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Tatnuck Bookseller Gift Gallery & Cafe in Westborough, MA gets to claim the title of the largest bookstore in all of New England. Walking through their aisles is an experience you won't want to miss out on if you're in the area.
www.tatnuck.com
#indiebookstore #tatnuck #westboro #massachusetts
I almost forgot to share last week's bookstore here! Here it is if you need something good to focus on: Raven Used Books in Northampton, MA!
www.ravenusedbooks.com
#usedbooks #booksky #indiebookstore #massachusetts
Happy release day to Oblivion's Hymn by A.J. Peterson! I loved the unique magic system and the casually obvious representation of aging LGBTQIA+ characters.
Full review at writing.hallidaynelson.com/oblivions-hy...
#bookreview #oblivionshymn #booksky
JR Cathers' Child of Shivay publishes today! I loved how propaganda and its effects are explored in this fantasy world where magic and politics are deeply intertwined. It's the first book in the Veils of Terr series.
Read more: writing.hallidaynelson.com/child-of-shi...
#bookreview #booksky
It's pretty easy to find starter here in Massachusetts. If the grocery store is out, we just order it online.
13.10.2025 19:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We started making yogurt at home. It's surprisingly easy.
13.10.2025 19:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This -- seeing the books that are being targeted most NOW really makes what is being done hit harder. It actually undercuts the real threat to show books that are famous and still selling fine.
11.10.2025 13:47 — 👍 69 🔁 22 💬 0 📌 0In 2024, ALA tracked 821 attempts to censor library materials, targeting nearly 2,500 unique books. That’s 10× more than five years ago.
Join the fight for the freedom to read: UniteAgainstBookBans.org
Donate to ALA: ilovelibraries.org/1984
#BannedBooksWeek
The other bookstore on the island of Nantucket is Mitchell's Book Corner, with the most extensive selection of books on the island. There's still a bit more time before ferries stop running at the end of the season, but there's always next year.
#nantucket #indiebookstore #booksky #ma
If the Dead Belong Here by Carson Faust is a Native American southern gothic tale that is often uncomfortable, but ultimately healing. It's a lovely tapestry that will leave you wanting to grow & hold your loved ones tighter.
Full review at writing.hallidaynelson.com/if-the-dead-...
#bookreview
Need something to read this week? The Outlaw Witch of Sherwood comes out on Tuesday. It's a genderbent retelling of Robin Hood with magic, a lot of great representation, and a few animal familiars.
Read my full review at writing.hallidaynelson.com/the-outlaw-w...
#bookreview #booksky #outlawwitch
This week's featured indie bookstore is Nantucket Bookworks on the island of Nantucket, MA. They're one of two stores on the island who work closely in partnership. They were so lovely and we ended up stopping in several times the day we visited.
#Nantucket #indiebookstore #booksky #mass
Once again, I forgot to share last week's bookstore video to bsky. It was a hectic week, but Brewster Book Store was absolutely lovely. I wanted to take home so much of their selection!
#booksky #indie #bookstore #capecod
Full written review at writing.hallidaynelson.com/matisse-at-w...
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Matisse at War: Art and Resistance in Nazi Occupied France by Christopher C. Gorham publishes tomorrow and you won't want to miss this one. The author has a way of making you feel like a fly on every wall and the story is both absolutely riveting and thoroughly inspiring.
#booksky #review #matisse
We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad releases tomorrow! This is the sequel/prequel to Bunny, which was one of my top ten favorite reads last year.
Available on at bookshop.org/a/108637/978... and everywhere else books are sold.
#bunny #monaawad #weloveyoubunny #booksky #review
One of the bookstores I loved on the Cape & Islands Bookstore Trail was Sea Howl Book Shop. They have over 5,000 titles in the selection, and they pay extra attention to voices that are all too frequently overlooked.
www.seahowlbookshop.com
#indiebookstore #booksky #mass
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In case you need something good to focus on, indie bookstore this week is Belonging Books in Hyannis, MA ( www.belongingbookscapecod.com ) The space is both a bookstore and a gallery and specializes in uplifting marginalized voices.
#belongingbooks #diversevoices #massachusetts #indiebookstore
This week's indie bookstore is Parnassus Book Service in Yarmouth Port, MA. Their secondhand collection has an amazingly wide variety, and you can feel the history here the moment you step in the door!
Check them out at www.parnassusbooks.com
#capecod #indiebookstore #massachusetts
A stack of books with overlaid text reading "New Blog Post! So You Want to Get Paid in Books: About Professional Reading"
New blog post published yesterday about the path I took into professional reading and what it looks like now that I've gotten here.
blog.hallidaynelson.com/professional...
#booksky #betareading #arc #proofreader
In case you need something good to focus on, this week's indie bookstore is Titcomb's Bookshop in East Sandwich, MA. They're one of the stops on the Cape and Islands Bookstore Trail and have been in this 330+ year old building for over 55 years now.
www.titcombsbookshop.com
#booksky #indiebookshop
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The Call of Wind, debut novel from writer K. R. House will officially be releasing tomorrow! I love her videos where she creates magic systems on the fly and couldn't wait to read one she'd spent a lot more time on. I was not disappointed. Full review at writing.hallidaynelson.com/call-of-wind...
28.08.2025 17:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0With news of a reported settlement with Anthropic I went back to check the class action form and it now allows authors outside the US to input their address, so it may be worth adding your known pirated titles (from the LibGen pirate database) www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
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The Serpent's Bride by Kathryn Ann Kinglsey will be officially releasing tomorrow! This vampire mafia dark romance was a lot of fun. I was so happy to get the ARC for it!
Read the full review at writing.hallidaynelson.com/the-serpents...
#booksky #review #reading #arc #vampires #mafiaromance
I forgot to share last week's bookstore video to bsky! My sister and I also visited Isaiah Thomas Books on the Cape and Islands Bookstore Trail. It's the kind of indie bookstore you can really lose yourself in.
#capecod #booksky #indiebookstore #travel #massachusetts
if the rage-bait works too well it might be fake
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if the rage-bait works too well it might be fake
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look, we’ve all been fooled before
when a deep-fake makes us sore
but kindly doublecheck your source, it might be fake
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