I don‘t know if this is what happens right before you die. Everything I have ever experienced is made crystalline. Nothing hurts anymore. Hundreds upon thousands of moments glitter in unison, like snowflakes whose elaborate shapes are in full view. How this is possible, I can‘t say. My every pain and joy, all my deep-rooted sorrows and loves, shine, not as an amalgam but as a whole comprised of distinct singularities, glowing together as ⬇️

Siri typos and predictions 🤣

Well, I got carried away again today when returning a book and checking into the room for tonight‘s Death Cafe…whoops🤣🤓📖📚

I fell in love with the cover of this book and was drawn to its premise of Faustian vibes. I‘ve always loved reading about the occult, but the excitement I felt in the first couple of chapters in this book quickly died down. The story dragged on without any real focus on the main event, and went into a love triangle instead. This book was more relationship than the dark vibes I was looking for…I didn‘t hate it but it wasn‘t what I hoped for.⬇️

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There was a fond smile on his face as she watched the librarian pore over Evgeni‘s collection. “You‘re looking at that library like you want to crawl into bed with it.”

She didn‘t quite share her husband‘s passion for antiquarian books, but she understood it. She understood that if you cracked Rhys open, he would probably have paperback pages inside him instead of organs.

Rosie Grant has a book coming out! She looks for recipes on gravestones, makes them, and is now working with the families to publish them in a cookbook!
Link to a podcast episode where she talks about it: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/death-happens-an-insiders-guide-to-dying/i...
Her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostly.archive?igsh=MWR3cGgyc2dua252NA==

I usually don‘t read this genre, but since it had a library setting, I thought, why not? Ms. Finch is a librarian with a secret, double lifestyle. Bodies tend to pile up around her, and she didn‘t learn from Dexter…it‘s only a matter of time before her secrets are discovered.
I didn‘t love the ending, and the writing was okay, but, it was a cute book. If it were a movie or tv show, I‘d watch it. I did like the mean nature that popped out of ⬇️

What a powerful book this was! Featuring essays from different Black women, this book was likely seen as radical in its time (1970). We need these words followed by collective direct action, now more than ever. These voices discuss how all issues intersect with a lens that only Black Feminism can give.

A more in depth conversation with the author of the new book ‘Everything Is Tuberculosis‘. I can‘t wait to read it! 🩸💉
Link to listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/99-invisible/id394775318?i=1000695605705

I agree…they‘ve radicalized (educated) me!

Everyone is talking about this book and I can‘t wait to read it! I‘ve always had a weird fascination with this famous, deadly, and historical disease. *This is one of the many reasons why USAID matters, Musk be damned.
Link for this podcast episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nprs-book-of-the-day/id1587369865?i=100070...

I found this one in the YA graphic novel section at my library and knew it was an important read. I haven‘t read the novel and this was my first exposure to it. It‘s a story about a young boy‘s struggle after the death of his friend. Many people come to help him in the most difficult decision he‘s ever made.

I am the terrorist I must disarm.

—June Jordan

The reverend speaks truth to power in this book. You could think of the book as a sermon that a lot of our ‘elected‘ members need to hear. Our oppression is rooted in white supremacy—this is a collective fight that we must all fight together. Capitalism, hatred, misogyny, racism—these are all built up every day on lies we have been told for centuries; the reverend lays it all out here. If we don‘t stop the ‘them v. us‘ and fight back ⬇️

This is the first book I‘ve read about the crisis of being unhoused. Not just the crisis, the lived experience. The author is passionate about raising awareness and fixing this problem. This book centers on a couple of folks who became unhoused after a series of life events; this is their story. Our government has the tools to end the crisis, but it will never happen within the state of capitalist, insatiable greed that we exist in. A ⬇️

I absolutely loved this book. The publisher (Haymarket Books) always has the most radical writings we need. Themes: feminist rage, pain, racism, domestic violence, immigration, queer love and relationships, death, and more. Her words are 🔥🔥🔥!

This was a quick read. Each chapter features various famous women from older time periods and current times, centering on the backlash they received for being too much of (insert endless options here____) and not enough of (insert more endless options here___). The double standards between us and men never changes. These days, it seems to have gotten even bigger. The author encourages us to fight back and be our most wild, untamed selves. ⬇️

The medievalish art on the cover of this giant graphic novel made me want to read it. I agree with other readers that it felt a bit long, though I still liked it. It was very educational on what life was like living as a nun and a scorned and punished woman on a desolate island. *Loosely inspired by the exile of Queen Elizabeth 1 by her sister Queen Mary in the 16th century.

This was my first book from the author. The library had it on display for Women‘s History Month, and I quickly grabbed it because it had long been on my TBR. This book feels old now but her words are just as important. Reading some of what she said reminded me that perhaps I too, am sometimes a ‘bad feminist‘…but this is a collective fight and we all must be in it together, or we will not survive it.
Shown: my pink roses, just for her.

This is a beautiful collection of poetry. The sections on domestic violence, aging and climate change were especially moving. I liked the one about the wolves, too.
Shown: our pussy willow is in bloom🤍

A new way to eat BLTs…taco style. Loving this recipe! Via NYT Cooking. I wanted avocado on the side. I also sprinkled on some garlic because I‘m a garlic freak!

Link: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019478-blt-tacos
If you run into a paywall: https://archive.ph/2020.05.16-131527/https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019478...

Sources for The Daughters of Ys.

I have read a lot of pagan literature but surprisingly, have not heard of this old tale until now. I fell in love with it and want to see what else I can find about it. I‘m really interested in the bay of decapitated men🤣I enjoyed the heavily influenced Celtic art in this book. Ultimately, this story is about women in power but there are many themes of pagan lore, magic, moral choices, love, and death.

No matter what issues I have with feminism, I am a feminist. I cannot and will not deny the importance and absolute necessity of feminism. Like most people, I‘m full of contradictions, but I also don‘t want to be treated like shit for being a woman. I am a bad feminist. I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.

Isn‘t this cover gorgeous?

You maybe have seen Amy doing some paranormal investigations on tv—this boook is s collection of some of the places she‘s been to, with history and historic recipes from each location.
There weren‘t recipes here I‘m dying to make (pun intended), but it‘s an interesting book. If you really want to get into it, make the recipes as you read about each location!

Feminism is a choice, and if a woman does not want to be a feminist, that is her right, but it is still my responsibility to fight for her rights. I believe feminism is grounded in supporting the choices of women, even if we wouldn‘t make certain choices for ourselves. I believe women not just in the United States but throughout the world deserve equality and freedom but know I am in no position to tell women of other cultures what that equality⬇️

My library checkouts today!

The old myths are tricky, and they can catch any of us in their trap. Yes, it‘s racist to pass policies that we know will harm Black people. At the same time, it is also racist to ignore the ways those same policies hurt poor white people—because racism‘s myths are designed to keep Black and white people segregated so they cannot come together to transform a system that doesn‘t serve most of us. If we‘re going to be anti-racist and⬇️

So-called “election integrity” measures have been introduced in states with long histories of voter suppression, using the contemporary tools of voter roll purges or voter ID requirements to narrow the voting pool and reduce the potential power of a multiethnic voting coalition. I call this reality James Crow, Esquire—the result of Jim Crow‘s son going to law school and coming back to undermine democracy through more sophisticated means. Is it⬇️

My library check outs today!

One of the most damnable features of our common life is the way we talk about poverty, as if it‘s an anomaly and not a feature of our economic system.
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I wasn‘t sure exactly what this book was about when I first saw it but I‘m so glad I read it. The main character time travels into the past of her descendants, straight into the hell of internment camps forced on Japanese Americans. The story jumps back and forth from the past and into the present, when white supremacist Trump is in the Oval Office. It has very Kindred and The Devil‘s Arithmetic vibes. Excellent and voter story telling. We⬇️

I adore this book! The art struck me immediately and was what got me to check it out. A group of friends has a curious mission to fulfill, that involves the mysterious destination of the moon lanterns dropped into the river each year on the Autumn Equinox. This graphic novel is full of stunning illustrations—I found myself taking pictures of several pages. There is humor and a lot of science, but this book is all about friendship, discovery,⬇️

Facts 🌲🌲🌲📚🌲🌲🌲

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My library checkouts today. I went to turn something in but couldn‘t stop myself from looking at the new release section…🤣

I‘m so glad I saw this book at the library. You don‘t see books about disability in the spotlight very often. Actually, you don‘t see very much about disability period…which is precisely one of the author‘s points in this book! Disability can look like a lot of things, but what could accessibility look like? The author lives her best life, and she walks you through what her life is like in these pages. (It‘s not what society told you it was)!⬇️

My library checkouts yesterday.

I saw the movie first, as I didn‘t know about the book at the time. The two don‘t differ that much other than a few things. The story is a mystery which never gets solved. It wasn‘t a bad book, but I didn‘t feel intrigued either. Maybe there‘s a deeper meaning: many of us secretly want the world to just stop. But when it does, are we ready for it? Is it what we wanted?

Leave it behind, and don‘t forget the cat. She has to be there with you, wherever you end up. News from America: Professors Timothy Snyder and Jason Stanley are now out, and residing in Canada. Historians/teachers of fascism are its enemy…this is understood by them, and especially the fascists.

I loved this book. The author is an artist who had the idea to write a book centering around real people leaving shitty reviews online of extraordinary places. I found myself laughing on every page, as I read the ‘review‘, educational and historical bits, whilst googling images of each place. You have to wonder, were these people serious? Are they that miserable? If you know there‘s something you don‘t want to experience, why go? Why ⬇️

I think I devoured volumes 4-6 in about an hour. Continuing the mysterious tale, when Shiva‘s backstory is revealed, she and Teacher must make a difficult choice as well as they face a challenge to their relationship .
Themes of death and rebirth feature heavily in these volumes…I can‘t wait to read more!

My checkouts from the library today! I have a hold placed on volumes 7-9 (deluxe edition) for The Girl From the Other Side…and I‘m #1 on the wait list…so excited!

I saw this gorgeous graphic novel in the YA room of the library a few months ago. The art intrigued me, along with the Gaelige words (Siúil, a Rúin — sometimes spelled rún; this means, ‘Walk, my love‘).
I had no idea what it was about. I didn‘t check it out that day, and each time I looked again afterwards, it wasn‘t on the shelf…until a couple of weeks ago, with volume 2. I checked them both out. This is not my first graphic novel, but it⬇️

(Ich spreche noch nicht fließend, aber ich lerne … und ich mag diesen Podcast).

This episode features an in-depth view with the author that is well worth the listen. Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?i=1000700...

This was a disturbing book. Some houses are haunted by spirit entities, and some are haunted by the living. Haunted with hatred, fear, racism and violence.
This one gives me very Jordan Peele vibes and I would love to see it adapted onto the big screen.

This cover of this book got my attention. In this future, most of the land on Earth is now entirely under water, because all the glaciers have melted. The oceans are warm enough that there is no longer a ‘hurricane season‘…there are constant superstorms called hypercanes. A family loses nearly everything they‘ve learned to survive in and with, when one of these storms comes their way, and a new journey of learning and survival begins. ⬇️

My library check outs today…

Spotted at a local Barnes & Noble today. I‘m so glad they drew a Totoro 😍

Link: https://foodtank.com/news/2025/03/new-books-to-inspire-the-movement-for-sustaina...