Cait_onthe_luce
@caitluce.bsky.social
Bookseller in Seattle, lost in a stack of books.
Please bring me fries.
Please bring me fries.
Tuesday afternoon.
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Tuesday afternoon.
Excellent recent book mail from @twolinespress.com Ghost Stories: I was Alive Here Once coming in early 2026 from their Calico imprint. A collection of ghost stories from around the world.
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Excellent recent book mail from @twolinespress.com Ghost Stories: I was Alive Here Once coming in early 2026 from their Calico imprint. A collection of ghost stories from around the world.
Tuesday November 25: "Entropy" by Thomas Pynchon. "Downstairs, Meatball Mulligan's lease-breaking party was moving into its 40th hour."
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Tuesday November 25: "Entropy" by Thomas Pynchon. "Downstairs, Meatball Mulligan's lease-breaking party was moving into its 40th hour."
Hell yeah!
From: Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood.
From: Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood.
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Hell yeah!
From: Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood.
From: Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood.
Monday afternoon.
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Monday afternoon.
Monday November 24: "Navajos Don't Wear Elk Teeth" by Conley Lyons. "The first sign of trouble came when I walked outside and saw my homemade pride flag snarled up over its crossbar."
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Monday November 24: "Navajos Don't Wear Elk Teeth" by Conley Lyons. "The first sign of trouble came when I walked outside and saw my homemade pride flag snarled up over its crossbar."
Sunday November 23: "Dance for Me" by Amina Gautier. "The girls on Lexington had it the worst. Hated maroon skirts the color of dried blood. Navy blazers complete with gaudy emblem. Goldenrod blouses with Peter Pan collars. And knee socks. Actually, knee socks weren't so bad."
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Sunday November 23: "Dance for Me" by Amina Gautier. "The girls on Lexington had it the worst. Hated maroon skirts the color of dried blood. Navy blazers complete with gaudy emblem. Goldenrod blouses with Peter Pan collars. And knee socks. Actually, knee socks weren't so bad."
After my reread of "Recitatif" I read Namwali Serpell's essay "Misreading Recitatif" from On Morrison due out in January from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
After my reread of "Recitatif" I read Namwali Serpell's essay "Misreading Recitatif" from On Morrison due out in January from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
Saturday November 22: "Recitatif" by Toni Morrison. "My mother danced all night and Roberta's was sick."
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Saturday November 22: "Recitatif" by Toni Morrison. "My mother danced all night and Roberta's was sick."
Friday November 21: "Low-lands" by Thomas Pynchon. "At half past five in the afternoon Dennis Flange was still entertaining the garbage man."
November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Friday November 21: "Low-lands" by Thomas Pynchon. "At half past five in the afternoon Dennis Flange was still entertaining the garbage man."
Thursday November 29: "Birdie" by Lauren Groff. "The women were drinking peach schnapps, telling stories about the worst things they'd ever done."
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Thursday November 29: "Birdie" by Lauren Groff. "The women were drinking peach schnapps, telling stories about the worst things they'd ever done."
I took this photo on Monday night and told one of my co-booksellers that I'd cry if they won the National Book Award!
Read these books!
Read these books!
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I took this photo on Monday night and told one of my co-booksellers that I'd cry if they won the National Book Award!
Read these books!
Read these books!
Wednesday November 19: "The Wind" by Lauren Groff. "Pretend, the mother had said when she crept to her daughter's room in the night, that tomorrow is just an ordinary day."
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Wednesday November 19: "The Wind" by Lauren Groff. "Pretend, the mother had said when she crept to her daughter's room in the night, that tomorrow is just an ordinary day."
A very happy November 18 to all who celebrate. @ndbooks.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A very happy November 18 to all who celebrate. @ndbooks.bsky.social
Bean Box Day! @ranchogordo.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Bean Box Day! @ranchogordo.bsky.social
Tuesday November 18: "Between the Shadow and the Soul" by Lauren Groff. "They had lived together for twenty-five years in the old stone house on a bend in the river."
November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Tuesday November 18: "Between the Shadow and the Soul" by Lauren Groff. "They had lived together for twenty-five years in the old stone house on a bend in the river."
Monday November 17: "Hunger" by Phoenix Boudreau. "It is always hungry. In the time Before the Other People came, the original People's stories about it had given it its own form."
November 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Monday November 17: "Hunger" by Phoenix Boudreau. "It is always hungry. In the time Before the Other People came, the original People's stories about it had given it its own form."
My galley of On the Calculation Of volume IV has arrived! Volume III is my favorite (so far) and I'm really curious to see the direction this one takes. Out in April from @ndbooks.bsky.social.
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My galley of On the Calculation Of volume IV has arrived! Volume III is my favorite (so far) and I'm really curious to see the direction this one takes. Out in April from @ndbooks.bsky.social.
Sunday November 16: "An Early Departure" by Jessica Treadway. "It wasn't the best time for me to be out of the office, but my niece asked so of course I went."
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sunday November 16: "An Early Departure" by Jessica Treadway. "It wasn't the best time for me to be out of the office, but my niece asked so of course I went."
Saturday morning
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Saturday morning
Saturday November 15: "Angelo" by Andrew Porter. "Evenings I meet Angelo in the parking lot behind Whataburger to get high."
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Saturday November 15: "Angelo" by Andrew Porter. "Evenings I meet Angelo in the parking lot behind Whataburger to get high."
Friday November 14: "Bad Behavior" by Alexia Arthurs. "Pam and Curtis brought Stacy to Jamaica because they didn't know what else to do with her."
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Friday November 14: "Bad Behavior" by Alexia Arthurs. "Pam and Curtis brought Stacy to Jamaica because they didn't know what else to do with her."