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Finally made it to @booksaremagicbk and it was as magical as advertised! Huge thanks to @emmastraub and @mpluse for being such advocates for authors and book people! 🤓 Had a chance to pick up a copy of Eddie Joyce’s “Small Mercies” and hear from the hilariously witty @johnkenneywriter. (He’s brand new to social media so go give him some love and a follow!) His new book TALK TO ME will be my companion on the way home tomorrow. Which means I can’t wait to get on the plane ✈️! It was also great to meet @zibbyowens of @momsdonthavetimetoreadbooks and her husband Kyle who literally said “are you the author of Beyond the Point?” - which made me think he was making fun of me until I realized he was being sincere and so kind. 😵 Books really are magic guys. Thank goodness for the F train and for great friends like @jaymward14 who urged me to take a chance and drop my book at my bookstore crush! 😍
Missing this guy tonight. @thejpg123 is the most supportive husband. Holding down the fort (and wrangling a one year old) while I try to do my due diligence to get things ready for the book launch. I never imagined I’d be a “working mom” — sometimes I still don’t allow myself to admit that that’s true. But I’m beyond grateful to have a partner who sees me for who I am and encourages me to go for every opportunity, even if it means he has to work harder in my absence. RILY.
For some reason I’m hating social media more than ever. I am toying with the idea of getting a flip phone. I’ve been deleting the Instagram app every other day just to have breathing room. And yet - I did this thing and wrote this book and now I feel like I need social media in order to share about how you can find it. (Hint, @parnassusbooks on April 3rd.) 🌿 But do I really need social media? How did you decide to pick up the last book you read? Did Instagram really play into it at all? Or is it just a matter of luck and word of mouth and hoping that the pages stand on their own? 🌿 While I kvetch, here’s a picture of my book relaxing waiting for new eyes. Four months to go.
Saturday traditions ❄️#gibsontraditions
New Year, Same Me. 🌿 Of course I believe that change is possible. I can change my habits, my attitude, my eating patterns, my level of physical activity. You can change how much you weigh, how you spend your time, how you dress, how you travel, how you spend your money. You can do all of those things — and believe me, many of those changes would do me good. But in the end, no matter how much I focus on changing how I am, I can’t change who I am. 🌿 More at clairegibson.com/blog
Just about finished with #barbarakingsolver’s “Unsheltered.” Still trying to wrap my mind around a book that felt very dark and gloomy, and yet still had indelible moments of hope. There’s a lot of monologues raging against the modern “one percent” and the issues of capitalism run rampant. Cuba is set up as a utopia - which I take some issues with. But the book still has left me thinking a lot about what I think makes up a good life - what am I hitching my star to? All in all... I give it 5 stars. Kept the pages turning and my mind engaged. Beautiful prose, too. 🌺 What are you reading right now? . . . . #bookstagram #whatiamreading #readinglist #instagrambookclub #nycbookgirl #booksforwomen #fiction #instagrambooks #badassbookbabes #amreading #covershot #bookcover #beautifulbooks #bookblogger #instablogger #vacationreads #booksuggestions #whatshouldireadnext #theeverygirl #parnassusbooks #thatsdarling #marieclairebooks #belletristbook #bookshelf #tbrpost
This was the very first photo I took with portrait mode, obviously. #winnieshousetour (And for pictures of our first — much better behaved — Vizsla, check out #coopshousetour ⭐️)
It’s been a minute, but we out here. ⭐️ #gibsontraditions
Every few months, we walk down to @grimeys to pick out a new record. Our favorites this year: @leonbridgesofficial “Good Thing” @spaceykacey “Golden Hour” @the_bamboos “Night Time People” @hillsongunited “There is More” @neal_carpenter “Good Guys” Do y’all have any records you’re loving? 🎧 Hoping to add a few to my Christmas list. 📸: @bradandjen
I never imagined that my book would have a trailer. But then again... I never imagined a lot of things. I’m obsessed with the video — but I’m biased... so I hope it gets across the emotion that I hope you’ll feel when you read #beyondthepointbook. Intense, beautiful, slightly ominous... 😍 tell me what you think? 📸: @mccainmerrin 🎶: @jamielidell #newnovel #aprilpubdate #fiction #newfiction #debutauthor #bookstagram #bookclubpick @reesesbookclubxhellosunshine #bookshelf #tbrpost #bookstagram #bookstagramer #ilovebigbooksandicannotlie #ireadeverywhere #readingtime📖 #goarmy #goarmybeatnavy #westpoint #goarmywestpoint #usma