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Library-Ann
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Librarian, amateur photographer, funny girl. Tattooed hippie chick.
I draw sometimes.
I write sometimes.
I have liberal tendencies all the time.
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All photos and poems my own unless otherwise credited. Ask me about books! 💙📚
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Award winning historical fiction.
A story of intrigue on a 9 mile train after Will witnesses a murder while searching for a circus girl.

Full of circus tricks, fantasy creatures, and personal relationships. A good story told well.

Appropriate for ages 8+
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#railroadfiction
#circusfiction
2014 The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel. Cover features a long steam train traveling through pine trees at night. The silhouettes of a girl and boy are shown running along the top of the train. Spooky yellow eyes watch the train going through the forest. Multiple awards. Great audiobook. Other info: Canada History 1867 - 1914 Adventure fiction How long will it take him to travel the 9 miles back to the locomotive while in disguise and being chased?!
November 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Like an expansion of George Carlin's 7 Dirty Words

McWhorter, a linguist, goes deep into academic etymologies to explain where several of our favorite *taboo words came from.

He is very funny and a huge theater nerd. I learned so much!

Highly recommend!
*Listen with headphones in public!

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Nine Nasty Words English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever Black type on an orange background. Large typeface of H*LL, SH*T, and D@MN take up the entire cover. White text boxes highlight Nine Nasty Words, John McWhorter, and New York Times bestseller
October 20, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Made it to No King's today!
I hope you did, too.
Three large buttons. Make Love not War, Bans off our Bodies, When Injustice Becomes Law Resistance Becomes Duty
October 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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A friend and I set to work adding and rearranging. As the day wore on, several items mysteriously joined the scene.

A coworker met me in the hall by the staff room and asked while pointing, "Did you do this?"

"Um.....yeah."

How did she know?

#workgoals
A still life arrangement of a tote bag, vase with flowers, scarf, apple, orange, package of honey, a bumblebee pin, and two bottles of perfume on a white round placemat. There is a posted sign that says, Art Installation. Do not touch."
October 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Looking for something in your life? Let me talk you into going to Library School. Seriously.

#librarylife
#nerds
#LibrarySky
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100 year old poster for the American Library Association. "Library work the professiin on which all other professions and occupations depend" "Library work puts the librarian in touch with every human interest."
August 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Today, staff got to see (not touch) a 28-star American flag that was in use from July 4, 1846 to July 3, 1847 - the one year between Texas and Iowa becoming states.

It will be framed and on display for the America 250 celebration at the State History Museum.

#librarylife
August 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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August 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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The October List: A Novel in Reverse by Jeffery Deaver 2013

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#libsky
Quote in the front pages of Jeffery Deaver's The October List. "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." - Søren Kierkegaard
July 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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I was reminded of this post on Saturday when a complete stranger approached me in a restaurant and complimented me on my tattoos. He was so lovely and the lady with him had a radiant smile.

If they had been there sooner - we probably would have bought their dinner.

#conversationswithstrangers
A post encouraging others to randomly compliment people for things you like. It makes the world a nicer place. Originally posted by Your Beautiful Life by Alexa.
June 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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How does Woodson pack SO MUCH in just 196 pages?!

This story follows 2 families from an unplanned pregnancy through that baby's 16th birthday.
We are treated to the families created, the joys celebrated, and the dreams realized.

A stunning story.
Highly recommend the full-cast audio.

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Colorful cover of Jacqueline Woodson's Red at the Bone. The background of the cover is a patchwork of brown, pink, green, blue, and black. The silhouette of a woman is in a yellow dress. The title across the bottom half of the cover is in white capital letters. The author's name is along the top half of the cover in the same white font.
June 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Loved listening to Michelle narrate her early and family life with Barak.
Very charming.

Hearing her speak with such love about serving the public, feeling a call to action, sacrificing things for the good of the country - it was like a salve.

Also, fun insights into the presidency!

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Cover of Becoming by Michelle Obama. Ms. Obama is featured in the center on a light blue background. She is wearing a white off the shoulder top and has her chin in her right hand. The title is along the top off the cover in white font and capital letters. Her name is along the bottom in white capital letters.
June 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Clearly, I misspoke and meant that Texas went 56%. Guess I'll turn in my degree.
May 27, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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A remix of Kendi's book for a younger audience.

It is accessible and interesting and heartbreaking.

From Zurara through Obama - this book covers Jefferson, Malcolm X, Angela Davis, and more.

I loved it. Finished it and started again immediately.
SO GOOD!

The audiobook is amazing.
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The cover of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. The cover shows a black profile on a white background. There are five red stripes that go across the profile. The word "stamped" is in the middle of the cover in capital letters and bright blue ink. The author's names are above the title in black capital letters. A tag line at the top says, "the #1 New York Times bestseller" Across the bottom is the text "A remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped From the Beginning"
May 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Door to somewhere.

I'll choose A, please.

#door
#urban
#naturalsepia
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An original photo of an apartment door. It is a color photo but very monochromatic with sepia tones. The wall is made up of small shingle-like rectangles in tan, brown, and beige. The door has 3 windows near the top. It is a dirty tan color. There is a narrow roof above the door and a small cinderblock porch underneath. A black metal mailbox with the letter A is to the left of the door. There are stairs and a railing leading down on the left. In the foreground is a chain link fence. The top fence rail cuts across the bottom third of the photo.
May 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Inchworm, inchworm
Measuring the marigolds
You and your arithmetic
You'll probably go far

Inchworm, inchworm
Measuring the marigolds
Seems to me you'd stop and see
How beautiful they (you) are.

2 and 2 are 4
4 and 4 are 8
8 and 8 are 16
16 and 16 are 32.

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#FrankLoesser
Closeup photo of the center of a sunflower. The texture is bumpy with small black protrusion. The surrounding petals are bright yellow. There is a small yellow inch worm near the top of the flower center. He is bunched into a U shape.
May 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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"Oh, but you can be a *great* pain in the ass when it is something you are passionate about!

Don't sell yourself short.
I'm serious!"

-- my best friend's pep talk, ladies and gentlemen 🤣

#motivational
#shesnotwrong
Drawing of a hairy blue monster with red horns, yellow teeth, and a long tail.
April 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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There are 4 novellas in this book, and so many genres are represented!

Historical fiction, science fiction, detective thriller (with Holly Gibney!), and a realistic piece about a writer who is writing a western! That last one has a bit of horror, too.

Thoroughly enjoyable!
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Cover of Stephen King's If It Bleeds. Background is uneven orange with black text. There is a black cat head in the middle of the cover. The eyes and nose are represented by a rats' head and ears.
April 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Literature event at the tattoo shop.
My arm.

#originalphoto
#newtattoo
#shelsilverstein
#hugowar

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Test of Shel Silverstein's poem Hug O' War. Brand new tattoo on pale skin. Figures are fine line of two people hugging. Tattoo is covered with plastic adhesive for healing.
April 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Delightful discovery: My brothers and I, over the last 40 years, and living in three different states - all use our childhood home phone number in various password situations.

We learned this randomly at a family gathering. Mom was surprised. Us, not so much.

#alwaysconnected
#neverfarapart
Vintage Rotary dial phone. Body is black, dial is silver and red. It has a thin cord connecting the headset to the body. It sits on a wooden shelf with a green paneled wall behind it.
April 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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In 5th grade recess,I read Judy Blume's Forever aloud to many Lutheran school kids. Someone told, and I got called into the office for a talking to.

Rat, may you forever regret censoring my freedom of sharing information at that young age.
You are the problem, rat,
but you did not slow me down.

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Cover of Judy Bloom's book Forever. It has a cream colored background with black text that says, "Forever...A moving story of the end of innocence Judy Blume bestselling author of Smart Women and Wifey" Near the top of the book is a picture of a gold locket on a chaim.the picture in the locket is a girl with long blondish hair and a collared shirt. She is looking toward the earth with a slight smile on her face.
April 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Hands Off protest at the capitol.

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Crowd at a protest. They are in front of a capitol building. One person is holding a sign with upside-down American flags, and the sign says, "Our nation is in distress." Crowd at a protest in front of the capitol building. One protester holds a sign with a drawing of Trump and it says, "King of chaos." Another protestor holds a sign that says, "My sacrifice was not for bigotry." Crowd at a protest. A man is holding a sign that says, "Defend Democracy."
April 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Look around. Pay attention to what is going on. Take notes. Share. Discuss.
#dowhatyoucanwhenyoucan
#originalphoto
#eyeseeyou
Giant eyeball sculpture on a green grass lawn. The iris is blue.
April 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Me, to another customer at the thrift store: How many black and white polkadot dresses is too many?

She: Well, I'm a Disney fan, and I think Minnie Mouse, so I say never too many.

She may not have been as convincing as she expected.

Did not buy.

#thrifting
#conversationswithstrangers
Black with evenly spaced rows of white polkadots.
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Dinner Ceiling

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Many colorful parasols hanging from a ceiling. They are open and overlap each other. The colors are white, green, yellow, orange, blue, purple, and red. They have single floral designs on them.
March 29, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Open a book you're reading to a page/time you haven't read yet. Pick a sentence and post it here with the book title, author, and page# /time.

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"Laurence may have been virtually a mute, but he had a nuanced lexicon of physical gestures." pg. 40

HIM HER HIM Again THE END of HIM (Marx, 2007)
Cover photo of HIM HER HIM Again THE END of HIM by Patricia Marx, 2007. The whole cover is orange with black text. The title is a combination of all capital and lowercase letters. A black knife is sticking out of the last HIM. Across the top it says "National Bestseller." Along the bottom are two reviews. First is from Steve Martin, author of Born Standing Up. He says, "I laughed at its audacity, and cried that I didn't write it." Second is from Bliss Brotard, the New York Times Book Reviewer. The quote, "A very funny novel."
March 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM