Two books sitting vertically on a wooden desk in front of a white wall at a slight angle facing each other. The left edge of the book on the right stands in front of the rightmost edge of the books standing on the left. Books shown in the photo: 1. “Enshittification” by Cory Doctorow 2. “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker

Finished reading! 📖📚

1. “Enshittification” by Cory Doctorow
5⭐️
2. “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker
5⭐️

#librarybooks #booksky #bookrecs

Two books laying side by side on a wooden table in front of a pot of yellow flowers with thin yellow pedals on top of green leaves Books in photo: 1. “Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood” by Marjane Satrapi 2. “Don’t Believe Everything You Think” by Joseph Nguyen

Finished reading!! 📖

1. “Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood” by Marjane Satrapi
2. “Don’t Believe Everything You Think” by Joseph Nguyen

#books #librarybooks #booksky

Finished reading!! 📖

“The Woman in the Purple Skirt” by Natsuko Imamura

What an absurd story. I couldn’t put it down after I picked it up.

#librarybook #bookrec #booksky

I could not put Homegoing down because of how amazing it is! And I agree with you about A Short Stay in Hell

Two books laying flat on a library counter. Books in photo: 1. “Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi 2. “A Short Stay in Hell” by Steven L. Peck

Finished reading!! 📚

1. “Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi

5 ⭐️ 💕

2. “A Short Stay in Hell” by Steven L. Peck

😍

#library #books #bookrecs #homegoing #librarybooks

I have written some but I want to rewrite them because I don’t like how they turned out hehe

Very true! I do like writing

Brilliantly written

No, I could only dream of writing books like these hehe 😝 These are books that I borrowed from the library that seemed interesting to me

Four books on a desk, three hardcover books standing vertically around a paperback book laying flat on a desk. Books in standing vertically in photo from left to to right 1.“Walk Like a Girl” by Prabal Gurung 2.”The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot 3.”Lakewood” by Megan Giddings Book laying flat on the desk ”Zero Bomb” by M.T. Hill

Finished reading!!! 📚

1.“Walk Like a Girl” -Prabal Gurung
5⭐️

2.”The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”-Rebecca Skloot
5⭐️

3.”Lakewood”-Megan Giddings
A fever dream of a story, couldn’t put it down

4.”Zero Bomb”-M.T. Hill
Plot twist I didn’t se coming

#book #books #booksky #librarybooks #bookrecs

Two books standing vertically on a wooden desk. Books depicted: “The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky “Hood Feminism” by Mikki Kendall

Finished reading!!! 📚

“The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Great story!

“Hood Feminism” by Mikki Kendall
5⭐️

#booksky #bookrecs #librarybooks #dostoevsky #hoodfeminism

Sunlight reflecting off of my glasses onto the page 👓🌈📖

(Book: “Hood Feminism” by Mikki Kendall)

#librarybook #bookrecs #booksky #books #hoodfeminism

A top view of the book “Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty” by Kaila Yu that is sitting centered in the frame flat on top of a laptop going diagonally from the top left to the bottom right of the photo. Both are laying flat on top of a wooden desk.

Library return! 📚

“Fetishized” by Kaila Yu

Hard to get through, not because it was poorly written, but because of how raw, honest, and vulnerable it is.

5⭐️

#library #librarybook #bookrecs #booksky #fetishized #kailayu

A small wrapped gift in front of a slightly twisting stack of books on a wooden desk in front of a wall

A piece of string under a wad of ripped wrapping paper to the left, and a box containing a deck of playing cards at a slight slant downward to the bottom right corner of the photo with its leftmost edge resting on the wad of paper. All sitting atop a wooden desk in front of a wall

Belated holiday gift for library volunteers. A different variety of library cards hehe
📚🎁🃏♥️♠️♦️♣️

#library #librarycard #playingcards
#booksky #volunteering

Picture of the book “Martyr” by Kaveh Akbar standing upright on a wooden desk in front of a white wall

Finished reading this absolute masterpiece of a book!

5⭐️ 🙇🏻‍♀️

Had to slow down and really savor it.

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful 😍

#martyr #books #bookrecs #librarybook #booksky

Top view of the book “Winter in Sockcho” by Elisa Shua laying flat on a wooden desk

First book finished this year!

“Winter in Sockcho” by Elisa Shua Dusapin

#librarybook #booksky #books

I gotta prepare some tissues 🤧

I just read the first few pages and am already hooked

First library haul of the year! 📚

#libraryhaul #librarybooks #books #booksky

A long and skinny graphic showing a collage of the covers of all the books I read this year (95 books total) arranged in four columns

A graphic showing my reading stats for the month of December 2025

Some graphics of my reading stats

#reading #librarybooks #booksky #storygraph

Last book read last year, last book read this year

Last year: “Breasts and Eggs” by Mieko Kawakami
This year: “Misfortune Cookie” by Vivien Chen

#booksky #nye #books

Two stacks of books sitting on a wooden desk in front of a wall. Stack on the left (top to bottom): “The Echo Chamber” by John Boyne “The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov Stack on the right (top to bottom): “Misfortune Cookie” by Vivien Chen “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie “Seven Empty Houses” by Samanta Schweblin

Calling it a night on my NYE reading marathon. Finishing books that I started and intended to finish this year (left stack), and reading a few more books before saying goodbye to 2025 📚📖👓🥳🍾🥂

With twitching and tired eyes, I close the book on 2025

#nye #reading #booksky #librarybooks #nye

Top view of a book laying flat on a desk. Book in photo: “Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients” by Ben Goldacre

Couldn’t finish before I had to return it. Is it worth checking it out again?

#book #books #booksky #librarybook

Four books on a desk, two leaning against a wall and two laying flat on a desk in front of them. Books against the wall: 1. “The Death of Ivan Ilych & Confessions” -Tolstoy 2. “The Starlet and the Spy” -Ji-Min Lee Books laying on desk: 3. “Five Little Pigs” -Agatha Christie 4. “The Membranes” -Chi Ta-Wei

Library returns!!! Last one of 2025
📚

-“Ivan Ilych and Confessions” found me at the best moment in my life. I needed it.

-My first Agatha Christie, I like it!

-“The Membranes” got me out of a reading slump. Great read!

#library #librarybooks #tolstoy #agathachristie #booksky

Three books standing up vertically side to side at an angle on a desk in front of a wall Books shown (from left to right): 1. “Almond” -Sohn Won-Pyung 2. “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” -Shirley Jackson 3. “Beautyland” -Marie-Helene Bertino

Finished reading!! 📖👓

1. “Almond” -Sohn Won-Pyung
Got me out of a reading slump
2. “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” -Shirley Jackson
😍
3. “Beautyland” -Marie-Helene Bertino
💕

#booksky #librarybooks #library #bookrecs

Nighttime reading 📖

“We Have Always Lived in the Castle” by Shirley Jackson

#books #reading #booksky #librarybook #bookrec

Four books standing up vertically on a wooden desk in front of a white wall in the background. Books shown (from left to right) 1. ”Katabasis” -R.F. Kuang 2. “James” -Percival Everett 3. “Maktub” -Paulo Coelho 4. “Weather” -Jenny Offill

Finished reading!

1.”Katabasis” -R.F. Kuang
-Not bad, but I think I like “Babel” more
2. “James” -Percival Everett
-5 ⭐️
3. “Maktub” -Paulo Coelho
-Helped my brain breathe
4. “Weather” -Jenny Offill
-Sharp, succinct

#librarybook #libraryreturns #booksrecs #booksky

Four books on a desk, two leaning against a white wall and two laying down flat on the desk in front of the other two. Books leaning against the wall: “The Spy” by Paulo Coelho “Maktub” by Paulo Coelho Books laying down flat on the desk: “Walk Like a Girl” by Prabal Gurung “Hood Feminism” by Nikki Kendall

Library book haul! 📚

1. “The Spy” by Paulo Coelho
2. “Maktub” by Paulo Coelho
3. “Walk Like a Girl” by Prabal Gurung
4. “Hood Feminism” by Nikki Kendall

#librarybooks #booksky #books

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Finished this

With fists clenched

A tight jaw

And tensed shoulders

Boiling over with rage

#librarybook #booksky #bookrecs #empireofpain #patrickraddenkeefe

I’m excited to get read that book, it sounds intriguing!