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Catherine Fowles
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✨not defined by labour✨
Neurospicy pansexual socialist 🇺🇸/🇬🇧
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#WelfareNotWarfare over at the @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social online protest! ✊
March 29, 2025 at 3:33 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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Day 16/20
A book cover. The main image is a skeleton dressed like Santa Claus in a red robe and red cape with a hood, accented in white fur. He sits in a large red chair with a young child on his lap dressed in olive green trousers, a pink jacket with matching blue hat, scarf and mittens dangling from her wrists. She looks in thoughtful bewonderment at the casual skeleton who has a burgundy velvet sack bursting with gifts opposite her. There is a decorated fir tree behind them. The yellow text at the top reads: New York Times Best selling author Terry Pratchett. The large yellow text at the bottom reads “Hogfather” and in smaller text below it says “Yet another novel of the Discworld.”
December 24, 2024 at 12:04 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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Day 15/20
A sage green book cover. In white text, offset by sprigs of rosemary and thyme, is the title “A Christmas Carol”. Underneath is the shadow of Scrooge, an old man in his nightdress and cap, illuminating the title with a candle stick held aloft. Charles Dickens, the author, is listed in red text beneath Scrooge’s outstretched arm.
December 22, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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Happy #Caturday and Solstice! 🔥
Central to the picture is a wood burning stove with a roaring fire. On the left side of the stove is a pink velvet cat bed with a brown tortoiseshell cat lounging like a medieval queen with one arm draped over the side of the bed. On the right side is a white cat sat up straight tail wrapped around her with her back facing the camera, but looking over her shoulder. Both cats are looking at the photographer.
December 21, 2024 at 9:24 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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Day 14/20
A book cover. The main background colour moves from a bright yellow in the upper right hand corner to a teal to a dark green in the lower left hand corner. The main image is a young Black woman with long braids styled with copper hair bands. She’s wearing gold armour with green detailing and has colourful beads around her neck and golden face paint in three stripes - each starts at her chin and reaches up her face in various lengths. At the top, white text heralds that the book is a New York Times Bestseller. Below that in black text is “Outcasts by blood. Warriors by choice.” The title is in large white block letters over the body of the main image - The Gilded Ones. In smaller white text beneath is the name of the author - Namina Forna.
December 7, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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Happy #Caturday from a cozy Grymmline in her bed by the fire.
A tortoiseshell cat with hues from tan to very dark brown, sprawled and asleep in a pink velvet cat bed partially covered with a navy blue blanket featuring various pets in winter wear and snowflakes.
December 7, 2024 at 8:34 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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Day 13/20
A white book cover. The central and main image is a dark city skyline with rising smoke. Out of the city scape come shadowy figures. Overlaid on this image is the following text: In red: An Oral History of the Zombie War The title is below: World War Z “World War” is in big black text and the “Z” is big and red, superimposed over most of the central image. It has a worn quality to it. Beneath the title is the author’s name in black text: Max Brooks In small red text below the author: Two million copies sold
December 3, 2024 at 7:11 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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Day 12/20
A red book cover. The main image is an illustration of the face of a red dragon with black and yellow detailing. It is framed by red and yellow flowers and leaves. Behind it, is the outline of a big dome and shadows of trees surrounding the dome and in the foreground. Over top of the imagery, starting at the top of the cover, in light yellow text is: The first book of Nampeshiweisit To Shape A Dragon’s Breath Moniquill Blackgoose
December 1, 2024 at 5:11 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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Day 11/20
The 60th Anniversary Edition book cover for Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. The cover is 2/3 a bright red on top and 1/3 black at the bottom, divided by a white line that forms a circle to enclose the “451” of the title. In the red section, there is a black book with white pages and a black bookmark sticking out the bottom; it opens at the top to reveal a neat row of red and white matches - a book that is also a matchbox. “Fahrenheit” is in white letters underneath the image. The author’s name is in red text in the black section along the bottom.
November 30, 2024 at 4:51 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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Day 10/20
A book cover. The cover image is the night sky, clear and full of stars with trees encroaching the view. The perspective is as if the viewer is lying in the woods staring up at the sky at night, too dark to see the trees in any detail. The title “Night of the Living Rez” is superimposed on the night sky in colourful lettering - a patchwork of purples, pinks, oranges and yellows. Below is a yellow subtitle “Stories”. At the bottom of the cover is the author’s name, Morgan Talty, in orange. Additional yellow text at the top reads: “Profoundly moving and essential. A powerful new voice in Native American fiction.” - Brandon Hobson, author of The Removed
November 29, 2024 at 1:22 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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Day 9/20
A deep purple book cover. The central image is the original illustration of the faun Mr Tumnus leading 8 year old Lucy through the snowy landscape of Narnia. He has a red scarf and black hat and shelters her under a black umbrella. She wears a blue dress. As if in a bubble this image is surrounded by wintry trees in relief. The snow on the branches is a silver foil that shines in the light. The branches reach up and embrace a golden foil border akin to Celtic knots that surrounds the golden foil title: The Chronicles of Narnia. At the bottom of the cover, centred in the path between the trees is the name of the author in gold foil letters: C S Lewis.
November 28, 2024 at 11:12 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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Day 8/20
A black book cover with random yellow spots. To the left of a red bird, almost as if aflame, the title is in white: Parable of the Talents. The author’s name is in bigger text below the title and main image, also in white: Octavia E Butler. Additional text below her name, in a bright yellow: Winner of a MacArthur Genius Grant. Additional text at the top, a quote in white: “One of the finest voices in fiction - period.” Attributed to the Washington Post in yellow italic text.
November 27, 2024 at 7:17 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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Day 7/10
A beige/light yellow book cover. The title “Parable of the Sower” is in a bright red to the left of a figure that takes up the right side of the cover. The figure is a Black woman in profile in a red dress and red head scarf - both have orange detailing. There are leaves dotted around the background - they are red, orange or yellow. The name of the author Octavia E Butler is in large black letters along the bottom third of the cover. Additional black text reads: “Brilliant, endlessly rich… pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaids Tale.” - John Green, The New York Times With a new foreword from award winning author N K Jemisin Winner of a MacArthur Genius Grant
November 26, 2024 at 6:31 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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Day 6/20
A goldenrod yellow book cover. The title “The Truth” is etched into a grey printing press block descending from the sky and parting the clouds as it goes, suggesting speed. The block is for an exclamation point, and we see it in a raised black surface on the underside. It descends on an illustration in burgundy of a winding road with ripples suggested in an abstract landscape. Author Terry Pratchett’s name is at the bottom in white and reminiscent of his signature.
November 25, 2024 at 9:12 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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Day 5/20
A book cover that is bright green and textured with dragon scales. In deep red text reads: Stephen King The Eyes of the Dragon Below the text is a diamond shaped frame from which the head of a dragon emerges. Its main colour is green with a golden underside. Its wings and mane are a mix of green, yellow, orange, red and some subtle streaks of purple. In profile, it breathes fire towards the bottom right corner of the cover.
November 24, 2024 at 10:02 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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Day 4/20
The book cover for Skin Folk: Stories by Nalo Hopkinson. The cover background are pastel watercolour stripes, reminiscent of an early morning sky. At the bottom of the cover is the face of a Black woman in profile looking up with her hand reaching up toward a string of violet flowers and falling light green leaves. The name of the author is at the top of the cover in dark letters, with the title in larger text below. The word “Skin” is in black text and the word “Folk” is olive green. “Stories” is in a smaller italic light green text below, indicating the book is a collection of stories. Additional text in a lighter green: Winner of the World Fantasy Award
November 23, 2024 at 10:38 AM
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Happy #Caturday to all who observe!
The picture focuses on a big white cat with very pink nose and ears. She fasces the camera but her eyes are closed. She is lounging like a floof on her side with her tail wrapped around her back legs and her front paw is draped over a hand petting her. The hand is extended from the person taking the photo. She is on a red plaid blanket. There is a bean bag in the background covered in a shaggy light blue blanket with a little dark brown tortie cat curled up. A dark brown tortoiseshell cat is in repose in a light blue shaggy blanket. She is somewhere between a stretched out position and a curled position, almost sleeping on her side with her arm draped over the side of her body and tail curled round to meet it.
November 23, 2024 at 7:58 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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Day 3/20
The Penguin Classics cover for Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev. The top two thirds of the cover is a painting of a bearded aristocratic man dressed in a black suit and top hat lounging with one hand in his pocket. Behind him to the left, is another bearded man in black, with his arms crossed leaning forward on a table and gaze downcast. Behind them both is a small window with a vague landscape of light browns and greens. Below this painting is a white band enclosing “Penguin Classics” with the logo of a penguin encased in an orange oval. The bottom third of the cover is navy blue stating the authors name in large orange text above the title in smaller white italic text.
November 22, 2024 at 11:53 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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Day 2/20
A white book cover. The title is in a bright blue text: The Ministry for the Future. The author’s name, Kim Stanley Robinson, is in black text underneath. A small tear interrupts the title as a new and green budding plant bursts through the cover. Additional text in black heralds: One of Barack Obama’s favourite books of the year. “A novel that presents a rousing vision of how we might unite to overcome the greatest challenge of our time.” -TED.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:23 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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
Day 1/20
A minimalist cover of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas. The cover is a fade from pink at the bottom to burgundy at the top with white detailing of trees, bushes and a rising sun in the foreground. The author’s name is in light blue surrounded by the outline of birds in flight at the top. Underneath is the title in white outlined block letters with white filigreed details inside each letter. Additional text reads: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2004 “Superbly entertaining” Daily Telegraph “A masterful feast” Evening Standard “Shamelessly exciting” Spectator “Remarkable” Guardian “Stunning” Daily Mail
November 20, 2024 at 10:55 AM
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Eerie midnight snow in Lincolnshire. Hope everyone let the right one in last night.
Picture of a snowy village green with pools of eerie light from street lamps. Taken through a window with snow laden fig tree branches in the foreground.
November 19, 2024 at 10:07 AM