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Gail Ludwig
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I heard one yesterday and took a photo from across the lake
June 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Pesky seagull waiting to swipe cat food from feral cats feeding station
Seagull on top of a blue car in a parking lot eyeing me.
April 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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So this isn’t about a gold star lesbian ?

The story of several women beginning with the rise of hitler in Germany. It’s focused on censorship
March 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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If you like a fresh take on Arthurian tales, I would totally recommend Spear by Nicola Griffith. It’s amazing.

#Spear
#NicolaGriffith
March 9, 2025 at 11:11 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!
Day 17/20

#booksky #bookchallenge
#ShirleyJackson
#TheLotteryAndOtherStories
March 8, 2025 at 12:27 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!
Day 16/20

#booksky #bookchallenge
#RobinWallKimmerer
#BraidingSweetgrass
March 7, 2025 at 6:52 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!
Day 15/20

#booksky #bookchallenge
#ElanaDykewomon
#BeyondThePale
March 4, 2025 at 7:18 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!
Day 14/20

#booksky #bookchallenge
#EthanFrome
#EdithWharton
March 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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March 2, 2025 at 7:14 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!
Day 13/20

#booksky #bookchallenge
#SheriSTepper
#TheGateToWomen’sCountry
February 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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In college I was introduced to When Rocks Dance by Elizabeth Nunez of blessed memory (she dropped Harrell after her divorce). Reading it expanded my understanding of imagination and prose
#booksky

#WhenRocksDance
#ElizabethNunez #blackwriters
February 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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I ❤️ supernatural stories in fantasy realm. The Water Outlaws & sequel is coming; SL Huang has some great books. I ❤️ed The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi. The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki was twist on fate, the stars & cat gods. Thank god for translators, we get access to more epic authors.
February 25, 2025 at 12:40 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!
Day 12/20

#booksky #bookchallenge
#OctaviaButler
#Dawn
#AdulthoodRites
#Imago
#Xenogenesis
#WildSeed #patternmaster
February 24, 2025 at 6:17 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!
Day 11/20

#booksky #bookchallenge
#RobinMcKinley
#Deerskin
February 22, 2025 at 8:15 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!
Day 10/20

#booksky #bookchallenge
Stephen King The Shining The author and title appear in capital letters in a black background above a white framed natural oak door. The door has 4 panels and the top two have axe slashes on the right pane and a chunk hacked out on the left with light shining out. The middle cross section has REDRUM written out win red marker with the R reversed
February 21, 2025 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!
Day 9/20

#booksky #bookchallenge
Dream Snake by Vonda N. McIntyre There’s a woman with Burgundy hair and a bronze circlet on her forehead. Her shoulders and arms are bare as she holds a silver patina snake above aloft in front of her as if in a ritual. Her dress is gold patina with an unseen neck attachment that flows down her left side. There are dunes in background lite up by a moon hanging just above them.
February 21, 2025 at 12:32 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!
Day 8/20

#booksky #bookchallenge
There is wooden floor which appears burned and charred with a brown/reddish foreground as if there is nothing beneath. The room is an aisle with two shelves of 3 rows books. A white woman with brown hair in a braid wears a dark are teal dress and stares out a tall long window seeing the Eiffel Tower in the distance. There is a top framed window arch. The book title The Librarian of Burned Books is in large white block print. A novel is written in yellow text across the wood floor. Brianna Labuskes is written in smaller white text across the red brown abyss.
February 16, 2025 at 3:26 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!
Day 7/20

#booksky #bookchallenge
February 13, 2025 at 9:18 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!
Day 6/20
February 13, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Beach photo with sleeping male elephant seal laying on top of dried seaweed. There are rock formations on the beach and small waves in the distance.
February 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Thanks for the suggestion. I love these types of books. Have you read any of these books. Battles with sapphic characters or leads. The first 2 have sequels and the last is a standalone.
February 12, 2025 at 6:08 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!
Day 5
Gael Baudino Gossamer Axe A new magic has entered the realm of the Sidh - and its name is Rock n Roll Red haired guitarist with a hand carved wood axe. She has light teal robes with a golden fabric trim and a white overshawl. She’s wearing two amber colored beaded necklaces, one long and the other one longer than a choker. Plus a third necklace with carved figurines spaced apart, 2 beaded bracelets and silver clasp located beside her neck to hold the shawl in placc. Green hills in the background and house with fence and mountains further away.
February 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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I read lots of fantasy. It’s so funny that of all your books I’ve only read Naomi Novik, who is fantastic. Here are some of mine that I’ve unfortunately had to pare down with a few mystery and sci-fi tossed in.
February 9, 2025 at 6:05 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!
Day 4
Black and white photo of a young dark haired white girl in an open collared dress hanging on a an empty laundry line. There’s a woman in a dress with a frilly apron about 6 feet behind her with a hand shading her eyes as if the sun is bright looking towards the girl.
February 9, 2025 at 4:22 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!
Day 3
Black soldier with close braids and the open pony tail with 3/4 turn looking at out at you. She’s wearing mechanical suit with one mechanical arm. Blue clouds and sky with some dual tower with a saucer down facing down and one long and one short tower above it in the background.
February 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM