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Reading widely (and deeply) to become a better writer โœ๏ธ Letโ€™s be literary friends โœจ https://www.goodreads.com/literarycolin
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๐Ÿ“š November TBR!

This month I added a few titles in honor of National Native American Heritage Month. ๐Ÿ‚

Wherever your TBR is taking you, tell me what youโ€™re diving into โ€” I always love seeing what everyoneโ€™s reading.

#booksky
Did you ghost your TBR in Octoberโ€ฆ or did your TBR ghost you? ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿ’”
Or maybe you were out here putting the boo in BOOkworm? ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ›โœจ

Spooky season may be over, but cozy reading season is just getting started ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ“–
What book are you most excited to dive into in November?

#booksky #october #octoberreads
Iโ€™m with you, hope to read against the day, someday!!
R.I.P. = READ IN PEACE ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿชฆ๐Ÿ“š
What are you reading on Halloween? ๐ŸŽƒ

Pelvis Presley here is rereading Animal Farm AGAIN (13th time's a charm?) ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿท

Drop your spookiest read of the day belowโ€ฆ or tell me the book that haunts you because you STILL havenโ€™t finished it. ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ“š

#booksky #halloween
Do BIG books terrify you? ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ“š
If soโ€ฆ which ones give you the most TBR dread?

Behold a frightening stack of monstrously THICC must-reads from my shelves โ€” fiction that will haunt your nightstand ๐Ÿ‘ป

#booksky #literaturesky #litfic #literaryfiction
I finally got my first Book of The Month box! ๐ŸŽ‰ The free baseball cap offer was just too good to resist ๐Ÿงข๐Ÿคช

As for my pick? I went with a title from their back catalog, one Iโ€™ve been meaning to revisit for ages... and yes, itโ€™s a re-read! ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿ“–

Do you subscribe to Book of the Month?

#booksky
๐ŸŽ‚ Remembering Sylvia Plath on her birthday (Oct. 27)

โ€œThe 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.โ€
โ€”Sylvia Plath

#booksky #onthisday
Iโ€™m halfway through shadow ticket and canโ€™t wait to get my hands on toms crossing!!
I hit up the Friends of the San Tan Library book sale this weekend and had to do some serious digging, but it paid off-2 books for $2! I hadn't heard of either before (Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx and Old School by Tobias Wolff), but that's half the fun.
Support your local library! #booksky
Just discovered the new Folio Society edition of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow โ€” complete with 7 beautiful illustrations by Manshen Lo and a new intro by Gabrielle Zevin (happy birthday!).

T3 is one of my favorite novels. Anyone else love this one?

#litfic #literaryfiction #booksky
๐ŸŽ‚ Remembering Ursula K. Le Guin on her birthday! (Oct 21)

"We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feelโ€ฆ is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become."
โ€”Ursula K. Le Guin

#booksky #onthisday
๐ŸŽ‰โœจ Remembering Oscar Wilde on his birthday! (Oct. 16)

โ€œBe yourself; everyone else is already taken.โ€ โ€”Oscar Wilde

Over a century later, his wit, wisdom, and fearless individuality still inspire us to live boldly, think deeply, and embrace the beauty in our quirks.

#booksky
๐ŸŒฎ National Taco Day reading: Tortilla Flat
Because Of Mice and Menudo doesnโ€™t exist. (Yet ๐Ÿ˜†)
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If you've got any other literary taco puns, please share!

#booksky #taco #tacos #nationaltacoday #tacotuesday
Itโ€™s Pynchon day baby!! ๐Ÿ“š ๐ŸŽ‰

Whoโ€™s reading Shadow Ticket today? ๐Ÿ™‹

#booksky #litfic #pynchon
Iโ€™m making it a priority because i love zombies, I liked the movie a lot, and Iโ€™ve been meaning to read the novel for like two years now!!! ๐ŸงŸ
๐Ÿ’€ Spooky month TBR ๐ŸŽƒ

October means itโ€™s time to lean into all things dark, chilling, and a little uncanny ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿ“š

Some classics, some horror, some apocalyptic mayhemโ€”basically the perfect mix for a haunted October. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‚

Which one should I start with first?

#booksky
Did you know about the IRL Halloween tree at Disneyland?

On the 35th anniversary of Bradburyโ€™s novel, an oak in Frontierland was given a makeover of orange lights and hand-painted jack-oโ€™-lanterns. Bradbury said โ€œIโ€™m glad Iโ€™m going to be a permanent part of the spirit of Halloween at Disneyland.โ€
Good to know! I snagged it because it was mentioned in The Friend by sigrid Nunez ๐Ÿ˜ really looking forward to reading it!!
I really knew nothing about it, but I saw it mentioned several times as having some of the most amazing prose, so when it popped up for a cheap price I thought hey, it must be a sign!
Iโ€™m definitely going for Trust first! I love books with uniques structure ๐Ÿ˜