sea Captain’s Wife" by Tilar J. Mazzeo. A nautical theme features a sextant with a woman's portrait. Below, a 19th-century ship on a stormy sea. Cover of "Odyssey" by M.L. Fergus features an hourglass on a black background. Radiating lines surround it, with bold orange text. Tone is mysterious.
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The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
December 20, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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#TBRChallenge
Theme: Celebrations!

Summer Games by Elizabeth Lowell

2.5 stars
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Tossed and turned from fun scenery chewing to overwritten purple prose remnants

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#romancelandia
#BookReview
TBRChallenge Review: Summer Games
Summer Games by Elizabeth Lowell My rating: 3 of 5 stars 2.5 stars  This month's TBRChallenge theme was ...
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December 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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The ACLU sued ICE agents and leaders Wednesday, alleging the agency has violated observers' and protesters' constitutional rights. The lawsuit is a thorough recounting of recent incidents where ICE agents arrested, detained, intimidated and pepper sprayed observers
ACLU sues ICE, alleging agency violates constitutional rights of observers and protesters • Minnesota Reformer
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota and three Minnesota-based law firms sued federal immigration authorities Wednesday, alleging that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and their l...
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December 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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"I don't care what anyone says, I like that movie."
December 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Home sick, but not mad about it because it will give me time to read my #TBRChallenge pick.

Summer Games by Elizabeth Lowell

The theme this month was Celebrations!
My garage sale book box did not let me down, this takes place during the Olympics. Celebration-ish right?

#BookSky
#romancelandia
A hand holding the book "Summer Games" by Elizabeth Lowell; Pooh bear and Rottweiler plush toys in Christmas scarves and hats and a stone fireplace are visible in the background.
December 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Watercolour painting of a dog called Chloe. Not the best of photos to work from but I've had worse. #dogs #dogsofbluesky #petportraits #art #watercolour #painting
A watercolour painting of a dog called Chloe. Her owner loved the finished portrait.
December 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Sign-ups have begun for the 2026 #TBRChallenge - the most low-key reading challenge in all of #Romancelandia. You can learn more, see next year's monthly themes and sign-up over at the Bat Cave wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/12/all-... #RomBkBlog
All Aboard! Sign-Up for the 2026 #TBRChallenge
A public librarian-written blog about romance novels, baseball, and other random natterings.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Libraries are constant sources of delight.
devlinburgess.bsky.social Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 11d
My local library has a cute lite diorama set up for #Christmas, so I thought I'd share it on here. 1/4
December 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Good morning. Took this two years ago. No time to go through camera this morning. Nankeen Kestrel.
Have a great day.
December 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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First batch of #DecemberReads

ARCS
- The Swan's Daughter: A Possibly Doomed Love Story
by Roshani Chokshi
- The Sea Captain's Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
- Odyssey by M.L. Fergus

#BookSky
#romancelandia
#CurrentlyReading
Fantasy book cover titled "The Swan's Daughter" by Roshani Chokshi. Features a red-haired woman with wings, a sky background, and ornate text. Cover of "The Sea Captain’s Wife" by Tilar J. Mazzeo. A nautical theme features a sextant with a woman's portrait. Below, a 19th-century ship on a stormy sea. Cover of "Odyssey" by M.L. Fergus features an hourglass on a black background. Radiating lines surround it, with bold orange text. Tone is mysterious.
December 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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As always, I recommend people be skeptical of influencer marketing like this. Don't let people leverage parasocial relationships, trust, and political identity to sell you things that ultimately aren't in your best interest. And question the integrity of those those who do.
Roger Stone modeling one of his double-breasted suits. The trousers are very large. The same trousers on another model. These trousers are very slim. They are also too long, causing puddling at the bottom.
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Communities need used-book shops.

As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...

We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
On the left, a narrow, glass-fronted display case with a mix of letterpress, hand-bound, antiquarian, and collectors' books; stretching off to the right, 8-foot bookcases laden with literary and contemporary commercial fiction, about one thousand books out of the 6-7 thousand in that section. LED lighting and light-colored wood cases and flooring keep the room feeling relatively spacious despite the sheer quantity of books.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Just wanted to make sure!
(I hate driving this time of year 🫠)
Icy, snowy, road with "For everyone asking how the roads are" at top and thought bubble from road replying "I'm fine. Thanks for asking."
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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I'm so ready for this!

#Olympics #HockeySky
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Heat up your winter with the books everyone will be talking about in 2026. Grab a Galley is LIVE!
📚 LINK buff.ly/oQTjeIo #BookBuzz #GrabAGalley #MustReads2026
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Casino is 30
Love this brief but crucial scene with the late great L Q Jones as the county commissioner marking the beginning of the end of Ace Rothstein’s Vegas empire without him realising it yet. Jones apparently helped write the scene.
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Sam 'Ace' Rothstein meeting with Pat Webb (Casino - 1995)
YouTube video by Marcus Brody
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November 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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#TBRChallenge
Theme: Change of Plans

Captive of Fate by Lindsay McKenna

2.5 stars
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Liked and disliked some character aspects, lost it's way for awhile, & interesting post war authorial thinking in the fabric.

#romancelandia
#BookSky
TRBChallenge Review: Captive of Fate
Captive of Fate by Lindsay McKenna My rating: 3 of 5 stars 2.5 stars “Damn you, Colonel. You're going to...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Day 1237 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and a little friend said thank you for the work I did on the lawn where she/he lives this morning 🤗❤️ #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Just realized #TBRChallenge is this Wednesday!
4th pick out of a garage sale book box fits theme of Change of Plans

Captive of Fate by Lindsay McKenna

Alanna was supposed to expose Colonel Matt but Change of Plans(!!!) her heart has turned traitor on her.

#Romancelandia
#BookSky
#Reading
A red paperback book titled "Captive of Fate" by Lindsay McKenna, featuring a man and woman half sitting up laying on their sides gazing at each other about to kiss on the cover.
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Absolute embarrassment
jfallows.bsky.social James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · Nov 10
Agree.

Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."

This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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I can't believe it - I'm caught up on everything other than sending out ICYMI stuff for my own blog. Speaking of, a reminder that I've opened up the theme poll for the 2026 #TBRChallenge wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/11/tbrc... Send me ALL the suggestions #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia
#TBRChallenge 2026 Theme Poll
A public librarian-written blog about romance novels, baseball, and other random natterings.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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❄️ Snowflakes in the air!
Stay snow globe and don't accumulate, thank you please.
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Photographer Alex Kormann and I went Up North last week to talk to people along Lake Superior about why "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" still resonates so much, especially this time of year.
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‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ song is a tribute to the shipwreck and Lake Superior
Sit on a barstool along Lake Superior in November, and you might well hear Gordon Lightfoot’s ballad written soon after the ship sank.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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First batch of #NovemberReads

ARCS
The Library of Fates by Margot Harrison
The Ferryman and His Wife by Frode Grytten
Your Knife, My Heart by K.M. Moronova

Theme for month: Kindle Freebies
Random Number Generator picked #464
Worth Every Second by Jocelyne Soto

#BookSky
#Romancelandia
#Reading
Book cover of "The Library of Fates" by Margot Harrison, featuring stylized text over a blue and purple background with gold star constellations. Book cover for "The Ferryman and His Wife" by Frode Grytten features an abstract illustration of a woman with red hair and a small boat on water below. A dramatic book cover featuring a white-haired man embracing a pink-haired woman, set against a stormy background. Title: "Your Knife, My Heart." A couple embraces in a field of daisies under a pastel sky. The woman wears a red dress and the man is in a football jersey. Title: "Worth Every Second."
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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🐸 lil pond adventurer

#b3d #pokemon #art
a 3d render of a politoed in a body of water. it's holding onto a mid-sized branch with its front paws (are they called paws... they look like paws...) while it looks curiously into the camera. an assorted amount of lily pads, lotus flowers, and assorted watery greens surround it.
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM