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Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · 5d

This got to the heart of the trench I’ve been stumbling into over and over. Great share.

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Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · 10d

Could you write about this more in your newsletter?

Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · 10d

Very relatable

Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · 11d

I would put these on my imaginary impeccable bookshelf (with rolling ladder obviously) next to the works of India Holton, Freya Marske, and the undeniable KJ Charles.

a woman in a blue dress is reaching for a book on a ladder

Alt: Belle from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast rolling dramatically in front of a bookshelf on a rolling ladder.

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Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · 11d

I went with “Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms” by Sarah Wallace and SO Callahan.

Very sweet romance with fantasy/ romance AND regency vibes.

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Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · 12d

Just finished the “Side Quest Row” series (so far) by RK Ashwick.

Currently desperate for more fantasy/ romance in the same style.

Any recs?

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Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · 14d

These are all delightful. It is a rare contemporary romance that makes the cut for me, but all of these are terrific.

Fated Mates @fatedmates.net · 14d

We've recommended Talia Hibbert's Brown Sisters series multiple times on the show. You can get all three in audio for $8 at @libro.fm!

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Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · 19d

Ugh- so bleak. How can we improve the broken system?

Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · 20d

I never feel more embraced by my fellow “girls who talk a LOT during English class” than in listening to the Fated Mates Podcast.

Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · 21d

Can we stop giving terrorist shooters a platform to explain their reasoning?

I’d like more gun control please.

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Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · 21d

The new-to-me “Below Stairs” mystery series by Jennifer Ashley is great!

My only complaint is the audiobooks are so compelling that I am burning through them at a shocking pace and hitting my library and personal budget limits too fast.

Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · 22d

I’ve seen this movie maybe most of any in the world.

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 28d

Reading this on loop today.

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Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · 28d

Highly recommend!

The epistolary start to this book is AMAZING.

Handles motherhood in a unique, empathetic, and relatable way.

Danielle (TBQ) @thebookqueen.bsky.social · 29d

$1.99 ✦ The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

CW: Abusive marriage
A duchess must flee after killing her evil husband and needs the help of the very charismatic highwayman who is blackmailing her.

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This is the cover for The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian.

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Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · Sep 8

Downside to having a child is they crack up laughing at all their dad’s cheesy jokes.

It undermines my eyerolls and makes him suspect I too might think he is funny.

(I do.)

Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · Sep 8

Now that the new Veronica Speedwell book has been announced- I’m allowing myself to read “A Grave Robbery”.

Delighted to watch Veronica and Stoker make everyone fall in love with one or the other, or (like myself) both.

Samson and Delilah painted by Echenagusía, José. Stoker and Veronica pose a la this picture in the novel “A Grave Robbery”

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Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · Sep 6

The madness is also —* the war imagery he is stealing/glorifying is an actual anti-war movie? A “Heart of Darkness” retelling?? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.

* em dash by me, not AI

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Stephasaurus (she/her) @smlindbe.bsky.social · Aug 20

I love an em dash — it’s useful!

Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · Aug 20

I found @brianphillips.bsky.social's defense of the em dash to be thoughtful, beautifully expressed, and human!!!

Stop AI-Shaming Our Precious, Kindly Em Dashes—Please

Human writers have always used the em dash. In fact, it’s the most human punctuation mark there is.

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Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · Aug 20

Opening my WIP, praying that this baby writes itself.

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Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · Aug 18

This one is a top tier, A+, beloved one in my collection.

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Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · Aug 16

However, I will carpool until the cows come home. I’ll drive that parents kid (and their snacks) door to door with a smile on my face, kidsbop blastin’.

Anyway- Trying to evenly divide up thankless tasks is not the best solution for family participation imho.

Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · Aug 16

I think community stuff would go better if we didn’t divide the labor equally.

Example)

Sports team snacks? I hate it. I will obsess, forget, remember and nobody will end up liking what I bring.

Give that to the foodie parent who knows everyone’s dietary restrictions.

🧵

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Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · Aug 15

Alas! Second is audiobook preorder only! I must wait.

Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · Aug 15

@magic.wizards.com have you considered a team up with the @uspostal.bsky.social ?

So many card trades by mail. Many would love to theme the packages. 📦

Think about it…

Claire Loves Stories @c4claire.bsky.social · Aug 15

Reading the first in the series on your recommendation and it is a delight. Thanks.

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