jesslovesbooks.bsky.social
@jesslovesbooks.bsky.social
Librarian and book lover in Dublin.
A vintage ad from the back of a 1936 school yearbook for Caturday...
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August 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Utterly charmed by the 'Tails from the Archives' exhibition in the National Gallery Ireland, in particular the fluid line drawings of Anne Yeats.
July 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Hurray! I saw a ladybird on the raspberry bush this afternoon. There are SO MANY of aphids for it to eat, hoping to see many more!
June 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
First dip of 2025 in Portmarnock this morning...I love that there's a public carpark and toilets there and shop across the road from the beach ⛱️ 😎
April 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Bringing the boys to a Saturday GAA match in Ballyboughal led to me wandering around the peaceful ruins of this medieval church and graveyard surrounded by yew trees and covered in ivy.
April 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I loved them - a mix of quick sketches and more finished work, all felt very fresh and immediate with a wonderful sense of movement and light. Here's a snap of a more detailed painting, closer in tone, I think, to some of the works in oil.
January 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Bonus cat picture - unexpected animals in paintings are a subgenre I very much enjoy.
January 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I popped into @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social today to catch the Turner watercolours before the end of January. Visited some old favourites while I was there.
January 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Happy Caturday from Lexi - still sulking after not being allowed out to play in Storm Eowyn yesterday.
January 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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.
(20/20) I Who Have Never Known Menby Jacqueline Harpman
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January 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Sunny and Springy this morning in the Phoenix Park visitor centre - I love the mix of different layers of history and nature in the grounds. Also met a cool cat outside the cafe.
January 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It's so hard to get a good photograph of a spider! This is genuinely one of the biggest spiders I've ever seen in my house, but it doesn't look half as menacing in a photo as it did in real life.
January 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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.
(19/20) Precious Bane by Mary Webb
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January 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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.
(18/20) Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
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January 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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.
(17/20) House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
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January 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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.
(16/20) Dracula by Bram Stoker
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January 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The cobwebs of 2024 have been well and truly swept away by a walk along the sea and out to Bull Island. A glorious morning and afternoon in Dubli city, sunny, crisp, and cold enough to need a hat and mittens!
January 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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.
(15/20) Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
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January 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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.
(14/20) Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
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December 30, 2024 at 12:39 PM
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.
(13/20) The Scar by China Miéville
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December 27, 2024 at 11:29 PM
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.
(12/20) Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
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December 26, 2024 at 9:38 AM
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.
(11/20) The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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December 23, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Happy #Caturday from Lexi. This pose is a ruse to have a play fight with anyone foolish enough to try and touch her belly or paws.
December 21, 2024 at 1:36 PM
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.
(10/20) Station Eleven by Emily St.John Mandel
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December 20, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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.
(9/20) Meaty: essays by Samantha Irby
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December 19, 2024 at 11:39 AM