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Carrie Ansell
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Law Librarian. Voracious Reader. Lazy Hiker. Nats Fan. Mom of a Middle Schooler. Married to @jamiansell.bsky.social

All opinions my own.
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February Book Stats #amreading #booksky #storygraph
March 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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DCPS closed tomorrow. #dcps #dcschools
Due to weather conditions, all DCPS schools will be closed on Wednesday, February 12.
February 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Downtown DC
St. Patrick’s Church in the snow.
February 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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DCPS afterschool activities canceled (but not aftercare for the elementary kiddos). #dcps #dcschools
Due to inclement weather, all DCPS athletics and extracurriculars including clubs and events are CANCELLED today Tuesday, February 11. Elementary afterschool programming will remain open.
February 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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January Book Stats. I set myself a goal of only finishing books that I had started in 2024 (or earlier) and that is in fact all I read! Very excited for new books this month (In fact, I already started The Ministry of Time yesterday.) #BookSky
Book Statistics from StoryGraph 10 Books 2,315 pages Average Rating: 3.95 40% Fiction / 60% Nonfiction 80% digital / 30% audio Books Read (with Ratings) The Secret Hours by Mick Herron (4.5) When The Earth Holds Its Breath by Helen Moat (4.0) Winter Brothers by Ivan Doig (3.5) Living Beautifully by Pema Chodron (4.0) 10% Happier by Dan Harris (3.75) The Time Travellers Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer (4.0) Last Things by Jenny Offill (3.0) The Curious Secrets of Yesterday by Namrata Patel (3.5) Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie (5.0) Longbourn by Jo Baker (4.25)
February 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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#ThrowbackThursday Post a favorite childhood book! Had to track down the cover from my childhood for this one.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#KidLit
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
January 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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#ThrowbackThursday Post your favorite childhood books! 2/53 is The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye.
The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye
January 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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All my 5 Star Reads
The English Understand Wool. Mother tongue: The Surprising History of Women’s Words. Network Effect. Fugitive Telemetry. Start Where You Are. The Emotional Lives of Teenagers. System Collapse. Fatherland. The Kamogawa Food Detectives. Paper Wishes. Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop. Supercommunicators. Bad Actors. Glaciers. Just Add Water. The Restaurant of Lost Recipes.
December 31, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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Last day of the year - time for some reading recaps!

#BookSky #StoryGraph
Image with Statistics from StoryGraph: First Book of 2024: The Traitor by Ava Glass Last Book: Small Things Like These by C. Keegan Longest Book Read: Wildwood by Colin Meloy Shortest: Compulsory by Martha Wells 100 Books and 30,000 pages read Top Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Contemporary, Self Help, Historical Top Authors: Mick Herron, Pema Chodron, Martha Wells
December 31, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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I've decided I'm going to start of #ThrowbackThursday thread of my favorite childhood books. Will add another book every week through 2025. Starting with Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace (loved this whole series as kid - I would reread it every summer). 1/53

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Betsy-Tracy by Maud Hart Lovelace
December 26, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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Christmas Eve Sunrise
Beautiful purple and pink sky over bare winter trees.
December 24, 2024 at 12:50 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

20/20
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
December 10, 2024 at 12:55 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

19/20
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
December 7, 2024 at 12:47 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

18/20
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
December 4, 2024 at 12:47 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

17/20
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
December 2, 2024 at 10:23 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

16/20
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
December 2, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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November #BookStats #StoryGraph #BookSky
Book Statistics from StoryGraph November 2024 Wrap-up Books Read: 9 Pages: 2,402 Average Rating: 4.06 Highest Rated Reads: The Restaurant of Lost Recipes (5.0) We Solve Murders (4.75) The Way We Eat Now (4.25) Average Book Length: 290 pages Average Time to Finish: 37 days 56% Fiction; 44% Nonfiction Genres: Mystery (3), Memoir (2), Classics (2), Biography (1), Crime (1) 89% Digital; 11% Audio
December 1, 2024 at 5:08 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

15/20
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
December 1, 2024 at 3:24 AM
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I made cranberry sauce.
Homemade cranberry sauce.
November 27, 2024 at 10:59 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

14/20
Kindred by Octavia Butler
November 27, 2024 at 10:54 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

13/20
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
November 26, 2024 at 8:10 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

12/20
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
November 25, 2024 at 6:18 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

11/20
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
November 24, 2024 at 12:46 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

10/20
Wintering by Katherine May
November 23, 2024 at 5:12 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.

#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

9/20
Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson
November 22, 2024 at 11:57 AM