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I haven’t read like this on the grass since I was in university. I forgot the weight of the sun on my eyes, taking a while to find a comfortable position, and slowly getting lost in the story as the insects and outdoor sounds fade away into the background. When I stopped and got up to head home, I almost felt like I had woken up from a dream. I remembered this feeling so well — a little languid, satisfied, and my arm or neck or shoulder slightly strained for having been leaned on to read. (Special thanks to my toddler for napping in her pram for an hour.) 📖🌤☘️🍀🍃🌿🌸 #sallyrooney #booksofinstagram #bookstagrammer #readersofig #readersofinstagram #reading #summer #summerreading #books #amreading #summereads #bibliophile #bookish #bookworm #booksandnature #booksandcoffee #readers #readerslife

Crossed something off my bucket list today! Founded in 1953, City Lights Books is a literary landmark in San Francisco’s North Beach neighbourhood. Its founder — Lawrence Ferlinghetti — published Allen Ginsberg’s controversial (at the time) poem Howl in 1955, and propelled the Beat Movement (and its authors, like Jack Kerouac) to international fame. The store became a literary meeting place for the “Beatniks” and influenced a generation of young people with its nonconformist culture through literature. Almost 70 years later, it remains a prolific independent publisher and an “epicentre for progressive thought,” hosting poetry readings and book launches, and it continues to sell meaningful diverse literature. Little wooden stools sit near every shelf and you can sit and read for as long as you want. I love bookstores steeped in history and politics, and it was a real treat to finally visit @citylightsbooks today. #citylightsbookstore #sanfrancisco #bookstores #bookstoresofinstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #bookish #bookishbucketlist #books #instabook #instabookshop #instabookstore #bookstore #independentbookstore #bookishtravel #indiebookstore #literarylandmarks #literaryplaces #literarybucketlist #citylightsbooks

One of the best things about travelling is the books you take along with you. On the flight over, I was reading Toni Morrison’s Beloved (and sobbing). Clearly, I don’t believe in holiday “beach reads”. I’m so excited to read this set of books over the next few weeks of long flights, good weather, and delicious treats, starting with @tishanidoshi’s Small Days and Nights, then, depending on my mood — either Tommy Orange’s There There or Andrew Sean Geer’s @asgreer Less. I’ve read so much praise about all three books in the #bookstagram world. And finally, Sally Rooney’s Normal People (which I’ve read mixed reviews about.. people seem to either love it or abandon it). Have you read any of these books? . . . #bookstagrammer #books #tbrpost #tbr #readersofinstagram #readersofig #reading #bibliophile #bookish #booksbooksbooks #instaread #booksandtea #booksandnature #amreading #bookworm #bookphotography #bookishpost #booksofinstagram #pakistanibookstagram #tishanidoshi #sallyrooney #tommyorange #andrewseangreer

Here we go! Registration is now open for WRITING FICTION: AN ONLINE COURSE for adults starting 4 July 2019. Open to writers ages 16 and above from Pakistan and beyond. 👩🏻‍💻👨🏻‍💻🇵🇰🌈 . Please visit the website (link in bio) for details, the course outline, and to sign up. Feel free to DM me with your questions and for details about the course fee. (Students get a special discount.) . Now in its fourth year running, the course is open to aspiring writers everywhere, to students, professionals, mothers and fathers, to anyone who has ever wanted to write. I can’t wait to get started! #writingfiction #booksonwriting #onlinewritingcourse #onlinelearning #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinginspiration #creativewriting #creativewritingclass #onlinelearning #instawrite #lahore #islamabad #karachi #pakistanibookstagram #pakistan #pakistanwritingcommunity #pakistaniwriting #writers #writersofig #bookstagram #books #bookish #bibliophile #writinganovel #nowwriting #bookstagrammer #pakistanibookstagrammer

🌙✨I don’t know what it is, but the hours between iftari and my very late dinner/sehri have taken on a quiet, magical quality. I’ve been spending this stolen time sprawled across this sofa, reading. I can’t quite put my finger on why, but my mind feels more restful. Maybe it’s the change in my routine, maybe it’s feeling satiated after fasting the whole day, maybe it’s tiredness. I don’t know what’s up, but I’m enjoying it while it lasts. I’m reading Toni Morrison’s classic, Beloved, a book I’ve been wanting to read for years. Has anyone here read it? What did you think? What’s your favourite Toni Morrison book? . . #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #readersofinstagram #bookstagram #books #beloved #tonimorrison #ramadan #ramadanreads #ramzan #bookish #latenightreading #instabook #instaread #reading #nowreading #amreading #instabooks #bookworm

If you’re in the mood for fantasy now that Game of Thrones is over (and especially if this season was a disappointment), look no further than these brilliant books. How can I not start with JRR Tolkien, who arguably kick-started this entire genre with the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy (1954) — the original epic fantasy with magic deeply rooted in a realistic world with centuries of imagined history and mythology. Even if you’ve seen the brilliantly adapted movies, you’ll love the books more. Ursula Le Guin’s THE EARTHSEA QUARTET (1969) starts with a young wizard who is sent to the Island of Roke to study wizardry (sound familiar?). Le Guin’s books are anything but clichéd — Ged, the wizard-to-be at the centre of the books has “red-brown skin”, a really refreshing break from the white-good-guys-of-fantasy trope (like in GOT). Her world-building is solid and her characters are less “heroic” than they are ordinary people with longings and fears, who make mistakes and try to fix them. Philip Pullman’s HIS DARK MATERIALS (1995-2000) is another work of genius, written beautifully. In his world, every human’s soul walks beside them in the shape of a deamon, a sort of spirit-animal. Lyra, a spunky orphan, is raised by the Masters at Oxford in a parallel world to ours, and gets caught in a battle between the highest forces in the world. A new HBO series is in the works, to be released at the end of the year. THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE (2017) takes inspiration from Russian folklore and mythology, and is the first volume of the Winternight trilogy. This story, written in lyrical prose that pulls you right in to the storyworld, is about a young girl who lives at the edge of the icy Russian wilderness, where she loves hearing the story of the blue-eyed winter demon… I’ve only just started THE FIFTH SEASON (2016), the first volume of NK Jemison’s Broken Earth Triology, but it’s got me very excited. Jemison is the first African American, female fantasy writer I’ve read, and each of the three books have won the Hugo Award. #bookstagram #books #fantasybooks #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #readersofinstagram #bookish #bookrecommendations #bookworm #reading #instabook #booklover

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