A mixed treat bag of spooky reads this October. Loved having some comics in the mix, it’s not Halloween without one! Most were hits, but I ended the month with Ring, and oof…that one left a sour taste. Sometimes adaptations really do trim the fat for a reason imo. #booksky
November 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A mixed treat bag of spooky reads this October. Loved having some comics in the mix, it’s not Halloween without one! Most were hits, but I ended the month with Ring, and oof…that one left a sour taste. Sometimes adaptations really do trim the fat for a reason imo. #booksky
About 35% in and absolutely devouring this book. A hive-minded doctor investigating another entity? So superbly weird and perfect for the spooky season. 💙📚
October 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
About 35% in and absolutely devouring this book. A hive-minded doctor investigating another entity? So superbly weird and perfect for the spooky season. 💙📚
Wrapped up 18 books this September, helped along by some spooky shorts, poems, a couple carry-overs from August, and plenty of audiobooks. I seem to read more when I’m anxious…and this month shows it. #booksky
September 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Wrapped up 18 books this September, helped along by some spooky shorts, poems, a couple carry-overs from August, and plenty of audiobooks. I seem to read more when I’m anxious…and this month shows it. #booksky
Finished The God in the Woods audiobook on Friday and glad I listened instead of read. It’s a slow-burn mystery that unfolds over three decades through multiple POVs. Beautifully written, but definitely a gradual build. 💙📚
September 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Finished The God in the Woods audiobook on Friday and glad I listened instead of read. It’s a slow-burn mystery that unfolds over three decades through multiple POVs. Beautifully written, but definitely a gradual build. 💙📚
For Sapphic September, I decided to go to the source and read the original diva. I’ve been comparing different versions and so far, I prefer the Josephine Balmer translation. 💙📚
September 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
For Sapphic September, I decided to go to the source and read the original diva. I’ve been comparing different versions and so far, I prefer the Josephine Balmer translation. 💙📚
Sappho didn’t write tiny poems with giant leaps. They were torn. Everybody, mostly men, Swinburne, for example, has been filling her holes ever since. She said…well, actually, you can say Sappho said anything. She says about two words and then everyone, the world, jumps in.
Eileen Myles, Inferno
September 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Sappho didn’t write tiny poems with giant leaps. They were torn. Everybody, mostly men, Swinburne, for example, has been filling her holes ever since. She said…well, actually, you can say Sappho said anything. She says about two words and then everyone, the world, jumps in.
Spooky season is creeping closer. I’m warming up with The King in Yellow. I didn’t expect it to be so romantic. Perfect way to set the mood and ease into my list of horror reads. 📚💙
September 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Spooky season is creeping closer. I’m warming up with The King in Yellow. I didn’t expect it to be so romantic. Perfect way to set the mood and ease into my list of horror reads. 📚💙
Glad I read Iris Chang’s The Thread of the Silkworm before picking up Last Night at the Telegraph Club. Chang’s book traces the life of Tsien Hsue-Shen, founder of JPL, later deported during the Red Scare. #booksky
August 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Glad I read Iris Chang’s The Thread of the Silkworm before picking up Last Night at the Telegraph Club. Chang’s book traces the life of Tsien Hsue-Shen, founder of JPL, later deported during the Red Scare. #booksky
Love an in-depth book talk. It was a delight going to Small Format’s discussion of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and getting to meet fellow local book lovers. 📚 Cozy spaces with new faces are a treasure. #booksky
August 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Love an in-depth book talk. It was a delight going to Small Format’s discussion of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and getting to meet fellow local book lovers. 📚 Cozy spaces with new faces are a treasure. #booksky
To make reading feel even more magical, I’ve started collecting bookmarks from every bookstore I visit. If we're ✨romanticizing life✨, we start with the pages.
August 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
To make reading feel even more magical, I’ve started collecting bookmarks from every bookstore I visit. If we're ✨romanticizing life✨, we start with the pages.
ChatGPT will only ever give you what you want, which is why it'll never surprise you. Wendy Xu (@wendyxu.bsky.social) on Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and the shock of unfairness:
ChatGPT will only ever give you what you want, which is why it'll never surprise you. Wendy Xu (@wendyxu.bsky.social) on Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and the shock of unfairness:
After a long dry spell with reading, I’m thrilled to be 80% into my goal. I don’t know if 60 books is going to be the annual goal moving forward, and am interested to check out other challenges, but this pace has been good to rebuild the habit. It has definitely helped curb my doomscrolling. 📚💙
August 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
After a long dry spell with reading, I’m thrilled to be 80% into my goal. I don’t know if 60 books is going to be the annual goal moving forward, and am interested to check out other challenges, but this pace has been good to rebuild the habit. It has definitely helped curb my doomscrolling. 📚💙
Picked up The Island of Dr. Moreau because I like a short audiobook for work. About halfway in and I can’t help but view it through a queer-coded lens, tho I’m certain that wasn’t in the intent. The laws, however loudly they are recited, cannot extinguish the truths we carry in within us. #booksky
August 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Picked up The Island of Dr. Moreau because I like a short audiobook for work. About halfway in and I can’t help but view it through a queer-coded lens, tho I’m certain that wasn’t in the intent. The laws, however loudly they are recited, cannot extinguish the truths we carry in within us. #booksky
AI is absolutely a crutch. It poisons the planet and the mind, numbing the user with complacency while business shills salivate at the thought of paying humans less and profiting off the efforts that were stolen to feed the machine. #booksky
August 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
AI is absolutely a crutch. It poisons the planet and the mind, numbing the user with complacency while business shills salivate at the thought of paying humans less and profiting off the efforts that were stolen to feed the machine. #booksky
A month of highs and lows. Some reads reshaped how I see the world, while one romance series reminded me that not every love story is for me. Feeling inspired to read more queer romance to rekindle my love of loving love. #booksky
July 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A month of highs and lows. Some reads reshaped how I see the world, while one romance series reminded me that not every love story is for me. Feeling inspired to read more queer romance to rekindle my love of loving love. #booksky