ICYMI: Nearly a third of children cannot use books when they start school, with some even trying to swipe and zoom on the pages, a survey from Kindred Squared has shown 👇 #BookSky

Thought I’d do the #20TBRbookChallenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf and post 1 book per day for 20 days. No particular order. No explanations. Just covers. 2/20 A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs #BookSky #BookChallenge

Thought I’d do the #20TBRbookChallenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf and post 1 book per day for 20 days. No particular order. No explanations. Just covers. 1/20 Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff #BookSky #BookChallenge

BOOK REVIEW: The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... A fascinating look at bacha posh, Afghani girls who are raised as boys. #NonFiction #GenderIssues #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #WomensRights #WomensIssues #GenderBending

What are 5 books you've read and loved that you sometimes feel no one else has? Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Unset The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg The Antidote by Karen Russell The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #BrendaBarkersNextChapter by Wendy Tokunaga. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #SecondChanceFiction #FictionAboutWriting #FictionAboutTheWritersJourney #SecondChanceRomance #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews

BOOK REVIEW: The Last Road Trip by Jennifer Klepper. A multi-POV, dual timeline story. Five college friends redo their aborted road trip that ended in disaster. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews #RoadTripFiction #CollegeFiction #FriendshipFiction

ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #WinterLoon by Susan Bernhard. A beautifully written coming of age novel with a lyrical, uplifting resolution. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #ComingOfAgeFiction #FamilyDrama #FictionSetInMinnesota #AmReading #Bookstagram #Booksky #BookReviews

BOOK REVIEW: In the Great Quiet by Laura Vogt. Gorgeous prose in a slow-burn pioneer romance set in the Oklahoma land rush of 1893. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #HistoricalFiction #WomensFiction #WomensHistoricalFiction #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews

If you need a break from books and (especially) politics, here's a photo of the newest member of the family:

My March 2026 book reviews. The best of these: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield and the Cork O’Connor mystery series by William Kent Krueger. #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews #MysterySeries #PrivateEyeSeries #GothicNovels #AboriginalFiction #ScienceFiction #WomensFiction

My March 2026 books read. (I’m at 53 of a 200-book goal for the year.) The best: the Cork O’Connor mysteries by William Kent Krueger; The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg; and Liberty Street by Heather Marshall. #DetectiveNovels #NonFiction #WomensFiction #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky

Accusation is becoming infrastructure. You don’t need proof—just enough noise to destabilize credibility. lawrencenault.substack.com/p/from-conte... #booksky #AI #Publishing #Writing

My Melt the Ice toque, inspired by similar hats worn to symbolize Norwegian resistance to Nazi occupation during World War II. The pattern can be found at www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib.... Proceeds from pattern sales support immigrant aid agencies. #NoIce #KnittingPatterns #Protest #Activism

BOOK REVIEW: Purgatory Ridge by William Kent Krueger. The 3rd of 22 well-written private investigator mysteries, this one a tour de force of juggled potential villains. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #PrivateInvestigators #MysterySeries #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews

ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #Midwives by Chris Bohjalian puts a woman’s right to choose where and how to birth her child up against the medical establishment. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #Midwives #Midwivery #FictionSetInVermont #AmReading #HomeBirths #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews

BOOK REVIEW: Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger. The 2nd of 22 in this series of well-written private investigator mysteries. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #PrivateInvestigators #Mysteries #MysterySeries #FictionSetInMinnesota #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews

ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: Illusion of Truth by James L’Etoile. 3rd in the Emily Hunter detective series. Wild plot swings and a seemingly unending supply of suspects. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #FemaleDetectiveMysterySeries #Detectives #AmReading #Bookstagram #Booksky #BookReviews

BOOK REVIEW: Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger. The 1st of 22 novels in this well-written private investigator series. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #PrivateInvestigators #Mysteries #MysterySeries #FictionSetInMinnesota #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews

ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #TheNickelBoys by Colson Whitehead. A searing look at an abusive reform school in Tennessee that wreaked havoc on the lives of countless young men. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #JimCrow #ReformSchools #SystemicRacism #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews

BOOK REVIEW: The Portrait by Emilia Kelly. A gothic novel that falls somewhat flat despite its moody environs. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #GothicNovels #GothicMysteries #VictorianWomen #HistoricalFiction #FictionSetInLondn #ArtInFiction

ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #TheLastOutlaws by Tom Clavin. A look at the post-Civil War bandits who ravaged banks and trains from Kansas to California. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #AmericanWestNonFiction #AmericanWildWest #DaltonGang #BankRobbers #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews

The perfect gift for someone woke enough to care about human rights. “There’s plenty of sharp, suspenseful action to savor here in this impressively poignant, hauntingly realistic, and searingly moving tale. —Kirkus Reviews #Bookstagram #Genocide #Thrillers #MedicalFiction #WomensFiction #BookSky

BOOK REVIEW: #TheThirteethTale by Diane Setterfield. A book lover’s book—a twisted gothic mystery studded with literary references. A gem. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #GothicMysteries #WomensFiction #BooksAboutBooks #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews

At least three ships were struck by projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying ships Wednesday.

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ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #FruitOfTheDrunkenTree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras. A semi-autobiographical novel of Columbia during the 1990s and emigrating to the US. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #ColumbianLiterature #PabloEscobar #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews #ComingOfAgeNovels

My February 2026 book reviews. The best: Winter Loon by Susan Bernhard, Midwives by Chris Bohjalian, and Illusion of Truth by James L’Etoile. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-reviews/ #PoliceProcedural #ContemporaryFiction #MedicalFiction #BlackHistoryMonth #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews

My February 2026 books read. The best: Iron Lake, Boundary Waters, and Purgatory Ridge, in the Cork O’Connor mysteries by William Kent Krueger. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. #Mysteries #MysterySeries #GreekMythRetellings #BooksAboutArt #BlackHistoryMonth #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky

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BOOK REVIEW: A Stopover in Venice by Kathryn Walker. A mixed bag of art, art history, mystery, and a woman finding herself in Venice. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #ArtInFiction #VeniceInFiction #GiorgioneInFiction #WomensFiction #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews

30 days of books-by-women challenge. Post 30 books by women that you’ve read. 1 per day, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 30/30 The Evan Wilding series by Barbara Nickless #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #WomenAuthorsReadingChallenge #30BooksWrittenByWomen

ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: The Cree Black series by Daniel Hecht. A genre-busting paranormal Ghostbusters type series. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #Ghostbusters #GhostStories #Paranormal #Horror #ParanormalPsychology #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews

30 days of books-by-women challenge. Post 30 books by women that you’ve read. 1 per day, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 29/30 The Women of Troy series by Pat Barker #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #WomenAuthorsReadingChallenge #30BooksWrittenByWomen

30 days of books-by-women challenge. Post 30 books by women that you’ve read. 1 per day, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 28/30 Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #WomenAuthorsReadingChallenge #30BooksWrittenByWomen

Today March 7 is the last day to get the ebook versions of my novels FREE in Smashwords’s big event. Hunting the Devil www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... Passion and Paint www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... #FreeEbooks #AmReading #BookSky #Bookstagram #HistoricalFiction #WomensFiction

30 days of books-by-women challenge. Post 30 books by women that you’ve read. 1 per day, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 27/30 The Highway 39 series by Attica Locke #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #WomenAuthorsReadingChallenge #30BooksWrittenByWomen

30 days of books-by-women challenge. Post 30 books by women that you’ve read. 1 per day, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 26/30 Demon Copperfield by Barbara Kingsolver #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #WomenAuthorsReadingChallenge #30BooksWrittenByWomen

BOOK REVIEW: The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson. A gorgeous book. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #AboriginalFiction #DakhotaFiction #EcoFiction #FamilySagas #GenerationalSagas #GenerationalTrauma #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews

30 days of books-by-women challenge. Post 30 books by women that you’ve read. 1 per day, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 25/30 The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #WomenAuthorsReadingChallenge #30BooksWrittenByWomen

If you’re a Smashwords user, they are having a big event March 1-7. The ebook versions of Hunting the Devil and Passion & Paint, are FREE through those dates. #FreeEbooks #Smashwords #AmReading #BookReviewsWanted #BookSky #Bookstagram #HistoricalFiction #WomensFiction

ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #HandleWithCare by JodiPicoult. A multi-POV story of a child born with osteogenesis imperfecta and a wrongful birth lawsuit. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #LiteraryFiction #OsteogenesisImperfecta #WomensFiction #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews

30 days of books-by-women challenge. Post 30 books by women that you’ve read. 1 per day, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 24/30 The Merchant of Prato by Iris Origo #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #WomenAuthorsReadingChallenge #30BooksWrittenByWomen

BOOK REVIEW: Echo of Lies by Carol Potenza. An amazing time travel science fiction novel with a bit of romance. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #ScienceFiction #TimeTravel #TimeTravelRomance #FictionSetInNewMexico #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #BookReviews

30 days of books-by-women challenge. Post 30 books by women that you’ve read. 1 per day, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 23/30 The Amelia Peabody mysteries by Elizabeth Peters #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #WomenAuthorsReadingChallenge #30BooksWrittenByWomen

March 2nd is Texas Independence Day. Celebrate by reading Passion & Paint, a book that celebrates my Texan ancestry. Free 3/1-3/7 on Smashwords. Only $3.99 elsewhere. For buy links, go to suanneschaferauthor.com/passion-and-... #PrizeWinningHistoricalRomance #BooksSetInTexas #ArtistsInFiction

ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #HelloWife by #LisaKFriedman. A look at a woman’s descent into drug addiction after her marriage to a jobless morphine addict. suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-... #DrugAddiction #DrugAddictionInAmerica #FictionAboutDrugAddiction #AmReading #Bookstagram #Booksky #BookReviews

30 days of books-by-women challenge. Post 30 books by women that you’ve read. 1 per day, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 22/30 Westerly by Susan Donovan Bernhard #AmReading #Bookstagram #BookSky #WomenAuthorsReadingChallenge #30BooksWrittenByWomen

If you’re a Smashwords user, they are having a big event March 1-7. The ebook versions of Hunting the Devil and Passion & Paint, are FREE through those dates. #FreeEbooks #Smashwords #AmReading #BookReviewsWanted #BookSky #Bookstagram

30 days of books-by-women challenge. Post 30 books by women that you’ve read. 1 daily in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. 21/30 The Woman Who Painted the Seasons by Penny Fields-Schneider #Bookstagram #BookSky #WomenAuthorsReadingChallenge #30BooksWrittenByWomen