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Just a reader, writing an update, asking to be loved. Upmarket speculative fictionist. (VP 2025)
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‘𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺,‘ 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥.

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𝗧ʜᴇ 𝗠ɪᴅɴɪɢʜᴛ 𝗟ɪʙʀᴀʀʏ (2020)
by Matt Haig
Fantasy - Philosophical Fiction

20 books that have stayed with me. One a day.

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January 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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❝𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘥, 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘘𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦.❞

𝗧ʜᴇ 𝗜ɴʜᴇʀɪᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ 𝗚ᴀᴍᴇ𝘀 (2020)
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
YA Mystery

20 books that have stayed with me. One a day.

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January 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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❝𝘐 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘰, 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.❞

𝗛ᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ 𝗦ᴛᴏᴘ 𝗧ɪᴍᴇ (2017)
by Matt Haig
𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺

20 books that have stayed with me. One a day.

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January 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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❝𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩-𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦—𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺.❞

𝗧ʜᴇʏ 𝗕ᴏᴛʜ 𝗗ɪᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ 𝗘ɴᴅ (2017)
by Adam Silvera
𝘠𝘈 - 𝘚𝘍

20 books that have stayed with me. One a day.

#BookSky
#20daybookchallenge
January 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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❝𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩.❞

Bird by Bird (1994)
by Anne Lamott
𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨

#20daybookchallenge
January 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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❝ 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦.❞

𝗨ɴᴅᴇʀ𝘀ᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ 𝗖ᴏᴍɪᴄ𝘀: 𝗧ʜᴇ 𝗜ɴᴠɪ𝘀ɪʙʟᴇ 𝗔ʀᴛ (1993)
by Scott McCloud
𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮

20 books that have stayed with me. One a day.

#BookSky
#20daybookchallenge
January 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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❝ 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺.❞

𝗥ᴇᴛᴜʀɴ ᴛᴏ 𝗟ᴏᴠᴇ (1992)
by Marianne Williamson
𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺

20 books that have stayed with me. One a day.

#BookSky
#20daybookchallenge
January 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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❝ 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥.❞

𝗪ʀɪᴛɪɴɢ 𝗗ᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ 𝗕ᴏɴᴇ𝘀 (1986)
by Natalie Goldberg
𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵

20 books that have stayed with me. One a day.

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January 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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❝ 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥....❞

𝗧ʜᴇ 𝗟ᴇғᴛ 𝗛ᴀɴᴅ ᴏғ 𝗗ᴀʀᴋɴᴇ𝘀𝘀 (1969)
by Ursula K. Le Guin
SF

20 books that have stayed with me. One a day.

#BookSky
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January 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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❝ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦....❞

𝗧ʜᴇ 𝗨ɴʙᴇᴀʀᴀʙʟᴇ 𝗟ɪɢʜᴛɴᴇ𝘀𝘀 ᴏғ 𝗕ᴇɪɴɢ (1984)
by Milan Kundera
𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

20 books that have stayed with me. One a day.

#BookSky
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January 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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𝗞ɪɴɢ'𝘀 𝗕ʟᴏᴏᴅ 𝗙ᴏᴜʀ (1980)
by Sherri S. Teppers
𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 - 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘤

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"𝘛𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨'𝘴 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘳." 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, "𝘕𝘰!"
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January 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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𝙁ɪʀᴇ𝙨ᴛᴀʀᴛᴇʀ (1980)
by Stephen King
𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 - 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 - 𝘚𝘤𝘪-𝘍𝘪

“𝘋𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘺, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥,” 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺.

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January 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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𝐃ʀᴀɢᴏɴ𝐬ᴏɴɢ (1976)
by Anne McCaffrey
Science Fantasy

❝𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘸. ❞

20 books that have stayed with me. One a day.

#BookSky
#20daybookchallenge
January 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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𝐓ʜᴇ 𝐅ʀᴇɴᴄʜ 𝐋ɪᴇᴜᴛᴇɴᴀɴᴛ'𝐬 𝐖ᴏᴍᴀɴ (1969)
by Johnathan Fowles
𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

❝ 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 1867, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨. ❞

20 books that have stayed with me. One a day.

#BookSky
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January 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
January 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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𝐀 𝐖ɪᴢᴀʀᴅ ᴏғ 𝐄ᴀʀᴛʜ𝐬ᴇᴀ (1968)
by Ursula K. Le Guin
𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺

❝ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘯𝘵, 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮-𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘢, 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴.❞

20 books that stayed with me. One a day for 20 days.

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January 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩 (1961)
by Norton Juster

❝ 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧—𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴. ❞

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January 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
20 books that have stayed with me or influenced me. One per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

#BookSky
#20daybookchallenge

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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘵 (1937)
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Fantasy

❝𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘵. ❞
January 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
20 books that have stayed with me or influenced me. One per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘥 was so much d̶a̶r̶k̶e̶r̶ 🅱🅴🆃🆃🅴🆁 !

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𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 (1837)
by Hans Christian Andersen
Fantasy/Children's Literature

#BookSky
#20daybookchallenge
January 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
20 books that have stayed with me or influenced me. One per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

I can’t do these challenges without my own spin, so buckle up!

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Sense and Sensibility (1811)
by Jane Austen
Romance/Literary Fiction

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January 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM