Louise Knights-McCudden
@louknightsmccudden.bsky.social
Writer, politics & public policy analysis nerd, reproductive justice advocate, intuitive eater. Sapphic. Wife. She/her. 🌈 UK Head of External Affairs at MSI Reproductive Choices but views my own.
Absolutely LOVING this short story collection by @marniapple.bsky.social.
But oof, 'Under the Circumstances' hit me hard. Devastating. (In a good way.)
#BookSky 📚💙
But oof, 'Under the Circumstances' hit me hard. Devastating. (In a good way.)
#BookSky 📚💙
March 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Absolutely LOVING this short story collection by @marniapple.bsky.social.
But oof, 'Under the Circumstances' hit me hard. Devastating. (In a good way.)
#BookSky 📚💙
But oof, 'Under the Circumstances' hit me hard. Devastating. (In a good way.)
#BookSky 📚💙
I've read & enjoyed other Kirsty Logan books but NOTHING prepared me for how incredible her new collection 'No & Other Love Stories' would be. Surreal, insightful, inventive with form, darkly funny in places... just so so so good.
(But the first story is quite... wild, so be ready.)
#BookSky 📚💙
(But the first story is quite... wild, so be ready.)
#BookSky 📚💙
February 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I've read & enjoyed other Kirsty Logan books but NOTHING prepared me for how incredible her new collection 'No & Other Love Stories' would be. Surreal, insightful, inventive with form, darkly funny in places... just so so so good.
(But the first story is quite... wild, so be ready.)
#BookSky 📚💙
(But the first story is quite... wild, so be ready.)
#BookSky 📚💙
Imagine having this deeply traumatic childhood moment immortalised in your plant pots 😵
January 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Imagine having this deeply traumatic childhood moment immortalised in your plant pots 😵
I love this Christmas gift from my spouse so much. A vinyl recording of Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro'. (They found it from a charity shop.)
I love when someone gives me a gift that just captures how perfectly they know me. To me, that's what makes gifts joyful 👌
I love when someone gives me a gift that just captures how perfectly they know me. To me, that's what makes gifts joyful 👌
December 26, 2024 at 9:45 PM
I love this Christmas gift from my spouse so much. A vinyl recording of Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro'. (They found it from a charity shop.)
I love when someone gives me a gift that just captures how perfectly they know me. To me, that's what makes gifts joyful 👌
I love when someone gives me a gift that just captures how perfectly they know me. To me, that's what makes gifts joyful 👌
20. They by Kay Dick
An English countryside dystopia from 1977, about creativity and art. Recently republished with an introduction from the fabulous Carmen Maria Machado.
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
An English countryside dystopia from 1977, about creativity and art. Recently republished with an introduction from the fabulous Carmen Maria Machado.
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
December 3, 2024 at 8:20 PM
20. They by Kay Dick
An English countryside dystopia from 1977, about creativity and art. Recently republished with an introduction from the fabulous Carmen Maria Machado.
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
An English countryside dystopia from 1977, about creativity and art. Recently republished with an introduction from the fabulous Carmen Maria Machado.
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
19. My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
The only writer to be on this list twice! (Although I suppose I'm counting The Handmaid's Tale + The Testaments as one.)
📚💙 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
The only writer to be on this list twice! (Although I suppose I'm counting The Handmaid's Tale + The Testaments as one.)
📚💙 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
December 2, 2024 at 8:26 AM
19. My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
The only writer to be on this list twice! (Although I suppose I'm counting The Handmaid's Tale + The Testaments as one.)
📚💙 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
The only writer to be on this list twice! (Although I suppose I'm counting The Handmaid's Tale + The Testaments as one.)
📚💙 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
December 1, 2024 at 4:12 PM
November 30, 2024 at 12:29 PM
16. The Gap of Time (The Winter's Tale retold) by Jeanette Winterson
The Winter's Tale often seems a bit overlooked for some reason. Dreamlike, pastoral, magical-realism Shakespeare. And I love the idea of a novel as a "cover version," as Winterson describes it.
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
The Winter's Tale often seems a bit overlooked for some reason. Dreamlike, pastoral, magical-realism Shakespeare. And I love the idea of a novel as a "cover version," as Winterson describes it.
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
November 29, 2024 at 11:22 PM
16. The Gap of Time (The Winter's Tale retold) by Jeanette Winterson
The Winter's Tale often seems a bit overlooked for some reason. Dreamlike, pastoral, magical-realism Shakespeare. And I love the idea of a novel as a "cover version," as Winterson describes it.
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
The Winter's Tale often seems a bit overlooked for some reason. Dreamlike, pastoral, magical-realism Shakespeare. And I love the idea of a novel as a "cover version," as Winterson describes it.
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
15. *drumroll please for this one* Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
This sounds daft but reading #Fingersmith was the first time I realised I could just... make my main character a lesbian. I didn't need to make them a man, I didn't need to write around it.
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky 📚🌈 #lgbtq
This sounds daft but reading #Fingersmith was the first time I realised I could just... make my main character a lesbian. I didn't need to make them a man, I didn't need to write around it.
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky 📚🌈 #lgbtq
November 28, 2024 at 8:29 PM
15. *drumroll please for this one* Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
This sounds daft but reading #Fingersmith was the first time I realised I could just... make my main character a lesbian. I didn't need to make them a man, I didn't need to write around it.
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky 📚🌈 #lgbtq
This sounds daft but reading #Fingersmith was the first time I realised I could just... make my main character a lesbian. I didn't need to make them a man, I didn't need to write around it.
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky 📚🌈 #lgbtq
November 27, 2024 at 8:58 PM
13. The First Bad Man by Miranda July
Miranda July inspires me so much as a writer. The worlds she creates. The dialogue. The characters. The structure. The insight into human nature. The originality. Everything. Is. Perfect.
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
Miranda July inspires me so much as a writer. The worlds she creates. The dialogue. The characters. The structure. The insight into human nature. The originality. Everything. Is. Perfect.
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
November 26, 2024 at 8:17 PM
13. The First Bad Man by Miranda July
Miranda July inspires me so much as a writer. The worlds she creates. The dialogue. The characters. The structure. The insight into human nature. The originality. Everything. Is. Perfect.
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
Miranda July inspires me so much as a writer. The worlds she creates. The dialogue. The characters. The structure. The insight into human nature. The originality. Everything. Is. Perfect.
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
12. Man or Mango by Lucy Ellmann
Apparently this book has very "mixed" reviews but I think it's a gem.
I can't think of anything else I've read that quite captures a little girl's grief for her mother in a way that I related to this strongly.
📚💙 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
Apparently this book has very "mixed" reviews but I think it's a gem.
I can't think of anything else I've read that quite captures a little girl's grief for her mother in a way that I related to this strongly.
📚💙 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
November 25, 2024 at 5:02 PM
12. Man or Mango by Lucy Ellmann
Apparently this book has very "mixed" reviews but I think it's a gem.
I can't think of anything else I've read that quite captures a little girl's grief for her mother in a way that I related to this strongly.
📚💙 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
Apparently this book has very "mixed" reviews but I think it's a gem.
I can't think of anything else I've read that quite captures a little girl's grief for her mother in a way that I related to this strongly.
📚💙 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
November 24, 2024 at 7:43 PM
10. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
This is quite possibly the greatest novel ever written. (In my extremely humble opinion.)
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky #SalmanRushdie
This is quite possibly the greatest novel ever written. (In my extremely humble opinion.)
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky #SalmanRushdie
November 23, 2024 at 6:31 PM
10. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
This is quite possibly the greatest novel ever written. (In my extremely humble opinion.)
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky #SalmanRushdie
This is quite possibly the greatest novel ever written. (In my extremely humble opinion.)
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky #SalmanRushdie
November 22, 2024 at 8:18 PM
8. Small Island by Andrea Levy
Tightly plotted with layered characters and gorgeous prose. The holy trio!
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
Tightly plotted with layered characters and gorgeous prose. The holy trio!
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
November 21, 2024 at 6:14 PM
8. Small Island by Andrea Levy
Tightly plotted with layered characters and gorgeous prose. The holy trio!
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
Tightly plotted with layered characters and gorgeous prose. The holy trio!
💙📚 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
7. Ruby by Cynthia Bond
The poetic language captures the feeling of #PTSD, especially the heightened senses. (Cynthia Bond teaches writing for trauma.)
(NB if you're someone who appreciates a content note, this would have one for basically anything you could think of.)
📚💙 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
The poetic language captures the feeling of #PTSD, especially the heightened senses. (Cynthia Bond teaches writing for trauma.)
(NB if you're someone who appreciates a content note, this would have one for basically anything you could think of.)
📚💙 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
November 20, 2024 at 1:33 PM
7. Ruby by Cynthia Bond
The poetic language captures the feeling of #PTSD, especially the heightened senses. (Cynthia Bond teaches writing for trauma.)
(NB if you're someone who appreciates a content note, this would have one for basically anything you could think of.)
📚💙 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
The poetic language captures the feeling of #PTSD, especially the heightened senses. (Cynthia Bond teaches writing for trauma.)
(NB if you're someone who appreciates a content note, this would have one for basically anything you could think of.)
📚💙 #BookSky #LiteratureSky
6. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.
I can't really express how deeply I love this book. It obsessed me and takes over my whole inner world when I read it. Which is often!
📚💙 #BookSky #LiteratureSky #gothic
I can't really express how deeply I love this book. It obsessed me and takes over my whole inner world when I read it. Which is often!
📚💙 #BookSky #LiteratureSky #gothic
November 19, 2024 at 2:43 PM
6. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.
I can't really express how deeply I love this book. It obsessed me and takes over my whole inner world when I read it. Which is often!
📚💙 #BookSky #LiteratureSky #gothic
I can't really express how deeply I love this book. It obsessed me and takes over my whole inner world when I read it. Which is often!
📚💙 #BookSky #LiteratureSky #gothic
They're wonderful, all referencing very different types of music.
November 19, 2024 at 9:55 AM
They're wonderful, all referencing very different types of music.
5. Persuasion by Jane Austen
You wouldn't necessarily expect an Austen novel to resonate with your experience as a young queer kid but the way Anne's family talks her out of knowing her own heart... it always gets me right in the gut 📚💙 📚🌈
#BookSky #LiteratureSky #JaneAusten
You wouldn't necessarily expect an Austen novel to resonate with your experience as a young queer kid but the way Anne's family talks her out of knowing her own heart... it always gets me right in the gut 📚💙 📚🌈
#BookSky #LiteratureSky #JaneAusten
November 18, 2024 at 9:29 AM
5. Persuasion by Jane Austen
You wouldn't necessarily expect an Austen novel to resonate with your experience as a young queer kid but the way Anne's family talks her out of knowing her own heart... it always gets me right in the gut 📚💙 📚🌈
#BookSky #LiteratureSky #JaneAusten
You wouldn't necessarily expect an Austen novel to resonate with your experience as a young queer kid but the way Anne's family talks her out of knowing her own heart... it always gets me right in the gut 📚💙 📚🌈
#BookSky #LiteratureSky #JaneAusten
4. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
We were given this to read for A levels in about 2002. I've reread it so, so many times. I wish I could get back the experience of reading it for the first time. No one could get a word out of me until I was finished.
📚💙 #booksky #literaturesky
We were given this to read for A levels in about 2002. I've reread it so, so many times. I wish I could get back the experience of reading it for the first time. No one could get a word out of me until I was finished.
📚💙 #booksky #literaturesky
November 17, 2024 at 9:44 AM
4. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
We were given this to read for A levels in about 2002. I've reread it so, so many times. I wish I could get back the experience of reading it for the first time. No one could get a word out of me until I was finished.
📚💙 #booksky #literaturesky
We were given this to read for A levels in about 2002. I've reread it so, so many times. I wish I could get back the experience of reading it for the first time. No one could get a word out of me until I was finished.
📚💙 #booksky #literaturesky
3. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
My dad told me this book was his guide in how he raised me and my sister. We seem to have turned out alright (🤞) so it must be good, right?
Also, this book made me cry hard on first read. I mean real tears.
📚💙 #booksky #literaturesky
My dad told me this book was his guide in how he raised me and my sister. We seem to have turned out alright (🤞) so it must be good, right?
Also, this book made me cry hard on first read. I mean real tears.
📚💙 #booksky #literaturesky
November 16, 2024 at 10:40 AM
3. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
My dad told me this book was his guide in how he raised me and my sister. We seem to have turned out alright (🤞) so it must be good, right?
Also, this book made me cry hard on first read. I mean real tears.
📚💙 #booksky #literaturesky
My dad told me this book was his guide in how he raised me and my sister. We seem to have turned out alright (🤞) so it must be good, right?
Also, this book made me cry hard on first read. I mean real tears.
📚💙 #booksky #literaturesky
1. The Book of Daniel by EL Doctorow. (I am rereading it right now, so it's on my mind. I haven't read this in decades. It is SO good.)
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November 14, 2024 at 8:10 AM
1. The Book of Daniel by EL Doctorow. (I am rereading it right now, so it's on my mind. I haven't read this in decades. It is SO good.)
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