Sapindaceae
@sapindaceae.bsky.social
Reader, mostly fantasy/sf, non-fiction, and poetry. Midwestern, middle-aged. Happy to eat all the olives. She/her.
Had some gift cards to use, bought some books! All new to me, tho all authors I've enjoyed in the past.
October 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Had some gift cards to use, bought some books! All new to me, tho all authors I've enjoyed in the past.
Prettiest time of the year!
April 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Prettiest time of the year!
2/20, back cover and spine of a discard purchase from a library since the front cover got read off.
December 29, 2024 at 10:47 PM
2/20, back cover and spine of a discard purchase from a library since the front cover got read off.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky
December 29, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky
Pulling out the battered college copy of Things Fall Apart in anticipation of #FallTogether beginning next week! 🍠
November 3, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Pulling out the battered college copy of Things Fall Apart in anticipation of #FallTogether beginning next week! 🍠
If you see this, quote post something green from a photo you took!
(Greenhouse from a trip to Kew Gardens, 2023.)
(Greenhouse from a trip to Kew Gardens, 2023.)
October 27, 2024 at 1:57 PM
If you see this, quote post something green from a photo you took!
(Greenhouse from a trip to Kew Gardens, 2023.)
(Greenhouse from a trip to Kew Gardens, 2023.)
Happy National Poetry Day! Since the 2024 theme is Counting, let me rec Clint Smith's collection Counting Descent.
October 4, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Happy National Poetry Day! Since the 2024 theme is Counting, let me rec Clint Smith's collection Counting Descent.
For October, a poem by w.s. merwin: "a month that has been to the mountain / and has become light there".
October 1, 2024 at 4:15 AM
For October, a poem by w.s. merwin: "a month that has been to the mountain / and has become light there".
Obviously all libraries are intrinsically and categorically awesome, but i am especially charmed that my library has a mini garden plot with veggies and flowers.
September 21, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Obviously all libraries are intrinsically and categorically awesome, but i am especially charmed that my library has a mini garden plot with veggies and flowers.
Yay! Had a bookstore gift card and some time today, so bought two of my faves from last year so I'd have them on hand for rereads!
September 15, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Yay! Had a bookstore gift card and some time today, so bought two of my faves from last year so I'd have them on hand for rereads!
It's sunflower season along the roadsides and railways!
September 10, 2024 at 5:57 PM
It's sunflower season along the roadsides and railways!
Unexpected wildflowers!
August 25, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Unexpected wildflowers!
Reskeet with a favorite book from your childhood.
August 24, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Reskeet with a favorite book from your childhood.
Pretty plants for your timeline.
July 20, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Pretty plants for your timeline.
Timeline palate cleanser
July 1, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Timeline palate cleanser
🔩 Chapter 5: Monster!!! The version I'm reading illustrates precisely two moments in the book, Victor leaving his home and this. And it's GREAT. Random skulls lying around, the monster's six-pack and look of surprised alarm. A horror version of Sistine Chapel Adam gutenberg.org/cache/epub/4...
May 22, 2024 at 1:53 PM
🔩 Chapter 5: Monster!!! The version I'm reading illustrates precisely two moments in the book, Victor leaving his home and this. And it's GREAT. Random skulls lying around, the monster's six-pack and look of surprised alarm. A horror version of Sistine Chapel Adam gutenberg.org/cache/epub/4...
If you see a bridge...
May 19, 2024 at 9:14 PM
If you see a bridge...
saving the #middlemarchmadness schedule for easy reference. I'm pretty sure I've read it before, but memories are very hazy. This was a great line: "It was only safe to say that he would act with benevolent intentions, and that he would spend as little money as possible in carrying them out."
March 1, 2024 at 4:12 PM
saving the #middlemarchmadness schedule for easy reference. I'm pretty sure I've read it before, but memories are very hazy. This was a great line: "It was only safe to say that he would act with benevolent intentions, and that he would spend as little money as possible in carrying them out."
Recite 80% of a movie and you get $500K. What movie are you picking?
February 14, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Recite 80% of a movie and you get $500K. What movie are you picking?
Hi! New to Bluesky, testing how to post pictures with one of a painting by Frank Weston Benson, 1906, Rainy Day. May your 2024 be full of relaxation and good reading!
January 1, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Hi! New to Bluesky, testing how to post pictures with one of a painting by Frank Weston Benson, 1906, Rainy Day. May your 2024 be full of relaxation and good reading!