DNF ≠ bad book. Usually it means wrong reader, wrong moment. These 9 books didn't click for me. Taste is personal, and life’s too short to force yourself thru a book you’re not connecting with! What’s 1 book you DNF’d & don’t regret, and 1 you loved that seems to bounce off others? #booksky

Jan 12: National Hot Tea Day + Haruki Murakami’s birthday Novelist as a Vocation felt like the right follow-up after finishing Stephen King’s On Writing. Two very different approaches to craft. Both worth lingering over. Preferably with hot tea. ☕ #booksky

Achievement unlocked: 1st 5-star read of '26! Crux is a gritty, adrenaline-fueled literary novel that uses rock climbing not just as a backdrop, but as a way of exploring friendship, survival, fear, and the hope of wanting more from life. Have you read Crux yet, or is it on your TBR? #booksky

🌒 House Made of Dawn is often credited with launching the Native American literary Renaissance. Momaday’s prose is spare, lyrical, and often beautiful. But the fragmented narrative and symbolic distance kept me from fully connecting. I admired it more than I loved it. #booksky

📚✨ I finally checked out the brand new Mesa Gateway Public Library — opened Dec. 6, 2025. Wild fact: this is Mesa Public Library’s first new branch in 30 years! Libraries will always be one of my favorite public spaces, and I’ll always root for them getting the spotlight they deserve. #booksky

📚 26 for ’26 Over the past year, a lot of good books got pushed lower on my TBR as other reads took priority. So, I did a full shelf inventory and picked 26 books from the backlog that I’m committing to read this year, ~2–3 each month if I want this entire stack finished by Dec. 31st. #booksky

✨ More ways to make 2026 your best reading year ✨ Reading isn’t about doing it “right.” It’s not a competition, and it definitely doesn’t need to be optimized. It can be slow, opinionated, messy, and still incredibly meaningful. Which ones are you already doing? Which do you want to try? #booksky

The Stranger in the Woods is about solitude, but it’s also about meaning, restlessness, and learning to live with what feels unfinished. It quietly reshaped how I think about being alone with my own thoughts. These are the lines from the book that stayed with me. #solitude #booksky #bookquotes

One of the first books I wanted to pick up in the new year, and one I’m not rushing. 📖 On the Calculation of Volume is a literary septology that's an experience in presence. It asks you to slow down, inhabit time differently, and notice the extraordinary in the ordinary. #Booksky #litfic

Kicking off the year with an ambitious reading list! 📚✨ Crux is my Book of the Month pick and Dungeon Crawler Carl is a total wild card pick 🤪 Thoughts on these picks? Drop them in the comments👇 #booksky #tbr #litfic

Lighting a candle for JD Salinger’s birthday today 🕯️ The Catcher in the Rye is divisive, still discussed, and still finding new readers after 74 years— what’s your relationship with the book? #booksky #onthisday #authorbday #authorbirthday #jdsalinger #catcherintherye

How was your reading year? 🗓️ Here’s my proof that I spent 2025 exactly how I wanted: buried in books! 📚 This is my 2025 reading wrap-up from Fable—stats, favorite reads, and a look back at the stories that stuck with me the most. I’m already thinking ahead… 👉 What should I read in 2026? #booksky

✨ Ready to make 2026 your best reading year yet? ✨ I’ve been thinking a lot about my own reading lately and how I can make it more meaningful. Here are 12 simple ways to make your reading life more fun, sustainable, and meaningful in the new year. #booksky

Just finished The Dharma Bums 🫖 5/5⭐️ and the perfect way to end the year. 🌄✨ Kerouac asks the big questions about freedom, friendship, and living fully. Mountains climbed, stillness practiced, every moment hums with wonder. I finished lighter, more present, and freer. #booksky #litfic #kerouac

Audiobook update 📚🎧 Just finished A Canticle for Leibowitz (on Libby). Ambitious and thoughtful, but ultimately not for me (★★½). Now listening to The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny (on Cloud Library). Fingers crossed that it's more my speed 🤞 #audiobook #audiobooks #booksky #LitFic #libby

Pulled together 24 new releases coming out Jan–April 2026 that I’m genuinely excited for—some obvious names, some quieter picks. If you’re already looking ahead to next year’s reading, what 2026 release are you most anticipating? #booksky #litfic #literaryfiction #2026

Holiday book haul, part two 📚✨ Books to sit with through the long winter stretch. #booksky #literaryfiction #litfic #tbr #tbrpile #bookstack

Holiday book haul, part one ✨ More coming tomorrow. #bookhaul #booksky #happyholidays #tbr #literaryfiction #booklover #litfic

I spotted this Vonnegut collection for a steal and couldn’t pass it up! Which of his works do you love, and which ones didn’t click for you? And how do you feel about collected editions-- do you prefer one volume with multiple works, or individual books on your shelf? #booksky #litfic #vonnegut

Day 23…I tried to be strong. I tried to wait. The books won. 🎄 📚 #booksky #thriftbooks #bookhaul #christmas #happyholidays #bookmas

This felt necessary. 🎅 📚 Literary fiction, but festive! Happy Holidays! #Booksky #LiteraryFiction #litfic #christmas #happyholidays

A story where time, memory, and ritual fold together. 🪶 I picked up Ceremony this month, continuing where I left off in November for Native American Heritage Month. And wow, am I glad I did. What reads are you trying to squeeze in before the start of the new year? 📚 #booksky

A year of books 📚🗓️ (post 3/3) (Sept-Dec) These defined my 2025 and followed me long after I closed the cover. The Friend — grief & companionship On the Calculation of Volume book I — quiet devastation Small Boat — political, brutal, necessary Play It As It Lays — emptiness distilled #booksky

A year of books 📚🗓️ (post 2/3) (May-Aug) These defined my 2025 & followed me long after I closed the cover. 11/22/63 — the temptation of rewriting time Monstrilio — love taken past metaphor If on a winter’s night a traveller — literary play The Passion — myth, desire, & reinvention #booksky

A year of books 📚🗓️ (post 1/3) The first 3rd (Jan-Apr). These defined my 2025 and followed me long after I closed the cover. Bel Canto — intimacy under pressure Rebecca — obsession & atmosphere Gliff — language pushed until it fractures My Friends — memory, exile, & political grief #booksky

When your 'real' work is on the left 🖥️… but your heart (and browser) is on the right 📚✨. Currently daydreaming about Ann Patchett's Whistler instead of spreadsheets 😇 Anyone else sneakily browse for books at their day job? (🤫 don’t tell my boss!) #booksky

Peak Saturday: pages turning, dog snoring, world on pause. 🐶📖 Hope the weekend gives you time to be lazy, cozy, and lost in a book. ☁️✨ #booksky

18 novels about art & artists 🎨 Classics, deep cuts, obsession, creativity, chaos. What’s your favorite book about art? #booksky

Me: I want a chill read. Also me: picks up Lightbreakers and immediately starts questioning consciousness, identity, and the fabric of reality. Anyway… how’s everyone else’s Thursday going? #booksky

Sunday morning bookhaul at Goodwill 🌞 📚 I’m most excited to read Madwoman…and to see if King of Ashes lives up to the hype! #booksky

Reading my 1st Joan Didion on her birthday 🎂✨ When I realized today was Joan’s birthday, it felt like the perfect excuse to finally pick up Play It As It Lays—a book that’s been staring at me from my shelf for months. Which authors are still waiting for their moment on your TBR? #booksky

Bite-sized literary fiction to help you crush your reading goals 📚✨ 9 underrated novels under 250 pgs. that you can devour in one sitting. Haunting, funny, strange, and unforgettable—perfect for when you want a full literary experience without committing to a huge tome. #booksky

Happy December! ❄️📚 Do you & your partner (or best reading buddy) have similar taste in books? My wife & I honestly couldn’t be further apart! She’s deep in her thriller era, while I’m over here happily reading my “low-stakes, someone just makes soup and has feelings” fiction 😆. #booksky

Did November treat your TBR well? 📚 I read almost everything I planned to, except The Dispossessed. I would’ve finished it if I hadn’t taken a 5 day reading vacation at Disneyland 😆 What was your favorite read of November, & which book are you most excited to dive into in December? 🎄✨ #booksky

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear.” — Mark Twain November 30 marks the birthday of Mark Twain, whose stories, humor, and insight continue to inspire readers and writers alike. ✍️📚 #booksky

Are you doing "Non-fiction November"? I'm not usually a non-fiction reader, but these blew me away: 🐦 Bird by Bird – Anne Lamott 🏃 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running – Murakami 📖 Knife – Salman Rushdie ✉️ Letters to a Young Poet – Rilke 🏚️ Ghost Town Living – Brent Underwood #booksky

Happy 86th Birthday to Margaret Atwood! 🎉 One of literature’s most powerful voices, she’s inspired generations with stories that challenge, warn, and captivate. 📚 photo via thegentlewoman.co.uk #booksky

Mid-month reading progress check for Native American Heritage Month 📚 Just finished The Devil Is a Southpaw, and it was challenging, impressive, and unbelievably rewarding — a fascinating portrait of obsession. #booksky #nativeamerican #nativeamericanheritagemonth

Only eleven vertical spines in my collection 📚 I love their uniqueness, how they choose to go up and down instead of sideways ✨ I'm curious, how many vertical spines do you have on your shelves? #booksky

Can you guess which book I selected for my November BoTM? 📦📖 Here’s a hint: “A luminous novel of love, loss, science, and art, that asks if the past can ever be truly revisited, and at what cost?” I’m looking forward to reading this one! #botm #bookmail #litfic #literaryfiction #booksky

It’s that time again! Which books are you voting for? 📚 👀 My picks: Fiction- Wild Dark Shore Hist. Fic.- Buckeye Mystery- Heartwood Sci-fi- Automatic Noodle Horror- Hungerstone Audiobook- My Friends Memoir- Things In Nature Merely Grow #booksky

Remembering Kurt Vonnegut on his bday (Nov 11) He said: “Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion… I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.” Which is your favorite Vonnegut novel, or which do you plan to read next? #booksky #onthisday

📚 Just finished Shadow Ticket, and wow, what a trip! ➡️ Up next: Tom’s Crossing Shadow ticket is classic Pynchon chaos, and he’s clearly just having fun. It's a jazzy, Depression-era detective fever dream that’s as playfully strange as it is eerily relevant. #booksky #litfic #pynchon

Remembering Albert Camus on his bday (Nov 7th) Camus didn’t write to escape the world; he wrote to face it. To insist that even in the absurd, there is room for rebellious hope. “In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” —Return to Tipasa #booksky

📚 November TBR! This month I added a few titles in honor of National Native American Heritage Month. 🍂 Wherever your TBR is taking you, tell me what you’re diving into — I always love seeing what everyone’s reading. #booksky

Did you ghost your TBR in October… or did your TBR ghost you? 👻💔 Or maybe you were out here putting the boo in BOOkworm? 📚🐛✨ Spooky season may be over, but cozy reading season is just getting started 🍂📖 What book are you most excited to dive into in November? #booksky #october #octoberreads

R.I.P. = READ IN PEACE 💀🪦📚 What are you reading on Halloween? 🎃 Pelvis Presley here is rereading Animal Farm AGAIN (13th time's a charm?) 👻🐷 Drop your spookiest read of the day below… or tell me the book that haunts you because you STILL haven’t finished it. 😭📚 #booksky #halloween

Do BIG books terrify you? 😱📚 If so… which ones give you the most TBR dread? Behold a frightening stack of monstrously THICC must-reads from my shelves — fiction that will haunt your nightstand 👻 #booksky #literaturesky #litfic #literaryfiction

I finally got my first Book of The Month box! 🎉 The free baseball cap offer was just too good to resist 🧢🤪 As for my pick? I went with a title from their back catalog, one I’ve been meaning to revisit for ages... and yes, it’s a re-read! 👀 📖 Do you subscribe to Book of the Month? #booksky

🎂 Remembering Sylvia Plath on her birthday (Oct. 27) “The hardest thing is to live richly in the present without letting it be tainted out of fear for the future or regret for the past.” —Sylvia Plath #booksky #onthisday