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JackieJacks🇨🇦
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I never know what to say. Cats. Kindness. Disney. Canada. Social justice. Fun. Also, did I mention I'm a trauma therapist?
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Well that was all kinds of heartbreaking.

#Book28
#Libya
#ReadAroundtheWorldChallenge
#BookSky
The cover of "The Slave Yards" by Najwa Bin Shatwan, translated from Arabic by Nancy Roberts. Shows a woman's head with traditional headdress in profile, against a dark background.
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
My first sci fi book as part of the challenge! Also, October marks 18 months. I'm proud of myself.

#Book27
#Luxembourg
#ReadAroundtheWorldChallenge
Shows the cover of the book "M for Amnesia" by Anne-Marie Reuter. White background with the title and author in simple black print. A square of gray fades away to nothing, left to right, across the page.
October 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
Moving right along. Enjoyed this one :).

#Book26
#CentralAfricanRepublic
#ReadAroundtheWorldChallenge
#Books #BookSky
Cover of the book "Co-wives, Co-widows" by Adrienne Yabouza, translated by Rachael McGill. Winner of English Pen award. Shows two African women in traditional dress balancing bowls on their heads.
July 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
Moving right along. This was a good one.

#Book25
#Qatar
#ReadAroundtheWorldChallenge
#Books
#BookSky
Shows the cover of the book "Calling Magic: A Court of Wizards story" by Kummam Al-Maadeed. Bottom of cover shows what looks like a bunch of interlocking gears, from which purple streams of something seem to be appearing.
July 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
This was lovely, the first in a series of murder mysteries featuring a smart young woman in 1930s Singapore. My 24th read!

#ReadAroundtheWorldChallenge
Cover of a book, "The Frangipani Tree Mystery" by Ovidia Yu. Shows an almost cartoonish picture of a young woman peeking around the side of a flowered tree, all on a red background.
June 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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This month was my one year anniversary! This is a really fun project.

#Book23
#Indonesia
#ReadAroundtheWorldChallenge
Shows the book cover for "The Question of Red" by Laksmi Pamuntjak. Simple black letters on a background of what appears to be the two toned leaves of a snake plant.
June 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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I found this one a little dry, to be honest.

#Book22
#Iraq
#ReadAroundtheWorld
Shows the cover of a novel entitled "Absent" by Betool Khedairi. Sepia tones, a young woman with long dark hair lies across a bed on her stomach, looking thoughtful. The bedroom wall has various photos and shelves.
April 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
Back on track! This one took me a while but overall I did enjoy it.

#Book19
#Kyrgyzstan
#ReadAroundtheWorldChallenge
Cover of the novel "The Day Lasts More Than A Hundred Years" by Chingiz Aitmatov, shows a man in traditional garb alone out in the desert, following a winding path. The sky extends up to space and shows a rocket launching with the accompanying smoke.
March 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
Post-holidays, back to our reading challenge! This was a series of short pieces written by various teenagers about events in their lives. Very interesting.

#Book18
#Uzbekistan
#ReadAroundtheWorldChallenge
Cover of book "101 Teenagers of Uzbekistan" edited by Nodira Bositkhanova. White page with a yellow sun in the middle, yellow stars, and black details and title.
January 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
Festive but still chill.
December 25, 2024 at 12:39 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
💙📚
#20BookChallenge

Day 20
Book cover "A Child's Christmas in Wales" by Dylan Thomas. Cover shows two boys in a village winter scene with snowballs poised to throw at a cat on a fence. Book title and author against a yellow circle at the top, and "Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone" in a second yellow circle at the bottom.
December 9, 2024 at 2:01 PM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
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
💙📚
#20BookChallenge

Day 19
Book cover "Scarlet Feather" by Maeve Binchy, shows the front of a building with a red door and two windows with flowers in the window boxes.
December 8, 2024 at 9:10 PM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
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
💙📚
#20BookChallenge

Day 18
Book cover "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott, shows the title in big letters, the author in smaller letters, both in gold, against a green background with a floral and butterfly border.
December 5, 2024 at 12:58 PM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
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
💙📚
#20BookChallenge

Day 17
Book cover "Naked in Death by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb" shows author's name in large print, dwarfing a photo that shows the US Capitol building and a gun against an abstract background.
December 4, 2024 at 1:21 PM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
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
💙📚
#20BookChallenge

Day 16
Book cover "Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: Basic principles, protocols, and procedures, 2nd edition" by Francine Shapiro. Shows the letters E M D R in the four corners of the cover, taking up almost all of the space, with the title superimposed over top.
December 3, 2024 at 12:41 PM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
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
💙📚
#20BookChallenge

Day 15 (I have totally messed up the numbers on this)
Cover "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank, shows a pre-teen girl with shoulder length hair, sitting smiling into the camera, head/shoulders/arms view.
December 2, 2024 at 8:51 PM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
The Holiday Decor Supervisory Staff, snuggled in to recover from an exhausting day of exploring Rubbermaid containers, tissue paper, boxes and bags. Not to mention the stress of furniture being moved around and, oh the horror, the vacuum.
My two cats asleep beside me on our red couch. Richard the ginger on a red and white striped pillow, Carl the brown tabby snuggled up on a Christmas quilt on my lap. You can also see a section of my Christmas jammies. Shows a fully decorated and lit 7-foot green Christmas tree between a window with a red and white floor- length curtain, a small end table holding a Christmas tree picture, and a lighted glass jar decoration on a fireplace mantle.
December 1, 2024 at 11:53 PM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
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
💙📚
#20BookChallenge

Day 12
Cover of "The Wizard of Oz" by Frank L. Baum. Title in green lettering against a background showing the Emerald City in red and green. Yellow accents show the main characters in the distance on the yellow brick road.
December 1, 2024 at 1:56 PM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
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
💙📚
#20BookChallenge

Day 11
Book cover "The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2019" shows the attraction Slinky Dog Dash, a medium-sized roller coaster.
November 30, 2024 at 11:32 AM
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To continue...

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
💙📚
#20BookChallenge

Day 10
Book cover of "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, shows a mad scientist in his lab working on a body on a table. Dark, eerie background.
November 29, 2024 at 12:01 PM
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I was away for a few days visiting these beautiful girls. #HorseshoeFalls #NiagaraFalls #CNTower
Shows Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario from the vantage point of the water going over the drop. Shows the entirety of the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Shows the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario from the vantage point of standing at the base of the Tower and looking up.
November 29, 2024 at 11:56 AM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
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
💙📚
#20BookChallenge
Day 9
Book cover "Dear Exile: The true story of two friends separated (for a year) by an ocean" by Hilary Liftin and Kate Montgomery. Title on a blurred backdrop of envelopes, with small inset photos of Manhattan and an East African savanna.
November 25, 2024 at 1:03 PM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
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
💙📚
#20BookChallenge
Day 9
Book cover "Anne of Green Gables" by L.M. Montgomery. Shows a young girl with long red braids in a period dress with a straw hat. She's holding a book clutched to her chest and stands in front of a white house.
November 24, 2024 at 8:37 PM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
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
💙📚
#20BookChallenge
Day 8
Book cover of an older edition of Lonely Planet Tanzania. It shows two zebras, one facing the camera, the other facing his companion as he bares his teeth. A fuzzy blue background of sky and water fades into a fuzzy green field.
November 23, 2024 at 2:22 PM
jackiejacks.bsky.social
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
💙📚
#20BookChallenge
Day 7
Book cover "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger, shows a young girl's body from mid-arms down. She's wearing a dark sweater and skirt, and white knee socks with black patent leather Mary Jane shoes. Beside her a pair of men's loafers and a thermos. This is against the background of a field of tall grass and a blue sky.
November 22, 2024 at 12:42 PM