Bookish high points of my year:
- Janelle Monáe reblogs & shares my post showing off my outfit for her Age of Pleasure tour and talking about her lyrics; made friends, was front row all night, and got a set list
- Chosen to be on the committee for the 2024 Fuller Award with the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
- Discovering new independent bookstores: Rust Belt Books in Buffalo NY - Keibunsya in Kyoto - Subterranean Books in St Louis - Odyssey Bookstore in Ithaca - Giovanni’s Room in Philadelphia
- Picking up the first part of Tale of Genji at Daikanyama T-Site in Tokyo and deciding to read the whole-ass thing (and doing it)
- Accidentally going viral on TikTok (we’re at 1.8M views!) for my post about “Untitled (Double Portrait)” by Felix Gonzalez-Torres at Buffalo AKG
- Reading Ursula Le Guin at the base of Old Tree, one of the biggest coastal redwoods in California
- Celebrating love (at three weddings and one 50-year anniversary celebration) while practicing self-love by finding dresses I genuinely felt beautiful in
- Got my first-ever front cover blurb
- Wrote a piece I’m very proud of about the author of the Frog and Toad series and about its persistent popularity
Despite all the pain of my year, I have so much to be proud of. I am very, very proud of myself and my resilience this year. Now onto the next!
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3.17.24 | Middlemarch in the middle of March. ♡ We went hiking out to the point to see the newborn elephant seal pups, flopping around on the rocky shore, their deep trumpeting vocalizations, the true herald of spring. Happy St. Patrick's Day ♡ 𝑁𝑜𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑖
𝐹𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠
▪︎ Stopping by the local bookshop to browse & pick up Angela Carter’s Book of Fairy Tales & (finally!) The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
▪︎ Pork belly jalapeño sandos for takeout lunch next to the elephant seal lookout point
▪︎ An early package waiting for us back at home from our recent online book haul :)
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» what kind of customizations do you like to see in special edition books? hello friends, I love me some stenciled edges, fancy end papers, and embossing on the book. These special editions have just stolen my heart and all of my money. 😂 » hashtags:. #bookstagram #currentlyreading #currentreads #currentread #stack #stackofbooks #mustread #bookstagrammer #bookstoread #instagramreads #stencilededges #sprayededges #bookishlove #bookphotos #booknerds #booksbooksandmorebooks #tbrcart #tbr #bookstack #readmorebooks #bookpicture #readabook #ilovebooks #booksofinstagram #bookworm #bookstagrammer #readingcommunity (at Boise, Idaho) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjZ4HJyUSa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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