On the poetics of Rachel Carson’s environmental vision.

I posted something about it getting hot enough in Seattle to require AC and I was lectured on how instead of getting a $200 AC unit i should excavate cooling tunnels into the earth and through the foundation of my 100 year old house. Sure. Let me get right on that.

Business Book Month is coming to an end. I'm sitting on 3 checked-out titles and can't decide which one is next. First commenter gets to pick which one I actually read. You choose #booksky. 📚💙🙀

Next up: Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours 📚💙 If I’m not liquid by Monday, I’m pivoting to selling this book as a $14 artisanal coaster. 😸 #MillionDollarWeekend #WeekendHustle #BookishAbsurdity #BootstrappedBookClub #ROIofReading

"A whisper in the summer night made Alma dare to hope. When she saw the flickering flame of magic in herself, she knew she had to risk it all to discover the truth." Enter to win a copy of @catherinebrogdon.bsky.social's "Seaflame: The Key Spark" from @runningwildllc.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

This week, I snagged two heavy hitters from the library: 🐈‍⬛ The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz ✅ Done! 🐈‍⬛ The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber 📖 Currently in process 📚💙 Plot twist: My brain is actually enjoying this 📚💡 #LibraryWins #BusinessBooks #CatSupervisedStudySession

Looking for the best books ever written on neuroscience? So are we. We asked the experts, including Lisa Feldman Barrett, Andrew Lees, Dick Passingham, Sebastian Seung, David Brooks and Sarah-Jane Blakemore for their reading recommendations. fivebooks.com/category/psy...

Added to my TBR. I love reading books that take place in PNW 🥰 bookriot.com/whidbey-lite...

Next up for the month of May the Profits Be With You... Your First Million by Arlan Hamilton One of the few Black women to break into the boy's club of Silicon Valley offers her secrets for how anyone can build a legacy of wealth and impact. #Business #NonFiction #Finance

Chicago made it so every public school student can use their school ID as a #LibraryCard 📚. No forms, no extra steps. It gives over 300k students instant access to #books, #tutoring, and online resources 🙌

With the right tools, people can take on responsibility for their own investments, eliminating management costs, while buying and holding will keep down transaction costs. fivebooks.com/category/bus...

Hachette scraps the US release of Mia Ballard's Shy Girl after multiple allegations of AI-generated content. www.cnet.com/tech/service...

Kicking off May with Madeline Pendleton’s I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt. #MayReads #nonfiction

I'm taking my May reading seriously. 📚💙 This month, it's strictly #NonFiction and #SelfHelp focused on finance, business, and entrepreneurship. I'm moving from "someday" to "strategy" because knowledge is power, but applied knowledge? That's equity, and I'm ready to invest. #PersonalDevelopment

April 2026 wrap-up 📚😻 #AprilReads #Bookworm

Rounding out my April reads was Oath to a Withered Star by Joseph Young. Sumi treats sci-fi like oxygen, so naturally, this was the perfect cosmic month-ender. 📚🪐 #Science-Fiction #SciFi 📚💙

Pluck is the undisputed MVP of this novel, proving that the best things in life really do come in dark, sarcastic, semi-corporeal packages. #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #Magic

Nothing says "self-care" like accidentally becoming a vampire's fiancé while saving Chicago with sarcasm and magic. 🪄💥 The Dresden Files #18 Twelve Months by Jim Butcher #TwelveMonths #DresdenFiles #MagicAndMayhem

Everyone grieves differently. Would you erase heartbreak if it meant forgetting you ever loved? The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick #ThePoppyFields #NikkiErlick #EmotionalReads

Kid-led cosmic wonder, Starstuff delivers ten scientifically grounded, wildly optimistic tales that prove the future isn’t something to fear. It’s something curious kids will boldly build. Starstuff: Ten Science Fiction Stories to Celebrate New Possibilities 📚🪐 #Starstuff #ScienceFiction

April reviews: currently gathering dust faster than my cat's fancy new toy while she's over here living her best life in the cardboard box it came in. 📦🐱 But TODAY is the day I write those thoughts into existence, pinky promise!🐾✍️ #ReviewRush #BookwormInSpace #SendCoffee #BookSky

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Over 28,000 young people signed on for a Seattle Public Library card, which enables access to e-books even if they don't live in Seattle. The program was started by Brooklyn Public Library to expand service in communities impacted by censorship.

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What is your favorite fantasy book? #fantasy #fiction comicbook.com/tv-shows/lis...

Congrats to all the Hugo finalists! Voters, we have a tough job ahead lol reactormag.com/2026-hugo-aw...

Well, that's the final page turn for today's review marathon. 📚✨ Consider this a "to be continued..." with extra cat supervision. More reviews (and probably more feline commentary) later this week. Happy reading, my bookish friends. 📚💙🐱

Sumi was not prepared for the chaos of a stepbrother cowboy romance. 📚🌶️ #CowboyRomance #MMRomance #SavingTheRain #ElliottRose

"The dead knew no wounds; these injuries of the heart existed only for the living." The Rainbow by Yasunari Kawabata #TheRainbow #YasunariKawabata #JapaneseLiterature #PostwarJapan 📚💙

Alien sci-fi romance just reverse-pickpocketed its way into my top ten favorite genres. I’ve never been more willingly abducted by a perfectly good plot. #TakenToVoraxia #ElizabethStephens #AlienRomanceBooks #SciFiRomanceReads

Today’s mission: wrangling two weeks’ worth of book reviews into coherence. I’ve fallen so spectacularly behind that Sumi, my resident feline literary enforcer, has officially revoked my new-book privileges. 📚💙 #BookishProblems #BookReview

March 2026 book wrap-up 📚💙

Susan Smith @forwomen.scot says so many people tried to write them off because they were middle aged women and they were dismissed as ‘hags’ and ‘unfanciable’. Victoria Smith's excellent book, Hags, explores the very specific reasons why this type of misogyny is so powerful today.

Life really said “hold my coffee” this week. ☕️ My review queue 📚💙 is currently staging a quiet rebellion, but I’m negotiating terms.

After the previous literary desert, 🌵 I'm craving a confetti cannon! Reuniting with this author because she's a guaranteed good time. Let the joy ride begin! #NextOfKin #HannahBonamYoung #Romance

#NowReading The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley It's been on my TBR so long, I'm pretty sure the doors have gathered dust. Time to finally walk through. 📚💙 #TheDoorsOfPerception #AldousHuxley #Philosophy

Currently Reading: #TakenToNobu #ElizabethStephens Cat Overlord: Your next read is about a fancy dinner. Me: Yes, my cat overlord.🐱 Us, 20 pages later: My innocence has been officially abducted. 👽 My dignity: left on the mothership. 🛸 #SciFiRomance #SpicyRomance

Do you have a favourite word? #WritingCommunity #BookSky

📚💙Currently Reading: Last Seen by Christopher Castellani The TBR pick of the day, Sumi approved after thoroughly sniffing, sitting on, and judging. 🐱 #LastSeen #ChristopherCastellani #Caterday #CatApproved #LiteraryCats

Finally update to date on #BookReviews. What should I read next? You, #Booksky, choose, or defer to my cat overlords who judge books solely by their nap potential? 🐱🐾🐈‍⬛😼

Gutierrez exposes the American Dream's fine print, delivering a sharp lesson in family, bureaucracy, and the history your textbooks conveniently omitted. #BookReview app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e24a... #MySideOfTheRiver #MustRead #Memoir #FamilySeparation #BookSky

Spent the weekend devouring books. Reviews incoming! 📚💙 Monday's coming in hot, and my brain is filing a formal protest. 🐱

finally putting my vintage magazines in protective sleeves. but in case you were ever wondering what the girlies were reading in summer of 1902: “an illustrated monthly magazine devoted to the home and to the discussion of subjects most interesting to the household”