Splinter & Ash was such a phenomenal middle grade book 🥹 Friendship, loyalty, courage, bravery, LOTS OF DISABILITY AND QUEER REP, tradition vs cultural change, forgiveness...too much to name is a couple hundred characters. I can't suggest this book enough 💜 #booksky #middlegrade

at last she stood left me feeling kinda unimpressed which felt disappointing. id heard about joey guerrero and im not sure if this was the most enticing way to share her story :/ #booksky #aanhpiauthor #joeyguerrero #ww2 #spy #filipina #disabilityrep

this is my #maywrapup from storygraph! I finally got around to reading more books from my actual bookshelf 😅 #booksky #sci-fi #magicrealism #audiobooks #printbooks

I thought the flicker was amazing for a middle grade dystopian 🙂 #booksky #dystopian #kidlit #middlegrade #lgbtqia

I was so disappointed having to put down a book ive been meaning to read, but my next selection was an Octavia Butler book - Fledgling - which already is amazing luck for a random pull. and I open the cover, what do you know? it was a signed first edition copy 😭 im not penny but OMG. #booksky #OEB

finished up a cute and short one too! #booksky #AANHPI #sapphiclove #queerlove #lgbtqia

also finished up remarkably bright creatures! reading this was way different in some ways to listening to it, but I could also hear the voice actors as I was reading so it was same in some ways! #booksky #remarkablybrightcreatures

finished banned book club but didnt post my review! #booksky #AANHPI #bannedbookclub

I feel sad having to DNF books but I really didnt enjoy the writing style of this one :( it was too vague and inhuman (and maybe that was the point given the context of the book). #booksky #dnf

disturbing is the word for this book thats for sure 🥴 the women's maxim vs the men's maxim was fucked up, and the general way they were treated in the facility exacerbated the disparity. smh at the ending 😔 #booksky #theschoolforgoodmothers #AANHPI #dystopian #authoritariancps

this book shook. me. UP! I didnt know what to expect exactly, but I sure got a whole lot that I appreciate (and a whole lot that I wish had a content warning). this was a simultaneously deeply moving, haunting, grotesque, and heartwarming book. #booksky #AANHPI #afghaniauthor #thekiterunner

got the new centurversary card with los angeles public library! 😭 it's so pretty! #booksky #publiclibrary #losangelespubliclibrary

finally got back to reading physical books, and here's the latest on what ive finished! the book censor's library by the Kuwaiti author bothayna al-essa 💜 #booksky #dystopian #classics #Kuwaiti #AANHPI #womanauthor

felt moved asf by fireflies at el mozote w alma being a mama bear with lone survivor josé happy mother's day to all maternal people, but especially those who protect innocent young people from military and government sanctioned violence

here's my little #januarywrapup from #storygraph! I was committed to reading less in general this year, and commit to reading more prose than graphic novels/manga. I didn't win this first month, only because I had so many leftover library books that needed to be read from the prior year!

at first I was disappointed that I didnt finish my #2025readinggoal. then i thought about how I spent my time in the last few months more with friends, family, and my other #craftinghobbies, and im not that mad. 256 books is admirable. so im content after all with this years goal 💜 #booksky

here's my #novemberwrapup from #storygraph! most of my reading was done on my vacation at the end of the month 💜 work was burning me out so bad, even my hobbies weren't helping 🥲 #booksky #monthlyreading

update on my #crossstitch landscape 💜 I completely understand why this wouldn't be monetizable. I've already worked probably like 15-20+ hours on this. imagine that x minimum wage in California at 16.50 🥲 #fiberarts #craftsky #stitchsky #wip

reading goal for audiobooks is complete 🥳🎉 #booksky #yearlyreadinggoal #audiobook

what a cute book! theres puzzles and actions for the reader to do in this book 😍 im obsessed!! #booksky #graphicnovel #kidlit

someone commissioned me for what their niece calls "mushroom babies" 🥰 I had a couple that were unfinished, and im excited to finish and send those off with new ones! im hoping to make a brown one, a red one, and a bonus golden one. bellas, toadstools, and chanterelles! #crochet #fiberarts

this year's reading goals on point 🤩 #booksky #readingoal

starting a new project, and this time its a landscape! im already four purples in, and I've made one mistake 🥲 but im glad im taking on a tougher project to build my skill. im probably like 4-6 hours in! #xstitch #crossstitch #fiberarts #landscape #stitchsky #craftsky

oh my gosh! is this pattern still sold? it's so cute 😍 I just finished this one a few days ago and im on the hunt for my next project!

September was a killer month for middle grade & graphic novels/manga (which i always need but ESPECIALLY as us therapists are entering the dark season of Big T traumas, holidays, and seasonal affective). so proud of my reading 💜 #booksky #mangasky #septemberreads #monthlygoal #mentalhealth

ooooof 😍 the illustration is stunning!! #mangasky #booksky #Frieran #animesky

finally back to the fancy flower 😅 I need to get ready for some other projects!! #flowers #crossstitch #xstitch #fiberarts

im on the last one - Road Allowance Era - and im so moved. I appreciate the beautiful (and tragic) storytelling of the Métis people's history, written by someone who is actually Métis! #indigenousauthor #métis #booksky #graphicnovel #métishistory

still working on my fancy flower! #crossstitch #xstitch :)

my August was a bit of a mixed bag, with some really good books 💜 im trying to get back into print but im struggling rn! 😅 #booksky #augustreads #monthlyread #storygraph