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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The best thing about The Witches (2020) is the Grand High Witches dress. I like Anne Hathaway but she's no Angelica Houston. That said, the whole 2020 production is bizarre. 1990 did it the best 100% #TheWitches

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Shubeik Lubeik is 👌🏽💯📚 Loved this graphic novel

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

📖 Currently #reading S by J.J.Abrams & Doug Dorst. Now this is what I call an experience, I've not read anything like it, it's tactile, intriguing, adventurous. There's stories within stories. One I could read many times over and always find something new and exciting. #Read #booksky #books📚

Images of the book, 'S' by J.J.Abrams which in turn is about the physical book Ship of These us by fictional author V.M.Straka.

The book is made to look like it has been taken from a library shelf.

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

I've had a very up and down year but I'm very excited that today I crossed the line of my reading target 🙌🏽 📚 My aim was to read 60 books and reduce my backlog whilst also not getting caught up in the hype. Details in Alt #books #Read #Booksky

I read 6 books this month as listed below from most to least favourite:

📖 The Scent of Burnt Flowers by Blitz Bazawule
📖 The City of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
📖 Passing by Nella Larsen
🎧 Passing by Nella Larsen, narrated by Tessa Thompson
🎧 Her Last Christmas by Claire McGowan narrated by Hayley Atwell
🎧 Murder at the Patel Motel by Maulik Pancholy, Zachary Grady, Achilles Stamatelaky

63 books read this year, a mixture of audio and written.
I'm pleased with me

Tracked mainly through StoryGraph

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I'm in #reading deficit having purchased more than I've read in #August so let's lead with some of the additions to my bookshelf (see alt). 2 #books read in August: 📖 Chinaman by Shehan Karunatilaka 👌🏽 📖 Unravelling by Preethi Nair Currently reading: 📚 Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson

A picture of 5 books, spines up.
From left to right the books ate as follows:
1. Katabasis by Rebecca Kuang
2. The Day I Fell off the Island by Yvonne Bailey-Smith
3. All the Blood is Red by Leone Ross
4. Eighteen by Alice Loxton
5. The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

It's wrap-up time... July has passed so here we go: I consumed 5 books (details in alt). I explored the vivid & intricate world mapped out by Marlon James. The emotional roller coaster (and frustration) Sabina Khan took me on and the voices, of women, not witches. #wrapup #Booksky #Books #Read

From left to right:
🎧 Concrete Rose (audio) by Angie Thomas narrated by Dion Graham. 3/5

📖 Meet Me in Mumbai by Sabina Khan. 3.5/5

📖Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
4/5

🎧Black Leopard, Red Wolf (audio) by Marlon James narrated by Dion Graham. 4/5

📖 Queen Macbeth by val McDermid. 3/5

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Marlon James has taken me on an epic journey in Black Leopard Red Wolf. My goodness, I want to read the next saga right away, but equally I want to digest what I've just read. #BlackLeopardRedWolf #Fantasy #ReadMoreBooks #Booksky

Image of the book cover for Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I have to pause reading Black Leapord Red Wolf by Marlon James, in favour of reading book club choice.... Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs. Conflicted, I'm looking forward to it but I don't want to leave the epic world I'm currently in 😭📚📖 #BookClub #Fantasy #MagicalWorld #BookSky #Read #TBR

Picture the book Black leapord red wolf which with the title and author name bold in white. Back drop is purples and blue sith a type of jungle feel

Picture of the cover for Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs.

Ferry flames are bold on the cover in orange with an image of an open book with 3 leaves coming out of it.

All set on a blue background

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Finally starting the epic Dark Star Trilogy (which is currently a duology) by Marlon James, book 1: 'Black Leapord, Red Wolf' #Reading #Fantasy #Booksky #BlackBookSky #TBR #ReadCaribbean #Books

Picture of the book Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James.

The title and author name written in while bold letters on a predominately shades of blue with a hint of purple background which has a slight jungle effect.

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Currently reading 'John Crow's Devil' by Marlon James..... I can not wait to finish work so that I can settle back into it 👌🏽📚 #ReadCaribbean #Books #Reading

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I finally read Steve Cavanagh's Th1rt3en. Crime/Courtroom thriller, Absorbing. Fast paced, with lots of "oh my". Not quite edge of the seat for me, but was still a great read. #BeatTheBacklog #BookSky #ReadMoreBooks #Thriller #Th1rt3en

The picture is the cover of the book Th1rt3en, a crime thriller by Steve Cavanagh.

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

May is pretty much over and it's been a disappointing month. I traveled into space, visited a village in Japan and was trapped in a made up place. I can't say I particularly enjoyed any of the books read, no standouts, just a few OKs and mehs. Details in alt... #Booksky #Wrapup #Read #Books

1) Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

2) The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

3) The Final Wife by Jenny Blackhurst (audio)

4) Orbital by Samantha Harvey

5) Four Seasons in Japan by Nick Bradley

6) The Neighbours by Renita D'Silva (audio)

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

April was an interesting month for me. The Daevabad world still lives with me, having completed the trilogy and supplement. I've delved into some messy people's lives 👀 and reflected on the manipulation and ruthlessness within the publishing industry. Book list in alt 🤗 #BookSky #Books #ReadMore

1) Empire of Gold by S. A. Chakraborty

2) The Croydon Cat Killer by Tucker Tooley Entertainment

3) One House Over by Mary Monroe

4) Cursed by Raw

5) The Fool Who Thought Too Much by Ishmael Reed

6) The Door to Tamba by Ishmael Beah

7) Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

8) The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty

9) Rosewater by Liv Little

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

March wrap-up #booksky March saw me delve deep into the world of Daevabad & I'm currently absorbed in the last of the trilogy. Learn about Julian of Norwich, read a little satire and laugh out loud thanks to a man that just wanted his peace. Details in alt #ReadMoreBooks #Escapism #Books

Starting from left and read in columns:

1. City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty
2. The Fatal Egg by Mikhail Bulgakov
3. The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Bali Kaur Jaswal
4. The Answer is No by Fredrik Backman
5. Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty
6. For thy Great Pain Have Mercy on my Little Pain by Victoria Mackenzie

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

January Wrap up of #books read and my goodness this has got to be the most I've ever read in a month; 15! 6 Audio🎧 & 9 Digital📖 (Note to self: I must go out more). OK #BookSky #BlackBookSky the full list of books is in "alt" Happy #reading everyone. 1 paragraph, 1 page, 1 chapter, 1 book at a time.

List of 15 books that I've read in January. Corresponding to the images starting from the left going down

Column 1:
▪︎ 📖 Yuh Can't Stop De Carnival: A West Indian Story by Vidya Birkhoff 5☆
▪︎ 📖 Nigerian Men Will Stain Your White by Alexandra Humphrey 2.5☆
▪︎ 🎧 Murder at the Book Club by Betsy Reavley 2.5☆
▪︎ 📖 The Housemaid Is Watching by Freida McFadden 3☆

Column 2:
▪︎ 🎧 Wicked by Gregory Maguire 2.5☆
▪︎ 🎧 Wynnona Earp: Tales from Purgatory by Emily Andras 3☆
▪︎ 📖 The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden 2.5☆
▪︎ 📖 Not From Round Here: Memoirs of a Soft Southener Up North by Bradley Chermside 2☆

Column 3:
▪︎ 🎧 No Child... by Nilaja Sun 1.75☆
▪︎ 📖 Things We Do Not Tell The People We Love by Huma Quereshi 4☆
▪︎ 🎧 Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler 3.5☆
▪︎ 📖 A Classic Case by Alicia Thompson 3☆

Column 4:
▪︎ 🎧 1984 by George Orwell 3☆
▪︎ 📖 The Housemaid by Freida McFadden 3*
▪︎ 📖 The Housemaid's Wedding by Freida 1☆

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

#BookSky and thriller lovers.... I avoided the hype long enough to be able to pick up Freida McFadden's 'The Housemaid'... it started of quite samey... but yoooooooooooo!!! What in the actual, it was refreshing to not see or be able to predict what was coning! Very gripping! #Read #Books #Thriller

Book cover of Freida McFadden's 'The Housemaid'
Gradient blue background with the title name written in yellow. Above the title is a key hole with someone' pressed up against it so you can only see the eye and a little of the cheek bone.

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Reading Humar Qureshi's 'Things We Do Not Tell The People We Love'. This collection of short stories is beautiful, real, shocking and oh my, I'm only 4 stories in but it really does capture the things we do not tell those we love. #Booksky #recommended #Read #books #ShortStories #Love

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Well!! This book was very same same, usual themes "Where's your husband" "flaunt your wealth" "girlie's chatting"..... and then ... AND THEN .... the end!! 😲 😱🤯👀😭 #Book: Nigerian Men Will Stain Your White by Alexandra Humphrey #Booksky #BlackBooksky

The cover of Nigerian Men Will Stain Your White by Alexandra Humphrey.

The cover is beige with an emoji of a black woman with a white top on carrying a stain.

At the bottom of the cover I added a shocked bitmoji gasping, to reflect my reaction to the end of the book because wooooooah that was wild!!

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Currently reading this stunning graphic novel by Deena Mohamed. 'Your Wish is My Command' aka 'Shubeik Lubeik'. #GraphicNovel #BookSky #TranslatedBooks #Books #Art #Read

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

2nd day of January, reading "Yuh can't stop de carnival: a West Indian story" by Vidya Birkhoff. 📖 Listening to "Wicked: by Gregory Maguire 🎧 #Booksky #BlackBoosky #Audiobooks #Books

The cover of yuh can't stop de carnival by Vidya Birkhoff.

A black background with a silver masquerade mask

The cover of Wicked by Gregory Maguire, narrated by John McDonough.
The cover showing Glinda and Elphaba.

WARNING: this book is NOT family friendly. "Now a major motion picture" is deceiving as the book contains strong adult themes not portrayed in the film nor stage show.

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Just finished reading this beauty & it's no exaggeration to say its 5⭐️ 10/10. I was fully immersed. Also listened to the audiobook, read by the author Leone Ross; woooi how the world opened up! I'll miss the characters but will 100% visit them again. #Popisho #BookSky #ThisOneSkyDay #BlackBookSky

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Lmaaaaaao 🤣😭😳😂 not the pum pum dropping out. Y'all #booksky #blackbooksky need to read/listen to this book: This One Sky Day aka Popisho by Leone Ross. My goodness I'm not even half way through yet. There is so much going on. This world is so rich and alive....the characters.... Read it!!! #book

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

November Wrap-up 18 books consumed. 📚4 physical 🎧14 audio Favourites: ▪︎Fruit of the Lemon by Andrea Levy ▪︎Unmarriageale by Soniah Kamal ▪︎Terror Kid by Benjamin Zephaniah ▪︎In Memoriam by Alice Winn ▪︎Evil Eye by Madhuri Shekar Full details in 'alt' within image #booksky #blackbooksky #Readers #Books

▪︎Fruit of the Lemon by Andrea Levy
▪︎Unmarriageale by Soniah Kamal
▪︎Terror Kid by Benjamin Zephaniah
▪︎In Memoriam by Alice Winn
▪︎Evil Eye by Madhuri Shekar
▪︎Life Ever After by Carla Grauls
▪︎Love for Life by Saman Shad
▪︎Halfway by Michael Honnah and Imeldha Eloni
▪︎Daddies by Paul Kruse
▪︎10 Rules for the Perfect Murder by James Patterson
▪︎The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
▪︎The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
▪︎Heart by Jade Anouka
▪︎The Christmas Party by Kathryn Croft
▪︎Stranded by Chris Bruno et Al
▪︎My Mum's a Twat by Anoushka Warden
▪︎The Set Up by Falguni Kothari
▪︎The Cube by Adam Rapp

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

#Booksky Magical Realism/ Fantasy/ read Caribbean #book lovers 'This One Sky Day' #popisho by Leone Ross is for you. I'm not even half way, (slow reading) but I'm immersed in this world of wonders and joy. IF you have the UK release I implore you to read along with audio to capture the true essence👌🏽

The cover if the audible book This One Sky Day, also known As Popisho by Leone Ross.

The image shows the sea in pink along the shore in a sandy pink

The cover of the book Popisho by Leone Ross which seems to depict a being holding a mango which (or liquid nectar, or something yellow liquid in nature) being poured into a rock or a tusk whist in the arm there is an orange looking mango or stone.
There are Rockland a leg popping out of the Sea with seemingly another being tip toeing across and standing on rocks.

Disclaimer... please do not take my description as accurate.

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

On the days I can't sit down and cosy with a book audiobooks come to the rescue. Today's book was 'Love for Life' by Saman Shad, narrated by Zenia Starr and Adil Jain. So much hope, joy, smiles, 🤗👌🏽 #Audiobooks #books #Booksky

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Completed 2 #audiobooks today. Stranded wasn't for me, t'was too noisy for want of a better word but it would appeal to those that like the movie"Girls Trip"(which I enjoyed) it's that energy. The Cube however; Visceral! Emotive & thought provoking. Don't be put off by the opening its wild. #Booksky

Image of the audiobook Stranded by Chris Bruno, David Howard Lee and Shukri Abdi. Narrated by Taraji Henson, Tracey Ellis Ross Blake Griffin

Image of the cover for The Cube audiobook written by Adam Rapp and narrated by Carla Gugino and Juliana Canfield.

Picture shows a hazy shadowed figure hands against the glass/screen

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I relish the feeling of starting a new book and reading those opening lines for the first time; that time is here again... This One Sky Day by Leone Ross 🤗📖 (P.s... can we just admire the sprayed edges for a moment) #Booksky #Books #Reading #Spredges #ThisOneSkyDay

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Soniah Kamal's book 'unmarriageable' 💯 Truly didn't want it to end. A real modern adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. It is whitty and observant. I enjoyed the nuances between cultures, young & mature, wealth, education, tradition. I read and listened. Audio by Rasheeda Ali, brilliant #Booksky #Books📚

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

🤩 Audible lock screens, we should start a thread lol

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

This book 'Only Big Bum Bum Matters Tomorrow' by Damilare Kuku has caused some discourse amongst bookish folk on the dark app. I've not read it yet, buy being currently available for 99p I'm going to soon (When I get to it) find out the controversy. #Booksky #BlackBooksky #Books

The cover of Only Big Bum Bum Matters Tomorrow by Damilare Kuku
Image of a faceless black woman with long wavy hair dressed in a pink top and orange shorts posing with a curvaceous bottom.

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Without a a shadow of a doubt and based on the books I have read, it has got to be The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers 👌🏽 📖 🪙

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I have finished work, I've munched.... it is now the moment I've been waiting for..... #Booksky #Readingsky #Unwind #Books #Cosy

Black and white image of my kindle with a book open
Underneath the words read "current mood"

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh by Ingrid Persaud 💯

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Sold by the "part Blade Runner, part Moulin Rouge" description 😆

An imagebof a purchased kindle anthology of presumably horror stories (I've not read it yet)
The book is banes Too Bad, You Died put together by infested publishing and edited by Damien Casey.

The cover image depicts a skull in a bed of over growth greenery with a sickle upright next to it, it also with weeds crawling up it. The background looks like night to present an overall eerie atmosphere.

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

If you previously followed me on the dark app then you may have seen me post about Pride: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Ibi Zoboi. Well... I'm about to read UnMarriageable: Pride & Prejudice in Pakistan by Soniah Kamal #PrideAndPrejudice #BookSky #Unmarriageble #Books #Reading I'm Excited!! 🤗📚🙋🏽‍♀️

Picture of the book cover for Pride by Ibi Zoboi. Depicts a black boy and a black girl on opposing sides looking at each other

Cover of the book UnMarriageable by Soniah Kamal.
Yellow border around red background. Celebratory flowers are displayed symmetrically over the cover

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I have just finished the most horrific, devastating and yet so beautiful book. I tend to steer away from books on WW1 & 2 but I read In Memoriam by Alice Winn for book club 😒😭🤗 ... All the emotions! #BookSky #InMemoriam #Books

Book cover of In Memoriam by Alice Winn depicting 2 men in long coats, dress pants and shoes, seemingly Cossing paths with a red back drop. Both with their heads down

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

If anyone wants a historical fiction book which is heavily based on the history; I recommend... The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff. Based on the true story of Phoolan Devi. If in audio, it's narrated by Shazia Nicholls Historical fiction 👌🏽 #BanditQueens #BookSky

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I've made it🥳 Day 20 of 20 of the one book per day that have stuck with me. No particular order, no explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Read #Books #BooksWorthReading #ReadMore #FiveStar #TheLostLoveSongOfBoysieSingh 📚 The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh by Ingrid Persaud

A picture of the book The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh by Ingrid Persaud.
Red cover with a large anchor ⚓️ on it shaded to look like metal. With contrasting bright golden rope wrapped around it

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Day 19 of the one book per day for 20 days that have stuck with me, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Read #Books #BooksWorthReading #ReadMore #FiveStar #Grown 📚 Grown by Tiffany D Jackson

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Day 18 of the one book per day for 20 days that have stuck with me, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Read #Books #BooksWorthReading #ReadMore #FiveStar #EroticStoriesForPunjabiWidows 📚 Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

A picture of the book cover for Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Day 17 of the one book per day for 20 days that have stuck with me, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Read #Books #BooksWorthReading #ReadMore #FiveStar #AMidsummerNightsDream 📚 A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

A Picture of the cover for A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.
The image appears as looking through a semi oval mirror where there's a silhouette of a donkey (man with donkey head) and a fairy in a green garden.

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Day 16 of the one book per day for 20 days that have stuck with me, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Read #Books #BooksWorthReading #ReadMore #FiveStar #TheSevenDeathsOfEvelynHardcastle 📚 The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Day 15 of the one book per day for 20 days that have stuck with me, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Read #Books #BooksWorthReading #ReadMore #FiveStar #Patsy 📚 Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Day 14 of the one book per day for 20 days that have stuck with me, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Read #Books #BooksWorthReading #ReadMore #FiveStar #HarryPotter 📚 The Harry Potter series by J.K.Rowling

Picture of the Hufflepuff limited edition Harry potter box set series by J.K. Rowling
Colours are yellow and black. The series consists of 7 books and each book is alternatingly coloured accordingly starting with black.

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Day 13 of the One book per day for 20 days that have stuck with me, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Read #Books #BooksWorthReading #ReadMore #FiveStar #TheImmortalLifeOfHenriettaLacks 📚 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The cover of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.

Orange background with Henrietta Lacks face printed on it 20 times 4x5.

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Day 12 of the One book per day for 20 days that have stuck with me, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Read #Books #FiveStar #TheSchool 📚 The School by Ed Kelleher & Hariette Vidal

A picture of the book cover for The School by Ed Kelleher and Harriette Vidal. Depicts a purple background with the girls holding a green apple. Both hand and apple appear to be protruding out of the book. The girls face is only shown from her nose up the rest is covered by the apple which seems to have been scored by a bloody knife. The girls face is also purple in tune with the books background

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Aaargh... I have two so far. Very different from each other but both 💯👌🏽 📖 The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh by Ingrid Persaud 📖 The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

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Over it!! @overit26.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Day 11 of the One book per day for 20 days that have stuck with me, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Read #Books #FiveStar #TheGirlWithTheLoudingVoice 📚 The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

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