entomology of a bookworm

Books and reading. Bagels and food. Sometimes running.

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afternoon essay break. // #rightnow #bookstagram #amreading #readafuckingbook #readharder

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Fresh ink! Thanks, @litographs. #bea16 #bea2016 #bookexpo #literarytattoo (at Hyatt Regency McCormick Place)

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You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me - C.S. Lewis // #amreading #readharder #bookstagram

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It's hard enough to wrap my head around the fact that this kind of racism was so pervasive centuries ago, let alone less than a decade ago. // #justmercy #sjbc #amreading

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I believe I will enjoy this enormous cup of coffee. // #coffeegram

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Oh, were you reading that? // #hamalong #catsonbooks

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Normal way for cats to sleep, yeah?

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Hello again, Monday. // #amreading #poetry #readharder

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Sometimes she worried that she was too happy. She would sink into moodiness, and snap at Obinze, or be distant. And her joy would become a restless thing, flapping its wings inside her, as though looking for an opening to fly away.

Americanah, Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie

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#24in48 and a 500-page galley with pages that fall out seemed like a good occasion to break out this reading pillow. It holds the book for me!

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Nooked all weekend. I may never move. #24in48 #amreading #readingnook

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Naomi Jackson’s The Star Side of Bird Hill is excellent debut fiction. Full review.

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Searching for bad-ass feminist romance books left me overwhelmed, so I turned to Twitter for recommendations. Here they are, consolidated: http://www.entomologyofabookworm.com/2015/07/romance-books-recommendations-feminist.html

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#24in48 plans. (That top book without a spine is Zeroes by Chuck Wendig.)

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Lyndsay Faye, The Fatal Flame

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On a wraparound porch with the ocean breeze at my back and a book in my lap. Best possible start to #BlumeALong.