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Jessica Hawk-Tillman (she/her) @chronicallybooked.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Happy Pub Day to Under Story by Chloe Benjamin! I loved it. The ideas she explores are bold and often mind-bending, and this novel’s heart for humanity is huge. I read it in July and I'm still thinking about it. Thanks to @putnambooks.bsky.social for the ARC. #BookSky 📚💙 #NetGalley #UnderStory

Cover image of the novel Under Story by Chloe Benjamin, showing the title and author in mirror arc images. The background of both is a sky with clouds. The cover also includes this text: "We wake up to tomorrow. Never yesterday."

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Jessica Hawk-Tillman (she/her) @chronicallybooked.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Happy US Pub Day to The Silent Appeal by Janice Hallett. Her epistolary mysteries are clever, unique, and so much fun! The latest is no exception. Highly recommended for readers who love to play the detective. Thanks to @atriabooks.bsky.social for the ARC! #BookSky 📚💙 #NetGalley #TheSilentAppeal

This image shows the book cover of The Silent Appeal by Janice Hallett, including the book title and author's name, and her status as a Sunday Times Bestselling Author, along with some review quotes. Also shown is a drawn image of an English village, with blood spatters on the cover. And finally, the words "A New Play. Another Murder. Who Will Speak The Truth?"

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Jessica Hawk-Tillman (she/her) @chronicallybooked.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Happy Pub Day to The Camino by Anya Niewierra, tra. Eileen Stevens! I loved this literary thriller about a woman walking the Camino de Santiago, the path her husband took one year earlier when he died. Great for Women in Translation month. Content warnings. Thanks @simonbooks.bsky.social. #BookSky

Novel cover of The Camino by Anya Niewierra, translated by Eileen Stevens. Cover shows the title, author, and translator. Background image is a picture of the hiking trail in yellows and browns, with a woman walking alone. The cover has an "x" which appears to be sliced across it, as with a knife.

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Jessica Hawk-Tillman (she/her) @chronicallybooked.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Interested in (re)visiting East of Eden before the Netflix adaptation drops on 10/1? I’m cohosting a read along, starting tomorrow (8/24). Join us on IG and/or Fable (fable.co/club/east-of...). Suggested reading schedule posting later tonight! #EastOfEdenReadAlong #BookSky 📚💙

Image showing the book cover of East of Eden by John Steinbeck, and titled Join Us for an East of Eden Read Along. Also says that the goal is to read the book before watching the Netflix adaptation. Starts on 8/25, hosted on IG and Fable by @chronicallybooked and @betsyreadsbooks

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Jessica Hawk-Tillman (she/her) @chronicallybooked.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Happy Pub Day to The Women in White by Sarah Pekkanen from @stmartinspress.bsky.social. A compelling dual-timeline historical thriller that digs into the disturbing past of parapsychology. Inspired by real experiments at Duke University, this is two mysteries in one. Highly recommended! #BookSky 📚💙

Novel cover showing the title and author name in the foreground. In the background is a three-dimensional yellow hallway, displayed at an angle, seeming to go on for a very long way, and ending in darkness at the center of cover.

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Jessica Hawk-Tillman (she/her) @chronicallybooked.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Happy Release Day to Song For Another Home by Bora Lee Reed! Out today and a must for fans of historical fiction. Follows two branches of a family during the war between North and South Korea in the 1950s. Dual narrative, immersive, deeply researched. Highly recommended. #booksky 📚💙 #netgalley

Book cover for Song For Another Home by Bora Lee Reed shows novel title and author name with a background image showing the sky at sunset, the sea, and a mountain backdrop. There is a boat in shadow on the sea with a few people on it. In the foreground of the image, there are floating yellow flowers.

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Jessica Hawk-Tillman (she/her) @chronicallybooked.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Take What You Can, Naima Coster (rel 8/4): New character-driven fiction from the author of What's Mine and Yours about two best friends. Explores the love between these two women through many experiences and phases of life. Authentic, flawed characters. Recommended. #BookSky 📚💙 #NetGalley

Book cover for Take What You Can by Naima Coster showing the title and author name, plus a painting of a dining table with colorfully patterned dishes, food, and multiple hands holding different cocktails toward the center of the table in a toast.

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Jessica Hawk-Tillman (she/her) @chronicallybooked.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

When Mikan Road Was Ours, DK Furutani (rel 7/28): Debut historical fiction and winner of Simon & Schuster's Books Like Us. Dual-timeline family saga covering four generations of a Japanese American family in CA in the 20th century. Compelling with historic detail. Recommend! #BookSky 📚💙 #NetGalley

Book cover of When Mikan Road Was Ours by D.K. Furutani shows novel and author name, on a background that is a drawing of an orange tree.

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Jessica Hawk-Tillman (she/her) @chronicallybooked.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Fun night at Malaprop's in Asheville with the wonderful Ruta Sepetys. A Fortune of Sand is immersive historical fiction about a wealthy auto family in 1920s Detroit. Corruption, power, class, sexism, mental health - all explored in an impeccably researched and entertaining story. #BookSky 💙📚

Photo of two women, the author of this post and the writer Ruta Sepetys, standing in front of a blue sign for Malaprop's Bookstore. Ruta Sepetys is holding up a copy of her novel, A Fortune of Sand.

Two physical copies of the novel A Fortune of Sand, one closed to show the cover and one open to show the signature by the writer, as well as swag from the event. Swag pictured includes a bookmark, a coaster set, a sticker, and a small sewing kit.

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Jessica Hawk-Tillman (she/her) @chronicallybooked.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

It’s the last full week of June, and I’m fully immersed in literary and historical fiction: - Land, Maggie O’Farrell - Song For Another Home, Bora Lee Reed While enjoying a fast-paced thriller as well: - The One Day You Were My Husband, Rosie Walsh What are you reading this week? #BookSky 📚💙

Image showing a green notebook, a collection of book darts, a pen, a Kindle with a red plaid Harris tweed cover, and a hardcover edition of Land by Maggie O’Farrell. The cover has the title and author name, plus a series of concentric circles in earth tones, fading to black in the center.

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Jessica Hawk-Tillman (she/her) @chronicallybooked.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Murder at the Spirit Lounge, Jess Kidd (pub 6/16) is book 2 in the Nora Breen series. Former nun Nora and Detective Rideout are trying to solve a mystery that begins at a seance. Great writing, immersive 1950s coastal England setting, and a satisfying puzzle. Highly recommend! #booksky #netgalley 📚💙

Book cover of Murder at the Spirit Lounge by Jess Kidd, showing title and author on a red background. In addition, it includes a crystal ball with a coastal town scene inside. Some buildings are shown, along with a coastline, trees, shoreline, and water. The cover also includes some clouds and lightning around the crystal ball.

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Jessica Hawk-Tillman (she/her) @chronicallybooked.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

“Great tragedies don’t ask for great heroes – they ask for ordinary people willing to do the next right thing.” Skylark by Paula McLain is dual-timeline historical fiction at its best. Two stories, centuries apart, connected by Paris. Very relevant to current events. Highly recommend! #BookSky 📚💙

Book cover of Skylark by Paula McLain showing title, author, and text stating that she is the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife. Background image of book cover is in two parts. Lower half: A Paris skyline of the Seine at sunset, including bridges and buildings in shadow. Fades to the upper half: A night sky with stars, and an image of a red skylark.

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Jessica Hawk-Tillman (she/her) @chronicallybooked.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

'The Great Mann' by Kyra Davis Lurie releases today. It's a fresh Gatsby retelling, focused on the wealthy, Black Sugar Hill neighborhood of 1940s LA. Familiar characters, fresh tensions, and an untold history make for one great novel. Highly recommended for historical fiction fans! #BookSky 📚💙

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Jessica Hawk-Tillman (she/her) @chronicallybooked.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Speculative fiction at its best from Laila Lalami. Minority Report meets Black Mirror in the most thoughtful and terrifying way. Themes of privacy, surveillance, private prisons, and big tech + capitalism. Highly recommended! Thanks to Pantheon and NetGalley for the eARC. #TheDreamHotel #BookSky

Cover art for The Dream Hotel, a novel by Laila Lalami, Pulitzer Prize finalist. Book has a purple background with a large orange box in the center, orange box is shaded black inside. There is a shadowed figure standing at the lower right edge of the orange box. Title and author text appears in white above and below the orange box, on the purple background.

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Jessica Hawk-Tillman (she/her) @chronicallybooked.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Every Feb, I further my own education by solely focusing on Black authors. Feels esp important rn. This year’s list: - Books in photo - Parable of the Talents, Butler - Salvage the Bones, Ward - all about love, hooks - South to America, Perry - The Fire Next Time, Baldwin (annual reread) #BookSky 📚💙

Image of three books stacked on a kitchen counter with a houseplant and barstool in the background. The books are Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson, Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, and Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward.

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Jessica Hawk-Tillman (she/her) @chronicallybooked.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Hello BookSky! I am disabled due to autoimmune disease, diagnosed initially 15 years ago this month. I spend my time reading anything and everything. Currently in the middle of a timely ‘Parable of the Sower’ reread for my book club — an all-time favorite. Can’t wait to chat books with you all!

Image shows a paperback copy of Parable of the Sower sitting on a nightstand next to a lamp, reflected in a mirror.

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