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Haiku Day has arrived 🥳

#books #haiku

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This haiku by Masaoka Shiki speaks to me 🥺

“house-bound in winter

turning to my books before

even washing my face”

#masaoka shiki #books #poetry

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4.17.24

Today I plan on having a very good day. It’s beautiful sunny weather, and I have gift card to my favorite coffee shop, so I’m taking my three current books down to get some reading done, and my notebook to work on some personal writing.

It’s the kind of day where you just want to see where the wind takes you.

I did my testosterone shot this morning, so I’m feeling great!

I’m loving this cozy blogging- it’s nice to have a place to appreciate the little things about everyday life that I love.

#books #cats

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a little bit of luck

#adorable! #books #books and nature

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Grief is so complex.

#books

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Almost one year since I read One Last Stop, and I decided it's time to reread it. I first listened to the audiobook, so this time I have my index tabs ready to highlight my favorite parts!

#what goes around

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Last five books I've finished!✅️

(not including manga/comics, not all from this year)

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Gay's the word is my favorite bookstore now after visiting it in London last summer 🌷

#bookstores

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Lunch break in the library 📖

#sheridan le fanu #carmilla #books

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thrifted bookish finds 15.apr.24

today's book haul is made up of murder mysteries, irish fiction, contemporary fiction, historical fiction and fantasy.

book titles:

The Battersea Park Road to Paradise by Isabel Losada - memoir, self help.

The Appeal by Janice Hallett - murder mystery, thriller.

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman - murder mystery, cozy mystery.

The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan - romance, chick lit.

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon - historical fiction, dark academia.

The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse - historical fiction, dark academia.

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood - literary fiction, mystery.

The Soil by Yi Kwang Su - translated lit, classic lit, Asian lit.

Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs - myths & legends, classic lit.

The Oxford Book of Ireland edited by Patricia Craig - Irish lit, anthology of short stories & poetry, classic lit.

The Winter Road by Adrian Selby - epic fantasy, dark fantasy.

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James - sci fi, mythology, African lit.

taking the education of irish history and culture into my own hands. I'm still conflicted over my identity as someone with parents from two different countries and cultures while having been born and raised in a third country. time to stop wondering and get educated on the things, people and places that made me.

I took these pictures myself. Some of these books are old, some were just poorly handled over the years, and all were thrifted across the second-hand stores of Dublin. Find more bookish content under the 'nejj bookblr tag'.

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The rain is here, at least I have a good book.

⭐️ Old Herbaceous by Reginald Arkell

#books #books and dogs

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We’re reading the graphic memoir Fun Home by Alison Bechdel for book club this month! So glad we’re finally starting to experience reading-outdoor type weather here in Ohio ☀️

#fun home #Alison bechdel #graphic novels

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Literally in love

#books

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“Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?”

#beautiful 😭😭 #Frankenstein

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Katherine Mansfield, from a letter to Dorothy Brett (May 1922)

#katherine mansfield #letters #quotes

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Save me rainy monday morning

#books

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Book club paintings vol. 4 ♡ Good companion (1872) by Frederick Morgan / The Maid with the Golden Hair (1895) by Frederic Leighton

#women reading