Liz Kellebrew

Mood Boosting Books The Reading Agencies' Reading Well Mood-boosting Books scheme is a national promotion of uplifting titles, including novels, poetry and non-fiction.

If you live in the northern hemisphere, the Big Dark is here, and bookshop.org has you covered with this list of mood boosting books: uk.bookshop.org/lists/mood-b...

How Book Bans Control Information and Why They Backfire The latest moral panic centers on whether your child learns about racism and sexuality in the classroom. Who really benefits?

"Library data shows that banning a book tends to boost its circulation by about 11–12%." Love to see us exercising our freedom to read!
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Want to know Liz Kellebrew's Top 3 Books of 2025? Liz's top 3 reads of 2025 include Horse and two other amazing books. Discover what makes these books unmissable!

My 3 favorite books from this year's reads. 💙 shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/...

"I don’t believe in pure genres, we no longer live in single genres." -Georgi Gospodinov

I'm reading from THE RIVER PEOPLE at Hugo House in Seattle tomorrow, Nov. 5, at 6:30. It's free but we're asked to dress up and bring some donations for the food drive to support our local food bank. SNAP might not be helping our neighbors this month, but we can.

6:30 at Hugo House Nov. 5, I'll be reading from THE RIVER PEOPLE alongside some of my author friends. Come listen to some stories and feed your artist brain!

Third Place Books in Ravenna still has some copies of THE RIVER PEOPLE on the shelf. It's my hybrid creative nonfiction / historical fiction / memoir / found poetry novel based on a true story of PNW migration.

I tried to make the novella into a novel but it's not going to stretch more than 30,000 words. Not sure if I'm incapable of longer works after writing short stories or poems for so long, or if it's just the length that this particular story demands.

I learned a new word today for something I've been suffering from most of my life: "prostalgia," a sentimental longing for a better future. For me, it started with Star Trek. 🖖

"the holiest word i know is no" - Sam Sax

I'll be reading from THE RIVER PEOPLE at Hugo House in Seattle Nov. 5. Come say hi! www.arielbasom.com/collections

Can Xue and László Krasznahorkai are joint favourites to win 2025 Nobel prize in literature The Chinese and Hungarian writers are tied with odds of 10/1 – while Haruki Murakami, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie are also in the running

I am so happy to see Can Xue on this list! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

"Even today, when the planet is dark, there still is hope. Don't lose hope. If you lose hope, you become apathetic and do nothing." -Jane Goodall

I'll be reading at Hugo House in Seattle at 6:30 PM Nov. 5. Come say hi!

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I love that place! Best view from any coffeeshop I've ever been to.

Love this quote from Shunmyo Masuno.

"...there’s no point worrying what is the right choice. If you’ll eventually get to where you need to be no matter which option you choose, then all that matters is that you do your best with the choice you’ve made."

I grew up near the 42nd parallel so I learned to embrace the darkness. 🦇 That being said, I make good use of my happy light yearround.

Happy equinox, Earthlings. 🌍 May your diurnal cycle be balanced.

YouTube video by Crown Bees - The Solitary Bee Specialists Pollen for Food – A Solitary Solution

Volunteered at work to build mason bee houses for local elementary schools. I learned that native mason bees are about 100x more efficient at pollinating than honey bees! 🐝 Crown Bees made the bee house kits, their video is very informative.

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Just canceled my Hulu/Disney+ plan because ABC Disney canceled Kimmel. Gonna support viewing platforms that support freedom of speech.

Joy for Beginners Check out Joy for Beginners - <b><b><b>From national bestselling author of Reese Witherspoon's Book Club pick <i>The Scent Keeper</i> comes a beautifully crafted novel about daring to experience true ...

Erica Bauermeister's JOY FOR BEGINNERS has the absolute best breadmaking scenes I have ever read. It's also a master class in character building. I've yet to read a Port Townsend author I haven't liked. Must be something in the air there.

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The Meaning of Trees Split the trunk of an ancient one.

"Trees, I want to die and die in you. No other arms.
No other branches coroneting the sky.
No other aviaries for corbeau and kiskadee. Kiss me."
-Shivanee Ramlochan

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"Computers & technology, science fiction & fantasy, travel, memoirs, cults, social aspects, magical realism, small town & rural, women, autism spectrum, intelligence & semantics, coming of age" - What Amazon says is in my Kindle library

James is an incredible writer and you should get this book.

Went to a flying saucer party. Ate sushi with friends. Saw these stickers at a bookstore in Chehalis, Washington.

After weeks of 80F+ weather, yesterday dropped to the low 70s and I felt so energized. I was born in the spring, but fall in the PNW is really my natural climate.

A sweaty hike in Seattle's urban hills to a pocket park with gloriously tall cedars and Doug firs, followed by revisions and tuna sandwiches. What a late summer Sunday should be.

YouTube video by TheCranberriesVEVO The Cranberries - Dreams (Dir: Peter Scammell) (Official Music Video)

If you're over 40 and you weren't making out to this song in the 90s, what were you even doing with your life?

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Scene cards for the fourth (and hopefully final) revision of my WIP novel. I decided the work needed more character development, including some new scenes. This is working much better than scrolling up and down in a Word doc or laying 100+ pages out on the floor.

"It was a time when the future could have been anything, been anywhere. It was so open that it could actually crush her." -from "Office Hours," Ling Ma

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