Yikes, I‘m terrible at social media-ing! But I just finished Fifth Business tonight & enjoyed it tremendously and am v excited to read the next book in the series. Anyone have any other Robertson Davies recommendations?

I thoroughly enjoyed this book as well as Pessl‘s Night Film. She brings mixed media into her writing in a way that is novel and not heavy handed. (Also, her writing is gorgeous— so much unexpected & vibrant imagery!) This one reminded me of The Secret, a little bit and it was compelling to move through even before it delves into the mysterious aspects of the story. The last chapter disappointed a smidge, but it was a v enjoyable read regardless.

My Sunday! Hanging out with these two & a stack of books. I listened to Strangers on a Train last week and couldn‘t believe how much more complex the plot is than in the movie! I‘m on a total Patricia Highsmith kick now.

A Key to Treehouse Living is a magical, often humorous, insightful and beautiful book. I loved the play on reference text & that it didn‘t impede movement through narrative. Something that could have been gimmicky instead felt genuine, full of heart & curiosity. It took a couple tries for me to get into it & there are some aspects which gave me pause to fully endorsing it, but at the end I‘m left with fuzzy feelings & a desire to share this story.

Oops! I have been MIA. In that time I have sea shored & woodsed, I have held my tiny baby nephew with joy, many books have been read & I am working on a few more. Yesterday I started & finished My Friend Dahmer. It was good and sad and a little funny too. What a thing, our strange encounters in the world & with hurt & what hurt can do. Hi everyone.

When you forget to pay attention to the cat for three whole pages!

“Men, women, children, and horses have all been vaporized by lightening while in the act of eating jelly beans in fields on Easter.”

I am in the utter hell-depths of finals stuff right now, but I received my copy of A Key to Treehouse Living and I‘m dying to check it out! It‘ll be a good post-semester treat! My carrot-on-a-stick.

Thank you @Tin_House ! ✨

Well! I didn‘t know about independent bookstore day. Yet I found myself at one. I guess I am just *really* good at finding ways to procrastinate during finals time. ✨

Oops. I‘ve been listening to Frankenstein a little bit to prepare my brain for reading it, but the edition I‘ve been listening to presents an entirely different backstory for Elizabeth than the assigned 😳

Oh my gosh the end of the semester and my sister being v pregnant has been quite consuming this past week! I just wanted to say hello though I haven‘t got anything especially bookish to say. Although after collecting six copies of Frankenstein accidentally, I am finally reading it for class!

In other news this is an armadillo appliqué that I sewed on to this sweater last night and I‘m very fond of him.

For the record though, Onion is a great guy and excellent homework buddy.

A friend of mine came up with an idea of a magical world in which Pandora, my deceased cat/soul mate, is a ring leader of sorts. A bringer together of lost spirits, a comfort and friend to many who need her. Last night I did this little illustration of her offering admittance into her world.

So, should I drop out of school and become an author and illustrator yet? 😂

... just kidding. I love school.

Jeez Louise. This book. It is very powerful in its personal moments and very eerie in its eerie moments!

I have been cycling through audiobooks and nothing has been sticking for the past week or so. But I‘m enjoying Island so far as I work on these favors for my sister‘s baby shower with the windows wiiiide open.

When you go to the library to find a journal that contains an article that may be useful for your research purposes but u accidentally borrow four poetry books instead

Another book art ‘cause I‘m still knee deep in endangered language text books and eighteenth century databases 💕

Ps. I don‘t think the version of Gulliver‘s Travels that I was familiar with as a kid featured his particular method for putting out the fire in the royal chambers 😳

As I‘ve had no time for reading reading & am on a strictly work and audiobook diet I would like to share some book related art I made a few months ago 💕 I hope everyone is well & having a happy Friday!

I haven‘t done anything but homework for three days but Onion is here to ... help!

Thanks to y‘all here on Litsy, I have finally discovered the miracle that is Libby— crazy as I am an audiobook fiend. I listened to Big Little Lies last summer & thought it was v funny and I am glad to be graced with this treat as I trudge through this last month of the semester! So many endearing lil character quirks woven into Moriarty‘s work. They feel like guilty pleasures, but that‘s just some internalized snootiness I suspect!

I would like to disclose a bit of personal info, which i hope isn‘t totally misplaced.

I recently, under very odd circumstances, lost my job at my favorite place. A place that has been a home to me & where I have felt I am a part of my community in ways I never did before.

I am grieving this loss, the loss of friends &fellow book people.

I came here seeking a bit of what I‘ve lost. Thanks to everyone who has been so welcoming this past week 💕

I hope everyone is having a nice holiday or regular ‘ol Sunday!

This book by Hannah Gamble is beautiful and good and I like it more every time I read it.
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I am drowning in school work today and I‘d really like to just curl up and read something fun. Perhaps like this version of the Ecologues and Georgics, which is so beautiful when I can get past it being called a translation.

“If his yowl/ demands the whole world, who is to say/ he has not the right?”

#poetry #poem #virgilbutnot

Tbh I got almost none of my intended work done today (but significantly more walking & cleaning!) because I couldn‘t stop listening to this book. This is not my genre & I didn‘t have high expectations. But, honestly this one blew me away. Jamie is such a compelling, believable, likable narrator. I wanted so much for things to work out for him, knowing that they couldn‘t just by the nature of the premise. Ah. I loved this & v much recommended it.

Just did a lil four mile walk & am settling in to do a bit of school work at the public library maps room🌏🌿

I wasn‘t sure about this one when I picked it up on an Audible daily deal, but I‘ve really enjoyed it so far! Has anyone read her Alice books? I‘m always a bit skeptical about a retelling or reimagining type story, but Lost Boy is so compelling! 🐊

Ahhh. It turns out Onion would rather *not* have a book propped against his lil bod.

A touch of Blake in the morning.

Any suggestions for a next read? I just have a couple chapters left in The Minotaur. My piles are out of control. I like to keep it light-ish during the school term so it‘s probably not the time for Hard Laughter!🤔

#ruthrendell #annelamott #anthonyhorowitz #asbyatt #dustinlong

Ruth Rendell‘s character building is honestly a little bit astonishing. I want to live in her pseudo-gothic novels. For some reason I‘ve torn through a handful of her books, but I creep through this one. I think I just don‘t want to come to the conclusion!