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📚Love to Read! | 🧵🎨Modern Textile Artist behind Forest Floor Fiber Art shop | 🏕Explorer & Wanderer | Forager | Hobby Horticulturalist | Neurodivergent | Writer |
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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
Three novels are pulled to the front of a bookshelf filled with other novels. These three are my thrift finds from yesterday, 2 historical fiction and one semi historical but more literary fiction that I've had my eye on. Very good condition, too! There's The Masterpiece, The Rose Code, and Life After Life.
May 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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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
A pale hand holding a hardback copy of the novel Snake Oil by Kelsey Rae Dimberg in a backyard garden. Behind the book are ivy leaves and an Electric Blue Hibiscus in bloom Ivy leaves and an Electric Blue Hibiscus in bloom Ivy leaves and an Electric Blue Hibiscus in bloom
May 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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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
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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
A paperback copy of the book A House Like An Accordion by Audrey Burges lies on a striped couch pillow. In the background, a small dog is curled up. The book is blue, with bright golden yellow details and white text.
April 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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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
A Storygraph March reads stats graphic. At the top, it shows that I've read 6 books this past month, with a total of 2,297 pages. My average rating is 4.04, the average book length of my picks is 370 pages, and on average, it takes me 3 days to read a book. My highest rated reads were Small Favors, The Villa, and The Lies We Conjure; all rated 4.25.
April 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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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
Rose Sutherland's debut novel, A Sweet Sting of Salt, sits on a wood shelf with an assortment of beach ephemera. Right next to the novel, sits a cluster of barnacles, and behind it is a piece of driftwood. The novel itself shows an closeup image of a woman's bare torso with cascading dark red hair covering her breasts, fingers tangled within it. Her neck is adorned with many strands of small pearls. This novel is Loosely based on a Scottish folktale called The Selkie Wife.
April 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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🌍✈️ An aerial landscape. Really, a coastalscape, I suppose 🙂

#artsky #fiberart #textileart #aeriallandscape #aerialview #embroidery
An abstract embroidery artwork depicting an aerial view of a coastal line covered in trees and thick vegetation.
March 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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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
A short hair calico cat sits on the edge of my driveway and yard looking off to the side. She's a spayed feral that showed up a few days ago and is extremely friendly!
March 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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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
Erin A Craig's novel, Small Favors, sits on a black bookshelf along with a few other books and an olive green vase with a traditional Asian landscape scene on it. The cover of the book is done in bright cream and honey tones, with fruit tree blossoms at the top, honey dripping over the title letters, and honey bees scattered throughout.
March 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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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
A 3 dimensional fiber art piece is displayed in a hoop. The base fabric is chocolate brown, and the main structure of the piece consists of cream and brown colored burlap that is manipulated into soft, rounded shapes attached to the brown base, with frayed edges sticking out. Stitched all over the burlap, are tiny French knots and seed beads in shades of white, orange and red, which are meant to imitate clusters of sunburst lichen growth Closer up side view of a 3 dimensional fiber art piece is displayed in a hoop. The base fabric is chocolate brown, and the main structure of the piece consists of cream and brown colored burlap that is manipulated into soft, rounded shapes attached to the brown base, with frayed edges sticking out. Stitched all over the burlap, are tiny French knots and seed beads in shades of white, orange and red, which are meant to imitate clusters of sunburst lichen growth A 3 dimensional fiber art piece is displayed in a hoop. The base fabric is chocolate brown, and the main structure of the piece consists of cream and brown colored burlap that is manipulated into soft, rounded shapes attached to the brown base, with frayed edges sticking out. Stitched all over the burlap, are tiny French knots and seed beads in shades of white, orange and red, which are meant to imitate clusters of sunburst lichen growth
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
The villa by Rachel Hawkins sits on a shelf. The Book cover has a lemon tree in fruit against a teal concrete building
March 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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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
A hardback copy of the novel The Lies We Conjure by Sarah Henning sits on a wooden shelf alongside a tall glass cloche on an ornamental wooden stand. The book cover features leaves, flowers, a rabbit head, and potion bottle arranged like a bouquet.
March 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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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
A stack of books sits on a flat surface with a cloche full of sticks with mushrooms on them next to it. The books are a delivery from Thriftbooks that I received today. I'm my delivery, I received Ninth House, Ladies Of The Secret Circus, Beyond the Black Door, An Anonymous Girl, and A House Like An Accordion.
March 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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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
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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
A paper back copy of The Moon, The Stars, and Madame Burova by Ruth Hogan is nestled amongst witchy paraphernalia including dried fern frond, purple crystals, a large glass cloche with a rose Quartz inside and tarot cards on the table surface.
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
A paperback copy of Cate Quinn's novel The Clinic sits on a black book shelf facing out. The Book cover features a sea cliff with a Victorian mansion shrouded in mist and backed by a forest. The shelf has pieces of ephemera from the beach like starfish, coral etc and a canvas of a sea turtle
March 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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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
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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
Embroidery on hand-painted, textured suede canvas. The embroidery is of a Sunburst Lichen, otherwise known as a Rusavskia elegans Embroidery on hand-painted, textured suede canvas. The embroidery is of a Sunburst Lichen, otherwise known as a Rusavskia elegans
February 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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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
A bookshelf featuring some of the most popular modern foraging guides and identification guides for plants, herbs, mushrooms, etc. There are also a few books about general nature topics and gardening. An antique teapot is used as a bookend.
February 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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👋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
A copy of Emily Henry's paperback Book Lovers on a black bookshelf
February 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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If you're reading anything good, drop me a line! My 500+ TBR gets lonely sometimes.. 🤣
#amreading #booksky #books #retoldclassics #cinderella
Book cover of the Gothic novel The Shadow In The Glass, a retelling of Cinderella.
February 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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A peek at my latest #bookmail 📚🐌💌 is the best! 😁🫶 #bookhaul #booksky
February 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Some detail work on a recently finished piece of artwork. I've been dying to work with several of these materials for a while, and I'm so pleased with the way that they came together 😊
#art #embroidery #mossart
Mixed media embroidery with elements of raw wool, natural moss, satin, gold lined beads, lace, and feathers. The color scheme ranges from rich browns to a variety of greens and just a hint of blue here and there.
February 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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💙📚 Recently finished The Book Of Speculation by Erika Swyler, which was a solid 4.5 ✨️👌 📚💙

💙📚 Now I'm reading The Miniscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges. So far, so good. It's unusual, which is right up my alley.📚💙

#books #whatimreadingnow
February 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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A little light across today's landscape, no matter how dark or dreary the day 💚🫶💚
#landscapeart #3dembroidery
February 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM