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Karen Gareis
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High School Librarian. Intellectual Freedom Fighter. Retired Navy Master Chief.
Let's talk YA all day!
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Any "South Carolina published writers, poets, illustrators, editors, anthology contributors, and other book content creators" are invited to join Authors Against Book Bans. Go to authorsagainstbookbans.com or find my friend Jonathan Haupt at the Pat Conroy Literary Center.
Authors against book bans graphic picture of Jennifer Bartell Boykin,young black woman wearing green sweater and Jonathan Haupt, white male Ingram jacket and blue stripe ahirt Instagram post from Jonathan Haupt discussing the SC chapter of authors against book bans.
January 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

20/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
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Book cover of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
December 17, 2024 at 1:33 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

19/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
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Cover of the book Dear Martin by Nic Stone
December 16, 2024 at 2:01 AM
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150 pajamas and books packed up to benefit CAPA! ❤️💚🌲 Thank you to the Storybook Shoppe for caring about the community and providing opportunities for students to help.
#BlufftonBobcatLibrary
#TLSky #Skybrarian #SchoolLibrary
Middle aged white woman wearing a black ballcap and glasses smiling with a teenage blonde boy wearing gray. Boxes of pajamas and books with stuffed animals ready for distribution to charity Box of kids pajamas with books ready for distribution to charity. Plastic tote full of kids pajamas and books ready for distribution to charity.
December 15, 2024 at 11:04 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

18/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
#booksky💙📚
Book cover of All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
December 15, 2024 at 5:10 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

17/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
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Book cover for Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
December 13, 2024 at 3:07 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

16/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
#booksky💙📚
Book cover of Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
December 12, 2024 at 3:29 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

15/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
#booksky💙📚
Book cover of Game of Thrones book 1 by George R. R. Martin
December 11, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

14/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
#booksky💙📚
Book cover of Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
December 9, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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Since this is a judgement free zone 😉 I'll share my love of all things horror ... currently reading yet another Stephen Graham Jones.
Book cover for I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
December 9, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

13/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
#booksky💙📚
Cover of the Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
December 8, 2024 at 5:28 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

12/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
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Book cover of Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
December 7, 2024 at 5:54 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

11/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
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Book cover for Misery by Stephen King
December 6, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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Want to make sure you get the correct Icebreaker. This one!
Cover of Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei
December 4, 2024 at 3:04 AM
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We're halfway through!Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

10/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
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Cover of the book The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi
December 4, 2024 at 2:42 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

9/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
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Book cover for The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
December 2, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

8/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
#booksky💙📚
Book cover of Wicked by Gregory Maguire
December 2, 2024 at 12:18 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

7/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
#booksky💙📚
Book cover of The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
November 30, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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Support the oldest children's book store in SC and my library at the same time. Every purchase helps fund our Children's Book Project. bookshop.org/shop/thestor...
Remember to mention Bluffton High School!
#Skybrarian #TLSky #smallbusinesssaturday
Storybook Shoppe logo green dragon reading with a small child and text " Bluffton High Spirit Week Nov29 to Dec6 15% of proceeds benefit our Children's Book Project, located in Tanger 2 1414 Fording Island Rd. Simply say "This purchase is on behalf of Bluffton High School Library"
November 30, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

6/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
#booksky💙📚
November 30, 2024 at 12:44 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

5/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
#booksky💙📚
Cover of What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher black background with a rabbit and grotesque mushrooms.
November 29, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

4/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
#booksky💙📚
November 28, 2024 at 12:44 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

3/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
#booksky💙📚
Book cover of A constellation of vital phenomena by Anthony Marra
November 26, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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Collaborated with our SRO to do a Crime Scene in the library. Ss and Ts had fantastic feedback. Such a great activity prior to the holiday break!
Students observing and taking notes Library space with caution tape and furniture overturned and evidence markers like a crime scene SRO giving instruction to students seated in the library Students observing the crime scene and asking questions
November 26, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

2/20 📚

#skybrarians
#bookchallenge
#booksky💙📚
Cover of the book "where the red fern grows" by Wilson Rawls
November 25, 2024 at 9:40 PM