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@electriclibrarian.bsky.social

Retired librarian, avid reader, mediocre golfer, beach lover, dog mom.

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Do you want to boycott ABC, FCC, & Nexstar? Turn off your TV and go to your public library and check out books and DVDs. Or go to your public libraries digital service and get e-books and movies for download and streaming.

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The White Crow

There’s a new Philomena McCarthy book out from @michaelrobotham.bsky.social
and @simonaudio.bsky.social
The White Crow is another great police procedural!
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Welcome to Murder Week

You guys- Welcome to Murder Week by @karendukess.bsky.social is fantastic and more need to read it. Out now from @simonaudio.bsky.social

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the retired librarian

A few new quick reviews are up for The Doorman, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, and Someone Knows. Check the out!
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I’ve read one of her DI Adam Fawley books. Thanks for the reminder to read more of her books!

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Death at the White Hart

There’s something about a good police procedural set in a small English village.

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Never Flinch

Might be an unpopular opinion but it’s time for Stephen King to take a break from Holly Gibney.

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Ruth Run

Ruth Run is a great debut novel by Elizabeth Kaufman. I love a good heist novel!
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I’m a Vera stan now. Can’t wait to read the next book.

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So Happy Together

So Happy Together is a dark story of obsession that more twisted as it goes on. Great book from Olivia Worley.
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One of my absolute favorites!

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Trapdoor (by J.P. Pomare) β€” A Book and A Dog I’m delighted by how my Audible membership introduces me to great authors. I listened to my first book by Australian author, J.P. Pomare, β€œTrapdoor.”

I’m delighted by how my Audible membership introduces me to great authors. I listened to my first book by Australian author, J.P. Pomare, β€œTrapdoor.” It was an excellent locked-room mystery!

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Blacktop Wasteland is fantastic. I love a good heist novel and that is a great one.

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King of Ashes

King of Ashes proves @blacktopkid.bsky.social is the reigning king of crime fiction.

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Vera Wang’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto is a marvel. This is now a Vera Wong stan account. #sorrynotsorry

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Atmosphere

I loved Atmosphere by TJR. Narrator Julia Whelan is perfection, as usual. Giving it all the stars.

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Stillwater

Stillwater is a good upcoming debut thriller from author Tanya Scott from @groveatlantic.bsky.social
Out Aug 12
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the retired librarian

I have a few new book reviews posted if you want to check them out.
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Mississippi Blue 42

Eli Cranor has another fantastic book out this August from SoHo Press. If you’re a #collegefootball fan, you’ll want to read it.
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Run on Red and Such Quiet Girls

Forgot to post this yesterday! #twofortuesday Noelle Ihli thrillers

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Login β€’ Instagram Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

Check out what I read in May on my IG page

#readingwrapup
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Good point about the ending did wrap up quickly.

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I didn’t like how Margaret used the ruse of the book to get close to Hayden. I’m adopted. She should have approached him honestly.

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The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau

Happy Friday book lovers!
Kristin Harmel’s new book The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau releases 6/17. I enjoyed it, but there’s a lot going on in this story. Whew! #booksky
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This is one of my all time favorite books!

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It is as long as you don’t take it too seriously

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Yes! Let me know when you’re done.

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The Retirement Plan

It’s #thrillerthursday! Here’s a quick look at The Retirement Plan. It’s darkly funny with harebrained schemes and miscommunication.
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Great Big Beautiful Life

Great Big Beautiful Life is good, but I didn’t like how one issue was handled.
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Outlaw Women In Fiction I was twelve years old when I met my first outlaw. She was a woman whose face had graced the FBI’s β€œ10 Most Wanted List” for her part in the radical leftist movement of the late 1960s and 1970sβ€”not…

Nova Ren Suma discusses female characters who are in defiance and on the run. crimereads.com/outlaw-women...

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