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Victoria
@booksinbloom.bsky.social
📚Love to Read! | 🧵🎨Modern Textile Artist behind Forest Floor Fiber Art shop | 🏕Explorer & Wanderer | Forager | Hobby Horticulturalist | Neurodivergent | Writer |
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A little light across today's landscape, no matter how dark or dreary the day 💚🫶💚
#landscapeart #3dembroidery
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For the cynics who think it doesn’t matter, that the compensation for authors whose work was stolen will be so low it’s not worth fighting, I personally think it’s worth making the monetary punitive damage these companies suffer as big as possible to deter similar theft in the future.
A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.

All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.

For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
August 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
These 3 in front are my thrift finds from yesterday 🤩 Good books, in good condition?! & at reasonable prices?? Wild, I know! 😄
It only happens every so often. In fairness, I only go so often. There could be a ton I'm missing out on! Actually..I gotta go! 😆
#Books #BookSky #BookAddict #Fiction #Read
May 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I started this recently published suspense novel 🙃 It's good so far, in that I am definitely curious about where it's going at a bit more than halfway through it. I don't care for the transitions between the 3 characters, though & struggle to identify why exactly 🤷‍♀️
#booksky #reading #hibiscus
May 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
An Arc review of The Dark Library by Mary Anna Evans. It's coming out in early June, and it's sooo good if you enjoy slow burn Modern Gothic historical fiction mystery novels 😍
#thedarklibrary #booksky
April 30, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I got all set up to start my latest read last night.. and ended up snuggling the dog instead 😄🤷‍♀️

These things happen, right? I'll get to starting the novel this afternoon or evening 💙📚

#books #cozy #booksky #reading #fiction
April 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Hey friends! It's Wednesday, which means a new episode of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton is in your favorite podcast app.

This week's story is is a beautiful tale that landed squarely on the part of me that's committed to being a Helper: The God of Minor Troubles, by @meganflchee.bsky.social.
April 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My first time generating my reading stats for the month, these were my top reads for March. It wasn't my best reading month, but it wasn't too shabby either 🤓 I met a few characters I'd totally meet up in the woods with, or for coffee haha
#thestorygraph #readingchallenge #marchreads
April 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I started a new novel last night but don't think I'll be finishing it in time to include in my wrap up for this month, which doesn't bug me, I'm just not sure where it'll land in my reading stats 😄
Loosely based on a Scottish folktale, it's a great debut novel so far 📚💙
#bookworm #booklover #reading
April 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
🌍✈️ An aerial landscape. Really, a coastalscape, I suppose 🙂

#artsky #fiberart #textileart #aeriallandscape #aerialview #embroidery
March 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This is my new friend, an extremely sweet feral cat who showed up a few days ago 💖 It's the most flirtatious, sweet feral I've ever met. And that's saying something. Ferals tend to love me. They sense we're kindred spirits 🤣
#catsky #cats #feralfriends #calico
March 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Right after midnight is exactly the right time to begin reading something new, right? 😜 I'm not feeling well and slept far too much today, so of course, I'm starting a late night read now
📚⚔️ 📚💙 #aftermidnight #retoldclassics #fairytales
March 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This fiber art piece sold last year, and sometimes I wish I had made a couple of smaller pieces that were similar. I love the movement of the burlap structure that I stitched on.
It's an abstract of sunburst lichen I found near Honey Lake Ca.
#embroidery #lichens #lichenart #natureart #fiberart
March 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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I'm still catching up on the Go With The Flow 2025 Storygraph reading challenge that I started this month - 2 months behind 🤷‍♀️ So for March, I'm reading a book with half the letters in the title as February's
#books #booklover #booksky #reading #readingchallenges
March 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I was having trouble choosing a new read from today's book mail so I perused my reading challenges & decided to go with something that was already on my shelf waiting patiently for me😉 Reading The Lies We Conjure for Go With The Flow 2025 Storygraph challenge.
#books #booklover #nowreading #booksky
March 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I'm trying to distract myself today by diving into a new book, and my latest book mail arrived just in time to help out. Now I just need to choose..
#bookmail #booksky #nowreading #books #booklover
March 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
One of my two dogs (litter mates) passed away this afternoon. I am so heartbroken that she's gone but so glad that she isn't suffering any longer.
March 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Settling in to start this book finally(I've been 'about to start it' for two days now, but I've been busy) while some artichokes finish steaming for a late late dinner.
#books #fridaynight #nowreading #witchyvibes
March 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Y'know how some trips turn out to be more about the journey than the destination? This novel was like that. Strong storyline. Didn't care for the ending, not that it was awful. It just felt, based on the rest of it, like Quinn would have ended less sweet. Page turner otherwise. #books #booklover
March 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I really dig reading on my own so that I can enjoy it at my own pace 🙃 But I've recently been thinking about joining a book club because I also 💕 chatting with other readers about our books. Any good book club recs for historical fiction, suspense thriller, or magical realism?
#bookclub #books
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જ⁀➴ Do you prefer reading a book by yourself, or do you prefer buddy or bookclub reads more? Why?

#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
February 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I started The Invisible Life Of Addie Larue last night, & it's even better than expected so far✨️ 📚 ✨️It shares a common storyline catalyst with another recent read, Shadow in the Glass, but it's SO much better imo! This is how you write a wish gone wrong!
#books #booklovers #veschwab #booksky
February 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Sunburst Lichen embroidery
Rusavskia elegans are known for being one of the first lichens used in lichenometry due to its predictable radial growth. It's often found growing on composite Quartz granite rock surface that looks like the canvas here. #art #fiberart #embroidery #lichens #natureart
February 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Rather than show off my whole collection, I want to show a specific shelf in my little library that I'm excited about right now😁 It's almost time to go hunting for some of my favorite wild mushrooms & other edibles, so these reference books come in clutch!
#shelfiesunday #books #foragingforfood
February 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
👋I'll be starting Book Lovers by Emily Henry this evening 🙂This fella came in a batch of delicious 📚💌 from #bookoutlet at the beginning of winter. Seems like a good pick for Valentines weekend, no?
#booksky #amreading #booklovers
February 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I just finished The Shadow in the Mirror this morning, and it wasn't really the book for me 🤷‍♀️
Harwood is a good writer, but I just didn't care for the story or main character. I expected the storyline to be bolder and more adventurous, less... mold. 🤣
February 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM