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#SeeYouOnTheOtherSide by #JayMcInerny

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover, with both vertical edges lined with a cityscape horizon sparkling with city lights, and the title in gold across the dark sky that fills the middle in between
November 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
My #RecentRead*
#HowToLoveYourDaughter by #HilaBlum

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book lying against a patterned yellow blanket. The cover shows a mother and teenage daughter hugging, with a strip down the front of the book covering their faces and expressions and replacing them with the title of the book.
October 31, 2026 at 12:23 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
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#Discipline by #LarissaPham

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book showing an expense of ripping gray water with the profile of a woman’s face just emerging from it, as though she is floating on her back against a dull gray sky
October 25, 2026 at 12:31 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
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#HelenOfNowhere by #MakennaGoodman

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover showing a stylised woman in a pitiful dress holding up a red diamond, like a strange version of the Queen of diamonds
October 23, 2026 at 8:05 AM
annjoylife555.bsky.social
“Look at how hard this woman works. Look how exhausted and beautiful she is. This, my friends, is the true American dream.”

“What I didn’t say to Shannon: disappearing is an expensive magic trick. Did these girls have the funds to pull it off?”

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October 20, 2026 at 6:10 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
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#TheVivisectors by #MissouriWilliams

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover showing a Caravaggio painting of a robed man with his torso exposed and a man putting his finger into the wound on his abdomen
October 18, 2026 at 3:44 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
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#GirlDinner by @olivieblake.bsky.social

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover showing a golden fork surrounded by some spatters of blood against a bright green background
October 17, 2026 at 2:21 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
My #RecentRead*
#KissSlayReplay by @rachelharrison.bsky.social

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover showing a cartoon of a tiered wedding cake with pink icing and a knife stuck in it with blood dripping out
October 13, 2026 at 9:45 AM
philippaeast.bsky.social
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#InvasiveSpecies by @elleryadams.bsky.social

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover showing a graphic image of a roiling green sea with pink octopus limbs sticking out of it and a little orange sailboat. In the background are the silhouettes of grand houses on the shoreline
October 13, 2026 at 10:48 AM
philippaeast.bsky.social
My #RecentRead*
#We’reNotSafeHere by @rinchupeco.bsky.social

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover showing a misty Wood with an antlered figure in the background, all in a noxious green colour and the title of the book in spiky writing right across the image
October 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
My #RecentRead*
#Permanence by #SophieMackintosh

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover showing a double bed and pillows, with the silhouette of a man and a woman sitting desperately trying to speak to each other, but not managing to
October 5, 2026 at 2:54 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
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#SadGirlNovel by #PipFinkemeyer

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover with an image of a white woman with red hair leaning over the arm of a sofa on her back, face up, with an orange hardback book splayed over her face
October 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
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#BuryYourGays by @chucktingle.bsky.social

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover, with the title in big orange, pink and purple letters, that also serve as a window onto a Californian sunset skyline, with the tagline “you can make a killing in Hollywood”
September 24, 2026 at 4:35 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
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#SecretDinner by #RaphaelMontes

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover showing an empty white plate crossed by a silver steak knife with blood on it
September 16, 2026 at 7:43 AM
philippaeast.bsky.social
My #RecentRead*
#SolaceHouse by #WillMcLean

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover showing an old Gothic style house with its foundations bleeding in strange shapes into the sky it floats in
September 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
My #RecentRead*
#BewareOfPity by #StefanZweig

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover showing a graphic image of a military lieutenant standing and turning away from a young aristocratic women sitting in an armchair
September 10, 2026 at 10:25 AM
philippaeast.bsky.social
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#TheGirlNextDoor by #JackKetchum

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book, with the cover showing two similar suburban American houses next door to each other under the stormy nighttime sky
September 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
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#TheDeserters by #MathiasÉnard

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover showing a segment of a man’s face (eye and cheek) against a collage of other images, including trees, plants and a stone wall in jewell colours of red, yellow, green, blue and purple
August 30, 2026 at 6:09 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
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#TheDog by @josephoneill.bsky.social

*books I’ve really liked/loved
Picture of the book cover showing the figure of a man seen from behind against a city skyline with skyscrapers all overlain with the title in tomato red
August 26, 2026 at 5:47 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
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#ThisImmaculateBody by #EmmaVanStraaten

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover that shows a red rose preserved in a cellophane bag tied up with a blue ribbon against a lavender background
August 24, 2026 at 10:07 AM
philippaeast.bsky.social
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#Service by #LaurenMooney

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover showing an image of an 19th century maid drinking wine from a cup off her serving tray, and seen through a mullioned window
August 22, 2026 at 4:09 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
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#TheDeathOfUs by #AbigailDean

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover which shows a photograph of a woman looking over the shoulder of her male partner as they hug, staring straight into the camera
August 19, 2026 at 9:58 AM
philippaeast.bsky.social
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#Grace’sDay by #WilliamWall

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover, showing a black and white photograph of two young girls playing in the shallow Sea
August 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
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#AtTheMountainsOfMadness by #HPLovecraft

*books I’ve really liked/loved
A picture of the book cover showing a 1950s-style graphic of a small bi-plane flying over peaked mountain tops in colours of brown and ice white/grey
August 17, 2026 at 10:33 AM
spinal-bap.bsky.social
Found this too matter of fact. Can understand it, given the subject matter and the concluding remarks. It’s barely a novel, though. Nor is it a biography with the requisite citations. Rightly or wrongly, I’d have preferred some kind of provocatively playful Martin Amis approach. #booksky #recentread
August 15, 2026 at 10:41 AM