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  1. This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach – Smithsonian Magazine

    This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach – The 20-foot-tall installation, titled “Library of Us,” featured titles that hold personal meaning for British artist Es Devlin—who invited visitors to sit on nearby benches and read

    By Ella Feldman – Daily Correspondent, December 8, 2025

    Visitors look at “Library of Us,” an installation by British artist Es Devlin, during Miami Art Week. Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images

    A glowing triangle that rotates like the needle of a compass in a pool of water on the beach might not be the first thing you imagine when you picture a library. That is, unless you’re at Miami Art Week.

    British artist Es Devlin’s dazzling installation, “Library of Us,” includes 2,500 books that hold personal meaning for Devlin, who also works as a set designer and has collaborated with artists like Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga. The book collection—color-coded to create a rainbow gradient—contains everything from childhood favorites to plays Devlin has created sets for.

    The 20-foot-tall bookshelf, which sits on the sands of Miami Beach, explores “how we build ourselves out of what we read,” the artist tells the New York Times’ Nazanin Lankarani. “It’s an experiment in seeing through the eyes of others.”

    The bookshelf was commissioned by Faena Art, a nonprofit that often funds large-scale installations during Art Basel inside and nearby the beachside Faena Hotel. The organization celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.

    “I thought it would be great to invite Es because she’s bold, magnificent, strong and magical,” Argentine developer and collector Alan Faena, the founder of Faena Art, tells the Times.

    “Library of Us” invites members of the public to step onto its slowly rotating platform and, if they’re so inclined, pick up one of the extra volumes placed on a long curved table, sit down on one of the installation’s benches and read. The installation also features an LED screen stretching across the library and projecting lines from the books.

    The library’s compass-like form was inspired by Italian novelist Umberto Eco, who described libraries as “a compass of the mind, pointing us in the direction of new explorations,” Devlin tells Artnet’s Sarah Cascone.

    Quick fact: What is Umberto Eco famous for?

    The Italian writer is best known for his novel The Name of the Rose, a murder mystery published in 1980. 

    A voracious reader, Devlin says she reads as many as 300 books in one year. When her installation concludes, she plans to donate the books to Miami public schools and libraries so others can read them, too, reports Artnet.

    But some of the 2,500 books Devlin selected have been banned from some schools and libraries across the country, including in Florida. She says these bans helped inform her project, which features many titles with different viewpoints sitting side by side on the shelves. 

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach

    Tags: 2500 Books, Artist, Es Devlin, Favorite books, Florida, Library of Us, Miami Beach, Rotating Library, Smithsonian Magazine

    #2500Books #Artist #EsDevlin #FavoriteBooks #Florida #LibraryOfUs #MiamiBeach #RotatingLibrary #SmithsonianMagazine

  2. This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach – Smithsonian Magazine

    This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach – The 20-foot-tall installation, titled “Library of Us,” featured titles that hold personal meaning for British artist Es Devlin—who invited visitors to sit on nearby benches and read

    By Ella Feldman – Daily Correspondent, December 8, 2025

    Visitors look at “Library of Us,” an installation by British artist Es Devlin, during Miami Art Week. Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images

    A glowing triangle that rotates like the needle of a compass in a pool of water on the beach might not be the first thing you imagine when you picture a library. That is, unless you’re at Miami Art Week.

    British artist Es Devlin’s dazzling installation, “Library of Us,” includes 2,500 books that hold personal meaning for Devlin, who also works as a set designer and has collaborated with artists like Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga. The book collection—color-coded to create a rainbow gradient—contains everything from childhood favorites to plays Devlin has created sets for.

    The 20-foot-tall bookshelf, which sits on the sands of Miami Beach, explores “how we build ourselves out of what we read,” the artist tells the New York Times’ Nazanin Lankarani. “It’s an experiment in seeing through the eyes of others.”

    The bookshelf was commissioned by Faena Art, a nonprofit that often funds large-scale installations during Art Basel inside and nearby the beachside Faena Hotel. The organization celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.

    “I thought it would be great to invite Es because she’s bold, magnificent, strong and magical,” Argentine developer and collector Alan Faena, the founder of Faena Art, tells the Times.

    “Library of Us” invites members of the public to step onto its slowly rotating platform and, if they’re so inclined, pick up one of the extra volumes placed on a long curved table, sit down on one of the installation’s benches and read. The installation also features an LED screen stretching across the library and projecting lines from the books.

    The library’s compass-like form was inspired by Italian novelist Umberto Eco, who described libraries as “a compass of the mind, pointing us in the direction of new explorations,” Devlin tells Artnet’s Sarah Cascone.

    Quick fact: What is Umberto Eco famous for?

    The Italian writer is best known for his novel The Name of the Rose, a murder mystery published in 1980. 

    A voracious reader, Devlin says she reads as many as 300 books in one year. When her installation concludes, she plans to donate the books to Miami public schools and libraries so others can read them, too, reports Artnet.

    But some of the 2,500 books Devlin selected have been banned from some schools and libraries across the country, including in Florida. She says these bans helped inform her project, which features many titles with different viewpoints sitting side by side on the shelves. 

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach

    Tags: 2500 Books, Artist, Es Devlin, Favorite books, Florida, Library of Us, Miami Beach, Rotating Library, Smithsonian Magazine

    #2500Books #Artist #EsDevlin #FavoriteBooks #Florida #LibraryOfUs #MiamiBeach #RotatingLibrary #SmithsonianMagazine

  3. This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach – Smithsonian Magazine

    This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach – The 20-foot-tall installation, titled “Library of Us,” featured titles that hold personal meaning for British artist Es Devlin—who invited visitors to sit on nearby benches and read

    By Ella Feldman – Daily Correspondent, December 8, 2025

    Visitors look at “Library of Us,” an installation by British artist Es Devlin, during Miami Art Week. Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images

    A glowing triangle that rotates like the needle of a compass in a pool of water on the beach might not be the first thing you imagine when you picture a library. That is, unless you’re at Miami Art Week.

    British artist Es Devlin’s dazzling installation, “Library of Us,” includes 2,500 books that hold personal meaning for Devlin, who also works as a set designer and has collaborated with artists like Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga. The book collection—color-coded to create a rainbow gradient—contains everything from childhood favorites to plays Devlin has created sets for.

    The 20-foot-tall bookshelf, which sits on the sands of Miami Beach, explores “how we build ourselves out of what we read,” the artist tells the New York Times’ Nazanin Lankarani. “It’s an experiment in seeing through the eyes of others.”

    The bookshelf was commissioned by Faena Art, a nonprofit that often funds large-scale installations during Art Basel inside and nearby the beachside Faena Hotel. The organization celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.

    “I thought it would be great to invite Es because she’s bold, magnificent, strong and magical,” Argentine developer and collector Alan Faena, the founder of Faena Art, tells the Times.

    “Library of Us” invites members of the public to step onto its slowly rotating platform and, if they’re so inclined, pick up one of the extra volumes placed on a long curved table, sit down on one of the installation’s benches and read. The installation also features an LED screen stretching across the library and projecting lines from the books.

    The library’s compass-like form was inspired by Italian novelist Umberto Eco, who described libraries as “a compass of the mind, pointing us in the direction of new explorations,” Devlin tells Artnet’s Sarah Cascone.

    Quick fact: What is Umberto Eco famous for?

    The Italian writer is best known for his novel The Name of the Rose, a murder mystery published in 1980. 

    A voracious reader, Devlin says she reads as many as 300 books in one year. When her installation concludes, she plans to donate the books to Miami public schools and libraries so others can read them, too, reports Artnet.

    But some of the 2,500 books Devlin selected have been banned from some schools and libraries across the country, including in Florida. She says these bans helped inform her project, which features many titles with different viewpoints sitting side by side on the shelves. 

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach

    Tags: 2500 Books, Artist, Es Devlin, Favorite books, Florida, Library of Us, Miami Beach, Rotating Library, Smithsonian Magazine

    #2500Books #Artist #EsDevlin #FavoriteBooks #Florida #LibraryOfUs #MiamiBeach #RotatingLibrary #SmithsonianMagazine

  4. This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach – Smithsonian Magazine

    This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach – The 20-foot-tall installation, titled “Library of Us,” featured titles that hold personal meaning for British artist Es Devlin—who invited visitors to sit on nearby benches and read

    By Ella Feldman – Daily Correspondent, December 8, 2025

    Visitors look at “Library of Us,” an installation by British artist Es Devlin, during Miami Art Week. Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images

    A glowing triangle that rotates like the needle of a compass in a pool of water on the beach might not be the first thing you imagine when you picture a library. That is, unless you’re at Miami Art Week.

    British artist Es Devlin’s dazzling installation, “Library of Us,” includes 2,500 books that hold personal meaning for Devlin, who also works as a set designer and has collaborated with artists like Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga. The book collection—color-coded to create a rainbow gradient—contains everything from childhood favorites to plays Devlin has created sets for.

    The 20-foot-tall bookshelf, which sits on the sands of Miami Beach, explores “how we build ourselves out of what we read,” the artist tells the New York Times’ Nazanin Lankarani. “It’s an experiment in seeing through the eyes of others.”

    The bookshelf was commissioned by Faena Art, a nonprofit that often funds large-scale installations during Art Basel inside and nearby the beachside Faena Hotel. The organization celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.

    “I thought it would be great to invite Es because she’s bold, magnificent, strong and magical,” Argentine developer and collector Alan Faena, the founder of Faena Art, tells the Times.

    “Library of Us” invites members of the public to step onto its slowly rotating platform and, if they’re so inclined, pick up one of the extra volumes placed on a long curved table, sit down on one of the installation’s benches and read. The installation also features an LED screen stretching across the library and projecting lines from the books.

    The library’s compass-like form was inspired by Italian novelist Umberto Eco, who described libraries as “a compass of the mind, pointing us in the direction of new explorations,” Devlin tells Artnet’s Sarah Cascone.

    Quick fact: What is Umberto Eco famous for?

    The Italian writer is best known for his novel The Name of the Rose, a murder mystery published in 1980. 

    A voracious reader, Devlin says she reads as many as 300 books in one year. When her installation concludes, she plans to donate the books to Miami public schools and libraries so others can read them, too, reports Artnet.

    But some of the 2,500 books Devlin selected have been banned from some schools and libraries across the country, including in Florida. She says these bans helped inform her project, which features many titles with different viewpoints sitting side by side on the shelves. 

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach

    #2500Books #Artist #EsDevlin #FavoriteBooks #Florida #LibraryOfUs #MiamiBeach #RotatingLibrary #SmithsonianMagazine

  5. This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach – Smithsonian Magazine

    This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach – The 20-foot-tall installation, titled “Library of Us,” featured titles that hold personal meaning for British artist Es Devlin—who invited visitors to sit on nearby benches and read

    By Ella Feldman – Daily Correspondent, December 8, 2025

    Visitors look at “Library of Us,” an installation by British artist Es Devlin, during Miami Art Week. Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images

    A glowing triangle that rotates like the needle of a compass in a pool of water on the beach might not be the first thing you imagine when you picture a library. That is, unless you’re at Miami Art Week.

    British artist Es Devlin’s dazzling installation, “Library of Us,” includes 2,500 books that hold personal meaning for Devlin, who also works as a set designer and has collaborated with artists like Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga. The book collection—color-coded to create a rainbow gradient—contains everything from childhood favorites to plays Devlin has created sets for.

    The 20-foot-tall bookshelf, which sits on the sands of Miami Beach, explores “how we build ourselves out of what we read,” the artist tells the New York Times’ Nazanin Lankarani. “It’s an experiment in seeing through the eyes of others.”

    The bookshelf was commissioned by Faena Art, a nonprofit that often funds large-scale installations during Art Basel inside and nearby the beachside Faena Hotel. The organization celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.

    “I thought it would be great to invite Es because she’s bold, magnificent, strong and magical,” Argentine developer and collector Alan Faena, the founder of Faena Art, tells the Times.

    “Library of Us” invites members of the public to step onto its slowly rotating platform and, if they’re so inclined, pick up one of the extra volumes placed on a long curved table, sit down on one of the installation’s benches and read. The installation also features an LED screen stretching across the library and projecting lines from the books.

    The library’s compass-like form was inspired by Italian novelist Umberto Eco, who described libraries as “a compass of the mind, pointing us in the direction of new explorations,” Devlin tells Artnet’s Sarah Cascone.

    Quick fact: What is Umberto Eco famous for?

    The Italian writer is best known for his novel The Name of the Rose, a murder mystery published in 1980. 

    A voracious reader, Devlin says she reads as many as 300 books in one year. When her installation concludes, she plans to donate the books to Miami public schools and libraries so others can read them, too, reports Artnet.

    But some of the 2,500 books Devlin selected have been banned from some schools and libraries across the country, including in Florida. She says these bans helped inform her project, which features many titles with different viewpoints sitting side by side on the shelves. 

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach

    Tags: 2500 Books, Artist, Es Devlin, Favorite books, Florida, Library of Us, Miami Beach, Rotating Library, Smithsonian Magazine

    #2500Books #Artist #EsDevlin #FavoriteBooks #Florida #LibraryOfUs #MiamiBeach #RotatingLibrary #SmithsonianMagazine

  6. I had to choose these for today's #MurderEveryMonday title with a word denoting finality.
    The Portuguese title is an expression used at the end of a theatrical play meaning the curtain drops (although a literal translation would be the cloth drops). The cover uses a Magritte painting and a drawing of Poirot. It seems depicting Albert Finney as Poirot from the 1974 film The Murder in the Orient Express, but I can't be sure. What do you think?
    I bought the English edition second hand many years ago and it came with two newspaper clips, there's a date by hand, but no indication of the newspapers titles.
    Check Kate's post to know more about the hashtag crossexaminingcrime.wordpress.

    #agathachristie #poirot #crimefiction #readings #favoritebooks #books

    (Edited to add alt text)

  7. Happy Johannes Cabal Appreciation Day to all who celebrate this fantastic necromancer of some little infamy.

    The author Jonathan L. Howard doesn't post here, but shared this on Bluesky:

    #Books #JohannesCabal #FavoriteBooks

  8. 📚 James Baldwin on Giovanni's Room (1956) 📚

    I just finished Giovanni's Room and it has found a space on my favorite books of all time list. Perhaps I should have read this novel 40 years ago when I was in my mid 20s - but I'm not at all upset that I only discovered it now. I'm sure that it resonated in quite a different way for this 60 something single man.

    #jamesbaldwin #giovannisroom #books #book #mybookshelf #myreadinglist #favoritebooks #theauthorspeaks #inhisownwords #writer #author #readinglist #livre #livres #libro #libros #library #novel #fiction #buch #bücher #livros #libri #authorinterview

  9. 📚 James Baldwin on Giovanni's Room (1956) 📚

    I just finished Giovanni's Room and it has found a space on my favorite books of all time list. Perhaps I should have read this novel 40 years ago when I was in my mid 20s - but I'm not at all upset that I only discovered it now. I'm sure that it has resonated in quite a different way for this 60 something single man.

    #jamesbaldwin #giovannisroom #books #book #mybookshelf #myreadinglist #favoritebooks #theauthorspeaks #inhisownwords #writer #author #readinglist #livre #livres #libro #libros #library #novel #fiction #buch #bücher #livros #libri #authorinterview

  10. Good & bad news for #JaneAustenJuly I started with Pride & Prejudice 😍, then went on with Pride & Premeditation, but I felt Lizzie was not "my Lizzie". The murdered person was not very interesting and there was not much info to pick my curiosity so I got to chapter seven, realised I didn't care and decided to DNF it 😢 I still think the book has potential, but maybe I had P&P too present in my mind or maybe it was not the right time for me?
    Then I picked The Other Bennet Sister... Oh my! This one has been so good and satisfying! It really gets you into P&P setting and context to tell us the story of Mary. I'm on chapter 60 and have 250 pages to go, so it can still go either way, but I'm hoping for the best because it truly deserves it.

    #PrideAndPrejudice #JaneAusten #Reading #TheOtherBennetSister #Classics #Books #FavoriteBooks

    (Edited to correct hashtags)

  11. My favorite reads this year.
    Full reviews at: jturiano.com > Book Reviews.
    1. The Collective by Alison Gaylin
    2. Falling by T.J. Newman
    3. Educated by Tara Westover
    4. How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
    5. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

    #bookreview #bookreviewers #bookreviewer #favoritebooks #bookstoread #topfivebooks #topfivebooks2023 #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

  12. My favorite reads this year.
    Full reviews at: jturiano.com > Book Reviews.
    1. The Collective by Alison Gaylin
    2. Falling by T.J. Newman
    3. Educated by Tara Westover
    4. How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
    5. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

    #bookreview #bookreviewers #bookreviewer #favoritebooks #bookstoread #topfivebooks #topfivebooks2023 #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

  13. My favorite reads this year.
    Full reviews at: jturiano.com > Book Reviews.
    1. The Collective by Alison Gaylin
    2. Falling by T.J. Newman
    3. Educated by Tara Westover
    4. How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
    5. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

    #bookreview #bookreviewers #bookreviewer #favoritebooks #bookstoread #topfivebooks #topfivebooks2023 #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

  14. My favorite reads this year.
    Full reviews at: jturiano.com > Book Reviews.
    1. The Collective by Alison Gaylin
    2. Falling by T.J. Newman
    3. Educated by Tara Westover
    4. How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
    5. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

    #bookreview #bookreviewers #bookreviewer #favoritebooks #bookstoread #topfivebooks #topfivebooks2023 #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

  15. My favorite reads this year.
    Full reviews at: jturiano.com > Book Reviews.
    1. The Collective by Alison Gaylin
    2. Falling by T.J. Newman
    3. Educated by Tara Westover
    4. How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
    5. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

    #bookreview #bookreviewers #bookreviewer #favoritebooks #bookstoread #topfivebooks #topfivebooks2023 #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

  16. Time to reread a favourite book of mine,

    'Being Mortal - Aging, Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End'
    By Atul Gawande

    Recommended reading for anyone who knows anyone who is getting older or who will be getting older themselves at some point.

    atulgawande.com/book/being-mor
    #AtulGawande #IAmReading #favoritebooks #FavouriteBooks @bookstodon

  17. What the Dickens? Our Mutual Friend (my favourite book ever) - YouTube. Haven’t watched this video yet, but saving for later. Our Mutual Friend is easily my favourite Dickens novel, and one of my absolute all time favourite novels ever. youtube.com/watch?v=HKIG2UPlfl #Dickens #CharlesDickens #Literature #VictorianLiterature #Fiction #Novels #Books #Reading #Bookstodon #Booktube #FavouriteBooks #FavoriteBooks #NineteenthCentury

  18. "On the hospital bed, her delicate body cradled between thin white pillows, Rosita dreamed."
    -A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

    Books make the world better.
    This week I'll be posting about some of my favorite books YA, their covers and their fabulous opening lines.

    #BooksofMastodon #AltTextCoverDay #WritingCommunity #YA #BooksWorthReading #fantasy #favoritebooks #Mythology #folklore @bookstodon

  19. Books make the world better.
    This week I'll be posting about some of my favorite books YA, their covers and their fabulous opening lines.

    “The island of Gont, a single mountain that lifts its peak a mile above the storm-racked Northeast Sea, is a land famous for wizards”
    -A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

    #BooksofMastodon #AltTextCoverDay #WritingCommunity #YA #BooksWorthReading #fantasy #favoritebooks @bookstodon

  20. Favorite quotes from favorite book (10):

    “For if the world treats you well, Sir, you come to believe you are deserving of it.”
    ― Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace

    #amreading #favoritebooks #WritingCommunity #bookstodon #readersofmastodon

  21. #TheMetalDogArticleList
    #BLABBERMOUTH
    Watch: LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Names His Favorite Concerts, Books, Movies, Places And Records
    In a new interview with Impericon, LAMB OF GOD singer Randy Blythe was asked to name his top three concerts, books, movies, places, records, inspiring people, things he wishes he had known earlier, tour items and his own songs....

    blabbermouth.net/news/watch-la

    #LambOfGod #RandyBlythe #FavoriteConcerts #FavoriteBooks #FavoriteMovies #FavoritePlaces #FavoriteRecords

  22. #TheMetalDogArticleList
    #BLABBERMOUTH
    Watch: LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Names His Favorite Concerts, Books, Movies, Places And Records
    In a new interview with Impericon, LAMB OF GOD singer Randy Blythe was asked to name his top three concerts, books, movies, places, records, inspiring people, things he wishes he had known earlier, tour items and his own songs....

    blabbermouth.net/news/watch-la

    #LambOfGod #RandyBlythe #FavoriteConcerts #FavoriteBooks #FavoriteMovies #FavoritePlaces #FavoriteRecords

  23. #TheMetalDogArticleList
    #BLABBERMOUTH
    Watch: LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Names His Favorite Concerts, Books, Movies, Places And Records
    In a new interview with Impericon, LAMB OF GOD singer Randy Blythe was asked to name his top three concerts, books, movies, places, records, inspiring people, things he wishes he had known earlier, tour items and his own songs....

    blabbermouth.net/news/watch-la

    #LambOfGod #RandyBlythe #FavoriteConcerts #FavoriteBooks #FavoriteMovies #FavoritePlaces #FavoriteRecords

  24. #TheMetalDogArticleList
    #BLABBERMOUTH
    Watch: LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Names His Favorite Concerts, Books, Movies, Places And Records
    In a new interview with Impericon, LAMB OF GOD singer Randy Blythe was asked to name his top three concerts, books, movies, places, records, inspiring people, things he wishes he had known earlier, tour items and his own songs....

    blabbermouth.net/news/watch-la

    #LambOfGod #RandyBlythe #FavoriteConcerts #FavoriteBooks #FavoriteMovies #FavoritePlaces #FavoriteRecords

  25. #TheMetalDogArticleList
    #BLABBERMOUTH
    Watch: LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Names His Favorite Concerts, Books, Movies, Places And Records
    In a new interview with Impericon, LAMB OF GOD singer Randy Blythe was asked to name his top three concerts, books, movies, places, records, inspiring people, things he wishes he had known earlier, tour items and his own songs....

    blabbermouth.net/news/watch-la

    #LambOfGod #RandyBlythe #FavoriteConcerts #FavoriteBooks #FavoriteMovies #FavoritePlaces #FavoriteRecords

  26. Favorite quotes from favorite books (6):

    “There's a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.”
    ― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed

    #writingcommunity #amwriting #amreading #booktodon #favoritebooks #books

  27. #literature #indieauthors #romancelandia #mastodonbooks #bookstodon #reading #bookclub #books #novels #writer #amreading #favoritebooks #fiction

    READ NOW ON MEDIUM - Story is complete

    "Change, I'm sure she would view as unacceptable. I doubt she could appreciate the customs accepted by the women of my country. Here, I may dress as you. I may even adopt the courtesies of your culture. But, in Ahalamin, I live by the traditions of my people. So will my wife.”

    medium.com/the-she/pride-and-a

  28. The last few hours of 2022 are drawing to a close, so I think my “Year in Books” list is complete. I managed to read 111 books! Nearly 42,000 pages (though the vast majority were audiobooks - that’s my secret trick for success).

    Pro tip: get a library card and borrow eBooks and audiobooks from the library for FREE. If you’re new to audiobooks, they’re perfect for commuting or mindless household chores. Start with books you know or have seen the movie because you may need to train your brain to listen. Reading a familiar book means you don’t need to focus on the plot and you won’t get lost if you space out for a bit. Also, adjust the reading speed! It can be slowed down or sped up to suit your preferences.

    Here are a few of the 111 titles that stood out to me this year. In no particular order:

    The Book of Two Ways, Jodi Picoult

    Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt

    The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune

    Under the Whispering Door, TJ Klune

    The School for Good Mothers, Jessamine Chan

    While Justice Sleeps, Stacey Abrams

    The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman

    The Man Who Died Twice, Richard Osman

    The Bullet That Missed, Richard Osman

    Lessons In Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus

    The Change, Kirsten Miller

    An Absolutely Remarkable Thing,

    A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, Hank Green

    Tales of a Sunflower, Valerie Young Turner

    The IQ Series, Joe Ide

    Legends and Lattes, Travis Baldree

    Hidden Pictures, Jason Rekulak

    Plus some rereads, like Nightbitch (Rachel Yoder), The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas), A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman), The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogies (Stieg Larsson and David Lagercrantz).

    Oh, and LOTS of funeral and embalming texts!

    What was YOUR favorite read this year???

    #HisAndHearsePress #AmReading #JustRead #JustFinishedReading #Goodreads #GoodreadsChallenge #MyYearInBooks #Books #Reading #FavoriteBooks #TBR #TBRPile #BooksofMastodon #Bookstodon #Bookwyrm

  29. The last few hours of 2022 are drawing to a close, so I think my “Year in Books” list is complete. I managed to read 111 books! Nearly 42,000 pages (though the vast majority were audiobooks - that’s my secret trick for success).

    Pro tip: get a library card and borrow eBooks and audiobooks from the library for FREE. If you’re new to audiobooks, they’re perfect for commuting or mindless household chores. Start with books you know or have seen the movie because you may need to train your brain to listen. Reading a familiar book means you don’t need to focus on the plot and you won’t get lost if you space out for a bit. Also, adjust the reading speed! It can be slowed down or sped up to suit your preferences.

    Here are a few of the 111 titles that stood out to me this year. In no particular order:

    The Book of Two Ways, Jodi Picoult

    Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt

    The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune

    Under the Whispering Door, TJ Klune

    The School for Good Mothers, Jessamine Chan

    While Justice Sleeps, Stacey Abrams

    The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman

    The Man Who Died Twice, Richard Osman

    The Bullet That Missed, Richard Osman

    Lessons In Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus

    The Change, Kirsten Miller

    An Absolutely Remarkable Thing,

    A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, Hank Green

    Tales of a Sunflower, Valerie Young Turner

    The IQ Series, Joe Ide

    Legends and Lattes, Travis Baldree

    Hidden Pictures, Jason Rekulak

    Plus some rereads, like Nightbitch (Rachel Yoder), The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas), A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman), The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogies (Stieg Larsson and David Lagercrantz).

    Oh, and LOTS of funeral and embalming texts!

    What was YOUR favorite read this year???

    #HisAndHearsePress #AmReading #JustRead #JustFinishedReading #Goodreads #GoodreadsChallenge #MyYearInBooks #Books #Reading #FavoriteBooks #TBR #TBRPile #BooksofMastodon #Bookstodon #Bookwyrm

  30. The last few hours of 2022 are drawing to a close, so I think my “Year in Books” list is complete. I managed to read 111 books! Nearly 42,000 pages (though the vast majority were audiobooks - that’s my secret trick for success).

    Pro tip: get a library card and borrow eBooks and audiobooks from the library for FREE. If you’re new to audiobooks, they’re perfect for commuting or mindless household chores. Start with books you know or have seen the movie because you may need to train your brain to listen. Reading a familiar book means you don’t need to focus on the plot and you won’t get lost if you space out for a bit. Also, adjust the reading speed! It can be slowed down or sped up to suit your preferences.

    Here are a few of the 111 titles that stood out to me this year. In no particular order:

    The Book of Two Ways, Jodi Picoult

    Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt

    The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune

    Under the Whispering Door, TJ Klune

    The School for Good Mothers, Jessamine Chan

    While Justice Sleeps, Stacey Abrams

    The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman

    The Man Who Died Twice, Richard Osman

    The Bullet That Missed, Richard Osman

    Lessons In Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus

    The Change, Kirsten Miller

    An Absolutely Remarkable Thing,

    A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, Hank Green

    Tales of a Sunflower, Valerie Young Turner

    The IQ Series, Joe Ide

    Legends and Lattes, Travis Baldree

    Hidden Pictures, Jason Rekulak

    Plus some rereads, like Nightbitch (Rachel Yoder), The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas), A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman), The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogies (Stieg Larsson and David Lagercrantz).

    Oh, and LOTS of funeral and embalming texts!

    What was YOUR favorite read this year???

    #HisAndHearsePress #AmReading #JustRead #JustFinishedReading #Goodreads #GoodreadsChallenge #MyYearInBooks #Books #Reading #FavoriteBooks #TBR #TBRPile #BooksofMastodon #Bookstodon #Bookwyrm

  31. The last few hours of 2022 are drawing to a close, so I think my “Year in Books” list is complete. I managed to read 111 books! Nearly 42,000 pages (though the vast majority were audiobooks - that’s my secret trick for success).

    Pro tip: get a library card and borrow eBooks and audiobooks from the library for FREE. If you’re new to audiobooks, they’re perfect for commuting or mindless household chores. Start with books you know or have seen the movie because you may need to train your brain to listen. Reading a familiar book means you don’t need to focus on the plot and you won’t get lost if you space out for a bit. Also, adjust the reading speed! It can be slowed down or sped up to suit your preferences.

    Here are a few of the 111 titles that stood out to me this year. In no particular order:

    The Book of Two Ways, Jodi Picoult

    Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt

    The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune

    Under the Whispering Door, TJ Klune

    The School for Good Mothers, Jessamine Chan

    While Justice Sleeps, Stacey Abrams

    The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman

    The Man Who Died Twice, Richard Osman

    The Bullet That Missed, Richard Osman

    Lessons In Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus

    The Change, Kirsten Miller

    An Absolutely Remarkable Thing,

    A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, Hank Green

    Tales of a Sunflower, Valerie Young Turner

    The IQ Series, Joe Ide

    Legends and Lattes, Travis Baldree

    Hidden Pictures, Jason Rekulak

    Plus some rereads, like Nightbitch (Rachel Yoder), The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas), A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman), The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogies (Stieg Larsson and David Lagercrantz).

    Oh, and LOTS of funeral and embalming texts!

    What was YOUR favorite read this year???

    #HisAndHearsePress #AmReading #JustRead #JustFinishedReading #Goodreads #GoodreadsChallenge #MyYearInBooks #Books #Reading #FavoriteBooks #TBR #TBRPile #BooksofMastodon #Bookstodon #Bookwyrm

  32. Seeing lists of 7 #FavoriteBooks ..perhaps it's a function of age but I can't possibly narrow my list to 7! Favorite book of the past 6 months or so is definitely #CloudCuckooLand by Anthony Doer. Any other fans??

  33. CW: Saw the trailer for the new Watership Down miniseries

    Man, I wish the BBC folks had taken some risks with the visual style. You can't compete against Disney's LION KING remake photorealism on your budget (well, maybe somebody could, and they would do us low-budget folk proud), so you've GOT to make it your own thing, like that INTO THE SPIDERVERSE movie. (Then again, somebody changed Strawberry to a guy, so maybe nobody over there "got it".)
    #WatershipDown #RichardAdams #FavoriteBooks