RovingReader
@rovingreader.bsky.social
Historian, lover of ink, peace seeker, realist, attempting pacifist, pragmatist, entrepreneur... perfectly flawed human, just like everyone else... trying to figure the way forward one step at a time.
Time to run... to the Oregon Historical Society to pick up a copy of this fabulous book on Steve Prefontaine ("Pre"). Love a good book talk. @Brendan O'Meara
#booksky 👀💙📚 #run 🏃♂️🏃♀️👟 #OHS #history #historymatters #nonfiction
#booksky 👀💙📚 #run 🏃♂️🏃♀️👟 #OHS #history #historymatters #nonfiction
September 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Time to run... to the Oregon Historical Society to pick up a copy of this fabulous book on Steve Prefontaine ("Pre"). Love a good book talk. @Brendan O'Meara
#booksky 👀💙📚 #run 🏃♂️🏃♀️👟 #OHS #history #historymatters #nonfiction
#booksky 👀💙📚 #run 🏃♂️🏃♀️👟 #OHS #history #historymatters #nonfiction
It's that time of year again!! So excited for another Oregon Historical Society Hatfield Lecture Series. Doris Kearns Goodwin as the opener... *sigh* heaven. 😍
#booksky 👀💙📚
#history #nonfiction
#booksky 👀💙📚
#history #nonfiction
September 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It's that time of year again!! So excited for another Oregon Historical Society Hatfield Lecture Series. Doris Kearns Goodwin as the opener... *sigh* heaven. 😍
#booksky 👀💙📚
#history #nonfiction
#booksky 👀💙📚
#history #nonfiction
Today is a good day in PDX. Overcast skies have cooled the summer heat (sadly also a bit muggy). A diner I wanted to check out is conveniently located right behind the Central Library, so I managed to pick up my new card AND get some work done. Happy read... uh, Friday!
#booksky 👀💙📚 #workplayday
#booksky 👀💙📚 #workplayday
August 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Today is a good day in PDX. Overcast skies have cooled the summer heat (sadly also a bit muggy). A diner I wanted to check out is conveniently located right behind the Central Library, so I managed to pick up my new card AND get some work done. Happy read... uh, Friday!
#booksky 👀💙📚 #workplayday
#booksky 👀💙📚 #workplayday
Got this is a mystery date with a book pack from a garage sale (best $3 I've spent in a while). Very quick, fun, frustrating read. I love King's non-horror books. One of my favorite books ever is his 11/22/63. Phenomenal book! Wish there were more like that. This was fun, though.
#booksky 👀💙📚
#booksky 👀💙📚
August 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Got this is a mystery date with a book pack from a garage sale (best $3 I've spent in a while). Very quick, fun, frustrating read. I love King's non-horror books. One of my favorite books ever is his 11/22/63. Phenomenal book! Wish there were more like that. This was fun, though.
#booksky 👀💙📚
#booksky 👀💙📚
Car show season means I get to read in different places many weekends. Today's reading place was @14 Acres Vineyard & Winery in Ridgefield, WA for the AMC Rendezvous. Book of choice was The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. A longtime TBR. Enjoying it so far.
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#booksky 👀💙📚
August 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Car show season means I get to read in different places many weekends. Today's reading place was @14 Acres Vineyard & Winery in Ridgefield, WA for the AMC Rendezvous. Book of choice was The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. A longtime TBR. Enjoying it so far.
#booksky 👀💙📚
#booksky 👀💙📚
So, we did a thing yesterday. Her name is Rosemary (aka Rosie 💪). We are very much in love. ❤️🌹 She snorts funny and our other dog feels very dejected... but we're hopeful they'll be the greatest of friends soon. 💞 🤞
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July 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
So, we did a thing yesterday. Her name is Rosemary (aka Rosie 💪). We are very much in love. ❤️🌹 She snorts funny and our other dog feels very dejected... but we're hopeful they'll be the greatest of friends soon. 💞 🤞
#booksky
#booksky
The end of the Oregon legislative session is severely cutting into my "fun reads" reading time and thoughtful posting... so please enjoy the memes while I muddle through the next two weeks. 🙏 thank you
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#booksky
June 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The end of the Oregon legislative session is severely cutting into my "fun reads" reading time and thoughtful posting... so please enjoy the memes while I muddle through the next two weeks. 🙏 thank you
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#booksky
June 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
May wrap-up... huh... I thought I had read more. There is a DNF that's not on the collage which I did read half of. Dunno... feels like I read more than this. 🤔 Oh well... NEEEXT!! Oooohhh... I technically finished Babel in June. Pffff... whatever Storygraph. 🙄
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June 4, 2025 at 4:57 AM
May wrap-up... huh... I thought I had read more. There is a DNF that's not on the collage which I did read half of. Dunno... feels like I read more than this. 🤔 Oh well... NEEEXT!! Oooohhh... I technically finished Babel in June. Pffff... whatever Storygraph. 🙄
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#booksky 👀💙📚
June 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🤷♀️ you do you, boo... you deserve it... you're amazing and smart and gorgeous and you work hard... go get that book (or four).
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#booksky 👀💙📚
June 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🤷♀️ you do you, boo... you deserve it... you're amazing and smart and gorgeous and you work hard... go get that book (or four).
#booksky 👀💙📚
#booksky 👀💙📚
I love picking up a pretty copy of a beloved book. It just makes my heart happy. <3 I mean... look at it... all gold and with a lovely blue satin ribbon bookmark. *sigh* #grapesofwrath #steinbeck #favoritebook
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#booksky 👀💙📚
May 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I love picking up a pretty copy of a beloved book. It just makes my heart happy. <3 I mean... look at it... all gold and with a lovely blue satin ribbon bookmark. *sigh* #grapesofwrath #steinbeck #favoritebook
#booksky 👀💙📚
#booksky 👀💙📚
Whoa! What an amazing story. So vivid, so powerful, heart-wrenching, heartbreaking, beautiful, and grotesque. So many emotions. Stunning read.
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#goingtoneedaminute
#wwii #italyoccupation #truestory
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#goingtoneedaminute
#wwii #italyoccupation #truestory
May 26, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Whoa! What an amazing story. So vivid, so powerful, heart-wrenching, heartbreaking, beautiful, and grotesque. So many emotions. Stunning read.
#booksky 👀💙📚
#goingtoneedaminute
#wwii #italyoccupation #truestory
#booksky 👀💙📚
#goingtoneedaminute
#wwii #italyoccupation #truestory
#9 - Favorite book to give as a gift. 🤔 I usually try to gift something I think they'll enjoy. I can't say I have a favorite of mine that I turn to for gifting.
What's your favorite book? Maybe I'll gift it to you or someone else.
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What's your favorite book? Maybe I'll gift it to you or someone else.
#booksky 👀💙📚
May 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#9 - Favorite book to give as a gift. 🤔 I usually try to gift something I think they'll enjoy. I can't say I have a favorite of mine that I turn to for gifting.
What's your favorite book? Maybe I'll gift it to you or someone else.
#booksky 👀💙📚
What's your favorite book? Maybe I'll gift it to you or someone else.
#booksky 👀💙📚
Oh, that was fun!! So many twists and turns. Very well written, IMHO. Couldn't put it down.
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#murdermystery #unreliablenarrator #twisted
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#murdermystery #unreliablenarrator #twisted
May 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Oh, that was fun!! So many twists and turns. Very well written, IMHO. Couldn't put it down.
#booksky 👀💙📚
#murdermystery #unreliablenarrator #twisted
#booksky 👀💙📚
#murdermystery #unreliablenarrator #twisted
It wouldn't be a trip to the Oregon coast without a stop at Richards Bookshop in Lincoln City. I love getting lost in these stacks. 👀💙📚 #booksky #literature and #mystery was my haul today. 💙🌊
May 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
It wouldn't be a trip to the Oregon coast without a stop at Richards Bookshop in Lincoln City. I love getting lost in these stacks. 👀💙📚 #booksky #literature and #mystery was my haul today. 💙🌊
But always remember to also check your boots before you put them on. Especially if you haven't worn them in a while. 🤢😭💔🦇
May 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
But always remember to also check your boots before you put them on. Especially if you haven't worn them in a while. 🤢😭💔🦇
Sometimes, the best chapters are the ones we write just for ourselves. #bestchapteryet 🐕🌊
#booksky #writersky 👀💙📚
Don't forget to take some time this weekend to just breathe and be in the moments.
#booksky #writersky 👀💙📚
Don't forget to take some time this weekend to just breathe and be in the moments.
May 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Sometimes, the best chapters are the ones we write just for ourselves. #bestchapteryet 🐕🌊
#booksky #writersky 👀💙📚
Don't forget to take some time this weekend to just breathe and be in the moments.
#booksky #writersky 👀💙📚
Don't forget to take some time this weekend to just breathe and be in the moments.
Forgot again. I think we're on "Day" 8. Series everyone should read. The one you like. I loved the Sookie Stackhouse series that ended up being True Blood on TV. Enjoyed the Throne of Glass series. Nalini Singh's Psy/Changeling series was very well written, I thought. But for everyone?
#booksky 👀💙📚
#booksky 👀💙📚
May 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Forgot again. I think we're on "Day" 8. Series everyone should read. The one you like. I loved the Sookie Stackhouse series that ended up being True Blood on TV. Enjoyed the Throne of Glass series. Nalini Singh's Psy/Changeling series was very well written, I thought. But for everyone?
#booksky 👀💙📚
#booksky 👀💙📚