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· Dec 7
I highly recommend all of the books in this blue stack: Sea of Tranquility, Pachinko, Piranesi, The Art of Fielding, Beartown, Tom Lake
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litfic literary fiction #booksky
#bookishbsky (check out and feel free to use this new, additional books-related tag✨)
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litfic literary fiction #booksky
#bookishbsky (check out and feel free to use this new, additional books-related tag✨)
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“Education determines the quality of governance. An investment in education takes a generation to bear fruit. Likewise, countries feel the impact of this disregard for education a generation later.”
― Maria Ressa, How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future
#SundaySentence
― Maria Ressa, How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future
#SundaySentence
February 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“Education determines the quality of governance. An investment in education takes a generation to bear fruit. Likewise, countries feel the impact of this disregard for education a generation later.”
― Maria Ressa, How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future
#SundaySentence
― Maria Ressa, How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future
#SundaySentence
Recently: #babel (RF Kuang).
•🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
•Outstanding
•A powerful, captivating genre bender of a saga
•sophisticated, accessible
•great character development
•explores power, privilege, colonization, idealism
•for language lovers, histfic/dark academia/sf/fantasy fans
#booksky #bookrecommendations
•🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
•Outstanding
•A powerful, captivating genre bender of a saga
•sophisticated, accessible
•great character development
•explores power, privilege, colonization, idealism
•for language lovers, histfic/dark academia/sf/fantasy fans
#booksky #bookrecommendations
February 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Recently: #babel (RF Kuang).
•🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
•Outstanding
•A powerful, captivating genre bender of a saga
•sophisticated, accessible
•great character development
•explores power, privilege, colonization, idealism
•for language lovers, histfic/dark academia/sf/fantasy fans
#booksky #bookrecommendations
•🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
•Outstanding
•A powerful, captivating genre bender of a saga
•sophisticated, accessible
•great character development
•explores power, privilege, colonization, idealism
•for language lovers, histfic/dark academia/sf/fantasy fans
#booksky #bookrecommendations
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“Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.”
~Ray Bradbury, ‘Fahrenheit 451’
#SundaySentence
~Ray Bradbury, ‘Fahrenheit 451’
#SundaySentence
February 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.”
~Ray Bradbury, ‘Fahrenheit 451’
#SundaySentence
~Ray Bradbury, ‘Fahrenheit 451’
#SundaySentence
Recently finished an advance copy of WILD DARK SHORE, by Charlotte McConaghy, releasing March 4. Absolutely phenomenal. Completely immersive, enthralling, unputdownable, AND deeply wise. 5 stars.
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🌿 #climatechange #books #booksky #litfic #bookrecommendations #wilddarkshore #charlottemcconaghy
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🌿 #climatechange #books #booksky #litfic #bookrecommendations #wilddarkshore #charlottemcconaghy
February 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Recently finished an advance copy of WILD DARK SHORE, by Charlotte McConaghy, releasing March 4. Absolutely phenomenal. Completely immersive, enthralling, unputdownable, AND deeply wise. 5 stars.
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🌿 #climatechange #books #booksky #litfic #bookrecommendations #wilddarkshore #charlottemcconaghy
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🌿 #climatechange #books #booksky #litfic #bookrecommendations #wilddarkshore #charlottemcconaghy
"I'm not trying to hide from the truth
but to balance it,
to remind myself that there are other truths, too.
I need to remember that the earth,
fragile as it is,
remains heartbreakingly beautiful."
~Margaret Renkl, The Comfort of Crows
#sundaysentence
but to balance it,
to remind myself that there are other truths, too.
I need to remember that the earth,
fragile as it is,
remains heartbreakingly beautiful."
~Margaret Renkl, The Comfort of Crows
#sundaysentence
February 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"I'm not trying to hide from the truth
but to balance it,
to remind myself that there are other truths, too.
I need to remember that the earth,
fragile as it is,
remains heartbreakingly beautiful."
~Margaret Renkl, The Comfort of Crows
#sundaysentence
but to balance it,
to remind myself that there are other truths, too.
I need to remember that the earth,
fragile as it is,
remains heartbreakingly beautiful."
~Margaret Renkl, The Comfort of Crows
#sundaysentence
February 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Recently finished & recommend THE INHERITANCE, by Trisha Sakhlecha.
New release, psychological thriller, U.S. debut, twisty, centers a wealthy Indian family gathering on a private Scottish isle, murder, a final page that packs a big punch.
🌿 #books #booksky #bookrecommendations #thrillerbooks
New release, psychological thriller, U.S. debut, twisty, centers a wealthy Indian family gathering on a private Scottish isle, murder, a final page that packs a big punch.
🌿 #books #booksky #bookrecommendations #thrillerbooks
February 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Recently finished & recommend THE INHERITANCE, by Trisha Sakhlecha.
New release, psychological thriller, U.S. debut, twisty, centers a wealthy Indian family gathering on a private Scottish isle, murder, a final page that packs a big punch.
🌿 #books #booksky #bookrecommendations #thrillerbooks
New release, psychological thriller, U.S. debut, twisty, centers a wealthy Indian family gathering on a private Scottish isle, murder, a final page that packs a big punch.
🌿 #books #booksky #bookrecommendations #thrillerbooks
February 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Cover reveal - KATABASIS, by RF Kuang. Out this August.
🌿 #books #booksky #bookishBsky #rfkuang #katabasis #coverreveal
🌿 #books #booksky #bookishBsky #rfkuang #katabasis #coverreveal
February 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Cover reveal - KATABASIS, by RF Kuang. Out this August.
🌿 #books #booksky #bookishBsky #rfkuang #katabasis #coverreveal
🌿 #books #booksky #bookishBsky #rfkuang #katabasis #coverreveal
Thrilled to have received an advance readers copy of my most anticipated 2025 release: WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy.
🌿: #books #booksky #bookishBsky #wilddarkshore #charlottemcconaghy #oncetherewerewolves #migrations
🌿: #books #booksky #bookishBsky #wilddarkshore #charlottemcconaghy #oncetherewerewolves #migrations
February 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Thrilled to have received an advance readers copy of my most anticipated 2025 release: WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy.
🌿: #books #booksky #bookishBsky #wilddarkshore #charlottemcconaghy #oncetherewerewolves #migrations
🌿: #books #booksky #bookishBsky #wilddarkshore #charlottemcconaghy #oncetherewerewolves #migrations
Out today, a book I've been anticipating & that was just announced to be Feb's Reese's Book Club pick - ISOLA.
“Allegra Goodman’s latest novel is a feminist castaway tale about love, faith, & self-actualization.”—Time, “Most Anticipated Books of 2025”
🌿 #books #booksky #bookishBsky #isola #litfic
“Allegra Goodman’s latest novel is a feminist castaway tale about love, faith, & self-actualization.”—Time, “Most Anticipated Books of 2025”
🌿 #books #booksky #bookishBsky #isola #litfic
February 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Out today, a book I've been anticipating & that was just announced to be Feb's Reese's Book Club pick - ISOLA.
“Allegra Goodman’s latest novel is a feminist castaway tale about love, faith, & self-actualization.”—Time, “Most Anticipated Books of 2025”
🌿 #books #booksky #bookishBsky #isola #litfic
“Allegra Goodman’s latest novel is a feminist castaway tale about love, faith, & self-actualization.”—Time, “Most Anticipated Books of 2025”
🌿 #books #booksky #bookishBsky #isola #litfic
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What most struck me throughout Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King was an almost pervasive sense of nostalgia. Themes related to childhood innocence, & to alternately welcome & unwelcome means of coming of age are explored in nuanced ways.
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#booksky
#bookishbsky [use this new hashtag!✨]
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#booksky
#bookishbsky [use this new hashtag!✨]
December 7, 2024 at 3:47 PM
What most struck me throughout Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King was an almost pervasive sense of nostalgia. Themes related to childhood innocence, & to alternately welcome & unwelcome means of coming of age are explored in nuanced ways.
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#booksky
#bookishbsky [use this new hashtag!✨]
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#booksky
#bookishbsky [use this new hashtag!✨]
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January 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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As we close out another episode of #SundaySentence, I just wanted to say Thank You to all the wonderful readers who have stoked the fire each week with some great lines from literature. Y’all are the colors in a sunset to me.
January 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
As we close out another episode of #SundaySentence, I just wanted to say Thank You to all the wonderful readers who have stoked the fire each week with some great lines from literature. Y’all are the colors in a sunset to me.
"Had their message been seen?....
It all felt so absurdly normal. Did no one here know the world had broken?"
~RF Kuang, Babel
#sundaysentence
It all felt so absurdly normal. Did no one here know the world had broken?"
~RF Kuang, Babel
#sundaysentence
February 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Had their message been seen?....
It all felt so absurdly normal. Did no one here know the world had broken?"
~RF Kuang, Babel
#sundaysentence
It all felt so absurdly normal. Did no one here know the world had broken?"
~RF Kuang, Babel
#sundaysentence
February 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Currently reading THE LIGHT EATERS: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth, by Zoe Schlanger.
Published 2024.
A Best Book of the Year (New Yorker, Scientific American), A Best Nonfiction Book of the Year (Time)
🌿 #books #booksky #bookishBsky
Published 2024.
A Best Book of the Year (New Yorker, Scientific American), A Best Nonfiction Book of the Year (Time)
🌿 #books #booksky #bookishBsky
January 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Currently reading THE LIGHT EATERS: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth, by Zoe Schlanger.
Published 2024.
A Best Book of the Year (New Yorker, Scientific American), A Best Nonfiction Book of the Year (Time)
🌿 #books #booksky #bookishBsky
Published 2024.
A Best Book of the Year (New Yorker, Scientific American), A Best Nonfiction Book of the Year (Time)
🌿 #books #booksky #bookishBsky
January 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Recently finished and highly recommend SULA, by ✨Toni Morrison. Her second novel. Set in the early 1900s in a small town, explores community, social norms, individualism, and centers female friendship.
~190 pages
🌿 #books #booksky #bookishBsky #litfic #sula #tonimorrison
~190 pages
🌿 #books #booksky #bookishBsky #litfic #sula #tonimorrison
January 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Recently finished and highly recommend SULA, by ✨Toni Morrison. Her second novel. Set in the early 1900s in a small town, explores community, social norms, individualism, and centers female friendship.
~190 pages
🌿 #books #booksky #bookishBsky #litfic #sula #tonimorrison
~190 pages
🌿 #books #booksky #bookishBsky #litfic #sula #tonimorrison
“In this sweeping family saga, Berest illuminates opportunities for kindness & betrayal in wartime France & the long echo of the Holocaust’s atrocities...will appeal to fans of All the Light We Cannot See & The Book Thief." -Booklist
Hope to get to this one soon.
🌿 #booksky #bookishBsky #litfic
Hope to get to this one soon.
🌿 #booksky #bookishBsky #litfic
January 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“In this sweeping family saga, Berest illuminates opportunities for kindness & betrayal in wartime France & the long echo of the Holocaust’s atrocities...will appeal to fans of All the Light We Cannot See & The Book Thief." -Booklist
Hope to get to this one soon.
🌿 #booksky #bookishBsky #litfic
Hope to get to this one soon.
🌿 #booksky #bookishBsky #litfic
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To Glinda she looked tired, terrified, but strong, as if her form were knit with iron and whiskey instead of bones and blood.
Gregory Maguire, Wicked #SundaySentence
Gregory Maguire, Wicked #SundaySentence
January 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
To Glinda she looked tired, terrified, but strong, as if her form were knit with iron and whiskey instead of bones and blood.
Gregory Maguire, Wicked #SundaySentence
Gregory Maguire, Wicked #SundaySentence
"[The injustice] should have been distressing. In truth, though, Robin found it was actually quite easy to put up with any degree of social unrest,...
as long as one got used to looking away."
~RF Kuang, Babel
#sundaysentence
as long as one got used to looking away."
~RF Kuang, Babel
#sundaysentence
January 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"[The injustice] should have been distressing. In truth, though, Robin found it was actually quite easy to put up with any degree of social unrest,...
as long as one got used to looking away."
~RF Kuang, Babel
#sundaysentence
as long as one got used to looking away."
~RF Kuang, Babel
#sundaysentence
Highly recommend EVERYONE ON THIS TRAIN IS A SUSPECT, Benjamin Stevenson. A standalone sequel even better than the 1st. Clever, witty, sharp, a fresh take on your classic mystery.
Have you read it?
🌿 #books #booksky #bookrecommendations #bookishBsky (Bk 1) Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone
Have you read it?
🌿 #books #booksky #bookrecommendations #bookishBsky (Bk 1) Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone
January 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Highly recommend EVERYONE ON THIS TRAIN IS A SUSPECT, Benjamin Stevenson. A standalone sequel even better than the 1st. Clever, witty, sharp, a fresh take on your classic mystery.
Have you read it?
🌿 #books #booksky #bookrecommendations #bookishBsky (Bk 1) Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone
Have you read it?
🌿 #books #booksky #bookrecommendations #bookishBsky (Bk 1) Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone
