#bookthoughts — Public Fediverse posts
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When the Career Becomes a Character— Why do some fictional careers feel real while others fade into the background? A look at how deeply integrating a character’s job can transform a story from surface-level to immersive.
#AmReading #BookBlog #RomanceBooks #WritingCraft #Storytelling #CharacterDevelopment #BookThoughts #ReadersOfInstagram #WritingTips #FictionWriting
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When the Career Becomes a Character— Why do some fictional careers feel real while others fade into the background? A look at how deeply integrating a character’s job can transform a story from surface-level to immersive.
#AmReading #BookBlog #RomanceBooks #WritingCraft #Storytelling #CharacterDevelopment #BookThoughts #ReadersOfInstagram #WritingTips #FictionWriting
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When the Career Becomes a Character— Why do some fictional careers feel real while others fade into the background? A look at how deeply integrating a character’s job can transform a story from surface-level to immersive.
#AmReading #BookBlog #RomanceBooks #WritingCraft #Storytelling #CharacterDevelopment #BookThoughts #ReadersOfInstagram #WritingTips #FictionWriting
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When the Career Becomes a Character— Why do some fictional careers feel real while others fade into the background? A look at how deeply integrating a character’s job can transform a story from surface-level to immersive.
#AmReading #BookBlog #RomanceBooks #WritingCraft #Storytelling #CharacterDevelopment #BookThoughts #ReadersOfInstagram #WritingTips #FictionWriting
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When the Career Becomes a Character— Why do some fictional careers feel real while others fade into the background? A look at how deeply integrating a character’s job can transform a story from surface-level to immersive.
#AmReading #BookBlog #RomanceBooks #WritingCraft #Storytelling #CharacterDevelopment #BookThoughts #ReadersOfInstagram #WritingTips #FictionWriting
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Short Story News: Elvis Impersonators, Scuba Diving Cats, and Maybe More?
This week I got some news I'd been hoping for in finding out that I sold a short story to an anthology project. I don't want to say too much, though the contract is signed, and the project is for speculative fiction stori
https://kitauthor.com/short-story-news-elvis-impersonators-scuba-diving-cats-and-maybe-more/
#AuthorLife #BookNews #BookThoughts #WritingFantasy #anthologies #MuseHappens #ShortReads #ShortStories -
Short Story News: Elvis Impersonators, Scuba Diving Cats, and Maybe More?
This week I got some news I'd been hoping for in finding out that I sold a short story to an anthology project. I don't want to say too much, though the contract is signed, and the project is for speculative fiction stori
https://kitauthor.com/short-story-news-elvis-impersonators-scuba-diving-cats-and-maybe-more/
#AuthorLife #BookNews #BookThoughts #WritingFantasy #anthologies #MuseHappens #ShortReads #ShortStories -
Short Story News: Elvis Impersonators, Scuba Diving Cats, and Maybe More?
This week I got some news I'd been hoping for in finding out that I sold a short story to an anthology project. I don't want to say too much, though the contract is signed, and the project is for speculative fiction stori
https://kitauthor.com/short-story-news-elvis-impersonators-scuba-diving-cats-and-maybe-more/
#AuthorLife #BookNews #BookThoughts #WritingFantasy #anthologies #MuseHappens #ShortReads #ShortStories -
Short Story News: Elvis Impersonators, Scuba Diving Cats, and Maybe More?
This week I got some news I'd been hoping for in finding out that I sold a short story to an anthology project. I don't want to say too much, though the contract is signed, and the project is for speculative fiction stori
https://kitauthor.com/short-story-news-elvis-impersonators-scuba-diving-cats-and-maybe-more/
#AuthorLife #BookNews #BookThoughts #WritingFantasy #anthologies #MuseHappens #ShortReads #ShortStories -
Short Story News: Elvis Impersonators, Scuba Diving Cats, and Maybe More?
This week I got some news I'd been hoping for in finding out that I sold a short story to an anthology project. I don't want to say too much, though the contract is signed, and the project is for speculative fiction stori
https://kitauthor.com/short-story-news-elvis-impersonators-scuba-diving-cats-and-maybe-more/
#AuthorLife #BookNews #BookThoughts #WritingFantasy #anthologies #MuseHappens #ShortReads #ShortStories -
Writing My Life’s Purpose
Animals have always played an important role in my life. Growing up, I felt as if my pets understood me far better than any people. Animals were my safe harbor in a very turbulent upbringing, and even before I realized I was neurodivergent and what that entailed, my connection with animals help me to
https://kitauthor.com/writing-my-lifes-purpose/
#AnimalCompanions #BookThoughts #WritingWithHorses #AnimalStories #CatStories #HorseStories #VeterinaryChaplaincy -
Why I write a lot of 99 cent and free ebooks
I hate the term "loss leader" because to me, telling a story and getting it out to the reading public is never a loss. When marketing people use the term "loss leader" it reminds me of just how much books have been widgetized over the last decade or more, and how many people in the publishing ecosys
https://kitauthor.com/why-i-write-a-lot-of-99-cent-and-free-ebooks/
#AuthorLife #BookThoughts #99Cents #free #LossLeader #permafree #ReaderMagnets -
Why I write a lot of 99 cent and free ebooks
I hate the term "loss leader" because to me, telling a story and getting it out to the reading public is never a loss. When marketing people use the term "loss leader" it reminds me of just how much books have been widgetized over the last decade or more, and how many people in the publishing ecosys
https://kitauthor.com/why-i-write-a-lot-of-99-cent-and-free-ebooks/
#AuthorLife #BookThoughts #99Cents #free #LossLeader #permafree #ReaderMagnets -
Why I write a lot of 99 cent and free ebooks
I hate the term "loss leader" because to me, telling a story and getting it out to the reading public is never a loss. When marketing people use the term "loss leader" it reminds me of just how much books have been widgetized over the last decade or more, and how many people in the publishing ecosys
https://kitauthor.com/why-i-write-a-lot-of-99-cent-and-free-ebooks/
#AuthorLife #BookThoughts #99Cents #free #LossLeader #permafree #ReaderMagnets -
Why I write a lot of 99 cent and free ebooks
I hate the term "loss leader" because to me, telling a story and getting it out to the reading public is never a loss. When marketing people use the term "loss leader" it reminds me of just how much books have been widgetized over the last decade or more, and how many people in the publishing ecosys
https://kitauthor.com/why-i-write-a-lot-of-99-cent-and-free-ebooks/
#AuthorLife #BookThoughts #99Cents #free #LossLeader #permafree #ReaderMagnets -
Why I write a lot of 99 cent and free ebooks
I hate the term "loss leader" because to me, telling a story and getting it out to the reading public is never a loss. When marketing people use the term "loss leader" it reminds me of just how much books have been widgetized over the last decade or more, and how many people in the publishing ecosys
https://kitauthor.com/why-i-write-a-lot-of-99-cent-and-free-ebooks/
#AuthorLife #BookThoughts #99Cents #free #LossLeader #permafree #ReaderMagnets -
When Norbert Wiener published "God & Golem, Inc." in 1964, his reflections appeared to many as an esoteric extension of cybernetics into folklore.
We’re learning this the hard way in 2025. Our systems don’t just capture useful patterns from vast human data.
They also inherit distortions, strategies, even impulses we never intended.
#Alignment has become our constant concern, a reminder that what we ask for and what we get are rarely symmetrical.
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Equestrian Academy Books and Rich Girls
I'm old enough to have read the Saddle Club books when they first came out. The stories of Steve, Carol, and Lisa seemed like the kind of fun adventures I'd love to have at a barn with friends...if I had a barn and friends. But I lived vicariously through them, and though I outgrew the books (
https://kitauthor.com/equestrian-academy-books-and-rich-girls/
#BookThoughts #WritingWithHorses #CanterwoodCrest #EquestrianAcademy #HorseAcademy #SaddleClub -
Equestrian Academy Books and Rich Girls
I'm old enough to have read the Saddle Club books when they first came out. The stories of Steve, Carol, and Lisa seemed like the kind of fun adventures I'd love to have at a barn with friends...if I had a barn and friends. But I lived vicariously through them, and though I outgrew the books (
https://kitauthor.com/equestrian-academy-books-and-rich-girls/
#BookThoughts #WritingWithHorses #CanterwoodCrest #EquestrianAcademy #HorseAcademy #SaddleClub -
Equestrian Academy Books and Rich Girls
I'm old enough to have read the Saddle Club books when they first came out. The stories of Steve, Carol, and Lisa seemed like the kind of fun adventures I'd love to have at a barn with friends...if I had a barn and friends. But I lived vicariously through them, and though I outgrew the books (
https://kitauthor.com/equestrian-academy-books-and-rich-girls/
#BookThoughts #WritingWithHorses #CanterwoodCrest #EquestrianAcademy #HorseAcademy #SaddleClub -
Equestrian Academy Books and Rich Girls
I'm old enough to have read the Saddle Club books when they first came out. The stories of Steve, Carol, and Lisa seemed like the kind of fun adventures I'd love to have at a barn with friends...if I had a barn and friends. But I lived vicariously through them, and though I outgrew the books (
https://kitauthor.com/equestrian-academy-books-and-rich-girls/
#BookThoughts #WritingWithHorses #CanterwoodCrest #EquestrianAcademy #HorseAcademy #SaddleClub -
Equestrian Academy Books and Rich Girls
I'm old enough to have read the Saddle Club books when they first came out. The stories of Steve, Carol, and Lisa seemed like the kind of fun adventures I'd love to have at a barn with friends...if I had a barn and friends. But I lived vicariously through them, and though I outgrew the books (
https://kitauthor.com/equestrian-academy-books-and-rich-girls/
#BookThoughts #WritingWithHorses #CanterwoodCrest #EquestrianAcademy #HorseAcademy #SaddleClub -
All caught up on the Murderbot saga. Here are my thoughts on the two most recent books.
Fugitive Telemetry:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6779739706
System Collapse:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6722021797@bookstodon @scifi @specfic @mastodonbooks
#scifi #sciencefiction #Murderbot #books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookthoughts #reading #readingcommunity #bookstodon #booktodon #booksofmastodon #readersofmastodon
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#book 22: Book 22: MAX IN THE HOUSE OF SPIES by Adam Gidwitz -- This middle-grade story set during WWII softens tough topics through the use of humor. Read in print or audio: the #audiobook is fantastic.
Thanks to the publishers for the review copies.
#HistoricalFiction #fiction #middlegrade #reading #BookThoughts #bookstodon @bookstodon @audiobooks
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#Book 14: Averil Offline by Amy Noelle Parks -- a well-thought-out story about two tweens longing for some independence in an app-happy, helicopter-parent world. THanks to the publisher for the review copy.
#reading #middlegrade #fiction #BookThoughts #books #bookstodon @bookstodon
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#Book 13: After Annie by by Anna Quindlen -- an emotionally strong and authentic feeling look at a family in mourning. Thanks to the publishers for the review copy.
#fiction #audiobook #reading #BookThoughts #bookstodon @bookstodon @audiobooks
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#Book 12: An Education in Malice by S. T. Gibson: A dark, sexy #fantasy that suffered from some copyediting issues. Thanks to Hachette Audio for the review copy.
#reading #BookThoughts #audiobook #bookstodon #books @bookstodon @audiobooks
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#Book 11: Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook. I liked the period details, but it was only an okay read for me. Thanks to the publishers for the review copy.
#reading #HistoricalFiction #BookThoughts #audiobook #bookstodon @bookstodon @audiobooks
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#Book 10: The Boy Who Cried Bear by Kelley Armstrong -- I always enjoy a good Casey and Eric story, and this one doesn't disappoint.
Thanks to Macmillan Audio for the #audiobook review copy
#reading #BookThoughts #fiction #mystery #bookstodon @bookstodon @audiobooks
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#Book 7: Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
As I wrote in my reading journal: "Just WOW. This story may be set in a dystopian world, but it's the story of 500 years of endings for First Nation/Indigenous peoples in North America."
#audiobook #reading #dystopian #fiction #bookstodon #BookThoughts @audiobooks @bookstodon
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#Book 6: Amil and the After by Verra Hiranandani -- A moving story of life in India after the Partition as told by a 12-year-old boy. Emotionally strong, the novel addresses several important & relevant issues.
Thanks to the publisher for the review copy
#HistoricalFiction #fiction #reading #BookThoughts #MiddleGrade @bookstodon #bookstodon
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#Book 5: Book 5: Sanctuary by Andrew Hunter Murray: A solid, entertaining #audiobook set after #climatechange Thanks to Blackstone Audio and Librofm for the review copy.
#dystopian #bookstodon #fiction @audiobooks @bookstodon #reading #BookThoughts
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#book 4: MERCURY by Amy Jo Burns--A moving character-driven story set in the 1990s about a family living in a small town in western Pennsylvania. 4 stars
Thanks to Macmillan Audio for the #audiobook review copy
#bookstodon #fiction #reading #BookThoughts #BookReview @bookstodon @audiobooks
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#Book 3: The Counterfeit Countess by Elizabeth B. White and Joanna Sliwa: an important and powerful #biography--based on an unpublished memoir and extensive research--of how a single individual overcame the fear for her own life to save thousands of her fellow Poles during the Nazi occupation. A 5* #audiobook
#nonfiction #reading #BookReview #BookThoughts #bookstodon @bookstodon @audiobooks
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#Book 2: The Search Party by Hannah Richell--A closed-room-type #mystery set in a remote area of Cornwall and told from multiple viewpoints. Plenty of secrets and red herrings. Solid 3* #audiobook Thanks to Simon & Schuster Audio for the review copy.
#reading #BookReview #BookThoughts @bookstodon #bookstodon @audiobooks
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#book 1: Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands -- I really like this adventure-filled historical #fantasy series set in an alternative Europe (& UK). 4* #audiobook Thanks to Penguin Random House Audio for the review copy.
#reading #BookReview #BookThoughts #bookstodon @bookstodon @audiobooks
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Tim Johnston's DISTANT SONS: 5* A multilayered book that is so much more than the mystery at its focus. I'll say right up front that Johnston just wows. This one of my top reads of the year.
More on @Goodreads
#fiction #mystery #BookReview #BookThoughts #audiobook @audiobooks
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Catching up on some book reviews today.
Huda F Cares? by Huda Fahmy: 4* for this this #MiddleGrade #GraphicNovel that explores what it's like to be a practicing Muslim in the United States from a young teenage girl's perspective.
More on Goodreads
#bookstodon @bookstodon #fiction #BookThoughts #BookReview #BookLove
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The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
This is the 4th entry in the Inheritance Games series. The books are a mashup of #ActionAdventure and #mystery and are a lot of fun, with snappy dialogue and good puzzles. Recommended on #audiobook too.
For more #BookThoughts see @thestorygraph
#reading #fiction #bookstodon #books #BookThoughts @bookstodon @audiobooks
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4c71cd23-c598-4d8a-8e76-a653b580c504
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Shield Maiden by Sharon Emmerichs (3.5 stars)
A kind of retelling of the end of the Beowulf saga. Here, the king's niece, Fryda, is made the hero and her twin brother, Wiglaf, is the villain.
Though much of the story was predictable (even for those unfamiliar with Beowulf), the #audiobook was entertaining.
More thoughts on @thestorygraph
#fiction #HistoricalFiction #reading #BookThoughts #BookReview #bookstodon @bookstodon @audiobooks
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/380b7ec0-ddfd-4af9-967a-06e1563bdc21
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The Resolute by Marin W. Sandler (4* read)
An easy-to-read account of several British-led expeditions to the Arctic with missions to look for the Northwest Passage, to search for missing exploration teams, & to collect scientific data. Along the way, we learn the fate & recovery of the ship HMS Resolute and its role in solidifying the US-UK bond.
More on @thestorygraph
#nonfiction #history #Arctic #reading #BookReview #BookThoughts #bookstodon @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a6777971-5986-4ea9-bebc-5b908d784c5f
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My thoughts on California Golden by Melanie Bejamin --
Set in the early days of California surfing culture, the story explores a number of themes, including mother-daughter issues, sisters, & women athletes. Recommended.
#Audiobook was nicely performed.
More #BookThoughts on #GoodReads if you care to see
#HistoricalFiction #fiction #reading #BookReview #bookstodon @bookstodon @audiobooks
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#Book 43: A GOOD FAMILY by Matt Goldman
This was a fairly predictable #DomesticThriller that was mildly entertaining. However, I'll not likely read another book by this author.
My #BookThoughts are on @thestorygraph
#reading #fiction #BookReview #bookstodon #booklove @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/237e1fd0-024b-4aec-958b-2e17f5142cb7
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#Book 38: Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand (thanks to #HachetteAudio )
I don't read a lot of women's fiction but I never miss a Hilderbrand book. And I always opt for #audiobook because narrator Erin Bennett nails the author's style.
My #BookThoughts on next month's release are on @thestorygraph if you care to read
#fiction #BeachRead #reading #bookstodon @bookstodon @audiobooks
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c02660ab-e142-4bee-a469-d5db44422e6c
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#book 35: I so wanted to love Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling, but in the end it was only okay for me. Thanks to #SimonSchusterAudio and #LibroFm for the #audiobook review copy.
Thoughts at @thestorygraph if you care to look
#Bookstodon @bookstodon @audiobooks #BookReview #BookThoughts #fiction #dystopian #reading
https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_reviews/654c3b36-50ea-4f3d-aee1-18cd1876904f
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#book 35: I so wanted to love Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling, but in the end it was only okay for me. Thanks to #SimonSchusterAudio and #LibroFm for the #audiobook review copy.
Thoughts at @thestorygraph if you care to look
#Bookstodon @bookstodon @audiobooks #BookReview #BookThoughts #fiction #dystopian #reading
https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_reviews/654c3b36-50ea-4f3d-aee1-18cd1876904f
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#book 35: I so wanted to love Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling, but in the end it was only okay for me. Thanks to #SimonSchusterAudio and #LibroFm for the #audiobook review copy.
Thoughts at @thestorygraph if you care to look
#Bookstodon @bookstodon @audiobooks #BookReview #BookThoughts #fiction #dystopian #reading
https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_reviews/654c3b36-50ea-4f3d-aee1-18cd1876904f
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#book 35: I so wanted to love Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling, but in the end it was only okay for me. Thanks to #SimonSchusterAudio and #LibroFm for the #audiobook review copy.
Thoughts at @thestorygraph if you care to look
#Bookstodon @bookstodon @audiobooks #BookReview #BookThoughts #fiction #dystopian #reading
https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_reviews/654c3b36-50ea-4f3d-aee1-18cd1876904f
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#book 35: I so wanted to love Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling, but in the end it was only okay for me. Thanks to #SimonSchusterAudio and #LibroFm for the #audiobook review copy.
Thoughts at @thestorygraph if you care to look
#Bookstodon @bookstodon @audiobooks #BookReview #BookThoughts #fiction #dystopian #reading
https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_reviews/654c3b36-50ea-4f3d-aee1-18cd1876904f
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On my blog today, I talk about the #cookbook In Praise of Home Cooking by Liana Krissoff
Good #recipes plus a lot of solid information for #cooks of all skills and ages.
#cooking #BookThoughts #BookReview
https://www.bethfishreads.com/2023/04/in-praise-of-home-cooking-by-liana.html