#BlogTour: No One Aboard by Emy McGuire (via @htpbooks.bsky.social). Solid 'Second Screen' #Mystery. #bookreview #amreading #thriller #family #secrets #sailing #ghostship #BookSky 📚💙⚡

#BookReview: The #History Of #Money by David McWilliams (via @henryholtbooks.bsky.social). Solid Enough Primer. #amreading #nonfiction #economics #money #Keynes #Friedman #VonMises #Hayek #Jesus #Gutenberg #goldstandard #gold #fiat #currency #BookSky📚💙💡

#BookReview: Honeymoon Phase by Amy Daws (via @htphive.bsky.social). Spicy Trauma In Long Form. #amreading #amreadingromance #romance #family #secrets #mountain #friends #brothers #BookSky📚💙🌶️

#BookReview: Tell Me Why by Kay Bratt. Another Solid Entrant Where Bratt’s Heart Is Tattooed On Her Upper Arm With Her Sleeves Down. #amreading #mystery #crime #smalltown #family #secrets #BookSky📚💙⚡

#BookReview: With Friends Like These by Alissa Lee (via @atriabooks.bsky.social). Strong Tale Of The Travails Of Friendship After College. #amreading #mystery #thriller #literaryfiction #Harvard #friends #secrets #college #ASeparatePeace #PowerRangers #OneBulletAway #KennsawState #BookSky 📚💙⚡

#BookReview: The Knives Before #Christmas by J. Kent Holloway (via Turner Publishing). Solid Laid Back #Cozy #Florida #Mystery – With #MagicalRealism Tossed In. #amreading #smalltown #secrets #fantasy #JRRTolkien #CSLewis #AgathaChristie #StAugustine #BookSky 📚💙⚡🎄

#BookReview: The New Year's Party by @jennaschmenna.bsky.social (via @htpbooks.bsky.social). No Angels. No Demons. Only Humans. #amreading #mystery #suspense #thriller #friends #secrets #BookSky 📚💙⚡

#BookSky 📚💙 This year I'm going to find as many Best Books of 2025 lists as I can and use a version of Ranked Choice Voting so that each list's selections are considered in order in order to get an idea of an "Overall Best Books of 2025" list.

#BlogTour: Not You Again by @erinlarosa.bsky.social (via @htpbooks.bsky.social ). #Romance Author Creates #Eureka-Esque #Scifi. #bookreview #amreading #amreadingromance #romcom #timeloop #LGBT #BookSky 📚💙🌶️

#BookReview: Every Last Fish by @rosegeorge.bsky.social (via @wwnorton.com). More Primer Than Deep Dive. #amreading #nonfiction #fishing #commercialfishing #agriculture #food #ecology #UnitedKingdom #BookSky 📚💙💡🐟🎣

#BookReview: Gemini by Jeffrey Kluger (via @stmartinspress.bsky.social). Solid #History Of A Well Told Yet Unfocused On Era. #amreading #nonfiction #space #NASA #SpaceRace #BookSky 📚💙💡🚀🪐

#BookReview: The Great Math War by Jason Socrates Bardi (via @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social ). #Math And #History Nerds Will Love This. Solid History For Everyone Else Too. #amreading #nonfiction #mathematics #philosophy #logic #intuition #formalism #BookSky 📚💙💡

#Goodreads Choice Awards 2025 first round voting is live! 500 ish nominees. I've read just these four, out of over 150 books I've read this year. If you're looking for a #bookreview of books you've never heard of/ will never hear of from GR... I'm your guy. ;) #BookSky 📚💙

#BlogTour: Otherwise Engaged by @susanmallery.bsky.social (via @htpbooks.bsky.social ). Solid Susan Mallery #WomensFiction (With A Touch Of #Romance). #bookreview #amreading #amreadingromance #family #secrets #BookSky📚💙🌶️

#BlogTour: The Perfect Hosts by @heathergudenkauf.bsky.social (via @htpbooks.bsky.social ). Don’t Let Your Opinions Of Over The Top Gender Reveals, Guns, or Multi-Perspective Stories Fool You – This Is A Solid Book. #bookreview #amreading #mystery #suspense #smalltown #family #secrets #BookSky 📚💙⚡

I bought my first Kindle book 15 yrs ago today. In that time, I've spent an avg of $1.68/ book & spent over $1K/ yr on average on books. Almost 8650 books from almost 4400 unique authors. 10 or more purchases from over 100 authors, and 20 or more from 27 authors. #BookSky 📚💙

"Just" 12 books in October brings me to 149 on the year - and within spitting distance of my 182 (3.5 books/ week on average) goal. #BookSky 📚💙

#BookReview: Parallax by @jrobinsonauthor.bsky.social. The New God Of Science Fiction Exposes New And Unexpected Abilities. #amreading #amreadingromance #scifi #action #thriller #romance #GrandCanyon #ESP #paranormal #BookSky 📚💙🪐⚡🌶️

#BookReview: Poison Wood by Jennifer Moorhead. Solid Sophomore #Southern #Suspense. #amreading #mystery #thriller #family #secrets #BookSky 📚💙⚡

#BookReview: Labyrinth by A.G. Riddle (via @headofzeus.bsky.social). Interesting – Yet Long – Provocative Look At Actual AI. #amreading #amreadingromance #scifi #suspense #romance #Crichton #Disclosure #Homer #TheOdyssey #therapy #PTSD #psychology #BookSky 📚💙🌶️🪐

#BookReview: The Pursuit Of Liberty by Jeffrey Rosen (via @simonandschuster.bsky.social ). Intriguing Academic Analysis Of #America250 Through One Central Lens. #amreading #nonfiction #history #Hamilton #Jefferson #Constitution #UnitedStates #politics #democracy #tyranny #BookSky 📚💙💡

#BookReview: World Enemy No. 1 by Jochen Hellbeck (via @penguinpress.bsky.social). Possibly Explosive #Soviet-Side #History Of #WWII. #amreading #nonfiction #Nazi #Germany #Jew #Communist #Hitler #BookSky 📚💙💡

#BookReview: Big Nick Energy by Kristen Bailey (via @stormbooksco.bsky.social ). #Christmas #Love Angle. #amreading #amreadingromance #romance #romcom #family #friends #London #UnitedKingdom #BookSky📚💙🌶️🎄

#BookReview: The Eight Heartbreaks Of #Hannukah by Jean Meltzer (via @htpbooks.bsky.social ). A (#Jewish) #Christmas Carol. #amreading #amreadingromance #romance #holidays #NYC #TV #doctor #BookSky 📚💙🌶️🎄🕎

#BlogTour: The Hidden Daughter by Soraya Lane (via @bookouture.bsky.social). Strong Penultimate Book In Series Brings In New Elements. #bookreview #amreading #amreadingromance #romance #womensfiction #historicalfiction #family #secrets #foodie #Oslo #London #Norway #UnitedKingdom #BookSky 📚💙⌛🌶️

#BookReview: Love By Design by Maddie Evans ( @janelebak.bsky.social). Atypical #Romance Offers Solid Trilogy Conclusion. #amreading #amreadingromance #Catholic #priest #neurodivergent #yarn #crafting #christianromance #cleanromance #BookSky 📚💙🌶️✝️

#BookReview: Final Orbit by Chris Hadfield (via Mulholland Books). #TomClancy In #Space. Except Hadfield Has *Been* There. #amreading #historicalfiction #alternatehistory #NASA #Roscosmos #Apollo #Soyuz #China #ISS #BookSky 📚💙⌛

#BookReview: A Merry Little Lie by Sarah Morgan (via @htpbooks.bsky.social). Another Solid #SarahMorgan Christmas Tale. #amreading #amreadingromance #romance #family #secrets #smalltown #UnitedKingdom #AMerryLittleLie #BookSky📚💙🌶️

Contagion being the only one I haven't read this year. #BookSky📚💙, if you're looking for something that can rival The Stand, give McBride's Viral Apocalypse trilogy a try!

#BookReview: Good Days Bad Days by Emily Bleeker. All Too Real. #amreading #womensfiction #historicalfiction #smalltown #family #secrets #dementia #memorycare #hoarding #renovation #home #BookSky📚💙⌛

16 books (and #bookreviews) in September brings me to 137 on the year and within striking distance of at least 182 for the year (3.5 books per week). A lot of strong books this month, but best is a tie between Ron Rindo, Nattie Neidhart, & Suzanne Redfearn. All were simply phenomenal. #Booksky 📚💙

#BookReview: Broken Bayou by Jennifer Moorhead. Excellent Debut. #amreading #suspense #thriller #family #murder #mystery #secrets #smalltown #BookSky 📚💙⚡

#BookReview: One Tiny Cry by Christina Delay (via @joffebooks.bsky.social). Rare / Possibly Unique Twist Ending Elevates Great Tale To Exceptional. #amreading #suspsense #thriller #family #religion #secrets #smalltown #BookSky 📚💙⚡

#BookReview: Call Of The Camino by Suzanne Redfearn. In The Running For Best Book Of 2025. #amreading #womensfiction #historicalfiction #Andorra #Spain #CaminoDeSantiago #pilgrimage #AppalachianTrail #BookSky 📚💙⌛

#BookReview: Maybe This Once by Sophie Sullivan (via @stmartinspress.bsky.social). Solid #SlowBurn #Romance. #amreading #amreadingromance #smalltown #family #lgbt #BookSky 📚💙🌶️

#BookReview: Deep Blue Lies by Gregg Dunnett (via @stormbooksco.bsky.social). Perfect Blend Of #Travel And #Psychological #Thriller. #amreading #mystery #islandlife #Greek #family #secrets #summer #BookSky 📚💙⚡

#BookReview: You Make It Feel Like Christmas by Sophie Sullivan (via @stmartinspress.bsky.social ). A Mullet Of #Christmas #Romance Not Even Until The Middle, Then #Hockey Romance In The Back. #amreading #amreadingromance #Hallmarkie #PNW #Seattle #smalltown #BillyRayCyrus #DavidBowie #BookSky 📚💙🌶️

#BookSky 📚💙 If an app (or far more likely, a plugin for another app, such as KoReader specifically) could be developed such that it would mute or mutate certain words in a book (fuck to f*ck or simply remove it entirely, for example), would that be something you would be interested in?

#BookReview: The Shark House by @SaraAckermanBooks (via @HTPBooks). Beautiful Anti-#Jaws. #amreading #historicalfiction #dualtimeline #Hawaii #shark #family #magicalrealism #HarryPotter #UniversalOrlando #Moana #BookSky 📚💙⚡⌛ bookanon.com/2025/09/23/b...

#BookReview: The Guest In Room 120 by @ackermanbooks.bsky.social (via @htpbooks.bsky.social ). Intriguing 'What If?'. #amreading #historicalfiction #writerlife #Stanford #California #Hawaii #murder #mystery #ShoelessJoe #CarnivalCruise #DaleBrown #BookSky 📚💙⚡⌛ bookanon.com/2025/09/23/b...

#BookReview: Through Water And Stone by Karen Barnett. Solid #Christian #Romance Beautifully Displays Its #NationalPark And Shows Dangers Of A Particular Modern Technology. #amreading #amreadingromance #christianromance #ZionNationalPark #family #secrets #BookSky 📚💙🌶️✝️ bookanon.com/2025/09/23/b...

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Wherein I look at the responsibilities of book reviewers from 3 different angles: 1) The casual/ non-reviewer 2) The Book Blogger/ Influencer 3) The Advance Review Copy reader So what do y'all think, #BookSky 📚💙? Did I get it mostly right? Am I mostly a moron? Somewhere in between? :D

#BookReview: Palette Of The Soul by Maddie Evans / @janelebak.bsky.social. Second In Series Shows Strong Growth. #amreading #amreadingromance #romance #lovetriangle #africanamerican #painter #yarn #crafting #christianromance #cleanromance #BookSky 📚💙🌶️🥛✝️ bookanon.com/2025/09/19/b...

#BookReview: Nations Apart by @colinwoodard.bsky.social (via @vikingbooks.bsky.social). The #BlueSky Crowd Will Love This Goldmine. #amreading #nonfiction #politics #geography #UnitedStates #BlueSkyism #doomerism #democracy #authoritarianism #Trump #BookSky 📚💙💡 bookanon.com/2025/09/19/b...

#BookSky 📚💙, what do y'all think? Did I miss anything here? Did I go too hard on anything? "The Responsibilities Of A Book Reviewer", the latest on my Substack! bookanonjeff.substack.com/p/the-respon...

#BookReview: Don't Say A Word by Allison Brennan (via @htpbooks.bsky.social). Solid Second Stage. #amreading #mystery #thriller #murder #BlueBloods #21JumpStreet #family #hispanic #Phoenix #investigation #highschool #BookSky 📚💙⚡ bookanon.com/2025/09/15/b...

#BookReview: The Whisper Place by Mindy Mejia (via @groveatlantic.bsky.social). Solid Book Three Is So Different From Others In Series That It Can Serve As An Introduction. #amreading #mystery #thriller #missingperson #Iowa #midwest #psychic #investigation #BookSky 📚💙⚡ bookanon.com/2025/09/15/b...

#BookReview: Life And Death And Giants by Ron Rindo (via @stmartinspress.bsky.social). The Dust In The Room Slowly Builds Up. #amreading #mensfiction #relationshipfiction #family #secrets #smalltown #rural #Amish #Wisconsin #football #prowrestling #men #BookSky 📚💙🖋️ bookanon.com/2025/09/15/b...

#BlogTour: A Killer Motive by @hannahmarymckinnon.bsky.social (via @htpbooks.bsky.social). Masterful #Thriller That Will Keep You On The Edge Of Your Seat. #bookreview #amreading #mystery #podcast #SherlockHolmes #Pendergast #ClariceStarling #CharlesXavier #BookSky 📚💙⚡ bookanon.com/2025/09/11/b...