Liberty Hardy

@libertyhardy

Raised by wolves who watched Reading Rainbow. Co-host of Book Riot's All the Books! podcast. "My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out."—D. Thomas She/her.

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Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· 5d

Black Books scene: Manny: "It's Friday Night." Bernard: "It was Friday night last week, and it'll be Friday night every week until we're dead and even then the whole rotten business will go on."

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· 5d

Broad City skit:
“The day is Thursday. The Time is one o'clock.”
“Gotta stop you there. It's Friday and it's 4pm.”

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· 6d

“You know what would be good in this really hot weather? Getting under a weighted blanket.”—Zevon

A lumpy blue blanket with a striped orange cat tail sticking out the side, in front of two very full bookcases.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· 6d

I’ve really been enjoying having themed reading weekends lately, so I’m continuing this weekend with several upcoming horror novels I’m excited to read. Have you read any of these? What upcoming horror novels are you excited about? 👻 📚

Cover images of Hell to Pay by Kylie Lee Baker, Mothersucker by Kim Bohyun, Archana Madhavan (translator), Pictures of You by Josh Malerman, Trad Wife by Sarah Langan, Crone by Keith Rosson, and Mazywood by Tananarive Due.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Dec 29

Without downloading any new pics what's your energy going into 2025?

Screen shot of Spencer Reid in Criminal Minds, a young white man with brown hair, saying, “I read a lot.”

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Dec 17

Let's talk books, kittens. What book did you read this year that you loved with the heat of a thousand suns? What 2025 book releases are you most excited about?

Orange cat hanging out of a library card catalog drawer.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Dec 30

Without downloading any new pics, what’s your energy going into 2024?

Woman with dark hair and a white dress sitting on a chair and reading in a room full of books, along with the words “Reading. Because murder is wrong.”

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Dec 29

pet nap posting go

An orange cat’s face close up as it sleeps on a red couch with the whites of its eyes showing a little bit.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Dec 28

My Christmas present to myself arrived! To celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, Abacus Books in the UK released a special edition of the novel. In February, I will be reading The Secret History for the 32nd time, while hoping 2024 brings news of a new book.

Copy of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt sitting on a shelf in front of a card catalog. Cover is same as original release, with a painting of a goldfinch bird by the Dutch Golden Age artist Carel Fabritius.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Dec 26

Happy Tuesday (even though I keep thinking it’s Monday!) Here is my book mail from the last few weeks. I’ve finally decided on the book I want to read first in 2024: The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma. What are you excited to read, friends? What do you think your first book will be in 2024?

Three stacks of books sitting on shelves in front of a card catalog, including Beautyland, Little Underworld, The Deading, Exhibit, The Fox Wife, Stag, My Favorite Scar, Sweet River, Destroy the Day, The Sisters K, Some of Us Just Fall, Prima Facie, Where You End, The Road to the Country, Little Underworld, and The Fetishist.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Dec 23

TFW you slide the scissors through the whole piece of wrapping paper without it catching.

SpongeBob Squarepants making a happy face and the image reading "That's the stuff."

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Dec 23

Happy 10th anniversary to this quote from John Waters in the NYT. Reposting it each year is my only holiday tradition. 🎁

What kind of gifts do you give? “I always give books. And I always ask for books. I think you should reward people sexually for getting you books. Don’t send a thank-you note, repay then with sexual activity. If the book is rare or by your favorite author or one you didn’t know about, reward them with the most perverted sex act you can think of. Otherwise, you can just make out.”

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Dec 9

I’m having a horror-fying weekend! 👻 I have decided to throw myself a little horror readathon this weekend. These are the upcoming horror and thriller releases I plan to read. What horror books are you excited about? What are you reading this weekend? 📚❤️📚

Collage of book cover images for How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive by Craig DiLouie, The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy Book 3) by Stephen Graham Jones, Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra, Midnight on Beacon Street by Emily Ruth Verona, Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay, and Withered by A.G.A. Wilmot.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Dec 8

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Sep 22

I will be at Print: A Bookstore on Tuesday to i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶r̶o̶g̶a̶t̶e̶ interview @chuckwendig.bsky.social on the launch day of his new book BLACK RIVER ORCHARD! I am excited because I will be dressed like I always dress, but this time I can call it Miriam Black cosplay. www.printbookstore.com/event/chuck-...

Chuck Wendig discusses his new novel, BLACK RIVER ORCHARD with Liberty Hardy, Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Sep 8

Holy fucking cats.

Copy of The Book of Love by Kelly Link being held up in front of a giant shark wall decal. Book’s spine is facing the camera and is blue with black font.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Aug 24

New shirt!

A black T-shirt featuring a skeleton wearing a pork pie hat with music notes on it and smoking a cigarette with smoke that turns into butterflies. Text reads, “Take off your skin and dance around in your bones.”—Tom Waits.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Aug 19

This came in the mail yesterday with a Karin Slaughter book, and when my husband got home today from a trip, he asked what it was and I told him someone at the monthly serial killer meeting must have left it behind.

A sky blue water bottle with “#slaughtersquad” on the side.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Aug 11

Farrokh is a ridiculous sleeper. He cost me several nights sleep and $$$ in calls to animal poison control last week because he ate a small piece of duct tape. But I'm glad he at least gets his rest.

An orange tabby cat asleep in a large silver mixing bowl with his head and arm hanging over the side and his face pressed down on top of the half wall.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Jul 9

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy — not a selfie.

"The more you know, the more you hate it here."

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Jul 8

Caturday: The dark side of the loon.

An orange tabby cat on a blue blanket with a window decal rainbow reflection on its midsection.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Jul 7

I found this in a used copy of Little Women in 2007. Happy July 7th, stranger.

Piece of notebook paper that reads: "Memo: Today is July 7, 1977. You can also write that 7/7/77. No one will be able to write that again for 100 years. I am 13 years old. Maybe I’ll live for another century. Goodbye 7/7/77."

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Jul 7

Filed in the card cat-alog under ‘Z’ for ‘Zevon’.

An orange tabby cat sitting on a shelf in front of a brown library card catalog.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Jun 28

Quote skeet with one of your favorite films that is not a huge hit and let’s get to know each other a bit more.

Movie poster for the 1986 Jim Jarmusch film Down By Law, starring Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Roberto Benigni.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Jun 23

A NEW TOMMY ORANGE!!!!

Deal report from Publishers Marketplace: WANDERING STARS By Tommy Orange
Imprint: Knopf, McClelland & Stewart
Tommy Orange's WANDERING STARS, the follow-up to THERE THERE, which traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through to the shattering aftermath of Orvil Redfeather's shooting, to Jordan Pavlin at Knopf, for publication on March 5, 2024, by Nicole Aragi at Aragi Inc. (US). Canadian rights to Stephanie Sinclair at McClelland & Stewart.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Jun 23

Have you seen the UK cover? I have a copy and I have tried to remove that orange square, thinking it was a post-it note, on more than one occasion.

Copy of The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn; cover is black with white text with a bright orange rectangle near the title at the top.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Jun 19

This delights me to no end. From Hands Off My Dinosaur on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/CtrIE_9MzIW/

A coffee mug sitting on a copy machine and the images coming out are coffee mug rings.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Jun 16

This is what remote workers will look like in 2100.

Gary Oldman as futuristic bad man Zorg in The Fifth Element.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Jun 13

Legend.

BREAKING NEWS: Cormac McCarthy, a preeminent voice in American literature over the better part of the past half-century, died today at his home in Santa Fe, N.M., his publisher, Knopf, confirmed. He was 89. Full obit to follow.

Liberty Hardy@libertyhardy· Jun 11

This sounds bananapants. Starting it in 3…2…1… https://bookshop.org/a/86661/9780802162021