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Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 15 - Mieko Kawakami
Feeling whimsical today. Kawakami is both a singer and a writer, and reading her feels like stepping into a Studio Ghibli movie.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 15 - Mieko Kawakami
Feeling whimsical today. Kawakami is both a singer and a writer, and reading her feels like stepping into a Studio Ghibli movie.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
June 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 15 - Mieko Kawakami
Feeling whimsical today. Kawakami is both a singer and a writer, and reading her feels like stepping into a Studio Ghibli movie.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 15 - Mieko Kawakami
Feeling whimsical today. Kawakami is both a singer and a writer, and reading her feels like stepping into a Studio Ghibli movie.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 14 - Simone de Beauvoir
Waht i'm on day 14 and this just came up? She's ofc a non-fic icon but her fiction writing is equally worth reading!
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 14 - Simone de Beauvoir
Waht i'm on day 14 and this just came up? She's ofc a non-fic icon but her fiction writing is equally worth reading!
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
June 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 14 - Simone de Beauvoir
Waht i'm on day 14 and this just came up? She's ofc a non-fic icon but her fiction writing is equally worth reading!
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 14 - Simone de Beauvoir
Waht i'm on day 14 and this just came up? She's ofc a non-fic icon but her fiction writing is equally worth reading!
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 13 - Karissa Chen
What a debut novel.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 13 - Karissa Chen
What a debut novel.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
May 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 13 - Karissa Chen
What a debut novel.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 13 - Karissa Chen
What a debut novel.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 12 - Claudia Piñeiro
So so happy that I discovered Piñeiro.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 12 - Claudia Piñeiro
So so happy that I discovered Piñeiro.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
May 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 12 - Claudia Piñeiro
So so happy that I discovered Piñeiro.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 12 - Claudia Piñeiro
So so happy that I discovered Piñeiro.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 12 - Olga Tokarczuk
She's also the only Polish author i've read, do you have any more recommendations?
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 12 - Olga Tokarczuk
She's also the only Polish author i've read, do you have any more recommendations?
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
May 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 12 - Olga Tokarczuk
She's also the only Polish author i've read, do you have any more recommendations?
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 12 - Olga Tokarczuk
She's also the only Polish author i've read, do you have any more recommendations?
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 11 - Yaa Gyasi
I devoured this book.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 11 - Yaa Gyasi
I devoured this book.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
May 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 11 - Yaa Gyasi
I devoured this book.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 11 - Yaa Gyasi
I devoured this book.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
May 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 10 - Emily St. John Mandel
Love her time-bending narratives.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 10 - Emily St. John Mandel
Love her time-bending narratives.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
May 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 10 - Emily St. John Mandel
Love her time-bending narratives.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 10 - Emily St. John Mandel
Love her time-bending narratives.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 09 - Dahlia de la Cerda
10 women or girls are killed every day in Mexico, this book breaks the silence over femicides.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 09 - Dahlia de la Cerda
10 women or girls are killed every day in Mexico, this book breaks the silence over femicides.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
May 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 09 - Dahlia de la Cerda
10 women or girls are killed every day in Mexico, this book breaks the silence over femicides.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 09 - Dahlia de la Cerda
10 women or girls are killed every day in Mexico, this book breaks the silence over femicides.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 08 - Virginia Woolf
This one needs no introduction. It's also a highly re-readable book!
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 08 - Virginia Woolf
This one needs no introduction. It's also a highly re-readable book!
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
May 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 08 - Virginia Woolf
This one needs no introduction. It's also a highly re-readable book!
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 08 - Virginia Woolf
This one needs no introduction. It's also a highly re-readable book!
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Zilu is named one of the 10 Brilliant Business Ideas by Awesome Women Founders. thestoryexchange.org/10-brilliant...
I started it because bestseller lists never quite hit. What if readers could search by mood, vibe, or premise instead?
Try it at zilu.app
#BookSky #Startup
I started it because bestseller lists never quite hit. What if readers could search by mood, vibe, or premise instead?
Try it at zilu.app
#BookSky #Startup
Our 2025 List of 10 Brilliant Business Ideas by Awesome Women Founders
These up-and-coming companies, and the women behind them, are lighting our way to a healthier, better future.
thestoryexchange.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Zilu is named one of the 10 Brilliant Business Ideas by Awesome Women Founders. thestoryexchange.org/10-brilliant...
I started it because bestseller lists never quite hit. What if readers could search by mood, vibe, or premise instead?
Try it at zilu.app
#BookSky #Startup
I started it because bestseller lists never quite hit. What if readers could search by mood, vibe, or premise instead?
Try it at zilu.app
#BookSky #Startup
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 07 - Toni Morrison
“Love is never any better than the lover.”
uff...
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 07 - Toni Morrison
“Love is never any better than the lover.”
uff...
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
May 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 07 - Toni Morrison
“Love is never any better than the lover.”
uff...
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 07 - Toni Morrison
“Love is never any better than the lover.”
uff...
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 06 - Elena Ferrante
We don't know for sure, but I believe Ferrante is a female author because of the way she writes about girlhood.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 06 - Elena Ferrante
We don't know for sure, but I believe Ferrante is a female author because of the way she writes about girlhood.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
May 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 06 - Elena Ferrante
We don't know for sure, but I believe Ferrante is a female author because of the way she writes about girlhood.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 06 - Elena Ferrante
We don't know for sure, but I believe Ferrante is a female author because of the way she writes about girlhood.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 05 - Joan Didion
Iconic.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 05 - Joan Didion
Iconic.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
May 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 05 - Joan Didion
Iconic.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 05 - Joan Didion
Iconic.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 05 - Dolly Alderton
This was a binge read for me, finished it in 2 days. Sharp, funny, and relatable!
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 05 - Dolly Alderton
This was a binge read for me, finished it in 2 days. Sharp, funny, and relatable!
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
May 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 05 - Dolly Alderton
This was a binge read for me, finished it in 2 days. Sharp, funny, and relatable!
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 05 - Dolly Alderton
This was a binge read for me, finished it in 2 days. Sharp, funny, and relatable!
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 04 - Jacqueline Harpman
A must-read.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 04 - Jacqueline Harpman
A must-read.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
May 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 04 - Jacqueline Harpman
A must-read.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 04 - Jacqueline Harpman
A must-read.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 03 - Eliza Clark
Such a unique literary voice! This is the most gripping book I've read this year so far.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 03 - Eliza Clark
Such a unique literary voice! This is the most gripping book I've read this year so far.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
May 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 03 - Eliza Clark
Such a unique literary voice! This is the most gripping book I've read this year so far.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 03 - Eliza Clark
Such a unique literary voice! This is the most gripping book I've read this year so far.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 02 - Jenny Nordberg
This is an important read.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 02 - Jenny Nordberg
This is an important read.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
May 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 02 - Jenny Nordberg
This is an important read.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Day 02 - Jenny Nordberg
This is an important read.
📚💙 #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
So excited to join this challenge!
Day 01 - Han Kang
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#Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
So excited to join this challenge!
Day 01 - Han Kang
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#Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
May 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
So excited to join this challenge!
Day 01 - Han Kang
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#Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
So excited to join this challenge!
Day 01 - Han Kang
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#Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge
This week, countries across Europe commemorate the end of World War II.
I've always wanted to read more about women's roles and perspectives in war, the nurses, spies, and codebreakers.
And here’s what I found: open.substack.com/pub/ziluapp/...
#booksky #historicalfiction #WWII
I've always wanted to read more about women's roles and perspectives in war, the nurses, spies, and codebreakers.
And here’s what I found: open.substack.com/pub/ziluapp/...
#booksky #historicalfiction #WWII
What Did the War Look Like from Her Window?
Women in WW2
open.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This week, countries across Europe commemorate the end of World War II.
I've always wanted to read more about women's roles and perspectives in war, the nurses, spies, and codebreakers.
And here’s what I found: open.substack.com/pub/ziluapp/...
#booksky #historicalfiction #WWII
I've always wanted to read more about women's roles and perspectives in war, the nurses, spies, and codebreakers.
And here’s what I found: open.substack.com/pub/ziluapp/...
#booksky #historicalfiction #WWII
Everyone’s talking about James by Percival Everett after the Pulitzer win, but what about Telephone?
I didn’t realize there are multiple versions, each with a different ending (!!). Mine felt… redemptive. There’s grief and guilt, but also connection and quiet acts of care.
How was yours? #booksky
I didn’t realize there are multiple versions, each with a different ending (!!). Mine felt… redemptive. There’s grief and guilt, but also connection and quiet acts of care.
How was yours? #booksky
May 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Everyone’s talking about James by Percival Everett after the Pulitzer win, but what about Telephone?
I didn’t realize there are multiple versions, each with a different ending (!!). Mine felt… redemptive. There’s grief and guilt, but also connection and quiet acts of care.
How was yours? #booksky
I didn’t realize there are multiple versions, each with a different ending (!!). Mine felt… redemptive. There’s grief and guilt, but also connection and quiet acts of care.
How was yours? #booksky
The book I recommended the most this year.
Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career by Kristi Coulter, required reading for every tech girlie who’s been “one of the few” in the room.
#booksky #exitinterview #kristicoulter #workintech #workplaceliteracy #womenintech
Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career by Kristi Coulter, required reading for every tech girlie who’s been “one of the few” in the room.
#booksky #exitinterview #kristicoulter #workintech #workplaceliteracy #womenintech
May 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The book I recommended the most this year.
Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career by Kristi Coulter, required reading for every tech girlie who’s been “one of the few” in the room.
#booksky #exitinterview #kristicoulter #workintech #workplaceliteracy #womenintech
Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career by Kristi Coulter, required reading for every tech girlie who’s been “one of the few” in the room.
#booksky #exitinterview #kristicoulter #workintech #workplaceliteracy #womenintech
A quote from the book that whispers and lingers. This was an unforgettable read.
#iwhohaveneverknownmen #dystopianreads #hauntingbooks #quoteoftheday #booksky #feministbooks #booklovers
#iwhohaveneverknownmen #dystopianreads #hauntingbooks #quoteoftheday #booksky #feministbooks #booklovers
May 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A quote from the book that whispers and lingers. This was an unforgettable read.
#iwhohaveneverknownmen #dystopianreads #hauntingbooks #quoteoftheday #booksky #feministbooks #booklovers
#iwhohaveneverknownmen #dystopianreads #hauntingbooks #quoteoftheday #booksky #feministbooks #booklovers
Some books just need to marinate. You buy them but don't read right away. Sometimes it takes weeks, months, or even years before the timing feels right to crack one open.
December 20, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Some books just need to marinate. You buy them but don't read right away. Sometimes it takes weeks, months, or even years before the timing feels right to crack one open.