Such great books 🥰 over here I'm continuing with Earthsea (currently on The Farthest Shore).

Welcome to the club 😍

Looks great! Maybe I need a dedicated shelf for memoirs too...

For what it's worth, I'd probably put Ypi into nonfiction. (Did I thank you for the recommendation? Fascinating book.)

*dusts off account* Happy New Year everyone! Will this be the year I actually use Bluesky? And/or the year I finish the first draft of this novel? I guess we're going to find out!

Same here 💚 can't wait to hear more about what you've been reading lately!

That's awesome to hear, congratulations!

T. Kingfisher? I'd recommend starting with Nettle & Bone or A Sorceress Comes to Call.

Ich hab mich auch riesig gefreut es im Regal zu sehen 😍 hab viel gelernt!

Yay!! I think it looks great. Now off to get those drinks.

Not pictured: emergency surgery on said monstera.

Challenge accepted!

When people say 'politics is too divisive now,' what they really mean is 'I was more comfortable when certain groups suffered quietly.'

Yessss ich freue mich!!

Yesss congratulations!!

Oh no, sending virtual tea and hoping you feel better tomorrow!

Let's keep it up, Berlin!

A photograph of the bookstore Otherland in Berlin, Germany

Looking for some joy in these dark days @otherlandberlin.bsky.social

"You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution."

Ursula K. Le Guin / The Dispossessed

Wenn du eine Lösung findest, sag unbedingt Bescheid :/

3/ There's a whole slice of the right-wing trying to "claim" the history of "western civ" in support of their 21st century agenda. They mostly don't know anything about the history, but just thinks roman busts and latin quips make them sound smrt. The ones who do know, they're just liars.

Sending hugs ❤️‍🩹 habe mir das Buch direkt bestellt.

“Christopher Nolan will make the plot of The Odyssey comprehensible to people who haven’t read it.” Sir, have you ever seen a Christopher Nolan movie

Title: MY YEAR-END READING STATISTICS Image: Five colourful diagrams. 1. Most considered authors: Joyce. Proust. Tolstoy Considered reading (all ticked) Actually read (none ticked) 2. Non-fiction Titles consumed (19 blocks) Information retained (2 of the 19 shaded) 3. Unread book pile A bar chart. Last year (high) This year (higer still) 17% increase 4. Loans Books lent vs books returned. The difference between the two is labelled "friendships under review" 5.Audiobook listening A pie chart with 4 sections Concentrating: 42% Passively absorbing: 26% Completely distracted: 19% Asleep: 13%

MY YEAR-END READING STATISTICS #wrapped
(originally for @theguardian.com)

Awww thanks! I hope you like it :)

forgetting your headphones at home is the modern equivalent of leaving your sword behind in medieval times

When I was a buyer at a large indie, my rule of thumb was:

1 preorder: huh, let me take a closer look at this one
2 preorders: we need to stock this book
3 preorders: we should order enough to face this out
4+ preorders: this should be on front-of-store display

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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Woohoo!! 🥳