What are your favorite genres?
- Fiction: Literary, speculative, mystery
- Nonfiction: history & science
What are a few of your desert island reads?
- Robinson Crusoe maybe? a guide to edible plants?
What‘s your go-to reading snack?
- cheese, crackers & apple slices; or chocolates
Weirdest or most interesting place you‘ve read a book?
- halftime at NWSL championships
[cont‘d 👇]
#bibliologistbio @monalyisha
Tomorrow is independent bookstore day. Diverse Books posted a list of independent bookstores. They also broke them down by the different types of owners. https://www.diversebooks.org/resources/diversebookstores Happy buying & reading!
*Favorite Genres: Horror, lit fic, fantasy, non-fiction, mystery
*Desert Island Reads: Poe's Collected Tales & Poems, LOA Shirley Jackson collection, Complete Shakespeare Plays, LOA Le Guin Hainish Novels & Stories, Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, Baldwin's collected essays
*Go-to Reading Snack: Iced coffee
*Weirdest/most interesting place I've read a book: I often bring a book with me when I go to a concert to kill time between acts: (CONT)
While I've collected most of my books due to loving history and information, I must admit, there's several I've gotten due to nostalgia.
#Two4Tuesday
1. My reading goal is 48 books. The last few years I've set it at that and it allows for wiggle room.
Hosting challenges #FoodandLit and #RiseUpReads
2. I don't have a specific book, but I've enjoyed reading the books I already own so I want to continue that
pickThis was a great one to read at the end of the year to learn about voices I may not be familiar with and set me up for a really diverse reading year in 2025! #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks #diversebooks
pickSuch a fun gathering with my #NashvilleLittens! One of my favorite holiday traditions. 🎄🎅🏼 Thanks to Amber for my extravagant and lovely gifts!
#flatlayfriday
Another shameless attempt to import this Instagram trend to Litsy 🤣🤣
I just love making aesthetically pleasing pictures with my books!
These are all books about books 😊😇
I love this idea. My 5 are somewhat obvious ones, but I can't help it. I love them. Make your list & share!
*“It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they elected the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.“
*“All this happened, more or less.“
*“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
*“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.“
*(#5 in the comments)
- I write for science magazines 2w