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Day 17: A book with a person's name in the title (real or fictional)
Maru by Bessie Head
I will use every opportunity to mention Bessie Head.
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Maru by Bessie Head
I will use every opportunity to mention Bessie Head.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
April 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Day 17: A book with a person's name in the title (real or fictional)
Maru by Bessie Head
I will use every opportunity to mention Bessie Head.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Maru by Bessie Head
I will use every opportunity to mention Bessie Head.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 16: A book that I've read more than once
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
I've read it every year since it was released sometime during the year.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
I've read it every year since it was released sometime during the year.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
April 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Day 16: A book that I've read more than once
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
I've read it every year since it was released sometime during the year.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
I've read it every year since it was released sometime during the year.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 15: a book that makes me cry sad tears
In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
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In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
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April 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Day 15: a book that makes me cry sad tears
In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 14: A fairytale retelling
Refilwe - An African retelling of Rapunzel by Zukiswa Wanner
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Refilwe - An African retelling of Rapunzel by Zukiswa Wanner
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
March 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Day 14: A fairytale retelling
Refilwe - An African retelling of Rapunzel by Zukiswa Wanner
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Refilwe - An African retelling of Rapunzel by Zukiswa Wanner
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 13: A book with a colour in the title
The Heart of Redness by Zakes Mda
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The Heart of Redness by Zakes Mda
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March 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Day 13: A book with a colour in the title
The Heart of Redness by Zakes Mda
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
The Heart of Redness by Zakes Mda
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 12: A popular book I hate
I don't like Frank Herbert's Dune. The tautology in the prose, the heavy-handed treatment of the themes, and the mannerless way the characters interact made it a deeply unpleasant reading experience for me.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
I don't like Frank Herbert's Dune. The tautology in the prose, the heavy-handed treatment of the themes, and the mannerless way the characters interact made it a deeply unpleasant reading experience for me.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
March 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Day 12: A popular book I hate
I don't like Frank Herbert's Dune. The tautology in the prose, the heavy-handed treatment of the themes, and the mannerless way the characters interact made it a deeply unpleasant reading experience for me.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
I don't like Frank Herbert's Dune. The tautology in the prose, the heavy-handed treatment of the themes, and the mannerless way the characters interact made it a deeply unpleasant reading experience for me.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 11: Literary character I want to have dinner with
There's a couple having a very nice lunch in one of the short stories in Exhale that I'd be happy to join for a meal.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
There's a couple having a very nice lunch in one of the short stories in Exhale that I'd be happy to join for a meal.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
March 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Day 11: Literary character I want to have dinner with
There's a couple having a very nice lunch in one of the short stories in Exhale that I'd be happy to join for a meal.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
There's a couple having a very nice lunch in one of the short stories in Exhale that I'd be happy to join for a meal.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 10: A book that makes me cry happy tears
Something Else by Kathryn Cave is one of my favourite childhood books, and I cry whenever I read it with happiness and gratitude for my parents.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Something Else by Kathryn Cave is one of my favourite childhood books, and I cry whenever I read it with happiness and gratitude for my parents.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
March 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Day 10: A book that makes me cry happy tears
Something Else by Kathryn Cave is one of my favourite childhood books, and I cry whenever I read it with happiness and gratitude for my parents.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Something Else by Kathryn Cave is one of my favourite childhood books, and I cry whenever I read it with happiness and gratitude for my parents.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 9: Favourite book to give as a gift
I like giving people children's books a lot. Everyone knows a child who needs a book, and adults should also read juvenile fiction. I'm giving my niblings Bontle's New Wheels by Gomolemo Moagi when I go to visit.
#BookSky💙📚 #30daybookchallenge
I like giving people children's books a lot. Everyone knows a child who needs a book, and adults should also read juvenile fiction. I'm giving my niblings Bontle's New Wheels by Gomolemo Moagi when I go to visit.
#BookSky💙📚 #30daybookchallenge
March 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Day 9: Favourite book to give as a gift
I like giving people children's books a lot. Everyone knows a child who needs a book, and adults should also read juvenile fiction. I'm giving my niblings Bontle's New Wheels by Gomolemo Moagi when I go to visit.
#BookSky💙📚 #30daybookchallenge
I like giving people children's books a lot. Everyone knows a child who needs a book, and adults should also read juvenile fiction. I'm giving my niblings Bontle's New Wheels by Gomolemo Moagi when I go to visit.
#BookSky💙📚 #30daybookchallenge
Day 8: Series everyone should read
I like series that give me more avenues to explore in literature, so I'll say I think a good series (duology) to try is What Moves The Dead by T Kingfisher.
It's a decent elaboration on the Fall of the House of Usher
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
I like series that give me more avenues to explore in literature, so I'll say I think a good series (duology) to try is What Moves The Dead by T Kingfisher.
It's a decent elaboration on the Fall of the House of Usher
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
March 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Day 8: Series everyone should read
I like series that give me more avenues to explore in literature, so I'll say I think a good series (duology) to try is What Moves The Dead by T Kingfisher.
It's a decent elaboration on the Fall of the House of Usher
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
I like series that give me more avenues to explore in literature, so I'll say I think a good series (duology) to try is What Moves The Dead by T Kingfisher.
It's a decent elaboration on the Fall of the House of Usher
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 7: Best audiobook to listen to on a road trip
For adults, I'm A Fan is four hours long, and it's a lot of fun to listen to and talk about: mess, obsessive behaviour and acting out. Lots to discuss with other passengers.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
For adults, I'm A Fan is four hours long, and it's a lot of fun to listen to and talk about: mess, obsessive behaviour and acting out. Lots to discuss with other passengers.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
March 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Day 7: Best audiobook to listen to on a road trip
For adults, I'm A Fan is four hours long, and it's a lot of fun to listen to and talk about: mess, obsessive behaviour and acting out. Lots to discuss with other passengers.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
For adults, I'm A Fan is four hours long, and it's a lot of fun to listen to and talk about: mess, obsessive behaviour and acting out. Lots to discuss with other passengers.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 6: A book that broke my heart
The Tiny Journalist: Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye
The political events of the present moment are leading me to read more widely, and this collection of poetry struck a chord of emotion and solidarity with me that felt like heartbreak.
#BookSky💙📚 #30daybookchallenge
The Tiny Journalist: Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye
The political events of the present moment are leading me to read more widely, and this collection of poetry struck a chord of emotion and solidarity with me that felt like heartbreak.
#BookSky💙📚 #30daybookchallenge
March 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Day 6: A book that broke my heart
The Tiny Journalist: Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye
The political events of the present moment are leading me to read more widely, and this collection of poetry struck a chord of emotion and solidarity with me that felt like heartbreak.
#BookSky💙📚 #30daybookchallenge
The Tiny Journalist: Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye
The political events of the present moment are leading me to read more widely, and this collection of poetry struck a chord of emotion and solidarity with me that felt like heartbreak.
#BookSky💙📚 #30daybookchallenge
March 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Day 4: A book I remember from childhood
A Trolley Full of Rights! I'm so glad we are passing this book onto the children, I remember its impact and influence on me frequently.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
A Trolley Full of Rights! I'm so glad we are passing this book onto the children, I remember its impact and influence on me frequently.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
March 18, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Day 4: A book I remember from childhood
A Trolley Full of Rights! I'm so glad we are passing this book onto the children, I remember its impact and influence on me frequently.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
A Trolley Full of Rights! I'm so glad we are passing this book onto the children, I remember its impact and influence on me frequently.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 3: Book I did not finish
Ben Hur has some ineffable quality that causes my brain to shut off. I've tried reading it several times, and I lose consciousness every few pages.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Ben Hur has some ineffable quality that causes my brain to shut off. I've tried reading it several times, and I lose consciousness every few pages.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
March 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Day 3: Book I did not finish
Ben Hur has some ineffable quality that causes my brain to shut off. I've tried reading it several times, and I lose consciousness every few pages.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Ben Hur has some ineffable quality that causes my brain to shut off. I've tried reading it several times, and I lose consciousness every few pages.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Pomegranate for a midday snack
March 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Pomegranate for a midday snack
Day 2: Favourite book by my favourite author
When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head
I don't really have favourites, but I will try to abide by the challenge and state for the record that the acclaim given to Bessie Head's writing is understated.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head
I don't really have favourites, but I will try to abide by the challenge and state for the record that the acclaim given to Bessie Head's writing is understated.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
March 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Day 2: Favourite book by my favourite author
When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head
I don't really have favourites, but I will try to abide by the challenge and state for the record that the acclaim given to Bessie Head's writing is understated.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head
I don't really have favourites, but I will try to abide by the challenge and state for the record that the acclaim given to Bessie Head's writing is understated.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 1: Favourite book in a series
I listen to the audiobook of The Tombs of Atuan to fall asleep regularly. I wanted to be a cloistered nun as a child, so the themes appeal to my long-held attraction to asceticism, being entombed, and religiosity.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
I listen to the audiobook of The Tombs of Atuan to fall asleep regularly. I wanted to be a cloistered nun as a child, so the themes appeal to my long-held attraction to asceticism, being entombed, and religiosity.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
March 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Day 1: Favourite book in a series
I listen to the audiobook of The Tombs of Atuan to fall asleep regularly. I wanted to be a cloistered nun as a child, so the themes appeal to my long-held attraction to asceticism, being entombed, and religiosity.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
I listen to the audiobook of The Tombs of Atuan to fall asleep regularly. I wanted to be a cloistered nun as a child, so the themes appeal to my long-held attraction to asceticism, being entombed, and religiosity.
#BookSky💙📚 #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Double feature of old and new favourites: it's movie night at home, and the theme is chef centred food horror films that involve magic, restaurant ownership, and violence between bosses and employees.
House of Spoils (2024) // BBC ShakespeaRe-Told Version of Macbeth aka "MacChef" (2005)
House of Spoils (2024) // BBC ShakespeaRe-Told Version of Macbeth aka "MacChef" (2005)
February 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Double feature of old and new favourites: it's movie night at home, and the theme is chef centred food horror films that involve magic, restaurant ownership, and violence between bosses and employees.
House of Spoils (2024) // BBC ShakespeaRe-Told Version of Macbeth aka "MacChef" (2005)
House of Spoils (2024) // BBC ShakespeaRe-Told Version of Macbeth aka "MacChef" (2005)
I've been making little paper flowers during paper craft time, and I think my first two tries have turned out kind of fun.
February 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I've been making little paper flowers during paper craft time, and I think my first two tries have turned out kind of fun.
I did some mulching this morning with brown paper bags and checked on my one big cucumber. My one big cucumber has motivated me to pay attention to my whole cucumber vine. Great work, one cucumber. Hopefully, you will be joined by other growing cucumbers soon🥒
February 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I did some mulching this morning with brown paper bags and checked on my one big cucumber. My one big cucumber has motivated me to pay attention to my whole cucumber vine. Great work, one cucumber. Hopefully, you will be joined by other growing cucumbers soon🥒
I do not like people referring to folks critiquing the look of the film as "nitpicking". I understand people don't like to hear negative sentiments about their favourite things. I think it's very important to keep critical viewing and thinking alive in mass discourse.
December 31, 2024 at 12:31 PM
I do not like people referring to folks critiquing the look of the film as "nitpicking". I understand people don't like to hear negative sentiments about their favourite things. I think it's very important to keep critical viewing and thinking alive in mass discourse.
Big Swiss - Jen Beagin
December 28, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Big Swiss - Jen Beagin
I've been making collages of all the books I read this year, and there's a spread
December 25, 2024 at 8:15 PM
I've been making collages of all the books I read this year, and there's a spread
We did it!
December 23, 2024 at 6:12 AM
We did it!