Colin ππ¦βοΈπ΅
@literarycolin.bsky.social
Reading widely, thinking deeply | Literary fiction, modern classics, and hidden gems | Letβs talk books πβ¨
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2nd ARC of 2026 complete π
The Last of Earth is an introspective novel that explores grief, guilt, and ghosts through a dual narrative, following a man and a woman navigating loss from very different social and cultural positions.
My full review is up on goodreads/fable/storygraph
#booksky
The Last of Earth is an introspective novel that explores grief, guilt, and ghosts through a dual narrative, following a man and a woman navigating loss from very different social and cultural positions.
My full review is up on goodreads/fable/storygraph
#booksky
January 29, 2026 at 11:29 PM
2nd ARC of 2026 complete π
The Last of Earth is an introspective novel that explores grief, guilt, and ghosts through a dual narrative, following a man and a woman navigating loss from very different social and cultural positions.
My full review is up on goodreads/fable/storygraph
#booksky
The Last of Earth is an introspective novel that explores grief, guilt, and ghosts through a dual narrative, following a man and a woman navigating loss from very different social and cultural positions.
My full review is up on goodreads/fable/storygraph
#booksky
Re-reading To the Lighthouse in honor of Virginia Woolf's birthday today, Jan. 25.
This book changed how I think about time, memory, and the weight of ordinary moments. Woolf stretches a single afternoon into an entire emotional world.
5/5 stars. A lifetime re-read for me. βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ
#booksky
This book changed how I think about time, memory, and the weight of ordinary moments. Woolf stretches a single afternoon into an entire emotional world.
5/5 stars. A lifetime re-read for me. βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ
#booksky
January 25, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Re-reading To the Lighthouse in honor of Virginia Woolf's birthday today, Jan. 25.
This book changed how I think about time, memory, and the weight of ordinary moments. Woolf stretches a single afternoon into an entire emotional world.
5/5 stars. A lifetime re-read for me. βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ
#booksky
This book changed how I think about time, memory, and the weight of ordinary moments. Woolf stretches a single afternoon into an entire emotional world.
5/5 stars. A lifetime re-read for me. βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ
#booksky
This makes me more excited to read it! Hoping to get to it very soon π
January 16, 2026 at 3:46 AM
This makes me more excited to read it! Hoping to get to it very soon π
DNF β bad book.
Usually it means wrong reader, wrong moment.
These 9 books didn't click for me.
Taste is personal, and lifeβs too short to force yourself thru a book youβre not connecting with!
Whatβs 1 book you DNFβd & donβt regret, and 1 you loved that seems to bounce off others?
#booksky
Usually it means wrong reader, wrong moment.
These 9 books didn't click for me.
Taste is personal, and lifeβs too short to force yourself thru a book youβre not connecting with!
Whatβs 1 book you DNFβd & donβt regret, and 1 you loved that seems to bounce off others?
#booksky
January 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
DNF β bad book.
Usually it means wrong reader, wrong moment.
These 9 books didn't click for me.
Taste is personal, and lifeβs too short to force yourself thru a book youβre not connecting with!
Whatβs 1 book you DNFβd & donβt regret, and 1 you loved that seems to bounce off others?
#booksky
Usually it means wrong reader, wrong moment.
These 9 books didn't click for me.
Taste is personal, and lifeβs too short to force yourself thru a book youβre not connecting with!
Whatβs 1 book you DNFβd & donβt regret, and 1 you loved that seems to bounce off others?
#booksky
Jan 12: National Hot Tea Day + Haruki Murakamiβs birthday
Novelist as a Vocation felt like the right follow-up after finishing Stephen Kingβs On Writing.
Two very different approaches to craft. Both worth lingering over. Preferably with hot tea. β
#booksky
Novelist as a Vocation felt like the right follow-up after finishing Stephen Kingβs On Writing.
Two very different approaches to craft. Both worth lingering over. Preferably with hot tea. β
#booksky
January 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Jan 12: National Hot Tea Day + Haruki Murakamiβs birthday
Novelist as a Vocation felt like the right follow-up after finishing Stephen Kingβs On Writing.
Two very different approaches to craft. Both worth lingering over. Preferably with hot tea. β
#booksky
Novelist as a Vocation felt like the right follow-up after finishing Stephen Kingβs On Writing.
Two very different approaches to craft. Both worth lingering over. Preferably with hot tea. β
#booksky
Achievement unlocked: 1st 5-star read of '26!
Crux is a gritty, adrenaline-fueled literary novel that uses rock climbing not just as a backdrop, but as a way of exploring friendship, survival, fear, and the hope of wanting more from life.
Have you read Crux yet, or is it on your TBR?
#booksky
Crux is a gritty, adrenaline-fueled literary novel that uses rock climbing not just as a backdrop, but as a way of exploring friendship, survival, fear, and the hope of wanting more from life.
Have you read Crux yet, or is it on your TBR?
#booksky
January 11, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Achievement unlocked: 1st 5-star read of '26!
Crux is a gritty, adrenaline-fueled literary novel that uses rock climbing not just as a backdrop, but as a way of exploring friendship, survival, fear, and the hope of wanting more from life.
Have you read Crux yet, or is it on your TBR?
#booksky
Crux is a gritty, adrenaline-fueled literary novel that uses rock climbing not just as a backdrop, but as a way of exploring friendship, survival, fear, and the hope of wanting more from life.
Have you read Crux yet, or is it on your TBR?
#booksky
π House Made of Dawn is often credited with launching the Native American literary Renaissance.
Momadayβs prose is spare, lyrical, and often beautiful. But the fragmented narrative and symbolic distance kept me from fully connecting. I admired it more than I loved it.
#booksky
Momadayβs prose is spare, lyrical, and often beautiful. But the fragmented narrative and symbolic distance kept me from fully connecting. I admired it more than I loved it.
#booksky
January 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
π House Made of Dawn is often credited with launching the Native American literary Renaissance.
Momadayβs prose is spare, lyrical, and often beautiful. But the fragmented narrative and symbolic distance kept me from fully connecting. I admired it more than I loved it.
#booksky
Momadayβs prose is spare, lyrical, and often beautiful. But the fragmented narrative and symbolic distance kept me from fully connecting. I admired it more than I loved it.
#booksky
Thank you!! Libraries are the BEST
January 9, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Thank you!! Libraries are the BEST
Thank you for your thoughtful comments! You made some really insightful points about how to maintain the joy of reading. One of my goals is to just have fun and I need to work on not taking it so seriously.
January 9, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Thank you for your thoughtful comments! You made some really insightful points about how to maintain the joy of reading. One of my goals is to just have fun and I need to work on not taking it so seriously.
πβ¨ I finally checked out the brand new Mesa Gateway Public Library β opened Dec. 6, 2025.
Wild fact: this is Mesa Public Libraryβs first new branch in 30 years!
Libraries will always be one of my favorite public spaces, and Iβll always root for them getting the spotlight they deserve.
#booksky
Wild fact: this is Mesa Public Libraryβs first new branch in 30 years!
Libraries will always be one of my favorite public spaces, and Iβll always root for them getting the spotlight they deserve.
#booksky
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 AM
πβ¨ I finally checked out the brand new Mesa Gateway Public Library β opened Dec. 6, 2025.
Wild fact: this is Mesa Public Libraryβs first new branch in 30 years!
Libraries will always be one of my favorite public spaces, and Iβll always root for them getting the spotlight they deserve.
#booksky
Wild fact: this is Mesa Public Libraryβs first new branch in 30 years!
Libraries will always be one of my favorite public spaces, and Iβll always root for them getting the spotlight they deserve.
#booksky
π 26 for β26
Over the past year, a lot of good books got pushed lower on my TBR as other reads took priority.
So, I did a full shelf inventory and picked 26 books from the backlog that Iβm committing to read this year, ~2β3 each month if I want this entire stack finished by Dec. 31st.
#booksky
Over the past year, a lot of good books got pushed lower on my TBR as other reads took priority.
So, I did a full shelf inventory and picked 26 books from the backlog that Iβm committing to read this year, ~2β3 each month if I want this entire stack finished by Dec. 31st.
#booksky
January 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM
π 26 for β26
Over the past year, a lot of good books got pushed lower on my TBR as other reads took priority.
So, I did a full shelf inventory and picked 26 books from the backlog that Iβm committing to read this year, ~2β3 each month if I want this entire stack finished by Dec. 31st.
#booksky
Over the past year, a lot of good books got pushed lower on my TBR as other reads took priority.
So, I did a full shelf inventory and picked 26 books from the backlog that Iβm committing to read this year, ~2β3 each month if I want this entire stack finished by Dec. 31st.
#booksky
β¨ More ways to make 2026 your best reading year β¨
Reading isnβt about doing it βright.β Itβs not a competition, and it definitely doesnβt need to be optimized. It can be slow, opinionated, messy, and still incredibly meaningful.
Which ones are you already doing? Which do you want to try?
#booksky
Reading isnβt about doing it βright.β Itβs not a competition, and it definitely doesnβt need to be optimized. It can be slow, opinionated, messy, and still incredibly meaningful.
Which ones are you already doing? Which do you want to try?
#booksky
January 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
β¨ More ways to make 2026 your best reading year β¨
Reading isnβt about doing it βright.β Itβs not a competition, and it definitely doesnβt need to be optimized. It can be slow, opinionated, messy, and still incredibly meaningful.
Which ones are you already doing? Which do you want to try?
#booksky
Reading isnβt about doing it βright.β Itβs not a competition, and it definitely doesnβt need to be optimized. It can be slow, opinionated, messy, and still incredibly meaningful.
Which ones are you already doing? Which do you want to try?
#booksky
The Stranger in the Woods is about solitude, but itβs also about meaning, restlessness, and learning to live with what feels unfinished. It quietly reshaped how I think about being alone with my own thoughts.
These are the lines from the book that stayed with me.
#solitude #booksky #bookquotes
These are the lines from the book that stayed with me.
#solitude #booksky #bookquotes
January 4, 2026 at 6:46 PM
The Stranger in the Woods is about solitude, but itβs also about meaning, restlessness, and learning to live with what feels unfinished. It quietly reshaped how I think about being alone with my own thoughts.
These are the lines from the book that stayed with me.
#solitude #booksky #bookquotes
These are the lines from the book that stayed with me.
#solitude #booksky #bookquotes
Loved it ! I want to read more stuff by her. Enjoy :)
January 4, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Loved it ! I want to read more stuff by her. Enjoy :)
What did you choose to read instead?
January 4, 2026 at 2:21 AM
What did you choose to read instead?
One of the first books I wanted to pick up in the new year, and one Iβm not rushing. π
On the Calculation of Volume is a literary septology that's an experience in presence. It asks you to slow down, inhabit time differently, and notice the extraordinary in the ordinary.
#Booksky #litfic
On the Calculation of Volume is a literary septology that's an experience in presence. It asks you to slow down, inhabit time differently, and notice the extraordinary in the ordinary.
#Booksky #litfic
January 3, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Looks awesome! I want to read flannery OβConnor this year
January 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Looks awesome! I want to read flannery OβConnor this year
Great book! I like the edition you posted more than the one I have on my shelf. I went and saw a movie with my family yesterday and there was a preview for a new animated adaptation of animal farm
January 2, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Great book! I like the edition you posted more than the one I have on my shelf. I went and saw a movie with my family yesterday and there was a preview for a new animated adaptation of animal farm
Awesome! Itβs always a great feeling to improve on the prior years reading. Are you setting your goal at 150 again for 2026?
January 2, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Awesome! Itβs always a great feeling to improve on the prior years reading. Are you setting your goal at 150 again for 2026?
Lighting a candle for JD Salingerβs birthday today
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The Catcher in the Rye is divisive, still discussed, and still finding new readers after 74 yearsβ whatβs your relationship with the book?
#booksky #onthisday #authorbday #authorbirthday #jdsalinger #catcherintherye
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The Catcher in the Rye is divisive, still discussed, and still finding new readers after 74 yearsβ whatβs your relationship with the book?
#booksky #onthisday #authorbday #authorbirthday #jdsalinger #catcherintherye
January 1, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Lighting a candle for JD Salingerβs birthday today
π―οΈ
The Catcher in the Rye is divisive, still discussed, and still finding new readers after 74 yearsβ whatβs your relationship with the book?
#booksky #onthisday #authorbday #authorbirthday #jdsalinger #catcherintherye
π―οΈ
The Catcher in the Rye is divisive, still discussed, and still finding new readers after 74 yearsβ whatβs your relationship with the book?
#booksky #onthisday #authorbday #authorbirthday #jdsalinger #catcherintherye
How was your reading year? ποΈ
Hereβs my proof that I spent 2025 exactly how I wanted: buried in books! π
This is my 2025 reading wrap-up from Fableβstats, favorite reads, and a look back at the stories that stuck with me the most.
Iβm already thinking aheadβ¦
π What should I read in 2026?
#booksky
Hereβs my proof that I spent 2025 exactly how I wanted: buried in books! π
This is my 2025 reading wrap-up from Fableβstats, favorite reads, and a look back at the stories that stuck with me the most.
Iβm already thinking aheadβ¦
π What should I read in 2026?
#booksky
December 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
How was your reading year? ποΈ
Hereβs my proof that I spent 2025 exactly how I wanted: buried in books! π
This is my 2025 reading wrap-up from Fableβstats, favorite reads, and a look back at the stories that stuck with me the most.
Iβm already thinking aheadβ¦
π What should I read in 2026?
#booksky
Hereβs my proof that I spent 2025 exactly how I wanted: buried in books! π
This is my 2025 reading wrap-up from Fableβstats, favorite reads, and a look back at the stories that stuck with me the most.
Iβm already thinking aheadβ¦
π What should I read in 2026?
#booksky
β¨ Ready to make 2026 your best reading year yet? β¨
Iβve been thinking a lot about my own reading lately and how I can make it more meaningful.
Here are 12 simple ways to make your reading life more fun, sustainable, and meaningful in the new year.
#booksky
Iβve been thinking a lot about my own reading lately and how I can make it more meaningful.
Here are 12 simple ways to make your reading life more fun, sustainable, and meaningful in the new year.
#booksky
December 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
β¨ Ready to make 2026 your best reading year yet? β¨
Iβve been thinking a lot about my own reading lately and how I can make it more meaningful.
Here are 12 simple ways to make your reading life more fun, sustainable, and meaningful in the new year.
#booksky
Iβve been thinking a lot about my own reading lately and how I can make it more meaningful.
Here are 12 simple ways to make your reading life more fun, sustainable, and meaningful in the new year.
#booksky
Just finished The Dharma Bums π«
5/5βοΈ and the perfect way to end the year. πβ¨
Kerouac asks the big questions about freedom, friendship, and living fully. Mountains climbed, stillness practiced, every moment hums with wonder. I finished lighter, more present, and freer.
#booksky #litfic #kerouac
5/5βοΈ and the perfect way to end the year. πβ¨
Kerouac asks the big questions about freedom, friendship, and living fully. Mountains climbed, stillness practiced, every moment hums with wonder. I finished lighter, more present, and freer.
#booksky #litfic #kerouac
December 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Just finished The Dharma Bums π«
5/5βοΈ and the perfect way to end the year. πβ¨
Kerouac asks the big questions about freedom, friendship, and living fully. Mountains climbed, stillness practiced, every moment hums with wonder. I finished lighter, more present, and freer.
#booksky #litfic #kerouac
5/5βοΈ and the perfect way to end the year. πβ¨
Kerouac asks the big questions about freedom, friendship, and living fully. Mountains climbed, stillness practiced, every moment hums with wonder. I finished lighter, more present, and freer.
#booksky #litfic #kerouac