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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · 10d

Ugh. Sorry you're the interesting medical anecdote.

Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · 14d

Currently reading, audiobook edition:

Silver and Lead by @seananmcguire.bsky.social (Toby! Only ~2 hours left)

One Day, Everyone Will Have Aways Been Against This by
Omar El Akkad
(~2 hours left, AM commute read)

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
(Need Spotify hrs to reset)

Screenshot of currently reading list from goodreads featuring thumbnails of cover art, title, and author for books listed in post.

Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · 14d

Still ears only. Here's another audiobook catch up post:

The Summer War by @naominovik.bsky.social

Magic for Nothing by @seananmcguire.bsky.social

What Feasts ant Night ~AND~
What Moves the Dead by @tkingfisher.com

Screenshot from goodreads showing thumbnails of cover art, title, and ,author for books mentioned in the post.

Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Sep 14

I've pretty much only listened to audio books in the last month+

InCryptid #2-5 by Seannan McGuire

Stone and Sky by Ben Aaronovitch

Sword, Cider, and Other Distractions by Brian McClellan

The God is Not Willing by Steven Erikson

Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson

List of 8 booktitles with authors, each accompanied by a thumbnail pic of the cover.

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Aug 17

Yeah ... They be sneaky like that

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Jul 23

Book get! Cherie Priest writes cool stuff!

At the rate I'm reading with my eyes these days I probably should have grabbed the audio instead, but I can't add that to my bookshelf.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · Jul 22

So...I wrote a release day blog post (finally) and uh, it might not be what you were expecting but I'm kind of Going Through It over here right now, so here goes nothing. www.cheriepriest.com/blog/getting...

Getting Naked on Main: It Was Her House First — The Haunt*

I’m not gonna lie: I’ve been putting this off. It’s not like I didn’t know I had a book coming out today, and it’s not that I had better things to do with my time than tell you, the reading public, ab...

www.cheriepriest.com

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Jul 20

🤦‍♀️

Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Jul 19

Currently reading, ebook:

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar

Cover for The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar. The cover depicts a black starry sky with a series of blue rings played out in the center

Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Jul 19

Currently reading, audio edition:

Once Was Willem by M.R. Carey, narrated by Joe Jameson

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Jul 10

Just finished, audio edition:

The Book of Doors by @garethjohnbrown.bsky.social, narrated by Miranda Raison

Cover for The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown. A blue background with an open door in the middle of the book and a twisting staircase circling above and below. A figure seems to fallen into the nowhere below the door.

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Jun 23

Currently reading, audio edition:

The Devils by @joeabercrombie.com, narrated by Steven Pacey

Getting an early start on the July Sword and Laser book pick.

Cover for The Devils by Joe Abercrombie. A dark background with a red skull with candles for horms centered between the title (top) and author name (bottom).

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Jun 23

Just finished (print):

A Change of Place by @julieczerneda.bsky.social

I love the people and creatures of the edge.

Cover for A Change of Place by Julie E. Czerneda. Cover art: A woman with yellow hair and wearing a kneww-length brown dress holds out a shell necklace toward a large sea creature who has come up on the rocks. In the background, there are boats and the arches of a large bridge.

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Jun 6

Bookmail!

Overgrowth by Mira Grant / @seananmcguire.bsky.social - edition: @illumicrate.bsky.social Starbright sub

and

The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison / @pennyvixen.bsky.social - edition: @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social SE

Photo of the Illumicrate Starbright edition of Overgrowth by Mira Grant (green background with a skeleton shrouded in foliage and gold foil detail), next to The Broken Binding SE of The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison (black background with silver foil boarders around purple images of candles, Axes, flowering branches, and a dragon.)

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Jun 1

Currently reading, audio edition:

June's Sword & Laser bookclub pick:

The Lives of Tao by @wesleychu.bsky.social, narrated by Mikael Naramore

Cover for The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu. Yellow background with 3 rows of silhouettes of warriors from different ages, and one at the bottom right sitting in a chair?

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · May 31

Audiobook catch-up up post. Finished both of these in the last weeknor so:

The Tainted Cup by @robertjbennett.bsky.social, narrated by Andrew Fallaize

Mickey7 by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social, narrated by John Pirhalla & Katharine Chin

Screenshot from goodreads showing thumbnail cover images and author info for The Taintes Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett and Mickey7 by Edward's Ashton.

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · May 29

Just donated to @locusmag.bsky.social. As an SFF reader, I enjoy the reviews, featured articles, and interviews.

3 days left for this year's campaign: igg.me/at/locusmag2...

Locus Mag: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror 2025

Celebrating and uplifting authors, artists, and story -- the guide to the world's imagination | Check out 'Locus Mag: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror 2025' on Indiegogo.

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · May 15

Are you driving this time around?

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · May 13

Currently reading, audio edition:

Galaphile by @terrybrooks.bsky.social, narrated by @jwdamron.bsky.social

Time for some early history in book one of The First Druids of Shannara.

Cover for Galaphile by Terry Brooks. Cover art depicts a deep forest illuminated by magical light. A figure looks into the forest, holding a staff with the light source atop.

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · May 13

After sneezing constantly yesterday, today I donned an N95, covered my hair, and wore sunglasses every time I went out. Seems to work. Also. Windows are.firmly. closed even though temps are.perfect for opening them.

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Apr 27

#laterskeet

Yesterday, I went over to my local indie bookstore @belmontbooks.bsky.social,
ordered a copy of Inventing the Renaissance by @adapalmer.bsky.social, grabbed a treat in the Black Bear Cafe, and came home with a blind date with a book: We Lived on the Horizon by @erikaswyler.bsky.social

Picture of the book We Lived on the Horizon by Erica Swyler. A desert view with orange sand and pink-purple sky and an inset window showing a blue sky with clouds with the worlds A Novel in the middle.

Image of the cover of Inventing the Renaissance, Myths of a Golden Age by Ada Palmer. The background is orange and there's a classic stature of a man wearing a winged helmet, holding grapes aloft in one hand, and a short bladed weapon parallel to the ground at hip height. The weapon pierces the word THE in the title which is centered on the cover in white text.

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Apr 26

Currently reading, audio edition:

The Book That Held Her Heart by @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social, narrated by Jessica Wittaker

Time to wrap another Mark Lawrence trilogy.

Cover for The Book That Held Her Heart by Mark Lawrence. Image of grand stairways and shelves of Book in pink and purple tones. A raven head looks inward from the bottom right corner.

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Apr 21

My copy arrived in today's bookmail. It's gorgeous. Loving the printed cloth cover.

Subterranean Press @subpress.bsky.social · Apr 21

In stock and now shipping -- our signed, limited edition of @alixeharrow.bsky.social's STARLING HOUSE, featuring scads of art by @rovinacai.bsky.social! subterraneanpress.com/newsalix-e-h...

Alix E. Harrow's STARLING HOUSE Shipping Now!

Please make no mistake, Alix E. Harrow’s Starling House is a major novel, and we’ve gone all out with our production. Our edition of Starling House: Is printed in two colors throughout. F...

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Apr 18

If you want to stick with google search, I suggest &udm=14 to kill the "helpful" AI: www.google.com/search?q=sea...

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Apr 11

Currently reading, audio edition:

Spectrum by @julieczerneda.bsky.social, narrated by Luci Christian Bell and Daniel Thomas May

I'm both excited and sad that this is the final published installment.

Cover for Spe trum by Julie E. Czerneda. Cover depicts a large human eye with brown-orange iris with a yellow aura enhancing the eyelashes and framed by a series of 3 squares at 45 degree angles to each other and non English character script around the perimeter of each.

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Sheila Jean @aliehsn.bsky.social · Apr 11

Just finished (audio):

Someone You Can Build a Nest In by @wiswell.bsky.social, narrated by Carmen Rose

I have inadvertently started reading 2025 Hugo Best Novel finalists! Congratulations!

Cover for Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wisell. A triangular monstrous creature with tentacles and a metallic toothy grin towering above a human female who is surrounded by more tentacles that look a lot like flames of fire.

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