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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. Day 8/20 #bookchallenge #BookSky #Books #20daybookchallenge #booklovers #book8 #jameskrenov #acabinetmakersnotebook #woodworking

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Title pages of "The Droll Stories of Balzac," Blue Ribbon Books, New York, 1932. Illustrations by Steele Savage. #steelesavage #art #illustrations #bookillustrations #vintagebooks #balzac #literature #drollstories #blueribbonbooks

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"I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again." F. Scott Fitzgerald, "This Side of Paradise" #fitzgerald #fscottfitzgerald #innocence #literature #quotes #thissideofparadise

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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. Day 7/20 #bookchallenge #BookSky #Books #20daybookchallenge #booklovers #book7 #elizabethbecker #whenthewarwasover #cambodia

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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. Day 6/20 #bookchallenge #BookSky #Books #20daybookchallenge #booklovers #book6 #ellenullman #closetothemachine

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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. Day 5/20 #bookchallenge #BookSky #Books #20daybookchallenge #booklovers #book5 #danielkahneman #thinkingfastandslow

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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. Day 4/20 #bookchallenge #BookSky #Books #20daybookchallenge #booklovers #book4 #sciencefiction #sf #scifi #lesterdelrey #nerves #oldbooks

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"The proprieties are the guiding principle of people without soul and virtue. The good opinion of the world is a prostitute, who gives herself to the highest bidder." - George Sand, quoted in "Lovers and Libertines" by Cliff Howe #literature #georgesand #quotes #virtue #principles #writers

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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. Day 3/20 #bookchallenge #BookSky #Books #20daybookchallenge #booklovers #book3 #carolinealexander #theendurance

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"Read the books they don't want you to read. That's where the good stuff is." - LeVar Burton #levarburton #bannedbooks #bookbans #censorship #books #reading #readdangerously

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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. Day 2/20 #bookchallenge #BookSky #Books #20daybookchallenge #booklovers #book2

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Glass of wine in hand and I’m settling in to reacquaint myself with these two gems.

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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. Day 1/20 #bookchallenge #BookSky #Books #20daybookchallenge #booklovers #book1

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"People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us." He sighed. "It's the people who claim that they're good, or anyway better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of." - Gregory Maguire, "Wicked" #wicked #gregorymaguire #evil #morality

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Feeling Sexy: From "Lucifer at the Starlite" by Kim Addonizio, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2009 #kimaddonizio #poetry #poets #luciferatthestarlite #feelingsexy #valentinesday #poetrybooks #bookphotos

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Kim Addonizio, capturing a certain familiar mood…

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"He held her tightly and rocked slowly, his eyes shut against reality, and he breathed in with her sweet smell a light and optimism he had thought gone from the world." - David Brin, "The Postman" #davidbrin #love #optimism #hope #solace #thepostman #quotes #wecouldreallyusesomehoperightnow

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"But the truth leaks out in our dreams... we soar, we fly, we flee. And in the waking dreams our societies permit, in our myths, our arts, our songs, we celebrate the non-belongers, the different ones, the outlaws, the freaks." - Salman Rushdie, "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" #dreams #salmanrushdie

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Apart from the average voter: "Going Postal," by Terry Pratchett. #terrypratchett #voters #theaveragevoter #criminalsincharge #2024election #goingpostal #satire #quotes #books #dangerousbooks #trump

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Poison. Model: Annabel Lee #womenandbooks #womenreading #goth #blackandwhite #stockings #garters #dangerouswomen #poison #sarahpinborough #annabellee

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Dedication from "The Reptile Room" (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Second), by Lemony Snicket. Harper Collins, 1999. #books #seriesofunfortunateevents #lemonysnicket #love #lostlove #dedications #memories

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Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du Mal," Librairie Grund, Paris, 1961. Art by Mario Laboccetta. #beautifulbooks #vintagebooks #flowersofevil #fleursdumal #literature #baudelaire #poetry #poetrybooks #bookart #illustrations #mariolaboccetta

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"Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived." Oscar Wilde, "The Critic as Artist" #oscarwilde #literature #religion #quotes

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The Book Lover. Model: Van Helsing #vintagebooks #oldbooks #hiddenwomen #womenandbooks #booklover #thebooklover #nsfw #vanhelsing

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Obstinate, headstrong girl. Model: K. #prideandprejudice #janeausten #inked #tattoos #womenandbooks #blackandwhite #photography #weareallfoolsinlove

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"No man was ever taken to hell by a woman unless he already had a ticket in his pocket, or had at least been fooling around with timetables." - Rex Stout, "Some Buried Caesar" #rexstout #temptation #sin #dangerouswomen #quotes #mysteries #books

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"weight," from Nayyirah Waheed's book "Salt," 2013 #poetry #poems #nayyirahwaheed #salt #masculinity

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"If your heart did not break now and then, Spring Moon, how would you know it is there?" Bette Bao Lord, "Spring Moon" #heartbreak #bettebaolord #quotes #sadness #love #springmoon #novels

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Helpful tips for riding the railroad from "A Guide to the City of Chicago," 1868. #vintagebooks #chicago #oldbooks #guidetochicago #bookphotos

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"My heart would feel to be a crime Unless it trembled with the strings." - Edgar Allan Poe, from "Romance" (1829) #poetry #edgarallanpoe #poe #romance #literature

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Silhouette with Book. Model: CJ #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotos #silhouette #womenandbooks #originalphotography

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Altar for the Unbanned, Harold Washington Library, Chicago. Model: Sunshine #bannedbooks #libraries #chicago #alterfortheunbanned #theastergates #censorship #womenandbooks #haroldwashingtonlibrary

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"The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other person, and not even by yourself at some later date. Otherwise you begin by excusing yourself." - Margaret Atwood, "The Blind Assassin" #truth #writing #margaretatwood #literature

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Sketches

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"The Diary of a Smut-Hound." Hugh Wakem, published by William Hodgson, Philadelphia, 1930 #vintagebooks #strangebooks #censorship #smut #bookbans #diaryofasmuthound

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A rest

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"I have discovered, Miss Honey, during my long career as a teacher that a bad girl is a far more dangerous creature than a bad boy." Roald Dahl, from "Matilda" #roalddahl #badgirls #dangerous #matilda

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A plea to those posting art, photos, etc they didn't create themselves: ALWAYS credit the original creator. Only share if you know creator is ok with it. Take time to research. To authors: Credit ILLUSTRATORS, esp if you use their work to promote a book. #PicturesMeanBusiness

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"If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be." - Maya Angelou #mayaangelou #literature #inspiration #blackwriters #blackhistorymonth #quotes #poets

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"Chinese Love Poems," Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, 1942. #prettybooks #chinesepoetry #vintagebooks #books #bookphotos

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"The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end." - Benjamin Disraeli, from "Henrietta Temple" #disraeli #love #firstlove #quotes #literature

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Wicked Heels. Model: 8N8 #wicked #heels #wizardofoz #wickedwitch #books #bookphotos #womenandbooks

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"There were lots of women in the stories he'd been reading and he'd learned that sometimes they just needed to be left alone to think. More of the stories would have turned out better if the men had seen that as clearly as Dreamy did." - Sarah Pinborough, from "Poison" #sarahpinborough #fairytales

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Cover detail, "Salome," Illustrated Editions Company, circa 1932 #beautifulbooks #bookcovers #bookbinding #oscarwilde #salome #vintagebooks #oldbooks #prettybooks #illustratededitionscompany #artdeco

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