Waywords Studio1d ago

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—น๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† -

One (probably final) round with this tale as my spring shelf cleaning continues. It's probably been 30+ years since I've read it, so maybe something new will rise up from its waters.

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #reading #ernesthemingway #theoldmanandthesea #fishtale #novel #americannovel #classic

JumblePublishing3d ago
"The Geomagician" by Jennifer Mandula is a fantasy featuring a woman fossil-hunter whose discovery of a baby pterodactyl (living) brings her the interest of a Royal Society and a scholar who once broke her heart. #fantasy #bookrecommendations #tbrlist #thegeomagician #jennifermandula
Waywords Studio5d ago

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ธ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐˜€ -

Premiere collection of poetry by a local Michigander poet, twisting his poetry at the intersections of Arab-American identity and disability, promises a stark and revealing intimacy!

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #reading #tarikdobbs #nazarboy #arabamericanliterature #disabilityliterature #poetry #concretepoetry #experimentalpoetry

Waywords StudioApr 6

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ -

I'm sure the reason that I've held off on this novel has nothing whatsoever to do with its unreliable narrator whose aging memory contorts his sense of self!

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #julianbarnes #thesenseofanending #manbookerprize #aging #memory #hubris

JumblePublishingApr 4
"Roses in Amber" by C. E. Murphy is a re-imagining of the "Beauty and Beast" story. There are three sisters, a beast and rosesโ€”and so much more. #bookrecommendations #tbrlist #fantasy #retellings
Waywords StudioApr 2

๐—ง๐—•๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ: ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ -

Kind of a "spring cleaning" month of various titles that have lived too long on my shelves!

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #ernesthemingway #theoldmanandthesea #trumancapote #breakfastattiffanys #julianbarnes #thesenseofanending #tarikdobbs #nazarboy #colummccann #letthegreatworldspin #deebrown #burymyheartatwoundedknee #stephengrahamjones #earthdivers #killcolumbus #nnediokorafor #deathoftheauthor

Waywords StudioMar 30

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ'๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† -

It's taken me too long to get to acclaimed and Michigan-based Ojibwe author Boulley, and I know I'm reading her stuff out of order, but I was told it was allowed! ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ'๐˜ด ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ will be next!

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #angelineboulley #ya #warriorgirluneathed #indigenousliterature #ojibweliterature

JumblePublishingMar 28
"Daughter of Egypt" by Marie Benedict is a historical fantasy featuring Lord Carnavon's daughter and the search for the tomb of Egypt's first woman ruler. #bookrecommendations #tbrlist #daughterofegypt #mariebenedict #fantasy #historicalfantasy
Waywords StudioMar 26

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ -

Well, apparently he has written a number of poetry books around love and colors. I'm, frankly, a little apprehensive it's all sentiment and doggerel, but so often recommended! We'll see!

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #edgarholmes #poetry #herfavoritecolorwasyellow

Waywords StudioMar 23

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€" (๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ) ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜‚ -

Not sure what I'm getting into here, but this is a massive collection of matriarchal worlds and politics and Asian themes and steampunk and horror? In any event, the artwork is beautiful, so I'm counting on Liu's writing to match!

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #marjorieliu #monstress #steampunk #graphicnovel