This short memoir by Michelle Zauner hits just the right notes, or should I say—flavors. The parts of the book where Zauner describes cooking and eating Korean food are where this book shines brightest. It‘s easy to say that the other parts aren‘t as good, but then again, very good has a hard time measuring up to flawless. #memoir #nonfiction #foodwriting #bookofthemonth

My current read, Crying in H Mart. It isn‘t perfect, but the food descriptions are phenomenal. If you love food writing, those parts alone make this book worth the read.
Bonus content: My cat Josephine has claimed my balance board. Everything is a scratching post if you‘re creative 😼
#memoir #nonfiction #foodwriting #cat #caturday

I‘m back on Litsy after a long time. It seems when I first started I was just beginning to get my writing published. Now my first book is coming out. That book is Gator Country! I hope you all read it.

#RiotGrams day one! #Shelfie!

Humble brag about me reading about astrophysics and understanding 80% of it (maybe?).

My first post as a Book Riot contributor is up on their site: http://bookriot.com/2017/05/01/thank-english-teacher/ I'm incredibly excited about it. I talk about The Great Gatsby, being a smart ass, and teaching English. 😍 I'd love it if my lovely littens read it. Tell me what you think.

Getting my sunshine in while I can. This weekend is Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon! I'll be hosting a twitter chat on Thursday @ 7 PM eastern on @ readathon. I also wrote a warmup post for their site: http://www.24hourreadathon.com/?p=7034 One of the books I'll be reading is By Night In Chile! #readathon #deweys24hourreadathon #24hourreadathon

The book I'm teaching right now. It's so relevant. I even wrote a blog post about literature and tyranny: https://beckyrenner.com/2017/03/24/fahrenheit-2017/

Penguin is sending me more beautiful things I don't have time to read. Is it summer yet? 😂

I chose Exit West. Next read will be Pachinko. Then the loooong list of books I need to review.

Which should I read next?

Hello all! Sorry I've been dormant. I'm exhausted from grad school, teaching, and trying desperately to finish my novel. I'm also running some chats and things for Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon later this month. But NOT YET! This weekend, I'm chaperoning prom, going to an RWA meeting, aaand to my cousin's baby shower. When will I have time to read?

I'm finally unpacking my #awp17 swag. Who else went to AWP this year?

Book mail is here! I finally have my mitts on this thing!

I'm super excited for all of these. I'm especially excited for Kevin Wilson's novel. He was the first novelist I ever knew who really had a heart-to-heart with me about the real business of writing. He also totally scared me about advances. Lol. Meeting/talking to him will always have a special place in my writing life. #bookofthemonth #botm

I wrote a blog about books and bees and what you can do to save the planet: https://beckyrenner.com/2017/01/19/bees-and-books-what-you-can-do-to-protect-the... 🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

#giveaway! Hey littens! Sorry I haven't been on in like three weeks. I have had so much to do in my life: grad school, teaching, running a lit mag - it's crazy! To make up for it, I'm giving away one of these books of the winners choice. To enter, go here: http://bit.ly/2khiSxc

So I actually have way more bookish resolutions than this. But these are the top three. I also want to do the #LitsyAtoZ, finish reading Shakespeare's plays, finish reading all of the Sherlock Holmes stories, and read more poetry books. And the list goes on and on. #bookishresolutions I know how to do the top and bottom ones, but the middle one I'm a little snowed on...

Why do I have a TV again? #tbr #tbrpile #toberead

Who else did a top books list of 2016 on their blog? Link me! I don't want to read THEM ALL. Here's mine: https://beckyrenner.com/2016/12/26/my-top-five-favorite-novels-of-2016/ Send me you links!!! ❤🎁 #top5 #bestof2016 #blogroundup

Loving this book. I'm going to finish it today. (Then my Winter Break stack will be down to four...except I borrowed some and checked more out. 😒) But I had to share this quote, because it is so scary relevant right now.

I go to the library for one book and come back with five. I can read all of these on my break, right? #WinterBreak #youngadult

I have been eyeing this book for months, and now winter break is here, and I finally FINALLY have it! I am reading a book and drinking hot cocoa for dinner and not adulting again until tomorrow, so there!

#TBR #botm So the English department had a Christmas party today. Somebody gave me soap flowers, and my first thought was: these would go so well with a book I have. Lol. I'm turning into a bookstagrammer. Lord help me. Lol BUT I couldn't help it. Such a pretty cover! 😍💕

I have heard both good and bad things about this book, but I thought it was really stellar. Anthony Doerr called it "Less Than Zero for the digital age," and I totally agree. Read my review here: http://bit.ly/2hftN5r If you read it, too, I'd love to hear your thoughts. #netgalley #digitalarc #arc

Not sure why everyone is posting the weather in their neck of the woods, so I'm just going to get on here and brag about Florida. I'm actually a little chilly. I'm wearing a sweater and settling in to finally (after many years of wanting to) read I, Claudius. #TheWeatherOutsideIsFrightful

I am actually on the ball enough to post a #FunFridayPhoto today! Go me! Today's theme is flowers, and I have flowers 🌺 on my spines. 😍 I love these books. I'm trying to start collecting them.

@shawnmooney Posted a review of this book on goodreads, and it made me remember reading it in high school. So I dug it up and found this. #highschoolmarginalia #marginalia

So I am super behind on all these #seasonsreadings2016 posts. This was for a #tbr one. It's my tbr shelf! But today it's #weneeddiversebooks ! If you squint, you'll see a bunch of Latin American books. Perfect for the #ReadHarder2017! I have plenty of Latin American recommendations if you need them. 😊

Still loving this book, littens. But I do have a question: does anyone know why all the chapter titles start with A's? #botm

#aclassicihaventread is Don Quixote. It's one of my goals next in 2017. 2017 is to be my #YearofLAN aka my year of long-ass novels. 🤓🙃😋 #seasonsreadings2016

My IRL book club is reading this. #botm Don't know what I think yet. I have a thing for Russian nobility. War and Peace is one of my faves. But I'm not that far into this yet.

I made a goodreads list for my #LitsyAtoZ Challenge. Knowing me, I will read completely different books than I said I would. Also, I can't seem to choose between some of them, hence to two Ys. Any of you littens participating? What do your lists look like? The rest of mine is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/7298629-rebecca-renner?shelf=litsyatoz-rea...

I went overboard this month. Adding to my #TBR pile that is taller than my house. #botm

I went a little crazy buying books today. Picture of my book pile to come. This is Abraxas Books in Daytona. #bookstore #getindie I blurbed it as Don Quijote because that's one of the books I bought.

Happy Birthday, Kurt Vonnegut. #tattoo #soitgoes I'm feeling that kind of numb sadness today which is the reason I got this tattooed on my wrist. It reminds me that I should never let the darkness overwhelm me, because it can never catch me by surprise.

I didn't pose her like this, if you can believe it. #dog #dogsoflitsy #labrador She sure looks grumpy.

Lol! I love Margaret Atwood.

Mental health advocacy is a big deal to me. One of the best essays I wrote this year is on why accurate portrayals of mental illness truly matter. #mentalhealth #yalit #mentalillness I hope you guys read it: https://obraartifact.com/2016/10/30/implications-on-writing-mental-illness-and-w...

I finally solidified my thoughts on Cruel Beautiful World. You can read the rest on my blog here: https://beckyrenner.com/2016/10/31/review-of-cruel-beautiful-world-by-caroline-l... Leavitt's book was very thought-provoking, so it took me a while to collect my ideas. I hope it isn't gauche that I tagged her. 🤓

I finally have a litsy-worthy coffee table. Now I only need photography skills.

This book is turning out to be everything I wanted The Girls to be. I'm not done yet, but oh the feels. And the building suspense!

#funfridayphoto Space you say? Well, I don't seem to have that much sci-fi in my classroom, which is a shame. Dune is OG dope though. #teacher #planningperiod

1. I'm finally getting reading Maggie Steifvater!
2. My house is mostly fine after #hurricanematthew.
3. I'm helping start a #litjournal for my graduate program. While we have a print wing, we also have a blog looking for #guestposts, and I thought of you guys. I would love to post something about #multicultural reading, travel, etc. We have quickly growing web traffic, so it would be good exposure. https://obraartifact.com/submissions/

This hurricane is barreling down on my hometown, and what do I do? Figure out which books to bring with me to evacuate. Keep central Florida in your thoughts, littens. It's gonna be a big one.

“It‘s your body, you can treat it as you please. The only area where you‘re free to do just as you like. And even that doesn‘t turn out how you wanted,” (Kang 182).

I loved this book. Sorry I haven't been posting as much. :( I have had so much to do! (I had no idea I could wear so many hats!)

Full review here: https://beckyrenner.com/2016/09/17/review-of-the-vegetarian-by-han-kang/

I've been so busy with the school year starting. So I've been doing the audiobook thing. This is good book that describes an important civil rights case with clarity. The most profound thing to me though is that it's set where I live. I'm finding that it's easy to forget that injustice has happened (and in many places continues) in very familiar places.

I've been so busy with the school year starting. So I've been doing the audiobook thing. This is good book that describes an important civil rights case with clarity. The most profound thing to me though is that it's set where I live. I'm finding that it's easy to forget that injustice has happened (and in many places continues) in very familiar places.

This book is the real deal, you guys. You have to read it.

I liked this book because I found it hilarious. But it seems I may be the only person who finds it funny. There might be something seriously wrong with me. That's why I always win Cards Against Humanity.

+ Sorry I haven't been on here in a while. :( School started again. I had to get my life/classroom together.

You can read a longer update here: https://beckyrenner.com/2016/08/20/life-update-8202016/