#PoetryMatters Day 1: #Refuge

#JulyJam Day 1: Perhaps a solution to sadness is #JokeDay? 🤣 lols. Picturebook gift given by my doctoral student.

#PoetryMatters Day 30: #Reform

#BookMoods Day 30: #SetInAPlaceYouLove - the library!!!

#PoetryMatters Day 29: #Reflect

#BookMoods Day 29: #SetInAnotherCentury, this baby by Dr Jose Rizal was published in Ghent in 1891. Read it when I was in highschool, and looking forward to rereading it as part of #DecolonizeBookshelves2022

#Two4Tuesday
👑Do fairy tales count? lols. I gravitate towards royalty among people of color than British/European gentry
👑The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste is riveting and powerfully written.
#DecolonizeBookshelves2022
Thank you for the tag, @TheSpineView

#BookMoods Day 28: I am expecting something #Bizarre from this (not so) new novel of Jemisin. In preparation for our upcoming trip to NY! 💕💕

#BookMoods Day 27: Perhaps not a #MadeYouMad kind of book since no one is angry today. 🤣🤣📚📚📚

#PoetryMatters Day 26: #Record

#BookMoods Day 26: #MadeYouCry kind of narratives. Thoroughly heartbreaking.

#PoetryMatters Day 25: #Rebel

#BookMoods Day 25: Some of the novels #SetIn1960s.
Full list here: https://offtheshelf.com/2019/08/groovy-books-set-in-the-1960s/

#PoetryMatters Day 24: #Razor

#BookMoods Day 24: Our final #NYRBBookClub selection - happening in July - seems to be about #Royalty.

#PoetryMatters Day 23: #Raw

#BookMoods Day 23: There is #Silence in between the spaces/pages of this deeply affecting nonfiction account of what happened in Chernobyl.

#PoetryMatters Day 22: #Rattle

#BookMoods Day 22: Fits our #InTheMountains prompt for today. Recent book haul.

#PoetryMatters Day 21: #Rare

#BookMoods Day 21: Perhaps this is #AboutAddiction to the written word - or something akin to it. Recent book haul.

#PoetryMatters Day 20: #Rank

#BookMoods Day 20: #FoodOnTheCover for this Overdrive find.

#PoetryMatters Day 19: #Ranch

#BookMoods Day 19: This story is #ToldInVerse, I think. Looking forward to reading it. Recent book haul.

#PoetryMatters Day 18: #Rain

#BookMoods Day 18: This fits the #Epistolary prompt to a T. A Big Bad Wolf book find.

#PoetryMatters Day 17: #Rage

#BookMoods Day 17: I love how this book is so #MusicRelated, there is even a Spotify playlist made to put together all songs referenced in this riveting young adult novel which I have just finished reading for my book club here in the UAE.

#BookMoods Day 16: #CurrentReadAndSelfie while in Naples. Now back in the UAE but longing for Italy‘s coastline (and cheese and pasta and pizza lols).

#PoetryMatters Day 15: #Raccoon

#BookMoods Day 15: This would definitely qualify as a #BookYouRegiftOften - beautiful writing, otherworldly musings. Bari coastline, 2022.

Our week-long anniversary (24 years of marriage, 31 years of being together) slash work trip to Bari/Naples was exactly what we needed. Now back in the UAE but longing for seaside Napoli. 🌊🌅 Happy to have discovered Neapolitan novelist Elsa Morante as well. 📚📚📚

#BookMoods Day 13: This is definitely #AFriendsFavorite and after finishing it yesterday on our way back from Naples to UAE, I can see why.

#BookMoods Day 12: Practically all the books I buy have #BeenOnShelfForever - most are still wrapped in plastic from when I bought them.

#PoetryMatters Day 11: #Quite

#BookMoods Day 11: A current #DNF but I hope to finish it eventually. My mood allows me to dip into the essays every now and again.

#BookMoods Day 10: Not sure if this book about a huge Italian family #IncludesRecipes - but I have a feeling it does. With Castel dell‘ovo in the background here in Napoli. 🌸🌸🌸

#PoetryMatters Day 9: #Quilt

#BookMoods Day 9: This is definitely a #ByYourFavoriteAuthor title - I will read anything Elena Ferrante writes. Taken at the Dubai airport a few days ago on our way to Naples. I am now done with my research meetings in Bari and now back in Napoli this morning for some Elena Ferrante fix. 🌸🌸🌸

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🪷This Is The Canon - but more titles coming from Southeast Asia - maybe I should write this lols
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Tagging anyone who wants to play. :)

#BookMoods Day 8: I always value Reese Witherspoon‘s #CelebBookClubPick

#BookMoods Day 7: This tome has #600PlusPages in total. Perfect for our #DecolonizeBookshelves2022 reading theme.

So thrilled to be in Naples, the birthplace of Lenu and Lila of the Neapolitan Quartet. Gnocchi, seafood vongole, and limoncello for our first meal when we arrived yesterday.

#PoetryMatters Day 6: #Quest

#BookMoods Day 6: #4WordTitle that is an Overdrive find. Review is forthcoming.

#PoetryMatters Day 5: #Queen

#BookMoods Day 5: A lot of #LaughOutLoud moments with our purty foster furry baby Snickers, who is technically an old girl. 🐾🐶🦴

#BookMoods Day 4: You need a lot of patience and #Positivity because Tofu Takes Time. An overdrive find. Review is forthcoming.

#PoetryMatters Day 3: #Quarrel