Natalie Jorges-Castellanos
@nataliejc.bsky.social
Bookish mother of two, English teacher and tutor, always on the lookout for kindred spirits!
Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world. -- L.M. Montgomery
Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world. -- L.M. Montgomery
💙📚🖋️ I need some book club recommendations for fun fall reads! In the past we've read Happy Medium by Sarah Adler and The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman for spooky autumnal fun! 🍂🎃✨ #bookclub #bookrecommendations
August 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
💙📚🖋️ I need some book club recommendations for fun fall reads! In the past we've read Happy Medium by Sarah Adler and The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman for spooky autumnal fun! 🍂🎃✨ #bookclub #bookrecommendations
I love teaching The Stranger. I taught it in IB Literature year 1 and in 10th honors with Macbeth, particularly exploring the theme of power/powerlessness.
After reading I Who Have Never Known Men, another text in translation, I wonder if it could better serve to replace or to supplement Camus. 💙📚🖋️
After reading I Who Have Never Known Men, another text in translation, I wonder if it could better serve to replace or to supplement Camus. 💙📚🖋️
August 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I love teaching The Stranger. I taught it in IB Literature year 1 and in 10th honors with Macbeth, particularly exploring the theme of power/powerlessness.
After reading I Who Have Never Known Men, another text in translation, I wonder if it could better serve to replace or to supplement Camus. 💙📚🖋️
After reading I Who Have Never Known Men, another text in translation, I wonder if it could better serve to replace or to supplement Camus. 💙📚🖋️
💙📚 ⏳*spoilers*
I finished Booklovers Library and was left feeling conflicted. I loved the first 2/3. I struggled with Olivia facing no repercussions. Am I too harsh? And I had mixed feelings about Mr. Sanderson's back story. It felt pointed in a post-COVID era. Am I reading too much into it?
I finished Booklovers Library and was left feeling conflicted. I loved the first 2/3. I struggled with Olivia facing no repercussions. Am I too harsh? And I had mixed feelings about Mr. Sanderson's back story. It felt pointed in a post-COVID era. Am I reading too much into it?
May 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
💙📚 ⏳*spoilers*
I finished Booklovers Library and was left feeling conflicted. I loved the first 2/3. I struggled with Olivia facing no repercussions. Am I too harsh? And I had mixed feelings about Mr. Sanderson's back story. It felt pointed in a post-COVID era. Am I reading too much into it?
I finished Booklovers Library and was left feeling conflicted. I loved the first 2/3. I struggled with Olivia facing no repercussions. Am I too harsh? And I had mixed feelings about Mr. Sanderson's back story. It felt pointed in a post-COVID era. Am I reading too much into it?
My best reading month of 2025 💙📚
May 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My best reading month of 2025 💙📚
Something so lovely about a book, a spring morning, a cup of tea, and a giggling little boy 📚💙
April 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Something so lovely about a book, a spring morning, a cup of tea, and a giggling little boy 📚💙
What are you reading this #WorldBookDay? I need some new recommendations! 📚💙🖋️
April 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
What are you reading this #WorldBookDay? I need some new recommendations! 📚💙🖋️
💙📚🖋️ As spring slowly emerges, I often feel the need for a little escapism in my reading! The below are some favorites, but I'd love more suggestions! #springreads
April 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
💙📚🖋️ As spring slowly emerges, I often feel the need for a little escapism in my reading! The below are some favorites, but I'd love more suggestions! #springreads
💙📚 for those of us in #bookclub, what made your book club successful? If you ever left a book club, what could have helped you stay? I love being surrounded by a community of readers!
Background: I've run a book club out of my home for 2 years. Attendance is 5-10 monthly. We vote on books.
Background: I've run a book club out of my home for 2 years. Attendance is 5-10 monthly. We vote on books.
April 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
💙📚 for those of us in #bookclub, what made your book club successful? If you ever left a book club, what could have helped you stay? I love being surrounded by a community of readers!
Background: I've run a book club out of my home for 2 years. Attendance is 5-10 monthly. We vote on books.
Background: I've run a book club out of my home for 2 years. Attendance is 5-10 monthly. We vote on books.
I'm loving Storygraph, but sometimes I feel bad if I haven't finished a book by the end of the month. So, I thought I'd make my own March wrapped with the books I finished and the ones I'm still journeying through. 📚💙🖋️
April 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I'm loving Storygraph, but sometimes I feel bad if I haven't finished a book by the end of the month. So, I thought I'd make my own March wrapped with the books I finished and the ones I'm still journeying through. 📚💙🖋️
One of the best books I've read in the last few years. Sam Masur is beautifully realized.
April 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
One of the best books I've read in the last few years. Sam Masur is beautifully realized.
💙📚 I'm loving this very uplifting, inspiring, and energizing read! I'd love more suggestions in a similar vein.
April 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
💙📚 I'm loving this very uplifting, inspiring, and energizing read! I'd love more suggestions in a similar vein.
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I need advice! I'm tutoring a 7th grade boy who likes challenging coming of age novels. We have read the below. What should we read next?
Burn My Heart
The Outsiders
The Giver
The Rock and the River
Boxers and Saints
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Separate Peace
I need advice! I'm tutoring a 7th grade boy who likes challenging coming of age novels. We have read the below. What should we read next?
Burn My Heart
The Outsiders
The Giver
The Rock and the River
Boxers and Saints
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Separate Peace
March 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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I need advice! I'm tutoring a 7th grade boy who likes challenging coming of age novels. We have read the below. What should we read next?
Burn My Heart
The Outsiders
The Giver
The Rock and the River
Boxers and Saints
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Separate Peace
I need advice! I'm tutoring a 7th grade boy who likes challenging coming of age novels. We have read the below. What should we read next?
Burn My Heart
The Outsiders
The Giver
The Rock and the River
Boxers and Saints
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Separate Peace
I was very young when I first read Rebecca (maybe 7th or 8th grade) and was so swept up in the mystery! I'd love that experience again! 📚💙🖋️
March 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I was very young when I first read Rebecca (maybe 7th or 8th grade) and was so swept up in the mystery! I'd love that experience again! 📚💙🖋️
Parents of #booksky: how do you help your kids become readers longer term? My 5 year old and I have "mommy daughter reading time" every non-school afternoon, but I'd love more ideas to support her love of reading! #parenting #lifelongreader 💙📚 #parentsofbooksky
March 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Parents of #booksky: how do you help your kids become readers longer term? My 5 year old and I have "mommy daughter reading time" every non-school afternoon, but I'd love more ideas to support her love of reading! #parenting #lifelongreader 💙📚 #parentsofbooksky
Motherhood has completely changed my reading habits! I always finish the sentence, but can't be much more picky than that 😂 I used to always finish the chapter. Maybe one day I will again! #motherhood #parenthood
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જ⁀➴ Are you able to pause a book randomly or do you have to reach a clear stopping point like a page break or other section marker?
#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
જ⁀➴ Are you able to pause a book randomly or do you have to reach a clear stopping point like a page break or other section marker?
#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
March 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Motherhood has completely changed my reading habits! I always finish the sentence, but can't be much more picky than that 😂 I used to always finish the chapter. Maybe one day I will again! #motherhood #parenthood
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Any other lovers of Irish literature? I'd love some more suggestions! #irishliterature
Any other lovers of Irish literature? I'd love some more suggestions! #irishliterature
March 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Any other lovers of Irish literature? I'd love some more suggestions! #irishliterature
Any other lovers of Irish literature? I'd love some more suggestions! #irishliterature
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I highly recommend Cher's audiobook! Since starting (I'm halfway through) I've had two dreams about her 😂. In one, she came to sing at my class reunion (I graduated in '09) and the other we drove around and chatted. I've loved Cher always and love her even more as I read/listen!
I highly recommend Cher's audiobook! Since starting (I'm halfway through) I've had two dreams about her 😂. In one, she came to sing at my class reunion (I graduated in '09) and the other we drove around and chatted. I've loved Cher always and love her even more as I read/listen!
March 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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I highly recommend Cher's audiobook! Since starting (I'm halfway through) I've had two dreams about her 😂. In one, she came to sing at my class reunion (I graduated in '09) and the other we drove around and chatted. I've loved Cher always and love her even more as I read/listen!
I highly recommend Cher's audiobook! Since starting (I'm halfway through) I've had two dreams about her 😂. In one, she came to sing at my class reunion (I graduated in '09) and the other we drove around and chatted. I've loved Cher always and love her even more as I read/listen!
I found an autographed copy of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in the early 2000s at Unclaimed Baggage in Alabama! I didn't notice until I got home.
My husband found an antique Anne of Green Gables for $15. It was a first edition!!!
Has anyone else had amazing finds?
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My husband found an antique Anne of Green Gables for $15. It was a first edition!!!
Has anyone else had amazing finds?
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February 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I found an autographed copy of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in the early 2000s at Unclaimed Baggage in Alabama! I didn't notice until I got home.
My husband found an antique Anne of Green Gables for $15. It was a first edition!!!
Has anyone else had amazing finds?
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My husband found an antique Anne of Green Gables for $15. It was a first edition!!!
Has anyone else had amazing finds?
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#20daybookchallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Book 20 of 20
#Booksky
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I saw Angelou in Rome GA in 8th grade. Later I found an autographed copy at a used book store!
Book 20 of 20
#Booksky
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I saw Angelou in Rome GA in 8th grade. Later I found an autographed copy at a used book store!
February 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#20daybookchallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Book 20 of 20
#Booksky
📚💙🖋️
I saw Angelou in Rome GA in 8th grade. Later I found an autographed copy at a used book store!
Book 20 of 20
#Booksky
📚💙🖋️
I saw Angelou in Rome GA in 8th grade. Later I found an autographed copy at a used book store!
#20daybookchallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Book 19 of 20
#Booksky
📚💙🖋️
Book 19 of 20
#Booksky
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February 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#20daybookchallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Book 19 of 20
#Booksky
📚💙🖋️
Book 19 of 20
#Booksky
📚💙🖋️
#20daybookchallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Book 18 of 20
#Booksky
📚💙🖋️
Book 18 of 20
#Booksky
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February 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
#20daybookchallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Book 18 of 20
#Booksky
📚💙🖋️
Book 18 of 20
#Booksky
📚💙🖋️
#20daybookchallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Book 17 of 20
#Booksky
📚💙🖋️
Book 17 of 20
#Booksky
📚💙🖋️
February 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#20daybookchallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Book 17 of 20
#Booksky
📚💙🖋️
Book 17 of 20
#Booksky
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I am new to Maryland and have very little gardening experience, outside of an obsession with The Secret Garden 😂 what kinds of things should I plant and when this winter/early spring? Have I missed the boat already? 🌱
February 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I am new to Maryland and have very little gardening experience, outside of an obsession with The Secret Garden 😂 what kinds of things should I plant and when this winter/early spring? Have I missed the boat already? 🌱