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Allison (she/her)
@thebookishroo.bsky.social
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Librarian | Lover of Books, Fountain Pens, and Cocktails

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Visited Book Moon Books today. What a great bookstore! Can’t wait to go back!

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A woman pointing up at a store sign that says book moon
July 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Spending my day off with a good book, a good drink, and a good snack!
A charcuterie board in front of a cocktail and a kindle
June 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Rainy day reading.
An open book in front of a cocktail, window, and desk
April 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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The Reader sketch
A drawing of a statuette of a young woman holding a book. The statuette is next to the notebook.
March 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Morning sketching
March 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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I’m currently reading Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread by Leila Taylor with Ollie, my owl mug!
Book: Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread by Leila Taylor next to an owl mug
March 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Love my Traveler’s Company notebook and brass fountain pen.
A brown leather notebook with a snowdrop on top of it next to a brass fountain pen and a succulent plant.
March 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Currently reading Sick Houses by Laila Taylor
Book Sick House by Laila Taylor held up in front of a house
March 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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@emiliahart.bsky.social’s The Sirens is beautiful and haunting and I couldn’t put it down! It comes out in April and you should go pre-order it now!
Kindle showing the cover The Sirens by Emilia Hart in front of the ocean
March 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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I recently finished Minsoo Kang's The Melancholy of Untold History and have not stopped thinking about it. It is one of my new favorite books!
Book The Melancholy of Untold History by Minsoo Kang next to a small succulent
March 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Books for International Women’s Day
(Book titles in comments)
A large stack of books The Lady From the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara Girly Drinks by Mallory O’Meara Daughter of Daring by Mallory O’Meara The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel Spirited Women by Sammi Katz & Olivia McGiff Empress of the Nile by Lynne Olson Women in the Valley of the Kings by Kathleen Sheppard Looking for Anne by Irene Gammel An Illuminated Life by Heidi Ardizzone A Haunted History of Invisible Women by Andrea Janes & Leanna Renee Hieber Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
March 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Go Luck Yourself by @sararaaschbooks.com is such a fun, joyful, sexy novel and is the perfect sequel to The Nightmare before Kissmas!
Book cover: go luck yourself by Sara Raasch. Kindle half on ice half on green grass.
March 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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I am so excited that my copy of Daughter of Daring by @malloryomeara arrived. As a bonus, it came on the first day of Women’s History Month, the perfect time to read about a badass woman!
The book Daughter of Daring on a table next to a vase with flowers
March 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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The Extinction of Experience by Christine Rosen with my Tea mug
The book The Exctinction of Experience by Christine Rosen next to a mug that TEA
January 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Schenectady Soup Stroll!

#soup
Woman holding a bowl of soup
January 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Currently reading The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World by Christine
Rosen

#booksky #books #reading #currentlyreading #librarian #librarybook2025
Book cover The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World by Christine Rosen
January 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry
The Book of Love by Kelly Link
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

These were my top three books I read last year!
Books: The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry The Book of Love by Kelly Link The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
January 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Tarot card for the new year.
Three of Wands: adventure, self-expression, growth.

Tarot deck: The Bygone Tarot by Finnikee Design

#tarot
Tarot card the tree of wands being held up in front of a tree
January 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Top three 2024 books I read this year!

The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry
The Book of Love by Kelly Link
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

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The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry The Book of Love by Kelly Link The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
December 31, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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Currently Reading- The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights

#BookSky #Books #Librarian
Book Cover: The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights
December 25, 2024 at 1:30 PM
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10 books that represent me as a reader.
1. The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern 2. The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry 3. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke 4. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 5. The Secret History by Donna Tartt 6. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 7. Girly Drinks by Mallory O’Meara 8. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 9. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 10. Winter Solstice by Nina MacLaughlin
December 22, 2024 at 6:04 PM
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Currently Reading
Dead Air: the night Orson Wells Terrified America by William Elliott Hazelgrove
Book Cover: Dead Air: the night Orson Wells Terrified America by William Elliott Hazelgrove
December 22, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
12/20

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Book cover: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
December 22, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
11/20

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Book cover: Winter Solstice an essay by Nina MacLaughlin
December 21, 2024 at 9:39 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
10/20

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Book cover: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
December 20, 2024 at 2:11 AM