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WhiskeyintheJar @whiskeyinthejar3.bsky.social · Sep 20

Almost a month late but starting Halloween Bingo with my Secret Reading Room friends!
Look at the beautiful card made for me.

I'll try to remember this thread, but for master post on my blog: whiskeyinthejarromance.blogspot.com/2025/09/2025...

#BookSky
#HorrorSky
#HorrorBooks
#Spooky
#Reading

A bingo card with squares titled A Grimm Tale, Lost in Space, The Carpathians, etc., that having matching pictures to the themes.

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SuperWendy @superwendy.bsky.social · 2d

It's spooky season and October's Unusual Historicals are here to help you scratch that itch. Gothics, secrets, and heroines with reputations. What's not to love? wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/spoo... #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

Unusual Historicals Octorber 2025. Graphic shows book covers for All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles, Beyond the Majestic by Juliane Ross-Clark, Olive Becket Plays the Rake by Kat Sterling, The Dravenhurst Brides by Lindsay Barrett, A Sinner's Guide to Saving a Saint by Mihwa Lee, Danger at Darkmoor Park by Syrie James, The Peculiar Incidient at Thistlewick House by Jenni Keer, Once Upon a Courtesan by Jess Michaels, Lord Carlisle's Enticing Lure by Cerise DeLand, A Viking to Wild to Wed by Lucy Morris, Dreaming of a Lyon by Sandra Sookoo, The Lyon Returns by Kimberly Keyes

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WhiskeyintheJar @whiskeyinthejar3.bsky.social · 4d

We're like that too, the back and forth of "Well if you need it,", such a weird point of pride to not be the one to crack, lol 😭 But my breaking point is 63, been on for a while. Cheering for you to be the winner!

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."

We Have to Move

"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Jon Lion Fine Art @jonlionfineart.bsky.social · 9d

💜 SIGNED & NUMBERED Prints of my PRINCE charcoal drawing are AVAILABLE!💜

Only 50 limited-edition prints available 👀
Makes a great holiday gift and priced LOW! ⚡🎁

👉 Grab yours before they sell out: jonlionartist.com/shop

(also, the ORIGINAL drawing is still available!)

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WhiskeyintheJar @whiskeyinthejar3.bsky.social · 11d

Hope everyone felt and found community today.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 11d

Minneapolis is showing up and showing out. #NoKings

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13d

Another example of 'get in where you can get in' and everyone can do something of use... blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/16/a...

As Fear Keeps Some Inside Amid ICE Raids, Chicago Dog Walker Offers Free Pet Care

"Animals are very important to families. If I can help someone, even if it's just one person, I'm more than willing to do that," said Candice Nelson.

blockclubchicago.org

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Belle 🦇 @gwenypatu.bsky.social · 15d

Hi #PortfolioDay ! I'm an artist with a great fondness for the dark and beautiful in the natural world. I adore all things strange and surreal, and I'm deeply inspired by fantasy, folklore and horror. 🌙

🕯️ Portfolio: gwenypatu-art.crd.co
🕯️ Links: linktr.ee/gwenypatu
🕯️ Contact: [email protected]

Illustration of a black deer in a field, with a shadowy crow sat on her back and a bright crescent moon hanging in the sky behind.

Illustration of two foxes taking shelter from the approaching shadows.

Illustration of a woman with a hollow face, sat beside a window. A candle flickers where her face should be, and a trail leads from her to the woods beyond.

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Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · 16d

Muskox Monday mood: activated. Willow and Pretzel are zooming into the week like pros! 💕 #MondayMotivation

📹: Curator Jen

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WhiskeyintheJar @whiskeyinthejar3.bsky.social · 20d

#RedWings lose 5-1 to start the season.
Sigh.

#HockeySky #NHL

WhiskeyintheJar @whiskeyinthejar3.bsky.social · 22d

'Tis the season for Heat Turn On Day!

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 22d

Sports don’t have to be passive recreation. Not that it isn’t important. We all need it. But approach them correctly and they sharpen the mind. It’s like reading. A book about Napoleon doesn’t just teach you about France.

Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 22d

Just saw someone slamming people for posting about sports during a moment of national democratic collapse, so I wandered over to see what they've been posting about, and it turns out that it's a lot of open advocacy for the commission of federal felonies.

Yeah, posting about sports is preferable.

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Megan Frampton 🤷🏻‍♀️ @meganf.bsky.social · 23d

Bookshop.org has free shipping right now!

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

Bookshop.org

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WhiskeyintheJar @whiskeyinthejar3.bsky.social · 26d

Sorry, I don't have a specific one. Honestly, I'd look to see if For Dummies had anything and just searching on YouTube for video how-to would be my starting point. Was able to fix a toilet and change out kitchen sink sprayer because of awesome people on YouTube showing the way.

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WhiskeyintheJar @whiskeyinthejar3.bsky.social · 26d

Develop and shore up your center; inner strength gets you through it.

If you're able to buy a home, get a book on how to maintain it.
Who knew what an air-to-air exchanger was, who knew they had filters?!

Have a hobby, specified interest. Have fun with it and try not to make them all hustles.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 27d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Rumyana Whitcher @rumiwhitcher.bsky.social · 27d

On the forest floor, October suddenly brings the rich live of fungi.
I like seeing them trough the camera lens and there is always chance to capture unusual bokeh. 🍄🍂🍃

#nature #fungi #photography #bokeh #macro #widllife #woods #forest #naturephotography #bluesky #FungiFriday

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WhiskeyintheJar @whiskeyinthejar3.bsky.social · 27d

The Descent (2005)

I have a hard time getting truly scared with horror movies and this at least had some make you stare extra hard into the dark and tense up scenes. Pretty good plot too.

WhiskeyintheJar @whiskeyinthejar3.bsky.social · 27d

Partnership wilding.

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 28d

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch:
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

WhiskeyintheJar @whiskeyinthejar3.bsky.social · 29d

#AmReading

Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi (Nov. 4)

Starting off the spooky month with a paranormal romance.

The Black South, a woman with secrets, and the devil.
Romance with battles getting raged in heaven, hell, and earth.

How devilishly good does this sound?!

#BookSky
#Romancelandia

Paperback copy of Son of the Morning resting half on, half off a cream cushion with a brown deck visible below. Cover is in soft morning glow pinks and oranges with a Black woman with her hair up and bare shoulders only visible, starting to embrace a dark male who has his back to us with his black wings spread out covering them.

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Elysia Tatsu @elysiatatsu.bsky.social · Sep 27

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Julienne Danvers (WE WANT TRAINS!! 🚂) @juliennedanvers.bsky.social · Sep 25

For those who wonder what a modern postal service could look like, one example is in France, where letter carriers provide check-ins on the elderly for very affordable rates, while completing their routes.

I encourage everyone to read the whole thing

#CanadaPost

www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...

In France, Elder Care Comes with the Mail

Carriers for La Poste have a new job: checking in on the aged.

www.newyorker.com

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WhiskeyintheJar @whiskeyinthejar3.bsky.social · Sep 26

Oooh, more options to choose from for my Halloween bingo.

Join in the spooky groove with me!

Louise @foxesfairytales.bsky.social · Sep 26

There are *so* many spooky and Halloween-y fantasies, mysteries and romances I can't wait to get my hands on!
💙📚🩸📚🪐
youtu.be/79XbgVJdrFc?...

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WhiskeyintheJar @whiskeyinthejar3.bsky.social · Sep 26

#BookReview

Delivered on that Gothic true horror, not Satan but family dynamics.

whiskeyinthejarromance.blogspot.com/2025/09/revi...

Atmospheric, fun homages, first half building Gothic mystery with second half romance delving into, and then wrapping up mystery.

#BookSky
#Romancelandia
#Gothic

WhiskeyintheJar @whiskeyinthejar3.bsky.social · Sep 26

Finished, and first half more building the Gothic mystery, while second half had the romance before going back to wrap-up mystery. Opendoor scenes and HEA :)

WhiskeyintheJar @whiskeyinthejar3.bsky.social · Sep 23

Once read a blurb three times trying to understand. I know it's difficult to condense plots, but please 😭

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