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Check out my interview with Peni Jo Renner on “Musings of an Author”

https://authorpenijorenner.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/meet-author-kay-sparling/

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Mission Thaw

Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling

Come check out my latest interview with Lisa Haselton!

https://lisahaselton.com/2025/04/28/interview-with-thriller-author-kay-sparling/

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jen_the_scribe

The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing | Adam Moss

This one has been on my shelf for a while after someone posted about it on Substack. Excited to finally get to it ☺️

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monalyisha

A Life in Words: Conversations with I. B. Siegumfeldt | Paul Auster, I. B. Siegumfeldt

#BibliologistBio

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE GENRES?
Literary fiction, speculative fiction, nature writing, memoirs, essays, & romance.

WHAT ARE A FEW OF YOUR DESERT-ISLAND READS?
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki, Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood, I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, and Devotions by Mary Oliver.

WHAT'S YOUR GO-TO READING SNACK?
Coffee and frosted animal crackers or beer and wasabi peas.

Cont‘d 👇🏻

monalyisha WEIRDEST OR MOST INTERESTING PLACE YOU'VE READ A BOOK?
At an amateur pro-wrestling match, while my partner‘s band played intro music and sound effects for the wrestlers. 1w

monalyisha WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE NOT READING?
I work as a Children‘s Librarian; moonlight as a wedding officiant, creating custom rituals and ceremonies; and go for nature walks with my dog. Sometimes, I tap dance. 1w

Prairiegirl_reading Oh wow!! Just curious, what inspired you to become a wedding officiant? 1w

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Donna1980 Beer and wasabi peas! Top tier choices 😊 1w

monalyisha @Prairiegirl_reading Looking for an officiant for my own wedding! We hired a woman who was a certified Life-Cycle Celebrant. She created rituals for us using coffee, wood rounds cut from different types of trees on her property, & all sorts of other fun details. I thought, “I could do that!” I have degrees in English Lit & Religious Studies, which seemed like a pretty tailor-made background. My husband is a wedding photographer, so it made sense! (edited) 1w

Prairiegirl_reading @monalyisha that‘s awesome! 1w

monalyisha @Prairiegirl_reading Thanks! I LOVE writing the ceremonies. Readers are naturally inclined to tell stories and imbue mundane objects with meaning and symbolism; it‘s fun and it comes easily. Standing before hundreds of their closest friends & family and delivering the finished product is a different thing altogether — and something I still find very nerve-wracking. In an ideal world, I‘d hand that part off to someone else. 😅 1w

BkClubCare ❤️ your desert island reads! 1w

Gissy Great photo😍 🌊 💙💙💙 1w

dabbe #lovelovelove!!! 💙🩵💙 1w

quietlycuriouskate Gorgeous photo! 1w

Suet624 I love all of this. 1w

BooksandCoffee4Me @monalyisha 😮😁👍 1w

LeahBergen Beautiful pic! 1w

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monalyisha

A Life in Words: Conversations with I. B. Siegumfeldt | Paul Auster, I. B. Siegumfeldt

I reactivated MyTBR account & have been daydreaming about being a bibliologist ever since. What would your profile look like if you worked for them? I‘ll share mine in a separate post!

QUESTIONS:

•What are your favorite genres?
•What are a few of your desert island reads?
•What‘s your go-to reading snack?
•Weirdest or most interesting place you‘ve read a book?
•What do you do when you‘re not reading?

#BibliologistBio

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Dilara

Life Laid Bare: The Survivors in Rwanda Speak | Jean Hatzfeld

Starting early w/ Englebert des Collines (tagged is a different book by same author) for #FoodandLit #Rwanda b/c it's a library book & I don't like to keep them longer than necessary. Englebert, a Tutsi genocide survivor roaming the streets of Nyamata looking for drinks & conversation, told his story to Hatzfeld, a French journalist/novelist whose parents were Holocaust survivors.
@Catsandbooks @Texreader
Pic of daffs for something less depressing

Dilara I typically avoid stories written by Europeans on Global South countries, but this reads like a faithful transcript of Englebert's oral accounts, all in the 1st person, with a very distinctive voice. It feels respectful of both Englebert and Rwandans. 1mo

Texreader April will be a depressing month for sure. Love how you used the daffodils as a pick me up. They‘re beautiful! Glad you found such a respectful book about the tragedy 1mo

Catsandbooks ❤️🇷🇼 1mo

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Floresj

The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing | Adam Moss

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I loved this book. Moss interviews a wide range of artists: directors, painters, sculptors, writers, directors, crossword puzzle makers, chefs, fashion, etc to delve into how they create something unique and beautiful from nothing. There are themes of tenacity, editing, and pure dedication yet each interview shows a different way of creating a different art form. Enjoyable!

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