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Laura Schoeggl - The Nerdy Gnome
@thenerdygnome.bsky.social
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📖 Book lists, book reviews, and book recs
☕️ Surviving life through sarcasm + coffee
🥰 Professional bookseller and daily reader
🍜 Nonprofessional foodie, dog snuggler + forest bather
🌲 PNW + Kitsap dweller
Find me: https://campsite.bio/thenerdygnome
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Laura Schoeggl - The Nerdy Gnome @thenerdygnome.bsky.social · Jan 26
Hi!👋🏻 I’m new here and looking to build community off of Meta, where I run a virtual #bookclub. Please follow me if you like:
💙📚 book lists, reviews + recs
🍄🐶🌲 random pics of mushrooms, dogs + trees
☕️ the bitter edge of coffee + sarcasm
❤️ equality, equity + generally loving humans just because
Smiling woman in a red shirt, standing in front of a bookcase with books displayed in rainbow order.
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Didn't finish the book but you're supposed to lead your book club discussion? Grab this cheat sheet of book club discussion questions that are fun + easy to answer, and can be applied to just about any fiction book. 💙📚 #bookclubs #readinggroup #fiction #bookdiscussion
Easy and Fun Questions Your Book Club Will Actually Want to Answer — The Nerdy Gnome
No matter what book your book club has read, there is a quick and easy formula for fun and easy questions you can ask your book club group to guide discussions without awkward silences. Click through ...
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March 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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We're kicking off our March book list in the Forage & Ferry Reader Society. Here are our top four picks, each with a strong sense of place within the U.S. to help us Read Across America. Have you read these? 💙📚

#WorthReading #ReadThisNext #BookList #TBR #BookSuggestions #BookClub
March 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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When the world feels too big, I try to focus on the smallest details I can find — today, a few raindrops on glittering wood moss did the trick.

#NaturePhotography #GetOutside #TakeAHike #Nature #FebuArty #Photography #Ferns #PacificNorthwest #Kitsap #WesternWashington
A close-up of yellowy green “glittering wood moss,” with a few beads of water on it, contrasted against a background of purplish brown wet leaves.
February 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Emotions are running high, especially for kids who pick up on everything their caregivers feel. If you've got a kid who's struggling, this is a great list of books that help with developing strong emotion coping skills. 💙📚 #BooksForKids #ReadThis #BookList #ChildrensBooks #Emotions
Five Books for Kids with Big Emotions
Are you dealing with crazy toddler tantrums or finding yourself on the hormonal teenager rollercoaster? Here is my book list of five children's books that ca...
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February 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Want a book with a strong sense of place? Got ya covered with this virtual trip across America, each representing a unique environment or culture. Which books set within the US would you add to the list? 💙📚
#BookLists #ReadThisNext #RecommendedReading #fiction #HistoricalFiction #RomanceReading
A book list of recommended reading for books with a strong sense of place from across America, including Before I Let You Go, Moloka'i, This Tender Land, The Simple Wild, The Sun is Also a Star, News of the World, Winter Counts, The Lodge, Don't Forget to Write, The Weight of Blood, The Dog Stars, and Wild.
February 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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This is Sunny and she would love to be your valentine today if you are feeling lonely. ♥️ She is a champion snuggler and loves to make new friends.

#dogs #WeRateDogs #DogsOfBluesky #GoldenRetriever #pets #photography #photo #PetPhotography #GetOutside #TakeAHike
@dogs.bsky.social
A golden retriever stands on mossy ground wearing a bright yellow rain coat. The dog is a reddish color with a whitened face and has her mouth hanging open with tongue out.
February 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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These mushrooms were so tiny and easy to overlook. I wish I could curl up and read a book under them.
#FungiFriends #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #TakeAHike #Moss #Kitsap #PugetSound #WesternWashington
A cluster of three tiny tan mushrooms are growing in thick moss.
February 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Elfin saddle mushroom with sun flare
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #mushrooms #pugetsound #kitsap
February 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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#booksky, what's the secret to unlocking auto-approval from publishers on NetGalley? This isn't a pity post, just a general ask for tips. 🤞🏼I'm 4 years into reviewing books on NG with a 97% rating and 6.5K combined followers across platforms. I know that's a modest following, is it just too small?
February 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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I love dual timelines — how they shift your views throughout the novel and unravel a mystery as layers of history come together. In the Forage & Ferry Reader Society, our February book selection highlights 12 excellent books with dual timelines. Have you read any?
💙📚 #BookList #BookClub #ReadThis
A list of novels featuring dual timelines, as highlighted by the Forage & Ferry Reader Society in their February 2025 book list. Included are Take My Hand, The Quiet Librarian, Made for You, Real Americans, The Stolen Queen, The Secret Book of Flora Lea, Killers of a Certain Age, The Matchmaker's Gift, The Mother-in-Law, Dust Child, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and Love and Other Words.
February 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Stories of immigration are vital right now — I recommend reading "Infinite Country" by @patricia-engel.bsky.social. This beautiful novel navigates through the devastating effects of a family torn apart by immigration, and the tough decisions that result. 💙📚 #fiction #ownvoices #immigration #booktok
Book cover of Infinite Country by Patricia Engel.
February 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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This is such a great success story — even against tough odds as Amazon dominated book sales. Ultimately it is a story rooted in a genuine love for books. Love wins, every time. 💙📚
What Can We Learn from Barnes & Noble's Surprising Turnaround?
Digital platforms are struggling, meanwhile a 136-year-old book retailer is growing again. But why?
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February 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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King of the castle 🕸️ This spider was so small and delicate, I didn't even notice him until after I'd taken the photo. I love these happy little accidents.

#mycology #fungifriends #nature #photography #arachnids #kitsap #washington #pacificnorthwest
A tiny spider stands on top of a pale yellow mushroom. There is a lacy white edge to the mushroom cap, and there is blurred greenery in the background.
February 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Prickly and a little bit fiery — much like the current mood round here.

Barrel cactus: Tucson, Arizona

#nature #photography #cactus #naturephotography #flora #plants #FebruArty
Overhead view of a round cactus with lots of yellow and white spines. It is contrasted against purple rock gravel.
February 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Strong Mondayish vibes out there, friends — get outside, move your body, breathe in, breathe out. And if all else fails, enjoy this pop of color from dogs in raincoats. #snowday #dogs #photography #forest #takeahike #scenery #nature
Two dogs stand in snow, framed between two tree trunks. One dog is a golden retriever and the other is a dark gray goldendoodle; both are wearing yellow rain jackets.
February 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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A snow day for the kids, hot coffee for me, and a fast-paced book I can blow through in a day. A PTO president who's secretly a serial killer? Sign me up. #snowday #winter #booksky #booktok #thrillers 🔪💙
A hand is holding "My Darlings," a book by Marie Still. In the background behind the book is a cup of coffee on a windowsill and snowy trees outside. On the cover of the book is a woman in a yellow dress, holding a cup and saucer. There is blood on the cup.
February 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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January 2025 was the month where we lived two entire lifetimes in 31 days, but that at least made for some good reading. With my driving need for distraction, I made it through 27 books and 8,890 pages — here are my favorites from the bunch. 💙📚 ⏰📚 #recommendedreading #tbr #reading #monthlywrapup
The Nerdy Gnome's favorite books read in January 2025, including The Three Lives of Cate Kay, The Heart of Winter, This Tender Land, Made for You, Queens of Crime, The Memory Collectors, Tesla's Attic, and The Stolen Queen. The Nerdy Gnome's monthly reading wrap-up, showing 27 books read in January 2025 with 8,890 pages. The graphic also includes a chart of the genres she most frequently read in that month, with the most prevalent being historical fiction.
February 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Before I get back to my regularly scheduled programming of book talks, here is a splash of color to brighten your feed.

The Amethyst Deceiver, laccaria amethystina.
#fungifriends #photography #nature #washington #kitsap #takeahike
A cluster of purple mushrooms, laccaria amethystina. The photo is taken from ground level, showing the gills of two mushrooms with decaying leaves and moss on the ground.
February 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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"Why is that so? Who benefits?" Just finishing up All the Water in the World by @eirencaffall.bsky.social and this quote will stick with me as something we ALL should be asking on repeat right now. #criticalthinking #booksky #booktok #dystopia #climatefiction
January 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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🙌 @emilyinyourphone.bsky.social put down some inspiring truths in her email newsletter today. Thank you for this reminder!
January 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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January 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Your daily dose of sanity. Come sit for a while. ♥️🌲
#photography #nature #kitsap #westernwashington #getoutdoors
January 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Excellent historical context and reading lists for exploring civil rights with kids. #booksky
January 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Woke up, started the doom scroll... decided maybe we all need a gentle forest trail to take the edge off today. #nature #photography #iphonephotography #getoutside
January 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Three things that stuck with me from television trauma growing up in the 80s:
1. Never throw away plastic rings uncut
2. Don't play hide-and-seek in abandoned refrigerators
3. Don't show live television broadcasts to kids in elementary school 🚀
What would you add?
#iykyk #deepthoughts #lifeadvice
January 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM