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Shelby’s 2025 Year in Books

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Shelby Ann

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Shelby Ann published their first poetry collection, Post-You, in 2020 and is currently working on their debut novel. As a lifelong academic, Shelby writes essays analyzing novels, manga, and video games under the name InvestiGeek (www.investigeek.com). ...more

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Post-You

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2020

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Shelby is Currently Reading

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Audition

by Katie Kitamura (Goodreads Author)

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The Lies of Lena (The Otacian Chronicles, #1)

by Kylie Snow (Goodreads Author)

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The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6)

by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)

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Shelby Ann and 1 other person liked Stella’s status update Stella Carney started reading Fresh Meat (Supernatural, #11)
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Shelby Ann and 1 other person liked Stella Carney's review of Night Terror (Supernatural, #9): "I’ll always love being back in Sam and Deans world, but I think their adventures translate better on TV rather than the written word."
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Shelby Ann and 1 other person liked Stella Carney's review of The Thief and the Traitor Bride (The Hand and the Heart, #2): "Estranged husband and wife needs to be the new enemies to lovers. “The Thief and the Traitor Bride” follows Nore Gordon, who is a wine merchant by day and a spy by night. One of her tasks as a said spy, requires her to work with her estranged husband" Read more of this review »
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Shelby Ann and 1 other person liked Andrea’s status update Andrea Zabaglio finished reading Bitter Sweet
Jul 20, 2026 06:13PM · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Bitter Sweet by Hattie Williams. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Bitter Sweet by Hattie Williams <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Shelby Ann rated a book really liked it Spread Me by Sarah Gailey (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Infectiously queer novel.
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Infectiously queer novel.
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Good to know I could be a lot more petty.
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Shelby’s Quotes

“Your husband is not going to take care of you the way you think,” Phoebe says. “Nobody can take care of you the way you need to take care of yourself. It’s your job to take care of yourself like that.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People

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“She doesn’t see the point in staying alive only to do all the same things that made her want to die.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People

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