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I work in Infection Prevention and I read, rather a lot, rather widely-all genres. Let me recommend you a book… 2026 reading theme: 🪐 Outer Space-Recommend me a book!

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hollykins@hollykins· 26d

Only readers will understand that moment when a side character doesn’t perish & pretty much dominates the novel! I’m always here for that. #bookjoy #booksky #reading

Cover of Whalesong. Black lady on cover with in a space shin she’s seated at the controls

hollykins@hollykins· Jun 15

I picked up this memoir to fulfill a reading challenge prompt. As a resident of central Fl this one hit home. Impactful, full review to come. #booksky #diversebooksky #pride #memoir

Cover of audio book Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez. Pick with a sort of road billboard proclaiming the title.

hollykins@hollykins· Jun 10

So like Mr.John Wiswell… I’ve just finished The Dragon has Some Complaints, and like- I went from being very unsure of the novel to sobbing my head off. Well done sir. Well done. #dragons #newbooks #diversebooks #booksky

Book cover for John Wiswell’s The Dragon has some Complaints. Shows a red and yellow 3 headed dragon with a long haired girl perched in the middle. The lettering is teal and yellow.

hollykins@hollykins· May 21

Hell to Pay comes out in June! With an engaging story about an underworld heist- this could be a good gift for the Young adult reader in your life. The stunning cover grabs immediate interest! #yabooks #newbooks #booksky #crows

The cover of Hell to Pay by Lora Beth Johnson. It has an orange background with purple
Flames. A skull with a mouthful of coins and a crow perched on top.

hollykins@hollykins· Apr 18

Just started this book today. Loving how it’s a #spaceopera with no #humans brain tickling #Sciencefiction from @slhuang.com @rbmediaco.bsky.social with Emily Woo Zeller starting off strong in narration, I’m intrigued and Curious! #booksky 📚🪐

This is the cover of SL Huang’s new audiobook The Language of Liars. The lettering is fellow. The cover is a purple and reddish background with an octopus or starfish like creature in the middle..

hollykins@hollykins· Mar 28

Time to vote for a new read for April over at Fable’s Stabby & 💋 Smoochy book club!

Two books against a green background inviting ppl to vote for one of the books.

hollykins@hollykins· Mar 17

Holy Heck! 80% in to the #audiobook for Seek the Traitor’s Son by Veronica Roth. I am locked in for this finish. This one is amazing, make room on your #TBR #SFF #booksksy 📚🪐

Cover for Veronica Roth’s upcoming book Seek the Traitors Son. It shows a redheaded woman in water highlighted by an otherworldly glow.

hollykins@hollykins· Feb 18

This came out in 2021… and reading it now- it’s hits a certain way. #booksky #currentevents

A book quote from the Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein it says “We cannot talk about the wonders of the night sky without talking about the fact that people are running for their lives beneath the same celestial structure that I get paid to think about every day.”

hollykins@hollykins· Feb 16

So I’m #currentlyreading this book which is Amazing. Some of it is beyond my ken but I’m still learning so much about my #universe off and on #earth. #physics #booksky #memoir 📚💙

hollykins@hollykins· Jan 11

I finally had time to start Never Been Shipped by Alicia Thompson! I didn’t realize it was interconnected with With Love from Cold World! I’m loving this very bingable romance! #reading #romancelandia #audiobook

Book cover for Never been shipped. Shows a man and woman in front of a porthole with a sunset in it: the man has a guitar and the people are kissing.

hollykins@hollykins· Nov 19

I #justfinished Artifact Space and I am #obsessed if you are a #Startrek fan this might be for you also. Perfect blend of treachery, #drama, heartfelt relations and space-time conundrums. #reading 💙📚 #Sff 📚🪐

A dark skinned woman in a blue space suit standing aside a space ship

hollykins@hollykins· Nov 15

Not feeling particularly well today, my #caturday pal is ensuring I rest. #catsofbluesky

hollykins@hollykins· Nov 11

I will say that I seriously strongly considered a job in very NW PA this year. Woke up to 35 F today and realized that I’m really no longer built that way. Nor is my doggo. #weather #southerntransplant #dogs #basenji

Small red/white dog curled under a blanket. The sheets are blue the blanket is blue and white

hollykins@hollykins· Nov 7

I’m getting towards the end of Bloodtide by Sophie Burnham and I’m loving that I’m cheering for the #villain from book 1 in book 2! #drama #booksky #bloodtide #newbooks #SFF

Red book cover with gold lettering. Image of a Roman soldier in red.

hollykins@hollykins· Oct 14

Oh holy heck! This book comes out in January from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social I’m only a chapter or so in and I am Hooked!!!!! Put this on your #TBR #newbook #currentlyreading #booksky #spaceopera.

Book cover for Artifact space. A brown skinned woman in a blue space suit with gold accents. She is climbing from a silver ship that looks a bit like an airplane

hollykins@hollykins· Oct 9

Thanks to Graphic Audio LLC for the listener copy of The Southern Book Clubs guide to slaying Vampires. The Graphic audio is immersive and so real! #spooky #vampires #booksky #audiobooks #graphicaudio

Graphic audio cover for the southern book club’s guide to slaying vampires. Black background with peaches that are bleeding from bite marks. White text.

hollykins@hollykins· Sep 26

World Health Org has #influenza guidance for us. #IDsky #infectionprevention

Ever for a webinar in flu vaccination it has a QR code for registration. Lists the speakers and has a cute illustration of people using umbrellas against flu droplets.

hollykins@hollykins· Sep 20

Part of the Scared Sexy series -Kimberly Lemming’s story is a funny romance for #spookyseason There’s #monsters & homage to romance stars from past & present (Beverly Jenkins? Yup. Fabio-also there!) Thanks to NetGalley/Brilliance for the ALC! #booksky #diversebooks #romancelandia

Pink cover for Kimberly Lemmings short story My Boyfrirnds are all monsters. There are green tentacles in the center forming a heart.

hollykins@hollykins· Sep 17

Oh Wow! I’m almost 30% into Marie Lu’s Red City. And it’s amazing. Gritty, fantastical and compelling! Pop this on to your #endlessTBR #fiction #fantasy 📚🪐 #booksky

Audiobook cover for Marie Lu’s red city - red background with a sort of winged horse-ish creature. White lettering.

hollykins@hollykins· Sep 6

This horror story/murder mystery set in a retirement center is much spookier than I expected! It’s become my gym book since I can’t read it at home at night. #booksky 📚🩸#newbooks January Lavoie’s narration - excellent! @macmillanaudio.bsky.social

Cover of the autumn springs retirement home massacre audiobook it’s a picture in shades of orange and brown. There’s is a person in orange and a stylistic big knife framing the persons head. It’s hard to describe but a very cool cover.

hollykins@hollykins· Aug 23

A week with Publisher Mail is over the top thrilling for me. 📚🪐 Sargassa has new outerwear! It’s possible this book about the #RomanEmpire might become your Roman Empire! This edition matches book 2 Bloodtide which comes out 10/25. #SFF #bookmail #booksky #reading

A highly staged photo to show off the new luxe cover of Sargassa, the funky Daw Mailer and my morning coffee milk. The book has a blue and gold theme with a solitary figure in a toga type outfit standing in the middle of a seven point sun shape. The mailer is black and has a stylized DAW containing images of several of their 2025 releases. The coffee is in a blue mug with a coffee bean on a star on it.

hollykins@hollykins· Aug 22

Supporting my #Water theme, I’ve got an Advanced Copy of The Sea Captain’s Wife. I’m just getting going on it. I love it when #nonfiction reads like fiction! #ocean #sailing #history #booksky

The cover of The Sea Caltain’s Wife by Tilar Mazzeo. At the bottom is a large ship with 3 masts, at the top is sextant, superimposed on the sextant is a photo of a woman.

hollykins@hollykins· Aug 17

Big congrats to Robert Jackson Bennett! 2025 Hugo Award Winner for Best Novel! I loved The Tainted Cup! It was my pick for winner but not my predicted winner! #Scifi #fantasy #Hugoaward #bestnovel #mystery #booksky

hollykins@hollykins· Aug 12

Happy new book Tuesday release day to Tim Chawaga’s Salvagia. I’m 50% through and I can explain how marvelous this one is! #newbooktuesday #newrelease #booksky #Scifi

Book cover of Salvagia by Tim Chawaga shows a pink diver and a gray diver diving a murky gray green wreck

hollykins@hollykins· Jul 18

Just started this book- coming out in August & I’m Immediately smitten! Thanks to NetGalley and Flatiron books for the #ALC #animals #futuristic #audiobook @flatironbooks.bsky.social #netgalley #newbooks #Alcatraz flpic.com/meetinginfo....

Cover of book The Island of Last Things by Emma Sloley against an egg yolk yellow background a jaguar holds a Caucasian arm in its mouth. Yellow lettering

hollykins@hollykins· Jul 9

I #justfinished the #audiobook for Hear my Heart by Tay Mo’Nae and it was a very engaging read that I read straight thru in 1 day on a road trip! I thought it would be a #meetcute w/ #disability rep. Did not realize it would be that with some #spicy spice. 📚💙 #romancelandia

Cover for Hear my heart by Tay Mo’Nae shows a black man & woman staring intensely at each other with a golden retriever dog sitting by the woman. The background is an autumnal golden brown .

hollykins@hollykins· Jun 29

I’m 60% in to the #audiobook 📚💙of The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam by Megan Bannen and this might be my top romance 💘 read of the year! The banter, yearning & autoducks are perfection & the narration is so so excellent. Put this in your TBR!

The audiobook cover of The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam by Megan Bannen. Peach background, with blue print of dragons and plants at the center is a pink heart with a tall woman on the left and a short king on the right.

hollykins@hollykins· Jun 28

It’s a #peaceful #Saturdaymorning & I’m diving into #Esperance by Adam Oyebanji. 📚💙Thanks to @dawbooks.bsky.social for the gift copy. I’m fascinated by the premise of this thriller/police procedural novel. 📚🩸 #booksky #blackbooksky #thriller #mystery #fiction #newbook #reader

A blue and white cup of coffee on a table next to A hardback copy of Esperance. The cover is a vivid multi-toned red with a large black mosquito with a glowing eye. Along the left side is a sea of stars and a very tiny sailing boat.

hollykins@hollykins· Jun 7

So I’m reading some #PremeeMohamed & I thought her first novella 📚🪐 was good but the second in the series? AMAZING! 📚💙 And there’s a third!!!! #reading #clifi #dystopian #canada

Image of audio book We speak through the mountain tee’d up at 37% read. Purple text - 2 songbirds with some vibes and flowers against a cream/white background

hollykins@hollykins· May 27

Happy #Tuesday that feels like a #Monday! What’s your #currentread I’ve started Into The Great Wide Ocean! It’s for my #Water 2025 theme and so far… I have learned many things about swim bladders. #ocean #curiousity #nonfiction 📚💙 #booksky 📚⏰