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Nan Stander
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Bookmail Friday!
Happy to add to my ever growing collection, this time featuring selections from @aardvarkbookclub.bsky.social. (They have hit it out of the park this year! I keep finding myself going back to pick up selections I missed.)

Can’t wait to get started on these beauties.
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This picture features three books from the Aardvark Book Club set on top of and in front of its box. The three books are described as follows: This month’s selection for me was “Julie Chan Is Dead” by Liann Zhang. The cover is black, with the lower half featuring a graphic design of identical blond haired women staring at identical red phones, except for the lone woman in the middle with black hair, holding up her phone, looking out at you, the potential reader. The second book is a selection from April called “Dissolution “ by Nicholas Binge. This is a completely abstract cover in which the title and author’s name are on different “steps” that look almost like an episode of STNG (I’m thinking from S1 where they are trying to stop time from changing on that one planet?). I digress. Blue sky and white clouds fill the background and either blue lightening or water fills the stairs. Is it up to your interpretation? Who knows. Book 3 is “The Strange Case of Jane O.” by Karen Thompson Walker. This cover is a dreamy combination of red, orange, green, purple and blue colors with a faded picture of a woman who has a haunted look, particularly in her eyes, making up the entirety of the cover.
May 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Individual pictures from the
Vintage Collector’s Classics: The Iconic Ones
* Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
* Emma by Jane Austen
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/vintage-collectors-classics-the-iconic-ones/ Emma by Jane Austen https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/vintage-collectors-classics-the-iconic-ones/ * Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen * Emma by Jane Austen https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/vintage-collectors-classics-the-iconic-ones/
April 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Individual pictures from the
Vintage Collector’s Classics: The Iconic Ones
* Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
* The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
* Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/vintage-collectors-classics-the-iconic-ones/ The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/vintage-collectors-classics-the-iconic-ones/ Little Women by Louisa May Alcott * Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte * The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde * Little Women by Louisa May Alcott https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/vintage-collectors-classics-the-iconic-ones/
April 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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#bookmailisthebestmail
Part Trois
@bertsbooks.bsky.social delivered these beautiful Vintage Collector’s Classics: The Iconic Ones
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Emma - Jane Austen
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Side view of all five books from the Vintage Collector’s Classics: The Iconic Ones. From top to bottom: Little Women - Louisa May Alcott Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Emma - Jane Austen Available at: https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/vintage-collectors-classics-the-iconic-ones/ Side view of all five books from the Vintage Collector’s Classics: The Iconic Ones. From top to bottom: Little Women - Louisa May Alcott Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Emma - Jane Austen Available at: https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/vintage-collectors-classics-the-iconic-ones/
April 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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How to spend a Friday evening @aardvarkbookclub.bsky.social edition:
Receive April books.
Start April book you “took a chance on.”
Finish said book a mere 2.5 hrs later after devouring it.
Somehow feel better about… all that stuff happening out there.
5 stars. Would recommend.
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Photo of the book “Tilt,” written by Emma Pattee. This is one of the Aardvark Book Club’s April selections.
April 12, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Part Deux
@bertsbooks.bsky.social delivered these absolutely divine Vintage Collector’s Classics: The Gothic Ones
In today’s mail:
* Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
* Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

These are so beautiful. I love collecting pretty books!
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Cover has trees with peach leaves and blue trunks, black bushes with silver stems, and a peach sky/background. Vintage Collector Classic: the Gothic Ones version from Bert’s Books https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/vintage-collectors-classics-the-gothic-ones/ Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Cover has trees with maroon trunks and teal sweeping leaves. Vintage Collector Classic: the Gothic Ones version from Bert’s Books https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/vintage-collectors-classics-the-gothic-ones/ Side view of the two books. Each has unique sprayed edges. From top to bottom: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Vintage Collector Classic: the Gothic Ones version from Bert’s Books https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/vintage-collectors-classics-the-gothic-ones/
April 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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@bertsbooks.bsky.social delivered these Vintage Collector’s Classics: The Gothic Ones today:
* Dracula by Bram Stoker
* The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
* Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stephenson

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stephenson. Cover is black with green vines and purple flowers. Vintage Collector Classic: the Gothic Ones version from Bert’s Books https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/vintage-collectors-classics-the-gothic-ones/ Dracula by Bram Stoker. Cover is blue and black with white flowers and white leaves. Vintage Collector Classic: the Gothic Ones version from Bert’s Books https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/vintage-collectors-classics-the-gothic-ones/ The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe. Cover has grey columns in an outside hill area covered with unusual plants. Vintage Collector Classic: the Gothic Ones version from Bert’s Books https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/vintage-collectors-classics-the-gothic-ones/ Side view of all three books. Each has unique sprayed edges. From top to bottom: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stephenson Dracula by Bram Stoker The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe Vintage Collector Classic: the Gothic Ones version from Bert’s Books https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/vintage-collectors-classics-the-gothic-ones/
March 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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This book is GORGEOUS. I almost don’t want to crack the spine.
February 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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For anyone who followed this post… #bookmailisthebestmail @bertsbooks.bsky.social delivered BIG! Who beautifully ties books together with a bookmark and a lovely note anymore? I ask you dear reader, who? Excited to read this on my 🏖️ vacay next week!
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A closeup picture of the UK version of Ella Griffith’s The Frozen People with a bookmark from Bert’s books featuring The List of Suspicious Things. How Elly Griffith’s “The Frozen People” arrived at my house, beautifully tied together with a bookmark and carefully shipped. Thank you Bert’s Books!!!
February 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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I found these three books in an antique store. “Dr. Whitney’s Secretary” by Dorothy Pierce Walker caught my eye. I read it as a precocious 11 year old after going through the books on my grandmother’s shelves. (Probably not a book for an 11 y.o.) Has anyone on #booksky read any of these? 💙📚
A picture of three older books. “Portrait of Love” by Margaret Nichols and “Dr. Whitney’s Secretary” by Dorothy Pierce Walker were published in 1944. “Beauty’s Daughter” by Kathleen Norris was published in 1934.
February 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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My husband gave his mystery loving wife these mystery-bookish gifts for Valentine’s❤️Day. A Miss Marple puzzle (with clues from the books), a beautiful copy of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a new reading journal, and a personal library kit - handy for lending books out to friends and family. ⚡️📚💙
Valentine’s Day gift for this book lover! Miss Marple puzzle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a book journal, and a personal library kit.
February 16, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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I used @bertsbooks.bsky.social since it looked like I could get a signed copy from them. 🤞 It’s on back order… but I have a few books to read in the meantime.
February 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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I did it. WaPo too. I’ve had an #NewYorkTimes subscription since I graduated college in 1998. I thought it was the sign of an intelligent person. 😂😂😂
#NYTimes #SaveOurMedia
#SaveOurDemocracy #Sigh
#Help
Picture of NY Times cancellation.
January 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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So, what’s your idea of a fun Saturday night? Migraine treatment? Me too!
I can’t read a thing. Or eat. Or watch. It’s great. Where are my fellow migraineurs? No recommendations. No Excedrin Migraine.
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Me. Plus a Relivion device (migraine treatment not usually covered by insurance) that is probably why I’m smiling. Maybe the electrical pulses are forcing me to smile. (I’M KIDDING. It’s not that strong. If you have a migraine NOTHING is THAT strong.) Green light provided by Allay. Also not covered by insurance. Green light. Again. Sitting atop dystopian book that may or may not be my life? I dunno.
January 26, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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For a print copy of The January 6 Report, the ISBN is 9781538742150.
Please share.
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Photo of the published book of The January 6 Report
January 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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“We’re busy trying to answer the call to democracy right now.”
I’ve been trying to nervously perfect my data download to StoryGraph all day. It makes me sad to say goodbye to Goodreads, but it’s time. Come be my StoryGraph friend! I’m nan8223.
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January 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Book mail! Look how lovely this was shipped to me from Diesel Bookstore in Santa Monica. And in the middle of a major disaster too? I didn’t expect to get these any time soon. Go support your local bookstores. (Why I didn’t buy from a Utah bookstore? Read in comments.)
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Wrapped book mail from Diesel Bookstore. Picture of books received: How High We Go In the Dark, The Golden Spoon, On Earth As It Is On Television.
January 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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CR: We Have Lived On the Horizon by Erika Swyler.
100 pages in and I am loving this dystopian sci-fi novel. Hoping Ms. Swyler brings it home because this feels good as Station Eleven so far! Is dreary January the month for dystopian books?
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Cover of We Have Lived On The Horizon by Erika Swyler
January 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Happy New Year’s Eve from Cabo San Lucas! Attempting to start The God of the Woods by Liz Moore as my beach read! Wishing everyone a safe and wonderful New Year and no matter where you are in the world, I am a happy to have connected with you here.
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A view of the sea in Cabo San Lucas. Cover of The God of the Woods by Liz Moore.
December 31, 2024 at 11:21 PM
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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced your life. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 20
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Cover of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
December 27, 2024 at 4:14 AM
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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced your life. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 19
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Cover of book “Life After Life” by the amazing Kate Atkinson.
December 26, 2024 at 3:56 AM
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On the 12th day of Christmas the Book Grocer gave to me… aka… day 24 of my #book #adventcalendar is “Weyward” by Emilia Hart. This beautiful book is one I already own and am reading! I can’t wait to do this calendar again next year. Thanks to those who have followed along!

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Last gift wrapped book of this year’s book Advent Calendar. Cover of “Weyward” by Emilia Hart.
December 25, 2024 at 7:28 AM
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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced your life. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 18
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Cover of “Another Scandal in Bohemia” by Carole Nelson Douglas.
December 25, 2024 at 5:39 AM
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On the 11th day of Christmas the Book Grocer gave to me… aka… day 23 of my #book #adventcalendar is “1989” by Val McDermid. This may be the best book yet! I love Val McDermid! I’m sad though. One book left in what has been a great advent calendar. It’s been so fun!

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Day 23 gift wrapped book under the tree! Cover of “1989” by Val McDermid.
December 24, 2024 at 7:02 AM
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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced your life. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 17
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#BookChallenge
Cover of The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho.
December 24, 2024 at 6:10 AM