Alexandra likes books
@aocwrites.bsky.social
I try to be attentive to my own writing, but mostly I'm attentive to other ppl's. Indie book editor, language nerd, outdoors enthusiast, novice potter.
Flew through Exit West by Mohsin Hamid. I was looking for a change in tone after my last read & it certainly delivers. Overall vibe: contemplative & rather dreamlike. A meditation on human migration posing as spec fic. I enjoyed it & am also ready for more action next! #booksky #amreading
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Flew through Exit West by Mohsin Hamid. I was looking for a change in tone after my last read & it certainly delivers. Overall vibe: contemplative & rather dreamlike. A meditation on human migration posing as spec fic. I enjoyed it & am also ready for more action next! #booksky #amreading
Currently #amreading Naomi Novik’s Spinning Silver, & I am obsessed. How does she do this? I am totally invested in the characters.
Also love how she manages to create a world that feels simultaneously fantastical and devaststingly real. #booksky
Also love how she manages to create a world that feels simultaneously fantastical and devaststingly real. #booksky
October 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Currently #amreading Naomi Novik’s Spinning Silver, & I am obsessed. How does she do this? I am totally invested in the characters.
Also love how she manages to create a world that feels simultaneously fantastical and devaststingly real. #booksky
Also love how she manages to create a world that feels simultaneously fantastical and devaststingly real. #booksky
I'm late to the discourse on this book, but Madeline Miller's Circe has been slow going for me. I was about to put it down when finally something started happening. And now, it seems like I'm heading into a scene of sexual assault. It's too much for me atm. #booksky #amreading
October 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I'm late to the discourse on this book, but Madeline Miller's Circe has been slow going for me. I was about to put it down when finally something started happening. And now, it seems like I'm heading into a scene of sexual assault. It's too much for me atm. #booksky #amreading
Welp, there goes the aloe. I only meant to repot, separate some pups, and replant, but there you are 😂🙈
July 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Welp, there goes the aloe. I only meant to repot, separate some pups, and replant, but there you are 😂🙈
Reading Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang and it is INCREDIBLE. I knew some of the history, but not how recent some of it was (warlords). Incredible respect for all the survivors. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys multigenerational memoir or history.
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July 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Reading Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang and it is INCREDIBLE. I knew some of the history, but not how recent some of it was (warlords). Incredible respect for all the survivors. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys multigenerational memoir or history.
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Some water etching made me feel better about 2 otherwise rough days at the studio. And I’m pleased with the shape also! Evidence I'm not always terrible 😅🙈
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June 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Some water etching made me feel better about 2 otherwise rough days at the studio. And I’m pleased with the shape also! Evidence I'm not always terrible 😅🙈
#pottery
#pottery
The baby salt cellars have been trimmed! There was some chaos with the lids 😜 Hopefully glazing will smooth over some of my sins. And we'll see whether the holes I cut for the spoon end up being sufficient after shrinkage...
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June 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The baby salt cellars have been trimmed! There was some chaos with the lids 😜 Hopefully glazing will smooth over some of my sins. And we'll see whether the holes I cut for the spoon end up being sufficient after shrinkage...
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Just finished reading Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius--high recommend! I love how she captures the sensibility of the MC at different ages (she's 9 when we first meet her), & how she portrays the natural world. The story is tough and beautiful, as well
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June 21, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Just finished reading Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius--high recommend! I love how she captures the sensibility of the MC at different ages (she's 9 when we first meet her), & how she portrays the natural world. The story is tough and beautiful, as well
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Today for the first time ever, I (for the most part) threw the forms I was planning to throw. Wild! 😁 These little guys will hopefully grow up to be salt cellars. Feeling unreasonably proud of myself.
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June 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Today for the first time ever, I (for the most part) threw the forms I was planning to throw. Wild! 😁 These little guys will hopefully grow up to be salt cellars. Feeling unreasonably proud of myself.
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My attempts at height devolved into shaping, the result of wonky, rather too thick walls that wouldn't go any higher 😆 I think they're cute little creative adaptations!
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May 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
My attempts at height devolved into shaping, the result of wonky, rather too thick walls that wouldn't go any higher 😆 I think they're cute little creative adaptations!
#pottery
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Another lidded jar for the bisque. Ran out of time to practice throwing one of those neat knob handles, so sleek and flat will have to do. If it survives, that is. One of those walls got mighty thin in the trim 😬 Becoming more aware of my throwing deficiencies with each trim 😅🙈
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May 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Another lidded jar for the bisque. Ran out of time to practice throwing one of those neat knob handles, so sleek and flat will have to do. If it survives, that is. One of those walls got mighty thin in the trim 😬 Becoming more aware of my throwing deficiencies with each trim 😅🙈
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After much, and much protracted, forgetting, I finally ordered a riser for my computer. Thank you for your service, most excellent book, which can now go back to being a book... 🙄😝
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May 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
After much, and much protracted, forgetting, I finally ordered a riser for my computer. Thank you for your service, most excellent book, which can now go back to being a book... 🙄😝
#amediting
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Next on the #amreading list: Land of the Dead by Brian McDonald, illustrated by Toby Cypress
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May 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Next on the #amreading list: Land of the Dead by Brian McDonald, illustrated by Toby Cypress
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Picked up Kindred by Octavia Butler. Hooked literally from the first page! This book has deceptively simple prose. Another one I’m likely to race through. 🤩
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April 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Picked up Kindred by Octavia Butler. Hooked literally from the first page! This book has deceptively simple prose. Another one I’m likely to race through. 🤩
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First time trimming something with an irregular rim! Pretty pleased though could have taken some more off… Consoling myself that as a planter, some weight is good for stability, right? 😅
At some point I'll also remember to use a ruler for scale 😂
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At some point I'll also remember to use a ruler for scale 😂
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April 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
First time trimming something with an irregular rim! Pretty pleased though could have taken some more off… Consoling myself that as a planter, some weight is good for stability, right? 😅
At some point I'll also remember to use a ruler for scale 😂
#pottery
At some point I'll also remember to use a ruler for scale 😂
#pottery
Decided to DNF Fran Ross's Oreo. I loved the premise, and she's a lively and sharp writer. The bit was funny though simply too much for me extended over book length. Feel sad though.
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April 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Decided to DNF Fran Ross's Oreo. I loved the premise, and she's a lively and sharp writer. The bit was funny though simply too much for me extended over book length. Feel sad though.
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Lidded jar results! 😄 I really love how the glaze turned out...With the exception of the darker pot being partly glazed shut 🙈 My instructor suggested a dremel might help -- any other ideas?
They're little & the dark one is bottom heavy, but I love them.
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They're little & the dark one is bottom heavy, but I love them.
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April 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Lidded jar results! 😄 I really love how the glaze turned out...With the exception of the darker pot being partly glazed shut 🙈 My instructor suggested a dremel might help -- any other ideas?
They're little & the dark one is bottom heavy, but I love them.
#pottery
They're little & the dark one is bottom heavy, but I love them.
#pottery
This was a fun romp. Definitely more sleepover snack than well balanced meal, but if you read the blurb you'll have a good idea whether or not you'll like it! Sometimes laid on a bit thick, but I was here for allll the #publishing #satire 😈
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And rrrrolled Scottish rrrrrrs 😂
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And rrrrolled Scottish rrrrrrs 😂
April 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This was a fun romp. Definitely more sleepover snack than well balanced meal, but if you read the blurb you'll have a good idea whether or not you'll like it! Sometimes laid on a bit thick, but I was here for allll the #publishing #satire 😈
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And rrrrolled Scottish rrrrrrs 😂
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And rrrrolled Scottish rrrrrrs 😂
#TheWriteWomen : post a book by a woman author every day in March (or as often as you can).
#12: Doing Harm, Maya Dusenbery
It has to be a book you've read.
It has to be a book you've enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky 📚💙
#books #womenshistorymonth
#12: Doing Harm, Maya Dusenbery
It has to be a book you've read.
It has to be a book you've enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky 📚💙
#books #womenshistorymonth
April 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
#TheWriteWomen : post a book by a woman author every day in March (or as often as you can).
#12: Doing Harm, Maya Dusenbery
It has to be a book you've read.
It has to be a book you've enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky 📚💙
#books #womenshistorymonth
#12: Doing Harm, Maya Dusenbery
It has to be a book you've read.
It has to be a book you've enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky 📚💙
#books #womenshistorymonth
#TheWriteWomen : post a book by a woman author every day in March (or as often as you can).
#11: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
It has to be a book you've read.
It has to be a book you've enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky 📚💙
#books #womenshistorymonth
#11: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
It has to be a book you've read.
It has to be a book you've enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky 📚💙
#books #womenshistorymonth
March 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
#TheWriteWomen : post a book by a woman author every day in March (or as often as you can).
#11: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
It has to be a book you've read.
It has to be a book you've enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky 📚💙
#books #womenshistorymonth
#11: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
It has to be a book you've read.
It has to be a book you've enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky 📚💙
#books #womenshistorymonth
#TheWriteWomen : post a book by a woman author every day in March (or as often as you can).
#10: The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penny
It has to be a book you've read.
It has to be a book you've enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky ⏳📚💙
#books #womenshistorymonth
#10: The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penny
It has to be a book you've read.
It has to be a book you've enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky ⏳📚💙
#books #womenshistorymonth
March 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
#TheWriteWomen : post a book by a woman author every day in March (or as often as you can).
#10: The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penny
It has to be a book you've read.
It has to be a book you've enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky ⏳📚💙
#books #womenshistorymonth
#10: The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penny
It has to be a book you've read.
It has to be a book you've enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky ⏳📚💙
#books #womenshistorymonth
