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Voracious reader of Penguin Classics 📚 | Obsessed with all things libraries and archives—an almost-librarian just a few credits shy of the title.

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A green hardcover edition of The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy rests on a textured background with botanical illustrations and burn marks. The book cover features a repeating white design of snow-capped mountains and pine trees, framed by a diamond-shaped border around the title.

A green hardcover edition of The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy rests on a textured background with botanical illustrations and burn marks. The book cover features a repeating white design of snow-capped mountains and pine trees, framed by a diamond-shaped border around the title.

I gave The Cossacks ★★★★☆ — A tricky classic to review: colonial setting, yes, but also a profoundly personal writing from Tolstoy grappling with privilege, war, and meaning.

👉Read the full review on Goodreads www.goodreads.com/user/show/19...

#BookSky #bookworm #booknerd #booklover #Tolstoy

04.08.2025 10:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Happy Birthday, Herman Melville, born 1 August 1819. ‘To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it.’ —Herman Melville #Readers #BlueSkyBooks #Books #WritersOfBlueSky #BlueskyLit

Happy Birthday, Herman Melville, born 1 August 1819. ‘To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it.’ —Herman Melville #Readers #BlueSkyBooks #Books #WritersOfBlueSky #BlueskyLit

Happy Birthday, Herman Melville, born 1 August 1819.

‘To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it.’
—Herman Melville

#Readers #BlueSkyBooks #Books #WritersOfBlueSky #BlueskyLit

01.08.2025 09:58 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A paperback copy of "Life of Chopin" by Franz Liszt rests on a textured, weathered stone surface. The book cover features a painting of a man seated at a piano, reading sheet music in a warmly lit, wallpapered room.

A paperback copy of "Life of Chopin" by Franz Liszt rests on a textured, weathered stone surface. The book cover features a painting of a man seated at a piano, reading sheet music in a warmly lit, wallpapered room.

On this day in 1886, Franz Liszt made his melancholic exit from the earthly stage. 🎹 Though best known as a pianist and composer, he also penned a book about Chopin!

Was Princess Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein the quiet co-author 👀? Fellow Lisztians: what do you think?

#Liszt #BookSky

31.07.2025 10:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yes! It's a fascinating read. 😀

29.07.2025 10:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

One of my absolute favourite books. It pays to read outside of our comfort zone!

28.07.2025 11:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A Portrait of an Artist As a Young Man - James Joyce

28.07.2025 11:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A drawn image of Anne Elliott and Captain Frederick Wentworth having a conversation. By C. E. Brock (died 1938) - http://solitary-elegance, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19137961

A drawn image of Anne Elliott and Captain Frederick Wentworth having a conversation. By C. E. Brock (died 1938) - http://solitary-elegance, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19137961

If Captain Wentworth’s letter doesn’t seal Persuasion as an instant classic, nothing will. Five stars. 💌

Follow me on Goodreads to read the full review!

👉 www.goodreads.com/user/thealmo...

#JaneAusten #Persuasion #BookReview #BookSky

28.07.2025 11:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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