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Personal and book review blog. A one-woman book club. 💙📚💬 www.aHardReturn.com I’m on StoryGraph, too. 💛 https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/hardreturn
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Happy Friday Mail! What are you reading this weekend? 📚 💙 💬 For me, it’s finishing the hilarious #AConfederacyOfDunces and then this. 💛 #BookSky 🔥 #TGIF #Comedy #Literature #AllieBrosh

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We are almost to the weekend! I hope this piece resonates with someone. I hope it helps you give yourself permission to do happy things. 💛 #BookSky 💙 📚 💬 🌱 #Writing #BookBlog #Poetry #MentalHealth #Freedom #NekoCase

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Two days away from the desk in my car. That means it’s #Audiobook #Memoir time! I had no expectations starting this but Wow! It reads, or listens, like a novel. #BookSky #NotMyFathersSon #AlanCumming #BookRecs 💙 📚 💬

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The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead #BookSky #LiteraryFiction #HistoricalFiction #BookRec #BookReview 5/5 stars

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Appropriate choice to kick off #AprilReading 💛 📚 💙 🔥 💬 #LiteraryFiction #BookLover #BookRecs #Read #AprilFoolsDay #BookSky

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That’s a wrap on the quarter! Pretty happy with my #reading picks considering it was also my first month #writing for my blog. Hoping to get those ratings up a bit in April, though. 📚 💙 💬 #BookSky #LiteraryFiction #Poetry #MarchReading #BookRecs #StoryGraph

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How do you enjoy a rainy Sunday morning? You’re looking at mine and bonus points when the kombucha matches the cover image! 🤭 #BookReviews #Literature #LondonReviewOfBooks #Sunday #Weekend #BookSky 💙 📚 💬 🌱

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Get your hands on this book! Started this during a salon appointment. Loud convos and music all around. This book had my total attention from Go. Can’t wait to finish it today! 💛 #BookSky 📚 💙 💬 #CurrentReads #Fiction #Novels #FabienneJosaphat

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Check out my review for #TheNickelBoys. Click below for my experience of this reimagined true story. Happy Friday! 💛 📚 💙 💬 🌱 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️/5 #ColsonWhitehead #Literature #BookSky #BookReview #TGIF #BookRecs #BookLover

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Why #StoryGraph is better than all the other book tracking programs I’ve tried: (a thread) Starting with this answer to my question about their AI book recommendation feature. 📚 💙 💬

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My spouse and teen went to the mall and brought treats for me! 💛 📚 💙 💬 🌱 #DanzySenna #AmyTan #AConfederacyOfDunces #Literature #BookLovers #Fiction

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How do you read #poetry? Do you read straight through like a novel? I tend to pick it up and read a few pieces between other activities or books. ☘️📚💙💬🌱 #BookSky #Reading #Yeats #BookLovers

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This is one of those reads that you finish and need to shout about! I always sleep on a book before giving it a star rating or review but this book was incredible to the very last word. #ColsonWhitehead #TheNickelBoys #BookSky 📚 💙 💬 #Literature #Fiction

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No Book Review this evening. Enjoy a hound snuggle and a pup poem by #MaryOliver. 💛 📚 💙 🐶 🐕 #DogsOfBlueSky #BookSky #Poetry #Friday

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Today’s reading - historical fiction about Catherine the Great. 👍 #TheWinterPalace 📚 💙 💬 #ReadAlong #BookSky #BookLover #Fiction #HistoricalFiction

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And there were more letters to try! 😳 😬 #ThursdayWord #NYT #Games #Wordle 1,370 6/6 ⬛🟩⬛🟨🟩 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Trying to break up w/Amazon? We know it's hard but Libro.fm is an excellent alternative to Audible (which is owned by the big A). It works like Audible (but better) and sales benefit your choice of indie bookshop. Use "SWITCH" to get three for one audiobooks. libro.fm/adventurein...

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Douglas Dunn - Cosmologist, from Terry Street. First published 56 years ago. And still blossoming. #Poetry

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A blog post for a Wednesday evening. I hope it makes someone’s bedtime more relaxing. 💛 📚 💙 💬 #BookSky #WritingAboutReading #BookBlog #TheWriteWomen #BookLover

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Swore I’d never use an eReader… now I have two, read for free through my library, and never have to pick up or return books! 💛 📚 💙 💬 #BookSky #Libraries #BookLover #LoveYourLibrarian

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What are you reading this weekend? Might I make a recommendation? 💛 📚 💙 💬 #HouseOfTheSpirits #IsabelAllende #BookReview #BookRec #TGIF

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