Colin 📚🦔☕️🍵
@literarycolin.bsky.social
Reading widely, thinking deeply | Literary fiction, modern classics, and hidden gems | Let’s talk books 📚✨
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2nd ARC of 2026 complete 📖
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 📖
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. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#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. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#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. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#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. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#booksky
DNF ≠ bad book.
Usually it means wrong reader, wrong moment.
These 9 books didn't click for me.
Taste is personal, and life’s too short to force yourself thru a book you’re not connecting with!
What’s 1 book you DNF’d & don’t 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 life’s too short to force yourself thru a book you’re not connecting with!
What’s 1 book you DNF’d & don’t regret, and 1 you loved that seems to bounce off others?
#booksky
January 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
DNF ≠ bad book.
Usually it means wrong reader, wrong moment.
These 9 books didn't click for me.
Taste is personal, and life’s too short to force yourself thru a book you’re not connecting with!
What’s 1 book you DNF’d & don’t 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 life’s too short to force yourself thru a book you’re not connecting with!
What’s 1 book you DNF’d & don’t regret, and 1 you loved that seems to bounce off others?
#booksky
Jan 12: National Hot Tea Day + Haruki Murakami’s birthday
Novelist as a Vocation felt like the right follow-up after finishing Stephen King’s On Writing.
Two very different approaches to craft. Both worth lingering over. Preferably with hot tea. ☕
#booksky
Novelist as a Vocation felt like the right follow-up after finishing Stephen King’s On Writing.
Two very different approaches to craft. Both worth lingering over. Preferably with hot tea. ☕
#booksky
January 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Jan 12: National Hot Tea Day + Haruki Murakami’s birthday
Novelist as a Vocation felt like the right follow-up after finishing Stephen King’s On Writing.
Two very different approaches to craft. Both worth lingering over. Preferably with hot tea. ☕
#booksky
Novelist as a Vocation felt like the right follow-up after finishing Stephen King’s On Writing.
Two very different approaches to craft. Both worth lingering over. Preferably with hot tea. ☕
#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
🌒 House Made of Dawn is often credited with launching the Native American literary Renaissance.
Momaday’s 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
Momaday’s 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
🌒 House Made of Dawn is often credited with launching the Native American literary Renaissance.
Momaday’s 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
Momaday’s 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
📚✨ I finally checked out the brand new Mesa Gateway Public Library — opened Dec. 6, 2025.
Wild fact: this is Mesa Public Library’s first new branch in 30 years!
Libraries will always be one of my favorite public spaces, and I’ll always root for them getting the spotlight they deserve.
#booksky
Wild fact: this is Mesa Public Library’s first new branch in 30 years!
Libraries will always be one of my favorite public spaces, and I’ll always root for them getting the spotlight they deserve.
#booksky
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 AM
📚✨ I finally checked out the brand new Mesa Gateway Public Library — opened Dec. 6, 2025.
Wild fact: this is Mesa Public Library’s first new branch in 30 years!
Libraries will always be one of my favorite public spaces, and I’ll always root for them getting the spotlight they deserve.
#booksky
Wild fact: this is Mesa Public Library’s first new branch in 30 years!
Libraries will always be one of my favorite public spaces, and I’ll always root for them getting the spotlight they deserve.
#booksky
📚 26 for ’26
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 I’m committing to read this year, ~2–3 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 I’m committing to read this year, ~2–3 each month if I want this entire stack finished by Dec. 31st.
#booksky
January 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM
📚 26 for ’26
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 I’m committing to read this year, ~2–3 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 I’m committing to read this year, ~2–3 each month if I want this entire stack finished by Dec. 31st.
#booksky
✨ More ways to make 2026 your best reading year ✨
Reading isn’t about doing it “right.” It’s not a competition, and it definitely doesn’t 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 isn’t about doing it “right.” It’s not a competition, and it definitely doesn’t 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
✨ More ways to make 2026 your best reading year ✨
Reading isn’t about doing it “right.” It’s not a competition, and it definitely doesn’t 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 isn’t about doing it “right.” It’s not a competition, and it definitely doesn’t 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 it’s 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 it’s 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
One of the first books I wanted to pick up in the new year, and one I’m not rushing. 📖
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
Lighting a candle for JD Salinger’s birthday today
🕯️
The Catcher in the Rye is divisive, still discussed, and still finding new readers after 74 years— what’s your relationship with the book?
#booksky #onthisday #authorbday #authorbirthday #jdsalinger #catcherintherye
🕯️
The Catcher in the Rye is divisive, still discussed, and still finding new readers after 74 years— what’s your relationship with the book?
#booksky #onthisday #authorbday #authorbirthday #jdsalinger #catcherintherye
January 1, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Lighting a candle for JD Salinger’s birthday today
🕯️
The Catcher in the Rye is divisive, still discussed, and still finding new readers after 74 years— what’s your relationship with the book?
#booksky #onthisday #authorbday #authorbirthday #jdsalinger #catcherintherye
🕯️
The Catcher in the Rye is divisive, still discussed, and still finding new readers after 74 years— what’s your relationship with the book?
#booksky #onthisday #authorbday #authorbirthday #jdsalinger #catcherintherye
How was your reading year? 🗓️
Here’s my proof that I spent 2025 exactly how I wanted: buried in books! 📚
This is my 2025 reading wrap-up from Fable—stats, favorite reads, and a look back at the stories that stuck with me the most.
I’m already thinking ahead…
👉 What should I read in 2026?
#booksky
Here’s my proof that I spent 2025 exactly how I wanted: buried in books! 📚
This is my 2025 reading wrap-up from Fable—stats, favorite reads, and a look back at the stories that stuck with me the most.
I’m already thinking ahead…
👉 What should I read in 2026?
#booksky
December 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
How was your reading year? 🗓️
Here’s my proof that I spent 2025 exactly how I wanted: buried in books! 📚
This is my 2025 reading wrap-up from Fable—stats, favorite reads, and a look back at the stories that stuck with me the most.
I’m already thinking ahead…
👉 What should I read in 2026?
#booksky
Here’s my proof that I spent 2025 exactly how I wanted: buried in books! 📚
This is my 2025 reading wrap-up from Fable—stats, favorite reads, and a look back at the stories that stuck with me the most.
I’m already thinking ahead…
👉 What should I read in 2026?
#booksky
✨ Ready to make 2026 your best reading year yet? ✨
I’ve 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
I’ve 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
✨ Ready to make 2026 your best reading year yet? ✨
I’ve 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
I’ve 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 🫖
5/5⭐️ and the perfect way to end the year. 🌄✨
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
5/5⭐️ and the perfect way to end the year. 🌄✨
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
Audiobook update 📚🎧
Just finished A Canticle for Leibowitz (on Libby). Ambitious and thoughtful, but ultimately not for me (★★½).
Now listening to The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny (on Cloud Library). Fingers crossed that it's more my speed 🤞
#audiobook #audiobooks #booksky #LitFic #libby
Just finished A Canticle for Leibowitz (on Libby). Ambitious and thoughtful, but ultimately not for me (★★½).
Now listening to The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny (on Cloud Library). Fingers crossed that it's more my speed 🤞
#audiobook #audiobooks #booksky #LitFic #libby
December 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Audiobook update 📚🎧
Just finished A Canticle for Leibowitz (on Libby). Ambitious and thoughtful, but ultimately not for me (★★½).
Now listening to The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny (on Cloud Library). Fingers crossed that it's more my speed 🤞
#audiobook #audiobooks #booksky #LitFic #libby
Just finished A Canticle for Leibowitz (on Libby). Ambitious and thoughtful, but ultimately not for me (★★½).
Now listening to The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny (on Cloud Library). Fingers crossed that it's more my speed 🤞
#audiobook #audiobooks #booksky #LitFic #libby
Pulled together 24 new releases coming out Jan–April 2026 that I’m genuinely excited for—some obvious names, some quieter picks.
If you’re already looking ahead to next year’s reading, what 2026 release are you most anticipating?
#booksky #litfic #literaryfiction #2026
If you’re already looking ahead to next year’s reading, what 2026 release are you most anticipating?
#booksky #litfic #literaryfiction #2026
December 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Pulled together 24 new releases coming out Jan–April 2026 that I’m genuinely excited for—some obvious names, some quieter picks.
If you’re already looking ahead to next year’s reading, what 2026 release are you most anticipating?
#booksky #litfic #literaryfiction #2026
If you’re already looking ahead to next year’s reading, what 2026 release are you most anticipating?
#booksky #litfic #literaryfiction #2026
Holiday book haul, part two 📚✨
Books to sit with through the long winter stretch.
#booksky
#literaryfiction #litfic
#tbr #tbrpile #bookstack
Books to sit with through the long winter stretch.
#booksky
#literaryfiction #litfic
#tbr #tbrpile #bookstack
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Holiday book haul, part two 📚✨
Books to sit with through the long winter stretch.
#booksky
#literaryfiction #litfic
#tbr #tbrpile #bookstack
Books to sit with through the long winter stretch.
#booksky
#literaryfiction #litfic
#tbr #tbrpile #bookstack
Holiday book haul, part one ✨
More coming tomorrow.
#bookhaul
#booksky
#happyholidays
#tbr
#literaryfiction
#booklover
#litfic
More coming tomorrow.
#bookhaul
#booksky
#happyholidays
#tbr
#literaryfiction
#booklover
#litfic
December 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Holiday book haul, part one ✨
More coming tomorrow.
#bookhaul
#booksky
#happyholidays
#tbr
#literaryfiction
#booklover
#litfic
More coming tomorrow.
#bookhaul
#booksky
#happyholidays
#tbr
#literaryfiction
#booklover
#litfic
I spotted this Vonnegut collection for a steal and couldn’t pass it up!
Which of his works do you love, and which ones didn’t click for you?
And how do you feel about collected editions-- do you prefer one volume with multiple works, or individual books on your shelf?
#booksky #litfic #vonnegut
Which of his works do you love, and which ones didn’t click for you?
And how do you feel about collected editions-- do you prefer one volume with multiple works, or individual books on your shelf?
#booksky #litfic #vonnegut
December 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Day 23…I tried to be strong.
I tried to wait.
The books won. 🎄 📚
#booksky #thriftbooks #bookhaul #christmas #happyholidays #bookmas
I tried to wait.
The books won. 🎄 📚
#booksky #thriftbooks #bookhaul #christmas #happyholidays #bookmas
December 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Day 23…I tried to be strong.
I tried to wait.
The books won. 🎄 📚
#booksky #thriftbooks #bookhaul #christmas #happyholidays #bookmas
I tried to wait.
The books won. 🎄 📚
#booksky #thriftbooks #bookhaul #christmas #happyholidays #bookmas
This felt necessary. 🎅 📚
Literary fiction, but festive!
Happy Holidays!
#Booksky #LiteraryFiction #litfic #christmas #happyholidays
Literary fiction, but festive!
Happy Holidays!
#Booksky #LiteraryFiction #litfic #christmas #happyholidays
December 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This felt necessary. 🎅 📚
Literary fiction, but festive!
Happy Holidays!
#Booksky #LiteraryFiction #litfic #christmas #happyholidays
Literary fiction, but festive!
Happy Holidays!
#Booksky #LiteraryFiction #litfic #christmas #happyholidays
A story where time, memory, and ritual fold together. 🪶
I picked up Ceremony this month, continuing where I left off in November for Native American Heritage Month. And wow, am I glad I did.
What reads are you trying to squeeze in before the start of the new year? 📚
#booksky
I picked up Ceremony this month, continuing where I left off in November for Native American Heritage Month. And wow, am I glad I did.
What reads are you trying to squeeze in before the start of the new year? 📚
#booksky
December 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A story where time, memory, and ritual fold together. 🪶
I picked up Ceremony this month, continuing where I left off in November for Native American Heritage Month. And wow, am I glad I did.
What reads are you trying to squeeze in before the start of the new year? 📚
#booksky
I picked up Ceremony this month, continuing where I left off in November for Native American Heritage Month. And wow, am I glad I did.
What reads are you trying to squeeze in before the start of the new year? 📚
#booksky