Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Books on GIF

@booksongif.com

200 followers 440 following 300 posts

I use GIFs to review books. Here: booksongif.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · Nov 13

A little bit about me:

‘Books on GIF is a brilliant high-low fusion of an old art form and modern storytelling device.’
-- Esquire

‘Books on GIF is exactly what it sounds like: a book review sent every other week, told with gifs.’ -- Book Riot

booksongif.substack.com

Books on GIF | Substack

A 'brilliant high-low fusion of an old art form and modern storytelling device.' - Esquire. Click to read Books on GIF, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

booksongif.substack.com

1 1

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · 4d

It's Iris Murdoch-tober! A month of awkward-love jams and raging against growing old.

booksongif.substack.com/p/iris-murdo...

Welcome to Iris Murdoch-tober

Let's spend October reading and discussing one of my favorite authors, who I hope will become one of yours, too.

booksongif.substack.com

1 2

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · 14d

Getting ready for #IrisMurdoch -tober next month by reading her first novel, 'Under the Net.' Join us for a month of celebrating Iris's work! booksongif.substack.com

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · 15d

Getting ready for #IrisMurdoch -tober next month by reading her first novel, 'Under the Net.' Join us for a month of celebrating Iris's work! booksongif.substack.com

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · 21d

In Natsuo Kirino’s hard-boiled crime thriller ‘Out,’ work besties team up to help a colleague clean up after a murder.

'Out' by Natsuo Kirino

'Were they all like this? So cruel?'—Review #264

booksongif.substack.com

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · 21d

‘The Secret History of Kate Bush’ is unlike any other biography or book about music I’ve ever read.

'The Secret History of Kate Bush (& the Strange Art of Pop)' by Fred Vermorel

'Shroud her in the mystery of her power and the power of her mystery.'—Review #265

booksongif.substack.com

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · 23d

I wrote about Kate Bush.

booksongif.substack.com/p/secret-his...

'The Secret History of Kate Bush (& the Strange Art of Pop)' by Fred Vermorel

'Shroud her in the mystery of her power and the power of her mystery.'—Review #265

booksongif.substack.com

1 1

Reposted by Books on GIF

Ana @motherslug.bsky.social · Aug 29

OK folks it's been a minute but I just scheduled a newsletter to go out tomorrow morning so if you haven't subscribed yet, now would be a great time! motherslug.substack.com

Sick Sad Motherslug | Ana Gavrilovska | Substack

Sick Sad Motherslug is mostly about music I like, sometimes about books and movies I like, and occasionally about other things I like. Click to read Sick Sad Motherslug, by Ana Gavrilovska, a Substack...

motherslug.substack.com

2 1 26

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · Aug 8

Shout out to whoever is blasting 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' on Ocean Parkway right now.

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · Jul 13

Readers wanted weird, so here's weird!

booksongif.substack.com/p/marguerite...

Reader's Choice: Esoteric and Extremely Niche

Your options: 'The Places of Marguerite Duras,' 'The Secret History of Kate Bush (& the strange art of pop)' by Fred Vermorel and 'Bento's Sketchbook' by John Berger

booksongif.substack.com

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · Jul 9

DNAinfo was a good website

‘When New York Newsday died, it became one of several short-lived but storied New York outlets that punched above their weight but died before their time, like DNAinfo and the Wall Street Journal’s “Greater New York” section would later...’ www.cjr.org/feature-2/th...

Thirty Years After New York Newsday, There’s Never Been Another Paper Like It

The daily flourished during a golden age of city reporting.

www.cjr.org

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · Jul 8

ICYMI

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · Jun 29

I planned a cross-country road trip for you.

booksongif.substack.com/p/used-books...

Used Bookstores Worth Visiting

From Boston to San Diego, here are some of my favorites. What are yours?

booksongif.substack.com

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · Jul 8

We are reading Werner Herzog's book about Fitzcarraldo next. So far, it's WILD.

The cover of Werner Herzog's Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo shows a faint picture of a boat on a hill.

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · Jul 6

The latest Books on GIF newsletter is out! Enjoy!

booksongif.substack.com/p/say-nothin...

'Say Nothing' by Patrick Radden Keefe

'The last words that his mother had said to him were "Watch the children until I come back."'—Review #260

booksongif.substack.com

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · Jun 29

I planned a cross-country road trip for you.

booksongif.substack.com/p/used-books...

Used Bookstores Worth Visiting

From Boston to San Diego, here are some of my favorites. What are yours?

booksongif.substack.com

1 2

Reposted by Books on GIF

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · Nov 13

Books on GIF | Substack

A 'brilliant high-low fusion of an old art form and modern storytelling device.' - Esquire. Click to read Books on GIF, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

booksongif.substack.com

1 1

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · Jun 24

😂 YES!!

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · Jun 24

Iris Murdoch-tober. Who’s in?

1 1 4

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · Jun 8

A book you guys should check out! cc: @bookriot.bsky.social @literaryhub.bsky.social @electricliterature.com @bookcritics.bsky.social

Books on GIF @booksongif.com · Jun 8

Good morning! The latest Books on GIF newsletter is out! Enjoy!

booksongif.substack.com/p/one-or-two...

'One or Two' by H.D. Everett

'Her aspirations must of necessity be ridiculous, her very woes become comic, and all because of that fifty or sixty pounds of unnecessary flesh.'—Review #258

booksongif.substack.com

Reposted by Books on GIF

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · May 31

Lee Krasner, Cornucopia, 1958, US Abstract Expressionist painter whose work was often overlooked in favour of her male partner, Jackson Pollock #WomensArt