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Nmurdock
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Proud Democrat. Interests: BBQ, brain, bluebirds, books, cooking, learning. Endless curiosity & boundless wonder. Retired..how wonderful is that? (No DMs)
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I just received my copy of King Sorrow by Joe Hill. I love the names of the characters and, especially, that Arthur Oakes is going to Rackham College. Before I have even cracked the spine, the whisper of my favorite illustrator has been name checked. Autumn reading.

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Rackham’s illustration from Allies showing a dragon carrying away a young woman.
October 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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June 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Jack Daniel’s bottle shaped like a shark.
April 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Happy Spring!
Norman Rockwell print of a fairy whispering in a country boy's ear, most likely about all the enchantments coming, now that it's spring.
March 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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From my favorite digital artist, Fredrik Jonsson.
Digital creation of a NHI, on a beach, taking a selfie.
February 25, 2025 at 2:16 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! 🧚‍♀️
20/20

Thanks all! This was a thoughtful exercise, and fun, too!

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Cover of Lord of the Flies by William Golding
February 16, 2025 at 5:10 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! 🧚‍♀️
19/20

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Cover of Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke.
February 14, 2025 at 2:59 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! 🧚‍♀️
18/20

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Cover of Slewfoot by Brom
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 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! 🧚‍♀️
17/20

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Cover of Sophie's Choice, by William Styron.
February 12, 2025 at 2:49 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! 🧚‍♀️
16/20

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Cover of Smokestack Lightning by Louis Eric Elie.
February 11, 2025 at 2:31 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.
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15/20
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RIP Tom Robbins
Cover of Even Cowgirls get the Blues by Tom Robbins
February 10, 2025 at 3:15 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.
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14/20
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Book cover of Siddartha by Herman Hesse.
February 9, 2025 at 2:53 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.
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13/20
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The cover of the Barrytown Trilogy by Roddy Doyle.
February 8, 2025 at 6:09 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.
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12/20
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Cover of The Hobbit, by JRR Tolkien, showing a drawing of Middle Earth.
February 7, 2025 at 4:06 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.

11/20
The cover of Sarah by JTLeRoy, showing a baby blue semi.
February 6, 2025 at 10:52 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! 🧚‍♀️
10/20

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Cover of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, showing skyline a drawing a Brooklyn, with the bridge in the background.
February 5, 2025 at 3:31 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! 🧚‍♀️
9/20

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Cover of Forever by Pete Hamill, showing skyline of NYC.
February 4, 2025 at 2:45 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! 🧚‍♀️
8/20

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Cover of Time after Time by Jack Finney, showing different scenes of NYC.
February 3, 2025 at 3:37 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! 🧚‍♀️
7/20

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Cover of the 3 book set of The Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay, showing a dragon.
February 2, 2025 at 9:45 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! 🧚‍♀️

6/20

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Book cover of Fairy Tale, by Stephen King. It shows the silhouette of a boy and a dog in a forest.
January 30, 2025 at 2:18 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! 📚💙

Book Six
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Shows a picture of the ocean, with the book's title, The Mermaids Singingby Lisa Carey
January 29, 2025 at 12:36 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! 🧚‍♀️

5/20

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Cover of The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, showing a boy and a dappled fawn running together.
January 28, 2025 at 1:40 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.

Day 4

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Cover of Bones of the Moon, by Jonathan Carroll. Shows a girl with a bundle of bones slung over her shoulder.
January 27, 2025 at 1:49 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.

Day 3

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Cover of Mark Helprin's book. It shows NYC, with a white horse in the sky, outlined by stars, like a constellation.
January 26, 2025 at 2:28 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!
4/20

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Cover of 10th anniversary edition of Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfoss, featuring a lute.
January 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM