Thao Votang

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Author of LINH LY IS DOING JUST FINE. Subscribe to my newsletter for monthly book rec's! 💗🌼💚 🕸️ votang.com

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Thao Votang@votang· 14d

Another fabulous book that tempts me to buy to save (as if my personal library will be the one that survives).

The book The Last Sweet Bite by Michael Shaikh on a speckled white and gray granite countertop. The book is red orange with a broken plate where each piece is decorated differently to represent various cultures.

Thao Votang@votang· 16d

Absolutely love when I feel the urgent need to buy a copy of a book I checked out from the library. I want to reread this one over and over.

The book entitled The Island by Antigone Kefaka sits on top of a white cotton blanket with dramatic shadows. The green cover has a shard of blue with hot pink, black, and grey mountains. Another trapezoid that breaks up the green like torn pieces of paper has beige, brown and grey shapes that make it look like desert rock.

Thao Votang@votang· 20d

Had my fill of peaches from Chilton County, Alabama and brought some back home to extend the experience just a little bit more. So freaking luscious 😊

Five big ripe peaches that barely fit on a cream plate on a gray and black speckled countertop with a white tile backsplash.

Thao Votang@votang· 25d

Fyi~ perfect tote for current knitting project & lovely long straight needles 🥰 There's a zippered pocket and two open pockets inside as well!

A tote bag from the Menil museum is filled with knitting supplies and yarn. A green and white project still on needles sticks out of the top. The bag is sitting on a leather armchair. There is an aloe vera plant in a terra cotta pot next to it

Thao Votang@votang· Jul 12

I told myself one book. Then two.... 💙📚 I can't linger long at my local bookshop (Alienated Majesty)! 💗

Three books on a wood shelf including The Maias by Eça de Queirós, Cities of Salt by Abdelrahman Munif, and Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn

Thao Votang@votang· Jul 1

This is giving me laughs & fun facts but also a profound sense of ...dread? Maybe the last third will be uplifting (hahhah) 😅

Paperback copy of "The Untold Story of Books" with its green cover bent from use and library sticker showing on top of a yellow floral pillowcase.

Thao Votang@votang· Jun 16

& the next print edit starts...

Seventy something printed pages sit on the tray of a Brother printer. Faint lines of text can be seen on the other side of the white paper.

Thao Votang@votang· Jun 10

I'm going all in.

Book titled Custom Socks knit to fit your feet by Kate Atherley has four images of socked feet worn in various poses to show off the stitching and patterns. The book is on a white cotton bedspread.

Thao Votang@votang· May 29

Learned to knit in March (previously knew how to crochet) and finished my first pair of socks! 🥳 They're a little roomy, so will adjust for my second pair and then hopefully I will knit all sorts of fabulous socks 💗

Two feet clad in knit socks made with Malabrigo's anniversario sock yarn that is a mix of mostly pinks with a bit of blue on a gray couch.

Thao Votang@votang· May 26

Needed some diversions and these two books were hilarious, unbelievable, and awesome. Excellent reads for those who like a heisty time.

Two library books on a woven white blanket. "The Art Thief" by Michael Finkle had a painting of a bat over a painting of a young man sleeping with his mouth open. He wears a red jacket over a white shirt and holds a clarinet. The second book is Michael Crichton's "The Great Train Robbery" and the cover is a gradient with blue at the top moving to orange at the bottom.

Thao Votang@votang· Nov 17

It's been entirely too long since I've added to our art collection, and I am over the moon to have this new work by @silverlinings.bsky.social on our walls. I smile every time I see it (& will walk by just to see it again) 💝

circlular painting hanging on a beige wall. the painting has a golden scalloped border and depicts a blushing ghost holding a stack of three books and their pink wallet. orange blossoms with a glittery gold edges on a green vine surround the ghost.

Thao Votang@votang· Feb 16

Helped 20 other volunteers haul trash out of a nature preserve while listening to crows build a nest nearby 💚 the organizer said they had yet to see a squirrel in the area. Maybe this will be the year they can return.

Thao Votang@votang· Jan 26

Saw some beautiful things for a day, which was a nice change —

An art book on grey thread sofa seat. The book is a catalog of Vincent Valdez's work titled "just a dream..." the text is in pink font over an exquisitely drawn dark brown illustration of a pig resting on one leg. Near it is spectacles, a crumpled paper, money, a pile of coins, and a cigarette.

Thao Votang@votang· Dec 22

I hope I can do something like this every solstice. Grilled cheeses and s'mores and an impromptu water color session at a nearly deserted park with some of my most loving friends listening to the crows and hawks & all the other birds ✨💗

Four people hold skewers with giant marshmallows over a fire in a park bbq pit

Thao Votang@votang· Nov 23

Watch @utopiastateofmind.bsky.social on Sun 11/24, 5ET ✨✨✨ Panel with — Elizabeth Sails / @kristinowenswriter.bsky.social Linh Ly Is Doing Just Fine / 🙃 Masquerade / O.O. Sangoyomi Original Twin / @paulagleeson.bsky.social The Nightward / @rsagarcia.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/dZp_PD3...

on a multicolored pink, blue, and yellow background, blue header text reads “Adult fiction deput panel” then the covers of Masquerade, Linh Ly is Doing Just Fine and Elizabeth Sails is below. A yellow bar has blue text that reads “november 24th at 5pm est” then the covers of Original Twin and The Nightward are below that. Then blue text at the bottom reads YouTube - Utopia State of Mind

Thao Votang@votang· Nov 2

Huge thanks to Pandora's Bookstore for hosting a fabulous event. I get so nervous I want to puke, but am always so grateful to meet other authors & readers! #writingcommunity #sanantonio

Thao Votang@votang· Oct 31

going to be in San Antonio on Saturday for a sweet little author meet & greet. Come hang out!

Thao Votang@votang· Jul 23

You can ORDER my book today, on its pub day! 💐 votang.com