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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · 1d

Finished reading: #TheLifeOfAUselessMan by #MaximGorky

10.25.25 → 11.4.25

What a dense, but good, little book.

#RussianLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#RussianRevolution
#novel
#booksky

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · 12d

Finished reading: #Vagabonding by #RolfPotts

10.22.25 → 10.24.25

Are you a tourist or a traveler?

#TravelLirerature
#novel
#booksky

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · 16d

Finished reading: #BookOfBlues by #JackKerouac

10.15.25 → 10.20.25

Some of my favorite poetry of Kerouac’s is in this book.

#AmericanLiterature
#BeatGeneration
#BeatLiterature
#poetry
#booksky

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · 22d

Had a visitor today 😊

Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · 22d

Finished reading: #NotesFromUnderground by #FyodorDostoevsky

10.9.25 → 10.14.25

After three tries over many years, I’ve finally read this book from cover to cover.

#RussianLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#existentialism
#booksky

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · 24d

Remember, the Nazis got jews to police Jews in the ghettos

Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · 28d

Finished reading: #JazzAgeStories by #FScottFitzgerald

9.21.25 → 10.8.25

Fitzgerald is probably the only Lost Generation writer I like. Love these stories.

#AmericanLiterature
#ShortStories
#LostGeneration
#FatBooks
#ClassicLiterature
#booksky

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · Oct 4

One of my favoritest stories ever! And no, I’ve never seen the movie

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · Oct 1

Happy 3rd #GotchaDay to my little black ray of sunshine!

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · Sep 27

Billionaires are using the anger of the working man to keep themselves in power to get richer on their backs.

It’s been a massive scam

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · Sep 20

Finished reading: #TheMetamorphosis by #FranzKafka

9.18.25

What a messed up little family.

#ClassicLiterature
#existentialism
#novel
#booksky

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · Sep 19

Finished reading: #WinesburgOhio by #SherwoodAnderson

9.13.25 → 9.18.25

Man, small town America and its gossip.

#AmericanLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#Ohio
#booksky

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · Sep 17

The 1st Amendment allows me to say fuck #CharlieKirk and the entire #TrumpAdministration without jail time #ProveMeWrong

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · Sep 13

Finished reading: #FrannyAndZooey by #JDSalinger

9.8.25 → 9.13.25

For a man who wrote only a few books, Salinger was one hell of a storyteller.

#AmericanLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#booksky

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · Sep 7

Finished reading: #TheWinterOfOurDiscontent by #JohnSteinbeck

8.31.25 → 9.6.25

Steinbeck is one of the greatest American writers, hands down. Fight me on this one.

#AmericanLiterature
#LongIsland
#ClassicLiterature
#novel
#Booksky

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · Aug 30

Finished reading: #Essays by #MichelDeMontaigne

8.14.25 → 8.30.25

Learned a lot, even about Montaigne’s kidney stones.

#FrenchPhilosophy
#France
#philosophy
#ClassicLiterature
#booksky

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · Aug 14

Finished reading: #PoetInNewYork
By #FedericoGarciaLorca

8.10.25 → 8.14.25

These poems make me miss New York so much.

#poetry
#poems
#Spain
#SpanishPoetry
#ClassicLiterature
#NewYork
#NewYorkCity
#NYC
#booksky

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · Aug 9

Finished reading: #TwentyLovePoemsAndASongOfDespair by #PabloNeruda

8.9.25

These poems bring out the hopeless romantic in me.

#poetry
#ClassicLiterature
#Chile
#ChileanPoetry
#booksky

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · Jul 8

Finished reading: #TheDiaryOfAYoungGirl
By #AnneFrank

7.4.25 → 7.8.25

What a tragedy; what lessons to be learned.

#ClassicLiterature
#holocaust
#WWII
#diary
#novel
#booksky

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · Jul 4

Finished reading: #TheEpicOfGilgamesh by Anonymous

7.4.25

Gilgamesh: The Original Jesus

#ClassicLiterature
#AncientMesopotamia
#PreBible
#booksky

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · Jun 24

Finished reading: #AdamBede by #GeorgeEliot

6.10.25 → 6.23.25

This book takes a turn I did NOT see coming.

#BritishLiterature
#ClassicLiterature
#RegencyEra
#FatBooks
#novel
#booksky

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · Jun 22

I can and I can’t believe we’re here again twenty years later. #NoWarInIran #nowar

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Mat Johnson @matjohnson.bsky.social · Jun 22

I don't believe in hell but also want every single person who let him be reelected him to roast in it.

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Matthew S. @mdbibliophile.bsky.social · Jun 21

Happy #Caturday

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · Jun 18

OMG Trump, if he TACOs on Iran (regardless of your position) this will be tattooed on his face forever.

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