https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/tag/bookstr/ https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/tag/bookstr/rss/ episodic Sat, 03 Jan 2026 21:00:59 GMT Sat, 03 Jan 2026 21:00:59 GMT https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/tag/bookstr/ https://image.nostr.build/f9740b2ec24a0cbd654e8553e490b2bcb2babc42322268a5ff55a6c1cfeb3010.jpg Sat, 03 Jan 2026 21:00:59 GMT https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/post/note1vevm4mq8wxe9nwtlus2vuykd7eujp42ecw4y3wju2rpjfmcs42hsm6lnz4/ https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/post/note1vevm4mq8wxe9nwtlus2vuykd7eujp42ecw4y3wju2rpjfmcs42hsm6lnz4/ note1vevm4mq8wxe9nwtlus2vuykd7eujp42ecw4y3wju2rpjfmcs42hsm6lnz4 bookstr note1vevm4mq8wxe9nwtlus2vuykd7eujp42ecw4y3wju2rpjfmcs42hsm6lnz4 npub1jdtdqz9tyf4tdvy2k0rnjqz5dv5rd3yvw5nlpefn9syjqx37dhyqxwh0c8 30 pages in and this is already everything I love about smart, honest characters in a genre setting. 🤩

If you haven’t read The Old Man’s War by John Scalzi and you like sci-fi, I highly recommend it. 🚀

#bookstr #scifi #sciencefiction #reading

]]> 30 pages in and this is already everything I love about smart, honest characters in a genre setting. 🤩

If you haven’t read The Old Man’s War by John Scalzi and you like sci-fi, I highly recommend it. 🚀

#bookstr #scifi #sciencefiction #reading

]]> Thu, 01 Jan 2026 19:45:49 GMT https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/post/note1epnndvq03mxet0g80a76wvu82c8qh68a0tgm270urz8tvkdyzhyqzl943w/ https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/post/note1epnndvq03mxet0g80a76wvu82c8qh68a0tgm270urz8tvkdyzhyqzl943w/ note1epnndvq03mxet0g80a76wvu82c8qh68a0tgm270urz8tvkdyzhyqzl943w artstr note1epnndvq03mxet0g80a76wvu82c8qh68a0tgm270urz8tvkdyzhyqzl943w npub1jdtdqz9tyf4tdvy2k0rnjqz5dv5rd3yvw5nlpefn9syjqx37dhyqxwh0c8 Trying something new, along the lines of the Pottery Paradox from the book, Art & Fear.

A 500 sheet ream of copy paper will be my sketchpad for the year. Not intentionally trying to use all of them. It’s just practice, and somehow easier to tackle than a bound sketchbook.

#artstr #artprocess #drawing #sketching #practice #bookstr

]]> Trying something new, along the lines of the Pottery Paradox from the book, Art & Fear.

A 500 sheet ream of copy paper will be my sketchpad for the year. Not intentionally trying to use all of them. It’s just practice, and somehow easier to tackle than a bound sketchbook.

#artstr #artprocess #drawing #sketching #practice #bookstr

]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:08:53 GMT https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/post/note18j0ptc2rkqy6jwxzgmtu46xa3shesharvndj2x0v7qcy3cgpkaaqtssr63/ https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/post/note18j0ptc2rkqy6jwxzgmtu46xa3shesharvndj2x0v7qcy3cgpkaaqtssr63/ note18j0ptc2rkqy6jwxzgmtu46xa3shesharvndj2x0v7qcy3cgpkaaqtssr63 bookstr note18j0ptc2rkqy6jwxzgmtu46xa3shesharvndj2x0v7qcy3cgpkaaqtssr63 npub1jdtdqz9tyf4tdvy2k0rnjqz5dv5rd3yvw5nlpefn9syjqx37dhyqxwh0c8 I’m starting research on a large creative project (designing a personal tarot deck). Checking books out of the library is a good way to see how useful they are.

Spent the afternoon with this book and given the number of flags I used on useful pages, it’s one a want to buy.

Now I just need to decide hardcover or Kindle…?

HC: love having an actual book, double page photo spreads, can leave open on the desk as a visual reminder

Kindle: screengrabs can be imported into the project file and marked up, searchable text

🤔

#bookstr #interiordesign #inttar #tarot

]]> I’m starting research on a large creative project (designing a personal tarot deck). Checking books out of the library is a good way to see how useful they are.

Spent the afternoon with this book and given the number of flags I used on useful pages, it’s one a want to buy.

Now I just need to decide hardcover or Kindle…?

HC: love having an actual book, double page photo spreads, can leave open on the desk as a visual reminder

Kindle: screengrabs can be imported into the project file and marked up, searchable text

🤔

#bookstr #interiordesign #inttar #tarot

]]> Mon, 01 Dec 2025 17:42:42 GMT https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/post/note1ter46p69fawkguf7jv2zpv0tl97ch3zq88mellx8hfnsjk4ttp5qc9x9jg/ https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/post/note1ter46p69fawkguf7jv2zpv0tl97ch3zq88mellx8hfnsjk4ttp5qc9x9jg/ note1ter46p69fawkguf7jv2zpv0tl97ch3zq88mellx8hfnsjk4ttp5qc9x9jg bookstr note1ter46p69fawkguf7jv2zpv0tl97ch3zq88mellx8hfnsjk4ttp5qc9x9jg npub1jdtdqz9tyf4tdvy2k0rnjqz5dv5rd3yvw5nlpefn9syjqx37dhyqxwh0c8 I prefer genre fiction to non-fiction, but this book about a painter’s winter on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen with her husband in 1934 is top notch.

Beautiful imagery describing the landscape and subtle touches of humor fill the chapters.

My trip to Svalbard next year will be far more luxurious than her stays in hunters’ huts scattered across the north coast, but I hope to see and feel some of the wonders she describes.

#bookstr #polar #arctic #biography #diary

]]> I prefer genre fiction to non-fiction, but this book about a painter’s winter on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen with her husband in 1934 is top notch.

Beautiful imagery describing the landscape and subtle touches of humor fill the chapters.

My trip to Svalbard next year will be far more luxurious than her stays in hunters’ huts scattered across the north coast, but I hope to see and feel some of the wonders she describes.

#bookstr #polar #arctic #biography #diary

]]> Fri, 31 Oct 2025 01:57:24 GMT https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/post/note1p2lk330scu2mmd3gz3qwhx7nugfeyekd7nk3ez58v6kc85afjg4spx6pth/ https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/post/note1p2lk330scu2mmd3gz3qwhx7nugfeyekd7nk3ez58v6kc85afjg4spx6pth/ note1p2lk330scu2mmd3gz3qwhx7nugfeyekd7nk3ez58v6kc85afjg4spx6pth bookstr note1p2lk330scu2mmd3gz3qwhx7nugfeyekd7nk3ez58v6kc85afjg4spx6pth npub1jdtdqz9tyf4tdvy2k0rnjqz5dv5rd3yvw5nlpefn9syjqx37dhyqxwh0c8 May 5, 3026: the next Murderbot novel, Platform Decay, will be released as a hardcover, ebook, and audiobook. 🎉

#bookstr #reading #marthawells #murderbot

]]> May 5, 3026: the next Murderbot novel, Platform Decay, will be released as a hardcover, ebook, and audiobook. 🎉

#bookstr #reading #marthawells #murderbot

]]> Sat, 25 Oct 2025 17:31:58 GMT https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/post/note16mjy836scw7wntc8s4cycq6v6jl5kcazwerujv4ltt4u7v7m2h5s6gyyfd/ https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/post/note16mjy836scw7wntc8s4cycq6v6jl5kcazwerujv4ltt4u7v7m2h5s6gyyfd/ note16mjy836scw7wntc8s4cycq6v6jl5kcazwerujv4ltt4u7v7m2h5s6gyyfd writing note16mjy836scw7wntc8s4cycq6v6jl5kcazwerujv4ltt4u7v7m2h5s6gyyfd npub1jdtdqz9tyf4tdvy2k0rnjqz5dv5rd3yvw5nlpefn9syjqx37dhyqxwh0c8 Anyone? Anyone?
#writing #author #bookstr #grownostr

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]]> Anyone? Anyone?
#writing #author #bookstr #grownostr

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]]> Fri, 17 Oct 2025 22:28:33 GMT https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/post/note14xydxmg3r78gfumm6lv6646hwm09s23nkqeppgcc80r7m90s9mxsw8f8eq/ https://rustypuppy.npub.pro/post/note14xydxmg3r78gfumm6lv6646hwm09s23nkqeppgcc80r7m90s9mxsw8f8eq/ note14xydxmg3r78gfumm6lv6646hwm09s23nkqeppgcc80r7m90s9mxsw8f8eq bookstr note14xydxmg3r78gfumm6lv6646hwm09s23nkqeppgcc80r7m90s9mxsw8f8eq npub1jdtdqz9tyf4tdvy2k0rnjqz5dv5rd3yvw5nlpefn9syjqx37dhyqxwh0c8 I read this when it was first published in 2008. Good re-read at this stage of my life.

#bookstr #reading #readstr

]]> I read this when it was first published in 2008. Good re-read at this stage of my life.

#bookstr #reading #readstr

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