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Nadine Bjursten
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Author of Half a Cup of Sand and Sky, mom of twins, bibliophile, nature lover, American living in Sweden

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"As we work to heal the Earth, the Earth heals us.” - Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Day 18: The Remains of the Day

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#theremainsoftheday
#kazuoishiguro
#literary fiction 🖋️📚
#classics
Book cover of Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.
March 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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”An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”

— Henry David Thoreau

#goodmorning #walk #booksky #writerslife #thoreau #spring #literaryquote
Early morning walk in Lund, Sweden. An old tree surrounded by spring flowers with a chapel in the background.
March 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Day 17: Candide

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#candide
#voltaire
#literary fiction 🖋️📚
#classics
Book cover of Candide by Voltaire.
March 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Day 16: Crime and Punishment

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#fyodordostoyevsky
#fyodordostoevsky
#crimeandpunishment
#literary fiction 🖋️📚
Book cover of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
March 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Day 15: The Great Gatsby

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#thegreatgatsby
#fscottfitzgerald
#literary fiction 🖋️📚
Book cover of The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald.
March 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Day 14: The God of Small Things

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#thegodofsmallthings
#arundhatiroy
#literary fiction 🖋️📚
Book cover of The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.
March 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Day 13: Beloved

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#beloved
#tonimorrison
#literary fiction 🖋️📚💙
Book cover of Toni Morrison’s Beloved.
March 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Good quote for this moment.

#albertcamus #lifelessons
#pushingback #resist
Quote by Albert Camus: "In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger, something better, pushing right back."
March 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Day 12: Middlemarch

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#middlemarch
#georgeeliot
#literaryfiction 🖋️📚💙
Book cover of Middlemarch by George Eliot.
March 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 11: Franny & Zooey

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#frannyandzooey
#jdsalinger
#literaryfiction 🖋️📚💙
Book cover of Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger.
March 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Day 10: Anna Karenina

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#annakarenina
#leotolstoy
Book cover of Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
March 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Day 9: To Kill A Mockingbird

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#tokillamockingbird
#harperlee
Book cover of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
March 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Day 8: 1984

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#1984
#georgeorwell
Book cover of 1984 by George Orwell.
March 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Day 7: Greenwood

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#greenwood
#canada
#michaelchristie
Book cover of Michael Christie’s novel Greenwood.
March 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Who says trees don't dance?

On a walk in Trollskogen, the dwarf beech forest in southern Sweden, you might find these two.

#tree #trees #nature #fortheloveoftrees #photography #forest #dwarfbeech #sweden
Photo of dwarf beech trees in early spring looking as if they are dancing together.
March 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Day 6: The Bell Jar

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#thebelljar
#sylviaplath
#literaryfiction 🖋️📚
Book cover of The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.
March 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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”Where flowers bloom, so does hope.” — Lady Bird Johnson

#crocus #nature #flowers #photography #hope #spring #bloomscrolling #sweden #park #skåne
Crocus flowers in front of an old tree.
March 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Day 5: To the Lighthouse

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#virginiawoolf
#tothelighthouse
#literaryfiction 🖋️📚💙
Book cover of To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
March 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Day 4: Overstory

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#overstory
#richardpowers
Book cover of The Overstory by Richard Powers.
March 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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While I still rank Richard Powers' Overstory first, some scenes in Playground are even more exquisite: The cuttlefish! Powers plays wildly with three dissimilar narrative strands but manages to pull them all together in an unexpected twist that I am still pondering.

#booksky #richardpowers
The book Playground by Richard Powers on a table with a cup of tea and a Rhodesian Ridgeback sleeping in an armchair in the background.
March 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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3/20: Prophet Song

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#prophetsong
#paullynch
#democracy
March 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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2/20: BRAIDING SWEETGRASS

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#braidingsweetgrass
#robinwallkimmerer
#plants
March 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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1/20: Demon Copperhead

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#demoncopperhead
#barbarakingsolver
March 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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"We must always take sides," said Elie Wiesel, "as silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented," and I start my first day at BlueSky taking a side. I don't even have a single follower but this is my shout out to the universe that integrity matters. #supportukraine #ukraine #zelensky
March 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM