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The covers of the two books I read this month.

💙📚 April was two big ones from The King. 2,145 pages read.
#stephenking #storygraph #booksky

The cover of The Stand by Stephen King, showing a man standing on a trailer under a moody sky.

💙📚 I knew 12/22/63 wasn't going to be long enough to get me through so I got a 2nd Emergency King, and now I'm 500 pages into rereading #TheStand. #currentlyreading #stephenking #booksky

The cover of 11/22/63 by Stephen King.

💙📚 My library card has expired 😭 and I'm in temporary accomodations and can't renew it. However I knew this was coming and got myself an Emergency #StephenKing. It weighs a ton. #currentlyreading #booksky

Cover of the 7 books I read this March.

💙📚 A very frustrating reading month, four other titles still paused because holds kept coming in. #storygraph #booksky

The cover of Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer, showing a very strange creature, with flowers.

💙📚 #currentlyreading #annihilation by #jeffvandermeer #booksky

We did not move today. They say they're coming for us early tomorrow, before the constable. I'm packing an emergency "congrats, you've been evicted!" bag, just in case.

Cover of Insomnia by Stephen King, showing a clock in an eye, in black and red.

💙📚 #currentlyreading #insomnia by #stephenking #booksky

Now we're moving Sunday morning. And it had better happen, because the constable will be here bright and early Monday morning to put us out.

Cover of The Mist by Stephen King.

💙📚 #currentlyreading #stephenking #themist #booksky

We didn't move today. Will we move tomorrow? Yes? No? Maybe? We're not packed up yet so it would be a nightmare, but I almost want it to happen just so it'll be over. 😞

She sells hearts
She sells meat
Oh dad, she's driving me mad
Come see 🎶

Having a nice winter #thunderstorm.

💙📚 #currentlyreading

And now we're moving again. "Soon."

The cover of Goodbye Things by Fumio Sasaki, showing a cup on a shelf.

💙📚 #currentlyreading #goodbyethings by #fumiosasaki

The cover of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley.

💙📚 #currentlyreading #thewatchmakeroffiligreestreet by #natashapulley

So many pretty special editions this month 🫠 #booksky

Infographic on the aroma of books. The smell of old books is produced by the gradual breakdown of cellulose and lignin in paper. Type of paper and age of the book affect the compounds produced, which include furfural, vanillin and benzaldehyde. The aroma of new books is equally variable, the compounds causing it coming from adhesives, inks, and chemicals used for paper treatment. Many of these chemicals are odorless themselves, but can react and contribute to the release of aroma chemicals.

It's #WorldBookDay (in the UK and Ireland, at least) 💙📚

Love the smell of new or old books? Here's the chemical explanation for what you're smelling!

www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/01/n...

#ChemSky 🧪

💙📚 So tired but #currentlereading #carpejugulum by #terrypratchett

Dive in, it's fascinating.

💙📚 Six books read, with three more in progress. Not bad. #storygraph

I've had Black Hole Sun and Gutter Glitter alternating in my head, with occasional forays into Yellow Submarine. The brain is a strange place.

And now we're not moving. I don't know whether to be relieved or not.

The cover of Circe by Madeline Miller, in orange and black.

💙📚 #currentlyreading #madelinemiller #circe #booksky

Spent most of the morning lying wrapped around a pile of clean laundry because I was too tired to match socks and fold underwear.

The weather forecast for Mesa.

The first predicted 90°s of the year, I think.

Dust jacket illustration for Bright Dead Star by Lee Moyer. Blindfolded woman with wings holding a triangular device with an eye in the center.

Giveaway! Follow us and/or reskeet this post to be entered for an advance reader copy of @caitlinrkiernan.bsky.social's BRIGHT DEAD STAR! Winner selected Monday, Feb. 24, at noon ET. Open internationally! Book details and preorder here: subterraneanpress.com/kiernan-bds/

💙📚 Bad day made a little better by an unexpected hold coming in. #madelinemiller #thesongofachilles #booksky #loveyourlocallibrary

A screenshot of Tidal's page for Dog Man Star by Suede, with Daddy's Speeding playing.

Today was phone calls, a trip to the pharmacy. I showered, which felt like a victory. Trying to relax with Dog Man Star.

The cover of Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms by Richard Fortey, showing drawings of the crabs and worms in black and white.

💙📚 #currentlyreading #richardfortey #horseshoecrabsandvelvetworms #booksky