We don't talk enough about how the Back the Blue people and the Don't Tread On Me people are the same people.

Asked my brother to feed my baby sourdough starter while I was out of town this past week, and tell me why he tasted it to "see if it's ready" 😭

"If you like POPULAR QUEER ROMANCE, try RANDOM STRAIGHT ROMANCE!" - some booktoker, bookstagrammer, or corporate bookstore

Happy Friday, #BookSky! It's been too long since there was a good teen coming-of-age road trip book, right? Well, let me present HEARTBREAK AND OTHER ORGAN FAILURES. It's an impromptu girls' trip... with a deadbeat dad at the end. Full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/07/hear...

Heartbreak and Other Organ Failures / Taylor Hobbs / Book Review

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Happy Friday, #BookSky! If you're putting together your #spooky season reading list already, I'll point you to Sophia Hannan's #paranormal #Thriller WE WERE NEVER HERE. YouTube ghost hunters, an art theft ring, a knife... Full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/07/we-w...

We Were Never Here / Sophia Hannan / Book Review

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Hike Review 7/23 Ungraded hill to nowhere. One path on the map but multiple in fact with no signposts to indicate the "real" one. Steep drop-off on one side. Many spiders. Very scary. Constant construction sounds despite being a "conservation area," and no good views. 2/10

Trying to explain to my dog that "heat index" and "danger to human and animal life" mean we only get one walk today and not the 10,000 walks he prefers.

Happy Friday, #BookSky! On the lookout for the perfect #weekend read? If you like Dickensian characters, great wealth disparities, and messy family trees, check out Natasha Díaz's #Thriller WHAT LIES BENEATH THE FLOWERS. Full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/07/what...

What Lies Beneath Flowers / Natasha Díaz / Book Review

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Happy weekend, #BookSky! Anybody else tired of blood-guts-and-war dragons?? If you need *different*, check out this world of dragon sanctuaries and dragon veterinarians instead in Dana Swift's #Fantasy WHEN DEALING WITH DRAGONS. Full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/07/when...

When Dealing With Dragons / Dana Swift / Book Review

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Happy Weekend, #BookSky! If you're looking for a tongue-in-cheek spy thriller (or if you're just looking for a good book, period), check out AUGUSTA PINE DOES NOT EXIST! It's a fun, funny near-future hostage situation... Full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/07/augu...

Augusta Pine Does Not Exist / Emily Lloyd-Jones / Book Review

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April : "Hiring is slow because we're approaching end of fiscal year." May : "Hiring is slow because we're almost at the end of the fiscal year." June : "Hiring is slow because it's the end of the fiscal year."

Happy weekend, #BookSky! Looking for a High Seas adventure to get you through this #summer heat? A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES might do the trick! Kit thought this was just a merchant vessel... Check out my full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-pr...

A Prince Among Pirates / Katie Abdou / Book Review

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3 years ago, I could get an interview no problem. Today, I'm waiting weeks for "We've decided to go with someone with more experience..."

I do landscape photography and post that to a lot of my socials, and I have a family member who followed me (without my prompting) who comments on every photo, "This is nice, but why aren't there any people??" And I'm sorry, but get off my landscape photography account, then?

Happy Friday, #BookSky! Need a #Mystery to add to your TBR? Fallon's in this competition to win. She needs all the exposure she can get. But something here isn't right in LAST TO LEAVE. Full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/06/last...

Last to Leave / Teresa Richards / Book Review

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Recycling mildly popular YA books from 20 years ago with fancy new "special editions" instead of just finding new authors is definitely a choice.

It's beautiful. That is all.

Happy Pride, #BookSky! If you're looking for a fun summer read, check out THE MONSTERS WE MADE! It's road tripping, paranormal investigating, a bit of government meddling... and falling in love with a girl for the first time. Full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...

The Monsters We Made / Peyton June / Book Review

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"After you apply online, go into the building and introduce yourself! Then they'll invite you to an interview." - my mother

Hey, Small Business Owner! I know you think your AI mascot is super cute -- plus, free is a really good deal! -- but it's actually creepy and off-putting. Maybe save up a bit to commission an artist? Sincerely, Someone who prefers to shop local

Looking for the perfect #summer read, #BookSky? Blue Beach is the only Black-owned beach this side of town, and the (white) neighbors aren't happy. Especially when a body washes ashore in Karyn Parsons's #HistoricalFiction. Full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/06/blue...

Blue Beach / Karyn Parsons / Book Review

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9 months into job-hunting, and my lovely mother has given the advice of "Just ask your friends if they know of anything!!"

Need a Pride Month read? SHAPES OF LOVE is great aroace rep!! It asks the hard questions, explores deep friendships, and perfectly captures the nostalgic moment between the end of high school and the start the rest of your life. Full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/shap...

Shapes of Love / L.V. Peñalba / Book Review

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Happy weekend, #BookSky! Anybody else wishing they were heading to the beach right now? That's where Odie's headed... and where the storm washes his sailboat ashore in Anna Ellison's #Romance CALYPSO'S ODYSSEY. Check out my full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/caly...

Calypso's Odyssey / Anna Ellison / Book Review

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Happy weekend, #BookSky! Thinking of traveling this #summer? Evelyn would tell you to think again. She's several iterations in to this plane crash time-loop in Rachel Reiss's SECONDS TO SPARE. Full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/seco...

Seconds to Spare / Rachel Reiss / Book Review

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Eavesdropping on some old ladies at the coffee shop as she says she's so mad her grandson accused her of being a Tr*mper for "defending him." Not five minutes later saying she only trusts 🦊News because every other outlet is "lying."

Me: types "encampment" Microsoft Word: did you mean "campsite"? No, Microsoft, I did not mean campsite.

Happy Friday, Book People! 💙📚 Looking for a lush #Fantasy to escape into this #weekend? Every night is full of magic and revelry in Elisa A. Bonnin's THE NIGHT KING'S COURT. Check out my full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

The Night King's Court / Elisa A. Bonnin / Book Review

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Happy weekend, #BookSky! Need some seaside #horror in your life? Lindsay Weinberg's already got big #summer plans after getting kicked out of her most recent boarding school. But her plans *don't* involve rural Maine in THE COVE. Full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

The Cove / Claire Rose / Book Review

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YA is such a strange spot rn because on one hand, you have adult fantasy/romantasy funneled to YA because that's culturally where women authors *belong* and on the other hand, you have classic MG books being republished as YA because they are suddenly too hard/dark for the contemporary kid.