My best friend passed away very unexpectedly today. I miss him and just wanted to share a bit of him and his spirit somehow someway ❤️ I’ll never know a love like his again and I’m just so grateful I had the chance to know it at all

Rin is an outsider in a military academy and must work hard to hold her spot. Until war breaks out and she finds herself on the front lines of an impossible war, unless she calls upon the Gods. Incredible book. It is violent but all rooted in the truth of what happened to China during WWII #booksky

Say Nothing follows stories of the people at the height of The Troubles in N. Ireland and the decades long impact of guerrilla warfare. It begs the question as to how far people will go for their ideologies & how violence is perceived and punished depending on who the perpetrators are. #booksky

Never read this in school and wanted to pick it up now. It’s a classic for good reason and an interesting read during times in which we have seen flecks of humanity peel away. As the boys succumb to barbarism we see their pitfalls in real time and unveil the cruciality of institutions. #booksky

This nordic romantasy follows Freya, a woman with a drop of God’s blood that she has tried to keep hidden. When it’s ultimately discovered she is forced into a marriage and used as a weapon to be controlled, but Freya controls her own fate. Solid, but not my favorite. Lmk if you liked it #booksky

A Victorian era vampire novella based in queer desire. It doesn’t get better than that. #booksky

A diviner is near the end of her service when a boy king comes, his knights in tow, to have his future read. What comes next for the faithful harbinger, the knight, and the king, is a tale of adventure and loss. An incredible book and an amazing follow after the Shepard King duology. #booksky

I almost put this down after the fist chapter and I’m so glad I didn’t. I loved this and became enthralled by the writing, story (or lack thereof), and the ridiculous meaningless of it all. It is heartbreaking, but I left it feeling grateful for the simplicity of life & the love we share #booksky

Bly is a human living between vampires and witches. She is forced to play their games this year to fulfill a desperate dream after a tragedy in her life. This one just didn’t click with me. It felt rushed and the writing wasn’t believable. Let me know if you felt differently though :) #booksky

Maryse and her friends are monster hunters & the monsters they hunt live inside klan members, feeding off hate. The sci-fi horror made me want to crawl out of my skin. All while I fell in love with the friendships and was devastated by the details of life as a black woman in the 1920s south.

My not-so-guilty, guilty pleasure will always be romantasy books. I love them when I need some quick entertainment. Quicksilver is fast-paced with good world building. We follow Saeris, a human who finds herself in a world of Fae and is tasked with saving them from an ever present war. #booksky

I think I want what we all want. Some tea, a good book, the deed to a crumbling cliffside castle overlooking the tempestuous sea, and a cantankerous caretaker to manage it for me so I can hide in my secret library and take little naps with my cats.

I loved this book and didn’t expect to. Moshfegh is able to write about a year of basically nothingness for a privileged white woman that is ensconced in awareness. No, she is not likable but her journey contains insights nonetheless and left me feeling sad and tender and a bit hopeful #booksky

Politicians who describe whole categories of persons as “criminals” are imputing to them permanent character traits that are frightening to most people, while simultaneously positioning themselves as the protectors of people. Such language undermines the democratic process, replacing it with fear.

Montag is a firefighter in a future where the job has evolved to burning books. Censorship serves to achieve ultimate equality of thought and prevent diversity of ideas. Realizing he is unhappy in a world of homogeneity and meaninglessness, he seeks to work against his job’s purpose. #booksky

Orwell’s fairy tale tells the story of a farm’s rebellion against the tyranny of humans only to find themselves under a new totalitarian regime. It lays out the use of fear, propaganda, lies, and even hope as tools of oppression. Read about tyranny, it is critical now more than ever. #booksky

A short and rather philosophical read. We follow a borderline sociopathic protagonist as he moves through normal life until a day at the beach alters his fate. A reflective portrayal of individual freedoms and the absurdity of norms. I’d recommend but it is a bit stark in its morality #booksky

It’s a COUP We have lost Due Process Once legal immigrants are being declared “Dead” ICE with faces covered are stalking Schools and Churches WAKE UP Keep Reposting

Simply call your senator and tell them you are against the save act for these reasons. Call them every day if you can. Create as much of a fuss as you can and tell all your friends and family to do the same <3

The Save Act is a voter suppression bill. This would cause Americans to have 2 forms of ID to vote. This disproportionately impacts married women and trans people as these are the folks who have most commonly changed their names.

Save Act was passed in the house (among a bunch of other bullshit bills amidst the tariff panic) We must cause a fuss and get this stopped in the senate now. Please call your senators. It’s easy, usually an intern answers and will take your message www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

DNF-ing this (for now). Want to give it another try since the concept is interesting and I love complicated & “unlikable” female characters. However really struggled through this book and need a break. If you’ve read it, let me know what you liked about it :) #booksky

I do take issue with Mr. Rochester and the narrative of Bertha. I think the treatment of her is quite horrid, but overall, a quintessential feminist read

Loved following Jane on her journey. We see her orphaned and stuck in an abusive home until she gets sent away to school and the world opens for her. I loved following this strong woman who remains true to herself and her morals throughout the tribulations of her self discovery #booksky

I hate it here so I will go to secret gardens in my mind

A gripping and short read. We follow a biologist and three other women who enter in an expedition to the mysterious Area X, a region of land that has been reclaimed by nature and where little is known. Their expedition becomes thwarted as Area X contaminates them. Thrilling and unexpected #booksky

Circe tells the story of this goddess through a very different lens than we have seen her before. It’s a story of a woman finding herself and her humanity despite the cruelty of immortal divinity. I loved this book and Madeline Miller’s writing is just perfect. #booksky

I wrote about the worst people in the world, charting the depths of their depravity and vastness of their incompetence, and offered some thoughts about the opportunity presented by their failure to acknowledge reality and their refusal to access any form of human virtue. www.the-reframe.com/the/

A novella that had me delighted and frustrated. Our main character finds himself in hell with a demon who sentences each new arrival to a unique hell. Soren ends up in essentially the library of babel looking for one specific book. A tale of loneliness, the human spirit, and eternity. #booksky

This book has some of the best reviews for a fantasy novel. However, I was disappointed. M.L. Wang is a beautiful writer but I found the narrative slow, the character development sudden, and the tragedy unnecessary. Many people feel differently so give it a read regardless & lmk what u think!

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it. “When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.” AOC 🔥🎯

Brutally sad from start to finish yet filled with immense displays of compassion, humanity, and hope. Loved every second of this book #booksky