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...to be fair I do this while it's in sitting mode, too. Can't escape The Elbow Lean, RIP to my back.

ETA: before anyone says it, my vision is perfect, it's been checked, I'm just incapable of posture

#uh this is me #I cannot stop leaning on my elbow #😭

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#I don’t know if I need it but I am intrigued by the maple syrup chute #😂 #polls

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#psychiatrist appt went well #easy to talk to and understood my hesitation given previous side effects #did not immediately start writing scripts or suggest I try any of the meds one more time just to be sure #assured me we would go at my pace and with what I was comfortable with #ordered the genetic testing to identify which meds might work best for me #we will work from those results #this was my goal #so feeling good about the appointment and plan so far #thank you for the good vibes

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Your 10 (ish) Most Read Authors (According to Goodreads or Whatever System You Use)

I was tagged by @bookcub - thanks!

What are your ten most Most Read Authors? And how many books have you read by them? Also tag someone who you would like to do this! (Original Instructions (this option wasn't available for me): Scroll to the bottom of your shelves and most read authors is listed underneath. What I did: Exported my Goodreads library and did some Excel magic.)

Note: I only started tracking my reads in Goodreads in 2020 - these stats reflect that.

Terry Pratchett - 15 (Looks like I've read a lot of Discworld in the last few years.)

2. Martha Wells - 10 (Hello, Murderbot!)

3. Chloe Liese - 9 (This is mostly the Bergman Brothers series, which I highly recommend. Lots of neurodiversity rep.)

4. Megan Whalen Turner - 8 (Attolia, my beloved.)

4. Cat Sebastian - 8 (Lots of historical romance.)

4. K.J. Charles - 8 (More historical romance - I love that Charles and Sebastian are tied. I discovered them around the same time, and I frequently confuse them.)

5. Rainbow Rowell - 7 (Novels and She Hulk graphic novels.)

5. Gail Carriger - 7 (I discovered her books a few years ago and ran through a bunch of them, but haven't read another one in a hot minute.)

6. Sarah Andersen - 6 (Relatable comics. Also, read Fangs if you haven't yet.)

6. Olivia Atwater - 6 (Regency/Victorian faerie tales which I adore.)

6. Alisha Rai - 6 (Including one of my favorite romances: Girl Gone Viral.)

6. T. Kingfisher - 6 (Another new-to-me author I began exploring.)

6. Brigid Kemmerer - 6 (The full Cursebreakers series and a few books from other series.)

6. Holly Jackson - 6 (These are not great books, but they are addictive and twisty.)

6. Jenny Colgan - 6 (Easy, seaside, small town reads. Some of the first audiobooks I tried.)

There are 11 (!) authors tied for fifth place, so I'm not going there, but I do want to shout out Talia Hibbert and Maria V. Snyder from that list because I love them.

Tagging (no pressure, just fun!): @godzilla-reads, @brightbeautifulthings, @emspooky, @dkafterdark, @dauen, @bibliophilecats, and anyone else that would like to give this a go!

#books #booklr #reading #bookish #bibliophile #tflo

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24 in 2024

Crossed quite a few of these off in the last couple months. Unfortunately two DNFs, but that's life. Standouts of the list so far are Emily Wilde and The Bookseller at the End of the World.

Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen

TBD – Willa Cather (O Pioneers! or My Antonia – accepting recommendations)

TBD Discworld Book 1 – Terry Pratchett (likely a City Watch novel)

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents – Terry Pratchett

The Silver Chair – C.S. Lewis

The Horse and His Boy – C.S. Lewis

A Knot in the Grain – Robin McKinley (currently reading)

The Magicians of Caprona – Diana Wynne Jones

First Rider’s Call – Kirsten Britain (DNF - the half of it that I read was the longest book of my entire life. So slow.)

All the Hidden Paths – Foz Meadows 

One Night in Hartswood – Emma Denny

The Mystery Guest – Nita Prose

Starling House – Alix E. Harrow (DNF - couldn't get into it.)

The Bookseller at the End of the World – Ruth Shaw (buddy read with @lilymaidofgallifrey)

Mislaid in Parts Half Known – Seanan McGuire (January 9)

Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands – Heather Fawcett (January 16)

The Getaway List – Emma Lord (January 23)

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice – Elle Cosimano (March 5)

Funny Story – Emily Henry (April 23)

She Hulk, Vol 4 – Rainbow Rowell (April 30)

The Grandest Game – Jennifer Lynn Barnes (July 30)

Last Seen Online – Lauren James (August 1)

The Pairing – Casey McQuiston (August 6)

My Salty Mary - Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows (August 20)

#24 in 2024 #reading challenge #books #booklr #reading #bookish #bibliophile #tflo

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#going to a new psychiatrist today #going to discuss trying meds out again after many bad past reactions #turns out unmedicated #adhd anxiety and depression are not ideal #who knew? #could use good vibes

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Morrissey  Now My Heart Is Full

#morrissey #now my heart is full #song recommendations

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Howl pendragon as a crow! I drew this for a ghibli stamp rally but now you can get it as a sticker on my store!

#howl’s moving castle #crows #birds #books #booklr #bookish #reading #bibliophile

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Dance 🐉

#dragons #pink

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Emilie Hofferber

#nature #sunrise #sunset

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Custom Color Dream Bears by MountRoyalMint on Etsy

#😍 #bears #fiber arts #colorful

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McClure pointed out that even if adults with ADHD seem to be excelling, they are the ones who actually struggle the most.

“ADHD girls are at such high risk of behavior like perfectionism, silencing themselves, and masking behaviors in order to fit in and succeed in this neurotypical world with relentless demands and expectations of them to feel like they belong,” she said.

Perfectionism is one way that women with anxiety and ADHD attempt to control their environment since they feel so out of control most of the time.

#well this article came for my throat #adhd #actually adhd #women with adhd #mental health #neurodivergent #neurodiversity

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#self care #mental health #inspiration #positivity

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Etro Spring 2024

#cephalopods #fashion™️

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Vojtěch Preissig - Seven Ravens (1903)

#ravens #birds

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Congratulations! You are now a Magic-User!!

#hair matches sky #I was going to go for pupils but wouldn’t that have an affect on your sight? #polls

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annotated hardcover giveaway

it's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher's first birthday, so I'm celebrating with games and giveaways on social media all week! for my own sanity, the full schedule of events will happen only on Instagram, but this giveaway and select other events are happening across platforms.

if you're interested in reading the silly comments I left on this hardcover - including roasting my own characters, letting you know where I was doing my annotating that day, and occasional insights into the writing of Remarkable Retirement - here's how to enter:

rb this post

follow me

for a bonus, tag a friend in your rb or the replies

this giveaway is open internationally to anywhere that can accept shipments from USPS. while it is taking place across platforms, there will only be one winner because it took me months to annotate a single copy.

the giveaway will run until 9a.m. EST this Friday, 26 April 2024.

in the meantime, you can take a quiz to find out which character from The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher you are: click here to take quiz on UQuiz

#what a fun idea! #the remarkable retirement of edna fisher #e.m. anderson #books #booklr #bookish #reading #bibliophile