Here’s a few thoughts on Elizabeth Jane Howard’s debut novel, The Beautiful Visit, 1950, a great read about a teenage girl coming of age at the time of WW1 #bookstodon #BookReview #Storygraph #Braille @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/743e3494-740c-48ae-905f-4525dee07a9a

Finished reading “A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great” by John Bagnell Bury #booksky #history #Greece #Alexander #storygraph

TWO JOURNEYS, the amazing adventure story, is now available for review on THE STORYGRAPH. This is the better alternative to Amazon's Goodreads.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/631f60bf-ac97-4909-a4e1-15ebf9b4a004
#goodreads #storygraph #thestorygraph #amreading #postapo #adventure #iamreading #goodbook

Finished Crooked Kingdom yesterday. I was completely smitten with the first part, Six of Crows, so I couldn't wait to dive into this one. But it's a slow starter, so it took me a while to get into. Still, 4/5 stars.
My review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/69475c27-f481-41a5-b379-e846951140c9

#Storygraph #books

Currently reading: No Longer At Ease by Chinua Achebe. I plan to complete the African Trilogy series now after rereading Things Fall Apart earlier this year. #bookstodon #StoryGraph #NoLongerAtEase #ChinuaAchebe #currentlyreading

I listened to Tough: My Journey to True Power by Terry Crews on #audiobook. 5.0 ⭐

An #introspective #memoir exploring #addiction, toxic #masculinity, #procrastination, and more.

📚 #StoryGraph Genre #Challenge
✅ Prompt 1: #Nonfiction about visual art or an artist

✅ Prompt 5: A nonfiction #book by or about a #sports personality

I found it to be entertaining, poignant, and inspiring. Nine nine!

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6a4aa9ea-989d-4c6c-8601-13974fd08b3f

#bookstodon #books #libraries #nfl #visualartist #actor #terrycrews

Here’s my review of The Devil Wears Prada, 2003, it was so fun to compare the book, movie and musical! #bookstodon #audiobook #BookReview #storygraph @bookstodon https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1da73792-e69c-40fc-9951-c405d637ea6b

I was lucky enough to get an advanced review copy of Call Me Ishmaelle by Xiaolu Guo to read in return for this review:
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e1e06740-478a-4554-8b65-d93d668dffe4

#review #storygraph #literature #books #booksky #bookstodon #mobydick

I read A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair. 4.0⭐

A modern reimagining of the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone.

📚 #StoryGraph Onboarding #Challenge
✅ Prompt 4: Read a book from the 'Similar Users Loved' recommendations segment

Kind of like Fifty Shades but with gods instead of BDSM.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2797655e-28fe-43af-9a84-c4373d6db230

#bookstodon #books #ebook #fiction #fantasy #romance #libraries #reading #readingchallenge

📚 Hyperion-Gesänge war ein ganz schön dicker Schinken. System Kollaps dafür viel zu kurz, ich kann nicht genug von Killerbot kriegen. Bin gespannt auf die Serie.
Weiterhin im Plan für 1 Buch/Monat. 💪
#reading #storygraph #killerbot

One of my favourite features of #storygraph is the monthly stats generator. I did forget to post this earlier, but at least April is still last month. #bookstodon #books

📚 I don't usually give up on a book, but I just could not make it through Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver for the #StoryGraph genre challenge prompt to read a poetry collection centered around nature. I made it 43% of the way through before I had to call it quits.

Poetry just is not my genre, and 480 pages was way too much. I'm going to need, like, a short collection of haiku.

#bookstodon #books #ebook #libraries #reading #readingchallenge

Dw i wedi cymryd y rhestr ffeindiais i ar #StoryGraph fel canllaw i'r drefn i ddarllen llyfrau Kerouac, ond dw i’n gweld bod 'na grin dipyn o anghytuno ynglyn â beth yw'r drefn “iawn”, a pha lyfrau dylai cael eu cynnwys.

#DarllenNawr #JackKerouac
https://toot.wales/@nic/114493668570663838

Just set up another #StoryGraph reading challenge, this time for #AnthonyPowell's "standalone” fiction, the novels he wrote before and after his epic, 12-volume "A Dance to the Music of Time”.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/ea876b41-9f5a-4008-91cf-34532662da43

#bookstodon

ok, i tried out #storygraph and it’s just not really clicking with me. i think it focusses too much on all the recommendation metadata for me, whereas i’m just looking for a simple digital “reading log”. literal hasn’t basically none of the recommendation features and focuses more on sharing the book status with friends and has a much simpler/cleaner/pleasing interface because of it

Finished my #JaneAusten #Reading with #NorthangerAbbey - VERY funny in places, especially early on & some insightful asides about women & their treatment, as in the screenshot it did enough to ensure it did not come in last in my affections. My rankings and #StoryGraph ratings #bookstodon @bookstodon

RE-READ CERTAIN
1. Persuasion 4.75/5
2. Mansfield Park 4.75/5

RE-READ POSSIBLE
3. Pride and Prejudice 4.25/5
4. Sense and Sensibility 4/5

ONCE WAS ENOUGH
5. Northanger Abbey 4/5
6. Emma 3.5/5

I've been reading Go as a river by Shelley Read for our #bookclub. Here is what I thought : https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/39e0afee-a00f-4e68-8b1e-922d5a2fc3d5

#literature #books #bookstodon #booksky #review #storygraph

April reading #StoryGraph wrap up. It was a pretty good month, and Twyford Code was a surprise highlight that a friend told me to read.

#Reading #AprilBooks

I read Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye. 4.0⭐

A #satirical #romance inspired by Jane Eyre. "Reader, I murdered him."

📚 #StoryGraph Onboarding #Challenge
✅ Prompt 2: Read a book published between 2010-2020 that fits your reader profile (medium-paced fiction books that are 300-499 pages long and adventurous, mysterious, and dark) but excludes your most-read genre (fantasy)

Thoroughly enjoyed it.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ad539515-f970-4910-ba77-086fc231877e

#bookstodon
#books
#ebook
#fiction
#libraries
#reading
#readingchallenge

All I want to do is read. 120 days of tracking pages read on #StoryGraph and my obsession hasn’t abated one bit. I wish my reading reflections could keep pace with my reading/listening speed though! :BlobCat_Headphones: