Emily

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Historian and Librarian | Full time Reader/part time Human |HOH and #endometriosis | 🚫 AI | 📌 NY State | 45/80 Books @emreads56 on Storygraph, etc: linktr.ee/em56 Bookclub moderator for thebookanalysts.bsky.social

under popular this week, you will see X's to block the title or author
looking at Libby details for the audiobook "Never, Ever, After" by Sue Lynn Tan. 13 hours, narrated by Natalie Naudus, by Hachette Audio
Phantasma by Kaylie Smith on an ereader next to an ear bud and Costa Coffee on a train table
Salty Days grey in natural lighting
Quotes: "Just being perceived, all the time being perceived, was exhausting" "but you're not a bad person trying to get good. You're a sick person trying to get well." "There is no difference to the outside world between a good guy and a bad guy behaving like a good guy"
The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Last Heir to Blackwood Library, The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Blood of Elves, Martyr!, Last Argument of Kings, Shark Heart, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Review: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar audiobook on a phone. 6 out of 5 stars
Review of audio book "Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain" by Margaret Willson 5 stars
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett audiobook on a phone that is against a window with autumn trees outside. 5 stars around the phone
Sword of Destiny (Witcher) 4.5, Teach the Torches to Burn 5, Most Ardently 1, The Multitude of Dreams 4.5, Fool's Errand, 5, Wuthering Heights 3, Woman, Captain, Rebel 5, Tainted Cup 5
woman with dark hair and clothes in a white coat that has black feathers on it. her makeup is dark eyes and nose to look like a low budget crow. Reference is Moira Rose as a crow from Schitts Creek
book on a table in the sun with a heart shaped chair back behind it and a stone wall. Drink says matcha oat, vanilla and lavender. a sword book mark with a orange ball on the end
Spooky forest template
9 books, 1,086 pages, 75.42 hours, 3.89 avg rating Highest rated reads; Manners and Mutiny (5), Hunger Games (5), Lucky Day (5) Avg book length; 384 pages, Avg time to finish; 5 days 100% fiction, 67% audio, 33% digital
Me looking out the window all cool to show off my lavender purple knit shirt
Manners and Mutiny (Finishing School #4) by Gail Carriger audiobook next to a latte and bagel
7 Books, 428 pages, 56.45 hours, avg rating of 3.71 highest rated: Everyone in this room will someday be dead (5), Reservoir Bitches (4), Subtle Blood (3.75) 100% fiction, 14% Print, 86% Audio
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin audiobook on mobile
The Resurrectionist 5/5, Nona the Ninth 5/5, Knight and the Moth 4/5, Grave Yard Shift 4/5, Ocean's Echo 3/5, Salt Slow 4/5, Chain-Gang All-Stars 5/5, Academy for Liars 4/5, The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting 4/5, Night Shift 3/5
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield on ereader with earphones near boxes
woman sitting with knit shirt on
Completed audiobook for Grave Yard Shift by M. L. Rio on a phone in front of a plant
ereader showing The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig while surrounded by pea plants. 4/5 stars
The Book Analysts July readathon weekend Nona the Ninth: 50-100%, 5 star Chain-gang All-Stars: 5% Knight and The Moth: 0-50%
"Stop being so fucking dramatic-" "Staahp being so fucking dramahhhtic," Crown mimicked, in a high-pitched voice. "this isn't the time, you dumb, hilarious bitch!"
The Resurrectionist by A. Rae Dunlap audiobook 100% complete on a phone surrounded by plants
Why I love Chuck Tingle reason 1254: Bury Your Gays "Horror stories aren't just the thing we want to see, they're the things we need to see. Night of the Living Dead isn't really about zombies, it's about racism. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is littered with pro-vegetarian subtext, and They Live is more about rampant consumerism more than aliens.' 'But ghosts aren't real!' 'Zombies, Leatherface, and space invaders aren't real either. But racism, factory farming, and unchecked corporate greed are."
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez 4/5, Chef's Kiss by TJ Alexander 4/5, Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle 5/5, Eat the Ones You Love 35% DNF, How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures 3/5, Cemetery Boys 1/5, Nona the Ninth current read/50%
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez 4/5, Chef's Kiss by TJ Alexander 4/5, Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle 5/5, Eat the Ones You Love 35% DNF, Cemetery Boys current read
reading Bury Your Gays under a tree on my deck
Image for readathon weekend. 3 rectangles for book covers in front of clouds and a mountain with flowers around it
- Don't let the forest in: 5/5, anxiety/panic - Highly Suspicious and unfairly cute: 4.75/5 OCD - Margo Zimmerman gets the girl; DNF, awful gay and autism rep. Actually terrible. review on my SG - A far wilder magic: 4/5. Dyslexia/adhd/anxiety - Ship of magic: 5/5. unsure the cannon rep yet. - Glitterland: 4/5. Bipolar/depression/panic
Knitting, coffee, and an ereader
Ship of magic 43-71%, Blood Over Bright Haven 0%, Glitterland 18% (bipolar/depression/panic attacks)
Reading update 1: Don't Let the Forest in by C.G Drews at 20%. Anxiety Rep
Highest rated: The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocomb, Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb, and Crossings by Ben Goldfarb Data: 4 books, 1,833 pages, 25.38 hours, av. rating of 4.63! 1/4th non fic, 1/2 print, 1/2 digital + audio respectively
The Davenports, 100%, 4/5 The Violin Conspiracy, 30-100%, 4.5/5 Chain-Gang All-Stars 3%
The Davenports by Krystal Marquis, 100%, 4/5 stars
Back end page has a frosty blue stained glass window design with Azure (character)
5 Star: Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson, The Prospects by KT Hoffman, Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb, and Will of the Many by James Islington 4 Star: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee , The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi 3 Star: Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb, Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb, The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb, Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, The Davenports by Krystal Marquis, and Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
ON AIR: In the last issue, I mentioned that something very exiciting was happening, that it gave me a very "real" deadline of Feb 5th (as opposed to all my "fake" self-imposed ones), and that if everything has gone to plan I can reveal more this issue... Well, so far, thing have gone very well, and so here's what I can share: I'm currently in the US (I live in the UK in case you don't know and I'm flying back in a few hours)! This morning I went to a studio and recorded a segment for a major US TV network. *eyes emoji*
@thebookanalysts.bsky.social January readathon: The Last Tale of the Flower Bride 4.25/5 stars. Yeonnam-dong's Smiley Laundromat 30% read
Book Icons to Follow list, @biblio-creep.bsky.social‬
Reading goal: 80 books 9% (7 books) = ahead by 2!
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
Stack of books including: A Pirate's Life for Tea by Thorne, Book Boyfriend by Ripper, The Cartographers by Shepherd, Bless Your Heart by Ryan, and Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Goldfarb
The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie next to a cane designed with a snake wrapping up it and a black mug
Bunny with a walkie talkie saying "wtf, over"
A shot in the dark by victoria lee on a chair covered in shadows of leaves
Blue/purple night sky graphic titled "The Book Analysts January Readathon" with three spaces for book covers
In Storygraph, the user-added tag is applied next to the edition information. The image shows Cinder by Marissa Meyer with a Norwegian edition
25% into the audiobook A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee
#democrat is marked as "sensitive content" and hidden from searchers
Knitting with an open book and an iced coffee
Would you rather, book edition live in: fantasy (x) or romance book Only read new books or reread (x) have a signed edition or have a 1st edition (x) crack every book spine (x) or never read your fav genre again live in your fav book or bring a character out of a book (x) only have hardcovers (x) or paperbacks be banned from all libraries or bookstores (x) burn your fav book (x) or have your fav character die read only stand-alones (x) or only series read only physical books (x) or only ebooks
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret, Satisfaction Guaranteed, A Psalm for the Wild-Built, and Assassin's Apprentice
A Gentleman's Gentleman by TJ Alexander
lavender nails on top of an ereader showing "Will of the Many" and a pink/black checkered sleeve