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Amanda
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Avid reader, slightly less avid gardener & home chef. Mom to 2 humans and 1 standard poodle.
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Hi #booksky I’m looking for some book recs for my son
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Age 6 - He loves the Amulet and 5 Worlds graphic novels & will read w/o help. He loses interest in books w/ no pictures but could handle a higher text:pic ratio.

He did not care for Neil Gaiman’s children’s novels much to my disappointment!
November 18, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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Took a little break from social media recently and went to Mexico. I finished reading #EastofEden for the first time and started on a Django Wexler book next as something lighter.
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#booksky
November 14, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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Happy #electionday to all Americans! Please please please vote. If you are in Michigan you can get this sweet #werewolf sticker!
Woman holding up a Michigan “I voted” sticker of a built werewolf ripping off his shirt while howling in front of an American flag.
November 5, 2024 at 12:09 PM
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My #Octoberwrapupcor books this month. I tried to give 2 dark romance books a shot for spooky season but it is #notforme.

Strega would be an amazing horror film.
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Chart of the books I’ve read this month: “The Mysteries of Udolpho” “Something Wicked this way Comes” “Selected works of Edgar Allen Poe” “Slewfoot” “Strega” “How to Age Disgracefully” “Lights Out” “Haunting Adeline” - did not finish at 40% 5 different Peter Swanson murder mysteries “A Trace of Hares” These are mainly horror/murder type Books with the exception of How to Age Disgracefully which was for my book club
November 4, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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Gorgeous day in Traverse City #Michigan.
Picture of me (woman in mid 30s making a silly face) with my son in the background in an autumn forest Autumn forest My black standard poodle looking cute and licking her chops
November 3, 2024 at 8:27 PM
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Last night my kid got a political ad on their #halloween candy. Should have passed out bigger ones! 😅

#vote
Small box of pink Nerds candies with political sticker stating “Vote Trombley” on it
November 1, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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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.

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 9
Book cover “the other Boleyn girl” by Philippe Gregory. A woman in a mauve and gold Tudor England era gown looking backwards over her shoulder.
October 31, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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Got the famous Michigan sticker!!
October 31, 2024 at 1:20 PM
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Happy #rosewednesday 🌱💙
Pink rose with 2 buds
October 31, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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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.

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 8
Book cover “Sabriel” by Garth Nix. A white woman with black hair blowing in the wind is wearing a blue and silver tunic with a leather sash covered in different size bells. She holds a sword in one hand and the smallest bell in the other. Behind her is a monster in shadows with yellow squinty eyes and black claw like hands reaching out for her.
October 30, 2024 at 10:19 AM
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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.

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 7
Book cover the princess bride by will Goldman. A woman runs into a dark wood with a swordsman dressed in black
October 29, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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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.

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 6
Book cover “the humans” by Matt Haig. White cover with a nose on it.
October 28, 2024 at 9:53 AM
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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.

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 5
Book cover: “Slewfoot” by Brom. Woman on broomstick in front of a full moon. She has a goats skull in her lap, is wearing a chemise, and she and the skull both have flower crowns. She also has goat legs instead of human legs.
October 27, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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My party creations #spooky #immelting #foodie
Halloween themed charcuterie board Melted witch cookies
October 26, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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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.

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 4
Book cover “Pure” by Andrew Miller, shows a defeated looking gentleman in European 1700s style clothes laying his head down on a table covered in papers and ink while 6 crows or ravens fly over him.
October 26, 2024 at 10:33 AM
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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.

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 3
Book cover “shadow country” by Peter Matthiessen. Pre-development Florida Everglades landscape with cloudy sky.
October 25, 2024 at 10:25 AM
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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.

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 2
Book cover: “fierce invalids home from hot climates” by Tom Robbin’s with a small line drawing of a wheelchair on fire with an old parrot on it and a laptop on the ground.
October 24, 2024 at 11:44 AM
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Happy #RoseWednesday !
October 23, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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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.

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 1
Book cover “so far from home, the diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish mill girl” Lowell, Massachusetts 1847
October 23, 2024 at 12:47 PM
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Hey #booksky what is your favorite #horror book for October? The best one I’ve read this year was #Mary by Nat Cassidy. So many amazing female characters I couldn’t believe it was written by a man tbh…
Photo of “Mary an awakening of terror” by Nat Cassidy book cover. Woman in bathtub reading with wine & towel over head
October 23, 2024 at 10:47 AM
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Made my practice #halloweenparty charcuterie board for the #lions game this weekend
October 22, 2024 at 3:56 PM