Penny Walker
@pennywalker.bsky.social
Fiction writer, news editor, TV binger, overthinker. Rock chalk, forks up. Aka auntpeso. She/her. Work in Ninth Letter and the Sine Qua Non.
Lots of photos of books and my grandkids on IG @auntpeso.
Lots of photos of books and my grandkids on IG @auntpeso.
November book stack — the top three for my “disability representation in sci-fi” class and the bottom one for book club.
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
November book stack — the top three for my “disability representation in sci-fi” class and the bottom one for book club.
The October book stack.
My favorite read of the month is in the second photo. Vampires and werewolves in space? Generational trauma? Not one but two slow-burn romances? Adorably enthusiastic spider bots?
What’s not to love?
My favorite read of the month is in the second photo. Vampires and werewolves in space? Generational trauma? Not one but two slow-burn romances? Adorably enthusiastic spider bots?
What’s not to love?
November 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The October book stack.
My favorite read of the month is in the second photo. Vampires and werewolves in space? Generational trauma? Not one but two slow-burn romances? Adorably enthusiastic spider bots?
What’s not to love?
My favorite read of the month is in the second photo. Vampires and werewolves in space? Generational trauma? Not one but two slow-burn romances? Adorably enthusiastic spider bots?
What’s not to love?
The September book stack — delayed until I could get the physical copy of “This Inevitable Ruin” from the library. (I read the ebook last month but wanted to show off how huge that book is in the photo.)
October 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The September book stack — delayed until I could get the physical copy of “This Inevitable Ruin” from the library. (I read the ebook last month but wanted to show off how huge that book is in the photo.)
August book stack! Not many titles this month, but so many pages — 812 in that top book alone.
September 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
August book stack! Not many titles this month, but so many pages — 812 in that top book alone.
The July book stack. See photos 2 and 3 for my favorites.
August 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The July book stack. See photos 2 and 3 for my favorites.
June book stack.
Still really, really enjoying Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Only two more to go!
Still really, really enjoying Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Only two more to go!
July 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
June book stack.
Still really, really enjoying Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Only two more to go!
Still really, really enjoying Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Only two more to go!
The May book stack.
June 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The May book stack.
Stepped away from the doomscrolling to juice the last of the oranges from our tree. (There’s more in the fridge.)
You know spring in the desert is at its end when the oranges are all gone.
You know spring in the desert is at its end when the oranges are all gone.
May 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Stepped away from the doomscrolling to juice the last of the oranges from our tree. (There’s more in the fridge.)
You know spring in the desert is at its end when the oranges are all gone.
You know spring in the desert is at its end when the oranges are all gone.
The April book stack — all read in the final two weeks of the month. (Three cheers for breaking the reading slump!)
May 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The April book stack — all read in the final two weeks of the month. (Three cheers for breaking the reading slump!)
Dracula sure had a nice view. (Though of course, he would’ve only had the night view.)
March 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Dracula sure had a nice view. (Though of course, he would’ve only had the night view.)
A rather tricky bowl to deal with after not having slept in 27 hours.
(I managed to get only the tiniest bit of that sauce on the pale tablecloth, though!)
(I managed to get only the tiniest bit of that sauce on the pale tablecloth, though!)
March 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
A rather tricky bowl to deal with after not having slept in 27 hours.
(I managed to get only the tiniest bit of that sauce on the pale tablecloth, though!)
(I managed to get only the tiniest bit of that sauce on the pale tablecloth, though!)
February book stack — smaller this month as I find my pace slowing down.
My favorite from the month? The one on the top of the stack: “More Enduring for Having Been Broken” by Gwendolyn Paradice, one of the titles in last month’s subscription box from @blacklawrence.bsky.social.
My favorite from the month? The one on the top of the stack: “More Enduring for Having Been Broken” by Gwendolyn Paradice, one of the titles in last month’s subscription box from @blacklawrence.bsky.social.
March 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
February book stack — smaller this month as I find my pace slowing down.
My favorite from the month? The one on the top of the stack: “More Enduring for Having Been Broken” by Gwendolyn Paradice, one of the titles in last month’s subscription box from @blacklawrence.bsky.social.
My favorite from the month? The one on the top of the stack: “More Enduring for Having Been Broken” by Gwendolyn Paradice, one of the titles in last month’s subscription box from @blacklawrence.bsky.social.
The apropos January book stack. They dealt with oppression and resistance, the lies/manipulation that the greedy and power-hungry will wreak to grab a few more bucks, the cost of our actions on the Earth and on the marginalized, and how we shouldn’t believe everything we’re told by those in charge.
February 8, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The apropos January book stack. They dealt with oppression and resistance, the lies/manipulation that the greedy and power-hungry will wreak to grab a few more bucks, the cost of our actions on the Earth and on the marginalized, and how we shouldn’t believe everything we’re told by those in charge.
Half of our house flooded while we were out of town in December, and the contents of those rooms are in storage while the (still underway) repairs happen.
I stumbled across this photo today while looking for something else — the library was one of the affected rooms, and sigh, how I miss it.
I stumbled across this photo today while looking for something else — the library was one of the affected rooms, and sigh, how I miss it.
January 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Half of our house flooded while we were out of town in December, and the contents of those rooms are in storage while the (still underway) repairs happen.
I stumbled across this photo today while looking for something else — the library was one of the affected rooms, and sigh, how I miss it.
I stumbled across this photo today while looking for something else — the library was one of the affected rooms, and sigh, how I miss it.
The December book stack — another month of enjoyable reads. (Not sure where I found the time — it’s our busiest month at work, I was finishing two graduate classes, it was the holidays with endless shopping and prep, and our house flooded while we were out of town, leading to much chaos.)
January 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The December book stack — another month of enjoyable reads. (Not sure where I found the time — it’s our busiest month at work, I was finishing two graduate classes, it was the holidays with endless shopping and prep, and our house flooded while we were out of town, leading to much chaos.)
Found this gem at the hardware store. (No, I did not buy it.)
I have never seen those acronyms in the wild.
Apparently NALOPKT.
I have never seen those acronyms in the wild.
Apparently NALOPKT.
December 22, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Found this gem at the hardware store. (No, I did not buy it.)
I have never seen those acronyms in the wild.
Apparently NALOPKT.
I have never seen those acronyms in the wild.
Apparently NALOPKT.
Birthday trip to smell the sea air.
December 6, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Birthday trip to smell the sea air.
November book stack — really enjoyed all of my reads last month.
December 5, 2024 at 7:36 PM
November book stack — really enjoyed all of my reads last month.
I decided to gift the young (20something) adults in my life a “go-to bag” this holiday. Not a go bag, which I figure they might roll their eyes at, but a pack of supplies that’s your go-to, stuff you might not have around when you’re starting out.
I began with a canvas bag to hold …
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I began with a canvas bag to hold …
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December 4, 2024 at 4:09 AM
I decided to gift the young (20something) adults in my life a “go-to bag” this holiday. Not a go bag, which I figure they might roll their eyes at, but a pack of supplies that’s your go-to, stuff you might not have around when you’re starting out.
I began with a canvas bag to hold …
1/
I began with a canvas bag to hold …
1/
My granddaughter is technically my stepgranddaughter, and yet when I saw this on her Christmas wish list, I felt like some of my genes have surely made it to her.
This is 100% the kind of earrings I would’ve worn in middle school.
This is 100% the kind of earrings I would’ve worn in middle school.
November 16, 2024 at 7:22 PM
My granddaughter is technically my stepgranddaughter, and yet when I saw this on her Christmas wish list, I felt like some of my genes have surely made it to her.
This is 100% the kind of earrings I would’ve worn in middle school.
This is 100% the kind of earrings I would’ve worn in middle school.
October book stack!
And the weather was actually super nice and didn’t burn my face off while taking this photo.
And the weather was actually super nice and didn’t burn my face off while taking this photo.
November 3, 2024 at 6:48 AM
October book stack!
And the weather was actually super nice and didn’t burn my face off while taking this photo.
And the weather was actually super nice and didn’t burn my face off while taking this photo.
September book stack! It was a busy month.
October 4, 2024 at 4:04 AM
September book stack! It was a busy month.