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Hopeless romantic, wife, mother, geek. Bibliophile, library worker, organizer extraordinaire. Canadian with Ukrainian-Scottish roots (I have a backbone of steel). Art and fashion historian. Pro-science. Loves roses, tea & coffee, cats, hiking, and beaches.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw97... I love her advice in this: buy one book, basically any introductory physics book you can find used for like $10, and just work through it for a year. You'll know more math and physics a year later than basically everyone who ever lived.

Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) πŸ˜ŠπŸ“š Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything βœ¨πŸ’š

Hiya bsky! Fell behind because of a lung infection. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 16 The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 15 The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 14 1984 George Orwell

Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER! #literacy #libraries #librarians

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 13 Pawn of Prophesy - Book One of The Belgariad David Eddings

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 12 Charlotte's Web E.B. White

You're not "late to the party" when you enjoy an old book for the first time. Books don't have an RSVP deadline. The party started long ago, and guests show up when they're meant to.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 11 The Outsiders S.E. Hinton

Make book spines this again

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 10 The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 9 Nancy Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock Carolyn Keene

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 8 The Color Purple Alice Walker

Yes, libraries are invaluable for their collections and public services they offer, but also social contact without the expectation to interact with anyone or spend any money is so important to so many people

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 7 The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 6 The Prince Niccholo Machiavelli

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 5 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 4 Outlander Diana Gabaldon

Public Libraries can be wonderful places where children and adults can find books that they can see themselves reflected in, no matter who they are, and books that can introduce them to entire other lived experiences. Both are so valuable!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 3 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen

If you decorate like this, you are announcing that you have no writer or librarian friends. Because writers and librarians would never let a friend do this to books.

Having a library card is the BIGGEST green flag βœ…

Cicero was a very wise man

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 2 Ender's Game Orson Scott Card

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 1 Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery

Welcome to BookSky! πŸ’™πŸ“š 1️⃣ save/pin the feed if you're enjoying it 2️⃣ repost to help us find more bibliophiles 3️⃣ use πŸ’™πŸ“š or πŸ“šπŸ’™ to post to feed 4️⃣ more niche feeds on my profile (some are NSFW) FAQ πŸ‘‰πŸ» bit.ly/bookskyFAQ

Reminder: coffee is good for you. Every study they’ve done to prove that coffee is bad for you has shown that coffee is good for you. You do not need to β€œquit coffee” and you should theatrically frown at anyone who tells you to* *unless it’s your doctor bc it makes your tummy hurt. Try cold brew

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Librarians moving dystopian novels to the nonfiction shelves.