Matthew S.
@mdbibliophile.bsky.social
Mostly literature and my cat
Finished reading: #Beowulf by Anonymous
11.5.25 → 11.8.25
Every English speaker in the world should be made to read “Beowulf”
#BritishLiterature
#EpicPoetry
#poetry
#AngloSaxon
#booksky
11.5.25 → 11.8.25
Every English speaker in the world should be made to read “Beowulf”
#BritishLiterature
#EpicPoetry
#poetry
#AngloSaxon
#booksky
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Finished reading: #Beowulf by Anonymous
11.5.25 → 11.8.25
Every English speaker in the world should be made to read “Beowulf”
#BritishLiterature
#EpicPoetry
#poetry
#AngloSaxon
#booksky
11.5.25 → 11.8.25
Every English speaker in the world should be made to read “Beowulf”
#BritishLiterature
#EpicPoetry
#poetry
#AngloSaxon
#booksky
Finished reading: #TheLifeOfAUselessMan by #MaximGorky
10.25.25 → 11.4.25
What a dense, but good, little book.
#RussianLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#RussianRevolution
#novel
#booksky
10.25.25 → 11.4.25
What a dense, but good, little book.
#RussianLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#RussianRevolution
#novel
#booksky
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Finished reading: #TheLifeOfAUselessMan by #MaximGorky
10.25.25 → 11.4.25
What a dense, but good, little book.
#RussianLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#RussianRevolution
#novel
#booksky
10.25.25 → 11.4.25
What a dense, but good, little book.
#RussianLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#RussianRevolution
#novel
#booksky
Finished reading: #Vagabonding by #RolfPotts
10.22.25 → 10.24.25
Are you a tourist or a traveler?
#TravelLirerature
#novel
#booksky
10.22.25 → 10.24.25
Are you a tourist or a traveler?
#TravelLirerature
#novel
#booksky
October 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Finished reading: #Vagabonding by #RolfPotts
10.22.25 → 10.24.25
Are you a tourist or a traveler?
#TravelLirerature
#novel
#booksky
10.22.25 → 10.24.25
Are you a tourist or a traveler?
#TravelLirerature
#novel
#booksky
Finished reading: #BookOfBlues by #JackKerouac
10.15.25 → 10.20.25
Some of my favorite poetry of Kerouac’s is in this book.
#AmericanLiterature
#BeatGeneration
#BeatLiterature
#poetry
#booksky
10.15.25 → 10.20.25
Some of my favorite poetry of Kerouac’s is in this book.
#AmericanLiterature
#BeatGeneration
#BeatLiterature
#poetry
#booksky
October 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Finished reading: #BookOfBlues by #JackKerouac
10.15.25 → 10.20.25
Some of my favorite poetry of Kerouac’s is in this book.
#AmericanLiterature
#BeatGeneration
#BeatLiterature
#poetry
#booksky
10.15.25 → 10.20.25
Some of my favorite poetry of Kerouac’s is in this book.
#AmericanLiterature
#BeatGeneration
#BeatLiterature
#poetry
#booksky
Had a visitor today 😊
October 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Had a visitor today 😊
Finished reading: #NotesFromUnderground by #FyodorDostoevsky
10.9.25 → 10.14.25
After three tries over many years, I’ve finally read this book from cover to cover.
#RussianLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#existentialism
#booksky
10.9.25 → 10.14.25
After three tries over many years, I’ve finally read this book from cover to cover.
#RussianLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#existentialism
#booksky
October 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Finished reading: #NotesFromUnderground by #FyodorDostoevsky
10.9.25 → 10.14.25
After three tries over many years, I’ve finally read this book from cover to cover.
#RussianLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#existentialism
#booksky
10.9.25 → 10.14.25
After three tries over many years, I’ve finally read this book from cover to cover.
#RussianLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#existentialism
#booksky
Finished reading: #JazzAgeStories by #FScottFitzgerald
9.21.25 → 10.8.25
Fitzgerald is probably the only Lost Generation writer I like. Love these stories.
#AmericanLiterature
#ShortStories
#LostGeneration
#FatBooks
#ClassicLiterature
#booksky
9.21.25 → 10.8.25
Fitzgerald is probably the only Lost Generation writer I like. Love these stories.
#AmericanLiterature
#ShortStories
#LostGeneration
#FatBooks
#ClassicLiterature
#booksky
October 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Finished reading: #JazzAgeStories by #FScottFitzgerald
9.21.25 → 10.8.25
Fitzgerald is probably the only Lost Generation writer I like. Love these stories.
#AmericanLiterature
#ShortStories
#LostGeneration
#FatBooks
#ClassicLiterature
#booksky
9.21.25 → 10.8.25
Fitzgerald is probably the only Lost Generation writer I like. Love these stories.
#AmericanLiterature
#ShortStories
#LostGeneration
#FatBooks
#ClassicLiterature
#booksky
One of my favoritest stories ever! And no, I’ve never seen the movie
October 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
One of my favoritest stories ever! And no, I’ve never seen the movie
Happy 3rd #GotchaDay to my little black ray of sunshine!
October 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Happy 3rd #GotchaDay to my little black ray of sunshine!
Finished reading: #TheMetamorphosis by #FranzKafka
9.18.25
What a messed up little family.
#ClassicLiterature
#existentialism
#novel
#booksky
9.18.25
What a messed up little family.
#ClassicLiterature
#existentialism
#novel
#booksky
September 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Finished reading: #TheMetamorphosis by #FranzKafka
9.18.25
What a messed up little family.
#ClassicLiterature
#existentialism
#novel
#booksky
9.18.25
What a messed up little family.
#ClassicLiterature
#existentialism
#novel
#booksky
Finished reading: #WinesburgOhio by #SherwoodAnderson
9.13.25 → 9.18.25
Man, small town America and its gossip.
#AmericanLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#Ohio
#booksky
9.13.25 → 9.18.25
Man, small town America and its gossip.
#AmericanLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#Ohio
#booksky
September 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Finished reading: #WinesburgOhio by #SherwoodAnderson
9.13.25 → 9.18.25
Man, small town America and its gossip.
#AmericanLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#Ohio
#booksky
9.13.25 → 9.18.25
Man, small town America and its gossip.
#AmericanLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#Ohio
#booksky
Finished reading: #FrannyAndZooey by #JDSalinger
9.8.25 → 9.13.25
For a man who wrote only a few books, Salinger was one hell of a storyteller.
#AmericanLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#booksky
9.8.25 → 9.13.25
For a man who wrote only a few books, Salinger was one hell of a storyteller.
#AmericanLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#booksky
September 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Finished reading: #FrannyAndZooey by #JDSalinger
9.8.25 → 9.13.25
For a man who wrote only a few books, Salinger was one hell of a storyteller.
#AmericanLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#booksky
9.8.25 → 9.13.25
For a man who wrote only a few books, Salinger was one hell of a storyteller.
#AmericanLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#booksky
Finished reading: #TheWinterOfOurDiscontent by #JohnSteinbeck
8.31.25 → 9.6.25
Steinbeck is one of the greatest American writers, hands down. Fight me on this one.
#AmericanLiterature
#LongIsland
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#Booksky
8.31.25 → 9.6.25
Steinbeck is one of the greatest American writers, hands down. Fight me on this one.
#AmericanLiterature
#LongIsland
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#Booksky
September 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Finished reading: #TheWinterOfOurDiscontent by #JohnSteinbeck
8.31.25 → 9.6.25
Steinbeck is one of the greatest American writers, hands down. Fight me on this one.
#AmericanLiterature
#LongIsland
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#Booksky
8.31.25 → 9.6.25
Steinbeck is one of the greatest American writers, hands down. Fight me on this one.
#AmericanLiterature
#LongIsland
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#Booksky
Finished reading: #Essays by #MichelDeMontaigne
8.14.25 → 8.30.25
Learned a lot, even about Montaigne’s kidney stones.
#FrenchPhilosophy
#France
#philosophy
#ClassicLiterature
#booksky
8.14.25 → 8.30.25
Learned a lot, even about Montaigne’s kidney stones.
#FrenchPhilosophy
#France
#philosophy
#ClassicLiterature
#booksky
August 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Finished reading: #Essays by #MichelDeMontaigne
8.14.25 → 8.30.25
Learned a lot, even about Montaigne’s kidney stones.
#FrenchPhilosophy
#France
#philosophy
#ClassicLiterature
#booksky
8.14.25 → 8.30.25
Learned a lot, even about Montaigne’s kidney stones.
#FrenchPhilosophy
#France
#philosophy
#ClassicLiterature
#booksky
Finished reading: #PoetInNewYork
By #FedericoGarciaLorca
8.10.25 → 8.14.25
These poems make me miss New York so much.
#poetry
#poems
#Spain
#SpanishPoetry
#ClassicLiterature
#NewYork
#NewYorkCity
#NYC
#booksky
By #FedericoGarciaLorca
8.10.25 → 8.14.25
These poems make me miss New York so much.
#poetry
#poems
#Spain
#SpanishPoetry
#ClassicLiterature
#NewYork
#NewYorkCity
#NYC
#booksky
August 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Finished reading: #PoetInNewYork
By #FedericoGarciaLorca
8.10.25 → 8.14.25
These poems make me miss New York so much.
#poetry
#poems
#Spain
#SpanishPoetry
#ClassicLiterature
#NewYork
#NewYorkCity
#NYC
#booksky
By #FedericoGarciaLorca
8.10.25 → 8.14.25
These poems make me miss New York so much.
#poetry
#poems
#Spain
#SpanishPoetry
#ClassicLiterature
#NewYork
#NewYorkCity
#NYC
#booksky
Finished reading: #TwentyLovePoemsAndASongOfDespair by #PabloNeruda
8.9.25
These poems bring out the hopeless romantic in me.
#poetry
#ClassicLiterature
#Chile
#ChileanPoetry
#booksky
8.9.25
These poems bring out the hopeless romantic in me.
#poetry
#ClassicLiterature
#Chile
#ChileanPoetry
#booksky
August 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Finished reading: #TwentyLovePoemsAndASongOfDespair by #PabloNeruda
8.9.25
These poems bring out the hopeless romantic in me.
#poetry
#ClassicLiterature
#Chile
#ChileanPoetry
#booksky
8.9.25
These poems bring out the hopeless romantic in me.
#poetry
#ClassicLiterature
#Chile
#ChileanPoetry
#booksky
Finished reading: #TheDiaryOfAYoungGirl
By #AnneFrank
7.4.25 → 7.8.25
What a tragedy; what lessons to be learned.
#ClassicLiterature
#holocaust
#WWII
#diary
#novel
#booksky
By #AnneFrank
7.4.25 → 7.8.25
What a tragedy; what lessons to be learned.
#ClassicLiterature
#holocaust
#WWII
#diary
#novel
#booksky
July 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Finished reading: #TheDiaryOfAYoungGirl
By #AnneFrank
7.4.25 → 7.8.25
What a tragedy; what lessons to be learned.
#ClassicLiterature
#holocaust
#WWII
#diary
#novel
#booksky
By #AnneFrank
7.4.25 → 7.8.25
What a tragedy; what lessons to be learned.
#ClassicLiterature
#holocaust
#WWII
#diary
#novel
#booksky
Finished reading: #TheEpicOfGilgamesh by Anonymous
7.4.25
Gilgamesh: The Original Jesus
#ClassicLiterature
#AncientMesopotamia
#PreBible
#booksky
7.4.25
Gilgamesh: The Original Jesus
#ClassicLiterature
#AncientMesopotamia
#PreBible
#booksky
July 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Finished reading: #TheEpicOfGilgamesh by Anonymous
7.4.25
Gilgamesh: The Original Jesus
#ClassicLiterature
#AncientMesopotamia
#PreBible
#booksky
7.4.25
Gilgamesh: The Original Jesus
#ClassicLiterature
#AncientMesopotamia
#PreBible
#booksky
Finished reading: #AdamBede by #GeorgeEliot
6.10.25 → 6.23.25
This book takes a turn I did NOT see coming.
#BritishLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#RegencyEra
#FatBooks
#novel
#booksky
6.10.25 → 6.23.25
This book takes a turn I did NOT see coming.
#BritishLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#RegencyEra
#FatBooks
#novel
#booksky
June 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Finished reading: #AdamBede by #GeorgeEliot
6.10.25 → 6.23.25
This book takes a turn I did NOT see coming.
#BritishLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#RegencyEra
#FatBooks
#novel
#booksky
6.10.25 → 6.23.25
This book takes a turn I did NOT see coming.
#BritishLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#RegencyEra
#FatBooks
#novel
#booksky
I love coming home for the day
June 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I love coming home for the day
Finished reading: #HomeOfTheGentry by #IvanTurgenev
6.3.25 → 6.9.25
Everything’s cool until the ex-wife shows up.
#RussianLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#booksky
6.3.25 → 6.9.25
Everything’s cool until the ex-wife shows up.
#RussianLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#booksky
June 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Finished reading: #HomeOfTheGentry by #IvanTurgenev
6.3.25 → 6.9.25
Everything’s cool until the ex-wife shows up.
#RussianLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#booksky
6.3.25 → 6.9.25
Everything’s cool until the ex-wife shows up.
#RussianLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#booksky
Finished reading: #RomeoAndJuliet by #WilliamShakespeare
6.2.25
What stupid kids. But I do love this story.
#BritishLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#ElizabethanEra
#drama
#tragedy
6.2.25
What stupid kids. But I do love this story.
#BritishLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#ElizabethanEra
#drama
#tragedy
June 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Finished reading: #RomeoAndJuliet by #WilliamShakespeare
6.2.25
What stupid kids. But I do love this story.
#BritishLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#ElizabethanEra
#drama
#tragedy
6.2.25
What stupid kids. But I do love this story.
#BritishLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#ElizabethanEra
#drama
#tragedy
Finished reading: #AutismAVeryShortIntroduction
By #UtaFrith
6.1.25
This should be required reading nowadays.
#autism
#neuroscience
#AspergersSyndrome
#neurodiveristy
#science
#psychology
By #UtaFrith
6.1.25
This should be required reading nowadays.
#autism
#neuroscience
#AspergersSyndrome
#neurodiveristy
#science
#psychology
June 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Finished reading: #AutismAVeryShortIntroduction
By #UtaFrith
6.1.25
This should be required reading nowadays.
#autism
#neuroscience
#AspergersSyndrome
#neurodiveristy
#science
#psychology
By #UtaFrith
6.1.25
This should be required reading nowadays.
#autism
#neuroscience
#AspergersSyndrome
#neurodiveristy
#science
#psychology