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BekaReid

BekaReid

Joined April 2017

she/her “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.“ -Joan Didion
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Just a little local library love this evening. 📚☕

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Catherine the Ghost | Kathe Koja
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Mehso-so

I wanted to love this one, but it fell a bit short for me. It's more of a so-so than a pick. But I did enjoy time with my Edgar-cat.

monalyisha What a fab photo! 😻 1w
lil1inblue I love your Edgar-cat! 😸 1w
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Edgar says I am not journaling right now about the best book I've read so far this year. I've read several books (both fiction and nonfiction) by Sarah Moss, and damn, can she write! This was definitely her most vulnerable, and if you choose to read, proceed with caution. It's a hard subject, but she handles in well. She's sharp, intense, and brutally honest even questioning her own unreliability as a narrator of her own story.

TrishB I thought this was amazing. 2w
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“You need a reverse ghost here, a present voice to haunt the past.“

Leftcoastzen Awww, snuggles 2w
lil1inblue 💗😸 😸 😸 💗 2w
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“Always distrust adverbs.“

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cracking at the heels | Arielle Arbushites
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I don't go to many concerts, but I couldn't miss the chance to see Paris Paloma on her US tour this month. And, of course, I had to participate in her book swap, which is part of the tour. I took Naomi Novik's Uprooted and got the tagged book. So now I have a book from the little library of Paris Paloma, which is embossed on the title page. The concert was fantastic too!

Leftcoastzen That could be a bit neater . 😁 3w
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Seren and I had a cozy evening with this memoir. Reached about the halfway mark, but now I need to get some sleep!

Leftcoastzen Awww!😻 3w
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Scaffolding: A Novel | Lauren Elkin
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February wrap

BarbaraBB Scaffolding was so good! 4w
BekaReid @BarbaraBB yes! It definitely was. I had come to love Elkin's writing, and was thrilled with her first novel! 4w
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“Life isn‘t supposed to be lived as some kind of example to others; all it is, all it can be, is a crashing together of moments.“

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Old Man's War | John Scalzi
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Slow Saturday morning

IuliaC ❤️😻 1mo
Leftcoastzen 👏😻 1mo
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And it's a wrap. At least January turned out to be a solid reading month in spite of the rest of the month's events.

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The Road Between Us | Bindu Suresh
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Saturday evening plans

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“I wondered if the past rudely visited me, ghostly, uninvited,
or if I walked backwards, uninvited, to haunt it?“

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Heretic: A Memoir | Jeanna Kadlec
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Listened to Heretic on audio while taking walks over the last week often finding myself at a cafe to scribble in my journal & gather my thoughts as much of this hit very close to home coming from a similar background and subsequently leaving the evangelical church when I was in my early thirties. It's a lot to unpack; even a decade later, I still find myself unpacking more and more. I appreciated hearing someone else's experience and perspective.

sarahbarnes ♥️♥️♥️ 2mo
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Lit-fic meets sci-fi meets meta-fiction, Okorafor's new novel is my first 5⭐ book of 2025. The story is told from various POVs: Zelu, a complicated woman who refuses to be put into a box (& we're pulled deeply in her innermost workings), interviews from family members portraying how different aspects of Zelu are viewed by them, excerpts from Zelu's novel (Rusted Robots). ⭐Because sometimes a story really does have the power to reshape the world.⭐

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Seren is a bit concerned about this chapter.

Leftcoastzen 😃😻 2mo
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A Book of Days | Patti Smith
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“...Nothing really matches the atmosphere of the old Polaroid film. Except perhaps a poem, a musical phrase, or a forest hung with mist.“

RaeLovesToRead PAWS!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰 2mo
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Prepared to say inside as the snow continues to fall all day and then ushers in the subsequent cold this week.

rachaich I have heard good things about this book... 2mo
BekaReid @rachaich it's been a long work week so i haven't been able to get too far yet, but I def have high hops for it! 2mo
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In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia anthology | J. T. Ellison, Olivie Blake, M. L. Rio
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I'm about halfway through this collection and enjoying it. Dark academia stories are a perfect winter read, and Edgar is the perfect reading buddy.

Leftcoastzen 🥰 awww!😻 3mo
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My StoryGraph 2024 wrap-up. It was a solid reading year with lots of fabulous books across many genres. Tagged book was my best of the year. Absolutely LOVE Joy Sullivan's poetry, and I read this volume repeatedly throughout the year and carried it with me for a couple months including across the Atlantic on vacation. Cannot recommend enough ☺️

sarahbarnes Love Ali Smith so much. 🩵 3mo
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Good Girl: A Novel | Aria Aber
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Sunday morning reading buddy

Darklunarose 😻😻😻 3mo
Leftcoastzen 👏😻 2mo
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The Disenchantments | Nina LaCour
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...“everyday things are rare and exciting when they turn up in unfamiliar places.“
The comfort of little, unexpected things ♥️

Leftcoastzen 😻👏 3mo
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Darling Girls: A Novel | Sally Hepworth
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Seren and I greeted the Winter Solstice lazily this morning. I also finished up Darling Girls, which did not disappoint. The use of both the before/after timeline and the POV of each sister worked very well and added to the story. Compelling and enjoyable read.

rubyslippersreads 😻😻😻 3mo
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This was a fun, quick read on my flights last weekend. And the cover art is gorgeous! #coverlove

Texreader I agree beautiful cover 4mo
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Interesting voice and subject. Enjoyed reading this one and marked several passages to return to later.

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Mallory in Full Color | Elisa Stone Leahy
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Once again nerding out on StoryGraph's charts. November was a great reading month, and my top 3 are all solid picks. Mallory in Full Color is MG but I'd recommend for any age. Arrangements in Blue was beautifully written. Scorched Earth is collection of moving poetry. Note: this was an ARC; comes out March 2025.)

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Up next. I've been looking forward to this one for awhile and finally picked up a copy this week.

TheBookHippie I‘ve heard about this one. It‘s on my list as well. 4mo
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The state of my desk right now scattered with my current reads.

TheBookHippie How is the Novik? (edited) 4mo
BekaReid @TheBookHippie I'm only a few stories in but so far so good! It has quite a span already, and I'm looking forward to the rest. 4mo
TheBookHippie @BekaReid putting it higher on the list to buy 😂 4mo
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Mallory in Full Color | Elisa Stone Leahy
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12 y.o. Mallory is a people pleaser and avoids conflict as she struggles with the question of “Who am I?“ A self-portrait assignment parallels her confusion as she works on “patchwork pieces of a girl who had a million different words for who she was and still no face.“ With comic panels at the start of each chapter, a cause to help defend drag queen storytime from protesters, and a glitter cat, this is a fantastic MG book! Edgar approved.

IuliaC 😻💕🐈‍⬛ 4mo
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sarahbarnes This one is on my list - sounds good. 4mo
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Mallory in Full Color | Elisa Stone Leahy
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Ready for the weekend!

Leftcoastzen 😻👏 4mo
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Persuasion | Jane Austen
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This play was the perfect way to revisit a favorite. It was delightful to move from room to room watching as Jane Austen converses with her characters.

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Edgar is buried deep in blankets during this morning's reading.

LiteraryinPA Those little ears! 5mo
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Pick the Lock | A S King
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And that's a wrap. Still loving StoryGraph's monthly wrap up feature.

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Expert of Subtle Revisions | Kirsten Menger-Anderson
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This cover arrested my attention immediately, and I then was intrigued by the following: her name is not her name, her father is not her father, her birthday is made up, and she spends her days editing Wikipedia entries. Overall, it's a pick - an enjoyable and interesting story - but there could have been more depth and character development.

sarahbarnes Definitely sounds intriguing! 5mo
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Apartment Women | Gu Byeong-mo
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Morning reading

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Okay Days | Jenny Mustard
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I enjoyed this one and found it to be a bit Sally Rooney esque although I'm not typically a fan of using those comparisons. Okay Days didn't have quite the depth or emotional weight of Rooney's work but still enjoyable and satisfying read IMO.

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Okay Days | Jenny Mustard
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It's a e-book day since this guy insists on cuddles. How can I say no to this face?

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I enjoyed dipping in and out of this collection over the past week. A couple of essays just didn't generate my interest, and there were a few that stood out above the others; my favorite being Second Selves. Overall I found the book to be thought provoking and give it a pick.

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Pick the Lock | A S King
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AS King is YA surrealism at its best. Her newest novel is a deep dive into what domestic abuse is like from the inside. It's frank but handled with grace. And I loved seeing Jane's punk opera develop throughout the book.

Leftcoastzen 😻👏 5mo
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In addition to the physical history, Roland also discusses how notebooks were used throughout history - in accounting, art, natural history, writing, etc. and various ways notebooks were perceived. I.e., in the 1200s when clergy refused to use anything other than parchment being suspicious of paper's novelty and its infidel and recycled origins: “one opponent fulminated against the idea that the word of God could be written on menses-stained rag.“

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Translation as Transhumance | Mireille Gansel
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September wrap! I usually read a decent mix of genres across both fiction and non-fiction, but September was a heavy NF month with some solids picks too.

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Free verse paired with stunning art to tell the stort of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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A Bit Much: Poems | Lyndsay Rush
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Coffee date with Lyndsay Rush's A Bit Much yesterday. Very relatable poems written with both sharpness and humor. Looking forward to continuing.

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A Book of Days | Patti Smith
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Captivating photo! I continue to enjoy slowly taking this volume in day by day.

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This is a fantastic, fun spooky twist on the classic Goodnight Moon, and my nephew definitely approves!

Texreader What a darling!! Cute photo! 6mo
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The Glass Girl | Kathleen Glasgow
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I've been loving the StoryGraph's new monthly wrap-up feature. August was a crazy work month that really only left me with weekends for reading, but I got in some top notch books when time permitted.

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“In a painting, I try to make some logic out of the world that has been given to me in chaos....“ -Grace Hartigan

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The Glass Girl | Kathleen Glasgow
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This is a book about addiction, anxiety, grief, loneliness, rehab, recovery, and learning to give each other enough grace to talk about what's happening. I was absorbed in Bella's story, and it's a solid pick for me!

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My 2 year old nephew loves Halloween and spooky books and has been demanding to be read them all summer. This Auntie is more than happy to add to his collection.

LiteraryinPA Aww! 7mo
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