Getting back into the swing of things after a slower month of reads. 💙📚
Your local library is a great place to start. With your library card, you can access digital libraries like Hoopla and Libby too. If your local bookstore doesn’t have something in-stock/can’t order a specific book, Thriftbooks’ website has been excellent when I want a book quickly.
February flew by in the blink of an eye. I thought the historic snowfall here would mean extra reading time...but it turned into extra naps. Oh well. Still, every one of these reads was great company. #booksky
January recap: started 2026 strong and found some real gems along the way. #booksky
A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
5 star reads of 2025 💙📚
2025 — Farewell. I’m ready to drop kick you into the dust, shake myself off, and fill 2026 with more words and wonder. 💙📚
When I set my original goal of 15 reads in April, I did it because I missed reading. Now it feels like part of me again. A limb I didn’t know I lost grew back.
My reading journey this year took me through a lot of genres, and it also helped me with setting goals and unplugging. I went from reading one to two books a year to cracking open book #99 this past week.
Another month another potpourri of reads. Used the fun fiction ones to carrot-and-stick my way through. Buffalo Hunter Hunter will stick with me for a lifetime just…harrowing. 📚💙
Feeling loved and grateful. Received some thoughtful bday gifts that I am excited to read. 💙📚
A mixed treat bag of spooky reads this October. Loved having some comics in the mix, it’s not Halloween without one! Most were hits, but I ended the month with Ring, and oof…that one left a sour taste. Sometimes adaptations really do trim the fat for a reason imo. #booksky
About 35% in and absolutely devouring this book. A hive-minded doctor investigating another entity? So superbly weird and perfect for the spooky season. 💙📚
Wrapped up 18 books this September, helped along by some spooky shorts, poems, a couple carry-overs from August, and plenty of audiobooks. I seem to read more when I’m anxious…and this month shows it. #booksky
Nice! Great roundup of reads.📚 I also read and enjoyed The Alchemist this year.
It was a great read! Glad you also enjoyed it.
Omg adored this as a kiddo.💙
Finished The God in the Woods audiobook on Friday and glad I listened instead of read. It’s a slow-burn mystery that unfolds over three decades through multiple POVs. Beautifully written, but definitely a gradual build. 💙📚
For Sapphic September, I decided to go to the source and read the original diva. I’ve been comparing different versions and so far, I prefer the Josephine Balmer translation. 💙📚
I did it! Completed my goal and am still hungry for more reads. 💙📚
Sappho didn’t write tiny poems with giant leaps. They were torn. Everybody, mostly men, Swinburne, for example, has been filling her holes ever since. She said…well, actually, you can say Sappho said anything. She says about two words and then everyone, the world, jumps in.
Eileen Myles, Inferno
Spooky season is creeping closer. I’m warming up with The King in Yellow. I didn’t expect it to be so romantic. Perfect way to set the mood and ease into my list of horror reads. 📚💙
Libby, Hoopla, and Internet Archive have been great resources to borrow books (I’m a big fan of trying before buying.) Everything having a due date helps. I also started the Iliad early in the spring and recently got the motivation to finish.
August reading round up. It was a month of sci-fi adventures and classic reads for me. #booksky
Knowing his biography adds another layer of context to Lily’s world in Telegraph Club, specifically how science, politics, and identity all tangled together in 1950s America.
Glad I read Iris Chang’s The Thread of the Silkworm before picking up Last Night at the Telegraph Club. Chang’s book traces the life of Tsien Hsue-Shen, founder of JPL, later deported during the Red Scare. #booksky
Love an in-depth book talk. It was a delight going to Small Format’s discussion of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and getting to meet fellow local book lovers. 📚 Cozy spaces with new faces are a treasure. #booksky
To make reading feel even more magical, I’ve started collecting bookmarks from every bookstore I visit. If we're ✨romanticizing life✨, we start with the pages.
David Lynch’s Dune is so fun! It’s not perfect, but it’s made with heart and has so many stunning elements and set pieces. Worst has got to be the new War of the Worlds. More like War of the Product Placement.
ChatGPT will only ever give you what you want, which is why it'll never surprise you. Wendy Xu (@wendyxu.bsky.social) on Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and the shock of unfairness:
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