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Cara M Bassett (Author)

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Hello! Missouri-based reader 💙📚, writer✍️, and bookmark maker🔖😁 #Booksky #Writesky Currently reading📖: Junie Currently Writing📝: Multiple Projects Pfp by Bo Walker

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Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · Oct 2

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I post about bookish things, writing, local libraries &fellow small creators 💙📚

Get in touch for collabs!😁

#booklover #booktok #booksky #authors #writesky

Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · 51m

I love #CMNascosta and while this book has her signature fascinating world building, it was lacking some of the intrigue and novelty of her other #MonsterRomance books imo 4/10 💙📚 #romantasy #adultromance #spicy #booklover #booksky #moonbloodedbreedingclinic #werewolf #monster #reading #bookrec

USA Today Bestselling Author C. M. Nascosta a Monster Bait Romance Moon Blooded Breeding Clinic

Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · 23h

Beginning far before the big bang and ending sometime in the next billion years, all in around 300 pages is, indeed (short). Quippy and intelligent, simplified information for all ages 6/10 💙📚 #nonfiction #history #biology #henrygee #AVSHoLoE #booklover #booksky #lifeonearth #readharder #libby #read

A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters Henry Gee

Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · 1d

I loved the found family in this story! I'm also a sucker for mutual pining💖 I will have to check those two books out!😁

Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · 1d

If you liked Shape of Water but wished it had more #queer and #latinx representation while being set in a #circus #WhentheTidesHeldtheMoon is for you! A #historical #romantasy and the novel debut for author #VanessaVidaKelley this is a story worth sharing💙📚 7/10 #booksky #booklover #reading #fantasy

When the Tides Held the Moon
Vanessa Vida Kelley

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Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · 3d

When I found this at a library sale, I knew I wanted to share with my niece. I read in preparation for gifting it. It is a harrowing and inspiring tale, albeit simplified for younger audiences 6/10 #MalalaYousafzai #shepersisted #aishasaeed #middlegrade #nonfiction #booksky #reading #booklover #book

She Persisted
Based on the bestselling picture book series by
Chelsea Clinton &Alexandra Boiger
Malala Yousafzai
Written by Aisha Raeed

Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · 13d

A vibe-based #wipsnips replacing #total with #complete #writesky #writingcommunity #writingprompts

#POE #PeopleofEsthu #carambassett 💙📚 💙✍🏼

“'XXXXX, right?' XXXXXXX asked and XXXXXXXXXX’s jaw dropped, the cigarette falling into the stewing beans completely. Some lucky sailor might get to fish it out, like a king’s cake surprise."

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Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · 17d

The 3rd #southernreach book, with 3 converging storylines (my favorite tells the origins of #AreaX) It is complicated and unsettling and so dense, I'm sure everytime you read it you'll pick up something new 7.5/10💙📚 #scifi #horror #acceptance #jeffvandermeer #booksky #bookreview #booklover #libby

Acceptance
Jeff VanderMeer
10th anniversary edition
A Novel
Book 3 of the southern reach series
"Pure reading pleasure" -the New York times book review
Introduction by Helen MacDonald

Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · 17d

Today's #wipsnips and accompanying art comes from a past issue of #MagicInProgress, and my #SciFi series #AGreaterCloseness You can subscribe to the magazine at Moonlightcovenpublishing.com/pricing-3
Use code BASSETT for a discount!
#writingcommunity #writingprompts #literary #booklover #reading 💙📚

When we picked you up, the residual atmospheric field was almost depleted. Another few minutes… The point is, you’re safe with the resistance now.”

Two young boys play with a toy space ship
Art by Alana Walker

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Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · 28d

Third time's the charm!😅 (As in, this is my third time uploading this post as I found multiple typos. (If you find another one, no you don't!))

Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · 28d

A story of two time operatives falling in love, leaving love notes for each other in anomalies🥀 Id love to give this another chance by reading it physically. The audiobook was beautiful but hard to follow 6.5/10 💙📚 #maxgladstone #booksky #booklover #scifi #romance #amalelmohtar #TIHYLTTW #poetry

Amal El-Mohtar
This is How You Lose the Time War
"This book has it all." -Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe
Max Gladstone
Book Club Favorites
Reader's Guide
"Seditious and seductive" -Ken Liu

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Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · 29d

A vibe-based #wipsnips today. It's from my series, #AGreaterCloseness in the literary magazine #MagicInProgress A new issue dropped this week! You can find it at
moonlightcovenpublishing.com/pricing-3
Use code BASSETT for a discount 💙📚
#writingcommunity #writingprompts #battery #energy #writesky

"With a blast of energy lifting them off the dusty ground, they became just another whipper amongst a sea of aircrafts in the federation’s sky."

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Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · Oct 7

#NorthWoods is a modern classic. Spanning hundreds of years and all located in one section of New England woods, it is full of heart, humor, and ingenuity. This book is a total delight! 10/10 💙📚
#booksky #booklover #oneread #dbrl #northwoods #danielmason #historical #NewEngland #bookrecommendations

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
Daniel Mason
North Woods
A Novel
The New York Times Book Review
10 best books of 2023
"A monumental achievement of polyphony and humanity... I loved it."
-Maggie O'Farrell, author of Hamnet

Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · Oct 3

Happy to have made the cut😁

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Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · Oct 3

If you're still in need I'm happy to weigh in! Email address is: [email protected]

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Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · Oct 2

Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · Oct 1

#river #writesky #writingprompts #writingcommunity

"He seemed to be in a tunnel of some kind underground. No stars above. No river."

Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · Sep 30

A very cute children's comic about, as the tagline says, finding a forever home. Read for the #readharder challenge and I loved it! 9/10 💙📚
#stormy #guojing #comic #booksky #childrensbook #booklover #dogs #doglover #libby

Check out my pinned post to vote for the monologue Pink Roses before 10/6!🩷🌹

Stormy
A story about finding a forever home
By Guojing

Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · Sep 29

Thanks to who commented on my last tiktok with a request! What should I read next? 💙📚
#boosky #booktok #booklover #reading #memoir #nonfiction #biography #ames #iowa #tiktok #jeffreyzaslow

Have you voted for #PinkRoses in the #THP #monologue contest yet? Check out my pinned post to do so! 🩷🌹

Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · Sep 27

#wipsnips #writingprompt #writingcommunity #swift #fast #writesky 💙📚 💙✍🏼

"Some said he had the strength of twenty mages, the voice of a whistlin’ wind spirit, a smile that could break anyone’s heart, and the fastest hand in the south."

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Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · Sep 26

Looking forward to the #oneread author talk with #danielmason tonight for the #dbrl series on #northwoods 💙📚 I love our library for making incredible opportunities like this possible 😁 #DanielBooneRegionalLibrary #authors #booksky #reading #booklover #local #community #library #readmore #historical

Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · Sep 25

Beloved MCs climb thru Tartarus, & their friends are forced into dangerous and silly trials. The stakes begin to climb unattainably high, but it is still a fun story with characters I love 7/10 💙📚 #percyjackson #rickriordan #houseofhades #booksky #readmore #middlegrade #heroesofolympus #bookreview

The Heroes of Olympus
House of Hades
A New York times bestselling author
Rick Riordan

Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · Sep 24

#booksky #reading #booklover #booktok #wherethecrawdadssing #deliaowens #fiction #drama #mystery 💙📚

Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · Sep 23

#skill #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #writingprompt 💙📚
Two more weeks to vote for the monologue Pink Roses! Link in my pinned post🩷🌹

"What they did was art. It took more than skill; it took passion. It was real."

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Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · Sep 19

Feel free to tag me if you do end up making one! I'm always curious about what others keep on their shelves😄

Cara M Bassett (Author) @carambassett.bsky.social · Sep 19

#wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #writingprompts #yard

"'I didn’t mean to muck up your yard,' he cringed. It was true that her soft yard was riddled with boot prints now, but it tended to do that after a hard rain anyways."

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