I have never written in a book before.

Highlighting or marking up books was verboten, to me. Growing up on the edge of poor meant possessions were treasured, not to be vandalized.

Tonight I highlighted passages in THERE'S ALWAYS THIS YEAR by Hanif Abdurraqib. Granted, one of them referenced my now-shuttered high school, but still. His writing speaks loudly to me.

#JessReads #HanifAbdurraqib #books #bookstodon

Look, I finished my reread of GIDEON THE NINTH, HARROW THE NINTH, and NONA THE NINTH.

I upheld my end of the bargain, but there's no release date announcement for ALECTO.

Sigh. If you can't trust authors to keep promises they never made and didn't know about in the first place, what can you trust?

#JessReads #TheLockedTomb