Rachel

What are you reading??

The Troop by Nick Cutter!

My painting GREAT PLAINS STORM

almost hidden in a discoloured, rolling, and oftentimes tumultuous and bursting sea

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

I love her work and how she promotes like a better relationship with death. I’m not quite there yet myself though haha I like to learn about it all

Just scanned this one in. I don't think it needs a lot of work but wanted to share it. Thought it turned out pretty good.
Ektar 100 4x5, Intreid 4x5, Fujinon 150mm

How to Get the Most out of Your Time on BookSky The BlueSky thread I did about this a while back was quite popular, so I wanted to expand on it and update it with some new recommendations for you. 1) Be really, really generous with your hearts/rep...

new blog post on the #booksky blog! 📚💙

How To Get the Most Out of Your Time on BookSky ( with tips for readers and writers!) ⤵️

“Martians discharging Heat-Rays in the Thames Valley” illustration by Henrique Alvim Corrêa

I finished reading The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells! Another book that left me feeling quite odd; conflicting feelings light and dark. Thoroughly enjoyed it! #booksky 💙📚 📚💙

how to erase holodeck history

I’ve read Carrie! I liked that one best so far, I think.

Black and white photograph by Fay Godwin, looking up a slope to a ruined house on the Yorkshire moors, with two trees standing near it on the left, under a cloudy, dramatic sky.

Top Withens (1977), by Fay Godwin

Cover of Cujo by Stephen King

Just finished my second read by King. Poor doggy :(
This actually made me feel soooo icky and I mean that in a positive way. Also mad. Positively grimy!

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Selection of English language translated editions of László Krasznahorkai's fiction. Collage by bobbygw

#booksky highly recommended for #literaryfiction 📚💙

Where to start with Nobel Prize winner László Krasznahorkai.

The Hungarian novelist is difficult & dark, yet funny; his apocalypticism is leavened by a humane belief in the value of art. Here are some excellent recommendations

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I’m so torn over which title by László Krasznahorkai's to read first. I’m between 3:
Satantango, The Melancholy of Resistance, War and War
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BREAKING NEWS
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

Embroidery, I really tried to love you... but you make me so mad #crafts #notforme

Photo of a woman next to a film camera in a cemetery

Photo of a spider’s web in the sunlight

Photo of a cemetery in autumn

Photo of a cemetery in autumn with the moon up during the day

Every time I go outside and just be, I realize (again) that the poets were right: being out in the natural world is the closest thing to being near the divine. Nature offers such sweet solace. 🍂

Frank Herbert

Happy Literary Birthday to Frank Herbert, born this day in Tacoma, Washington. (1920-1986) #BookSky 💙📚

One of the images from my old body of work "It's Allright Around Here Isn't It?", to date the only body of work that has been exhibited. Made with my Yashica D on Kodak Ektar 100 in 2020 #filmisnotdead #photography #believeinfilm

A grainy, black-and-white, high-angle photograph shows the remains of a pier jutting out into a turbulent sea from a sandy beach. The wooden structure, possibly the remnants of an old pavilion, sits further out, mostly submerged and surrounded by crashing waves. Closer to the shore, two distinct rows of vertical wooden posts stand in the shallows, casting faint reflections on the wet sand. The overall impression is one of decay and the relentless power of the ocean, captured with a blurry, perhaps intentional soft-focus aesthetic.

Popped to Brighton for #HolgaWeek Saturday with a bunch of Holgaites. Great fun! Went up the i360. It's very impressive from the outside and within.

Triple distortions from a Holga lens, more from the PAN 120 lens and the super curved glass of the i360 🤪

Vanity is the Devil's butthole! At least I think that's what the picture in my book is trying to say. In case I'm wrong, I would love to hear someone else's interpretation #Halloweason #Halloween. #Fall #Autumn #books #BookSky

Contra Amatores Mundi: A Gothic Fantasy by Graham Thomas Wilcox Contra Amatores Mundi is a love story soaked in martial theology and stylistic decadence.

Oh ho, a great review of a great novella by Grahan of @oldmoonquarterly.bsky.social!

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A cartoon of a TLR camera with a curling mustache, holding a cigar.

“Mustache” #drawATog
Pen and ink wash
#Inktober
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A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch: Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

Soooo tired of not winning Goodreads book giveaways but getting emails that read as if I did 🤨

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Gothic by Philip Fracassi Moby Dick by Herman Melville Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami

Hurled Headlong Flaming by Matt Holder The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami

Hi, here's what I read in September! My favorite was Moby Dick, of course! 🐳 The Very Secret Society was not my personal favorite, and the ones who say that the early Murakami's are "just vibes" & lacking substance are wrong!!! But that's just what I think...

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