ella kirshbaum
@ella-celeste.bsky.social
reader. reviewer. editor. language-lover.
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if anyone is looking for a good way to dip their toe into theory surrounding modern-day criticism, i highly recommend this book. it's both broadly intelligent and gloriously scathing:
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Authority by Andrea Long Chu
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December 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
if anyone is looking for a good way to dip their toe into theory surrounding modern-day criticism, i highly recommend this book. it's both broadly intelligent and gloriously scathing:
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for all i'd heard about A Room of One's Own, it honestly doesn't seem to be worth its page count.
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A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
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December 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
for all i'd heard about A Room of One's Own, it honestly doesn't seem to be worth its page count.
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"The girl had nothing on under her shirt. Her skin was pleasantly sunburned and her shoulders and fine breasts shone with health ... the impression of a healthy animal peasant girl was heightened by the chunky hips ..."
um. help.
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um. help.
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From Russia, With Love by Ian Fleming (James Bond # 5)
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December 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"The girl had nothing on under her shirt. Her skin was pleasantly sunburned and her shoulders and fine breasts shone with health ... the impression of a healthy animal peasant girl was heightened by the chunky hips ..."
um. help.
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um. help.
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wow the james bond novels have not held up well over time
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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
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December 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
wow the james bond novels have not held up well over time
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i had some issues with this novel (horror is not at its best when it's purely overt commentary!!) but for being a book about sexism written by a man, i was quite impressed
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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
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December 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
i had some issues with this novel (horror is not at its best when it's purely overt commentary!!) but for being a book about sexism written by a man, i was quite impressed
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if you haven't read barbara kingsolver's Demon Copperhead, you're missing out on a dickens retelling, a story of love and family and opioid addiction, and one of the most charming and compelling narrators i've ever read.
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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
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December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
if you haven't read barbara kingsolver's Demon Copperhead, you're missing out on a dickens retelling, a story of love and family and opioid addiction, and one of the most charming and compelling narrators i've ever read.
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y'all if you haven't read The Scar by china miéville, you need to get on it—there's a giant pirate city, a whole slough of badass protagonists, an island populated by deadly bloodsucking mosquito women, and a very very big fish.
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The Scar by China Miéville
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December 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
y'all if you haven't read The Scar by china miéville, you need to get on it—there's a giant pirate city, a whole slough of badass protagonists, an island populated by deadly bloodsucking mosquito women, and a very very big fish.
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for all the readers who love a good book-within-a-book situation, i highly recommend you check out The History of Love
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The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
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December 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
for all the readers who love a good book-within-a-book situation, i highly recommend you check out The History of Love
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i'm not sure if i would consider isabel allende's novel Maya's Notebook to be true YA, but it was certainly a compelling read. for allende fans interested in seeing her do something new, i highly recommend you check this book out.
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Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende
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December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
i'm not sure if i would consider isabel allende's novel Maya's Notebook to be true YA, but it was certainly a compelling read. for allende fans interested in seeing her do something new, i highly recommend you check this book out.
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if you love toni morrison's Beloved, i highly recommend you read maggie stiefvater's The Raven Cycle series. the series' second book, The Dream Thieves, is both lovely & similar in a lot of interesting ways
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The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven Cycle # 2)
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December 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
if you love toni morrison's Beloved, i highly recommend you read maggie stiefvater's The Raven Cycle series. the series' second book, The Dream Thieves, is both lovely & similar in a lot of interesting ways
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i think we would all be a lot better off if we were reading more books by aging women about aging women. isabel allende's The Japanese Lover is a great place to start.
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Book by Book: 365 Days of Reading
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December 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
i think we would all be a lot better off if we were reading more books by aging women about aging women. isabel allende's The Japanese Lover is a great place to start.
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for anyone who has audible and likes metafiction or thought experiments in pretty packages: you should absolutely listen to the audioplay of david henry hwang's "yellow face." it's incredible, and very thought-provoking.
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Book by Book: 365 Days of Reading
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November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
for anyone who has audible and likes metafiction or thought experiments in pretty packages: you should absolutely listen to the audioplay of david henry hwang's "yellow face." it's incredible, and very thought-provoking.
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what is your favorite poe story?
i (re)read & reviewed half a dozen of my favorites this weekend, but i'm ready to branch out. give me your recs!!
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i (re)read & reviewed half a dozen of my favorites this weekend, but i'm ready to branch out. give me your recs!!
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Assorted Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Basil Rathbone
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November 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
what is your favorite poe story?
i (re)read & reviewed half a dozen of my favorites this weekend, but i'm ready to branch out. give me your recs!!
bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/11/asso... #booksky #horror
i (re)read & reviewed half a dozen of my favorites this weekend, but i'm ready to branch out. give me your recs!!
bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/11/asso... #booksky #horror
is Toni Morrison's novel Beloved a gothic novel? no. is it a southern gothic? absolutely.
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Beloved by Toni Morrison
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November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
is Toni Morrison's novel Beloved a gothic novel? no. is it a southern gothic? absolutely.
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people are not kidding when they say carmilla is very queer
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Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
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November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
people are not kidding when they say carmilla is very queer
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even if Fourth Wing is basically just a genre-bent, aged-up Divergent, it's still an impressively fun read
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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
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November 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
even if Fourth Wing is basically just a genre-bent, aged-up Divergent, it's still an impressively fun read
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bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/11/four... #booksky #romantasy #romance #fantasy
what makes a good middle grade novel? i think kelly yang's Front Desk is a pretty solid example of one
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Front Desk by Kelly Yang
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October 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
what makes a good middle grade novel? i think kelly yang's Front Desk is a pretty solid example of one
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bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/10/fron... #booksky #middlegrade #readers #fiction
i love when people set vaguely gothic stories in unconventional places—case in point: this book, where instead of a gothic manor it's a very very creepy island
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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
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September 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
i love when people set vaguely gothic stories in unconventional places—case in point: this book, where instead of a gothic manor it's a very very creepy island
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The Raven Boys is a beautiful book, but the plot structure is surprisingly hard to pin down
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The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
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September 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Raven Boys is a beautiful book, but the plot structure is surprisingly hard to pin down
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i cannot stop thinking about Ivan in Intermezzo. his brother is arguably never presented as desirable, but Ivan is—purely because we view him (and never his brother) through the eyes of someone who thinks he is. excellent use of mimetic desire!
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Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
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September 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
i cannot stop thinking about Ivan in Intermezzo. his brother is arguably never presented as desirable, but Ivan is—purely because we view him (and never his brother) through the eyes of someone who thinks he is. excellent use of mimetic desire!
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Sally Rooney's Intermezzo is not about good people—it's simply about people, an honest snapshot of two brothers grieving.
if you like character-based stories, or gorgeous and syntactically interesting writing, you should give this one a try.
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if you like character-based stories, or gorgeous and syntactically interesting writing, you should give this one a try.
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Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
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August 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Sally Rooney's Intermezzo is not about good people—it's simply about people, an honest snapshot of two brothers grieving.
if you like character-based stories, or gorgeous and syntactically interesting writing, you should give this one a try.
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if you like character-based stories, or gorgeous and syntactically interesting writing, you should give this one a try.
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this has to be one of the more creative book premises i've ever seen: a serial killer's daughter who becomes a matchmaker for psychopaths. (spoiler alert: things go horribly wrong.)
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Matchmaking for Psychopaths by Tasha Coryell
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August 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
this has to be one of the more creative book premises i've ever seen: a serial killer's daughter who becomes a matchmaker for psychopaths. (spoiler alert: things go horribly wrong.)
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the seven husbands of evelyn hugo meets the great gatsby—if you like beautiful writing and an effortlessly clever female protagonist, this should be your next read
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bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/08/rule... #booksky #literature #classics
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
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August 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
the seven husbands of evelyn hugo meets the great gatsby—if you like beautiful writing and an effortlessly clever female protagonist, this should be your next read
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bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/08/rule... #booksky #literature #classics
if you're looking for one last fun beach-y read before the summer is up, here's my pitch:
a billionaire's island. a complicated game to win the inheritance. a family full of secrets. a very sexy stranger.
'nuff said.
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a billionaire's island. a complicated game to win the inheritance. a family full of secrets. a very sexy stranger.
'nuff said.
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These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean
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August 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
if you're looking for one last fun beach-y read before the summer is up, here's my pitch:
a billionaire's island. a complicated game to win the inheritance. a family full of secrets. a very sexy stranger.
'nuff said.
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a billionaire's island. a complicated game to win the inheritance. a family full of secrets. a very sexy stranger.
'nuff said.
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it's so upsetting when a twist ruins a book. they are . . . not supposed to do that? how rude.
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Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
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August 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
it's so upsetting when a twist ruins a book. they are . . . not supposed to do that? how rude.
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