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Happy International Women’s Day! In the process of coming up with two scavenger hunts for Women’s History Month one of the prompts I was going to use was “a book published by a woman before 1950”. While it’s important to celebrate those that are here and now, it’s also important not to forget those that came before us. So this prompt became its own challenge: 📚 A Book A Decade 📚 I started with our current decade and worked my way back until the streak ended with the 1890s. 2020s: đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜œđ˜Żđ˜žđ˜°đ˜łđ˜”đ˜©đ˜ș by Agustina Bazterrica 2010s: đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š 𝘞𝘩đ˜Șđ˜šđ˜©đ˜” 𝘰𝘧 𝘱 𝘗đ˜Ș𝘱𝘯𝘰 by Chris Cander 2000s: đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜đ˜°đ˜¶đ˜Žđ˜Šđ˜šđ˜¶đ˜Šđ˜Žđ˜” by Amparo Davila 1990s: đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š 𝘋đ˜Șđ˜·đ˜Ș𝘯𝘹 𝘗𝘰𝘰𝘭 by Yoko Ogawa 1980s: đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘩 đ˜—đ˜Šđ˜°đ˜±đ˜­đ˜Š by Keri Hulme 1970s: đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜‰đ˜­đ˜°đ˜°đ˜„đ˜ș đ˜Šđ˜©đ˜ąđ˜źđ˜Łđ˜Šđ˜ł by Angela Carter 1960s: 𝘞𝘩 đ˜đ˜ąđ˜·đ˜Š 𝘈𝘭𝘾𝘱đ˜ș𝘮 𝘓đ˜Șđ˜·đ˜Šđ˜„ đ˜Ș𝘯 đ˜”đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜Šđ˜ąđ˜Žđ˜”đ˜­đ˜Š by Shirley Jackson 1950s: 𝘔𝘱𝘮𝘬𝘮 by Fumiko Enchi 1940s: đ˜“đ˜°đ˜·đ˜Š đ˜Ș𝘯 𝘱 𝘍𝘱𝘭𝘭𝘩𝘯 𝘊đ˜Șđ˜”đ˜ș by Eileen Chang 1930s: đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Šđ˜Ș𝘳 𝘌đ˜ș𝘩𝘮 𝘞𝘩𝘳𝘩 đ˜žđ˜ąđ˜”đ˜€đ˜©đ˜Ș𝘯𝘹 đ˜Žđ˜°đ˜„ by Zora Neale Hurston 1920s: 𝘗𝘱𝘮𝘮đ˜Ș𝘯𝘹 by Nella Larsen 1910s: 𝘔đ˜ș đ˜ˆđ˜Żđ˜”đ˜°đ˜Żđ˜Ș𝘱 by Willa Cather 1900s: đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š 𝘛𝘱𝘭𝘩𝘮 𝘰𝘧 đ˜—đ˜Šđ˜”đ˜Šđ˜ł 𝘙𝘱𝘣𝘣đ˜Șđ˜” by Beatrix Potter 1890s: đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š 𝘈𝘾𝘱𝘬𝘩𝘯đ˜Ș𝘯𝘹 by Kate Chopin What’s the oldest written work by a woman in your library? One of mine are the works of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz from the 17th century. A woman largely ignored in the English speaking world from what I can tell. A shame seeing as how she was responsible for the first document written in the Western Hemisphere to defend the rights of women to study, to teach, and to write. She was born at the hacienda of San Miguel Nepantla in 1648, not far from present day Mexico City. She entered the convent in 1669 and was renowned as the finest Latin American poet of the Baroque period. She also composed numerous songs, devotional exercises, and plays written in verse form. taken in BOOKSTA by @pensivecitadel
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📚 Insta Handle Challenge 📚 Thank you to @biblioteca.becca for tagging me 😊 Here’s my list of books spelling out my Booksta name followed by the story of where it came from. P - “The Plague Dogs” by Richard Adams E - “Exile and the Kingdom” by Albert Camus N - “Noir” by Richard Matheson S - “Sputnik Sweetheart” by Haruki Murakami I - “I’d Die For You” by F. Scott Fitzgerald V - “Veronika Decides to Die” by Paulo Coehlo E - “The Eternal Husband” by Fyodor Dostoevsky C - “Confessions of an English Opium-Eater” by Thomas De Quincey I - “In the Time of the Butterflies” by Julia Alvarez T - “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston A - “The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights” by John Steinbeck D - “The Doors of Perception” by Aldous Huxley E - “Eleven Kinds of Loneliness” by Richard Yates L - “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov The name “Pensive Citadel” came from the book “Confessions of an English Opium-Eater”. It’s an autobiography of Thomas De Quincey and his addictions that was originally published in 1821. At the time it wasn’t common for an Englishman to consume opium, hence the distinction in the title. Thomas de Quincey, being a writer, read many books and had a large collection that was always the most difficult to move from place to place. He would refer to his room as his pensive citadel, and since reading it I thought it sounded beautiful and sad, which many things can be. My bio has just a fraction of the quote, here’s the quote in its full context: “For the last year and a half this room had been my ‘pensive citadel’, here I had read and studied through all the hours of the night: and, though true it was, that for the latter part of this time I, who was framed for love and gentle affections, had lost my gaiety and happiness, during the strife and fever of contention with my guardian; yet, on the other hand, as a boy, so passionately fond of books, and dedicated to intellectual pursuits, I could not fail to have enjoyed many happy hours in the midst of general dejection. I wept as I looked round on the chair, hearth, writing-table, and other familiar objects, knowing too certainly, that I looked upon them for the last time.” taken in Miami, Florida by @pensivecitadel
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For #shelfiesunday I wanted to show you my bookcases. For many years my books were any and everywhere. Last year I bought a home and made it a point to have all of them in one place for the first time. I love sitting on my couch and taking in this view. The glass doors are magnificent, they keep the dust out and I feel a burst of cold air every time I open them. My leather bound books are at the top with my hardcover comic omnibus editions at the end. The next two rows are my fiction books in alphabetical order by author. The next two rows are my nonfiction in alphabetical order by genre. The last row is my comics/manga/graphic novels in alphabetical order by title. How do you like to organize your books? by @pensivecitadel
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“She suggested that she write a testimony that might one day call attention to the terrible secret she was living through, so that the world would know about this horror that was taking place parallel to the peaceful existence of those who did not want to know, who could afford the illusion of a normal life, and of those who could deny that they were on a raft adrift in a sea of sorrow, ignoring, despite all evidence, that only blocks away from their happy world there were others, these others who live or die on the dark side.” Thus Alba begins to write her story, after being tortured by the new regime that overthrew her country’s democratically elected president with help from the United States. Alba goes back home and uncovers all of her grandmother’s journals, which she then uses to piece together her life story. We learn about Alba’s grandmother, Clara, when she was a child and every moment from then to now. đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜đ˜°đ˜¶đ˜Žđ˜Š 𝘰𝘧 đ˜”đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜šđ˜±đ˜Ș𝘳đ˜Șđ˜”đ˜Ž by Isabel Allende is an important book. Published 44 years ago but has lost none of its relevance. My wife and I finished watching the newest adaptation on Amazon Prime and I highly recommend it as well. Towards the end of the story is when the military coup happens and the president is killed. The president being based on Isabel Allende’s cousin, Salvador Allende, who was described as the first Marxist to be elected president in a liberal democracy in Latin America. Many people were exiled and among them was a folk band called Inti-Illimani, who were supporters of Salvador Allende and were on tour abroad when the coup d’état happened. Having heard of the numerous extrajudicial killings of many fellow artists by Chile’s army, they took up residence in Italy, resulting in “the longest tour in history” as they remained in exile. Their song “La Partida” which you can hear in this post, was also used in the final scene of the final episode of the series. A nice nod to them. My mother bought my wife the limited edition version of the book and in the second slide you can see the sprayed edges that look fantastic. In the remaining slides are some of my favorite quotes from the book. taken in BOOKSTA by @pensivecitadel
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“Don’t expect this to be the kind of story that goes: and then, and then, and then. What happens here will have more of that fashion magazine feel, a đ˜đ˜°đ˜šđ˜¶đ˜Š or a đ˜Žđ˜­đ˜ąđ˜źđ˜°đ˜¶đ˜ł magazine chaos with page numbers on every second or fifth or third page. Don’t look for a contents page, buried magazine-style twenty pages back from the front. Don’t expect to find anything right off. There isn’t a real pattern to anything, either. Stories will start and then, three paragraphs later: Jump to page whatever. Then, jump back. And you really, really need to get used to that feeling, here, on the freeway, at work, in your marriage. This is the world we live in. Just go with the prompts.” Thus begins đ˜đ˜Żđ˜·đ˜Ș𝘮đ˜Ș𝘣𝘭𝘩 đ˜”đ˜°đ˜Żđ˜Žđ˜”đ˜Šđ˜łđ˜Ž 𝘙𝘩𝘼đ˜Șđ˜č by Chuck Palahniuk. When this book was originally published in 1999, titled đ˜đ˜Żđ˜·đ˜Ș𝘮đ˜Ș𝘣𝘭𝘩 đ˜”đ˜°đ˜Żđ˜Žđ˜”đ˜Šđ˜łđ˜Ž, it was a smooth, linear story. Then in 2012, this version of the story was published, the author’s original vision. There was a Sears catalogue published for the Christmas season called the “Wish Book”. The vastness of stuff inside was unknowable. You could never remember it all, and every time you opened it you found something new. Even after the reader reached the words “The End” they’d still sense they hadn’t read it all. The book would still hold some lingering secrets. Even after I finished the book, jumping forward and backward not knowing where I was going to end up, I found some chapters that were printed backwards that I had to hold up to a mirror to read. The story itself is a satire on the beauty and fashion industry. Our narrator, is a model that has an “accident” that leaves her disfigured and unable to speak. In group speech therapy she meets Brandy Alexander, a trans woman, who encourages her to hide her disfigurement and attempt to live a new lifestyle. Brandy is eventually shot on the day of their mutual friend’s wedding. Brandy asks our narrator to tell her life story as she lay dying. That is how the novel begins, and the rest are the events that led up to this climactic moment. Slide to the right to read some of my favorite quotes from the book. taken in BOOKSTA by @pensivecitadel
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📚 Full Name Stack 📚 After reading 𝘋𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘩𝘮 𝘊𝘭𝘱đ˜Ș𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘩 last month and now having finished đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜‹đ˜Šđ˜ąđ˜”đ˜© 𝘰𝘧 đ˜ˆđ˜łđ˜”đ˜Šđ˜źđ˜Ș𝘰 đ˜Šđ˜łđ˜¶đ˜», I looked through my library to see how many books I had with a full name in the title and here’s what I found. Slide right to see their covers 👉 Here’s the stack from top to bottom: 📚 𝘋đ˜Șđ˜·đ˜Ș𝘯𝘩 đ˜Œđ˜Żđ˜„đ˜¶đ˜łđ˜ąđ˜Żđ˜€đ˜Š by Gwyneth Jones 📚 𝘖𝘯𝘩 𝘋𝘱đ˜ș đ˜Ș𝘯 đ˜”đ˜©đ˜Š 𝘓đ˜Ș𝘧𝘩 𝘰𝘧 đ˜đ˜·đ˜ąđ˜Ż 𝘋𝘩𝘯đ˜Șđ˜Žđ˜°đ˜·đ˜Șđ˜€đ˜© by Alexander Solzhenitsyn 📚 đ˜‰đ˜Šđ˜”đ˜łđ˜ąđ˜șđ˜Šđ˜„ 𝘣đ˜ș 𝘙đ˜Șđ˜”đ˜ą 𝘏𝘱đ˜șđ˜žđ˜°đ˜łđ˜”đ˜© by Manuel Puig 📚 𝘛đ˜Șđ˜”đ˜¶đ˜Ž 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘯 by Mervyn Peake 📚 đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜šđ˜Šđ˜€đ˜łđ˜Šđ˜” 𝘋đ˜Ș𝘱𝘳đ˜ș 𝘰𝘧 đ˜“đ˜ąđ˜¶đ˜łđ˜ą 𝘗𝘱𝘭𝘼𝘩𝘳 by Jennifer Lynch 📚 đ˜đ˜°đ˜łđ˜łđ˜Šđ˜Žđ˜” đ˜Žđ˜¶đ˜źđ˜± by Winston Groom 📚 đ˜›đ˜Šđ˜łđ˜Šđ˜»đ˜ą đ˜‰đ˜ąđ˜”đ˜Șđ˜Žđ˜”đ˜ą: 𝘏𝘰𝘼𝘩 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘼 đ˜”đ˜©đ˜Š 𝘞𝘱𝘳𝘮 by Jorge Amado 📚 đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜›đ˜©đ˜łđ˜Šđ˜Š đ˜šđ˜”đ˜Șđ˜šđ˜źđ˜ąđ˜”đ˜ą 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘱𝘭𝘼𝘩𝘳 đ˜Œđ˜­đ˜„đ˜łđ˜Șđ˜”đ˜€đ˜© and đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š 𝘛𝘳𝘱𝘯𝘮𝘼đ˜Șđ˜šđ˜łđ˜ąđ˜”đ˜Ș𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘛đ˜Șđ˜źđ˜°đ˜”đ˜©đ˜ș đ˜ˆđ˜łđ˜€đ˜©đ˜Šđ˜ł by Philip K. Dick 📚 𝘛𝘩𝘮𝘮 𝘰𝘧 đ˜”đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜‹â€™đ˜œđ˜łđ˜Łđ˜Šđ˜łđ˜·đ˜Ș𝘭𝘭𝘩𝘮 by Thomas Hardy 📚 đ˜—đ˜Šđ˜”đ˜Šđ˜ł 𝘗𝘱𝘯 by J.M. Barrie 📚 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘩𝘮𝘮 đ˜›đ˜Žđ˜¶đ˜Źđ˜¶đ˜łđ˜¶ đ˜›đ˜ąđ˜»đ˜ąđ˜Źđ˜Ș đ˜ąđ˜Żđ˜„ 𝘏đ˜Ș𝘮 𝘠𝘩𝘱𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘗đ˜Ș𝘭𝘹𝘳đ˜Ș𝘼𝘱𝘹𝘩 by Haruki Murakami 📚 đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜‹đ˜Šđ˜ąđ˜”đ˜© 𝘰𝘧 đ˜ˆđ˜łđ˜”đ˜Šđ˜źđ˜Ș𝘰 đ˜Šđ˜łđ˜¶đ˜» by Carlos Fuentes 📚 đ˜—đ˜Šđ˜„đ˜łđ˜° 𝘗aÌđ˜łđ˜ąđ˜źđ˜° by Juan Rulfo 📚 đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜ˆđ˜¶đ˜”đ˜°đ˜Łđ˜Șđ˜°đ˜šđ˜łđ˜ąđ˜±đ˜©đ˜ș 𝘰𝘧 𝘍.𝘉.𝘐. đ˜šđ˜±đ˜Šđ˜€đ˜Ș𝘱𝘭 đ˜ˆđ˜šđ˜Šđ˜Żđ˜” 𝘋𝘱𝘭𝘩 đ˜Šđ˜°đ˜°đ˜±đ˜Šđ˜ł by Scott Frost 📚 đ˜Œđ˜·đ˜ą đ˜“đ˜¶đ˜Żđ˜ą by Isabel Allende 📚 𝘋𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘩𝘮 𝘊𝘭𝘱đ˜Ș𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘩 by Stephen King 📚 𝘓𝘰𝘭𝘭đ˜ș 𝘞đ˜Ș𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘾𝘩𝘮 by Sylvia Townsend Warner 📚 đ˜ˆđ˜Łđ˜łđ˜ąđ˜©đ˜ąđ˜ź 𝘓đ˜Șđ˜Żđ˜€đ˜°đ˜­đ˜Ż: đ˜đ˜ąđ˜źđ˜±đ˜Ș𝘳𝘩 đ˜đ˜¶đ˜Żđ˜”đ˜Šđ˜ł by Seth Grahame-Smith 📚 𝘏𝘱𝘳𝘳đ˜ș đ˜—đ˜°đ˜”đ˜”đ˜Šđ˜ł đ˜ąđ˜Żđ˜„ đ˜”đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜Šđ˜©đ˜ąđ˜źđ˜Łđ˜Šđ˜ł 𝘰𝘧 đ˜šđ˜Šđ˜€đ˜łđ˜Šđ˜”đ˜Ž by J.K. Rowling 📚 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘱 𝘒𝘱𝘳𝘩𝘯đ˜Ș𝘯𝘱 by Leo Tolstoy 📚 đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š 𝘗đ˜Șđ˜€đ˜”đ˜¶đ˜łđ˜Š 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘰𝘳đ˜Ș𝘱𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘱đ˜ș by Oscar Wilde Phew, I had to retake the first photo a couple times because I kept finding more. Even now there’s a few I forgot to add but there’s only so much time 😅 What books do you have that you would add to this stack? taken in BOOKSTA by @pensivecitadel
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I’ve been seeing more and more videos on social media about declining literacy rates in the United States. Many videos are of teachers surprised at how the children in the classroom are incapable of reading a full sentence. Reading is not a natural human ability, it’s a learned skill. Reading shapes imagination, empathy, critical thinking, communication, and opportunity. A child who learns to love books gains more than vocabulary: they gain a lifelong tool for understanding the world and protecting themselves from it. When you read proficiently, you can form your own opinions and not have to take anyone’s word on anything. But reading takes time, and if you’re struggling to even get through a sentence how can you be expected to process the ideas any one text puts forth? Recent national data paints a troubling picture: 📖 Only about 31% of U.S. 4th graders are considered proficient readers. 📖 About 30% of 8th graders meet reading proficiency standards. 📖 Roughly 21% of American adults struggle with basic literacy skills. 📖 More than half of U.S. adults reportedly read below a 6th-grade level. The national reading scores for children have continued to decline in recent years, according to the Nation’s Report Card. Mothers have often been the first storytellers, first librarians, first teachers, and first examples of what a reading life can look like. A child who sees a mother reading, sharing stories, visiting libraries, and making books part of daily life is more likely to become a reader themselves. Reading habits begin early: 📚 Bedtime stories 📚 Library visits 📚 Books as gifts 📚 Reading together after school 📚 Letting children see adults reading for pleasure Literacy is not built in classrooms alone. It is built in homes, in routines, in conversations, and in moments of connection. While it is the responsibility of our teachers to educate us, it’s also the responsibility of our parents. I am fortunate to have a well read mother and throughout my life here are the authors that my mother recommend I read. #literacymatters #readinglife #bookstagram #bookrecommendations #readtogether taken in BOOKSTA by @pensivecitadel
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đŸŒ· May Scavenger Hunt đŸŒ· Thank you to @biblioteca.becca for tagging me in this scavenger hunt started by @nothing.beats.a.good.book đŸŒ· The Number 5 in the Title 𝘍đ˜Șđ˜·đ˜Š 𝘞𝘱đ˜ș𝘮 đ˜”đ˜° 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘹đ˜Șđ˜·đ˜Šđ˜Żđ˜Šđ˜Žđ˜Ž by Ursula K. Le Guin đŸŒ· 5 Letters in the Author’s First and Last Name đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š 𝘛𝘳đ˜Ș𝘱𝘭 by Franz Kafka đŸŒ· A Title Ending in Y đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜Šđ˜ąđ˜” đ˜žđ˜©đ˜° đ˜šđ˜ąđ˜·đ˜Šđ˜„ đ˜”đ˜©đ˜Š 𝘓đ˜Ș𝘣𝘳𝘱𝘳đ˜ș by Sosuke Natsukawa đŸŒ· Purple Cover for Stroke Awareness Month đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜šđ˜”đ˜°đ˜łđ˜ș 𝘰𝘧 𝘒đ˜Ș𝘯𝘹 đ˜ˆđ˜łđ˜”đ˜©đ˜¶đ˜ł đ˜ąđ˜Żđ˜„ 𝘏đ˜Ș𝘮 𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘩 𝘒𝘯đ˜Șđ˜šđ˜©đ˜”đ˜Ž by Howard Pyle đŸŒ· Cocktail on the Cover for World Cocktail Day đ˜Šđ˜°đ˜­đ˜„ đ˜šđ˜±đ˜łđ˜Ș𝘯𝘹 𝘏𝘱𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘳 by Richard Yates đŸŒ· Bees on the Cover for National Bee Day 𝘍𝘱𝘳 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘼 đ˜”đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜”đ˜ąđ˜„đ˜„đ˜Ș𝘯𝘹 đ˜Šđ˜łđ˜°đ˜žđ˜„ by Thomas Hardy taken in BOOKSTA by @pensivecitadel
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Books With Mother Protagonists With Mother’s Day coming up I got to looking at my shelves to see how many books I have where a mother is the main character. I didn’t include books like 𝘖𝘯𝘩 đ˜đ˜¶đ˜Żđ˜„đ˜łđ˜Šđ˜„ 𝘠𝘩𝘱𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘭đ˜Șđ˜”đ˜¶đ˜„đ˜Š or đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜đ˜°đ˜¶đ˜Žđ˜Š 𝘰𝘧 đ˜”đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜šđ˜±đ˜Ș𝘳đ˜Șđ˜”đ˜Ž which have great mother but the cast of characters is big and does not focus on a singular person. These books focus on one mother, one journey. 📚 đ˜œđ˜Żđ˜”đ˜Ș𝘭 đ˜ˆđ˜¶đ˜šđ˜¶đ˜Žđ˜” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is about a happily married wife and mother who has a yearly love affair when she visits the island where her mother is buried. 📚 𝘋𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘩𝘮 𝘊𝘭𝘱đ˜Ș𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘩 by Stephen King is about a mother who is accused of killing her employer and when brought in for questioning, we learn the story of her life. 📚 đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š 𝘍đ˜Șđ˜§đ˜”đ˜© đ˜Šđ˜©đ˜Șđ˜­đ˜„ by Doris Lessing starts with a young couple excited to start a family but eventually things go awry when the titular fifth child is born. 📚 𝘗𝘱𝘮𝘮đ˜Ș𝘯𝘹 by Nella Larsen is about a mother who rekindles a friendship with a childhood friend. A friend that is “passing” as a white woman and married to a racist white man unaware of her African American heritage. 📚 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘩𝘼𝘱𝘳đ˜ș’𝘮 𝘉𝘱𝘣đ˜ș by Ira Levin is about an expectant mother whose pregnancy begins to take frightening turns as she starts to question the motivations of those around her. The baby is born in the end with horrible consequences for the planet. 📚 đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜šđ˜€đ˜ąđ˜łđ˜­đ˜Šđ˜” đ˜“đ˜Šđ˜”đ˜”đ˜Šđ˜ł by Nathaniel Hawthorne is about an expectant mother who gives birth at the beginning of the story. A baby born out of wedlock which she is punished for by wearing a letter ‘A’ for adultery. 📚 𝘋đ˜Ș𝘱𝘳đ˜ș by Chuck Palahniuk is about a mother who lives on a small island and becomes a part of a folk horror conspiracy involving her work as an artist and the islanders’ beliefs. 📚 đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜šđ˜°đ˜¶đ˜”đ˜©đ˜Šđ˜łđ˜Ż 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 đ˜Šđ˜­đ˜¶đ˜Łâ€™đ˜Ž đ˜Žđ˜¶đ˜Șđ˜„đ˜Š đ˜”đ˜° 𝘚𝘭𝘱đ˜șđ˜Ș𝘯𝘹 đ˜đ˜ąđ˜źđ˜±đ˜Ș𝘳𝘩𝘮 is about a mother that discovers that her new neighbor is a vampire and can only turn to her book club for help. Who are some of your favorite mothers in literature? Any mother protagonists on your shelves? taken in BOOKSTA by @pensivecitadel
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May the 4th Be With You With a whole galaxy far, far away the Star Wars Universe has never been short of stories taking place across the stars and across the timeline. Today we celebrate the cultural phenomenon that taught us about power, corruption, sacrifice, and rebellion. It is incredible just how much the books and comics were able to fill in the gaps and really flesh out many characters whose appearances in the movies were all too brief. What’s the first Star Wars book you read or who’s your favorite Star Wars character? My first book was 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘬 𝘰𝘧 đ˜‹đ˜Šđ˜€đ˜Šđ˜±đ˜”đ˜Ș𝘰𝘯 by James Luceno. It’s a prequel to đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜—đ˜©đ˜ąđ˜Żđ˜”đ˜°đ˜ź đ˜”đ˜Šđ˜Żđ˜ąđ˜€đ˜Š and explores more the machinations behind Palpatine’s rise to power and the inevitable downfall of Chancellor Valorum. taken in Coruscant, Galactic Empire by @pensivecitadel
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This was a birthday book that I bought for myself over the weekend and I never would have known this book existed if I hadn’t been browsing at the local Barnes and Noble. Most people know Langston Hughes as a novelist, poet, and a voice of the Harlem Renaissance. That’s what I was taught about him in college when I took a course on African American literature. But what my professor didn’t teach me was that he was also a literary translator, translating from Spanish to English. I became aware of this just last year when looking for translated poetry of Gabriela Mistral, the Chilean Nobel prize winner. And I discovered that Langston Hughes was not only bilingual but the first to translate her poetry into English. Then after doing some research I learned that he had stayed in Mexico back in 1934. He translated many short stories by Mexican and Cuban writers but it seemed they were lost to time. Fast forward to this past weekend and I find that all those stories that remained unpublished are now together in one book for the first time. The editor, Ricardo Wilson, not only kept the original title, đ˜›đ˜łđ˜°đ˜¶đ˜Łđ˜­đ˜Šđ˜„ đ˜“đ˜ąđ˜Żđ˜„đ˜Ž, as Langston always wanted but the book also includes biographies of all the included writers. I’m grateful to have come across this gem and to @ricardoawilsonwrites for making it a reality 🙌 taken in BOOKSTA by @pensivecitadel
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I had a great birthday on Sunday and here are two of my new books: đ˜‰đ˜Šđ˜”đ˜žđ˜Šđ˜Šđ˜Ż 𝘛𝘾𝘰 𝘍đ˜Ș𝘳𝘩𝘮 by Christopher Buehlman and đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜›đ˜łđ˜¶đ˜”đ˜© 𝘰𝘧 đ˜Šđ˜ąđ˜łđ˜€đ˜°đ˜Žđ˜ą by Jacob Rollinson I’ve seen đ˜‰đ˜Šđ˜”đ˜žđ˜Šđ˜Šđ˜Ż 𝘛𝘾𝘰 𝘍đ˜Ș𝘳𝘩𝘮 frequently posted about and I wanted to finally take the plunge and read it for myself. An epic tale of medieval horror sounds great to me. With my copy in hand I began browsing the rest of the bookstore, I never not browse the entire bookstore, and I discovered đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š đ˜›đ˜łđ˜¶đ˜”đ˜© 𝘰𝘧 đ˜Šđ˜ąđ˜łđ˜€đ˜°đ˜Žđ˜ą, I was pleasantly surprised to see a newly published book paying homage to đ˜›đ˜©đ˜Š 𝘒đ˜Ș𝘯𝘹 đ˜Ș𝘯 𝘠𝘩𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘾 by Robert W. Chambers. Cosmic horror is one of my favorite sub-genres so if I’m going to take a chance on anything it’ll be this. There’s a couple more books that I got for my birthday that I’ll be posting about as well but I just like seeing these two books together. What’s the last book you learned about for the first time while browsing a bookstore and you knew it had to come home with you? taken in BOOKSTA by @pensivecitadel
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