Hard Return

1 Mar 2025

Reading. Writing about it. ahardreturn.com ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BooksSky #BookLover #BookWorm #Readers

Just okay… A small, independent island off US coast begins banning the use of alphabetical letters. A fun concept, it just became tedious to me. 💙📚🖋️ #BookSky #Books #Review #BookRec #LitFic #Novel #Letters #Literature #Parable

Not my usual flavor but I have a kiddo studying astrophysics so I picked it up. This was a wild sprint of a book! I raced through it. Super fun thriller. 💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #Books #Thriller #BookRecs #Love #Fun #Physics #Fiction #BooksToTV

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[ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛʜʏʟ ꜰᴏx ᴀᴋᴀ ᴄᴍᴏɴᴇʏꜱᴘɪɴɴᴇʀ] 💖@cmoneyspinner.bsky.social

Sometimes the best read is the one you find by surprise. SURPRISE! Red Seal: A Novel by Kwon Easton. amzn.to/4ycE3kc 1943 Japan, a Korean-born single mother defies an order to serve in the Imperial Japanese Army & flees with her six-year-old son to ... #fiction #readinglist 📚💙 #booksky #booktok

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Barr H@barrz.bsky.social

Nerve Damage by Annakeara Stinson #BookSky

WOW. Will be recommending to anyone for a #Reading slump buster! Doesn’t feel long at all, so well-paced there is narrative tension every time you pick it up, & does not go where I thought it would. 10/10 All the ⭐️. 💙📚🖋️📚⏳🌵🏜️ #BookSky #Books #Review #LitFic #Classics #Love #BookRecs #AmReading #Lit

Checking in. Still slowly working through #LonesomeDove I’m also #reading #Thirty-NineSteps on my X3. (I love this tiny reader.) I’ve had some knitting projects come up. Cuts into my reading time. 🧶 💙📚🖋️ #BookSky #AmReading #CurrentlyReading #LitFic #Classics #ClassicLit #Books #xteink #Tiny

22 Sept

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Annie@anniewithbooks.bsky.social

“Death destroys a man: the idea of Death saves him.” - Howard's End by EM Forster #bookquotes #booksky #books #book #bookish #bookworm #bookpics

22 Sept

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petipaw@petipaw.bsky.social

I absolutely adore #Trollope and how he weaves powerful ethical questions with satire and psychological insight. The Last Chronicle of Barset delivers.

19 Sept

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greysie.bsky.social@greysie.bsky.social

Read. This. Book. Kin by Tayari Jones. It is the ultimate reading experience. Now for On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder. #booksky

15 Sept

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Being Reese@beingreese.bsky.social

The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky

15 Sept

Spent the morning enthralled by the personals in both the New York Review and London Review of Books. Went through old copies to read each one. 💙📚 #BookSky #Books #LondonReviewOfBooks #LRB #NewYorkReview #personals #ads #reading

15 Sept

1. Found a slump buster on my own bookshelf. 2. Having my book match my desert wall mural is extra satisfying. 💙📚🖋️🏜️🌵 #BookSky #LonesomeDove #LitFic #AmReading #ReadingSlump #Books #Love #Mural #Desert #Book #Bookshelf #Home #Library

9 Sept

Three tries and I’m done. #DNF I know a lot of people loved this book so much. Can you tell me what I’m missing? 💙📚🖋️ #BookSky #Books #Popular #AmReading #LitFic #ToRead #NewBook #Wednesday

7 Sept

Holy cow. This was gorgeous and also heartbreaking. Definitely a “do read.” 💙📚🖋️📚⏳ #BookSky #Ireland #Weekend #AmReading #LitFic #Review #Books #Read #Love #BookRecs

3 Sept

Started “Theo of Golden.” I don’t know why but, meh. I’ll pick it up again later. Let’s try some more O’Farrell. 💙📚⏳📚🖋️ #BookSky #Summer #LitFic #Novel #Books #Ireland #AmReading #Dog #Library #BookRecs

3 Sept

A really cool idea! Some prose got a bit repetitive for me (everything does not need to be said in threes), but it was so well researched I loved it. Already picked up another of her #books from the #library! 💙📚🖋️📚⏳ #BookSky #Read #Shakespeare #LitFic #Historical #Romance #Novel #Review #Love

31 Aug

Catching up on recent reads. Looking for #novels or #NF set in the Korean War. This book is and isn’t. Nearly all of the book is what happens back at home. Reminded me of the Port William books in tone and its many characters, w/o the poignancy of Wendell Berry. 💙📚🖋️ #BookSky #Korea #Books #Lit

30 Aug

Book decision is colliding with the Sunday Scaries!!! Any suggestions on which to read next? 💙📚🖋️ #BookSky #Books #AmReading #BookRecs #Sunday #Reading #Weekend

22 Aug

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21 Aug

We moved our one-and-only to college this week. Reading lots but not remembered to post. Since “Pachinko,” #love, been hungry for more novels in Korea. Today, I’m resting from the trip and the emotions of my heart being hours away from my body. 💙📚🖋️📚⏳ #BookSky #Korea #Lit #College #Books #Reading

18 Aug

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Ben Campbell@bencampbell.dev

I've been seeing a lot of this one in my feed. Must mean it's time for a reread. 💙📚🪐 #scifi #booksky

15 Aug

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Patch Zircher@patrickzircher.bsky.social

Latest read, Passing (1929) by Nella Larsen; an acquaintance of Irene's, Clare, passes for white--marrying a wealthy white racist. But Clare misses the black life and returns to Harlem-- putting herself, Irene, & her family at risk from Clare's bigoted husband. A Harlem Renaissance classic. #BookSky

12 Aug

A slow morning after a rough night. 😑 A couple of great pieces in here especially on Frida Kahlo and an interesting one on the DSA. 💙📚 #BookSky #Morning #AmReading #TheNewYorkReviewOfBooks #FridaKahlo

11 Aug

Car reading while waiting. Grabbed a few options on the way out the door. This is my first Jean Rhys. 💙📚🖋️ #BookSky #AmReading #CarReading #Rainy #Park #Books #Love #WomenAuthors #GoodMorning

10 Aug

TBR just all of the list TBR 😂

Stephen Baird@bigbeardedbookseller.com

Monday morning and another beautiful day in store once more (...) and I'm reading "Graveyard Gladiators" by David Owen What book(s) are you reading this week? 💙📚 #BookSky #MondayReads #TBR #AmReading

9 Aug

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Bongbrummie (Matt) @bongbrummie.bsky.social

#BooksOf2026 Book number 71 Gentlemen of the West by Agnes Owens 📖 Picked this up after an Observer review, and the fact that Alasdair Gray was a fan sealed it. Wry, unsentimental west of Scotland fiction. Funny one line, bleak the next. #BookSky

9 Aug

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Patch Zircher@patrickzircher.bsky.social

Latest read, On the Calculation of Volume I (2024) by Solvej Balle; Tara Selter, a rare book dealer, lives November 18th over & over. It differs from Groundhog Day as Tara keeps a journal that includes her descent into madness and emotional loss in her marriage. Addictive (bought II & III). #BookSky

7 Aug

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SunJester@sun-jester.bsky.social

Just finished Ulysses … Wow, what a book Even with guides, I understood maybe 10% of it, but still. It’s an absolute breathtaking achievement. It took Joyce 7 years to write it and you can tell I’ve never read anything like it and likely never will again (1/2) #books #booksky #literature

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JanDen

@jand87.bsky.social

1 Aug

I have loved sharing these graphic novels with my niece.. Same stories... just illustrated. #books #book #booksSky #Reading #ReadingSky #read #blackbooksky #booksky

7 Aug

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Dash Kitten@dashkitten.bsky.social

In the savage winter of 1962, Europe’s coldest in 80 years, a blackbird began roosting in the elderberry tree in Hockley Clarke’s overgrown garden. Clarke, a retired & lifelong birder, named him “Blackie” then what happened? Read on #bookssky sbee.link/n9y6quktph #ebook #smallpublisher

6 Aug

What are you reading? My current read. Needed something with a slower pace and larger scope. So far so good! 💙📚🖋️ #BookSky #AmReading #Books #BookRecs #Thursday #Love #Read

2 Aug

Hot damn! Percival Everett is the master of book endings. So many great writers out there who can’t stick the landing. He never fails. 💙📚🖋️ #BookSky #Books #Sunday #AmReading #PercivalEverett #BookRecs #Summer #Western #LitFic

30 July

I don’t expect a book this fun to read to also be this insightful. Wow. Thorpe puts words to stuff I’ve NEVER had words for about having a baby young. Then I watched the show. Fuck the show. #YouShouldReadThisBook 💙📚 #BookSky #BookRecs #Review #Love #Women #MargosGotMoneyTroubles

29 July

So behind posting my reads! This is really good. I enjoyed Colson Whitehead’s novel on the topic a tad more - but that’s just writing style preference. Not heard of the Dozier “School” in FL? This is a great novel to start. 💙📚🖋️📚⌛️ #BookSky #DozierSchool #Novel #BookReview #Wednesday #Books #Lit

23 July

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Patch Zircher@patrickzircher.bsky.social

They said, "You have a blue guitar, You do not play things as they are." The man replied, "Things as they are Are changed upon the blue guitar."

23 July

I think I’m going to want to read this just because the reviews are so all over the place. (And I’m curious… and contrary.) #BookReviews 💙📚

Ewebb1920@ewebb1920.bsky.social

Wow didn’t see that one coming! I’ve seen mixed reviews but I really enjoyed this book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #Yesteryear #booksky 💙📚

23 July

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Ti like “T” | Book Chatter@tibookchatter.bsky.social

A powerful exploration of a non-traditional family. My review of WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES is on Book Chatter today. Came out years ago. What a keeper. Does not disappoint. #BookSky #BookReview #BookChatter #Books Review>> bookchatter.net/2026/07/22/r...

21 July

TBR bc it makes my eyes hungry.

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20 July

Incredible! Helluva story and the way #LeifEnger puts words together is downright musical. Check Alt text a couple of my favorite examples. 💙📚🖋️ #BookSky #BookRecs #Reading #AmReading #Books #Love #MustRead #MondayReads

A good read. Quick and well done. It hit on a LOT of societal issues for white, middle class women but more as a survey of issues than a super deep dive. My copy isn’t full of tabs, but good for a read-in-a-sitting mood w/o being vacuous. 💙📚🖋️📚⏳ #BookSky #AmReading #BookRecs #Read #Love #Reading

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Also, I thought this was a really thoughtful way to care for the reader. 💜 #BookSky

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Eric Spee@hetkopje.bsky.social

Rarely have the stakes been as high as those attending the meeting held on the morning of November 15, 1977, when President Jimmy Carter and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, King of Kings, sat across from each other for the first time. #booksky

15 July

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MerMolly- she/her/mer@mollyandthecat.bsky.social

💜💜💜=⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Color Purple by Alice Walker- I read this book as part of my little project of catching up with the Banned Book Club’s four-year backlog. This is one of the books that you read and know it will stick with you forever. It was beautiful. 📚💜📚 #BookSky #audiobook

15 July

#MobyDick to prepare for the Irving book. OMG the #Melville. A slog at times, sure, but that is part of the payoff. Funny. Moving. Engrossing. Profound! The #Irving was ok. 💙📚🖋️⏳📚⌛️ #BookSky #Read #Literature #Classics #Books #Love #Reading #Summer #LitFic #BookRecs #AmReading

14 July

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Rob of San Francisco@robofsf.bsky.social

Have just finished reading the published edition of one of my favorite novels ever, large portions of which I could almost recite from memory, from the many pages I read in ms over the years. This book is an addition to the American Canon, if there ever was one. #BookSky #literaryfiction #prison