Kim Novak - The Reading Rx

The People’s Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine by Ricardo Nuila is an impassioned plea for us to fix our broken system and a call for all of us in healthcare to rediscover our “why”. #Medicine #Politics #Audiobooks #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The Family That Couldn’t Sleep by DT Max blends medical mystery, science, and history with #horror of real life. #NonFiction #BookSky 💙📚 @dtmax1.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The Woman in Black by Susan Hill is a classic ghost story full of gothic atmosphere and grief. #Horror #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Mrs. Shim is a Killer by Kang Jiyoung is a complex puzzle of a book with multiple POVs. Stabby with a dark sense of humor and plenty of social commentary. #BooksInTranslation #Mystery #Audiobooks #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Another Fine Mess (Bless Your Heart #2) by Lindy Ryan. Like George RR Martin, no character is safe in Lindy’s book. Gaah! #Horror #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made by Kristin Kobes Du Mez made me look at the world as I know it quite a bit differently. #NonFiction #Religion #Audiobooks #BookSky 💙📚 @kkdumez.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett is a home run. Full of sass, humor, emotion, and social commentary. Incredible performances on #audiobook. #HistoricalFiction #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forrest by Aubrie Hartman broke my heart in all the best ways. #MiddleGrade #KidLit #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The Midnight Train by Matt Haig makes you reflect on your own life as much as the main character. #Fiction #BookSky 💙📚 @matthaig.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Waking Sleeping Beauty by Kevin Moore mixes modern Hollywood noir crime with adult coming of age. #fiction #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut is one of those books that make you go hmmmm. For me, it was hmmmm, why do so many people actually like this book? #ModernClassic #SciFi #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The modern Amityville Horror…

Published in 1994, The Hot Zone by Richard Preston is still relevant and terrifying today. #Ebola #NonFiction #audiobook #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata is one of those books that defies literature. Heartbreaking, weird, and grotesque. Perfection on #audiobook. #Horror #LiteraryFiction #BooksInTranslation #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood by Collin Gosselin left me with even more questions than when I began. Toxicity at its finest. #Memoir #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The Bluff by Wade Rouse is full of Mackinac Island charm and characters you love to hate. #Christmas #Audiobook #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚 @htpbooks.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Have Yourself a Merry Little Meltdown by Sheila Roberts provided a jolly little beak in in my spooky season. #Christmas #RomCom #Audiobook #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown is surprisingly fast paced considering it’s length. #Thriller #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Stay Buried by Jennifer McMahon is a fabulous addition to spooky season with a mix of folk #horror, medical mystery, family history, and queer romance. #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos by Anne Carson who was just awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. It didn’t resonate with me on #audiobook but will continue to explore the author’s works. #Poetry #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The Devil’s Advocate (Eddie Flynn #6) by Steve Cavanagh takes this legal #thriller series down to the Deep South. Fabulous #audiobook narration as always. #BookSky 💙📚 @stevecavanagh.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Stoner by John Williams is so full of life observations and quiet character development. Fabulous modern #classic literature. #LiteraryFiction #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The Devil Himself by BB Easton is a sequel that unfortunately gives sequels a bad name. At least the #audiobook narrators delivered. #DarkRomance #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Sustaining the Mission by Ryan Dewey Smith gives insight into challenges and potential financial solutions for non-profit service sector organizations. #Business #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Anna So Knows ‘Ya by Todd Brown is a claustrophobic read that makes you question the MMC’s reality. Unsettling and uncomfortable, it leaves you with all the feels. #Horror #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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Devil of Dublin by BB Easton is a darker themed #romance that expertly delivers the childhood friends to lovers trope. Fabulous on #audiobook with Elizabeth Klett and Eric Nolan in duet narration. #BookSky 💙📚 @bbeaston.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

She Haunts Me Still by De Elizabeth is a gothic and atmospheric mix of #DarkAcademia and #Horror with a FMC you can root for. #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚 @wordsbyde.bsky.social @duttonbooks.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake is a scrumptious bit of #horror full of social commentary and metaphor. This is one that takes effort to chew on but delivers a tasty treat. #BookSky 💙📚 @olivieblake.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

It turns out that when you don't get an MMR vaccine, you are also at risk for Mumps. Mumps can cause infertility in young men. MMR protects against Measles, Mumps, and Rubella. #medsky

Thirteen (Eddie Flynn #4) by Steve Cavanagh is tense and twisty and definitely not a typical legal #thriller. Fabulous on #audiobook. #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

30 books in 30 days… fell into a spell of a reading slump with some just ok reads, but ended on a high note with four 5⭐️ reads with the streak containing into October. Spooktober started early and about to get darker. Muwahahahaha. #BookSky 💙📚

Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney is morbid, dark, and quirky… kinda just like me. #Thriller #Audiobook #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Crone by Keith Rosson packs a gut punch of emotion and grit. #Horror #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚 @keithrosson.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The First Hunt by Audrey J. Cole is a prequel that is it’s own story while also answering some questions from the first installment. Excellent listen on #audiobook. #Thriller #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The Liar by Steve Cavanagh (Eddie Flynn #3) is a brilliant #LegalThriller. I jumped into this series at #5 and am so enjoying getting caught up! #BookSky 💙📚 @stevecavanagh.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Mister Magic by Kiersten White is unsettling but oddly full of nostalgia for the innocence of childhood. #Horror #BookSky 💙📚 @kierstenwhite.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...