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Middle aged white woman proud to live in Portland. I'm not giving up.
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20/20

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 #20BookChallenge #Books #BookChallenge
#SheilaLevineIsDeadAndLivingInNewYork #GailParent #Funny
Sheila Leving Is Dead And Living In New York, a novel by Gail Parent. Black text in a 1970s font on a white cover. The "I" in Sheila is a brown female silhouette, arms at her sides and feet together, standing in a flowerpot with 3 daisies growing in it, long stemmed and the blooms are at crotch level of the female silhouette.
February 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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19/20

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 #20BookChallenge #Books #BookChallenge
#James #PercivalEverett
James by Percival Everett.The cover is Black with the title in orange block letters. The straight of the "J" is elongated like a road. The serif of the "J" holds a silhouette of a man walking with a pack on his back.
February 13, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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18/20

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 #20BookChallenge #Books #BookChallenge
#LincolnInTheBardo #GeorgeSaunders
Lincoln in the Bardo, a novel by George Saunders, NYT best selling author of Tenth of December. Title and author are in white upper case textover a black-and-white illustration of a landscape with a dirt foreground with tall trees on either side, looking out over a vast valley with a river and opposite shore in the background and cloudy skies overhead.
February 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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17/20

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 #20BookChallenge #Books #BookChallenge
#AmericanFlyGirl #SusanTateAnkeny
American Fly Girl by Susasn Tate Ankeny. A black-and-white photo of Hazel Ying Lee, wearing a vintage flight suit and goggles, leaning against the wing of a plane.
February 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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‪16/20

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 #20BookChallenge #Books #BookChallenge
#OliveAnnBurns #ColdSassyTree
Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree. Illustrations are a tall green tree that wraps the left side and top of the cover, and a young barefoot child sitting on a bench beneath the tree looking out at 2 women wearing long dresses and fancy hats, walking past white houses with pillared porches and picket fences. The illustration is styled in silhouettes showing shadows but not detail. "A hilarious and passionate book...one of the best portraits of small-town Southern life ever written." - Pat Conroy
February 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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15/20
(my numbers were out of order)

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 #20BookChallenge #Books #BookChallenge
#HendrikGroen
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen 83-1/4 Years Old by Hendrik Groen
February 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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‪‪13/20

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 #20BookChallenge #Books #BookChallenge
#StillAlice #LisaGenova #Alzheimers
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
February 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Thanks to #BlueskyBooks and the #20BookChallenge, my reading list is full, a testament to the power of written words to comfort, inspire, and delight.

14/20
Choose 20 #books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

#Booksky #BookChallenge
PopCo by Scarlett Thomas
February 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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‪12/20

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 #20BookChallenge #Books #BookChallenge
#BelCanto #AnnPatchett
Bel Canto, a novel by Ann Patchett
February 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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11/20

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 #20BookChallenge #Books #BookChallenge
#ThisIsHappiness #NiallWilliams
This is Happiness, a novel by Niall Williams.
February 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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10/20

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 #20BookChallenge #Books #BookChallenge
#DemonCopperhead #BarbaraKingsolver
Demon Copperhead, a novel by Barbara Kingsolver. WInner of the Pulitzer Prize
February 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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9/20

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 #20BookChallenge #Books #BookChallenge
#Persepolis #GraphicNovel
February 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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The first clue for the AppleNews + Mini Crossword yesterday nearly stumped me and brought me joy once I got it. #BlackHistoryMonth #ErikAgard
An image of a completed mini crossword puzzle. The clue for 1 across is "National Anthem's first word." The word is "Lift."
February 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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‪8/20
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 #20BookChallenge #BookChallenge
#AWrinkleInTime #HoardBannedBooks
Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle In Time. The cover illustration's grey background looks like someone scooped a dip out of it. In the dip are three preteen, windblown children dressed in black, reaching and floating and running across the dip from right to left. A large, ethereal female figure with windblown hair, drawn in transparent pixellated dots of green and white, looks down on the children. The illustration evokes action and movement.
February 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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7/20
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 #20BookChallenge #BookChallenge
#InColdBlood #HoardBannedBooks
In Cole Blood by Truman Capote
January 31, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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6/20
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 #20BookChallenge #BookChallenge
#WashingtonBlack #Booksky #20BookChallenge #HoardBannedBooks
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan. A flying canoe,borne by a hot air balloon, is suspended in the sky over a tropical forest. "Extraordinary...Edugyan is a magical writer." One of the New YorkTimes' 10 best books of the year.
January 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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I have a green card marriage from 1971 to report. The bride confessed to the crime in her autobiography. She ditched the fake hubby, married a loser from Queens, and had 3 anchor babies. Her permanent residence is in Bedminster NJ, lower level.
January 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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5/20
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 #20BookChallenge #BookChallenge
#LessonsFromTheEdge #Shero #Courage #Fearless
Marie Yovanovitch, Lessons From The Edge. A black and white head and shoulders portrait of the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and witness at Trump's first-term first impeachment trial.
January 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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4/20
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 #20BookChallenge #BookChallenge
#LetTheGreatWorldSpin
Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann. A horizontal line spans the width of the cover between the first and second lines of the title text. Centered on the line is a tightrope walker, holding a long balance wand. An illustration of a city begins at the lower left of the cover, getting smaller and narrower as it continues to the top right of the cover. The buildings are encircled with curved lines, as if spinning. The illustration and lettering are red on a white background,
January 27, 2025 at 11:15 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.

#Booksky #20BookChallenge #BookChallenge
#BlackLikeMe
black-and-white photo, taken from the rear, of a black man, wearing a long-sleeved shirt and belted pants, carrying a satchel with a shoulder strap, walking away from the camera down a corridor with a building on one side and architectural columns on the other. The background is washed out to appear whiter than it is. Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin. What is it like, really like, to be a negro in the deep south today? Novelist John Howard Griffin darkened his skin and set out to discover by personal experience the night side of American life. This is his startling report. A Signet Book, Complete and Unabridged.
January 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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2/20 #Booksky #20BookChallenge #BlueskyBookChallenge #TheAgeOfInnocence
An old book bound in red, worn and faded at the corners, with black lettering spelling out title and author: The Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
January 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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1/20
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An illustration of calm water reflecting lush foliage, palm trees, and a blue sky with mountains in the distance. A female figure sits on the ground near the waterline. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
January 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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November 28, 2024 at 10:26 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving Bluesky. The dogs in the pic are my dog's friends and neighbors-- original content from a talented neighbor whose side gig is walking some of these guys.🐕‍🦺
Pic of the first Thanksgiving with photos of dogs added as guests.
November 28, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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TFW someone says "this is why I joined a book group" about my recommendation. (Popco by Scarlett Thomas)
November 16, 2024 at 6:48 PM