Nellie Cubed's avatar

Nellie Cubed

@nelnelnellie.bsky.social

358 followers 266 following 1506 posts

Reader. Obsessively so. Oh, and I have a bit of an obsession with Dutch things. But please don’t ever make me smell patchouli.

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

An author willing to leave Twitter!

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

I can’t open the link but is this about the daughter who was sexually abused? Author Curtis Sittenfeld posted about it yesterday. I guess it was written about in a Toronto newspaper.

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

Yes, I use digital books and audiobooks through our library as well as actual physical books. We have Libby, Hoopla, and Boundless for digital platforms. Good luck with it!

0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

I was able to get it through my local library. (I rarely buy a book. I think about 95% of the books I consume are through the public library system.)

1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

Maybe that’s why I can’t stand the Hallmark holiday movies.

0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

I do like YA, so I may be biased, but I thought it was a delight.

1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

THE CALCULATION OF YOU AND ME by Serena Kaylie. I think you might like it. It’s about an autistic teenager who uses romance books to try to understand love and relationships.

1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

Pelican enjoying the flood waters.

0 replies 1 reposts 10 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

Agree. I told her there’s just as much art to writing a short story as there is to writing a novel.

1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

My niece just asked me if binging short stories count as reading! Why are we conditioned to believe that brevity is less than?!

1 replies 0 reposts 2 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

Dr. Jen Gunter ROCKS!

1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

Really, isn’t every first person in essence unreliable?!

1 replies 0 reposts 0 likes

Reposted by Nellie Cubed

Katharine LaRonde's avatar Katharine LaRonde @katlaronde.bsky.social
[ View ]

If the French defeat the Nazis and America doesn’t, we will have to retire some of our most cherished jokes.

13 replies 334 reposts 1360 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

Patchett is one of my absolute favorite writers.

1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

I just read Everyone. It’s a bit unusual for a murder mystery. My-Com? It’s a romp or a farce, maybe.

0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

I feel like my life consists mainly of charging multiple devices.

1 replies 1 reposts 13 likes

Reposted by Nellie Cubed

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

Right but she also hosted the Daily Show and advanced the craziness of a doctor who had sexual relations with a patient and refused to apologize for the medical misinformation they put into the world.

www.instagram.com/reel/C0pYIs7...

1 replies 0 reposts 4 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

I’ve read Yellowface and loved it. It’s definitely written for people who have an idea of the workings of the publishing industry.

1 replies 0 reposts 2 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

My review of A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA by Christina Dodd is posted on Instagram. This is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet in which the lovers lived and had lots of children. Their eldest is a daughter of intelligence and wit, and who must solve a (cozy) mystery. 💙📚

www.instagram.com/p/C9DqpJaxii...

0 replies 1 reposts 9 likes

Reposted by Nellie Cubed

Joel Morris's avatar Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social
[ View ]

HOW CAN THIS POTENTIAL LABOUR LANDSLIDE BE REPRESENTED BY TORIES ON EVERY CHANNEL DISCUSSING THE TORY PARTY STILL? I want to not have to think about them or their born-to-rule club for ONE fucking minute, thanks.

6 replies 7 reposts 59 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

I’m playing my summer reading bingo right now. So fun.

0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

It’s his Scientology connection that has made me cautious. You don’t grow up in a cult without being scarred, and Scientology has been known (allegedly) to shelter “bad men” in many ways, but especially through auditing.

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

What about the Nic Blake series by Angie Thomas? It is middle school fantasy. So far, only 1 book but she’s writing more.

1 replies 0 reposts 0 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

His connection to Scientology is what weirds me out with him.

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

It should be on more classic reading lists.

1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

I like to think the teacher’s name Mr. Brabant is a nod to Girl with the Pearl Earring since North Brabant is a province in the Netherlands.

0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

My review of PASSING by Nella Larsen is posted on Instagram. For those following along, this is the book I chose for “Read a Classic” on my summer reading bingo card. 💙📚

www.instagram.com/p/C8-borCSSh...

2 replies 2 reposts 16 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

There is still a communication problem, but it tries to explain why that is.

1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

Is Instagram being really quirky for others or do I just need to reinstall it again? It is such a frustrating app.

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

If you did not like it because it is brutal and cruel and reflects our racism and unkindness to others, then probably not. This book looks directly at those things while putting them on a school playground - perhaps one of the cruelest places in the world.

1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

Nellie Cubed's avatar Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social
[ View ]

My review of NEW BOY by Tracy Chevalier is posted on Instagram. This is a retelling of Shakespeare’s OTHELLO set in a middle school in suburban Washington, D.C. Tragic.

Mind-blowing how relevant Shakespeare is 400 years later. 💙📚

www.instagram.com/p/C8-XMPhyuj...

2 replies 0 reposts 10 likes