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🍎 High school English teacher
♥️ Mom to Tucker (🐶) and Marlo (👶🏻)
📚 Soft spots for literary fiction, YA, and poetry
📍 Harrisburg, PA
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🍂 Autumn Colors Stack 🍂 I keep telling y'all, it's my most favorite time of the year. Books featured 📚 📙FLASHLIGHT by Susan Choi 🍁THERE IS A RIO GRANDE IN HEAVEN by Ruben Reyes Jr. 🍂MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW by Stephen Graham Jones 📙WHALE FALL by Elizabeth O'Connor (tbr) 🍁DEJA BREW by Celestine Martin (currently listening) 🍂MY FRIENDS by Hisham Matar (tbr) 📙PLAYER PIANO by Kurt Vonnegut (surprisingly tbr) 🍁MOON OF THE CRUSTED SNOW by Waubgeshig Rice 🍂THE COIN by Yasmin Zaher 📙ST. LUCY'S HOME FOR GIRLS RAISED BY WOLVES by Karen Russell 🍁THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN by Deesha Philyaw (currently listening) Q: What's your favorite thing about fall? 🏷️ Thanks to @whatithinkaboutthisbook for this tag! Tagging some folks, but if you see this feel free to play along! 🫶🏽
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📚 Bookstack 📚 This is my one word bookstack. It’s primarily read books with three from my tbr. To my dismay I’m missing Betty which is the first book I thought of when I was tagged by @craigsreads So hopefully whoever I loaned it to will return it! I’ve tagged a few people but feel free to join in and show us your stack. ❓Do you forget who you loaned books out to? Do you expect them back? #bookstack #bookish #bookchallange #bookishchallenge #mybooks
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✨ 4 x 4 Book Tag ✨ 4️⃣ books I bought recently 4️⃣ books on my TBR 4️⃣ books I rated 4 stars 4️⃣ books I can't stop thinking about Swipe to see my picks! Q: What's a book that would fit any of these categories for you? 🏷️ Thanks to @booksbynino & @mattsliterature for the tag! Tagging some folks, but if you see this, feel free to play along! 4️⃣ books I bought recently 📗 YOU DREAMED OF EMPIRES by Álvaro Enrigue, translated by Natasha Wimmer 📘 THE LESBIANA'S GUIDE TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL by Sonido Reyes 📕 THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN by Deesha Philyaw 📙 OUR CUT OF SALT by Deena Helm 4️⃣ books on my TBR 📗 HIDE by Carolina Ebeid 📘 BEGINNING MIDDLE END by Valeria Luiselli 📕 EXHIBIT G by Fady Joudah 📙 THAT WHICH FEEDS US by Keala Kendal 4️⃣ books that I rated 4 stars 📗 HEAVY CREAM by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright 📘 DEAD WEIGHT by Hildur Knútsdóttir, translated by Mary Robinette Kowal 📕 THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART by Monica Kim 📙 TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE by Yang Shuang-zi, translated by Lin King 4️⃣ books I can't stop thinking about 📗 KNOW MY NAME by Chanel Miller 📘 NOW I SURRENDER by Álvaro Enrigue, translated by Natasha Wimmer 📕 HAMNET by Maggie O'Farrell 📙 A LANGUAGE OF LIMBS by Dylin Hardcastle
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We are a few days shy of the halfway point in September and about a week away from the first day of fall, so I figured it was finally time to post my ✨September Scavenger Hunt✨ from @abhalovesbooks 🥰 but what I am really looking for is some cooler weather! 🤪 📚 A Book On Your Fall TBR: Wellness by Nathan Hill 🏫 A Book Set In School: Marlena by Julie Buntin 🧡 A Short Story Collection: Exhalation by Ted Chiang 🍂 A Cover With Fall Colors: Pew by Catherine Lacey 💛 A Title or Cover with a Person’s Name: Pearl by Siân Hughes 📖 A Title That Begins with an S: Stoner by John Williams I didn’t start this challenge intending on choosing one word titles but after I picked out three books and they happened to be one word titles, I felt the urge to continue. All books are on my TBR except Marlena, which I fully loved and that feels like fall, and Wellness, which I am almost done with but my other current read, Fellowship Point, is stealing time from! I’ve tagged a few friends but if you see this and feel inspired, go for it! How is your September reading going so far?
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✨If you’ve been around for any length of time, you’ll know how much I love the @bookriot_pod so when they took inspiration from Barak Obama’s upcoming book podcast (where he’ll be discussing six books that shaped him) to create their own lists of six books that shaped them as readers, I naturally wanted to do the same! I won’t be listening to the podcast since it’s an Audible exclusive, but I couldn’t resist examining my own reading life in this way. These are my six texts that shaped me as a reader (and generally as a person) and I’d love to know yours! I’ve tagged some friends to share their lists, but if you’re feeling inspired please consider yourself tagged too! These books are listed in chronological order of when I first read them. Swipe for more details on each pick! 1. Henry IV, Part I by William Shakespeare 2. In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce 3. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, translated by Magda Bogin 4. Middlemarch by George Eliot 5. Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward 6. A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki✨ ✨Henry IV was the first Shakespeare play I ever encountered in Shakespeare Camp as a kid. I played Mistress Quickly and the Earl of Worcester and immediately fell in love. This sparked a love for classic literature and remains one of my biggest passions in life. And I’ll absolutely always go to bat for the history plays in particular!✨ ✨The Song of the Lioness Quartet was one of the first books that felt like it was MINE. My parents read a ton to me as a kid, but these books were ones I found on my own in my middle school library that no one in my family had read before. And I LOVED them. These were stories where girls and women were heroes in a multitude of ways. They were brave, they were clever, they were empathetic, they had agency. They were also sex positive and emphasized consent, the importance of access to birth control, and a woman’s right to bodily autonomy to create the life she wants. To have these topics reinforced in middle school was hugely empowering.✨ ✨This was not the first Isabel Allende that I read, but it was the first one that made me really sit back and work as a reader. As a Bay Area author, I ha
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Happy September! This month brings my favorite season, and I am so excited! 🤗 📚 A book on your fall TBR: PLAGUE OF DOVES by Louise Erdrich (tbr) 🏫 A book set in school: THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tart 📒 A short story collection or novella: FRUITING BODIES by Kathryn Harlan 🍂 A cover with fall colors: DEJA BREW by Celestine Martin (tbr) 👋🏽 A title or cover with a name or person: PEDRO PÁRAMO by Juan Rulfo 📖 A title that begins with S: Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth Q: What's a book that would fit one of these prompts? 🏷️ Tagging a few friends to get this started, but if you see this, feel free to play along!
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Every time I think my tbr is completely full, my friends share a gorgeous review that has me saying: “one more can’t hurt…” Shoutout to all of these beautiful humans for continually sharing incredible book recs! 🤍🙌🏻📚 Full honesty: I made the majority of this post back in early June, and then life got INSANE 🫠 so I have read Cleopatra and loved it!! ✨ Bookstagram || TBR Books || Booksta Made Me Read It
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@literaryphdelights tagged me in this tbr confessions challenge a long time ago and now i’m finally getting around to it 😅 my physical tbr is out of control so i had a lot of choices to pick from for these categories! do you see any books here that i should truly prioritize? maybe i’ll do a 10 before the end list to really make some progress 🤷🏻‍♀️ tagged a few of you but as always, no pressure!
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✨ Summer Book Tag ✨ Yes, this is the summer book tag challenge, despite the icy settings of two of the books in my first picture. It fits the prompt, okay? I was going to add in A Guardian and a Thief for that one, but I think I loaned my copy out because I couldn’t find it. Thank you to @jill.andthe.bookstack for tagging me in this one! Please don’t stop tagging me even though it takes me 100 years to actually do them. 1. Bonfire: Books where temperature is its own character. Migrations, Charlotte McConaghy; Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury; Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of the Dead, Olga Tokarczuk 2. Ice Cream: Books that made me melt. The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden; Beautyland, Marie Hélène Bertino; Heart The Lover, Lily King 3. Sunflower: Books with flowers on the cover. The Everlasting, Alix E. Harrow; Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury; LaRose, Louise Erdrich 4. Beach: Books to read at the beach. Sunburn, Chloe Michele Howarth; This Time Tomorrow, Emma Straub; Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier (trust me on this - emo girlies and gothic lovers will fly through this on the beach) 5. Iced Coffee: Books I didn’t want to end. The Things We Never Say, Elizabeth Strout; Whistler, Ann Patchett; Shark Heart, Emily Habeck 6. Swimming Pool: Books Set Near Water. The Glass Hotel, Emily St. John Mandel; The Lost Daughter, Elena Ferrante; A Tale For The Time Being, Ruth Ozeki I tagged a few friends to participate but if you see this and you haven’t done it yet, jump in before summer ends! Which books would you add to my lists?
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✨Alphabet Challenge ✨ I did this challenge in the fall focusing on books that were on my TBR, but this time, I wanted to focus on books I have read! 🤩 A- Almost Life B- Blue Sisters C- Cleopatra and Frankenstein D- Dream State E- Enormous Wings F- Fishermen’s Gift G- A Gorgeous Excitement H- Half His Age I- The Interestings J- Just Watch Me K- Kin L- The Lion Women of Tehran M- Margo’s Got Money Troubles N- Nothing to See Here O- Orange P- Penitence Q- Queenslander R- Real Americans S- Strange Girls T- Transcendent Kingdom U- Underspin V- Villa Coco W- Wild Dark Shore X- 😔 Y- Yerba Buena Z- 🙁 I’ve tagged some friends, and if you see this feel free to join in! If you end up participating, tag me! 😍🤩 Do you have any recs that start with X or Z?!!? 😂😂
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✨ Backlist Books ✨ @barbbookedup did a backlist books post earlier in the summer and I’ve been thinking about how many back listers I want to read. Insert caffeine pills Jessie meme here. I did a list of backlist books to try and prioritize this year and I’ve read half so far, but for this post, I did just paperbacks that are from late 2010s to early 2020s that are lingering on my shelves. Wellness and This is Happiness are also on my list to prioritize this year, but I want to read all of these! Some are backlist books from authors I’ve already read but others will be my first experience with the author. How do you prioritize “backlist” versus new release when picking your reads? I absolutely get FOMO with some new books, but then I end up acquiring a new book and not reading it immediately because I’m just not in the mood for that story. If you’re a mood reader, does this happen to you, too? And how do you define backlist? I feel like it’s flexible. 🤪 Tagging a few friends, but no pressure / I just love seeing what treasures are sitting on shelves so I can get excited for people. If you see this - you’re tagged! 🤗
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meet me in fives! @mintedpages tagged me in this a couple weeks ago and i’m finally getting around to making my own! i’ve done a version of this before when i was new to bookstagram, so this time i tried to get creative with the categories so you can really get a look into the chaos of my mind 🤗 let me know if we have anything in common! tagged some friends, and if you see this and also want to make your own, tag me so i can see it!
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