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marywyrd.bsky.social Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · May 2
What are you reading this weekend?

I'm seeing how far I can get with my May TBR

Men We Reaped - Jesmyn Ward
A House With Good Bones - T. Kingfisher
Made In Manchester - Brian Groom
Tales from the Cafe - Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

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#325ReadingChallenge created by www.marywyrd.com - May TBR - Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward (non-fiction). A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher (fiction). Made In Manchester by Brian Groom (non-fiction). Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (fiction). Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (non-fiction).
May 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Join in the fun #BookSky.

The #325ReadingChallenge is live on #StoryGraph 📚
March 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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#BookReview

A HOUSE WITH GOOD BONES
by T. Kingfisher

"A twisty, quick-paced Southern Gothic novel full of secrets"

Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/59a93nz4

#325ReadingChallenge
#BookRecommendations
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Book cover - A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher. USA Today Bestselling Author. Inside a house with a blood red carpet, the shadow of a vulture is against a far wall where the green wallpaper is full of leaves and tiny skulls. Background of pink roses - #325ReadingChallenge hosted by www.marywyrd.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Nearly finished Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde.

On part two of Angela Y. Davis' Autobiography.

Just started Bunny by Mona Awad.

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Graphic with five book covers. Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde. Lone Women by Victor LaValle. Angela Y. Davis Autobiography. Bunny by Mona Awad. The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo. 25/25/25 Reading Challenge February TBR #325ReadingChallenge - Created by Mary Wyrd
February 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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#BookReview

LONE WOMEN
by Victor LaValle

"Come for the adventure and mystery, stay for the characters."

Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/4vr3dv2s

Part of the #325ReadingChallenge

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#ReadingRecommendation
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Book cover. Lone Women. A novel by Victor LaValle. A black woman stands in a barren land, holding a rifle but looking off into the distance. A broken branch rises from a hole in the ground. The book is on a worn wooden floor with the shadow of a woman standing over it. There is a torn piece of paper and bloodstains on the wood. #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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What are you reading this weekend?

#325ReadingChallenge #BookSky
marywyrd.bsky.social Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · Jan 1
2025 is here!

It's time to begin the #325ReadingChallenge

Here are the five books I've picked to read in January.
Yes, I've already started reading 😅

You can join the challenge online and on The StoryGraph

Full details & downloadables here: www.marywyrd.com/blog/325-rea...

#BookSky
Image of five books against a dark purple wavy background. The books are: The Fisherman by John Langan. 102 Ways to Write a Novel by Alex Quick. House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias. In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado. Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde. 25/25/25 Reading Challenge January Update #325ReadingChallenge Created by www.marywyrd.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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#BookReview

LONE WOMEN
by Victor LaValle

"Come for the adventure and mystery, stay for the characters."

Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/4vr3dv2s

Part of the #325ReadingChallenge

#HorrorSky
#ReadingRecommendation
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Book cover. Lone Women. A novel by Victor LaValle. A black woman stands in a barren land, holding a rifle but looking off into the distance. A broken branch rises from a hole in the ground. The book is on a worn wooden floor with the shadow of a woman standing over it. There is a torn piece of paper and bloodstains on the wood. #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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#BookReview

AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
by Angela Y. Davis

"Only by reading this Autobiography can anyone seeking real change realise what price might be asked of us."

Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/3ubwkynh

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#BookRecommendations
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Yellow book cover Angela Y. Davis An Autobiography. Black and white image of a young Angela Davis with an afro. She is sitting wearing a short-sleeved black dress. Her chin is lightly resting on the back of her hand, the elbow leaning on her bare knee. She is looking to one side asif waiting for something. #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Book 1 of 50 for my #325ReadingChallenge is read & reviewed.

THE FISHERMAN
by John Langan

"...explores the depths of grief in a nesting-doll horror story that hooks you from the first page..."

Full review: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/18e3...

#HorrorSky #BookSky
Image of the book The Fisherman by John Langan on a dark wooden table next to white roses, a coffee and leaves. #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
January 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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THE UNWORTHY
by Agustina Bazterrica

"medieval monastery misery and future dystopian chaos"

Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/4b9wdd45

Part of the #325ReadingChallenge

#HorrorSky
#ReadingRecommendation
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This time with alt text...
Book cover The Unworthy. A novel by Agustina Bazterrica. Author of Tender is the Flesh. Image of a Nun-like figure in a white habit, which is a red to white ombre. The book cover is on a stone floor with a splattering of red. #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
May 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Can you guess the book title and author?

Leave a like and quote post your answer (so others can play)

Book 01 = ?

#BookSky #BookChallenge #325ReadingChallenge
Image of a book cover. Illustration: the bottom half is white. In the top half, the background is yellow wallpaper with a leaf and berry pattern. There are three clocks on the wall, each showing different times. To the left, there is a wooden chair with a red seat facing the viewer. Next to the chair sits a fluffy black and brown cat. #325ReadingChallenge
November 30, 2024 at 7:53 PM
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What is Mary reading?

Find out!

Also, bonus book reviews for the books Mary read in June with a few #ReadingRecommendations

All on the blog

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#Reviews
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325 Reading Challenge June Update and July TBR — Mary Wyrd
The 325 Reading Challenge book reviews from June 2025 and to be read list for July
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July 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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#BookReview

THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB'S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES
by Grady Hendrix

"An addictive suburban horror...Sharpen your white picket fences into stakes, folks!" 🍑🧛

Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/3jx3cw33

#325ReadingChallenge
#BookRecommendations
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Black book cover for The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix. Illustration of two peaches with leaves, one has parallel puncture marks that are oozing red. The book is on a wooden chopping board that has something red spilled on it. #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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If you’re looking for a new reading challenge in 2025, I’d love it if you’d check out #325ReadingChallenge

#BookSky
December 16, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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Happy Monday, fellow readers! I’m reading

THE CHRYSALIDS
by John Wyndham

I swear the cover isn’t AI!

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Book cover. Penguin edition of The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. “Remains fresh and disturbing in an entirely unexpected way” - Guardian. Illustration by Brian Cronin of a young humanoid Caucasian figure sitting in the branches of a tree that has budding green leaves. The figure is wearing a light green top with short sleeves and trousers. Their feet are bare, revealing six toes per foot.
June 30, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Reading IN THE DREAM HOUSE

What are you reading?

#BookSky #325ReadingChallenge
Book cover. In the dream house - a memoir. Carmen Maria Machado. Illustration of a giant womans face peering out of a hollowed-out attic. At the front door is a figure, blocking the exit as the porch leads out to a garden.
January 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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If you're an author on my personal #325ReadingChallenge book list, good news.

Chances are your book is being read.
Right. This. Moment.

I know because most of these books are "out" at my library.
Some aren't available until April 2025!!

Keep writing, what you do matters.
And thank you! 📚🖤
Image of fifty books in five lines and thirteen columns. In the center is the text: 25/25/25 Reading Challenge. 25 fiction. 25 non-fiction. #325ReadingChallenge - www.marywyrd.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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I'm so grateful for public libraries.

Without them, I wouldn't have discovered or read so many books and authors.

Case in point.

For my #325ReadingChallenge I'm reading 50 books.
This picture shows how many of those I currently own.
The rest I'm borrowing from my local library.

#BookSky
Photograph of a small pile of books against a flower and plant wallpaper. The books are all paperback and include (top to bottom) Create Dangerously by Albert Camus. Some Prefer Nettles by Junichiro Tanizaki. Poor Things by Alasdair Gray. The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. Wise Children by Angela Carter. Guilty Things by Frances Wilson. There is further text added to the image: #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com - There is the Mary Wyrd logo and the logo for The StoryGraph.
December 19, 2024 at 7:21 PM
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What are you reading in 2025?

Challenge yourself. Join the #325ReadingChallenge

+ read 25 fiction
+ read 25 non-fiction
+ in 2025

Official #ReadingChallenge rules on The StoryGraph & my blog. Use the hashtag to connect with others on social.

#BookSky
25/25/25 Reading Challenge. 25 fiction. 25 non-fiction. #325ReadingChallenge - over a collection of book covers that you can't read the full title of or see the full cover of.
January 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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2025 is here!

It's time to begin the #325ReadingChallenge

Here are the five books I've picked to read in January.
Yes, I've already started reading 😅

You can join the challenge online and on The StoryGraph

Full details & downloadables here: www.marywyrd.com/blog/325-rea...

#BookSky
Image of five books against a dark purple wavy background. The books are: The Fisherman by John Langan. 102 Ways to Write a Novel by Alex Quick. House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias. In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado. Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde. 25/25/25 Reading Challenge January Update #325ReadingChallenge Created by www.marywyrd.com
January 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Meet your reading goals in 2025 - and have fun!

Join the #325ReadingChallenge

- read 25 fiction books
- read 25 non-fiction books
- in 2025

Find out more - and grab free downloadables - at www.marywyrd.com/blog/325-rea...
325 Reading Challenge Launch — Mary Wyrd
The launch of the 325 Reading Challenge, a reading challenge created for 2025. Readers are invited to read twenty-five fiction books and twenty-five non-fiction books in 2025 #325ReadingChallenge
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December 29, 2024 at 11:33 PM
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#BookReview

SISTER OUTSIDER: ESSAYS AND SPEECHES
by Audre Lorde

"A necessary read..."

Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/3vpte8cm

Part of the #325ReadingChallenge

#ReadingRecommendation
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Book cover for Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde with an illustrated portrait of Audre Lorde wearing a yellow head covering and a patterned top with an orange sun behind her. The book cover is on a table with a cup of coffee and a few sticky notes to one side. #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Using the library for a majority of the #325ReadingChallenge to show my support of libraries AND to keep them running through consistent patronage.

The Librarians keep their jobs AND Authors get paid!

I get a LOT of books.

I love my local library 📚🖤
Image of fifty books (twenty five fiction and twenty five non-fiction) surround a white box. Inside the box it says: 25/25/25 Reading Challenge 25 fiction 25 non-fiction #325ReadingChallenge - www.marywyrd.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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On The StoryGraph? 📚

Join me and other readers in the 325 reading challenge:

- read 25 fiction books
- read 25 non-fiction books
- in 2025

#BookSky
#AuthorSky
#325ReadingChallenge
January 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Can you guess the book title and author?

Leave a like and quote post your answer (so others can play)

Book 03 = ?

#BookSky #BookChallenge #325ReadingChallenge
A white book cover. Near the bottom is an illustration of three monkeys, in turn, they are covering their eyes, their ears, and their mouth. Below the monkeys it says: "Indecently enjoyable" - Robert Webb, "Consistently, forensically, brilliant" - Emily Maitlis - #325ReadingChallenge
November 30, 2024 at 8:01 PM