Seattle Book Girl

Only 25 pages in and already, Sybil has taken root in my heart 💙📚

Rooted for Margo all the way, 10/10! This book has it all: humor, a well-paced plot, pop culture insights, and lovable, imperfect characters who challenge what we think of the world around us 💙📚

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

George Orwell, 1984
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On a remote island off the coast of British Columbia… when traveling, I always choose a location-appropriate book and A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki has been an excellent choice 📚💙

Highly recommend!

Books + bar = wonderful evening at @inkdrinkerseattle.bsky.social 📚💙

Miranda July, a delightful evening! 📚💙

Autumnal tree outside of the Queen Anne Book Company

Cover of If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia - the cover is a small town in autumn with a man and a woman walking together with arms linked

Is there anyone happier than a bookworm in the fall? 📚💙

From Frankenstein by Mary Shelley:

"Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould me man? Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?
—Paradise Lost

Cover of the book Weyward by Emilia Hart, with a candle and pumpkin the background

Halloween night: rain battering the windows, pumpkin cider, candles, witchy book 🌧️ 🍂

Same here :)

A large tree changing color, oranges and red at the top, in front of a cute blue house

Fall in Seattle >>>

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Thank you! I haven’t read any of hers—should I start with Writers and Lovers you think?

This looks great, thanks so much!

Loved On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous so that’s a great rec, thanks!

Cover of Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout, being held in front of a bookshelf with a cute flowered manicure!

Truthfully, I’ve started and stopped and restarted twenty books in the last few months, unable to focus due to the state of the world.

But an Elizabeth Strout I knew I could finish.
Intimate, simple, beautiful.
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Would love recommendations for similar, or any books helping to cope.
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I finished this awhile ago and didn’t think too much of it, to be quite frank. But many months later I keep thinking back to the descriptions and characters and can’t figure out why they’re sticking with me like this 💙📚

Next up

Nothing better 💙 📚

Thank you for the recommendation! I hadn’t heard of this one before.

I’m also reading The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah currently and was introduced to the term “Okie” today, which I just saw in your profile! Odd coincidence.

I keep seeing this come up. Thank you!

I’ve seen this! Thank you.

The Vaster Wilds, a book by Lauren Groff, sits on a stone bookshelf alongside houseplants

Gorgeous prose; we expect nothing less from Lauren Groff.
But now, taking recs for a book with a bit more plot… 💙📚

We thought the same and then got a genetic test. Let me know if you need a trainer recommendation - ours has been amazing and does all virtual

He’s half lab and half golden retriever, from an amazing rescue in Oregon called GoldenBond. He’s turning two next week and has taken a lotttttttt of training to get to where we are today!

Omg he looks just like my Ollie! For that reason I vote Ozzy :)

Bookstore shelves, hardwood floor

Happy Independent Bookstore Day to all who observe! 💙📚

(Third Place Books in Ravenna - my cozy neighborhood bookstore with an attached cafe and pub downstairs)

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