Marcie Herman Riebe
@capricangirl.bsky.social
Writer. Thespian. Union member. Nerd.
My favorite genre is plays. I read them to better write them. My favorite challenge? Trying to get almost everything into dialogue to tell the story. #bookvember #writesky #booksky
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 16!
Follow the directions on the prompt card and explore the many genres readers love.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Follow the directions on the prompt card and explore the many genres readers love.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
My favorite genre is plays. I read them to better write them. My favorite challenge? Trying to get almost everything into dialogue to tell the story. #bookvember #writesky #booksky
Probably my favorite play I’ve read so far. Beautiful, bittersweet, funny. The complete package. Love The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl. #bookvember #writesky #booksky
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Probably my favorite play I’ve read so far. Beautiful, bittersweet, funny. The complete package. Love The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl. #bookvember #writesky #booksky
One part of Fear of Flying really showed me—when Jong writes about not wanting to get pregnant and whether that was a valid feeling to have as a woman. I found myself in that moment. A connection. #bookvember #writesky #booksky
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
One part of Fear of Flying really showed me—when Jong writes about not wanting to get pregnant and whether that was a valid feeling to have as a woman. I found myself in that moment. A connection. #bookvember #writesky #booksky
The Expanse series by James S.A. Corey, which I’ve only started, is pretty amazing in terms of world building. The Belters are a fascinating group, and I can’t help but pull for them in terms of politics so far. #booksky #writesky #bookvember
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Expanse series by James S.A. Corey, which I’ve only started, is pretty amazing in terms of world building. The Belters are a fascinating group, and I can’t help but pull for them in terms of politics so far. #booksky #writesky #bookvember
Roxane Gay’s essay collection, Bad Feminist, came to me at a crucial moment in life and her story of her own experience enmeshed in what it means to be a feminist for your own cause gave me direction. #bookvember #writesky #booksky
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Roxane Gay’s essay collection, Bad Feminist, came to me at a crucial moment in life and her story of her own experience enmeshed in what it means to be a feminist for your own cause gave me direction. #bookvember #writesky #booksky
Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren is one of the most unexpected, compelling books I think I’ve ever read. Sci fi about a drifter, The Kid, who ends up in a post-apocalyptic city knowing little about his own past. He weaves through the place non-linearly and I had to find out the end. #bookvember
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren is one of the most unexpected, compelling books I think I’ve ever read. Sci fi about a drifter, The Kid, who ends up in a post-apocalyptic city knowing little about his own past. He weaves through the place non-linearly and I had to find out the end. #bookvember
If I have to pick one of Marlon James’ books, I guess it’s Black Leopard, Red Wolf. But I love all of his I’ve read so far. Still, The Dark Star Trilogy is top notch. Highly recommend to all. LGBTQIA+ friendly. A dark tale full of magic and you feel completely immersed in his Africa.
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If I have to pick one of Marlon James’ books, I guess it’s Black Leopard, Red Wolf. But I love all of his I’ve read so far. Still, The Dark Star Trilogy is top notch. Highly recommend to all. LGBTQIA+ friendly. A dark tale full of magic and you feel completely immersed in his Africa.
I liked Rita Mae Brown’s Rubyfruit Jungle. The protagonist, Molly, always chooses to go her own way instead of merely going with the norm. A good lesson for us all. #bookvember #writesky #booksky
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I liked Rita Mae Brown’s Rubyfruit Jungle. The protagonist, Molly, always chooses to go her own way instead of merely going with the norm. A good lesson for us all. #bookvember #writesky #booksky
I don’t know how many folks I’ve suggested Possession to. Historical metafiction at its zenith. Maud is canny, smart, fragile. She transforms as the trail of her ancestor reveals itself, giving her greater purpose and power. #bookvember #writesky #booksky
November 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I don’t know how many folks I’ve suggested Possession to. Historical metafiction at its zenith. Maud is canny, smart, fragile. She transforms as the trail of her ancestor reveals itself, giving her greater purpose and power. #bookvember #writesky #booksky
Need some fun in your life, NEPA?
Check out Michael Hollinger’s Incorruptible at Diva Theater in Scranton. This show is directed by Paige Balitski.
It’s Opening Night! Curtain is 7:30 pm.
#supportlocaltheatre
Check out Michael Hollinger’s Incorruptible at Diva Theater in Scranton. This show is directed by Paige Balitski.
It’s Opening Night! Curtain is 7:30 pm.
#supportlocaltheatre
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Need some fun in your life, NEPA?
Check out Michael Hollinger’s Incorruptible at Diva Theater in Scranton. This show is directed by Paige Balitski.
It’s Opening Night! Curtain is 7:30 pm.
#supportlocaltheatre
Check out Michael Hollinger’s Incorruptible at Diva Theater in Scranton. This show is directed by Paige Balitski.
It’s Opening Night! Curtain is 7:30 pm.
#supportlocaltheatre
My mom phrased it thus: maybe it’s not time for you to read this book yet. I believe that gave me a very healthy outlook towards reading, because I knew I could read it some day. Nothing seemed totally off-limits.
Doesn’t mean I didn’t sneak at times though.
#bookvember #writesky #booksky
Doesn’t mean I didn’t sneak at times though.
#bookvember #writesky #booksky
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 7!
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
My mom phrased it thus: maybe it’s not time for you to read this book yet. I believe that gave me a very healthy outlook towards reading, because I knew I could read it some day. Nothing seemed totally off-limits.
Doesn’t mean I didn’t sneak at times though.
#bookvember #writesky #booksky
Doesn’t mean I didn’t sneak at times though.
#bookvember #writesky #booksky
Keeping honest.
Keeping on keeping on.
Groove Brewing writers group today.
No beer photo because I already drank it.
Keeping on keeping on.
Groove Brewing writers group today.
No beer photo because I already drank it.
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Keeping honest.
Keeping on keeping on.
Groove Brewing writers group today.
No beer photo because I already drank it.
Keeping on keeping on.
Groove Brewing writers group today.
No beer photo because I already drank it.
The Tasha Tudor Book of Fairy Tales. Don’t know how many times I went to that book for comfort. #bookvember #writesky #booksky
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The Tasha Tudor Book of Fairy Tales. Don’t know how many times I went to that book for comfort. #bookvember #writesky #booksky
I remember Mrs. Hibbs reading The Giving Tree to us in first grade reading class. And then the librarian, Miss Ackerson, told me Shel Silverstein had more books.
The rest is history.
But don’t a lot of kids books read like poetry? I love it.
#bookvember #writesky #booksky
The rest is history.
But don’t a lot of kids books read like poetry? I love it.
#bookvember #writesky #booksky
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 5!
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I remember Mrs. Hibbs reading The Giving Tree to us in first grade reading class. And then the librarian, Miss Ackerson, told me Shel Silverstein had more books.
The rest is history.
But don’t a lot of kids books read like poetry? I love it.
#bookvember #writesky #booksky
The rest is history.
But don’t a lot of kids books read like poetry? I love it.
#bookvember #writesky #booksky
Not a children’s book, but Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl was likely the first nonfiction that I recall hitting me hard. I can’t remember how many times I read it. #bookvember #writesky #booksky
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 4!
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Not a children’s book, but Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl was likely the first nonfiction that I recall hitting me hard. I can’t remember how many times I read it. #bookvember #writesky #booksky
I had a few that kept me coming back to reading—Lois Lowry for sure (loved Anastasia Krupnik!), Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary, and when I was older I had a long Cynthia Voigt stint. #bookvember #authors #booksky #writesky
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 3!
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I had a few that kept me coming back to reading—Lois Lowry for sure (loved Anastasia Krupnik!), Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary, and when I was older I had a long Cynthia Voigt stint. #bookvember #authors #booksky #writesky
Tuck Everlasting stuck with me (immortality?!). The Emily of New Moon series (no diss to Anne just love Emily more as a character). I Am A Bunny is the first favorite I remember though, and liking the part about watching the animals prep for winter. Love to watch them do that now. #bookvember #books
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 2!
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Tuck Everlasting stuck with me (immortality?!). The Emily of New Moon series (no diss to Anne just love Emily more as a character). I Am A Bunny is the first favorite I remember though, and liking the part about watching the animals prep for winter. Love to watch them do that now. #bookvember #books
I’m Marcie.
Reading is something I don’t ever remember not doing—with a teacher for a mom, how could it have been absent? And our whole family reads!
Writing I dabbled in, coming to do it seriously later in life after a great free poetry workshop I took. #booksky #writesky #bookvember
Reading is something I don’t ever remember not doing—with a teacher for a mom, how could it have been absent? And our whole family reads!
Writing I dabbled in, coming to do it seriously later in life after a great free poetry workshop I took. #booksky #writesky #bookvember
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 1!
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I’m Marcie.
Reading is something I don’t ever remember not doing—with a teacher for a mom, how could it have been absent? And our whole family reads!
Writing I dabbled in, coming to do it seriously later in life after a great free poetry workshop I took. #booksky #writesky #bookvember
Reading is something I don’t ever remember not doing—with a teacher for a mom, how could it have been absent? And our whole family reads!
Writing I dabbled in, coming to do it seriously later in life after a great free poetry workshop I took. #booksky #writesky #bookvember
Don’t know how to feel about this one either.
First, the cover is not a history book IMHO.
And how does a book on the Tudors let the Dudleys have the final word?
Suspicious.
#booksky
First, the cover is not a history book IMHO.
And how does a book on the Tudors let the Dudleys have the final word?
Suspicious.
#booksky
October 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Don’t know how to feel about this one either.
First, the cover is not a history book IMHO.
And how does a book on the Tudors let the Dudleys have the final word?
Suspicious.
#booksky
First, the cover is not a history book IMHO.
And how does a book on the Tudors let the Dudleys have the final word?
Suspicious.
#booksky
Top three books for me this week, because sometimes it changes:
A.S. Byatt: Possession
Arundhati Roy: The God of Small Things
Mary Shelley: Frankenstein
Do you have three you love this week?
#booksky #fivestars #goodbooks
A.S. Byatt: Possession
Arundhati Roy: The God of Small Things
Mary Shelley: Frankenstein
Do you have three you love this week?
#booksky #fivestars #goodbooks
October 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Top three books for me this week, because sometimes it changes:
A.S. Byatt: Possession
Arundhati Roy: The God of Small Things
Mary Shelley: Frankenstein
Do you have three you love this week?
#booksky #fivestars #goodbooks
A.S. Byatt: Possession
Arundhati Roy: The God of Small Things
Mary Shelley: Frankenstein
Do you have three you love this week?
#booksky #fivestars #goodbooks
This Saturday is our 4th anniversary of our local writers celebration at Diva Theater in Scranton. Join us for Page to Stage—with a special 7:30 pm start—for Cari Tellis, Lonnie Barone, Erika Clay, Paul Miscavage, Lori Green, Chris Alu, and David Hicks. Just $5. Contains adult themes. #localwriters
October 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This Saturday is our 4th anniversary of our local writers celebration at Diva Theater in Scranton. Join us for Page to Stage—with a special 7:30 pm start—for Cari Tellis, Lonnie Barone, Erika Clay, Paul Miscavage, Lori Green, Chris Alu, and David Hicks. Just $5. Contains adult themes. #localwriters
Looking forward to this one for some writing inspiration. #booksky #plays #justreadplays #argonautika #maryzimmerman
October 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Looking forward to this one for some writing inspiration. #booksky #plays #justreadplays #argonautika #maryzimmerman
“No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed.”
Probably my all-time favorite book. Needs a re-read soon.
A. S. Byatt’s Possession.
#booksky #fivestars
#readanythingreadeverything
Probably my all-time favorite book. Needs a re-read soon.
A. S. Byatt’s Possession.
#booksky #fivestars
#readanythingreadeverything
October 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed.”
Probably my all-time favorite book. Needs a re-read soon.
A. S. Byatt’s Possession.
#booksky #fivestars
#readanythingreadeverything
Probably my all-time favorite book. Needs a re-read soon.
A. S. Byatt’s Possession.
#booksky #fivestars
#readanythingreadeverything
October 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Date adjustments!
October 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Date adjustments!