October 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Adding to the list w/what I remember from Middle School:
The Lord of the Rings
Edgar Allen Poe (various)
The Diary of Anne Frank (2nd time)
Pride & Prejudice
Midsummer's Night Dream
#ProLibrary
#ReadingIsResistance
#StopBookBans
The Lord of the Rings
Edgar Allen Poe (various)
The Diary of Anne Frank (2nd time)
Pride & Prejudice
Midsummer's Night Dream
#ProLibrary
#ReadingIsResistance
#StopBookBans
Books I read in middle school:
The Dead Zone
Ball Four
Alive
The Bronx Zoo
Cujo
Stop coddling middle schoolers. Let them read what they want to read.
Books open minds and hearts.
Books save lives.
Stop banning books.
The Dead Zone
Ball Four
Alive
The Bronx Zoo
Cujo
Stop coddling middle schoolers. Let them read what they want to read.
Books open minds and hearts.
Books save lives.
Stop banning books.
September 23, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Adding to the list w/what I remember from Middle School:
The Lord of the Rings
Edgar Allen Poe (various)
The Diary of Anne Frank (2nd time)
Pride & Prejudice
Midsummer's Night Dream
#ProLibrary
#ReadingIsResistance
#StopBookBans
The Lord of the Rings
Edgar Allen Poe (various)
The Diary of Anne Frank (2nd time)
Pride & Prejudice
Midsummer's Night Dream
#ProLibrary
#ReadingIsResistance
#StopBookBans
Read "Everyone who is here is Gone" by Jonathan Blitzer.
Do it.
#Read
#ReadingIsResistance
#Read
#AbolishICE
Do it.
#Read
#ReadingIsResistance
#Read
#AbolishICE
September 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Read "Everyone who is here is Gone" by Jonathan Blitzer.
Do it.
#Read
#ReadingIsResistance
#Read
#AbolishICE
Do it.
#Read
#ReadingIsResistance
#Read
#AbolishICE
August 11, 2026 at 2:53 AM
💙📚 TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something from.
#readingisresistance
Unbelievable and life changing.
#readingisresistance
Unbelievable and life changing.
March 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
💙📚 TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something from.
#readingisresistance
Unbelievable and life changing.
#readingisresistance
Unbelievable and life changing.
💙📚 TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something from.
#readingisresistance
This book just stays with you.
#readingisresistance
This book just stays with you.
March 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
💙📚 TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something from.
#readingisresistance
This book just stays with you.
#readingisresistance
This book just stays with you.
💙📚 TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something from.
#readingisresistance
Jane Johnson is a true goddess. Love, love, love all her books. This one is my favorite!
#readingisresistance
Jane Johnson is a true goddess. Love, love, love all her books. This one is my favorite!
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
💙📚 TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something from.
#readingisresistance
Jane Johnson is a true goddess. Love, love, love all her books. This one is my favorite!
#readingisresistance
Jane Johnson is a true goddess. Love, love, love all her books. This one is my favorite!
💙📚 TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something from.
#readingisresistance
Fascinating!
#readingisresistance
Fascinating!
March 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
💙📚 TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something from.
#readingisresistance
Fascinating!
#readingisresistance
Fascinating!
💙📚 TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something from.
#readingisresistance
Beautiful story during a turbulent time. Made me wish I was a photojournalist.
#readingisresistance
Beautiful story during a turbulent time. Made me wish I was a photojournalist.
March 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
💙📚 TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something from.
#readingisresistance
Beautiful story during a turbulent time. Made me wish I was a photojournalist.
#readingisresistance
Beautiful story during a turbulent time. Made me wish I was a photojournalist.
💙📚 TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something from.
#readingisresistance
Lost Gospels written by women. Cairo, Egypt. This one reads like the best Indiana Jones.
#readingisresistance
Lost Gospels written by women. Cairo, Egypt. This one reads like the best Indiana Jones.
March 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
💙📚 TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something from.
#readingisresistance
Lost Gospels written by women. Cairo, Egypt. This one reads like the best Indiana Jones.
#readingisresistance
Lost Gospels written by women. Cairo, Egypt. This one reads like the best Indiana Jones.
Making it a personal goal to reread the now “banned” books that I read when I was younger. Unfortunately, this one is hitting way too close to home.
#readingisknowledge
#readbannedbooks
#readingisresistance
#readingisknowledge
#readbannedbooks
#readingisresistance
March 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Making it a personal goal to reread the now “banned” books that I read when I was younger. Unfortunately, this one is hitting way too close to home.
#readingisknowledge
#readbannedbooks
#readingisresistance
#readingisknowledge
#readbannedbooks
#readingisresistance
They can ban books but that won’t stop us from recognizing the utter chaos and cruelty that is our current state of affairs.
#readbannedbooks
#buybannedbooks
#readingisresistance
#readingispower
#readingisknowledge
#1984
#readbannedbooks
#buybannedbooks
#readingisresistance
#readingispower
#readingisknowledge
#1984
February 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
They can ban books but that won’t stop us from recognizing the utter chaos and cruelty that is our current state of affairs.
#readbannedbooks
#buybannedbooks
#readingisresistance
#readingispower
#readingisknowledge
#1984
#readbannedbooks
#buybannedbooks
#readingisresistance
#readingispower
#readingisknowledge
#1984
Books to read right now:
Fiction:
The Power
The Handmaid’s Tale
Hestia Strikes a Match
1984
Nonfiction:
A People’s History of the U.S.
Ask Not
How to Be an Antiracist
Kids:
The Lorax
The Journey
The Circles All Around Us
Add to my list!
#readingisresistance
Fiction:
The Power
The Handmaid’s Tale
Hestia Strikes a Match
1984
Nonfiction:
A People’s History of the U.S.
Ask Not
How to Be an Antiracist
Kids:
The Lorax
The Journey
The Circles All Around Us
Add to my list!
#readingisresistance
February 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Books to read right now:
Fiction:
The Power
The Handmaid’s Tale
Hestia Strikes a Match
1984
Nonfiction:
A People’s History of the U.S.
Ask Not
How to Be an Antiracist
Kids:
The Lorax
The Journey
The Circles All Around Us
Add to my list!
#readingisresistance
Fiction:
The Power
The Handmaid’s Tale
Hestia Strikes a Match
1984
Nonfiction:
A People’s History of the U.S.
Ask Not
How to Be an Antiracist
Kids:
The Lorax
The Journey
The Circles All Around Us
Add to my list!
#readingisresistance
Just finished Virginia Robert’s Giuffre’s heartbreaking memoir about her abuse at the hands of Epstein and his associates, my first blog post in a series called “Reading as Resistance.” Full post at www.katharineswan.com/2026/02/read...
#readingisresistance #releasethefiles #booksky #blogpost
#readingisresistance #releasethefiles #booksky #blogpost
February 5, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Just finished Virginia Robert’s Giuffre’s heartbreaking memoir about her abuse at the hands of Epstein and his associates, my first blog post in a series called “Reading as Resistance.” Full post at www.katharineswan.com/2026/02/read...
#readingisresistance #releasethefiles #booksky #blogpost
#readingisresistance #releasethefiles #booksky #blogpost
TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something from.
#readingisresistance #writewomen #readingrainbow
#readingisresistance #writewomen #readingrainbow
March 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something from.
#readingisresistance #writewomen #readingrainbow
#readingisresistance #writewomen #readingrainbow
TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something from.
#readingisresistance #writewomen #readingrainbow
#readingisresistance #writewomen #readingrainbow
March 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something from.
#readingisresistance #writewomen #readingrainbow
#readingisresistance #writewomen #readingrainbow
Update: Finished "The Sapling Cage". It's great. I'm looking forward to the next installment and seeing how Lorel and her friends and allies handle what comes next.
#ReadingIsResistance
#resist
#ReadForYourLife
#ReadingIsResistance
#resist
#ReadForYourLife
April 17, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Update: Finished "The Sapling Cage". It's great. I'm looking forward to the next installment and seeing how Lorel and her friends and allies handle what comes next.
#ReadingIsResistance
#resist
#ReadForYourLife
#ReadingIsResistance
#resist
#ReadForYourLife
What I'm reading in April:
The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy
Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire by Don Martin
Rogue Community College by David R Slayton ✅
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty (the audiobook is excellent)
Reading brings joy.
#resist
#ReadingIsResistance
The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy
Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire by Don Martin
Rogue Community College by David R Slayton ✅
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty (the audiobook is excellent)
Reading brings joy.
#resist
#ReadingIsResistance
April 16, 2026 at 1:43 AM
What I'm reading in April:
The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy
Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire by Don Martin
Rogue Community College by David R Slayton ✅
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty (the audiobook is excellent)
Reading brings joy.
#resist
#ReadingIsResistance
The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy
Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire by Don Martin
Rogue Community College by David R Slayton ✅
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty (the audiobook is excellent)
Reading brings joy.
#resist
#ReadingIsResistance
Some reading assignments:
"Where the Jews Aren't: The Sad and Absurd Story of Birobidzhan, Russia's Autonomous Region"
and
"Surviving Autocracy"
Both written by Masha Gessen. I recommend the audio books either from your Library or through Libro.fm.
#readingisresistance
#resist
"Where the Jews Aren't: The Sad and Absurd Story of Birobidzhan, Russia's Autonomous Region"
and
"Surviving Autocracy"
Both written by Masha Gessen. I recommend the audio books either from your Library or through Libro.fm.
#readingisresistance
#resist
January 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Some reading assignments:
"Where the Jews Aren't: The Sad and Absurd Story of Birobidzhan, Russia's Autonomous Region"
and
"Surviving Autocracy"
Both written by Masha Gessen. I recommend the audio books either from your Library or through Libro.fm.
#readingisresistance
#resist
"Where the Jews Aren't: The Sad and Absurd Story of Birobidzhan, Russia's Autonomous Region"
and
"Surviving Autocracy"
Both written by Masha Gessen. I recommend the audio books either from your Library or through Libro.fm.
#readingisresistance
#resist
Trying to share small wins...
Finally finished Heavenly Tyrant and started a Tempest of Tea. Both are phenomenal.
#booksky
#readingisresistance
Also still listening to Prior of the Orange Tree. Much easier for me to get into that one via audio.
Finally finished Heavenly Tyrant and started a Tempest of Tea. Both are phenomenal.
#booksky
#readingisresistance
Also still listening to Prior of the Orange Tree. Much easier for me to get into that one via audio.
April 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Trying to share small wins...
Finally finished Heavenly Tyrant and started a Tempest of Tea. Both are phenomenal.
#booksky
#readingisresistance
Also still listening to Prior of the Orange Tree. Much easier for me to get into that one via audio.
Finally finished Heavenly Tyrant and started a Tempest of Tea. Both are phenomenal.
#booksky
#readingisresistance
Also still listening to Prior of the Orange Tree. Much easier for me to get into that one via audio.
The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
John Bunyan
The Pilgrim’s Progress
1678
#booksky #firstnovel #englishliterature #allegory #christianity #earlymodernliterature #C17 #dreamliterature #protestantliterature #readbooks #readingisresistance #journey
John Bunyan
The Pilgrim’s Progress
1678
#booksky #firstnovel #englishliterature #allegory #christianity #earlymodernliterature #C17 #dreamliterature #protestantliterature #readbooks #readingisresistance #journey
January 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
John Bunyan
The Pilgrim’s Progress
1678
#booksky #firstnovel #englishliterature #allegory #christianity #earlymodernliterature #C17 #dreamliterature #protestantliterature #readbooks #readingisresistance #journey
John Bunyan
The Pilgrim’s Progress
1678
#booksky #firstnovel #englishliterature #allegory #christianity #earlymodernliterature #C17 #dreamliterature #protestantliterature #readbooks #readingisresistance #journey
The most profound message of racial segregation may be that the absence of people of color from our lives is no real loss.
Robin DiAngelo
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
2018
#booksky #readingisresistance #jimcrow #antiracism #implicitbias #contacttheory
Robin DiAngelo
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
2018
#booksky #readingisresistance #jimcrow #antiracism #implicitbias #contacttheory
December 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The most profound message of racial segregation may be that the absence of people of color from our lives is no real loss.
Robin DiAngelo
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
2018
#booksky #readingisresistance #jimcrow #antiracism #implicitbias #contacttheory
Robin DiAngelo
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
2018
#booksky #readingisresistance #jimcrow #antiracism #implicitbias #contacttheory
As always, an educated woman was a dangerous woman.
Stacy Schiff
Cleopatra: A Life
2010
#booksky #empress #pharaoh #thepastisfemale #egypt #africa #romanempire #reading #readingisresistance
Stacy Schiff
Cleopatra: A Life
2010
#booksky #empress #pharaoh #thepastisfemale #egypt #africa #romanempire #reading #readingisresistance
June 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
As always, an educated woman was a dangerous woman.
Stacy Schiff
Cleopatra: A Life
2010
#booksky #empress #pharaoh #thepastisfemale #egypt #africa #romanempire #reading #readingisresistance
Stacy Schiff
Cleopatra: A Life
2010
#booksky #empress #pharaoh #thepastisfemale #egypt #africa #romanempire #reading #readingisresistance