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I'm super busy this week, but I think I can at least finish this audiobook about books.
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Currently reading spread for The Book-Makers by Adam Smyth. Description markers: history of books, European (British) viewpoint, semi nonlinear, printing press to zines
November 4, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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I'm working on another of the cozy mysteries I picked up for my grandma before I see her in a few weeks. This one is conveniently set in October!
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Paperback copy of Prose and Cons by Amanda Flower. Cover features an illustration of a tuxedo cat and a crow sitting on the porch of a bookstore.
October 31, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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I somehow got behind on my Libby borrows, but hopefully I can get through a few books before they're due on Saturday!
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Ebook copy of Dead & Breakfast by Kat Hillis & Rosiee Thor. Cover is an illustrated B&B with two male vampires holding hands in front of it.
October 28, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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A week from Halloween, plus a #HalloweekendReadathon challenge means I'm sharing some recommendations for reading during spooky season.
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Grid of Spooky Season Book Recommendations. Books are: Golden Age Suspense Stories edited by Otto Penzler, Please Enjoy Your Stay by Tara Goedjen, Be Still My Unbeating Heart by Josh Winning, The Heirs by Faridah Abime Íyímíde, The Case of the Missing Maid by Rob Osler, and What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher.
October 24, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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October 21, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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The new Ashley Herring Blake book sitting on my library's new book shelf? Yes please!
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Paperback copy of Take a Chance, Sasha Sinclair by Ashley Herring Blake. Cover is an illustrated fall woods scene with two women close to each other leaning against a tree.
October 21, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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I've been busy this week and I've been distracted by some other books, but I'm really enjoying both of these reads!
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Currently reading corkboard. Ebook: Golden Age Suspense Stories edited by Otto Penzler. Cover features a minimalist illustration of a raven on an axe embedded in a tree stump. Audiobook: The Heirs by Faridah Abime-Iyimide. Cover fragires a variety of weapons, teacups, scissors, and keys around the title.
October 17, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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I feel like I want to read everything this month, but I know I have to focus. So far I'm enjoying both of these reads!
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Currently Reading corkboard with 2 book covers. E-book: The Enchanted Atlas of Fortune and Fate by Clara Blume. The cover features a cute illustrated magical bookstore. Physical book: The Jazz of Physics by Stephon Alexander. The cover features blue sound waves on a black background.
October 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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I'm a day late, but Happy Release Day to Salveged by the Siren by Kate Callaghan. I'm very excited to get to this #MonsterRomance this month.
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Happy Release Day graphic for Salveged by the Siren by Kate Callaghan. Cover is purple with a turquoise siren and a pale man on the rocks. Graphic notes "Glimpses of a beautiful woman with piercing blue eyes and the scent of the ocean kept flashing through his mind, but he didn't remember her being on the ship; she definitely wasn't part of his crew." It's on Kindle Unlimited and highlights he's her buried treasure; immortal siren; she rescues him; fangs vs claws
October 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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I'm super busy this weekend, but I'm slowly making progress on my books, including Please Enjoy Your Stay for Halloweekend Readathon
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Corkboard with currently reading book covers. Ebook: Please Enjoy Your Stay by Tara Goedjen, featuring a manor house in the fog with the title in giant hot pink letters. Audiobook: Love Under Contract by Cassie Connor featuring a woman in business clothes and man with a toolbelt with a city skyline silhouette in the background and snow.
October 4, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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I picked up a bunch of cozy mysteries for my grandma at a recent library book sale. Now I'm seeing how many I can get through before I see her next.
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Paperback copy of The Fatal Folio by Elizabeth Penny. Cover features an illustrated view looking out of a bookstore onto a street. A bookshelf with tons of book and a cat in the foreground and a street with a guy fawkes mask in the background.
September 30, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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My library got another book in the British Library Crime Classics series, so obviously I had to pick it up.
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Paperback copy of Cyanide in the Sun and Other Stories of Summertime Crime edited by Martin Edwards. Cover features an illustration of St. Ives Cornwall from a travel poster from British Railways with the title overlaying it in a box.
September 26, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Cooler weather definitely puts me in the mood for mysteries. I hope I like The Insomniacs by Allison Winn Scotch!
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Hardcover copy of The Insomniacs by Allison Winn Scotch. Cover is navy blue with start and the title in yellow over most of it. The bottom has a silhouetted cityscape with a few windows lit up in yellow.
September 23, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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I'm continuing the microhistories again, this time learning about the history of rope.
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Hardcover copy of Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Civilization by Tim Queeney. The cover features coils of rope on the bottom half and the title in teal on a pale turquoise background on the top half.
September 19, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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I'm trying to finish off my Magical Readathon reads along with enjoying some more microhistories!
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Corkboard featuring 2 book covers that I'm currently reading. E-book: The White Rabbit Riddle by Amelia Grace Rowan. Audiobook: Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World by Victoria Finlay.
September 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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I'm continuing the trend of microhistories from my library with When Women Ran Fifth Avenue.
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Hardcover copy of When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion by Julie Satow. Cover is orange at the top half with the title and shows a black and white photo of a woman entering a department store in the bottom half.
September 12, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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My library has a display of microhistories this month and I obviously had to pick up the one on color.
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Hardcover copy of Color by Victoria Finlay. Cover features a wall / entrance of a building the brightly colored rectangles in a variety of hues with wood between them and a black door.
September 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Now that it has been several years since I finished my PhD, I can finally read books about graduate students again. Excited to get into The Tartan Thesis!
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Ebook copy of The Tartan Thesis by Scott K Good on a iPad. Cover is illustrated with some water and green space with the title large and overlayed. A redheaded man and a blond man lounge around the title, along with a small highland cow.
September 6, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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I thought this short history of science book would be perfect for reading outside for The Readathon Rebellion but now it's raining all week. Fingers crossed I can keep reading soon!
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Paperback copy of Longitude by Dava Sobel. Cover features an illustrated pockewatch with waves peaking through and around it. The rest of the cover is just cream with the title, author, and a review from The Philadelphia Inquirer.
September 2, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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Time for a fun fantasy adventure! Hopefully I can finish The Tapestry of Fate by the end of the month so I can start my September reads.
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Hardcover copy of The Tapestry of Fate by Shannon Chakraborty. Cover features a ship wreck, a city, and a fantasy bird all in highly stylized illustrations.
August 29, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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I'm not usually drawn to first contact stories, but I'm determined to succeed at the r/fantasy bingo! Anomaly has a focus on using science to communicate with aliens, which does sound up my alley.
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Ebook copy of Anomaly: First Contact by Peter Cawdron. Cover features a disc with alien symbols on it on a black background.
August 26, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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August 24, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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My whole family reads the Meg Langslow mysteries. Think I can get it finished by sometime tomorrow to pass along?
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Hardcover copy of Probable Caws by Donna Andrews. Cover features a blindfolded horse running through a broken fence with crows flying around.
August 22, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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A pretty successful first half of the Rochester Bookcrawl (plus finishing summer reading at the library). Now to see what I find as I visit more places this week!
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Stack of books (Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake; Destination Wedding; Spider's Web; Hercule Poirot's Casebook; The New Bedside, Bathtubs & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie; Agatha Christie: Five Complete Novels; What Life Wash Like During the Age of Reason) and a "You Turned the Page!" Bookmark.
August 19, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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Time for another Golden Age crime novel!
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Paperback copy of Not to Be Taken: A Puzzle in Poison by Anthony Berkeley. Cover features an old-time poster image from Somerset with small cottages. Part of the British Library Crime Classics series.
August 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM