I took advantage of Amazon's buy 2 get 1 free sale! (Plus a magazine about Taylor because...duh)

Starting the tagged book next 🤓

I've been giving my 8th graders books that I loved when I was their age all year & they've been passing them around to friends which has been really cool to see. Yesterday, one of them brought me a new book & said, "We've all read this one, so now it's your turn." I feel like I accidentally started a little book club and I love that they want me to read their favorites now. ?

Happy Sunday, Littens! 📚

I've been wanting a good true crime lately, and something tells me this will be it!

Tell me why I keep picking up copies of The Bell Jar every time I go thrifting even though I already own like 6 copies? I keep forgetting and just grab it. 😂 Anyway, I'm FINALLY going to read it today!

Happy Sunday 🤍 I have SO much work to do today, but I'm going to read for a little while anyway. This is the last book in the Thursday Next series, so I hope the rumors are true about a new one being published in the next year or so...

Definitely not the *most* fun reading I could be doing, but here we are. I was diagnosed earlier this week with Hashimoto's disease and I found out yesterday that I also have Lupus. I'm not going to lie, I cried a little. I've been sick for years but never really taken seriously, so having answers is scary but good.
Anyway, I'm looking for all the resources because knowing the ins and outs comforts me. Any reading recs from reputable people?

I just started this one & I'm already hooked. 🤍 The descriptions in this book are sooo vivid!

Listening to this one while I work the bookshop today 🎧

I was starting to feel super overwhelmed about spring break coming to an end, so I decided to bring a book and some chocolate out to my porch and just fugeddaboutit.

I love all these little graphics that are included in Fforde's books. He really makes the series come to life.

Happy Spring Break! I have this book and one more until I'm done with the series. 😫 Rumor has it Fforde is releasing another one next year? 🤞

Jasper Fforde's books just scratch a certain itch in my brain. 🧠

Just finished book 4 and it was the best one in the series so far. I was crying real tears while reading the last chapter. 🥲 Fforde is such a master of writing characters with depth, twisty plot lines, and laugh out loud wit. I'm hooked! Onto the next one...

I finally got my next Fforde book in from Book Outlet! As much as I loved Havisham as Thursday's sidekick, I'm SO excited to see Hamlet take that role as they hunt a clone of Shakespeare. 🤩

It's 50 degrees and windy, but you wouldn't know it. This reading spot is sooo cozy 🤍

I found a great playlist to listen to while I read Steinbeck 🎶

I've been on a classics kick lately 😍

This is a shot in the dark, but does anyone have any good book recommendations about Clara Bow? Biographies or even historical fiction about her?

I tend to hyperfixate on details in Taylor Swift's lyrics, and she has a song coming out called Clara Bow. I found out she's nicknamed "the forgotten actress" because her husband made her quit show business, and I'd love to know more about her!

Does anyone else search for / create playlists to fit the vibe of the book you're reading? I can't read in silence and I love finding people who had the same idea as me. This one is just 🤌💋

Snow day number FIVE tomorrow. 😳 I am officially in hibernation mode, you guys. This is my 3rd winter in the Midwest and I am still shocked by the prolonged, bitter cold. You would also think that they would employ more snow plows, but I haven't seen one in three days...

I thought this picture was funny because I poured myself a drink when I got the snow day text and, as soon as I got cozy on the couch with it, Mars jumped up to take a sip. 🤣

POV: It's -32 wind chill outside, a doggie sensory video is playing in the background to distract the dogs from the fact that it's been over a week since they could go on a walk, the peanut butter cookies made on a whim last night after the Chiefs won absolutely slap, and there's nothing but time to finish this absolute gem of a book 🤍

Well this was a charming little read. 🤍

I have to admit, I have never read Great Expectations. Victorian literature has always scared me for some reason (being forced to read Wuthering Heights the summer before my sophomore year and taking a test on the first day of school may have caused a little disdain for the time period as a whole), BUT I'm love this one so far. I look forward to spending the rest of my day in Dickens' world.

Heartily enjoying our THIRD snow day this week. The dogs don't seem to mind, either. Anyone else from the Midwest just absolutely buried right now? ❄️

Look what came in today!! iykyk

Starting book 3 in this series! I am hooked. 😍

Notice the Amazon box on our fireplace? When we moved in over summer, we had a bat colony living in there due to a broken damper. We had experts come look at removal, but they said couldn't happen until August. We called again in Sept, and they said they wouldn't remove the bats until we had our chimney fixed. The chimney guy said he wouldn't fix it until he knew the bats were gone. (Go to comments)

Edit: the more I think / talk about this book, the more I hate it. Changing from "so-so" to "pan". ?

This book was great until the last third. Without spoiling anything, it just felt like the ending was rushed. I don't normally say this (in fact I usually say the opposite), but I think it would have benefitted from another hundred pages or so.

Whyyyy did it take me so long to read this one?! I'm sailing through it.

Happy New Year, everyone! Cheers to discovering great books and crushing reading goals in 2024. 🍾🥂📚

I think I liked this book even better than the first one! My favorite part was when the Cheshire Cat (now Unitary Authority of Warrington Cat) helped Thursday navigate the infinite library. I'm a sucker for Alice in Wonderland allusions & I'm very very excited to read more about the well of lost plots in the next installment.

(Pictured: home-made chocolate croissant that I couldn't resist biting into before taking a photo.)

Photo is just for attention...I have a quick question. I remember someone posted about a New York city book fair where librarians, booksellers, etc. could register to go & they left with a ton of ARCs. I don't think it's the rare/antiquarian festival because this one seemed to have more contemporary authors attend. I can't seem to find the one I'm looking for. I know that's SUPER vague, but does anyone know what I might be thinking of? TIA! 🤍

Planning to spend the rest of my night Lost in a Good Book 😏

Holy shit. I just stayed up way past my bedtime and read this whole book in one sitting. I highly highly recommend this one.

This isn't my usual genre, but this blurb hooked me right away. 10/10⭐️ for this book! Starting the sequel soon...🤓

This way way too cute. I pick up anything that has Steve Martin's name on it and I've never regretted it.

Update post: building this tower is going to be the death of me...

Okay, this was sadly one of the worst romance books I've ever read. I HATE miscommunication tropes because I've never understood why a person would keep big secrets rather than just have an honest conversation. The lies just keep piling up in this book and it has the cringiest sex scene I've probably ever read. I'm so disappointed because I've really loved Josie Silver's writing in the past, but this ain't it.

I have like four books actively going right now, but I had to add one more since it's a Christmas romance. ❄️🎄

Already on movie number three and bag number twelve. We're having a blast...I think I might've just gotten myself into a very expensive hobby. 😅 Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

We splurged for the Hogwarts Castle Lego set as our Christmas gift to each other this year. 😍 I literally have never done a Lego set before...wish me luck! 😂

Starting this one on audio! Anyone else taking full advantage of their 15 hours of listening time on Spotify?

First day of break calls for a new book! This one is first in a series about literary detectives. The time travel, literary allusions, and quirky wordplay have me thinking I might read the whole series over break. 🤓📚

Next up 🤓

I am obsessed with Blake Crouch's writing. Every time I finish one of his books, I'm so impressed by his adept ability to place his characters in a mind-bending yet horrifically plausible world. This one his especially close to home as it's set in Idaho where I lived for 25 years. He did a wonderful job describing the landscape and his depictions of Boise later on in the story were especially chilling for me. 10/10 recommend this book.

Being sick in bed sucks, but it means that I get to make a small dent in my TBR. This was my first Superman comic, and I really liked it! I honestly only bought it because the author said they listened to Taylor Swift's folklore while writing/illustrating it. 😂 Either way, it was fun to explore a new genre.

I'm so thankful that I was able to take some time off to do nothing but read. 😍 This one is up next!

Starting a new book on this chilly November morning. 🤍

I went thrifting yesterday! Spent $15 and came home with the pictured books. 😍📚

New grade level this year means (almost) all new books! The only one that I've taught before is Night, but there are twelve new ones that I have to learn starting with The Rock and The River.
Has anyone taught this one before?

You guys, our bookish blind dates were featured in a Buzzfeed article, "24 Things To Treat Yourself To If You're A Swiftie"! I just had to share with my favorite little bookish community because I know you guys will understand how exciting this is! ??