#beatthebacklist — Public Fediverse posts

#BookThreads #booksky 📚💙 #bookstodon Race to the End of the Battle! My #bookreview for "Sparkling Cyanide" (aka Remembered Death) by @agathachristie on my #bookblog now! Finally, I finished my personal #BattleRace challenge, as well as #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #TheClassicsClub #20BOS26

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/07/06/race-to-the-end-of-the-battle/

#BookThreads #booksky 📚💙 #bookstodon Race to the End of the Battle! My #bookreview for "Sparkling Cyanide" (aka Remembered Death) by @agathachristie on my #bookblog now! Finally, I finished my personal #BattleRace challenge, as well as #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #TheClassicsClub #20BOS26

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/07/06/race-to-the-end-of-the-battle/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #CCSpin #44 Review - Sad Pretty Girls. My #bookreview for "Daisy Miller and Other Stories" by Henry James, on my #bookblog now. The edition I read includes "Four Meetings" "Longstaff's Marriage" and "Benvolio" #BeatTheBacklist #TheClassicsClub #20BOS26

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/06/18/tcls-ccspin-44-review-sad-pretty-girls/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #CCSpin #44 Review - Sad Pretty Girls. My #bookreview for "Daisy Miller and Other Stories" by Henry James, on my #bookblog now. The edition I read includes "Four Meetings" "Longstaff's Marriage" and "Benvolio" #BeatTheBacklist #TheClassicsClub #20BOS26

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/06/18/tcls-ccspin-44-review-sad-pretty-girls/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Not Always Clowning Around. My #bookreview for "700 Sundays" by Billy Crystal, on my #bookblog now! Yes, THAT Billy Crystal and yes it is non-fiction AND a memoir! I think you'll want to order what I just had! #BeatTheBacklist #OOCZ2026

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/05/18/not-always-clowning-around/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Not Always Clowning Around. My #bookreview for "700 Sundays" by Billy Crystal, on my #bookblog now! Yes, THAT Billy Crystal and yes it is non-fiction AND a memoir! I think you'll want to order what I just had! #BeatTheBacklist #OOCZ2026

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/05/18/not-always-clowning-around/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Love an African Adventure? My #bookreview for "Mrs. Pollifax on Safari" by Dorothy Gilman, on my #bookblog now! In this 5th book in the Mrs. Pollifax series, we find our protagonist in Africa! Lovely or not? #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #TheClassicsClub

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/05/12/love-an-african-adventure/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Love an African Adventure? My #bookreview for "Mrs. Pollifax on Safari" by Dorothy Gilman, on my #bookblog now! In this 5th book in the Mrs. Pollifax series, we find our protagonist in Africa! Lovely or not? #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #TheClassicsClub

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/05/12/love-an-african-adventure/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon #ShortStorySunday First Impressions, Secondary Consequences-My #bookreview for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" by Muriel Spark, on my #bookblog here. #1961Club (late) #histficreadingchallenge #BeatTheBacklist #TheClassicsClub #ccwhatimreading

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/04/26/shortstorysunday-first-impressions-secondary-consequences/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon #ShortStorySunday First Impressions, Secondary Consequences-My #bookreview for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" by Muriel Spark, on my #bookblog here. #1961Club (late) #histficreadingchallenge #BeatTheBacklist #TheClassicsClub #ccwhatimreading

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/04/26/shortstorysunday-first-impressions-secondary-consequences/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Sailing Towards Her Sunset - My #bookreview for "The Last Voyage of Mrs. Henry Parker" by Joanna Nell, on my #bookblog here. #BeatTheBacklist #readingchallenge I forget who told me about this charming novel, but thank you, whoever you were! Just lovely.

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/04/20/sailing-towards-her-sunset/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Sailing Towards Her Sunset - My #bookreview for "The Last Voyage of Mrs. Henry Parker" by Joanna Nell, on my #bookblog here. #BeatTheBacklist #readingchallenge I forget who told me about this charming novel, but thank you, whoever you were! Just lovely.

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/04/20/sailing-towards-her-sunset/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Hm... maybe I should visit again? My #bookreview for "Apple of My Eye" by Helene Hanff. This is a real #BeatTheBacklist book that is out of my comfort zone being non-fiction, as well as about New York City, which isn't my thing! #OOCZ2026 #2026BookishBooks

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/04/06/hm-maybe-i-should-visit-again/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Hm... maybe I should visit again? My #bookreview for "Apple of My Eye" by Helene Hanff. This is a real #BeatTheBacklist book that is out of my comfort zone being non-fiction, as well as about New York City, which isn't my thing! #OOCZ2026 #2026BookishBooks

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/04/06/hm-maybe-i-should-visit-again/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon A Palm, a Balm, or a Bomb? My #bookreview for "A Palm for Mrs Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman (Mrs Pollifax Mystery #4) on my #bookblog here. Our #goldenyears spy gets into a potentially explosive situation! #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #TheClassicsClub

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/03/23/a-palm-a-balm-or-a-bomb/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon A Palm, a Balm, or a Bomb? My #bookreview for "A Palm for Mrs Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman (Mrs Pollifax Mystery #4) on my #bookblog here. Our #goldenyears spy gets into a potentially explosive situation! #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #TheClassicsClub

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/03/23/a-palm-a-balm-or-a-bomb/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #CCSpin 43 #BookReview - Scout-ing for Justice. My #bookreview for "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, on my #bookblog now. Thanks to #TheClassicsClub for getting me to finally read this Pulitzer Prize winning, debut novel from 1960! #BeatTheBacklist

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/03/13/tcls-ccspin-43-bookreview-scout-ing-for-justice/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #CCSpin 43 #BookReview - Scout-ing for Justice. My #bookreview for "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, on my #bookblog now. Thanks to #TheClassicsClub for getting me to finally read this Pulitzer Prize winning, debut novel from 1960! #BeatTheBacklist

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/03/13/tcls-ccspin-43-bookreview-scout-ing-for-justice/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon The Art of Rebellion and/or Conforming. My #bookreview for "The Dream Life of Sukhanov" by @OlgaGrushin, on my #bookblog now. This is a beautifully written story set in pre-fall of the #USSR, is very relevant to today! #histficreadingchallenge #BeatTheBacklist

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/02/21/the-art-of-rebellion-or-conforming/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon The Last Battle Mystery! My #bookreview for "Towards Zero" by Agatha Christie, which is the 5th and last Superintendent Battle novel, on my #bookblog now. Only 1 book left to my #battlerace #readingchallenge. #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #TheClassicsClub

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/02/03/the-last-battle-mystery/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon The Last Battle Mystery! My #bookreview for "Towards Zero" by Agatha Christie, which is the 5th and last Superintendent Battle novel, on my #bookblog now. Only 1 book left to my #battlerace #readingchallenge. #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #TheClassicsClub

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/02/03/the-last-battle-mystery/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon For the Love of Syntax - my #bookreview for "Confessions of a Grammar Queen" by @ElizaKnight, on my #bookblog now. This was fun, even with the #romance and a dog narrating some chapters! #histficreadingchallenge
#BeatTheBacklist #OOCZ2026
#2026BookishBooks

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/01/23/for-the-love-of-syntax/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon For the Love of Syntax - my #bookreview for "Confessions of a Grammar Queen" by @ElizaKnight, on my #bookblog now. This was fun, even with the #romance and a dog narrating some chapters! #histficreadingchallenge
#BeatTheBacklist #OOCZ2026
#2026BookishBooks

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/01/23/for-the-love-of-syntax/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon The Sugar Flowers Mystery: My #bookreview for The Readers' Room by Antoine Laurain on my #bookblog. Thanks @pushkinpress @Steerforthpress for the ARC. #2026NewReleaseChallenge #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #2026BooksInTranslation #OOCZ2026 #2026BookishBooks

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/01/19/the-sugar-flowers-mystery/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon The Sugar Flowers Mystery: My #bookreview for The Readers' Room by Antoine Laurain on my #bookblog. Thanks @pushkinpress @Steerforthpress for the ARC. #2026NewReleaseChallenge #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #2026BooksInTranslation #OOCZ2026 #2026BookishBooks

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/01/19/the-sugar-flowers-mystery/

#BookThreads #booksky 📚💙 #bookstodon Hollywood and it's Resistances. My #bookreview for "Typewriter Beach" by @MegWaiteClayton on my #bookblog now! OMG! A character with MY last name (no relation, though)! And what a story, too. #histficreadingchallenge #2026NewReleaseChallenge #BeatTheBacklist

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/01/09/hollywood-and-its-resistances/

#BookThreads #booksky 📚💙 #bookstodon Hollywood and it's Resistances. My #bookreview for "Typewriter Beach" by @MegWaiteClayton on my #bookblog now! OMG! A character with MY last name (no relation, though)! And what a story, too. #histficreadingchallenge #2026NewReleaseChallenge #BeatTheBacklist

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/01/09/hollywood-and-its-resistances/

#BookThreads #booksky 📚💙 #bookstodon Verbal and Literal Bombs. My #bookreview for "Table Two" by Marjorie Wilenski, on my #bookblog now. Thanks @DeanStPress for giving me a copy of this fascinating, and surprisingly insightful #WWII era novel. #TheClassicsClub #BeatTheBacklist #DeanStreetDecember

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/12/28/verbal-and-literal-bombs/

#BookThreads #booksky 📚💙 #bookstodon Verbal and Literal Bombs. My #bookreview for "Table Two" by Marjorie Wilenski, on my #bookblog now. Thanks @DeanStPress for giving me a copy of this fascinating, and surprisingly insightful #WWII era novel. #TheClassicsClub #BeatTheBacklist #DeanStreetDecember

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/12/28/verbal-and-literal-bombs/

#BookThreads #Booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon A Relatively Dangerous Resort - My #bookreview for #EveryoneInMyFamilyHasKilledSomeone by #BenjaminStevenson on my #bookblog! This first #ErnestCunningham novel made me see why I'll be reading them all. #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #DoorstoppersInDecember

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/12/18/a-relatively-dangerous-resort/

#BookThreads #Booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon A Relatively Dangerous Resort - My #bookreview for #EveryoneInMyFamilyHasKilledSomeone by #BenjaminStevenson on my #bookblog! This first #ErnestCunningham novel made me see why I'll be reading them all. #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #DoorstoppersInDecember

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/12/18/a-relatively-dangerous-resort/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's 2025 Reading & Blogging Challenge Progress Post! Today, I'm updating you on my progress with my yearly challenges. Like: #histficreadingchallenge #2025NewReleaseChallenge #BeatTheBacklist #WIAN25 #CloakDaggerChal #LetsDiscuss2025 and much more! Enjoy!

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/12/02/tcls-2025-reading-blogging-challenge-progress-post/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Cruising on Denial - my #bookreview for #DeathOnTheNile by @agathachristie @officialagathachristie on my #bookblog now. While this is a #HerculePoirot novel, it is also the 3rd #ColonelRace story! #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #TheClassicsClub #battlerace

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/11/27/cruising-on-denial/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Do You Believe in Magic? My #bookreview for "Miss Carter and the Ifrit" by Susan Alice Kirby, on my #bookblog now. Thanks to @DeanStreetPress for this lovely #novella in time for #NovNov #TheClassicsClub #BeatTheBacklist.

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/11/15/do-you-believe-in-magic/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #CCSpin #42 Book Review - From Lovers to... ? My #bookreview for "My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather. #ccwhatimreading #Beatthebacklist #TheClassicsClub #NovNov25 #NovellasInNovember

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/11/13/tcls-ccspin-42-book-review-from-lovers-to/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #CCSpin #42 Book Review - From Lovers to... ? My #bookreview for "My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather. #ccwhatimreading #Beatthebacklist #TheClassicsClub #NovNov25 #NovellasInNovember

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/11/13/tcls-ccspin-42-book-review-from-lovers-to/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #CCSpin #42 Book Review - From Lovers to... ? My #bookreview for "My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather. #ccwhatimreading #Beatthebacklist #TheClassicsClub #NovNov25 #NovellasInNovember

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/11/13/tcls-ccspin-42-book-review-from-lovers-to/

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #CCSpin #42 Book Review - From Lovers to... ? My #bookreview for "My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather. #ccwhatimreading #Beatthebacklist #TheClassicsClub #NovNov25 #NovellasInNovember

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/11/13/tcls-ccspin-42-book-review-from-lovers-to/

#beatthebacklist Day 9: Celebrity Book Pick (Between Two Books with Florence Welch) #betweentwobooks #florencewelch #fantasy #dystopian #sciencefiction #postapocalyptic #OctaviaButler #parableofthesower #ttrpgpodcast #gamemastersbookclub #booksky #bookstagram #booktok #booksbooksbooks https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc

#BookThreads A TCL #ShortStorySunday post - The Quin-Essential Ending! My #bookreview for the last eight stories in #TheMysteriousMrQuin by #agathachristie, on my #bookblog now! These stories really prove why Christie was the called the Queen of Crime. #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/10/12/a-tcl-shortstorysunday-post-the-quin-essential-ending/

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon A TCL #ShortStorySunday post - Also Quin-Essential! My #bookreview for two more stories in The Mysterious Mr. Quin by #agathachristie, on my #bookblog now! Thanks Lisa Hill @ http://anzlitlovers.com for #ShortStorySeptember #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/09/28/a-tcl-shortstorysunday-post-also-quin-essential/

#Bookthreads #booksky #bookstodon
All the Single Ladies (& Gents)! My #bookreview for "Miss Plum and Miss Penny" by Dorothy Evelyn Smith, on my #bookblog now. Thanks @dean_street_press for the ARC of this lovely book. #FridayFiction #FictionFriday #BeatTheBacklist #ccbookreviews #ccwhatimreading

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/09/26/all-the-single-ladies-gents/

#bookthreads #booksky 💙📚#bookstodon A TCL #ShortStorySunday - Quin-Essential. My #bookreviews for the first two #ShortStories from "The Mysterious Mr. Quin" by #AgathaChristie, on my #bookblog now. Thanks to Lisa @ anzlitlovers.com for hosting #ShortStorySeptember #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/09/14/a-tcl-shortstorysunday-post-quin-essential/

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚#bookstodon A TCL #ShortStorySunday post - Three Novellas. My #bookreview for #TheHebrewTeacher by Maya Arad, T-Jessica Cohen, on my #bookblog now. Thanks @NewVesselPress for the ARC via @edelweiss. #witmonth @Read_WIT #20booksofsummer2025 #BeatTheBacklist

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/08/24/a-tcl-shortstorysunday-post-three-novellas/

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon All Together New, in Crosby. My #bookreview for "Tell Me Everything" by Elizabeth Strout @LizStrout on my #bookblog now. In this book, Strout brings her most loved characters together with her signature gentle prose. #BeatTheBacklist #20BooksofSummer2025

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/08/14/all-together-now-in-crosby/

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #CCSpin #41 Book Review - Bond Begins! - My #bookreview for #CasinoRoyale by @TheIanFleming on my #bookblog now, to find out if I'm a #BondGirl or not! #Bookstagram #ccwhatimreading #ccbookreviews #20booksofsummer2025 #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/07/21/tcls-ccspin-41-book-review-bond-begins/

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Shifting Sands and Tides. My #bookreview for #Coastliners by Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social‬ on my #bookblog now! I'm so glad I finally got around to reading this lovely novel! #20booksofsummer2025
#parisinjuly2025 #BeatTheBacklist #Bookstagram

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/07/09/shifting-sands-and-tides/

#Bookthreads #BookSky 💙📚 #bookstadon The Second Battle (and Bundle too)! My #bookreview for The Seven Dials Mystery (Battle #2) by @agathachristie , on my #bookblog now - this is my third book in my #BattleRace personal reading challenge. #beatthebacklist #CloakDaggerChal #ccbookreviews

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/03/27/the-second-battle-and-bundle-too/

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #CCSpin #40 Book Review - Hunger No More. My #bookreview for A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway, on my #bookblog now. This #classic slightly fictionalized #memoir wasn't what I was expecting! #NonFictionFriday #beatthebacklist #Paris

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/03/07/tcls-ccspin-40-book-review-hunger-no-more/

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Starting the Race (novels). My #bookreview for "The Man in the Brown Suit" (Colonel Race #1) by @agathachristie on my #bookblog now. #beatthebacklist #CloakDaggerChal #ccbookreviews #ccwhatimreading #BattleRace #FridayFiction #FictionFriday

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/02/21/starting-the-race-novels/