It's Independent Bookstore Daaaaayyyyy!!!!!!! 📚📚📚👏👏👏😀 Visit your local bookstores and support small businesses 👍 📷: Google Images #supportlocalbookstores #supportsmallbusiness #readabook #bookstore #books #bookshops #odysseybookshop #portbookandnews #pacificmistbooks #williamjamesbookseller #portangeleswa #sequimwa #porttownsend #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram #booknerd #pnwbookstores
I just finished my Book Advent for April: The Glass Forest by Cynthia Swanson 📚 Thank you to @rylanmacd15 for this one! It's the type of book not normally on my radar, and it was soooo good 😊 It takes place in 1960, when naive newlywed Angie and her much older husband Paul receive a call from their niece Ruby. They learn that Paul's older brother Henry has died, and his wife Silja is missing. The book alternates between three points of view: Angie's, Ruby's, and Silja's. And has the story of Henry's death and Silja's disappearance gets sussed out, we learn how one marriage falls apart, and another is heading down the same path. It's got twists and turns, murder, tragedy, misogyny, secrets, racial tensions, and more. It was an excellent slow burn of a book 📚💀 Cynthia Swanson is the author of the New York Times Best Seller, The Bookseller, which I'm adding to my TBR List 😊 #bookadvent #mysterybooks #theglassforest #cynthiaswanson #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram #booknerd #books
TJ Klune never ceases to amaze me. His books are thoughtful and subtle. His main characters are anxious, full of doubt, and a bit of self-loathing. He surrounds them with secondary characters that are supportive, understanding, and a touch neurotic themselves. LGBTQ+ themes are big drivers in his stories. All of which make In The Lives of Puppets a great sci-fi story about a world destroyed by war, man vs. machines. And how a young man goes on a journey to save his father. From their isolated home deep in the forest to the gleaming City of Electric Dreams. I highly recommend The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door on your TBR list 👍📚 TJ Klune's books are published by Tor.com which has been a fantastic source of new and interesting sci-fi writers. 😀📚 #tjklune #inthelivesofpuppets #sciencefictionbooks #tordotcompublishing #lgbtqbooks #LGBTQ+books #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram #booknerd #books
I just finished the latest book from My Favorite All Time Author, Christopher Moore! 😀📚 Razzmatazz is book 2 of the Noir Chronicles, set in San Francisco during the late 1940s. Once again, we follow Sammy "Two Toes" Tiffin and the Cookie's Coffee Irregulars on misadventures in Chinatown, drag king clubs, and the San Francisco late night 🌙 movers and shakers. There's murders to solve, cops to dodge, opium gangsters to run from, a moonman trying to get home, and an ancient Chinese Rain Dragon that could destroy the city 😳 I think I've now officially read all of Moore's novels 😊📚 Please Sir, could you write more books???? Irreverent, quirky, and hilarious 😂 Just what we need in this world 🌎 #christophermoorebooks #razzmatazz #razzmatazzbook #fictionbooks #sciencefictionbooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram #booknerd #books #comedyfiction #christophermoore
Every time I picked up this book, I had the theme sound playing in my head 😆👽 It wasn't my favorite movie novelization, but it was definitely nostalgic. I need to see if the movie is on streaming 🎬 #meninblack #movienovelization #authorsteveperry #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram #booknerd #books #sciencefictionbooks #moviebooks #alienbooks
My Dune Boxset came in today 🙂📚 I love Frank Herbert's first Dune book. I've read my 1984 edition my Dad gave me as a kid three times. Obviously, I'm was a huge fan of the David Lynch film growing up. Denis Villeneuve did an amazing job expanding the story in the newest Dune movies. I haven't read any other Dune books, so I look forward to these beauties! 🙂 Frank Herbert's makes Tacoma, WA proud 👏 Happy Spring Sunday! #dune #dunebooks #dunebookseries #dunebookset #frankherbert #frankherbertsdune #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booksaremylife #booklover #bookstagram #bookaddict #sciencefictionbooks
I finally get to check Assistant to the Villian by Hannah Nicole Maehrer off my TBR List! 💀 It was a very funny, clever book 📚 The always optimistic, light-hearted Evie Sage happens to cross paths with the dreaded Villian, the scourge of King Benedict's kingdom. The Villian is known to be cruel, evil, and dangerous 😳 All his villainy requires a huge staff working out of his lair, Massacre Manor. So he offers Evie a job 🤔 Be his assistant and help him continue to be the most notorious man in the kingdom. It's a very funny book with a new take on Who's Good/ Who's Bad themes. I loved it! Have a great weekend reading! 😀 📚 #assistanttothevillian #hannahnicolemaehrer #fantasybooks #romanceandmagic #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #booknerd #bookstagram #books
March's Book Advent is The Spaceship Next Door by Gene Doucette! 🛸🙂📚 So far, it's very good 👍 A spaceship lands in the rural town of Sorrow Falls, Massachusetts. And.....it just sits there for three years! Nothing. Nada. Zip. But Sorrow Falls has lots of activity. World leaders, journalists, an army base, and a fleet of RV living conspiracy nuts/ homemade scientists all wait, holding their breath to see what happens 😀 I'll update you on how it goes! #thespaceshipnextdoor #genedoucette #alienbooks #sciencefictionbooks #bookadvent #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram #booknerd #books
A hilarious grown-up picture book for a soggy PNW Saturday afternoon 😄 📚🦫 Thank you, Victoria, for giving it to Lisa on her birthday 🎂 🥳 🙂 She's already ordered some of Bimisi Tayanita's other books! #bimisitayanita #brendasbeaverneedsabarber #funnybooks #parodybooks #reacharoundbooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram #booknerd #books
I couldn't wait to read Matt Ruff's The Destroyer of Worlds, his follow-up to the amazing Lovecraft Country. And.....I've got feelings. First, it's fantastic to be reunited with all the characters from Lovecraft Country. The Turners, Berrys, and Dandridges are all back having adventures, fighting a-hole racists and power-hungry wizards 👏 Second, the overall story is really good, fast-paced writing. It just felt like it was written for TV straight out of the gate. The episodic chapters are one or two pages and others slightly longer. There's nothing necessarily wrong with that, but all our heroes and heroines just scratch the surface of who they are and how they're battling through life. Maybe Ruff is world building for more (hopefully 🤞) books 📚 and I'm just stuck thinking about only getting one season of the show out of HBO 😭 Anyways, it's still a great read for a cozy rainy PNW weekend 🌲🌲🌲 Matt Ruff! Please send us more stories with Montrose, George, Atticus, Ruby, Letitia, Hippolyta, and Horace! Please and Thanks 😊 #mattruff #thedestroyerofworlds #lovecraftcountry #sciencefictionbooks #cosmichorrorbooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #bookstagram #booksaremylife #booknerd #bookslover
Welcome to Happy Hollow Bake Off! Just a good ol' fashioned cosmic horror themed baking competition short story from the hilarious and brilliant D.M. Guay 💀🎂📚 Perfect quick read on a rainy PNW afternoon 👌 Check out D.M. Guay's 24/7 Demon Mart series, too! 💀💀💀 #dmguay #cosmichorror #cosmichorrorbooks #horrorcomedy #horrorcomedybooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookstagram #bookaddict #booknerd #books #pnwlife
Gone for Good by Harlan Coben had more twists and turns than I could count! Will Klein idolized his older brother Ken. But when Ken is accused of a heinous murder, the Klein family is torn apart. Now, eleven years later, Will suspects Ken may still be alive. Soon, dangerous people from Will's past start appearing, demanding to know where Ken is hiding. Kidnappings, disappearances, murders, FBI agents, mobsters, and a sadistic assassin called The Ghost all turn Will's world upside down as lie after lie unravel💀📚 I couldn't put it down! #harlancoben #detectivebooks #detectivestories #pageturners #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram #booknerd #books
Kong! The Eighth Wonder of the World! 🦍🗽 This novelization was first published in 1932! This particular edition I found at Half Priced Books was published in 1976 😀 Overall, the story is fun and bit more brutal than I would've thought from an early 30s book. The book did not age well at all in the Great White Explorer/ Helpless Dumb Beautiful Blonde/ Savage Uncivilized Natives tropes. High intensity jungle adventure 🦖 #kingkong #kingkongnovelization #kingkongbook #kingkongskullisland #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram #booknerd #books #adventurebooks #adventurestories
My 2024 Advent Book for February is The Lights of Sugarberry Cove by Heather Webber 📚📚📚 It's about two sisters reuniting in their hometown of Sugarberry Cove, Alabama. The sisters' mom had a heart attack and needs them to help her with her Inn. Sounds like lots of family drama, Southern style 😀 Thank you @rylanmacd15 ! ❤️ #adventbooks #southernstories #heatherwebber #thelightsofsugarberrycove #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram #booknerd #books
The Clackity is Book 1 of the Blight Harbor series by Lora Senf 💀 It was both creepy, spooky, and fun, so therefore, I loved it! Evie Von Rathe lives with her Uant Desdemona in Blight Harbor, the seventh most haunted town in America (per capita). Evie has lived with debilitating panic attacks and anxiety ever since her parents disappeared in a house fire 🔥 When Evie's Aunt D goes missing in the creepy abandoned slaughthouse haunted by the shadowy Clackity, she finds the courage to rescue her! Evie is transported to a dark world where she meets witches, penny-eyed ghosts, infamous dead serial killers, and more 👻 Great read for a rainy weekend in the PNW 💀🌲📚 I can't wait to read Blight Harbor Book 2: The Nighthouse Keeper 😀 #lorasenf #theclackity #hauntedhousebooks #hauntedtowns #ghoststories #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookstagram #bookaddict #booknerd #books
The Paleontologist by Luke Dumas was really good 🦕 In the last months of the Covid19 pandemic, Paleontologist Simon Nealy reports to his new job at the declining Hawthorne Museum of Natural History. Simon has a very personal history with the Hawthorne, its where his intense love of dinosaurs began. It's also where his 6yr sister Morgan disappeared when Simon was ten, a possible victim of The Bone Man. Now Simon is back at the museum trying to discover what happened to Morgan and make sense of a lifetime of guilt and anxiety. He begins to hear and see things late at night that he can't explain, things tied to the museum's gruesome past 💀 All the while being roadblocked by the museum's board of directors who appeared to be hiding the museum's darkest secrets 🔍 I could put it down 😀 #lukedumas #thepaleontologist #ghoststories #detectivestories #hauntedhousebooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram #booknerd #books
This book is amazing! 👏 Taming the Potted Beast: The Strange and Sensational History of the Not-So-Humble Houseplant by Molly Williams is great for newer plant parents like @rylansmom0915 and I. Each section is a glimpse in time on how plants were domesticated, their uses, and how they fit into styles/trends. Then, Williams gets into the general care for specific plants from that time period. It's a great blend of history and practical knowledge 👌 It's pretty cool stuff for us plant nerds! LOL 🪴🪴🪴 I ❤️ this 🪴 📚 P.S. this was a very thoughtful Christmas book present from @rylanmacd15 😊 Thank you! #tamingthepottedbeast #mollywilliams #plantbooks #houseplants #nerdbooks #rorylovesbooks #houseplantcare #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram #booknerd #books
Seven years ago today, I proudly presented my first two bookshelves for Rory's Booktorium Extraorium 😀📚 I made them from cheap pine wood because at the time it was too expensive to buy nice bookshelves. The Booktorium has definitely grown over the years ⌚️and I couldn't be happier ☺️ Happy Reading! 📚 Original Post - January 15, 2017 My personal home library setup has come true! My weekend project 🤓 They may not look the prettiest or professionally made, but dang it I made them 🤓 I should've made two more. They barely fit all my books I've got now! 🤓 Read a book folks!!! FB: Rory's Booktorium Extraorium IG: @rorylovesbooks #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #booknerd #bookstagram #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #books
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone is definitely one of the funniest and most interesting murder mystery I've read 📚 💀🔍 Ernest "Ern" Cunningham writes books on how to write Detective novels for people that actually write Detective novels 😀 He's also an outcast from his very infamous family, known throughout parts of Australia as notorious criminals. Now Ern is stuck in a ski resort at a family reunion for his newly released from prison brother, Michael. Mysterious deaths, bags of money, a bumbling cop, and family animosity ensue 👍 The story is narrated by Ern as he stumbles through his own investigation of the murders and chaos at the resort 😀 There are twists and turns a plenty! I already can't wait for the follow-up book, Everyone On This Train is a Suspect Add this one to your Detective Stories List! #benjaminstevenson #everyoneinmyfamilyhaskilledsomeone #detectivebooks #detectivestories #comedybooks #murdermysterybooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram #booknerd #books
My 2024 Book Advent for January is The Great Pretenders by Laura Kalpakian! Sounds like a great story set in 1950s Hollywood 📽 🎬 Thank you @rylanmacd15 ! #thegreatpretenders #laurakalpakian #bookadvent #bookeverymonth #booksasgifts #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram #booknerd #books
Last Book Read of 2023! 😀📚🎉🎊 I decided to end the year with a re-read of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett ❤️ I finished it with only 12 minutes to spare until midnight New Year's Eve! Hope your book adventures this year were amazing 👏 Remember to support your local bookstores, libraries, and authors! Happy Reading 2024! 📚 #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram #booknerd #books #supportlocalbookstores #supportlocallibraries #goodomens #neilgaiman #terrypratchett #crowley #aziraphale
Nerding out over my signed copy of Jenny Marr's House + Love = Home 🏡 ❤️ 📚 Thank you @rylansmom0915 ❤️ #jennymarrs #homedecorbooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram #booknerd #booksforchristmas #books
You do not mess with the special investigators.... Reacher receives a coded message from one of his former colleagues for help. Members of the elite 110th MP unit are missing. One turns up dead in the desert, thrown out of a helicopter with his hands tied and both legs already broken. As the surving four members reunite, they pick up where they left off eleven years before; investigate, find the bad guys, take them out. This one is the basis for Reacher Season 2 💀 I couldn't resist a $7.99 paperback with a ton of action and a great anti-hero 📚 #jackreacher #reacherbooks #leechild #leechildsjackreacher #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #actionbooks #booklover #booksaremylife #bookstagram #bookaddict #booknerd #books
My wife @rylansmom0915 found this amazing version of The Nightmare Before Christmas 💀🎄🎃 It's a fuller telling of the story (Burton initially wrote it as a poem) with original concept art. It's just beautiful! #thenightmarebeforechristmas #timburton #animatedclassics #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram #booknerd #books #childrensbooks
Gas station spinning used books racks demand you stop and browse for a minute 📚😉 #longhousemarketanddeli #jamestownsklallamtribe #bookracks #usedbooks #bargainbooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookstagram #bookaddict #booknerd #books
The Retreat is book #2 in what will hopefully 🤞 be a long-running series for Detective Elin Warner 🔍💀 After solving the gruesome murders in The Sanatorium, we now find Elin back on the police force, working her way through personal doubts and anxieties. It's not long before Elin and her partner Steed are called to a posh island retreat to investigate a falling death. They soon find out that the island has a very sinister past, the scene of numerous murders and gruesome legends. Elin has to walk the line between what's reality and what's lies with half-truths among the guests and her own family. Ack! This book was awesome 😀 Sarah Pearse writes really fast-paced stories that don't shortcut character development. I was genuinely anxious for the characters the whole story! I got locked into both The Sanatorium and The Retreat. If you follow Pearse on social media, she recently announced a new book coming out next year titled: The Wilds. Can't wait!!! #sarahpearse #sarahpearseauthor #theretreat #mysterybooks #detectivestories #detectivebooks #thrillerbooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #bookstagram #booksaremylife #booknerd #books #winterreads
What an absolutely amazing book 📖😀 I LOVE this movie 🎬 so damn much, so reading all the amazing behind the scenes stories meant a lot. I remember seeing it in the tiny one screen Sequim movie theater so many times 🥰 The book is heartwarming, hilarious, and full of great commentary from the cast and crew sprinkled throughout. I'm going to watch the movie this weekend! 😀 I love books and yammer on about them at: @rorylovesbooks (Rory's Booktorium Extraorium) #caryelwes #theprincessbride #princessbuttercup #westleythefarmboy #princehumperdink #fezzik #inigomontoya #lovestories #adventurebooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram #booknerd #books
What an absolutely amazing book 📖😀 I LOVE this movie 🎬 so damn much, so reading all the amazing behind the scenes stories meant a lot. I remember seeing it in the tiny one screen Sequim movie theater so many times 🥰 The book is heartwarming, hilarious, and full of great commentary from the cast and crew sprinkled throughout. I'm going to watch the movie this weekend! 😀 #caryelwes #theprincessbride #princessbuttercup #westleythefarmboy #princehumperdink #fezzik #inigomontoya #lovestories #adventurebooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram #booknerd #books
It's a foggy drizzly day in the PNW 🌲 so I decided to follow along with Hap and Leonard on their first misadventure, Savage Season 💀 Joe R. Lansdale is just absolutely ridiculous and brilliant 👏 Hap's ex-wife Trudy wanders back into his life with the deal of a lifetime: join her group of ex-hippie revolutionaries, travel back to Hap's old stomping grounds, and find some lost bank robbery money sunk in a river. Easy, right? 💰💰💰 Hap convinces his best friend Leonard to join him, (and watch his back), in finding the money that could change their fortunes in life. No problem at all 💀💀💀 #hapandleonard #joerlandsdale #adventurebooks #heistmoney #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram #booknerd #funnybooks #actionbooks #books #rainydaybooks #pnwlife
First Official Christmas Read 2023!!! 📚 🎄 D.M. Guay's Hell for the Holidays 😀💀 It's a 24/7 Demon Mart short story! Lloyd and his parents are holding their annual Christmas Eve Neighborhood Party! But a sudden snow storm, the early arrival of Lloyd's judgmental extended family, and a bunch of demon possessed snowmen threaten to ruin everything! 🤯 I laughed my a$$ off 🤣 so much, I had to re-read parts of the story 📚 Horror Comedy Fans, add D.M. Guay to your Authors To Read List 📚 #dmguay #24/7demonmart #horrorcomedybooks #hellfortheholidays #hilariousstories #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookstagram #booksaremylife #bookaddict #booknerd #books
There's nothing like coming home from a road trip and having your Birthday Book Presents to Yourself waiting for you! D.M. Guay's 24/7 Demon Mart three short stories set! 😍💀📚 #dmguay #24/7demonmart #kevinthecockroach #horrorcomedy #horrorcomedybooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram #booknerd #books
This bookstore is an absolute treasure trove of amazing used books 📚 Visit Henderson Books in Bellingham, WA 😀 Support local bookstores! #hendersonbooks #supportlocalbookstores #supportsmallbusiness #usedbookstores #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram #booknerd #books
This month's Survival Against All Odds Book is the very powerful investigative story, The Devil's Highway, by Luis Alberto Urrea 💀 In May of 2001, a Border Patrol agent came across a group of men wandering the Arizona desert near the Mexican border. Delirious, burned, dehydrated, and on the brink of death, these men would be the first of twelve rescued from the unforgiving desert. Fourteen of their companions had died from the triple digit exposure of the sun. Their story is just one of the uncountable occurrences of migrants attempting to cross into the US. Some die of exposure, abandoned by their coyote guides, to wander the desert until they go mad with thirst. Some are outright murdered by cartels, thieves, and killers. The Devil's Highway is a very important story of our southwest border, with perspectives from the survivors and the Border Patrol agents that reacted lightning quick conduct Search & Rescue ops. It's a story of humanity. #luisalbertourrea #thedevilshighway #migrantstories #investigativejournalism #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booksaremylife #booklover #bookaddict #bookstagram #books #nonfictionbooks
Timothy Snyder wrote an unflinching book highlighting the state of American healthcare as a human right and hospitals as profit centers. Right before the pandemic lock down, Snyder suffered a medical emergency that brought him to the brink of death. Taking his notes and drawings from his diary, Snyder takes us along on his journey through several hospital systems. It's a very personal story that many Americans can relate to through shared experiences of frustrating hospital stays and medical costs. Snyder is the author of a number of great books. His book On Tyranny is an excellent read. #timothysnyder #timothysnyderbooks #nonfictionbooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookstagram #booknerd #books #booklover
Every now and then, you see something worth a pause in the scrolling 📚 📸: Repost from Around About Books (FB page) #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #bookstore #books #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram #bookaddict #booknerd #booktherapy #book
Death Comes to Marlow: Book 2 of the Marlow Murder Club Mystery series! 📚💀🔍 Judith, Susie, and Becks are attending a wedding party the afternoon before the big event. The event is for Sir Peter's marriage to his former home nurse turned fiancé Jenny. There are some family members who are none too happy about Sir Peter's pending nuptials, including a hot-headed son, a bitter ex-wife, and an ignored daughter. A loud crash from a locked room brings the wedding party guests into the house to find Sir Peter crushed to death under a massive cabinet! 💀 Was it an accident, or was he murdered? With no shortage of suspects with motives and alibis, it's up to the gals to find out 😀 #marlowmurderclub #marlowmurderclubseries #robertthorogood #murdermysterybooks #detectivestories #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #books #bookstagram #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #winterreads #booknerd #book
I just finished A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers 🤖 It's Book 1 of the Monk and Robot series 😀 On the world of Panga, robots have become sentient beings. Retreating into the wild lands, they live a solitary existence. Humans have in turn, left the robots to themselves and reshaped the world into a more natural, self-sustaining place. So what happens when a traveling tea monk crosses paths with the robot Mosscap? Can robots and humans reconnect? It's a beautiful story leading into what should be a great series 😀 If you're a sci-fi books fan, seriously consider adding Chambers to your Authors to be Read List. She's AMAZING 👏 #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #beckychambers #monkandrobot #monkandrobotseries #sciencefictionbooks #scifibooks #booklover #booksaremylife #bookstagram #bookaddict #booknerd #books
I was 💯 that kid 📚 I had a clip-on lamp 💡 attached to my beds 🛌 headboard. By the time I went to sleep, the bulb would be scorching hot 🔥 LOL CHEERS to all the kids (and grownups) that read late into the night! 🌙 📸: meme repost from @goodwilllibrarian #latenightreading #booklover #booksaremylife #bookstagram #bookaddict #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #books #booknerd
Pain Killer by Barry Meier, originally published in 2003, follows these meteoric rise of Oxycontin and its devastating effects, first in rural Appalachia, then nationwide. Purdue Pharma, run by the mysterious Sackler family, developed an ad campaign for their "miracle pain relief" drug that was unprecedented in the history of American pharmaceuticals. This resulted in billions of dollars in profit 📈 and a nation reeling from the Opioid Epidemic. It's an eye-opening journalistic story worth reading 📚 #barrymeier #painkillerbook #opioidepidemic #opioidawareness #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram #booklover
Reading Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" from the Eight Tales of Terror collection 💀💀💀💀 #edgarallanpoe #thefallofthehouseofusher #shortstories #eighttalesofterror #halloweenbooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram
Do I really have to tell you how incredible this novella is? 📚 I didn't think so 😀 It's 111 pages of beautiful story, all being narrated in my mind by Morgan Freeman, of course. 😀 I'm really amazed at how close the movie was to the story, too. Some notable exceptions, but all together fairly spot on. Stephen King storytelling at its best 💀📚 #stephenking #ritahayworthandtheshawshankredemption #shawshankredemption #novellas #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram
My wife gets me 😀💀 #sleepyhallow #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram
This looks like a doorway to wondrous worlds 📚📚📚 FB Repost from: Just Read #justread #bookshops #magicofbooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookstagram #booksaremylife #bookaddict
Krull was one of my favorite movies as a kid! Alan Dean Foster did an amazing novelization of it in 1983 😀📚 The Beast and his Black Fortress land on the planet Krull, unleashing his army of slayers to terrorize the land. Prince Colwyn is to marry Princess Lyssa so their kingdoms can unite to fight the Beast. But Lyssa is taken by the slayers! Queue the Hero's Quest plotline, complete with old wizard 🧙♂️, band of criminals turned heroes ⚔️, giant spiders 🕷, cyclops 👁, and more! If you want to see a young Liam Neeson, Robbie Coltrane and Alun Armstrong, watch the movie! #krull #krullmovie #krullbook #alandeanfoster #scifibooks #fantasybooks #childhoodmovies #growingupinthe80s #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #bookstagram #booksaremylife
It's a dark and stormy October night on the Olympic Peninsula, the perfect atmosphere for reading Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven 💀📚 This is a yearly must-read for me. Afterward, I always listen to the great Sir Christopher Lee recite the poem in his sinister baritone voice (you can find it on YouTube! It's amazing) 🩶💀🩶💀 @rorylovesbooks #theraven #edgarallanpoe #horrorstories #stormynights #ghoststories #octoberreads #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookstagram #bookaddict #booksaremylife
This week's Rainy Sunday Read is Artificial Condition by Martha Wells 📚💀 This is book two of the fantastic Murderbot Diaries, which I have to say is fast becoming one of my favorite sci-fi series. Wells gives us a great character in Murderbot, a rogue SecUnit on a journey to find out his past and learn to make his way in the galaxy 🪐 It's got laughs, action, and killer sentient bots! Who could ask for more??? 😀📚 #marthawells #murderbotdiaries #muderbot #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #sciencefictionbooks #booklover #booksaremylife #bookstagram #bookaddict #tordotcompublishing #scifibooks
LOL 😆 📚 📸: Repost for IG (apologies, I don't know who originated it). #readbannedbooks #ifyoudontlikeitdontreadit #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #bookstagram #booksaremylife
Susanna Kaysen's 1993 memoir Girl, Interrupted, gives readers a glimpse of the late 1960s psychiatric hospitals. Kaysen's writing style is incredible; choppy and almost frantic at times, she tries to articulate nearly two years living in the psych ward. A beautiful story. 📚📚📚 #girlinterrupted #susannakaysen #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthstories #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram
Rainy October nights mean good old fashion ghost stories 💀📚 The Woman in Black is a great page turner. 40yrs after it was first published, it still delivers creepy unease 💀 Arthur Kipps, a young lawyer from London, is sent to a remote and gloomy part of England to settle the affairs of recently deseased Alice Drablow. Arthur makes his way to Eel Marsh House, Mrs. Drablow's remote home surrounded by fog, marshes, bogs, and of course, a creepy graveyard 😀 📚💀🪦🪦 #thewomaninblack #susanhill #ghoststories #paranormalbooks #octoberreads #classichorror #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #bookstagram #booksaremylife
Look, if you don't have Charlie Holmberg on your Paranormal Romance Reading List, then you're missing out 🤔📚💀 I'm a big fan of her Paper Magician series, and I can already tell this series will be great 😀 In 1846, Rhode Island, Merritt Fernsby has inherited a magical house on an isolated little island. Merritt and his new home don't exactly get along. Hulda Larkin works for the Boston Institute for the Keeping of Enchanted Rooms, or BIKER, and is sent to Fernsby's new home to find its source of magic. Throw in Holmberg's signature awkward romance and a dark villain from the past, and you've got a great weekend read 📚 📚📚📚 Have a great day! #charlienholmberg #keeperofenchantedrooms #paranormalbooks #paranormalromance #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram #fallreads #fallreading
We're back home from beautiful Victoria, B.C. with the spoils of our book hunting! 📖 📚📕 And yes, Friends, that's a June 1977 (seventh printing!!!😀) of Star Wars by George Lucas from Del Rey books 📚 I don't care if it's a late printing or in poor shape, it's now one of my most treasured books ❤️ #bookcollecting #victoriabc #victoriacanada #localbookstores #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookstagram #booksaremylife #bookaddict #roadtrip #adventure
Exploring the amazing Russell's Books in Victoria, B.C. 😀📚 This is my first visit to the relocated store (moved in 2019). It's a fantastic layout, great staff, and tons of books! @rorylovesbooks #russellsbooks #roadtrip #localbookstores #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #rorylovesbooks
Exploring the amazing Russell's Books in Victoria, B.C. 😀📚 This is my first visit to the relocated store (moved in 2019). It's a fantastic layout, great staff, and tons of books! #russellsbooks #roadtrip #localbookstores #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #rorylovesbooks
Munro's Books is a required stop when visiting Victoria, B.C. 😀📚🍁 @rorylovesbooks #victoriabc #victoriacanada #munrobooks #roadtrip #adventure #localbookstores #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram
Munro's Books is a required stop when visiting Victoria, B.C. 😀📚🍁 #victoriabc #victoriacanada #munrobooks #roadtrip #adventure #localbookstores #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram
Visited the incredible Henderson Books in Bellingham, WA for the first time thanks to @rylanmacd15 suggestion 😀📚 This place would take days to fully explore. I've never been so overwhelmed by a bookstore. It's INSANE how many books they've got in all the maze-like shelves. 📚📚📚 We can't wait to come back and spend more time here 🙌 My book page: @rorylovesbooks #bellinghamwa #hendersonbooks #localbookstores #supportsmallbusiness #roadtrip #familytrip #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #rorylovesbooks #booksaremylife #booklover #bookaddict #bookstagram
Visited the incredible Henderson Books in Bellingham, WA for the first time thanks to @rylanmacd15 suggestion 😀📚 This place would take days to fully explore. I've never been so overwhelmed by a bookstore. It's INSANE how many books they've got in all the maze-like shelves. 📚📚📚 We can't wait to come back and spend more time here 🙌 My book page: @rorylovesbooks #bellinghamwa #hendersonbooks #localbookstores #supportsmallbusiness #roadtrip #familytrip #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #rorylovesbooks #booksaremylife #booklover #bookaddict #bookstagram
I've had a couple of successful side quests lately 📚😀 Books on sale get my heart rate up 💓 @rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #rorylovesbooks #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram #booklover #bookstores #bookhuntingtrip
My obsession with Exploration Disasters and Hardships continues with the River of the Gods by the incredible Candice Millard 📚📚📚 The story follows the years long explorations of Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke searching for the source of the White Nile in the late 1850s to 1860s. Sailing from Zanzibar to the African coast, they travel inland through jungles, deserts, savanahs, and swamps. Diseases, starvation, desertion, and constant disputes plague the journey. Both men nearly die several times from fevers and infections 💀💀💀 Millard weaves an incredible story of the extreme tension, loathing, and outrage Burton and Speke feel towards each other, allowing it to build up until it explodes. Both men want to lead the expedition and receive all the fame and glory the discovery of the White Nile's source would bring. Like many of these historical accounts, white European hubris, jealousy, and greed are the main sources of conflict. It's an incredible story 📚 Candice Millard also wrote these fantastic books: River of Doubt: the story of Tebby Roosevelt exploring the Amazon. Destiny of the Republic: the story of the assassination of President Garfield. Hero of the Empire: The story of Winston Churchill #candicemillard #riverofthegods #historybooks #exploration #explorationbooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram
Book I of the series Arsenic and Adobo: A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery came home with me 😊📚💀 #arsenicandadobo #miapmanansala #murdermysterybooks #mysterybooks #rorylovesbooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #booklover #bookstagram #booksaremylife #bookaddict
Spent the morning exploring Webster's Woods Sculpture Park at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center 🌲🌲🌲 There's all kinds of new outdoor art exhibits, and the Poetry in the Park exhibits 📚🌲 It's a great place to take a walk in the woods, enjoy poetry and art 🎨 @rorylovesbooks #portangelesfineartscenter #outside #outsideart #poetryoutside #websterswoodssculpturepark #portangeles #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #rorylovesbooks #booksaremylife #booklover #bookaddict #bookstagram
Truly one of my Favorite Books of All Time by one of my Favorite Authors of All Time 📚📚📚📚 Tortilla Flat is a little neighborhood on the hillside above Monterey, CA. Its residents live a simple life, scraping by day to day in post WWI America. There's a little house owned by Danny, and his rowdy friends live with him. An assortment of colorful characters, they live a life of wine, near lawlessness, and loyal friendship. Tortilla Flat was one of three books Steinbeck set in his beloved Monterey; Cannery Row being the most famous, along with the lesser known Sweet Thursday. #steinbeck #johnsteinbeck #tortillaflat #montereyca #greatamericannovels #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #rorylovesbooks #bookstagram #bookaddict #booksaremylife #booklover
We visited the adorable Ocean Shores Public Library today! 😀♥️📚 It's just a small little library packed with really great books 📚 Support local libraries! #oceanshoreswa #oceanshoreslibrary #publiclibraries #publiclibrary #supportlocallibraries #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #rorylovesbooks #booklover #bookaddict #bookstagram #booksaremylife #friendsofthelibrarybookstores
I've been reading some interesting books on addiction to better understand what people are going through in treatment. Nic and David Sheff have written some very blunt, scary, graphic, and truly authentic books 📚 David wrote Beautiful Boy, a story about Nic's addiction from a parent's perspective. Nic wrote Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamine. I had to reread several sections just to make sure my mind could process it. Nic and David wrote High: Everything You Want to Know About Drugs, Alcohol and Addiction. It's a guide to understanding what's out there in terms of street drugs, abused prescribed medications, and the resources available for treatment and recovery. If you or someone you know needs help with recovery, there are people and places that can help. In the Age of the Internet, treatment centers and SUDP Counselors can be researched for your local area. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has a 24/7 365 Day/Yr National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) www.samhsa.gov Dial 988 for the new Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Dial 911 for Emergency Services. #nicsheff #davidsheff #helpwithaddiction #addictionrecoverybooks #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #rorylovesbooks #booksaremylife #bookstagram #booklover #bookaddict
Book II of Jonathan Stroud's Lockwood & Co. can be checked off on the Read List 📚 😀 Anthony Lockwood, Lucy Carlyle, and George Cubbins of Lockwood & Co. work their way through the mystery of the sinister Victorian Era Dr. Edmund Bickerstaff, the creator of the dreaded bone mirror 💀 Just like The Screaming Staircase, this book doesn't let up as our intrepid heroes survive one hauting after another 😀 The Whispering Skull was the source book for the second half of season 1 (sadly, the only season 😪) of the Netflix adaptation. Hey Netflix! Bring one of the funnest paranormal detective series back! Please and Thanks! #lockwoodandco #paranormalbooks #jonathanstroud #netflixseries #bringtheshowback #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #rorylovesbooks #bookaddict #booksaremylife #booklover #bookstagram
Happy National Book Lovers Day!!! 😀📚📚📚 Support reading programs, our country's amazing public libraries, and bookstores! Visit: @rorylovesbooks 📸: Pic from Google Image Search; Hooked on Books #nationalbookloversday #supportreading #supportlocallibraries #supportlocalbookstores #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #rorylovesbooks #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram
Another successful weekend book hunting trip 😀 I restrained myself to just four 📚📚📚📚 Support local bookstores and your public library! #supportsmallbusiness #supportlocalbookstores #supportlocallibraries #portangeles #portbookandnews #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #rorylovesbooks #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram
Found a beautiful short story book while we were visiting Maui 🏝📚 For me personally, cultural origin stories are something to be seen, heard, respected, and appreciated. Never stop learning. #culturalstories #maui #hawaiinlegends #culturallearning #mauimischievoushero #barbarabaldwinlyons #dietrichvarez #supportreading #supportbookstores #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #rorylovesbooks #bookstagram #booksaremylife #bookaddict #booklover
I found the used bookstore, and it was adorable 📚📚📚 The Maui Friends of the Library in Lahaina is a small used bookstore staffed by volunteers. All proceeds go to support the local library on Front St. in Lahaina I found two great books! A Jack London one I hadn't heard of, and an old copy of H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines from 1985! That book at one time was sold in a tiny used bookstore in Phnom Penh, Vietnam 😀📚 #usedbookstores #smallbookstores #maui #lahainapubliclibrary #supportlibraries #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #rorylovesbooks #booklover #booksaremylife #bookaddict #bookstagram
I found the Lahaina Public Library! 📚📚📚🏝🏝🏝 And, there's chickens out front!!! 🐓🐓🐓 Unfortunately, they're closed on Mondays, but that just means I've got an excuse to go back! 😀 #maui #lahainamaui #lahainapubliclibrary #locallibrary #supportlibraries #supportreading #vacationreading #rorysbooktoriumextraorium #rorylovesbooks #booklover #bookaddict #booksaremylife #bookstagram #anniversarytrip