Emily Messenger
@emily-b-messenger.bsky.social
Founder of Literary Strategy Co., Mother of three wonderful girls, Lifelong learner
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Sometimes we bury the past not because it's healed, but because today already asks too much of us. Adania Shibli captures something profound about collective memory and survival in her book "Minor Detail".
#BookSky #Palestine #LitFic
#BookSky #Palestine #LitFic
August 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Sometimes we bury the past not because it's healed, but because today already asks too much of us. Adania Shibli captures something profound about collective memory and survival in her book "Minor Detail".
#BookSky #Palestine #LitFic
#BookSky #Palestine #LitFic
Plot twist: Fall's biggest drops aren't the temperatures- they're these stunning new book releases! From Booker Prize longlisted titles to the latest Margaret Atwood that's already generating buzz, these fall releases are serving up everything we bookish souls crave.
What books are you excited for?
What books are you excited for?
August 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Plot twist: Fall's biggest drops aren't the temperatures- they're these stunning new book releases! From Booker Prize longlisted titles to the latest Margaret Atwood that's already generating buzz, these fall releases are serving up everything we bookish souls crave.
What books are you excited for?
What books are you excited for?
Loved 1984? Then you need The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz on your TBR— #WomenInTranslation month! This Egyptian novel, written in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, captures how dystopian control works through making people complicit in their own confinement. The 'same lethargy' hits hard. #BookSky
August 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Loved 1984? Then you need The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz on your TBR— #WomenInTranslation month! This Egyptian novel, written in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, captures how dystopian control works through making people complicit in their own confinement. The 'same lethargy' hits hard. #BookSky
This book made me fall in love with Jerusalem. One of the best books I’ve ever read - “City of Many Days”. Here’s why you should add it to your TBR list:
#Booksky #womenintranslation
#Booksky #womenintranslation
August 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This book made me fall in love with Jerusalem. One of the best books I’ve ever read - “City of Many Days”. Here’s why you should add it to your TBR list:
#Booksky #womenintranslation
#Booksky #womenintranslation
What are you reading for August's Women in Translation? (Part One) #BookSky #literature
August 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
What are you reading for August's Women in Translation? (Part One) #BookSky #literature
Found a gem in a local bookstore — “A Very Old Man Stories” by Italo Svevo. It’s a series of scenes and sketches that he was writing for his follow up to Zeno’s Conscience before he died. Svevo’s work was largely ignored until his English tutor, James Joyce, sent his writing to two critics. #Booksky
August 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Found a gem in a local bookstore — “A Very Old Man Stories” by Italo Svevo. It’s a series of scenes and sketches that he was writing for his follow up to Zeno’s Conscience before he died. Svevo’s work was largely ignored until his English tutor, James Joyce, sent his writing to two critics. #Booksky
Coming soon: diving into Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being—a masterpiece that interrogates love, freedom, and the weight of our choices. This isn't just a story; it's a meditation on what it means to exist.
Full review soon.
#BookSky #Kundera #BookReview #Literature
Full review soon.
#BookSky #Kundera #BookReview #Literature
August 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Coming soon: diving into Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being—a masterpiece that interrogates love, freedom, and the weight of our choices. This isn't just a story; it's a meditation on what it means to exist.
Full review soon.
#BookSky #Kundera #BookReview #Literature
Full review soon.
#BookSky #Kundera #BookReview #Literature
From the front lines to the page - these veterans' stories are a must-read. Standouts include the classics, Vasily Grossman's "Life and Fate" and "Matterhorn" by Karl Marlantes.
What is your favorite war novel and did I leave off your favorite? Let me know below!
#BookSky #War #Veterans #Books
What is your favorite war novel and did I leave off your favorite? Let me know below!
#BookSky #War #Veterans #Books
August 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Who else has been waiting to hear Martin Sheen narrate "Ghosts of Hiroshima"?!
What are you listening to on Audible?
#Booksky #GhostsofHiroshima #MartinSheen #Audible #Reading #Audiobooks
What are you listening to on Audible?
#Booksky #GhostsofHiroshima #MartinSheen #Audible #Reading #Audiobooks
August 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Who else has been waiting to hear Martin Sheen narrate "Ghosts of Hiroshima"?!
What are you listening to on Audible?
#Booksky #GhostsofHiroshima #MartinSheen #Audible #Reading #Audiobooks
What are you listening to on Audible?
#Booksky #GhostsofHiroshima #MartinSheen #Audible #Reading #Audiobooks
Saw this bird on a run randomly this morning. 🙃
August 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Saw this bird on a run randomly this morning. 🙃
August 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Went on a mother-daughter date with my eight-year-old yesterday before school starts. Couldn’t help but to pick this up! Have you read it?
What’s on your TRL?
@nussaibah.bsky.social
#BookSky #LitFic #Mom #Reading #Books @biketrailbooks.bsky.social
What’s on your TRL?
@nussaibah.bsky.social
#BookSky #LitFic #Mom #Reading #Books @biketrailbooks.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Went on a mother-daughter date with my eight-year-old yesterday before school starts. Couldn’t help but to pick this up! Have you read it?
What’s on your TRL?
@nussaibah.bsky.social
#BookSky #LitFic #Mom #Reading #Books @biketrailbooks.bsky.social
What’s on your TRL?
@nussaibah.bsky.social
#BookSky #LitFic #Mom #Reading #Books @biketrailbooks.bsky.social
The smallest things hold the deepest power - a familiar scent that transports you decades back, a song that breaks you open, morning light that hits different after loss. Samira Vivette captures how memories ambush us when we least expect.
What unexpectedly brings back your past? #BookSky #Poetry
What unexpectedly brings back your past? #BookSky #Poetry
August 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Shakespeare's 'unpathed waters, undreamed shores' reminds us that every new beginning requires courage to face the unknown: the hardships are real, but so are the discoveries waiting.
What uncharted territory are you brave enough to explore?
#BookSky #Shakespeare #Literature #Courage #SignalBoost
What uncharted territory are you brave enough to explore?
#BookSky #Shakespeare #Literature #Courage #SignalBoost
July 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Shakespeare's 'unpathed waters, undreamed shores' reminds us that every new beginning requires courage to face the unknown: the hardships are real, but so are the discoveries waiting.
What uncharted territory are you brave enough to explore?
#BookSky #Shakespeare #Literature #Courage #SignalBoost
What uncharted territory are you brave enough to explore?
#BookSky #Shakespeare #Literature #Courage #SignalBoost
There’s something profound about how life’s journey changes not just where we go, but how we see where we’ve been. All our exploring, learning, and growing brings us back to familiar places with fresh eyes.
What’s a place/moment that feels entirely different when you revisit it now?
#Booksky #Books
What’s a place/moment that feels entirely different when you revisit it now?
#Booksky #Books
July 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Has anyone else read this yet? I can’t put it down. Definitely the best book I’ve read this year. Incredibly well-researched, beautiful writing and a moving storyline: highly recommend if you are looking for a new read.
#BookSky @elifshafak.bsky.social #reading #books
#BookSky @elifshafak.bsky.social #reading #books
July 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Has anyone else read this yet? I can’t put it down. Definitely the best book I’ve read this year. Incredibly well-researched, beautiful writing and a moving storyline: highly recommend if you are looking for a new read.
#BookSky @elifshafak.bsky.social #reading #books
#BookSky @elifshafak.bsky.social #reading #books
Sometimes we need reminders that life isn't meant to be lived cautiously. There's something powerful about embracing the full intensity of being alive - the messy, beautiful, tremendous parts of it all.
What's one thing that makes you feel most alive?
#BookSky #Literature #Live #SignalBoost #Read
What's one thing that makes you feel most alive?
#BookSky #Literature #Live #SignalBoost #Read
July 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Sometimes we need reminders that life isn't meant to be lived cautiously. There's something powerful about embracing the full intensity of being alive - the messy, beautiful, tremendous parts of it all.
What's one thing that makes you feel most alive?
#BookSky #Literature #Live #SignalBoost #Read
What's one thing that makes you feel most alive?
#BookSky #Literature #Live #SignalBoost #Read
When the world's cruelty feels overwhelming and your heart threatens to break witnessing what humans do to each other—where do you find refuge? Mary Oliver found the sea.
What holds you when you feel powerless to change the horrors unfolding?
#Poetry #Literature #BookSky #Palestine #Gaza #Politics
What holds you when you feel powerless to change the horrors unfolding?
#Poetry #Literature #BookSky #Palestine #Gaza #Politics
July 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
When the world's cruelty feels overwhelming and your heart threatens to break witnessing what humans do to each other—where do you find refuge? Mary Oliver found the sea.
What holds you when you feel powerless to change the horrors unfolding?
#Poetry #Literature #BookSky #Palestine #Gaza #Politics
What holds you when you feel powerless to change the horrors unfolding?
#Poetry #Literature #BookSky #Palestine #Gaza #Politics
Fitzgerald knew how to capture those raw human moments—that helpless witness to our own unraveling. What's the most meaningful book you read in school? Which story still hits different years later?
#BookSky #Reading #Literature
#BookSky #Reading #Literature
July 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Fitzgerald knew how to capture those raw human moments—that helpless witness to our own unraveling. What's the most meaningful book you read in school? Which story still hits different years later?
#BookSky #Reading #Literature
#BookSky #Reading #Literature
Alqaisi's response to Darwish's "In Praise of the High Shadow" cuts with stark immediacy—rejecting symbols for the visceral reality of Palestinian loss. It demands we witness beyond flags & rhetoric, connecting us to lived grief that speaks to our shared humanity. #BookSky #Poem @arablit.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Alqaisi's response to Darwish's "In Praise of the High Shadow" cuts with stark immediacy—rejecting symbols for the visceral reality of Palestinian loss. It demands we witness beyond flags & rhetoric, connecting us to lived grief that speaks to our shared humanity. #BookSky #Poem @arablit.bsky.social
In the time of your life, live so that you add joy not sorrow to this world. Seek goodness everywhere and let it shine freely. Remember: every person is a variation of yourself. Be gentle, be kind, but be unashamed of your light.
William Saroyan "The Time of Your Life"
#Theater #BookSky #SignalBoost
William Saroyan "The Time of Your Life"
#Theater #BookSky #SignalBoost
July 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In the time of your life, live so that you add joy not sorrow to this world. Seek goodness everywhere and let it shine freely. Remember: every person is a variation of yourself. Be gentle, be kind, but be unashamed of your light.
William Saroyan "The Time of Your Life"
#Theater #BookSky #SignalBoost
William Saroyan "The Time of Your Life"
#Theater #BookSky #SignalBoost
July 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM