Jessica Howard
@howjessicareads.bsky.social
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Reader, baker, big ol’ nerd. Host of
#midcenturybookclub
on insta. howjessicareads.substack.com
The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum is amazingly intriguing so far!
#history
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At least, in the midst of insanity, people are pretty hilarious!
8 months ago
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Matt Novak
8 months ago
It’s still hard to believe the simple fact that this is all self-imposed. Everything that’s happening right now wasn’t the result of some foreign adversary destroying the country. We did this all to ourselves by electing the dumbest motherfucker to ever rule a nation.
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March in review!
#booksky
8 months ago
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This morning I finished book no. 20 of March. Definitely way better than I expected in a month with a new job. But I’ve been reading tons after I get home from work (instead of doomscrolling), yay!
#booksky
8 months ago
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60% done with my ARC of A Death on Corfu, and loving it! Fin-de-siècle, proper young English widow gets drawn into the murder of another family’s maid.
#booksky
#mysterybooks
8 months ago
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Had to start a second template for March, since strangely everyone’s templates seem to stop at 16 books. 🤔 I guess if I’m going to keep avoiding reality this hard, I’m going to need to start making my own templates!
#booksky
#amreading
8 months ago
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Yayayayayay!! I’m reading When the Moon Hits Your Eye. 😍
#booksky
#johnscalzi
8 months ago
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I love Rick Steves!
#booksky
#audiobook
8 months ago
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Explain yourself in 5 hobbies: •reading •talking about reading •baking •genealogy •vacation planning (Bc yes, I go on vacation a lot, but I also plan at least 3x more vacations that I don’t actually take!)
add a skeleton here at some point
8 months ago
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Hi yes I did start Sunrise on the Realing on Thursday, and have consumed all 5 Hunger Games books since then. This is fine. It’s definitely normal to read 5 books in 3 days. Yep.
#thehungergames
#booksky
8 months ago
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Way to go, T-Town! I was there last weekend, wish it had coincided with this. 😍
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8 months ago
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Four more days till I get When the Moon Hits Your Eye by @jscalzi. *sighs impatiently*
#booksky
#scifi
8 months ago
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Just finished Sunrise on the Reaping. Am now destroyed. 😭
#booksky
8 months ago
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Today I’m writing about when change is both good AND hard.
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When change is both good and hard
(Thoughts on the new job)
https://open.substack.com/pub/howjessicareads/p/when-change-is-both-good-and-hard?r=641h6&utm_medium=ios
8 months ago
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I made two loaves of Irish soda bread, and after dinner my 11yo said “I’m so full I have to lie down”. I think I got it right. 😂☘️
#stpatricksday
8 months ago
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The authors I’ve seen today at
#TFOB
: Luis Alberto Urrea, Lisa Genova, Matt Mendez, Libba Bray, Nic Stone, Nnedi Okorafor, Mateo Askaripour, Pemi Agouda, Sandra Brown, Casey McQuiston, Rachel Howzell Hall. Another really wonderful day!
#booksky
8 months ago
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This panel is the motivation I didn’t know I needed. 🔥
#resistance
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8 months ago
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Authors I’ve heard speak today: Craig Johnson, William Kent Krueger, Tess Gerritsen, Megan Miranda, Sandra Brown, Kimberly Lemming, Ali Hazelwood, Penny Reid, Suzanne Scanlon, Sarah LaBrie, Sadie Dingfelder.
#tfob
#booksky
8 months ago
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It’s a beautiful day at the Tucson Festival of Books!
#booksky
#tfob
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8 months ago
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Good morning from
#Flagstaff
, Arizona! I just finished book number six of March.
#booksky
8 months ago
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As someone who lives about an hour from the Grand Canyon… the entrance almost always looks like that after 10am. I am absolutely gutted by the gutting of the NPS. Bought a “support our parks” shirt at Jamestown last week! 1/ 🧵
8 months ago
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Reading Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie while I rearrange my furniture on this blizzardy afternoon. (Yes, it snows in northern Arizona. Accumulating at 2-3 inches an hour right now!)
#agathachristie
#booksky
#flagstaffaz
8 months ago
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Aaaarggghhh. I need people to read faster. 🥺🥺
#oathbound
#booksky
9 months ago
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Me: Why do J (11) and I have the same roller coaster face? E (14): I’m pretty sure you just have the same face… in general. 😂
9 months ago
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Front row for Fantasmic! Occupying ourselves with beignets while we wait for the show to start.
#disneyland
9 months ago
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Where are YOU reading today?
#booksky
9 months ago
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I read 25 books in February! But in March, our family is going to Disney and then I immediately start a new job, so I think my numbers will go way down. 😁
#booksky
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Snow day activities: Noel: 6’4” Me: 5’5 & 1/2” E: 5’4 & 3/8” Ju: 5’4 & 2/8” So I still have just over an inch on the kids! And I am apparently only 10.5 inches shorter than my husband. Thought it was 11. 😂
9 months ago
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Time to stop scrolling and start reading.
#booksky
9 months ago
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Laissez les bons temps rouler! Like, literally please. We all need good times in the current hellscape. Eating piles of pancakes with my children and husband was a good reminder of that. 💜💚💛
9 months ago
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Perks of early flights I guess! Switched out of my seat to my own row 🥳
9 months ago
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I found this chicken rock, which is from Fidalgo Island, WA at Bunker Hill in Boston, MA today. Tmrw I’m flying to VA for two days, and then Tues I’m flying home to AZ. Where the cluck should I leave the chicken??
#rocksky
9 months ago
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What a weird time for a first visit to Boston. I’m so sad about the future of the country, yet happy to be see the history. But- an encouraging moment: the sign says “Boston Common, founded 1634. Michelle Wu, Mayor.” And the founding fathers never would have imagined a woman of color leading!
9 months ago
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Y’allllll the Gardner did not disappoint today!!! 😍😍
#isgm
9 months ago
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Oh but this is adorable! 🥰
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9 months ago
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I appreciated this sign at the entrance of my Kohl’s today!
#dei
9 months ago
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I
#amreading
THE RED MENACE by Ilise S Carter. It’s really interesting!
#booksky
9 months ago
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My to-do list is a mile long - so of course I’m just sitting here.
9 months ago
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Meant to start THE LOVE HATERS yday, but immediately after taking this photo, the kids asked me to play MALDITA DIAMOND, and I never got back to it. Now I’m actually beginning! I love Katherine Center.
#booksky
#boardgames
9 months ago
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Forgot to post yesterday, so have some
#SillySundayShelf
laughs for your Monday morning!
9 months ago
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The virtual reading retreat I’m attending is going well! I’ve read 2.5 books in the last 21 hours. Plus enjoyed a couple of zooms with friends. 🥳
#booksky
9 months ago
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My friend is hosting a virtual reading retreat! Some voice messages and video check ins, and lots of lying around and reading. So cool what technology lets you do — she’s in Norway, I’m in Arizona, and we’ve got friends in the middle joining too!
#booksky
9 months ago
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New post about how captivated I was by Parable of the Sower is up on my insta!
#octaviabutler
#bluesky
9 months ago
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Literally cannot put this down. Have read almost 200 pages in the last 90 min.
#parableofthesower
#booksky
9 months ago
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Weirdly tempted???
9 months ago
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Am I the only one who didn’t know Ada Lovelace was Lord Byron’s daughter???? Currently having a dramatic freakout about their family in my insta stories. 😂
#themoreyouknow
9 months ago
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I want more of my books to contain pictographs. ☀️🐍🦉 (Pictured is pg 143 of my ARC of The Mesopotamian Riddle by Joshua Hammer.)
#booksky
#bookreviewer
9 months ago
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I do NOT like scary books. But I trust Jodi Taylor -so I tried the Elizabeth Cage paranormal mystery series & ahhh. I read 3 in 3 days! They’re funny & terrifying & brilliantly plotted. And that twist in book 3 🤯🤯 Go in blind, don’t get spoiled!
#booksky
#joditaylor
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