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I’ll be reading Margery & Me by @marykabiaggio.bsky.social as soon as I’m done with either Code Dependent or The Bewitching. This is an Early Reviewer book for @librarything.com that I review on Librarything, hence the name. A so called psychic versus Harry Houdini in the 1920s…who prevails?

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I’m officially 1/2way thru The Bewitching by @silviamg.bsky.social. This is a good book but it’s definitely a medium to slow paced book. It’s also IMO a psychological horror gothic book. I’m definitely reading it for book challenges and not my own pleasure but I’m not sorry I’m reading it.

I haven’t managed to read tonight either after getting home which is weird. I’m not worried though. I have 2 chapters left on Code Dependent and enough time left in March to get The Bewitching by @silviamg.bsky.social done.

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I used today to sleep and then see the play Murder On The Nile by Agatha Christie at 2 p.m. which was and was not what I was expecting. It was quite fascinating I must say. I then wandered until I found the closest thing to a honky tonk my town has. So I didn’t do any reading except at lunchtime.

Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I finished Every Time I Go On Vacation Someone Dies by @catherinemack.bsky.social. I’m halfway through Code Dependent by Madhumita Murgia. I need to focus on The Bewitching by @silviamg.bsky.social since I have to finish it this month. #booksky I am putting my April books on hold already!

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I’m done with Not Nothing by Gayle Forman & the Erle Stanley Gardner book. I’m now reading Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI by Madhumita Murgia, The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, & Every Time I Go On Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack. #booksky I like switching between books.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

So far, I have read 20 books and I’m reading an Erle Stanley Gardner book with multiple cases and Not Nothing by Gayle Forman. I’ll follow it with The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and thus be done with my March books.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I finished That Librarian by Amanda Jones, The King’s Ransom by Janet Evanovich, and then proceeded to close February with The Waiting by Michael Connelly. I had a nice February and #booksky I celebrated my Thingaversary of 19 years with @librarything.com on February 6th.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I’m up to date with the Easy Reading Challenge and the Beyond the Bookends Reading Challenge. I have my March books waiting at the library. I’m almost done with That Librarian by Amanda Jones for the BookRiot Read Harder Challenge. For pleasure, I will read The King’s Ransom by Janet Evanovich next.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I’ve read 193 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list books! #booksky

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I’ve read 16 books so far this year #booksky! Two of them, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller & The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, are 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list books. Nine of them, with Catch-22 as one of those I read, for @bookriot.bsky.social Read Harder Challenge. So far so good!

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

The @bookriot.bsky.social Read Harder Challenge is 24 challenges to complete in 2026. The Easy Reading & Beyond the Bookends Challenges are fulfilling a challenge a month, so 12 each. #booksky I managed to make one book count for both January challenges: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I finished 2025 strong #booksky! 128 books were read and the @bookriot.bsky.social, Easy Reading, & Beyond the Bookends Challenges were completed! Now it’s 2026 and I’ve read 4 books. I’ve boldly challenged myself to read 100 books this year while completing the same three challenges again.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I’ve read my November books! Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata and Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov. The second one is an 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die book and that makes it 189 books read!

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

If you want to be completely up to date on my reading challenges, @thestorygraph.com is where to go and I have the same screen name there. For instance, I decided to read another weird horror book besides Jane Slayre.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Hi #booksky! I’ve now read over 100 books this year but I’m still finishing book challenges. I have my November and December books to read for Easy Reading and Beyond the Bookends Reading Challenges. I’ve got two books left for the @bookriot.bsky.social Read Harder Challenge.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I’m now reading Cat in a Quicksilver Caper by Carole Nelson Douglas and Cane and Abe by James Grippando. The second book is my October book for the 2025 Easy Reading Challenge.

Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I’ve finished Downstate by @jefferydeaver.bsky.social and The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I’ve finished Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit by Carole Nelson Douglas and moved on to Cat in a Quicksilver Caper. I’m halfway through The Poisonwood Bible.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I’ve started on Downstate by @jefferydeaver.bsky.social so it’s that, Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit by Carole Nelson Douglas, and The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. It’s that time of year for reading multiple books at the same time!

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I'm sitting at the dentist without a book. This sucks.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver is book number 188 of the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die once I read it! I’m on page 15 & have slipped my copy into my purse.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I’ve finished Pete Rose: My Prison Without Bars with Rick Hill and it was very enlightening. It was published in 2004. I’m on Chapter 25 of Cat In a Hot Pink Pursuit by Carole Nelson Douglas. The weird parallel is that both Pete Rose and Carole Nelson Douglas are deceased and fairly recently too.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

We’ll see where I am on the calendar when all those books are done. If it’s October, I’ll read my two books from the monthly challenges and then Jane Slayre. That’s my weird horror book for the @bookriot.bsky.social Read Harder Challenge.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I've just started reading Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit by Carole Nelson Douglas as an ebook with the hardback Pete Rose My Prison Without Bars with Rick Hill. After that, I'll read The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. Those last two books will finish The Storygraph's Genre Challenge 2025.

Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I’m caught up on the read one book a month reading challenges. I read Hiss and Tell by Rita Mae Brown for the Easy Reading Challenge 2025 and Murder On A School Night for the Beyond The Bookends Reading Challenge 2025.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I am working on reading as many Perry Mason mysteries by Erle Stanley Gardner and completing the Midnight Louie series by Carole Nelson Douglas. I also want to clear out books from my house and get store credit at my neighborhood bookstore or just unload them at a little free library.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I’m reading Murder On A School Night by Kate Heston right now to complete the September challenge for Beyond The Bookends 2025. I’m not sure what I’ll read after that.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I’m fine! For the year 2025, I have read 90 books. I’m doing four reading challenges for the year: BookRiot Read Harder Challenge, The StoryGraph’s Genre Challenge, Easy Reading Challenge and Beyond the Bookends Reading Challenge. I have been reading for pleasure and non-timed challenges too.

Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I also on @librarything.com have reviewed Pride and Pemberley by @deegarretson.bsky.social which I found to be a delightful read. I got a copy through the @librarything.com Early Reviewer Program.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I’ve read seven books since I finished Random In Death by J.D. Robb. The one I’m quite proud of is The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. This is a list book for 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. This makes 187 books that I have read on the list.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I loved We Three Queens by @authorrhysbowen.bsky.social and I adore Georgie as one of my favorite characters. I just read and finished Random In Death by J.D. Robb which also has a favorite character Eve Dallas. Two different women in vastly different time periods.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I just finished Lethal Prey by @johnsandford.bsky.social and now I'm reading We Three Queens by @authorrhysbowen.bsky.social. We'll see what I read after that.

Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I read If We Were A Movie by @zakiyanjamal.bsky.social for the challenge “Read A Genre Blending Book” for the @bookriot.bsky.social Read Harder Challenge 2025. It blends romance and mystery.

Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I’m on vacation all next week so I hope I read a pile of books. I want to finish Murder In Williamstown, which I am reading for enjoyment, and move on to one of my packed titles. A couple of them are listed on reading challenges but I want to read mostly for pure enjoyment.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I’m so sad right now #booksky. I just found out that Kerry Greenwood died earlier this year and her series of Phryne Fisher was one of my favorites. I’m reading Murder in Williamstown and hopefully there’s one more after that.

Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Hello #booksky! I have read three books after Oona Out of Order. I read If We Were A Movie by @zakiyanjamal.bsky.social for the @bookriot.bsky.social Reading Challenge 2025. I read the other two books for pure enjoyment. Rhys Bowen & J.D. Robb have lovely series.

Silent as the Grave, Payback in Death, If We Were a Movie. Three books I have read.

So, Oona Out of Order by @damiella.bsky.social was a great and fascinating book. I always like magical realism appearing in fiction.

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Welp I lost a follower!

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I just noticed I have more followers than who I follow.

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Hello #booksky! I'm almost up to date on my monthly reading challenges. I read a book about books called Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books for the Easy Reading Challenge for June. The non-linear narrative book for the Beyond The Bookends is Oona Out of Order which is almost done.

Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I’m reading Oona Out of Order by @damiella.bsky.social next.

Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I started June by reading Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by @kirstenmiller.bsky.social and I loved it. I then went and read The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare. I plan to see the play this month.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Here's the pile which was read in the month of May.

The covers of the books I read in the month of May.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I read and reviewed Magda Revealed by @ursulawerner.bsky.social on @librarything.com and have since read a pile of books.