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Will's Summer 2026 Photodump (uncaptioned) 🎵 Noah Kahan - American Cars
Location: Florida, USA
A batfish lies on the seabed. “Polka-dot batfish are a common sight in Florida waters, but they are notoriously difficult to photograph,” says Sullivan. “After years of trying, this individual seemed relaxed, and I was able to finally take a head-on portrait.”
Matthew Sullivan
Ocean Photographer Of The Year
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clip of ‘Easy’ from The Escape Artist show 4/22/23 at Main Drag Music
2/26 Book Deals
Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you’ve all had a nice week. :) Can you believe February is almost over?? I apologize for not being very active with the book deals posts lately--things have been really crazy lately for me and I haven’t had as much time. :/ But I’m here now to share some more awesome books that are on sale (and for one there are actually quite a few again!), so if you’ve been in need of some new reading material, never fear, here are some options!
Have any of you read Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino? I’ve had my eye on it for ages, but I hear such conflicting things and it seems like one that is a more difficult read, but worth it? I really don’t know, so if any of you have read it let me know your thoughts! The only ones I’ve read on this list are Silver in the Wood, which was an odd but enjoyable little novella (I still need to catch up on the sequel) and Akata Witch.
How have you all been doing? I hope things have been going well for all of you, and if you’ve been struggling with anything (as I’m sure most of us are, I know I certainly am) then I hope you can find some peace. :) I hope you all have a wonderful weekend--and happy reading!
Today’s Deals:
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab - https://amzn.to/3qXwHQ5
Silver in the Wood (#1) by Emily Tesh - https://amzn.to/2ZWaPIK
Drowned Country (#2) by Emily Tesh - https://amzn.to/2NLq1pA
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor - https://amzn.to/3dOxizH
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith - https://amzn.to/2O4rNCh
Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin - https://amzn.to/3aWEzLZ
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan - https://amzn.to/37Swg1X
The Postmortal by Drew Magary - https://amzn.to/3qXEcGD
Edison by Edmund Morris - https://amzn.to/3aUjj9M
Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino - https://amzn.to/3bCRdim
The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit - https://amzn.to/3bBTtXa
Bury the Chains by Adam Hochschild - https://amzn.to/2O4s9ZD
The Physician by Noah Gordon - https://amzn.to/3bJYaxZ
The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation by Bryan A. Garner - https://amzn.to/37QdhoN
NOTE: I am categorizing these book deals posts under the tag #bookdeals, so if you don’t want to see them then just block that tag and you should be good. I am an Amazon affiliate in addition to a Book Depository affiliate and will receive a small (but very much needed!) commission on any purchase made through these links.
Mystery/Thriller Monday
I’m still not decided whether I like the nickname the ‘BookFrogs’ for the regular customer of the Bright Ideas bookstore is a good thing. (I mean, frogs and toads are cool). But, other than that, this was an intensely awesome book.
Lydia’s works at the Bright Ideas bookstore. One of the ‘BookFrogs’, Joey, kills himself in the bookstore and then leaves everything to Lydia. She finds herself thrown back to her own childhood at the same time that she’s disturbed by the notes that she finds on Joey’s books.
As I said. It is super intense, and it was so twisty I had no earthly idea where it would go one page to the next. A great read.
You may like this book If you Liked: The Bookwoman's Last Fling by John Dunning, The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald, or Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
A series of talks by Zen Master Matthew Sullivan on how to use meditation and mindfulness to deal with stress and anxiety.
This is a video by my Dharma brother, Matthew Sullivan explaining how to meditate and meditating. If you mediate along with this video everyday it will change your life.
"You leave yourself open to answers, he’d always taught her. You keep turning pages, you finish chapters, you find the next book. You seek and you seek and you seek, and no matter how tough things become, you never settle."
Matthew J. Sullivan, Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore