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Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· 3d

The latest indie bookstore added to my map is Booklink Booksellers in Northampton, MA! They have two whole floors' worth of books here inside Thorne's Marketplace. This makes 75 stores mapped (and even more videos!) booklinkbooks.com #booksky #bookstore #massachusetts

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· 10d

Last week's indie bookstore was Barefoot Books in Concord, MA! They're not your typical bookstore. They're a children's book publisher who also have a retail and event space. All the books they offer were published by them. www.barefootbooks.com #booksky #indiebookstore #concord #massachusetts

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· 19d

Our latest independent bookstore is Broadside Bookshop in Northampton, MA! This pillar of the community has been here for over 50 years now and it feels so much bigger on the inside. broadsidebooks.com #booksky #indiebookstore #massachusetts

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Apr 6

For over a year, I've been visiting and recording every indie bookstore in Massachusetts one by one. I now have more than 60 videos. Last night, I finally added features to my website to make these more searchable, including an interactive map! writing.hallidaynelson.com/find-a-books... #booksky

A screenshot of a map feature on my website, showing the locations of all the Massachusetts independent bookstores I've visited and made video of so far on my quest to visit them all. Above the map itself is a heading reading "Search the Map" and a brief paragraph of text describing how the map works.

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Feb 22

How to Connect - Thich Nhat Hanh #booksky #connection

True Communication

Nowadays we have many means of communication, like smartphones, computers, and television, but communication has become very difficult between partners, father and son, and mother and daughter. Having many electronic devices doesn't necessarily improve the quality of our communication. If we are unable to be in touch with ourselves, to understand ourselves, to know the cause of our suffering, fear, and anger, then we're not in communication with ourselves. If we can't communicate with ourselves, how can we communicate with another person? Coming back to ourselves, we get in touch with our body, feelings, perceptions, and our suffering, and we develop our capacity to listen to ourselves and then to be able to listen to others.

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Jan 17

Over 30k votes now and still 94% no

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Aug 31

New blog post published yesterday about the path I took into professional reading and what it looks like now that I've gotten here. blog.hallidaynelson.com/professional... #booksky #betareading #arc #proofreader

A stack of books with overlaid text reading "New Blog Post! So You Want to Get Paid in Books: About Professional Reading"

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Aug 10

I've been craving more dissociation this year than usual

StoryGraph screenshot showing a goal of 50 books with 89 books read so far this year

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Jul 11

Not at all what I was meant to be doing, but I made a thing. Design also available as a tshirt, sticker, hat, pin... shower curtain... anything you want really. halliday.threadless.com #imadeathing #bookishhumor

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Jul 1

My car made it almost 20 years and over 216k miles before she reached the end of the road. It was quite a journey, so I took the time to gush about it. Read the post: blog.hallidaynelson.com/end-of-the-r... #blogpost #oldcar #goodbye #sentimental

Image of the side of a red SUV with trees and fog in the background and autumn leaves on the ground. Overlaid is the text "New Blog Post The End of the Road: Saying Goodbye to Vessel"

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· May 27

New #blog post! I've been mulling over this one for a while. A few years back, it took me over a year to read a single book. So far in 2025, I've read 67 books (45 text, 22 audio). Here are my tips for defeating a #readingslump blog.hallidaynelson.com/defeat-a-rea... #booksky #readmore

A large pile of books with a skeleton decoration sitting on top of them. Overlaid is text reading "New Blog Post How to Defeat a Reading Slump"

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· May 18

This one

Cover of The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin with a thumb covering a local library sticker in the top left corner

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Apr 20

New blog post just published. I didn't plan to write about defending public libraries this month, but it seemed more urgent than the psychology of spring cleaning. Anyway, here's some things you can do to help libraries: blog.hallidaynelson.com/defending-li... #booksky #blog #libraries

An image of the interior of a public library overlaid with the text "New Blog Post" and "Getting Loud to Defend Libraries"

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Apr 3

So far this is proving an excellent read for a rainy day like today.

Cover of The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox held up by a hand, with a rainy pine forest in the background

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Mar 21

Such a small book... Everyone should read it at least once. #ontyranny #littlebook #bigideas

The cover of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century but Timothy Snyder

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Mar 19

New blog post published today! blog.hallidaynelson.com/telling-my-s... It took me far to long to learn how to listen to myself. I learned finally how to live my own story, and now I'm starting to tell it too. #blogpost #booksky #reading #writing

Image shows a pile of books on my desk beside an open laptop with a text document open on the screen. There is a larger monitor in the background showing a spreadsheet of daily progress statistics. Overlaid on the image is text reading "New Blog Post" and "Telling My Story."

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Mar 1

Today's (mostly used) #bookhaul comes from A Great Notion. I re-bought a couple titles I haven't read since college, picked up the next in a series I'm loving, grabbed one from a local author, and even found a childhood treasure I'm excited to share with my kid. #booksky #indiebookstore

A stack of books including Flight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell, Grendel by John Gardner, A Hundred Breaths by Jean M. Grant, Dreadnought by Cherie Priest, and Outcast of Redwall by Brian Jacques.

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Feb 15

How was my Valentine's Day, you ask? He set me loose ina secondhand bookstore and cooked dinner while I got some reading time, so.... PERFECT. #booksky #bookhaul #reading

A stack of books from to to bottom: Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston, Last Nocturne by Marjorie Eccles, The Doll-Master by Joyce Carol Oates, and The Blood Countess by Andrei Codrescu

A screenshot reading "Daily statistics 2/14/2025 You read 252 pages (75.93%)

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Feb 9

From "Remember" by Alice Walker #poetry

Text reading "I am the woman offering two flowers whose roots are twin Justice and Hope Let us begin."

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Feb 8

Today's #bookhaul at my local used book store 😍

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Jan 29

Callie says she would like my attention but will happily settle for some of my meatloaf. #cats of #booksky

A long-haired calico cat standing with her front paws on the pages of an open book that is lying on the bed. The car is looking past the camera pleadingly.

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Jan 26

Had an excellent day exploring a couple used bookstores with my partner because he knows exactly how to sweep me off my feet. Adventure video coming soon! #bookhaul #booksky (Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide is a replacement for one I loaned out; yes I've read it! A couple times, and now I can again!)

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Jan 22

Today's haul at my local independent bookstore 🥰 Stickers and a bigger TBR pile warm my heart on a cold day like today

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Jan 16

The dedication from Looking Glass by Christina Henry

Photograph of text in a book reading "For all the girls who save themselves and all the girls still learning how" from Looking Glass by Christina Henry

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Jan 14

New blog post just published. This month it's about my journey of getting back in the books. blog.hallidaynelson.com/back-in-the-... #blogpost #booksky

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Jan 9

Relatable. I'm loving this book. Don't Let the Forest In by CG Drews #books #reading

Photograph of printed text reading "he was losing his goddamn mind." The text makes use of atypical formatting with spacing and line breaks, making it somewhat disorienting.

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Dec 31

Presenting my top 10 favorite reads of 2024! writing.hallidaynelson.com/favorite-rea...

Halliday in the Books@hallidaynelson· Dec 12

blog.hallidaynelson.com/winter-reset/ This year is coming to an end. Once the chaos of the winter holidays passes, I like to retreat for a while. It feels good for me to take this time to assess where I am, and how that relates to where I want to be. I think of it as a deep winter reset.