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Karen Toonen
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Book Pusher (Librarian); Lover of Story (esp Audio); Puppy Mommy; Respect Existence or Expect Resistance! 🤨 (she/her)
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@cynthiapelayo.bsky.social wrote a powerful essay and made a wonderful moderator.
Cynthia Pelayo reading from her essay.
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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And not surprisingly, she's a great speaker!
Becky speaking at her book launch.
September 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #364,154!
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #364,154, Karen Toonen ‪@ktoonen.bsky.social‬, joined on Jul 24, 2023"
September 21, 2024 at 3:36 AM
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If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh.
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September 15, 2024 at 1:38 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 20
THE READERS' ADVISORY GUIDE TO GENRE FICTION, by Joyce G. Saricks
September 10, 2024 at 12:52 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 19
ALL SYSTEMS RED, by Martha Wells
September 9, 2024 at 11:06 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 18
BEYOND SHAME, by Kit Rocha
September 8, 2024 at 4:43 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 17
THE GUNSLINGER, by Stephen King
September 7, 2024 at 4:19 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 16
NAKED IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb
September 6, 2024 at 3:25 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 15
HOW I STAYED ALIVE WHEN MY BRAIN WAS TRYING TO KILL ME, by Susan Rose Blauner
September 5, 2024 at 5:40 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 14
WORLD WAR Z: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE ZOMBIE WAR, by Max Brooks
September 5, 2024 at 12:02 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 13
FAHRENHEIT 451, by Ray Bradbury
September 3, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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I think this book may have just gotten me out of my reading slump! THANK YOU!!
BURY YOUR GAYS, by Chuck Tingle
September 2, 2024 at 5:45 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 12
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams
September 2, 2024 at 1:28 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 11
AMERICAN GODS, by Neil Gaiman
September 1, 2024 at 3:49 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 10
GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL: THE FATES OF HUMAN SOCIETIES, by Jared Diamond
August 31, 2024 at 11:47 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.
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 9
ETERNITY ROAD by Jack McDevitt
August 30, 2024 at 11:43 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 8
THE STAND by Stephen King
August 29, 2024 at 12:01 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 7
WEST OF EDEN by Harry Harrison
August 28, 2024 at 12:06 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 6
HITLER'S WILLING EXECUTIONERS: ORDINARY GERMANS AND THE HOLOCAUST by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
August 27, 2024 at 12:33 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 5
THE MISTS OF AVALON by Marion Zimmer Bradley
August 25, 2024 at 2:00 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 4
HELGA'S DOWRY by Tomie dePaola
August 24, 2024 at 4:21 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 3
THE SELFISH GENE by Richard Dawkins
August 24, 2024 at 4:20 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 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Day 2
THE HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood
August 22, 2024 at 1:36 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

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#Books

#BookChallenge

Day 1
CHAPTERHOUSE DUNE by Frank Herbert
August 21, 2024 at 12:58 AM