Books read in April. No ratings or reviews. Just fun covers. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin. #booksky 📚💙

The first posy in a thimble I made, to lift my mood during the pandemic. The flowers are all real. When humans look at plants (even on a screen as here) we recover from stress 60% more quickly & the relaxation response is triggered in our brains. Zoom in if you're strung out🌿

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Books read in April. No ratings or reviews. Just fun covers. The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry. #booksky 📚💙

'Hare and Bluebells' linocut by printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #womensart #Spring

Books read in April. No ratings or reviews. Just fun covers. A Thousand Threads: A Memoir by Neneh Cherry. #booksky 📚💙

Two unrelated postcards in my collection that tell a story together. 🤕

‘Preacher’s Daughter’ by Ethel Cain debuts at #10 on the Billboard 200 with 39k units (37k pure sales). She becomes the first openly transgender artist to earn a Top 10 album on the chart.

Books read in April. No ratings or reviews. Just fun covers. An ARC of Open, Heaven by Sean Hewitt. #booksky 📚💙

Afternoon well spent at the charity shop. Also got stocked up on summer cardis. Happy days. #booksky 📚💙

I love this set in my collection showing that magic moment when a cat sees you and decides to come visit. ✨

Night night sweet dreamies It's okay to have anxious thoughts. Recognise them, accept them, but don't give in to them.

Got a bit of an unintentional pink colour theme going on with my current reading pile. I can get behind that. #booksky 📚💙

part two

The work of Maud Lewis, (1903 – 1970), Canadian folk artist from Nova Scotia #WomensArt #Spring

This post totally jixed me and I've now DNF'd a second book in a week 😂😂 #booksky 📚💙

Books read in April. No ratings or reviews. Just fun covers. We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown. #booksky 📚💙

Minster Gardens, York, painting by Kate Lycett. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

Repost with a favorite book from childhood 💙📚

how to draw a medieval cat in two easy steps

'Stargazers cottage' by contemporary UK printmaker Sarah Morgan #WomenArt

Books read in April. No ratings or reviews. Just fun covers. Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey. #booksky 📚💙

It’s #libraryweek so here’s and interesting article to read… Majority of attempts to ban books in US come from organised groups not parents www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Me in real life this morning while still putting on the fleece-lined tights.

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To mark the start of #nationallibraryweek here's my current library loan pile! Decided to get to reading authors I've been meaning to try, Kingfisher, Solomon, Jenkins-Reid, and Cosby, which makes up a decent chuck of this pile. Use your library folks. It's more important than ever #booksky 📚💙

📆 #NationalLibraryWeek, April 6-12, is a celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. ✅ Join our #LibraryWeekBingo challenge to support libraries and see how many prompts you can complete by 4/12!

It's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter...

Books read in April. No ratings or reviews. Just fun covers. Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton. #booksky 📚💙

What more do you need 🤷‍♂️

The Arrival Of Spring In Woldgate, East Yorkshire, 2011, by David Hockney (b.1937). #NorthernArt

April showers brings lots of reading hours. Which will be mostly spent hopefully finishing up some library books. What's everyone's weekend reading plans? #booksky 📚💙

Books read in April. No ratings or reviews. Just fun covers. The Mother by T. M. Logan. #booksky 📚💙

Cycling Home, by Simon Palmer, who has lived and worked in Wensleydale for 40 years.

I was all over We Pretty Pieces of Flesh hearing it was a coming-of-age in north of UK. What I didn't know was me and the main protagonist spelt their name in the more uncommon Rachael way, we're off the same school age, and both from Yorkshire. This reading experience is a real trip. #booksky 📚💙

Listened to the voice that crept in as a started reading Sandwich tonight that I wasn't enjoying it 20 pages in. Learnt last year there's no point battling through a book when I'm questioning my enjoyment so early on. So that's the first DNF of 2025. But that's okay. Onwards we go! #booksky 📚💙

Books read in April. No ratings or reviews. Just fun covers. The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami. #booksky 📚💙

New episode!! I take a deep dive into The Veronicas, an Aussie sensation with only a tiny bit of traction in America and a deeply messy story beyond that www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SCq...

We may not be able to bring you "Interrupt Detection"...yet. But here are some NEW #LibbyApp features we think you'll love. 😍 www.libbylife.com/2025-03-28-n... #ForOurLibraries #LibraryLove #CheckOutYourLibrary #Bookish

The 2025 #WomensPrize for Fiction shortlist. Have you read any of the shortlisted books?

Main March highlights have been getting into horror and picking up some sci-fi for a change. Really happy to see so many great female writers in these genres these days. Quarter of the way into the year and still no DNFs. What is this madness. #booksky 📚💙

Nooo, not the Christmas ARCs popping out already 😂 #booksky 📚💙

What my March was musically 🎧

Books read in March. No ratings or reviews. Just fun covers. Annie Bot by Sierra Greer. #booksky 📚💙

Waking up with this purring cutie was a nice way to start the week.

Eeek, so excited about the library holds I picked up today. Heard fantastic things about Raising Hare and hoping to get my coming-of-age in the 90s in northern England fix with We Pretty Pieces of Flesh. #booksky 📚💙

Newcastle United are rolling through the city with their prized possession — the Carabao Cup 🏆