Owl in the Attic Books
@owlintheatticbooks.bsky.social
Eclectic & independent online bookstore in Tacoma, WA. Selling rare, collectible, & worthwhile books & art since 2024.
Contact/order: info@owlintheatticbooks.com or https://www.ebay.com/str/owlintheatticbooks
www.owlintheatticbooks.com
#booksky
Contact/order: info@owlintheatticbooks.com or https://www.ebay.com/str/owlintheatticbooks
www.owlintheatticbooks.com
#booksky
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January 3, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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This sandwich would go great with a beer and a copy of Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential (I bet you could snag one of those at a bookstore on #6thAve)
#TacomaFood #Booksky #FoodWriting #Tacoma #EatMe
#TacomaFood #Booksky #FoodWriting #Tacoma #EatMe
January 2, 2026 at 8:09 PM
This sandwich would go great with a beer and a copy of Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential (I bet you could snag one of those at a bookstore on #6thAve)
#TacomaFood #Booksky #FoodWriting #Tacoma #EatMe
#TacomaFood #Booksky #FoodWriting #Tacoma #EatMe
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you:
Hi! I'm a big rig that decided to pass on a hill without looking in the mirrors & drove a car off the road but maybe never even noticed that I did that.
Hi! I'm a big rig that decided to pass on a hill without looking in the mirrors & drove a car off the road but maybe never even noticed that I did that.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you:
Hi! I'm "got hit by a car going 45mph when I was walking to school when I was 14".
Hi! I'm "got hit by a car going 45mph when I was walking to school when I was 14".
Hi, I'm the center of a borderline EF-4 tornado. 🤷
January 2, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you:
Hi! I'm a big rig that decided to pass on a hill without looking in the mirrors & drove a car off the road but maybe never even noticed that I did that.
Hi! I'm a big rig that decided to pass on a hill without looking in the mirrors & drove a car off the road but maybe never even noticed that I did that.
Finished my first read of 2026 (started at least two weeks ago, I think - so also my last read of 2025):
John Le Carré's novel, A Perfect Spy.
Tour de force of a novel - I really loved it. I'll be thinking about parts of this book for a while.
#booksky #whatimreading #spyfiction #johnlecarre
John Le Carré's novel, A Perfect Spy.
Tour de force of a novel - I really loved it. I'll be thinking about parts of this book for a while.
#booksky #whatimreading #spyfiction #johnlecarre
January 2, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Finished my first read of 2026 (started at least two weeks ago, I think - so also my last read of 2025):
John Le Carré's novel, A Perfect Spy.
Tour de force of a novel - I really loved it. I'll be thinking about parts of this book for a while.
#booksky #whatimreading #spyfiction #johnlecarre
John Le Carré's novel, A Perfect Spy.
Tour de force of a novel - I really loved it. I'll be thinking about parts of this book for a while.
#booksky #whatimreading #spyfiction #johnlecarre
I loved "I Who Have Never Known Men" by Belgian author Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Roz Schwartz.
Originally published in French as "Moi qui n'a pas connu les hommes," this book swept me away into a strange lonely world unlike any other.
Loved it from the 1st paragraph. #booksky
Originally published in French as "Moi qui n'a pas connu les hommes," this book swept me away into a strange lonely world unlike any other.
Loved it from the 1st paragraph. #booksky
What was the best book you've read this year? (Any genre.)
December 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I loved "I Who Have Never Known Men" by Belgian author Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Roz Schwartz.
Originally published in French as "Moi qui n'a pas connu les hommes," this book swept me away into a strange lonely world unlike any other.
Loved it from the 1st paragraph. #booksky
Originally published in French as "Moi qui n'a pas connu les hommes," this book swept me away into a strange lonely world unlike any other.
Loved it from the 1st paragraph. #booksky
Another round of favorite books I sold in 2025:
Some beautiful box sets came through the shop this year, including this gorgeous @foliosociety.bsky.social edition of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Design in every detail!
#booksky #bookcovers #lotr #design #tolkien #rarebooks #lordoftherings
Some beautiful box sets came through the shop this year, including this gorgeous @foliosociety.bsky.social edition of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Design in every detail!
#booksky #bookcovers #lotr #design #tolkien #rarebooks #lordoftherings
December 31, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Another round of favorite books I sold in 2025:
Some beautiful box sets came through the shop this year, including this gorgeous @foliosociety.bsky.social edition of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Design in every detail!
#booksky #bookcovers #lotr #design #tolkien #rarebooks #lordoftherings
Some beautiful box sets came through the shop this year, including this gorgeous @foliosociety.bsky.social edition of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Design in every detail!
#booksky #bookcovers #lotr #design #tolkien #rarebooks #lordoftherings
It's a beautiful day in Tacoma!
& every day in Tacoma is a good day to visit @theredhot.bsky.social
I was there yesterday for $1 off my charburger & a $2 Heidelberg 🍻🌭🍔
#tacoma #6thavetacoma #tacomafood
& every day in Tacoma is a good day to visit @theredhot.bsky.social
I was there yesterday for $1 off my charburger & a $2 Heidelberg 🍻🌭🍔
#tacoma #6thavetacoma #tacomafood
December 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It's a beautiful day in Tacoma!
& every day in Tacoma is a good day to visit @theredhot.bsky.social
I was there yesterday for $1 off my charburger & a $2 Heidelberg 🍻🌭🍔
#tacoma #6thavetacoma #tacomafood
& every day in Tacoma is a good day to visit @theredhot.bsky.social
I was there yesterday for $1 off my charburger & a $2 Heidelberg 🍻🌭🍔
#tacoma #6thavetacoma #tacomafood
Here are some of my favorite books sold in 2025:
A beautiful & unusual Modern Library edition of Flowering Judas by Katherine Anne Porter from the 1960s.
Couldn't find any other editions w/this dust jacket, which is maybe why this volume sold w/in a day.
#booksky #bookcovers #books #rarebooks
A beautiful & unusual Modern Library edition of Flowering Judas by Katherine Anne Porter from the 1960s.
Couldn't find any other editions w/this dust jacket, which is maybe why this volume sold w/in a day.
#booksky #bookcovers #books #rarebooks
December 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Here are some of my favorite books sold in 2025:
A beautiful & unusual Modern Library edition of Flowering Judas by Katherine Anne Porter from the 1960s.
Couldn't find any other editions w/this dust jacket, which is maybe why this volume sold w/in a day.
#booksky #bookcovers #books #rarebooks
A beautiful & unusual Modern Library edition of Flowering Judas by Katherine Anne Porter from the 1960s.
Couldn't find any other editions w/this dust jacket, which is maybe why this volume sold w/in a day.
#booksky #bookcovers #books #rarebooks
I gave our teen @sofiaajram.bsky.social's Coup de Grace for xmas bc it reminded me of a game they shared w/me (the horror walking sim Exit 8).
Coup de Grace was a Shirley Jackson award nominee & We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a shared favorite in our house
Coup de Grace was a Shirley Jackson award nominee & We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a shared favorite in our house
Seriously: teenagers feel ambivalent about being given books that are supposed to be "good" for them, right when they're trying to establish their own tastes.
It may never have occurred to them before that giving someone a book is *an invitation* to meet them in another time and place.
(1/2)
It may never have occurred to them before that giving someone a book is *an invitation* to meet them in another time and place.
(1/2)
I respect people who give books. Just let the young folk know that what you're doing isn't telling them what to like - it's asking them to share an experience with you.
Most kids don't realize that the second most important thing about reading is having books in common with other people 📚❤️
Most kids don't realize that the second most important thing about reading is having books in common with other people 📚❤️
December 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I gave our teen @sofiaajram.bsky.social's Coup de Grace for xmas bc it reminded me of a game they shared w/me (the horror walking sim Exit 8).
Coup de Grace was a Shirley Jackson award nominee & We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a shared favorite in our house
Coup de Grace was a Shirley Jackson award nominee & We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a shared favorite in our house
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December 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If you want a holiday film, highly recommend The Last Holiday, starring Queen Latifah.
#christmasmovies #holidaymovies #queenlatifah
#christmasmovies #holidaymovies #queenlatifah
December 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
If you want a holiday film, highly recommend The Last Holiday, starring Queen Latifah.
#christmasmovies #holidaymovies #queenlatifah
#christmasmovies #holidaymovies #queenlatifah
I really loved this book.
If I haven't given my copy away (I might have), I would love to reread it.
Poetic, ordinary, and heartfelt.
#booksky #novel #jeopardy #winterreads
If I haven't given my copy away (I might have), I would love to reread it.
Poetic, ordinary, and heartfelt.
#booksky #novel #jeopardy #winterreads
December 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I really loved this book.
If I haven't given my copy away (I might have), I would love to reread it.
Poetic, ordinary, and heartfelt.
#booksky #novel #jeopardy #winterreads
If I haven't given my copy away (I might have), I would love to reread it.
Poetic, ordinary, and heartfelt.
#booksky #novel #jeopardy #winterreads
Selling on a platform like eBay (or others), I sometimes think of the platforms like a landlord...
& definitely my landlord is installing AI all over whether I like it or not.
#ebay #indiebooks #usedbooks #shopsmall #AI
& definitely my landlord is installing AI all over whether I like it or not.
#ebay #indiebooks #usedbooks #shopsmall #AI
One of my weekend orders was a copy of @karenhao.bsky.social's Empire of AI.
It heads off to the customer with tomorrow's post - and I'm getting in line for it at the library because I want to read this one too.
#booksky #weekendreads #AI #nonfiction #bookcovers
It heads off to the customer with tomorrow's post - and I'm getting in line for it at the library because I want to read this one too.
#booksky #weekendreads #AI #nonfiction #bookcovers
December 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Selling on a platform like eBay (or others), I sometimes think of the platforms like a landlord...
& definitely my landlord is installing AI all over whether I like it or not.
#ebay #indiebooks #usedbooks #shopsmall #AI
& definitely my landlord is installing AI all over whether I like it or not.
#ebay #indiebooks #usedbooks #shopsmall #AI
One of my weekend orders was a copy of @karenhao.bsky.social's Empire of AI.
It heads off to the customer with tomorrow's post - and I'm getting in line for it at the library because I want to read this one too.
#booksky #weekendreads #AI #nonfiction #bookcovers
It heads off to the customer with tomorrow's post - and I'm getting in line for it at the library because I want to read this one too.
#booksky #weekendreads #AI #nonfiction #bookcovers
December 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
One of my weekend orders was a copy of @karenhao.bsky.social's Empire of AI.
It heads off to the customer with tomorrow's post - and I'm getting in line for it at the library because I want to read this one too.
#booksky #weekendreads #AI #nonfiction #bookcovers
It heads off to the customer with tomorrow's post - and I'm getting in line for it at the library because I want to read this one too.
#booksky #weekendreads #AI #nonfiction #bookcovers
Robin Wall Kimmerer's The Serviceberry & Hito Steyerl's Medium Hot: Images in the Age of Heat
#whatimreading #booksky #hitosteyerl #robinwallkimmerer
#whatimreading #booksky #hitosteyerl #robinwallkimmerer
December 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Robin Wall Kimmerer's The Serviceberry & Hito Steyerl's Medium Hot: Images in the Age of Heat
#whatimreading #booksky #hitosteyerl #robinwallkimmerer
#whatimreading #booksky #hitosteyerl #robinwallkimmerer
reading Robin Wall Kimmerer's beautiful writing can be so calming it's almost painful. thinking about that today in this 1st entry in my reading journal, as rain continues to fall & fall & fall in the PNW.
#booksky #readingjournal #robinwallkimmerer #serviceberry
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#booksky #readingjournal #robinwallkimmerer #serviceberry
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"a flash of Bluebird iridescence"
It's raining and raining and raining where I live. Everywhere that water can find to pool or flow is full. The rivers are swollen. Levees have been breached and sections of highway have collapsed or b...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
reading Robin Wall Kimmerer's beautiful writing can be so calming it's almost painful. thinking about that today in this 1st entry in my reading journal, as rain continues to fall & fall & fall in the PNW.
#booksky #readingjournal #robinwallkimmerer #serviceberry
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#booksky #readingjournal #robinwallkimmerer #serviceberry
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love a plan that forms because it "feels like an inevitability and probably better than being flipped to the next private equity person"
#booksky
#booksky
December 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
love a plan that forms because it "feels like an inevitability and probably better than being flipped to the next private equity person"
#booksky
#booksky
Today's reason I love my public library:
I'm listening to Flynn Berry's Northern Spy while waiting to pick up a friend whose train is delayed. Downloaded on the @libbyapp.com thanks to Tacoma Public Library!
#booksky #flynnberry #mystery #northernireland #audiobook #publiclibraries
I'm listening to Flynn Berry's Northern Spy while waiting to pick up a friend whose train is delayed. Downloaded on the @libbyapp.com thanks to Tacoma Public Library!
#booksky #flynnberry #mystery #northernireland #audiobook #publiclibraries
December 18, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Today's reason I love my public library:
I'm listening to Flynn Berry's Northern Spy while waiting to pick up a friend whose train is delayed. Downloaded on the @libbyapp.com thanks to Tacoma Public Library!
#booksky #flynnberry #mystery #northernireland #audiobook #publiclibraries
I'm listening to Flynn Berry's Northern Spy while waiting to pick up a friend whose train is delayed. Downloaded on the @libbyapp.com thanks to Tacoma Public Library!
#booksky #flynnberry #mystery #northernireland #audiobook #publiclibraries
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
December 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
I finished @harikunzru.bsky.social's Blue Ruin.
Appreciated reading a novel (partially) set during the pandemic shutdown. I want to engage w/more art that directly references that time. There's so much mandatory forgetting in our culture.
Anyone have suggestions of other books?
#booksky #bookrec
Appreciated reading a novel (partially) set during the pandemic shutdown. I want to engage w/more art that directly references that time. There's so much mandatory forgetting in our culture.
Anyone have suggestions of other books?
#booksky #bookrec
December 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I finished @harikunzru.bsky.social's Blue Ruin.
Appreciated reading a novel (partially) set during the pandemic shutdown. I want to engage w/more art that directly references that time. There's so much mandatory forgetting in our culture.
Anyone have suggestions of other books?
#booksky #bookrec
Appreciated reading a novel (partially) set during the pandemic shutdown. I want to engage w/more art that directly references that time. There's so much mandatory forgetting in our culture.
Anyone have suggestions of other books?
#booksky #bookrec
My best advice is just to stick with it! I remember having similar struggles in The 5th Season, but making it through Book 1 & then having the series blow my mind and heart open in the 2nd & 3rd books in a way that made the formal choices in Book 1 come into context. It's worth it!
#booksky #scifi
#booksky #scifi
Currently reading The 5th Season by N.K. Jemisin but there is something I’m struggling with.
1/3 of the story is written in 2nd person - essentially placing you, the reader, in the story which I find really hard to digest and engage with. Any tips on how to approach this type of reading?
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1/3 of the story is written in 2nd person - essentially placing you, the reader, in the story which I find really hard to digest and engage with. Any tips on how to approach this type of reading?
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December 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In the prologue to Guinea: Masks, Music, and Minerals, the author describes Guinea as a place where "conspiracy" explains the inexplicable ("A car accident, a plane crash...even bad weather") bc for 26 years the president "eliminated his opponents by declaring them part of conspiracies."
#booksky
#booksky
December 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
In the prologue to Guinea: Masks, Music, and Minerals, the author describes Guinea as a place where "conspiracy" explains the inexplicable ("A car accident, a plane crash...even bad weather") bc for 26 years the president "eliminated his opponents by declaring them part of conspiracies."
#booksky
#booksky
December 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM