#FiveStarReads

Jaz Pate Author

@jazpate.bsky.social

1 week ago

ARC Review Divided by Ben Andrews 5 stars If you enjoy dystopias that make you think while also keeping you fully invested in the people living inside the world, this book is absolutely worth picking up. I genuinely loved this one and can’t wait to see where the series goes next. Another fantastic read from Ben Andrews!!! 😍

📖 BOOK REVIEW 📚
Divided by Ben Andrews
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Read full review on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Check out Ben’s book: a.co/d/03fB2qO2

#BookSky #WriteSky #BookCommunity #IndieAuthor #FiveStarReads #Dystopian #DystopianBooks #DystopianFiction #SciFiBooks #ScienceFiction #QueerBooks

Queen of Smut 💋

@realqueenofsmut.bsky.social

1 week ago

📖 Vicious Secret — survived
🩸 Depraved Devotion — emotionally compromised
🎧 Audiobooks — immediately acquired
🧠 Sanity — missing

Would recommend.
Would reread.
Would absolutely do this to myself again.

#FiveStarReads #FourChiliEnergy #UnhingedReader #QueenOfSmutApproved

Joyffree

@joyffree.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

☕ Spotlight Reads
➱ Dark MM Captive Musician Romance
➱ Billionaire Romance
➱ MM Funny Paranormal Romance
➱ An emotional, Romantic Suspense

#BookRecommendations #fivestarreads #booklovers #AWonderfulWorldofWords #koboplus #kindleunlimited

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maryanneyarde.bsky.social 💙📚📜

@maryanneyarde.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

📚✨ February Reading Wrap-Up

Five books. Five stars. All unforgettable. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

See which reads made my February list:

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#FiveStarReads #ReadingWrapUp #BookTwitter

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Jaz Pate Author

@jazpate.bsky.social

1 month ago

ARC Review Taste & Temptation by Cheyanne Brubaker 5 stars If you like your romance smutty but with substance, nuance, and care around heavy topics like faith, trauma, and recovery, I would absolutely recommend this. If I wasn’t already a Brubaker fan before, I 1000% am now 😩🙏

📖 BOOK REVIEW 📚
Taste & Temptation by Cheyanne Brubaker
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Read full review on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Check out Cheyanne’s book here: a.co/d/08nqM5Hi

#BookSky #WriteSky #BookCommunity #IndieAuthor #RomanceRead #SpicyRomance #RomanceBook #DarkRomance #Taboo #FiveStarReads

Type Eighteen Books

@typeeighteenbooks.bsky.social

1 month ago

Readers are inspired by AEGOLIUS CREEK! Do you have your copy of the IPPY-award-winning novel? Available now in print, #ebook, and #audiobook!

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#greatreads #fivestarreads #bookrecommendations #booksbooksbooks #fictionbooks #oregonbooks #novels #bookrec

Joyffree

@joyffree.bsky.social

1 month ago

☕ Spotlight Reads & Book Recommendations ☕ Spotlight Reads,Book recommendation,MM shifter romance,Cozy Mystery,dark romantic comedy,Dark Omegaverse,dark fantasy romance,kobo plus,Kindle,Kobo

☕ Spotlight Reads & Book Recommendations ☕

➱ Fixer by Kaje Harper

➱ The Tomato Jam Murder by Meg Benjamin

➱ Love Me Stalk Me by Laura Bishop

➱ A Tainted Claim by Zoey Ellis

#BookRecommendations #fivestarreads #bookblog #foryou

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Author M. Rebecca Wildsmith

@mrebeccawildsmith.bsky.social

2 months ago

All I can say is THANK YOU to this thoughful and delightful review!

#bookreview #bookstoread2026 #hattievavaseur #mrebeccawildsmith #fivestarreads

Sam 🌈📚🎧💙🐈‍⬛

@wanderolah.bsky.social

2 months ago

A collage with 33 book covers

On that note, I put together my personal favorites from last year. I could expand this list a fair amount, but trying not to go *too crazy* - I feel good about this list.

And I only included *six* re-reads, go me.

#yearinbooks #fivestarreads #booksky #readersky

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

2 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "Good Spirits" I guess I was wrong in thinking that “The Last Soul Among Wolves” would be my last five star read of 2025; my Christmas audio book choice this year was “Good Spirits” by B.K.

#FiveStarReads of 2025: "Good Spirits" by B.K. Borison, a last minute holiday season addition; I *think* this is the last of my five star reads for the year, but you never know, there are a few days left ... open.substack.com/pub/mhartfor...

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

2 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "The Last Soul Among Wolves" I’m closing 2025’s best books with “The Last Soul Among Wolves,” the second in Melissa Caruso’s “Echo Archives” series.

#FiveStarReads of 2025: “The Last Soul Among Wolves” by Melissa Caruso - another wild ride into the Echoes open.substack.com/pub/mhartfor...

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

2 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "Funny Story" “My name is Michael, and I’m addicted to Emily Henry books …”

#FiveStarReads of 2025: “Funny Story”, the third Emily Henry book on this list; yeah, I guess I’m a fan … open.substack.com/pub/mhartfor...

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

2 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "Nettle & Bone" And speaking of fairy tales … T.

#FiveStarReads of 2025: “Nettle & Bone” by T. Kingfisher, a fantasy featuring the most delightfully dysfunctional adventuring party open.substack.com/pub/mhartfor...

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

2 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Fairies" I have yet to jump on the “romantasy” bandwagon — far too many Courts of Theses and Thats for me to keep track of — but maybe “Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Fairies” by Heather Fawcett is a way to ba...

#FiveStarReads of 2025: “Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Fairies” by Heather Fawcett - delightfully cozy (except when it’s not) open.substack.com/pub/mhartfor...

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

2 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "Fiend" Alma Katsu’s “Fiend” is “Succession” as filtered through “The Fall of the House of Usher”: three largely unlikable heirs to a powerful family with a dark secret vie for control of forces none of them ...

#FiveStarReads of 2025: “Fiend” by Alma Katsu - “Succession” but with the Devil; short and wicked mhartford.substack.com/p/five-star-...

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

2 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "The Death of Jane Lawrence" I’ve been trying to get more Gothic fiction into my reading lists, and “The Death of Jane Lawrence” by Caitlin Starling definitely hit all of the Gothic notes I was looking for: a mysterious and dilap...

#FiveStarReads of 2025: “The Death of Jane Lawrence” by Caitlin Starling: a creepy Gothic which would pair well with the film “A Dark Song” open.substack.com/pub/mhartfor...

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

2 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "Deep End" After Not in Love, I thought I was prepared for high-heat Ali Hazelwood.

#FiveStarReads of 2025: “Deep End” by Ali Hazelwood - off the charts spicy and off the charts good open.substack.com/pub/mhartfor...

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

2 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "It Was Her House First" Cherie Priest’s “It Was Her House First” is a haunted house tale, and quite a haunted house it is!

#FiveStarReads of 2025: “It Was Her House First” by Cherie Priest, a harrowing haunted house tale open.substack.com/pub/mhartfor...

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

2 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "The Last Hour Between Worlds" I think it’s fair to say that I’m not the target audience for a swashbuckling Sapphic romance — at least, it’s not something that a middle-aged cis straight male would typically read.

#FiveStarReads of 2025: Melissa Caruso's "The Last Hour Between Worlds," a swashbuckling dimension hopping sapphic romance open.substack.com/pub/mhartfor...

Kim Orendor

@korendor.bsky.social

2 months ago

🎅📚Santa has plans to read my books for the holidays.

BE LIKE SANTA!

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#bigfoot #China #adoption #awardwinner #fivestarreads #indieauthor #holidaygifts #giftideas

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

2 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "Twist" From the opening lines of Colum McCann’s “Twist,” you know you’re in a master’s hands.

#FiveStarReads of 2025: Colum McCann's "Twist," which lives up to its title in some surprising ways mhartford.substack.com/p/five-star-...

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

3 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "Business Casual" I had B.K.

#FiveStarReads of 2025: B. K. Borison’s “Business Casual,” the last in the Lovelight Farm series - I put this one off because I didn’t want the series to end open.substack.com/pub/mhartfor...

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

3 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "The Book of Cold Cases" More Simone St.

#FiveStarReads of 2025: "The Book of Cold Cases," my first Simone St. James that isn't set in inter-war England; a delightfully unsettling contemporary gothic open.substack.com/pub/mhartfor...

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

3 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "My Best Friend's Exorcism" I watched the movie adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s “My Best Friend’s Exorcism” before I read the book, and while I enjoyed the movie well enough (it had a fun late-80s vibe and some interesting camera ...

#FiveStarReads of 2025: “My Best Friend’s Exorcism” by Grady Hendrix; I liked it much more than the movie. Would pair well with “Head Full of Ghosts” and “ Play Nice” open.substack.com/pub/mhartfor...

Wildborne Fantasy

@wildbornefantasy.bsky.social

3 months ago

#books #readingwrapped #fivestarreads #arcreader #fantasybooks #romantasy

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

3 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "Book Lovers" Back to the Emily Henry well with “Book Lovers,” a delightful enemies-to-lovers comedy from the master of the trope!

#FiveStarReads of 2025: “Book Lovers” by Emily Henry, because I’m an absolute sucker for Emily Henry open.substack.com/pub/mhartfor...

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

3 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "The Haunting of Maddy Clare" I binged some Simone St.

#FiveStarReads of 2025: Simone St James’s “Haunting of Maddy Clare”, quite a bit darker than my first of her books open.substack.com/pub/mhartfor...

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

3 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "The Widow of Rose House" I decided in 2025 that I would add some more contemporary Gothic romances to my diet, and one of the best I read was “The Widow of Rose House” by Diana Biller.

#FiveStarReads of 2025: "The Widow of Rose House" by Diana Biller, another Gothic romance I really enjoyed, though a little lighter in tone than the Simone St. James books mhartford.substack.com/p/five-star-...

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

3 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "The Paris Apartment" Kelly Bowen’s “The Paris Apartment” is told in two timelines: in the present, Aurelia Leclaire inherits her grandmother’s Paris apartment, which has been uninhabited since the end of World War II, and...

#FiveStarReads of 2025: Kelly Bowen's "Paris Apartment," a tale of the French Resistance with a romance subplot mhartford.substack.com/p/five-star-...

Michael Hartford

@mhartford.bsky.social

3 months ago

Five Star Reads of 2025: "The Secret History" I first read Donna Tartt’s “The Secret History” when it was published in 1992 — I’m sure I still have the first edition hardcover someplace, that slightly oddly shaped book with the classical statue o...

#FiveStarReads of 2025: I returned to Donna Tartt's "The Secret History" in March by way of the author's reading, definitely an interesting experience open.substack.com/pub/mhartfor...