also a christmas present hihi selkies are my faveeee so this has been on my wishlist for a while!! so excited

oh my god, the doctor pressuring Assata to have an abortion while pretending it's "for her own wellbeing" but not actually explaining why

and the use of pro life activism in certain cases ie Evelyn's doctor telling Assata that they could leverage the pregnancy and pro life activists if the judge denied the motion to move her to the hospital and postpone the trial. it's an extra layer of nuance to the issue that i had never considered. abortion issues are often framed as "choice vs life" but Black people (and indigenous people, and other people of color ofc) often get neither. and of course, that pro-life activism isn't about the right to life at all, but rather people fighting for the right of the state to control people's bodies

the whole section with the white doctor is so insidious. how he denies her any answers about her own body & health, how he treats her autonomy like a game to "win", and how he has every ability to act on his racism unchecked. just, honestly speechless

Any tips for building more reading stamina? My attention span these days has been dwindling (thanks TikTok 😂) and realize that reading for longer periods of time is more difficult. Miss being able to lock into a book!

i just wanted to send love to people like me who feel lonely and isolated over the holidays. i hope it gets better for people like us. christmas doesn’t feel like christmas this year. hasn’t felt like it in years.

We can get through the next two days of socializing and masking. It will be exhausting but we will persevere. And at the other side? Plenty of alone time, to spend with books or other hobbies, we can do it!!

hey friends! myself & @miranda_mic put together a lil bingo challenge with a few ways to diversify our/your reading on all fronts in 2026 (or any year). we thought this would be a great way to connect w/the community and read beyond what we might ordinarily reach for.

go for one line, two lines, or a full house if you’re super ambitious, and check back in here if/when you hit bingo!

list can be found here!

happy holidays friends <3

Is anyone else starting a book in January which they anticipate will take them the entire year?

I'm hoping to slowly read the Divine Comedy over the course of 2026, following along with the lectures on Digital Dante, along with the Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.

I have a bad habit of reading way too many books at the same time. I am now trying to keep myself to one or two, but it is so hard not to pick up another as well