“Shelley adores towers, woods, ruins, graveyards, any part of Man or Nature that broods.”

Same, Shelley, same.

It finally came in!! Starting it now!

This book sounds like so many things I love all in one and that makes me nervous, haha.

Currently reading.

Went to the PA Renaissance Festival for the first time today! It....it seemed like the Disney World of Ren Faires, I think, lol.

Almost finished listening to this one. Wow. Did you know that randomly found horns were thought to be unicorn horns and could be used to test drinks for poison when royals were traveling?

This book makes your tum ache, not just from poison descriptions but also from the incurable illnesses of the time that were mistaken for poison.

Fascinating book. Also gross.

#poison #truecrime

A very dear friend has released his first novel, A Queen of Blood and Glitter! I contributed fan art of our heroine to the book, yay. If you like the Fae, drag queens, sass and the fantastic, I highly recommend snagging a copy on Amazon.

Recovering from a big giant successful Troll Market yesterday at a friends before driving back to PA tomorrow. Everyone is still sleepy so I‘m getting my morning read in.

Hot tea and trying to finish this up before work.

#booksandtea

LIBRARY HAUL. But what do I read first?

#screamathon #ghost

I only have a small selection of my books with me right now but this is on my shortlist as far as TBRs go.

@4thhouseontheleft

An extremely tentative #screamathon stack due to the fact that a bunch of other new book holds just came in at the library and we don‘t have much time together. #bookanxiety

@4thhouseontheleft #toread

Currently listening to.

#truecrime

The coolest find from an Antique show last weekend. Everything else there was pretty overpriced and fancy. But I found Black Cat Fortune Telling cards from 1897. AND I HAD TO HAVE EM.

#fortunetelling

Currently reading.

1. 95/100 ...right on track to hopefully overshoot the goal.
2. I watch a lot of cartoons.
3. Scary stuff.
4. No anniversaries to speak of.
5. ✋🏼✋🏼

#friyayintro @howjessreads

#screamathon time! Here‘s @4thhouseontheleft ‘s photo challenge. I‘ll probably just keep up with the reading challenge but who knows. YAY OCTOBER.

#spookybooks

Morning read and morning tea.

#graphicnovel #halloween

I‘m employed again, yay! I got a slightly better position at the library than the one I originally applied for, which feels really good.

Going to read this one tonight and try to tell my lizard brain that nothing is on fire and anxiety is dumb.

#thelostboy #graphicnovel

Currently listening to and available on Hoopla for all you card slingers. A more no-nonsense approach amongst the woo-woo books.

#tarot

Eating these up like candy and really hoping the fifth one comes out soon. 🔪🤖

#murderbot

Just had a job interview with the library here. And after they told me the pay rate, I must drown my sorrows in the library holds that came in.

#murderbot

I actually started this one LAST October and lost track of the short stories somehow. So I‘m picking it up again where I left off now that the season for spooky reading is upon us again.

Happy full moon on Friday the 13th!! 💀

Current read while visiting my sister and the baby.

Good stuff.

I don‘t know what I‘m more disappointed by, the transphobic rhetoric or that the way Ani has chosen to be a rebellious feminist is by not being feminist at all.

Too soon?

I‘m making holiday cards now since who knows when I‘ll have time for this again once October starts, hahaha.

#yule #holiday #krampus

Neighbors are having a party and my head was going to explode so now I‘m sitting in my car in a random parking lot. 😑

At least I have this awesome book I picked up the other day at the library to keep me busy.

#genderqueer

I found a pen shop in my new town and holy wow, such wonders. Just in time for Inktober.

I got an E+M mechanical pencil with thick lead and a new dip pen with excellent range of motion.

Not strictly book related but I know you all love some writing/drawing tools as much as I do.

#pens #pencils #drawing #writing

Sketching ideas and hooked to the tv.

I have to store my big canvases behind the tv, lol. Small space livin‘.

#thedarkcrystal #thedarkening

More unauthorized book buying.

On a nostalgia kick right now (or always) and have been thinking about 80s fantasy films. I love Willow and somehow never read these follow up books! Luckily the local used bookstore had them all.

Having a used bookstore within walking distance is not going to be good for my budget.

#willow

Currently listening to.

#memoir

I just finished listening to The Audacity of Hope by Barack when this hold came in. Perfect follow up. Nearly done and very well written.

#memoir

My very first check out at the library system here.

But I have quickly realized that I need to own this book. It‘s a gorgeously illustrated biography about the artist who basically repopularize the tarot. ALL HAIL PAMELA COLMAN SMITH.

#tarot

I picked up a side gig proofing audiobooks. This is the first one I‘ve done and the book was pretty awesome. Lots of strong feels. Historical fiction and a bit of magical realism.

Audio version is due out October 1.

🎧🎧🎧

Unauthorized #bookhaul. I‘M IN TROUBLE.

#tarot #witchery

I am STILL READING Pillars of the Earth. It‘s big.

But also, Harold and the Purple Crayon shirt.

I‘ve been listening to a few books about medieval history while reading Pillars of the Earth since the world feels so rich.

This one was pretty entertaining, although the author seemed pretty scornful of the time period! The descriptions of noteworthy people were interesting though. I thought he was weirdly focused on Magellan until the afterward noted that the book itself began as an intro for a biography on him. Oh.

#medieval #history

Caught some kind of flu when I got back from the beach so haven‘t read a whole lot. Finally on the mend though.

The good news is, this book was finally released! I illustrated a Robot Repair Girl story in this collection. I think it‘s my first time being officially published. Happy day.

If you like books about women in the sciences, check out this collections.

#steam #stem #science #shortstories

BEACH READING, I MADE IT!

But sometimes this is as close as I get to actually reading on the beach, haha. Sand is an unpleasant sensory feel.

Thoroughly enjoying this book so far.

I‘m visiting an aunt on my way to the beach. I made her this mug when I took a pottery class so it‘s fun to use it when I‘m here. Wish I could make more useful things like this.

In the mood for something a bit epic so I‘m going to give this one a try.

I love it when my booth is placed next to an author. I vended at ShoreLeave this weekend, a really fun Star Trek convention in Maryland. Richard Armstrong was my booth neighbor and we got along well. Cant wait to read the book.

#conventionseason #startrek #authors

Picking this one up again after a bit of a hiatus. The only good thing about not getting a library card yet is that it forces me to pay attention to my own books.

#midian #nightbreed

When your tarot collection needs it‘s own special bookcase.

Oops.

#tarot

I couldn‘t sleep the other night and started to listen to this book. Definitely not the cure for sleeplessness. Holy crap.

#climatechange #globalwarming #wtfpeople

Not finding a lot of time to read right now and haven‘t gotten into a good routine here yet. Stealing a few minutes in Bordertown while I can.

#borderland #bordertown #elfpunk

Who‘s excited for the new Dark Crystal?

Best part of moving is ALWAYS reorganizing your bookshelves. I had to box up and leave behind about 99% of my book collection though 😭😭😭

#thedarkcyrstal

Finally mostly moved, two states away and feeling a little homesick even though that‘s not home.

Gaining back a little normalcy with morning reading again. This book has been good so far.

Pretty absent here lately as I pack up and get ready to move tomorrow. Hello, anxiety.

Started listening to this one since I couldn‘t wait any longer for a time where I‘ll get to sit and read again.

I 🖤 Mallory.

Anyone going to ALA this year? Perhaps we could have a meet up?

#ala #americanlibraryassociation #litsyloveslibraries

Experimenting with more CHAI recipes.

Found one for Golden Chai that is extremely good.

Time to relax, read this book, and de-stress.

#warmdrinks

“This is how spells are broken...
By burning down the dream house
Where your childhood keeps repeating itself.”

This book is SO GOOD and I am very mad that I don‘t have more time to just sit and read until I finish it.