Karla G 🖋️📚💙
@thatenglishteacher.bsky.social
Learner, teacher, reader, hiker
💙 in Colorado but trying to go everywhere ✈️
Political junkie trying to quit
🚫DMs 🚫porn 🚫MAGA
💙 in Colorado but trying to go everywhere ✈️
Political junkie trying to quit
🚫DMs 🚫porn 🚫MAGA
Anybody reading this? Because… I have feelings… and questions… and fears…Like… is this actually the zeitgeist?
December 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Anybody reading this? Because… I have feelings… and questions… and fears…Like… is this actually the zeitgeist?
Friends, the Booker Prize is reliable…but I downloaded and read the “free sample” of Flesh,
and IDK. Have y’all read it? WDYT?
and IDK. Have y’all read it? WDYT?
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Friends, the Booker Prize is reliable…but I downloaded and read the “free sample” of Flesh,
and IDK. Have y’all read it? WDYT?
and IDK. Have y’all read it? WDYT?
Reposted by Karla G 🖋️📚💙
If all legal ballots were counted; tRump would have lost Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania & Wisconsin. Kamala would have won Presidency with 286 electoral votes. Harris would have gained 3.565+M votes, topping tRump’s popular vote tally by 1.2M.
hartmannreport.com/p/trump-lost...
hartmannreport.com/p/trump-lost...
TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won.
Here are the numbers from investigative reporter Greg Palast...
hartmannreport.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If all legal ballots were counted; tRump would have lost Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania & Wisconsin. Kamala would have won Presidency with 286 electoral votes. Harris would have gained 3.565+M votes, topping tRump’s popular vote tally by 1.2M.
hartmannreport.com/p/trump-lost...
hartmannreport.com/p/trump-lost...
I miraculously got the audiobook, which McCann himself reads (beautifully), from the library the day it was released. After about two chapters, I ordered a hard copy. I’m listening to the audio again, and I’m dying to talk about it. Anybody else?
April 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I miraculously got the audiobook, which McCann himself reads (beautifully), from the library the day it was released. After about two chapters, I ordered a hard copy. I’m listening to the audio again, and I’m dying to talk about it. Anybody else?
Finishing the #AlphabetTitleChallenge with an absolute banger. Zealot by Reza Aslan is an easy-to-read & well-researched narrative of the historical Jesus. It’s fascinating not only because of Jesus, but also because of his contemporaries. 1st C BCE was truly a world-changing moment 📚🖋️📚💙📚
March 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Finishing the #AlphabetTitleChallenge with an absolute banger. Zealot by Reza Aslan is an easy-to-read & well-researched narrative of the historical Jesus. It’s fascinating not only because of Jesus, but also because of his contemporaries. 1st C BCE was truly a world-changing moment 📚🖋️📚💙📚
#AlphabetTitleChallenge 📚🖋️📚💙📚
If you follow me you’re prbly sick of me raving abt how much I LOVE this book. But it’s SO GOOD. Postmodern story of Spanish conquistadores in Moctezuma’s empire. I❤️it so much I immediately got the audiobook, and the reader is fantastic. READ IT-you won’t regret it!
If you follow me you’re prbly sick of me raving abt how much I LOVE this book. But it’s SO GOOD. Postmodern story of Spanish conquistadores in Moctezuma’s empire. I❤️it so much I immediately got the audiobook, and the reader is fantastic. READ IT-you won’t regret it!
March 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
#AlphabetTitleChallenge 📚🖋️📚💙📚
If you follow me you’re prbly sick of me raving abt how much I LOVE this book. But it’s SO GOOD. Postmodern story of Spanish conquistadores in Moctezuma’s empire. I❤️it so much I immediately got the audiobook, and the reader is fantastic. READ IT-you won’t regret it!
If you follow me you’re prbly sick of me raving abt how much I LOVE this book. But it’s SO GOOD. Postmodern story of Spanish conquistadores in Moctezuma’s empire. I❤️it so much I immediately got the audiobook, and the reader is fantastic. READ IT-you won’t regret it!
Failing the #AlphabetTitleChallenge again today. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that starts with “X.” Watcha got #booksky ? 📚🖋️📚💙📚
March 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Failing the #AlphabetTitleChallenge again today. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that starts with “X.” Watcha got #booksky ? 📚🖋️📚💙📚
Nearing the end of the #AlphabetTitleChallenge
White Teeth by Zadie Smith is complex & thrilling. It’s a coming-of-age novel as well as a growing middle-aged novel. It’s smart & funny and worth a read AND a re-read
White Teeth by Zadie Smith is complex & thrilling. It’s a coming-of-age novel as well as a growing middle-aged novel. It’s smart & funny and worth a read AND a re-read
March 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Nearing the end of the #AlphabetTitleChallenge
White Teeth by Zadie Smith is complex & thrilling. It’s a coming-of-age novel as well as a growing middle-aged novel. It’s smart & funny and worth a read AND a re-read
White Teeth by Zadie Smith is complex & thrilling. It’s a coming-of-age novel as well as a growing middle-aged novel. It’s smart & funny and worth a read AND a re-read
📚🖋️📚💙 #AlphabetTitleChallenge
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan offers a tantalizing world full of possibilities…but failure is among them, and time passes. I just read it again recently before reading The Candy House, a (kind of) sequel. Still rocks 🔥
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan offers a tantalizing world full of possibilities…but failure is among them, and time passes. I just read it again recently before reading The Candy House, a (kind of) sequel. Still rocks 🔥
March 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan offers a tantalizing world full of possibilities…but failure is among them, and time passes. I just read it again recently before reading The Candy House, a (kind of) sequel. Still rocks 🔥
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan offers a tantalizing world full of possibilities…but failure is among them, and time passes. I just read it again recently before reading The Candy House, a (kind of) sequel. Still rocks 🔥
The only nonfiction pick in my #AlphabetTitleChallenge Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer reads like a novel. A murder thriller is interwoven with a fascinating exploration of the LDS church. It’s 25 years old, but it’s still relevant, gritty & fascinating 📚💙📚🖋️📚
March 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The only nonfiction pick in my #AlphabetTitleChallenge Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer reads like a novel. A murder thriller is interwoven with a fascinating exploration of the LDS church. It’s 25 years old, but it’s still relevant, gritty & fascinating 📚💙📚🖋️📚
A bit unconventional for today’s #AlphabetTitleChallenge
The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder has no main character & not much of a plot. It’s a total “guy” book. In fact, I think the conflict is … being a guy? It’s utterly charming & includes amazing, perfect metaphors.
The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder has no main character & not much of a plot. It’s a total “guy” book. In fact, I think the conflict is … being a guy? It’s utterly charming & includes amazing, perfect metaphors.
March 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A bit unconventional for today’s #AlphabetTitleChallenge
The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder has no main character & not much of a plot. It’s a total “guy” book. In fact, I think the conflict is … being a guy? It’s utterly charming & includes amazing, perfect metaphors.
The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder has no main character & not much of a plot. It’s a total “guy” book. In fact, I think the conflict is … being a guy? It’s utterly charming & includes amazing, perfect metaphors.
Today’s #AlphabetTitleChallenge was a tough choice but I’m going with Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward. Every single word, image, moment, EVERYTHING is precise & exactly right. Beautiful and heartbreaking.
March 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Today’s #AlphabetTitleChallenge was a tough choice but I’m going with Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward. Every single word, image, moment, EVERYTHING is precise & exactly right. Beautiful and heartbreaking.
#AlphabetTitleChallenge 💙📚🖋️ Tess Gunty’s first novel won the Nat’l Book Award. It’s SO GOOD. As w/all the best books, Gunty treats her flawed characters w/exactly the right combination of surprise, disdain, empathy & generosity. The end leaves me thinking that cynicism is lazy. We can do better.
March 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
#AlphabetTitleChallenge 💙📚🖋️ Tess Gunty’s first novel won the Nat’l Book Award. It’s SO GOOD. As w/all the best books, Gunty treats her flawed characters w/exactly the right combination of surprise, disdain, empathy & generosity. The end leaves me thinking that cynicism is lazy. We can do better.
Ok #booksky I have failed to come up with a Q for the #AlphabetTitleChallenge. What am I missing? There must be some Queens out there? or some Quicks or Quivers? Maybe a Quaker or a Question? What are your favorite Q titles? 📚🖋️📚💙📚
March 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ok #booksky I have failed to come up with a Q for the #AlphabetTitleChallenge. What am I missing? There must be some Queens out there? or some Quicks or Quivers? Maybe a Quaker or a Question? What are your favorite Q titles? 📚🖋️📚💙📚
#AlphabetTitleChallenge 📚🖋️📚💙📚
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch is
chilling. The title suggests Lynch knew exactly what he was doing, and the events of recent weeks underscore the anxiety & uncertainty of the moment.
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch is
chilling. The title suggests Lynch knew exactly what he was doing, and the events of recent weeks underscore the anxiety & uncertainty of the moment.
March 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#AlphabetTitleChallenge 📚🖋️📚💙📚
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch is
chilling. The title suggests Lynch knew exactly what he was doing, and the events of recent weeks underscore the anxiety & uncertainty of the moment.
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch is
chilling. The title suggests Lynch knew exactly what he was doing, and the events of recent weeks underscore the anxiety & uncertainty of the moment.
#AlphabetTitleChallenge
📚🖋️📚💙📚 “O”
The Orphan Master’s Son is a literary page-turner. It’s a fascinating exploration about the possibility of being a good person in a bad situation. Must also s/o One Hundred Years of Solitude. It’s well known but the element that is underrated imo is that it’s FUNNY
📚🖋️📚💙📚 “O”
The Orphan Master’s Son is a literary page-turner. It’s a fascinating exploration about the possibility of being a good person in a bad situation. Must also s/o One Hundred Years of Solitude. It’s well known but the element that is underrated imo is that it’s FUNNY
March 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
#AlphabetTitleChallenge
📚🖋️📚💙📚 “O”
The Orphan Master’s Son is a literary page-turner. It’s a fascinating exploration about the possibility of being a good person in a bad situation. Must also s/o One Hundred Years of Solitude. It’s well known but the element that is underrated imo is that it’s FUNNY
📚🖋️📚💙📚 “O”
The Orphan Master’s Son is a literary page-turner. It’s a fascinating exploration about the possibility of being a good person in a bad situation. Must also s/o One Hundred Years of Solitude. It’s well known but the element that is underrated imo is that it’s FUNNY
#AlphabetTitleChallenge 📚🖋️📚💙📚
This book shows what art can be made from language. Every sentence is a beautiful punch in the gut. Read it over & over & over, and lmk if you’re an optimist or a cynic
This book shows what art can be made from language. Every sentence is a beautiful punch in the gut. Read it over & over & over, and lmk if you’re an optimist or a cynic
March 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
#AlphabetTitleChallenge 📚🖋️📚💙📚
This book shows what art can be made from language. Every sentence is a beautiful punch in the gut. Read it over & over & over, and lmk if you’re an optimist or a cynic
This book shows what art can be made from language. Every sentence is a beautiful punch in the gut. Read it over & over & over, and lmk if you’re an optimist or a cynic
Make that #AlphabetTitleChallenge 🙄
#AllhabetTitleChallenge 📚🖋️📚💙📚 Ngl I started this one 2-3 times before I got into, but once I did it blew my mind. There’s so much going on and it’s brilliant—a personal and a national/cultural saga in parallel.
March 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Make that #AlphabetTitleChallenge 🙄
#AllhabetTitleChallenge 📚🖋️📚💙📚 Ngl I started this one 2-3 times before I got into, but once I did it blew my mind. There’s so much going on and it’s brilliant—a personal and a national/cultural saga in parallel.
March 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
#AllhabetTitleChallenge 📚🖋️📚💙📚 Ngl I started this one 2-3 times before I got into, but once I did it blew my mind. There’s so much going on and it’s brilliant—a personal and a national/cultural saga in parallel.
#AlphabetTitleChallenge 📚🖋️📚💙📚
Let the Great World Spin is a beautiful book about the ways we’re all connected. Some
of McCann’s sentences are little works of art in themselves. This 2009 Nat’l Book Award winner is truly a masterpiece
Let the Great World Spin is a beautiful book about the ways we’re all connected. Some
of McCann’s sentences are little works of art in themselves. This 2009 Nat’l Book Award winner is truly a masterpiece
March 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#AlphabetTitleChallenge 📚🖋️📚💙📚
Let the Great World Spin is a beautiful book about the ways we’re all connected. Some
of McCann’s sentences are little works of art in themselves. This 2009 Nat’l Book Award winner is truly a masterpiece
Let the Great World Spin is a beautiful book about the ways we’re all connected. Some
of McCann’s sentences are little works of art in themselves. This 2009 Nat’l Book Award winner is truly a masterpiece
#AlphabetTitleChallenge
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Without giving anything away, this lovely book is deeply moving in surprising ways.
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Without giving anything away, this lovely book is deeply moving in surprising ways.
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
March 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
#AlphabetTitleChallenge
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Without giving anything away, this lovely book is deeply moving in surprising ways.
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Without giving anything away, this lovely book is deeply moving in surprising ways.
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
#AlphabetTitleChallenge
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Not only is this an excellent & essential re-telling of Jim’s story, it opened up the entire world of Percival Everett for me. Also love The Trees & Erasure AND the film adaptation American Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Not only is this an excellent & essential re-telling of Jim’s story, it opened up the entire world of Percival Everett for me. Also love The Trees & Erasure AND the film adaptation American Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
March 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
#AlphabetTitleChallenge
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Not only is this an excellent & essential re-telling of Jim’s story, it opened up the entire world of Percival Everett for me. Also love The Trees & Erasure AND the film adaptation American Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Not only is this an excellent & essential re-telling of Jim’s story, it opened up the entire world of Percival Everett for me. Also love The Trees & Erasure AND the film adaptation American Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#AlphabetTitleChallenge 📚🖋️📚💙📚
Breaking my own new book rule for this perfect first book. Yes it’s about war & rage-but so much more. Mostly it’s about what it fundamentally means to be human. We all suffer, we all must lose loved ones & our own lives, which makes us more noble than the gods.
Breaking my own new book rule for this perfect first book. Yes it’s about war & rage-but so much more. Mostly it’s about what it fundamentally means to be human. We all suffer, we all must lose loved ones & our own lives, which makes us more noble than the gods.
March 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
#AlphabetTitleChallenge 📚🖋️📚💙📚
Breaking my own new book rule for this perfect first book. Yes it’s about war & rage-but so much more. Mostly it’s about what it fundamentally means to be human. We all suffer, we all must lose loved ones & our own lives, which makes us more noble than the gods.
Breaking my own new book rule for this perfect first book. Yes it’s about war & rage-but so much more. Mostly it’s about what it fundamentally means to be human. We all suffer, we all must lose loved ones & our own lives, which makes us more noble than the gods.
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#AlphabetTitleChallenge
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is a 5⭐️ first novel. It helps us see how the legacy of slavery directly affects us through seven generations both in North America & west Africa. My students love it, and several have persuaded their moms’ book clubs to read it.
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is a 5⭐️ first novel. It helps us see how the legacy of slavery directly affects us through seven generations both in North America & west Africa. My students love it, and several have persuaded their moms’ book clubs to read it.
March 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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#AlphabetTitleChallenge
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is a 5⭐️ first novel. It helps us see how the legacy of slavery directly affects us through seven generations both in North America & west Africa. My students love it, and several have persuaded their moms’ book clubs to read it.
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is a 5⭐️ first novel. It helps us see how the legacy of slavery directly affects us through seven generations both in North America & west Africa. My students love it, and several have persuaded their moms’ book clubs to read it.
March 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#AlphabetTitleChallenge
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is a 5⭐️ first novel. It helps us see how the legacy of slavery directly affects us through seven generations both in North America & west Africa. My students love it, and several have persuaded their moms’ book clubs to read it.
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is a 5⭐️ first novel. It helps us see how the legacy of slavery directly affects us through seven generations both in North America & west Africa. My students love it, and several have persuaded their moms’ book clubs to read it.