Bookmarked Moments is my weekly literary letter on Substack — a quiet companion to The Ritual of Reading.
Each article begins with something underlined or dog-eared in the margins of a book, a quote that lingers there a little longer, unfolding into reflection, memory, or mood. These are not reviews, but meditations on what it feels like to live with books — how a character’s voice carries into daily life, how a single line shifts the light of a week, how reading becomes ritual.
Here you’ll find the most recent letters gathered together through the live feed below. Think of this page as a bridge: between the immersive guides and essays of The Ritual of Reading and the more intimate pace of a weekly note.
If you’d like these letters to arrive directly in your inbox, you can subscribe to Bookmarked Moments on Substack (completely free) — and let them become part of your own reading ritual.
Latest Articles :
- I built a world I was too careful to live in publicly
by The Ritual of Reading on 1 July 2026 at 19h43On turning The Ritual of Reading inside out, starting today
- Notes on a week spent in the darkby The Ritual of Reading on 27 June 2026 at 14h57
Six days of darkness, five books and one newspaper about desire
- Something is coming for the Solsticeby The Ritual of Reading on 9 June 2026 at 7h01
The Summer Reading Ritual returns, and this year it’s taking me somewhere new
- Everything Is an Invitation: On Living Like a Creatorby The Ritual of Reading on 3 June 2026 at 17h01
A reflection on Jean-Claude Ellena, chosen solitude and the art of paying attention
- What the Tastebuds Know Firstby The Ritual of Reading on 5 May 2026 at 19h50
Reading Marlena de Blasi’s “The Umbrian Thursday Night Supper Club”
- The Dewdrop and the Sea: Falling in Love with Persian Culture Through Attārby The Ritual of Reading on 5 March 2026 at 20h11
A reflection on Persian cuisine and poetry through the ghazals of the Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attār
