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Easy pick for this year, because Matt Haig books are enjoyable. Have y’all read The Midnight Train yet?

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“The Midnight Train” by Matt Haig – Review
By: Angie Haddock No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there. The chance to re-live the moments that meant most. To see what kind of person you really were. For Wilbur hi…
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September 18, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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For the #nonfiction fans who are into this sorta stuff…

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“High Five Your Spirit Guides” by Katherine Marie – Review
By: Angie Haddock Imagine having a team of invisible allies, guides who protect you, cheer you on, and nudge you toward the opportunities meant for you. In Katherine Marie’s book, you’ll learn how …
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September 15, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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Do you miss World Cup? Just me? 🤷🏻‍♀️

#booksky #soccer

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“The Messi Effect” by Paul Tenorio – Review
By: Angie Haddock …takes you inside the locker room as Messi’s arrival turned a last-place team into a global phenomenon, and into the Major League Soccer boardroom as league owners debated h…
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August 26, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Sci-fi action, released in July:

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“Icefall” by Michael Newman and Jon Land – Review
By: Angie Haddock An alien ship crashed into Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier 150,000 years ago and froze within the ice…until glacial melting thawed out its deadly inhabitants in the present day. -Stor…
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August 21, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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For the #truecrime or #AmericanHistory fans

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“The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright” by Casey Sherman – Review
By: Angie Haddock Frank Lloyd Wright was more than the mind behind America’s most iconic buildings. The famous architect’s stormy marriage to Kitty Wright and his infamous affair with a…
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August 18, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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From this spring, and a debut novel!

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“Liar’s Dice” by Juliet Faithfull – Review
By: Angie Haddock Dolores and Mita grow up in rural Brazil, identical and inseparable. But Mita develops a mysterious illness that challenges the family. One day, Dolores wakes up to find her siste…
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August 8, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Did anyone else struggle with Daughter of Egypt?

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“Daughter of Egypt” by Marie Benedict – Review
By: Angie Haddock In the 1920s, archeologist Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon of Highclere Castle made headlines around the world with the discovery of the treasure-filled tomb of the boy Pharaoh T…
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July 29, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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Newish #scifi

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“Green City Wars” by Adrian Tchaikovsky – Review
By: Angie Haddock Meet Skotch. Racoon, P.I.—Yours for a few buttons as long as the job isn’t too illegal, whatever that means. A mouse has gone missing. Normally this wouldn’t raise any…
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July 26, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Another #soccer book before that #WorldCup final hits!

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“How to Watch Soccer Like a Genius” by Nick Greene – Review
By: Angie Haddock Greene delves deep into what defines the game, how it developed, and what happens during a match’s 90 minutes (and then some). His expert commentators include a domino toppl…
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July 17, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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#summerofsoccer but also make it #books. ✅

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“Forward” and “Landon” – Double Audiobook Review
By: Angie Haddock Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. Named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of 2015, the iconic soccer player captured the nation’s…
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July 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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Latinx representation in YA, mix of prose & poetry: Estela, Undrowning

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“Estela, Undrowning” by René Peña-Govea – Review
By: Angie Haddock Estela Morales is one of the only Latinas who tested into San Francisco’s most exclusive public high school. In her senior year, Estela just wants to keep her head down, eke out a…
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July 7, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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Have a middle grade soccer fan at home?

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“The Twin Stars and the Soccer Superstar” by Kristine Rudolph – Review
By: Angie Haddock This lively middle-grade mystery follows a vibrant group of teens and tweens navigating grief, authenticity, and—above all—soccer, while taking an enjoyable romp through the Texas…
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July 1, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Need a #pridemonth read and like #graphicnovels? 👇

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“Arcana” by Sam Prentice-Jones – Review
By: Angie Haddock James, Daphne, Koko, and Sonny have all grown up surrounded by magic in the Arcana, an organization of witches that protects the magical world, run by the mysterious and secretive…
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June 22, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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This recent release is #historicalfiction that takes place in the WWII-era.

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“Palaces of the Crow” by Ray Nayler – Review
By: Angie Haddock In Ray Nayler’s speculative novel of the recent past, four young teens caught between Nazis and the Red Army survive winter in the woods with the help of a flock of highly intelli…
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June 11, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Spielberg, Lucas, Coppola… Scorsese, DeNiro, and more.

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(Also, the recently passed Marcia Lucas does feature in this book.)

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“The Last Kings of Hollywood” by Paul Fischer – Review
By: Angie Haddock The untold, intimate story of how three young visionaries—Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg—revolutionized American cinema, creating the most iconic films i…
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June 9, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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This was was heartwarming, and sometimes funny. Near future/dystopian.

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“The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances” by Glenn Dixon- Review
By: Angie Haddock In a near future, where even the smallest of appliances are sentient, a young Roomba vacuum sets out to save the humans of her house from a rising technological power. -Storygraph…
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June 4, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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More #scifi for the #booksky homies!

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“The Subtle Art of Folding Space” by John Chu – Review
By: Angie Haddock Ellie’s universe, and this one, is falling apart. Her ailing mother is in a coma; her sister, Chris, accuses her of being insufficiently Chinese between assassination attempts; an…
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May 31, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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I loved this one, translated from Korean. It would appeal most to my fellow fans of #scifi.

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“If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light” by Kim Choyeop – Review
By: Angie Haddock In “If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light,” Korean science fiction superstar Kim Cho-yeop leads us to places we never thought we’d reach, imagining worlds galaxies awa…
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May 27, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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It’s Cher’s birthday!

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Cher - Shame Shame Shame (with Tina Turner) (The Cher Show, 04/27/1975)
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May 20, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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Happy #pubday to @stevenrowley.bsky.social!

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“Take Me With You” by Steven Rowley – Review
By: Angie Haddock College professor Jesse del Ruth has been abandoned. Thirty years into their relationship, Jesse witnesses his husband Norman get out of bed late one night, walk into their Joshua…
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May 19, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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More #girlpower in this book review. ✊

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Audiobook double take by Malala Yousafzai – Review
By: Angie Haddock Malala was born in 1997 in the Swat Valley of Pakistan. Her short lifetime has encompassed devastating changes in her country as it has been transformed from a once peaceful land …
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May 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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One of my faves of this year so far - a collection of short stories by Amal El-Mohtar.

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“Seasons of Glass and Iron” by Amal El-Mohtar – Review
By: Angie Haddock Full of Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, and Hugo Award-winning and nominated stories, Seasons of Glass and Iron includes stories told in letters, diary entries, reference materials,…
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May 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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Some #nonfiction for ladies of a certain age. 👀

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“Real Girls Guide to Midlife” by Angela Burk – Review
By: Angie Haddock THE REAL GIRLS GUIDE to MIDLIFE is for the funny midlife women who are done being polite, done being quiet, and done making themselves small. It’s not a gentle, soothing, &#…
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May 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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YA for the #NASA fans!

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“Lies We Tell About the Stars” by Susie Nadler – Review
By: Angie Haddock Celeste is alone when the Big One finally hits San Francisco, because, for the first time ever, her best friend, Nicky, stood her up after school. The two of them share a birthday…
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April 30, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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Happy #IndieBookstoreDay!
April 25, 2026 at 1:38 PM