@thewrongfairytale.bsky.social
29, Canadian, social sciences grad student Thrillers and science books mostly
The Cover of No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall, it features a photo of an older looking house with the lights on during the night. Over the image is white lines giving the impression that we are viewing the cover through broken glass.
Finished No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall. I thought it was okay. I liked the pacing but not so much the ending. #booksky
07.03.2025 19:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The cover of the Poison Squad by Deborah Blum. The design is similar to a newspaper page, where the title looks like a vintage advertisement. Surrounding "ads" also include pictures of Dr. Wiley and the Poison Squad. The background is yellow in colour.
Read The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum. Truly amazing book. "We tend these days to cast a romantic glow over the foods of our forefathers...that they ate and drank in a world untouched by the chemically enhanced and deceptive food manufacturing practices of today. In this we would be wrong" #booksky
06.03.2025 20:05 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of Middle of the Night by Riley Sager. It features the title in large green writing over a picture of several suburban houses.
Read Middle of the Night by Riley Sager. I really liked it, it's not beating out my favourite Riley Sager, but it's up there. #booksky
01.03.2025 01:08 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This election is going to be a mess I can already tell, still haven't even gotten my voter information card
24.02.2025 19:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The cover of Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer, it features a photo of a teen girl, with pale skin, red hair, wearing a cloak, looking to the right, on a blue background. The tagline is "A Witch Will Rise. An Evil Will Fall."
Read Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer. YA fantasy isn't really my thing but I loved the action and suspense in this novel. There were a couple of plot points that weren't resolved which annoyed me, but if you love YA fantasy I think this book would be a very fun read. #booksky
23.02.2025 17:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The cover of Pests by Bethany Brookshire. The design includes green outlines of animals such as mice, squirrels, cats, wolves, bears and elephants on a black background.
Finished Pests by Bethany Brookshire. An interesting dive into why we categorize some animals as pests, what does 'pest' mean anyway, and what does it mean to live alongside nature. "[Coexistence] is not always painless or easy" #booksky
22.02.2025 21:27 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Well, I have been accepted to grad school for social sciences. But it's very hard to be excited when cuts to funding seem to be on the table even in Canada. I know I might have to leave research upon graduation, and hate the job I worked so hard to get.
14.02.2025 20:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The cover of The Great Indoors by Emily Anthes. It features simplistic and abstract art of a house plan, showing pieces of rooms, walls and furniture, with the tagline of "The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health and Happiness".
After taking my time for like 6 months, I've finished The Great Indoors by Emily Anthes. It read like a collection of short stories highlighting different ideas in indoor architecture, incorporating topics like psychology, climate change, and even colonizing Mars. I thoroughly enjoyed it. #booksky
31.01.2025 01:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The cover of The Age of Magical Thinking by Amanda Montell. The cover features a drawing of a blue hand with fingers crossed, the background includes wavy lines of pink, red, yellow and green, drawn in the art style of a vintage 1960s poster.
Read Amanda Montell's The Age of Magical Overthinking. I agree with many reviews, the psych theories could've been explored more, but I loved the rest. I audibly gasped when I swiped the page and saw 'Acknowledgements'. What do you mean there's no more book? Already put a hold for Cultish #booksky
30.01.2025 05:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Cover of Happy City by Charles Montgomery, it features colourful art of apartment buildings and the quote "Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design"
Just read Happy City by Charles Montgomery. Given everything that's happening, I was ready to find out many of the projects in this book are no longer ongoing, but actually many still are, which made me happy.
If you want to know how to make cities better, give this book a read!
#booksky
One shelf from a bookshelf containing 28 books including the Shades of Magic series, The Lady Janes series, The Outsider by Stephen King, Wuthering Heights, Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne, In a Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware, What Wakes the Dead by T. Kingfisher, No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall, The Poison Squad by Deborah Bloom, The Appeal by Janice Hallett, Silence for the Dead and the Haunting of Maddy Clare both by Simone St. James, The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould, The Hand on The Wall by Maureen Johnson, The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker, The House of Salt and Sorrow by Erin E. Craig, The Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer, Deacon King Kong by James McBride, The Great Indoors by Emily Anthes, and 5 books by Shirley Jackson including Hangsaman, The Bird's Nest, The Haunting of Hill House, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and The Lottery.
Hi, welcome to my Booksky!
Reading Goals 2025
1. Read more non-fiction
2. Read more library books
3. Get physical TBR to 0
(The TBR in question below)
