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Librariana

Joined September 2016

👩🏻‍🤝‍👨🏼 Mrs with an MLS 🇲🇽 Mexican-born, Texas-grown, PNW gal 🌲🐳 Library employee 📚 Auntie 💜 INFJ-T ⭐️ Hablo 🇪🇸🇺🇲 Learning 🇮🇹🇰🇷🇫🇷
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Quietly Hostile | Samantha Irby
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Mehso-so

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Samantha Irby is hilarious.
And although there were a few essays that weren't exactly my cuppa (porn preferences, toilet tales, and gastrointestinal anecdotes), there was plenty of her signature self-deprecating humor and spot-on observations to carry this collection through. I especially loved "The Last Normal Day," "How to Look Cool in Front of Teens?", and "Please Invite Me to Your Party."

#audiobook #pantone2023 @Clwojick

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You know it's gonna be a fabulous day in the library when THESE type of standing orders come in!

I feel equal parts amused and delighted and nostalgic... and slightly MORTIFIED that we are "flashing back" to the '80s and '90s. That was my youth!!

#easyreaders

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#SundayFunday @ozma.of.oz

I can't say I *always* pay attention to a book's publisher, but when I like a book and appreciate some detail about it, I have to look at the copyright page.

I've noticed a pattern in loving:
• travel guides by DK Eyewitness. I adore their photography, layouts, and their illustrations of buildings' interiors.
• graphic novels by First Second as well as Graphix.
• titles by Quirk Books and Scholastic Press.

Cinfhen This post really caught my eye!! Beautiful graphics 🥰and of course im always happy to see a post from you 2w
ozma.of.oz How cool! Thanks for providing so many examples! ❤️ 2w
Librariana @Cinfhen - Aawww! Thank you for always being so kind and complimentary, Cindy! 🥰🩷 I'm so humbled! 2w
Librariana @ozma.of.oz - Thank you for the fabulous prompt and for letting me play along! As @Cinfhen ⬆️ has come to know about me, I'm very visual when it comes to my examples and love to build digital collages 😄😁😊 2w
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On October 1st, 2015, students at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, lost a professor and 8 of their peers to a mass shooting. Kindra Neely, a survivor, shares her experiences coping with this tragic event and with the effects of her PTSD in her debut graphic memoir.

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Librariana (1 of 1) Given the subject matter, this book will not be for everyone, but for me, it was a necessary window into the life of someone affected by this preventable form of violence which is shamefully becoming commonplace in our country. 2w
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Hello friends!
A month or two in, and we've made some progress on the home library. IKEA Billys (and extenders!) were assembled, original bookcases were donated to loving homes, paint was ordered, and additional trim supplies were purchased. Wekends never seem long enough, and we've had to juggle complete dedication to this project with errands and prior commitments, but we're getting closer to me knowing, with certainty, where my books are 😁

Librariana @Cinfhen - Hi Cindy! 👋😁 I promise I'm still around 😄😊 I realize I've been very quiet and absent; I blame my books being in stacks on the floor for that (I don't know where anything is!). My reading life feels like it's taken a hit and is in a bit of disarray, but I do hope that once the library is all finished, I can get myself into a better mental and physical space. Thank you for thinking of me and sweetly checking in! 💜 3w
Cinfhen Can‘t wait to see the finished product and I‘m soooo glad to know all is well xxx miss you 😘 3w
TheSpineView How exciting! 3w
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JamieArc Very excited to see the finished space! 3w
ravenlee Looks great! So excited to see it when you‘re done! 3w
marleed Beautiful! I love it! I have a spare bedroom lined in white Billy‘s but my old house walls are too low for extensions. Yours look great! 3w
ChaoticMissAdventures Nice!! How exciting to see it start to come together. Big projects like this make it tough to read, and really tough for social media use. Hope everything goes smoothly. 3w
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Playing catch-up on #Pantone2023 😁
@Clwojick

Clwojick Well done! 2mo
Cinfhen Hi Ana! Feel like I haven‘t “seen” you around in a while😔Hope all is well xx 1mo
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The World We Make | N. K. Jemisin
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Bummed to learn that this would be the end of the "Great Cities" series for N.K. Jemisin... That where the author had planned for a trilogy, this became a duology. It saddens me to learn of innovative writers losing steam with a project, but I can't fault Ms. Jemisin for doing so considering she was writing this in the middle of the pandemic! An emotionally-draining time of great turmoil and uncertainty indeed.

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Librariana (1 of 1) I so loved the idea of cities "coming to life", being represented by human avatars that embodied the essence of their boroughs and citizens, fighting a battle with metaphysical constructs and concepts against forces wanting to bend them into submission through assimilation and gentrification. The ending, although concise, felt... hopeful. But I will certainly miss its characters, especially Padmini (Queens), who I grew quite fond of. 2mo
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Spinning Around | Catherine Jinks
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Late to the party, but always delighted to be here 😁😊🥳

Many #TBRtarot titles that I DO genuinely want to get to (and am excited about!) as well as plenty of #Roll100 choices.

Not entirely certain how this will work out with so many of my books on the floor in a very haphazard, loose genre arrangement, but I'll figure it out! 😉

#Bookspinlist @TheAromaofBooks @CBee @PuddleJumper

CBee Let me know how you like The Ten Thousand Doors! I‘m still thinking about Once and Future Witches 😍 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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The Home Library | Brander Matthews
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This is what 15 years of marriage looks like in book form.

97% of the books are mine. My husband claims... maybe about a total of 40. We haven't counted them 😳

Some came into the wedded bliss chapter with me; the majority of them have been acquired since.

As I shared at the beginning of the year (for this VERY visually OBVIOUS reason!), I haven't purchased any since January 1st and have been gifted a total of 5.

I regret nothing.

Hooked_on_books This picture is absolutely delicious! 😍 2mo
Librariana @Hooked_on_books 🥰 Glad our books could be a visually decadent snack 😁😊 2mo
Librariana @Hooked_on_books P.S. I'm looking forward to the day when the home library project is finished, but for now, I'm grateful we've started! And grateful my husband (Jeremy) enjoys carpentry! This is gonna be a labor of love, but we want to hack the bookshelves to make them look like faux built-ins. So excited! 😆😆🥳 2mo
Hooked_on_books That sounds fabulous! I can‘t wait to see the finished product! I‘m sure it‘ll be worth all the sweat and frustration. 2mo
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We are bidding farewell to the old shelves... and entering our Billy era.

marleed I have an entire spare room lined in Billy shelves. I love them. And every shelf is stacked with books! So, my reading room and everyone‘s favorite space in my house! 2mo
Librariana @marleed ??? That sounds absolutely heavenly! We won't have quite an entire room lined, but we will have one wall decked out in Billy with 4 bookcases stretching to the ceiling ? I already have a little couch set up in there and will bring in some ottomans once the home library "faux built-in" project is complete. Can't wait to make it a super cozy spot! 2mo
Reggie Have you been watching Rupaul‘s Drag Race? Because they had a lot eras this season. If not, ignore me. It‘s just that, the girls kept referencing what era they were in so much it became hilarious. 2mo
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Librariana @Reggie Oh, I am ABSOLUTELY watching! I love me some RPDR! And I totally added 'era' not only as a nod to Ms. T Swift, but as an homage to Luxx and to MIB *repeatedly* using it! It cracks me up! 2mo
Reggie 😁lol nice! 2mo
Librariana @Reggie I should also add that I am not caught up! 😳 I finished watching the Rusical episode last night and am due to watch the makeover and Final Four episodes respectively. I am equal parts #TeamAnetra and #TeamSasha 💖 2mo
Reggie As much as I love MIB and Anetra, I want Sasha to take it. The Rusical was fantastic. It‘s my new favorite alongside the one they did for Madonna when poor Jan should have won, lol. You‘ll like the last 2 episodes. 2mo
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The World We Make | N. K. Jemisin
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Denial won't save us...

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Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, the documentary "Paris is Burning" chronicled the New York City Ballroom culture of the time, introducing us to its drag queen-organized pageants, and to a small cast of its iconic participants, among them performers such as Dorian Corey (who made headlines posthumously when a mummified body was found in her closet) and Pepper LaBeija, as well as Angie and Venus Xtravaganza.

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Librariana (1 of 3) These competitions showcased contestants 'walking' a fashion category (much like a model on a runway) and representing their 'houses' - surrogate families that provided (oftentimes runaway) LGBTQ youth with shelter and support.

One of these was the legendary House of Xtravaganza, also known as "The House of Impossible Beauties" where the tagged title takes its name.
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Librariana (2 of 3) I watched "Paris is Burning" well more than 10 years ago and oftentimes wondered about its protagonists, curious about where the future might take them.

This fictionalized account gives us brief glimpses into the lives of Angel, Venus, Juanito, and Daniel, four characters who are all inspired by and modeled after some of the House of Xtravaganza's most famous members
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Librariana (3 of 3) with Venus being the one who most closely resembles her real life counterpart both in name and sadly, in the manner of her untimely and tragic death. 2mo
Librariana ❗️ If you should choose to read this book, please do so knowing that it tackles the difficult and heartbreaking realities that sometimes accompany gender expression and identity. Content warnings for detailed and graphic descriptions of drug addiction, sex work, terminal illness, transphobia, and suicide. 2mo
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The World We Make | N. K. Jemisin
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In recent weeks, my eyes have begun to let me know (in subtle and LOUD ways!) that my computer-heavy job is taking a toll on them. After a visit to the optometrist, I was diagnosed with SPK (superficial punctate keratitis) - a (treatable!) ocular surface disease that affects the cornea, decreasing vision and causing the eye to become red, watery, and sensitive to light.

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Librariana 1 of 2 - All that to say... I'm trying to take better care of my vision 😁😊🧐🤓😎 I'm still reading!... but I'm also resting my eyes more frequently and listening to audiobooks, taking omega-3 supplements, applying drops and hot compresses. Fun stuff! 🙃 I chose to re-read Book 1 of the Great Cities duology (4⭐️) and am now almost 8hrs into its sequel. 2mo
Librariana 2 of 2 - Thank you for checking in on me @CBee (my kindred spirit sister from another mister!) 💜 and Thank you @Andrew65 as well as @Clwojick for continuing to tag me in readathon and reading challenge posts. I appreciate y'all making me feel included 😌 2mo
Librarybelle So good to hear you have a treatment plan in place and you finally have answers! 2mo
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CBee @Librariana so sorry about your eye issues! Glad to hear it‘s treatable and that you‘re doing better 💚 2mo
Librariana @CBee @Librarybelle I mean, I'm already a slow-as-molasses type of reader that's comically delusional about "reading multiple books simultaneously means I read more!" So now I'm just reading (listening to ?) one book and trying to spend less time on my phone (these little screens!) But yes! Thank you both! I'll be taking more intense, steroid-based eye drops soon and am grateful for a treatment plan/course of action ? 2mo
Clwojick So glad it‘s treatable! Take it easy, and keep those headphones nice and charged up for audiobooks ☺️ I‘d say about 80% of my reads are audiobooks, so let me know if you ever need a recommendation. 🎧 2mo
Andrew65 Sorry to hear the problem you are having with your eyes, but pleased to know the issue has been diagnosed and even better that it is treatable. Sending love and best wishes and enjoy sone good audiobooks. ❤️ 2mo
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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Here is my February #BookSpinList ?

My #BookSpin is "The Midnight Library" and my #Doublespin is "This Time Tomorrow".

Goal for the month is to read! ? And to get some of my sweet #TBRtarot as well as #Roll100 selections off their respective lists.

Fingers crossed ?? for a better reading month than January! ❄️

My gratitude to @TheAromaofBooks @CBee @PuddleJumper for all they do to help us add even more joy to our reading ?

CBee Awwwww sis! Btw, The Midnight Library is EXCELLENT as is Station Eleven. But Midnight has a special place in my heart 😊 4mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4mo
CBee Hi! Just checking on you, sis! 😊😊 @Librariana (edited) 3mo
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#ManicMonday on a very late Tuesday, but here I am swooning over this lovely lemon 🍋 yellow 💛 picture background, thinking about the #LetterY 😁😊 @CBee @ChaoticMissAdventures

📚 The Year of Magical Thinking [Didion], Yes Please [Poehler], You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got... [Knight], You Don't Have to Say You Love Me [Alexie]
🖊 Yakoub, Nastasia; Yancey, Rick; Yang, Gene Luen

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Librariana 🎬 Yesterday (2019), You've Got Mail
🎤 Yann Tiersen, Yiruma, Young the Giant
🎶 Yellow [Coldplay]; Yet to Come [BTS 💜]; You [Charlotte Lawrence]; You And Me [The Cranberries]; You Are My Joy [Reindeer Section]; You Might Not Like Her [Maddie Zahm]; you'd never know [Blü Eyes]; Your Power [Billie Eilish]; You're On Your Own, Kid [Taylor Swift]
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vivastory Great choices! I almost included Yes Please 👏 4mo
CBee Happy Wednesday, sis! Awesome choices 😊😊 4mo
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Born a Crime | Trevor Noah
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My husband and I both greatly enjoyed listening to Trevor Noah narrate stories from his childhood. Although at times tackling very difficult moments and traumatic experiences in his life, we appreciated the frankness and humor with which he approached these topics. His mom's grace and wisdom were also especially admirable.

#Pantone2023 @Clwojick

Clwojick Great match! 5mo
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#ManicMonday #LetterW @CBee @ChaoticMissAdventures

📚 Walking Your Octopus: A Guidebook to the Domesticated Cephalopod [Kesinger]; We Don't Eat Our Classmates [Higgins]; We Were Liars [Lockhart]; The Weird Sisters [Brown]; Where I Live [Spinelli]; Will Grayson, Will Grayson [Green & Levithan]; Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death [Doughty]; With the Fire on High [Acevedo]

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Librariana (1 of 2) 🖊 Walls, Jeannette; Weinstein, Alexander; Westerfeld, Scott; Wiesel, Eli; Willems, Mo; Wilson, G. Willow; Woodson, Jacqueline
🎬 WALL-E, Waitress, A Walk to Remember, Warm Bodies, The Wedding Singer, What Dreams May Come, Wonder Woman (2017), World War Z
📺 Walking Dead, WandaVision, Wednesday, What We Do in the Shadows (Guillermo!! 🥰), Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, The Witcher (Henry Cavill era only!)
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Librariana (1.5 of 2) 🎤 The Wallflowers, The Weeknd, Weezer, WINNER (K-Pop)
🎶 Wait [M83], Walking on Sunshine [Katrina & The Waves], Waltz With Me [Tonic], WANNABE [ITZY], We Are Bulletproof: the Eternal [BTS 💜]
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Librariana (2 of 2) 🎶 When You Think of Me? [JP Saxe], When You're Gone [The Cranberries], Where's My Love (Acoustic) [SYML], Why Am I Like This? [Orla Gartland], Why Does it Always Rain on Me? [Travis], Wild Flower [RM 💜], Wild Horses [The Sundays], willow [Taylor Swift], Wind [Prm.], Wishing [Alexis Ffrench], Would That I [Hozier], WYD Now? [Sadie Jean] 5mo
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CBee WOO GIRL 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5mo
Librariana @CBee 😁😁 Did you see me having to throw in a 1.5, sis!? Lol! 5mo
CBee @Librariana YESSSSSS amazing 👏🏻👏🏻♥️♥️ 5mo
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Inheritance | Elizabeth Acevedo
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An unapologetic love letter to cultural identity, heritage, and ancestry. A visual poem honoring the beauty of one's complexion, praising the legacy written in the tresses of natural Black hair, and in celebration of self-acceptance.

#Pantone2023 @Clwojick

Clwojick Wow! Spot on! Way to go! 5mo
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These are four book series I definitely want to tackle this year. Here's to hoping this will be the year I stop postponing them!🤞🍀💜📚

#SeriesLove2023 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

catiewithac Simon Snow Forever!! ❄️ #snowbaz ❤️ 5mo
Clwojick Seanan McGuire 💖💖💖 (edited) 5mo
TheSpineView Looks great! Good luck! 5mo
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Kenyazero You have an excellent year ahead of you! 5mo
Andrew65 I love Rainbow Rowell. Looks like you have a good year of reading ahead. 5mo
CBee I need to read the last book of the Rowell series 🤦‍♀️ And I plan to finally read Psalm! 5mo
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Let the tardiness continue! 🥳🍾🥂

I genuinely *DID* want this to be the year of organization, mindfulness, and *planning*... of being *prepared*... and I know it still CAN be... but being a perfectionist always throws a wrench into the works and I get paralyzed. I wanted to have beautiful written journal spreads, but here we are. Better late than never! 😁

Above are more of the #readingchallenges I plan to participate in this year. Yay! 💜📚

MatchlessMarie I still haven‘t figured out all mine yet 😆 thanks for reminding me about Series Love! 5mo
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Always fashionably late to the best Litsy parties in town 😉🥳🍾🥂

Be prepared to see plenty of catch up posts from yours truly for beginning of the year reading plans that I procrastinated on because I a) was too overwhelmed by all the fabulous options and b) let the pursuit of general holiday coziness take over my life. Planning kinda went out the window. I regret nothing. 😁🤩 More to come!

#goodreads #readingchallenge #readinggoals

Clwojick You‘ve got this! ❤️❤️ 5mo
ravenlee Nothing wrong with doing the planning and setup the first week! 5mo
Librariana @Clwojick Thank you for the vote of confidence! ☺️ I've also got my first Pantone read and it was a lovely feeling to be able to complete my first prompt 😁 5mo
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#ManicMonday #LetterU @CBee @ChaoticMissAdventures @Read4Life

📚 The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone [Griffin], Untamed [Doyle], Unwind [Shusterman]
🖊 Ukazu, Ngozi; Usdin, Carly
🎬 Under the Tuscan Sun, Up
📺 The Umbrella Academy, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Unsolved Mysteries
🎤 U2

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Librariana (1 of 1) 🎶 Under the Willow [Brian Crain], Unforgettable [Nat King Cole], Unstoppable [Sia], Us [Regina Spektor], Used To [Wilma Laverne Miner], The Usual (Homework Live Acoustic Sessions) [Sam Fischer] 5mo
CBee Unsolved Mysteries 😻😻 5mo
Read4life Untamed is on my tbr 🤓 5mo
Librariana @Read4life It's been a little while since I read it, but I do hope you enjoy it! 😁😊 I find the relationship between Glennon and her wife Abby to be just darling and sweet. The two of them together are just a hoot! 5mo
Librariana @CBee YAAASSSS, sister! Yas, yas, yaasss! I love the classic AND the revamped, documentary style Netflix went with. 🥰🥰 5mo
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The Most Likely Club | Elyssa Friedland
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These are (were?) my last book purchases of 2022.

I took advantage of Barnes & Noble's 50% Off Sale after Christmas AND bought the top 2 books from a local indie on Friday.

And with that I enter the #NoBuy/#BuyLess zone to #PrioritizeMyShelves in 2023 😁

The only exceptions I plan to make are for pre-orders already made and for gifts (although I'll encourage my family to get creative and think beyond books!)

@CBee @JamieArc @RaeLovesToRead

RaeLovesToRead Glad I'm not alone. Today was day 1 dessert free as well. No book buying... no dessert... how will I survive?!?! 😯😱😅 5mo
rubyslippersreads @RaeLovesToRead You‘re very brave. 5mo
CBee Oooooo 😍😍 Lessons in Chemistry - one of my 2022 faves!! I also look forward to the Joella - have you read his first? 5mo
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CBee @RaeLovesToRead oh honey. I couldn‘t do both 😱😱 You‘re stronger than I!! 5mo
TrishB @RaeLovesToRead 😱 for how long? 5mo
Librariana @RaeLovesToRead Ok, remind me darling, is it gonna be for the WHOLE YEAR!?? Or just for the month of January??? 5mo
JamieArc I plan on limiting myself to 1 book/month, plus two times when I can buy a few later this year. 5mo
Librariana @JamieArc I think that is extremely sensible 😊 I have three pre-orders that happened in 2022 that I look forward to this year 😁 I think the only other times were book gifts might happen are anniversary, birthday, and Christmas. 5mo
RaeLovesToRead @rubyslippersreads @CBee @TrishB @Librariana My plan is to review my goals month by month. So January is a dessert detox (Day 1 and I have a cracking headache 😬😬😬) and for the whole year I need to be CAREFUL about my purchases. I can't say I'm not going to buy anything, but I'm going to do my best. If any special editions come out, I may buy them and give them to Mum to gift me next Xmas 😅😅 It's a space thing as well as a money thing! 😋 5mo
Librariana @CBee Awesome to hear that Lessons in Chemistry was one of your faves! 😁😊 I've heard great things about it from multiple friends. As for the Joella, I'm embarrassed to say... but I've never read anything by him 😳 I added A Quiet Life to our library system's catalog and was very intrigued by the premise. I realize I could've just borrowed it, but there was a holds queue already AND it mirrored the theme of the other memoirs I wanted to pick up. 5mo
Librariana @RaeLovesToRead I promise this is a judgment free zone, hon so you do you! There's no judgment if something is purchased because goodness knows I've already made allowances for pre-orders and special occasions. As for the dessert detox, I do wish you luck 🍀 and hope it just gets easier. Hang in there! 🌈 5mo
CBee @Librariana well, A Little Hope was his first book, so you‘re 1 book away from reading his whole body of work 😂 I enjoyed it! 5mo
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Had I not decided that Psychology and Library Science were my academic paths in life, I think I would've liked to've given graphic design a shot!

I had quite a bit of fun digitally collaging this together 😁☺️

@Tove_Reads @Andrew65 - I humbly submit this image for your consideration for the #OffTheShelf2023 reading challenge. Hope you like it! 💜😊

@JamieArc @RaeLovesToRead

Tove_Reads Cool! Thanks! 😊 I‘m far from a graphic designer myself, so much appreciated 👍🏽 5mo
Andrew65 This is absolutely brilliant @librariana, wish I had 10% of your talent. This is definitely the graphic we will be using and thank you, we might need to put you on commission for future graphics 😂 Happy New Year to you. 5mo
Librariana @Tove_Reads Any time! I'm happy to help and I genuinely enjoy making things like this 😊 5mo
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Librariana @Andrew65 Aawww! *BLUSH* ☺️😊 Thank you so much for that incredibly kind compliment! 💜 In all fairness though, it was just a variety of stock images that I collaged together, but boy, did I have fun doing it! Please know that I am more than happy to be on stand-by any time you need a graphic 😁 Wishing you a happy and prosperous new year filled with lots of opportunities for reading 📚 5mo
Andrew65 @Librariana It may be just pulling together stock images but still very creative in the way you‘ve pulled them together, I don‘t have that creative vision so mine would have looked nowhere as good even with the same images! You may regret offering to do other graphics 😂 but a big thank you. Here‘s wishing you the best possible 2023. 5mo
RaeLovesToRead This is super cute! 😊 5mo
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Heartstopper: Volume 1 | Alice Oseman
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🎶 On the 4th day of Christmas... 🎶

Blame it on Netflix!

This sweet graphic novel makes me want to take all of its main characters, wrap them in a blanket of acceptance, and keep them safe in a little snow globe filled with candy sprinkles. Gives me all the warm fuzzies! 🥰

#12booksof2022 @Andrew65

Andrew65 Looks fun. 5mo
peanutnine Aww I love the image you painted with that description 🥰 5mo
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"Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me About Caring for the Living" was my favorite March read.

As the owner of a disaster management company, Jensen doesn't shy away from talking plainly about recovery work after mass casualty events, from the Oklahoma City bombing to the Grenfell Tower Fire.

Not necessarily a book for everyone but one I found fascinating.

#12booksof2022 @Andrew65

Andrew65 It does sound fascinating. 5mo
tpixie Sounds incredible. And I need to keep purging!! 5mo
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Weekly Forecast | Thomas Gibson Inc
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Meant to post this yesterday, @Cinfhen, but I think yours truly spent WAAAYYY more time fiddling with the image and watching Christmas movies 🎄🎬

It is my sincerest wish to complete at least 2 of the books on the top row this week and to start on the 3 below as well 😁

Because I CANNOT, for the life of me, read one book at a time.

#WeeklyForecast

Cinfhen Well your crafty efforts are FABULOUS ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️Love these graphics 😍Good luck with your reading xx 5mo
rubyslippersreads I always have several books going at once. So did my mom, and now my nephew is carrying on the family tradition. 5mo
Librariana Thank you, @Cinfhen (Cindy!) 😄😁😊 I'm crossing my fingers and toes that I can make the kind of progress that'll make future me proud ☺️ 5mo
Librariana I'm glad to be in good company then, @rubyslippersreads! And glad that your nephew is proudly carrying on the family tradition 😁😊 5mo
kspenmoll Love your collage! 5mo
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Cheating a tiny bit on Day 2 of the #12booksof2022, but I couldn't include one without the other.

My favorite February read was "Alone Together", edited by Jennifer Haupt, and although it took me a while to complete due to its anthology format, it was still a very worthwhile perspective on how folks coped with life during lockdown and with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Love Was Inside" gave a child's view of the same.

@Andrew65

Andrew65 Important times, with important messages. 5mo
Librariana Agreed, @Andrew65! Some of the stories were definitely sad but plenty had uplifting messages of resilience 💜 5mo
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My favorite January read had me reminiscing on old habits (wrapping myself with the chord of the kitchen phone) and beloved objects of the pre-Internet era (Rolodex, anyone?) It was a nostalgic walk down memory lane and provided welcome moments of reflection on things lost (and gained!) Pamela Paul has also written another book I'm looking forward to reading in the new year - My Life With Bob.

#12booksof2022 @Andrew65

Andrew65 Sounds a good nostalgic read. 5mo
tpixie Fun! 5mo
Leftcoastzen Ahhh,love a Rolodex! 5mo
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Last food post of the day! 😁

Spokane is currently experiencing NEGATIVE degree wind chills (as are many other parts of the country, so I know we're not special!) Made for a perfect day to get some chowder!

I shared their clever drink menu earlier, but these were our lunch choices: I had elote corn chowder while hubby had pork carnitas chowder. He had a cheesesteak sandwich with salad and I had a Cuban sandwich with tater tots!

ChaoticMissAdventures Portland isn't supposed to get over 25 the next couple of days I stocked up and am now refusing to leave my house. 5mo
Librariana @ChaoticMissAdventures Don't blame you in the slightest! News is reporting single digit temperatures for the next few days with wind chills in the -20⁰ to -30⁰ range 🥶🥶🥶 I've been off work the last 2 days for routine medical appointments, but hubby and I both have to go to work tomorrow. We'll hunker down the remainder of the evening until we have to venture out for tamales on Friday ☺️ 5mo
mandarchy I'm over here in balmy Thurston Co. The wind chill brings us to 20° and I'm freaking out. 5mo
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Hubby and I are having lunch together at a spot called "Chowderhead" and I love their cheeky drink menu ?

Cold Soups: Drip coffee, Cold brew, Soda can, etc.

Grown-up Soups: Lumberbeard Stout, Trailbreaker Cider, etc.

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Tuesday | David Wiesner
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Thanks for the tag @Read4life 😁😊 And thanks for the #Two4Tuesday questions, @TheSpineView

1. No traveling this year as we have family all over the States. Hubby and I are staying put in the PNW 🥰🎄

2. YES! Oh gosh, yes! It's been snowing 🌨 ❄️ ALL day today and will probably continue to do so well into the next two days. Will likely stick around for the weekend, too before our weather warms up.

Play along if you'd like @CBee 💜

Read4life You‘re welcome. Enjoy your time at home and I hope you have a Merry & white Christmas 🤓❄️ 6mo
TheSpineView Enjoy your white Christmas! Thanks for playing!🤍❄️❤️🎄 6mo
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? I'm late, I'm late! For a very important date! ?
#ManicMonday #LetterT @CBee @ChaoticMissAdventures

? They Call Me Güero [Bowles], They Called Us Enemy [Takei], This Book is Overdue! [Johnson], Twilight: the Graphic Novel (vols. 1 & 2) [Kim]
? Tamiko, Mariko; Tan, Amy; Telgemeier, Raina; Tucholke, April Genevieve; Tung, Debbie
? Transformers ("Autobots, roll out!"), Twilight (I know... It's my cheesy, guilty pleasure movie!)

Cont'd ⬇️

Librariana 📺 True Detective
🎤 Tegan and Sara, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, Tonic, Travis, TWICE
🎶 Take on Me (all-time, top favorite song in the history of EVER)[A-Ha], Talk that Talk [TWICE], This is Me [Keala Settle]
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CBee Hi 👋🏻 did you have a crazy manic ridiculous Monday like I did? 🫣🤯 6mo
Librariana @CBee ¡Hola hermana! 👋 Hello Sis! And YES!! Oh my gosh, yes. Monday was WHOA 😳😳 And now it's Tuesday and it's been snowing all morning and I have a 2nd doctor's appointment. Y mañana (and tomorrow) dental! It's non-stop before the holidays! 6mo
CBee @Librariana whoa indeed. I‘m just glad Tuesday has been more tame 🫣🫣🫣 6mo
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Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen
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Asked Santa for an early Christmas present that'll be a tad delayed as it is a pre-order.

For those who might not know this about me, I am quite fond of the tagged title and greatly enjoy modern retellings of it. Although this is not the latter, it IS a new edition of the classic, designed by Nerdy Ink, due out in February 2023.

I'm in love 🥰 and grateful that the Instagram fairies were smiling down upon me while browsing.

JamieArc Wow! So interesting and gorgeous! 😍 6mo
Librariana @JamieArc I thought so, too! 🥰🥰 It caught me off guard when I saw it on an Instagram ad. I follow the NerdyInk account, but with the algorithm being what it is, I don't always see her posts. I'm so glad I happened upon this one when I did and that I was able to pre-order it! 6mo
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#ManicMonday #LetterS @CBee @ChaoticMissAdventures

📚 Sarah's Key [de Rosnay], The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet [Su], Severance [Ma], The Shadow of the Wind [Zafón], Slothilda [Fabiero], Southern Lady Code [Ellis], Spilling Open [Harrison], Stargirl [Spinelli], Still Alice [Genova], The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry [Zevin]

Cont'd in comments, of course ⬇️😁

Librariana (1 of 2) 🖊 Sáenz, Benjamin Alire; Sebold, Alice; Sepetys, Ruta; Serle, Rebecca; Snider, Grant; Solnit, Rebecca; the Spinellis - Eileen and Jerry; Stevenson, N. D.; Stirling, Danie
🎬 The Sandlot, The Shawshank Redemption, The Silence of the Lambs, Sleepless in Seattle, The Sixth Sense, Star Wars, Stranger Than Fiction, Super 8, Sweet November
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Librariana (2 of 2) 📺 Schitt's Creek, Sherlock, Stranger Things
🎤 Sara Bareilles, Sara Kays, Sia, Snail Mail, Snow Patrol, Stray Kids, SUGA of BTS 💜
🎶 Serendipity [BTS]; Simply the Best [covers by Billianne & Noah Reid]; Somewhere Only We Know [Keane]; Sparrow [Jump, Little Children]; Sparks & Speed of Sound [Coldplay]; Such Great Heights [The Postal Service]; Suddenly I See [KT Tunstall]
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ChaoticMissAdventures Schitts Creek has given me the best work Gif game of my life! ❤️ 6mo
Librariana @ChaoticMissAdventures - Moira, David, and Alexis are just 🥰🥰🥰 6mo
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This was supposed to be #Day6 for the #WinterReadathonDailyChallenge - celebrating St. Nick.

And the best I could do/find was a picture of our jolly hand sanitizer station last year during the panini. He got new outfits for every major holiday!

Upper left is yours truly with reindeer antlers that light up! (And a festive mask because we had to find small joys where we could get 'em! 😷 )

@Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Andrew65 Love this! Tough times and as you say we have to find joy wherever we can. 🎄🎄🎄 6mo
DieAReader 🎄🎄🎄 6mo
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Untitled | Elizabeth Acevedo
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This one goes out to @shortsarahrose 😊

Hooray for pre-orders!

shortsarahrose Yaaaas! 💯 6mo
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"That's the whole point of being a kid. You believe things before the world proves you wrong." -- Marimar Montoya (pg. 44)

Loving this story steeped in magic ?

#WinterReadathon

Linsy Ditto!!! One of my favorite reads of the last few years. 6mo
Librariana @Linsy I am very early into it, but I gotta tell ya... reading about how the letters got to the three grandkids and how each reacted just had me smiling! And just the description of how Orquídea carried her home with her... the symbolism in that... I'm just... 🥰 6mo
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#ManicMonday #LetterR @CBee @ChaoticMissAdventures

📚 Reading Quirks [Wild Detectives], Ready Player One [Cline], The Refrigerator Monologues [Valente]
🖊 Reynolds, Jason; Reynolds, Peter H.; Rice, Philippa; Rim, Sujean; Robinson, Phoebe; Rosenthal, Amy Krouse; Rowell, Rainbow; Rubin, Gretchen; Rubin, Sean; Ruiz Zafón, Carlos; Rylant, Cynthia
🎬 Romeo + Juliet (1996, dir. Baz Luhrmann); Rudy

Cont'd in comments ⬇️😁

Librariana 📺 Roundhouse (90s Nickelodeon FTW!), RuPaul's Drag Race
🎤 Robyn, Ruth B.
🎶 Really Really [WINNER], Reason [SUNNY.], Remember [Becky Hill & David Guetta], Remember That Night? [Sara Kays], River Flows in You [Yiruma], Rosas [La Oreja de Van Gogh], Roslyn [both by Ben Pellow AND St. Vincent & Bon Iver], Run BTS [BTS], Runaway (U & I) - Svidden & Jarly Remix [Galantis], Running Up That Hill [Kate Bush] (yes, blame Stranger Things)
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CBee I blame ST too, I‘d never heard the song before that 🫣 6mo
ChaoticMissAdventures So many of your authors I don't know! 6mo
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Librariana @ChaoticMissAdventures 'Tis the result of having been a Youth Librarian for a little while 😁 I think a couple of them might be both writers AND illustrators. 6mo
Librariana @CBee Me neither, sis! And it's funny because Stranger Things was also recently mentioned on an audiobook I'm listening to about the history of the mall! 6mo
CBee @Librariana that sounds super interesting! I loved the mall as a kid 😊 6mo
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Noelle | Greg Kincaid
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#WinterReadathon #WinterReadathonDailyChallenge #Day4

So today appears to be National Sock Day and my socks just happen to match both my blanket AND my shirt! Thanks Old Navy ?

Hubby and I just finished watching Noelle and now I'm ready to replace OMG with "Oh my garland!" ☺️

@Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

DieAReader ♥️♥️♥️ 6mo
vivastory I appreciate your festive spirit, Ana! 6mo
Andrew65 Love those socks and the impressive coordination! ❤️ 🧦🧦🧦 6mo
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Librariana @vivastory Aww! Thanks, Scott! It's a time of year I greatly enjoy. All those magical -ber months 😁😊🤩 Plus, I'm always down for any opportunity to surround myself in coziness 🥰 6mo
Librariana @Andrew65 Thank you kindly! I just had to take advantage since I loved the rainbow Fair Isle Christmas print Old Navy designed 😁😊🌈🎄❄️ 6mo
Librariana @DieAReader ☺️💕 6mo
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Spinning Around | Catherine Jinks
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Although my #BookSpin choice will not make for a joyful selection given the subject matter, it is still something I feel compelled to read. I just hope I'm emotionally strong enough to do so.

The #DoubleSpin selection is one that just seems to follow me from one month of bingo boards to the next so let's see if this will finally be its lucky month.

@TheAromaofBooks

CBee You can do it - I‘ve just started this one and I know my heart is going to be ripped out 💔 6mo
CBee Also, your #doublespin is a GREAT book, I hope you get to read it this month 😍 6mo
TheAromaofBooks Looks great!! 6mo
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Playing a tiny bit of catch-up with December's #BookSpinBingo.

We'll see how this month turns out 😊💜📚

Cinfhen Love your board!! It‘s so festive ♥️ 6mo
Librariana @Cinfhen Thank you, Cindy! It feels like I've been playing catch-up with challenge-related posts 😁 6mo
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Late to the #December #BookSpin party 🥳 but very happy to be here!

I'm always ambitious with these and maybe I need to give jotting down the same title multiple times a try 😉 Maybe that'll get me a little further along than usual! ☺️

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 6mo
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Tarot Card Killer | Greg Strandberg
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This image is a little chaotic, but I hope it'll make some sense ?

The #December #TBRtarot prompt is to "choose a book... where the blurb starts with the word IT" and here is my selection: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (with Seanan McGuire's recommendation in the foreground.)

And peeking in the background? My November TBRtarot pick: The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina.

@CBee

CBee Love the graphic! 😊 6mo
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Happy National Mutt Day! 😁😊

We've been lucky in our married life to've had 2 sweet pups as part of our family ❤️

On the bottom left is my husband with his girl Dolce (who is also on the upper right w/Santa!) Bottom right is yours truly with Hannah 🥰 Upper left is my mom's chihuahua Lucy 😊

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#WinterReadathon #WinterReadathonDailyChallenge #Day2
@Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Librariana Although all 3 girls have crossed over the Rainbow 🌈 Bridge, we miss them dearly and remember them fondly. 6mo
CBee I‘m sorry you‘ve lost them 🙁 Can I say how adorable they are, and what a cutie pie YOU are?? ♥️♥️♥️ 6mo
Tamra Besties! ❤️ 6mo
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Andrew65 What lovely photos. Sorry to hear they are no longer with you. 😢🐶🐶🐶 (edited) 6mo
DieAReader ♥️♥️♥️ 6mo
Librariana @CBee Aawww! Sis! ☺️ You sweet angel you 🥰 Thank you so much for the lovely compliment and for thinking our girls are adorable 💕 Hannah was our very first and we had her a little longer than Dolce. I'd come home from work and find her snoring away in the shower! She liked the cool tile 😁 6mo
Librariana Oh, @Tamra, both girls Hannah and Dolce absolutely ADORED my husband. They were definitely besties 😊 6mo
Librariana Thank you, @Andrew65 💜 Their departures were tough, but we considered ourselves lucky to've had the opportunity to give them a home. Hannah was a former show beagle and we often joked that she came to spend her retirement years with us. 6mo
CBee @Librariana doggies are so quirky and amazing aren‘t they? ♥️ 6mo
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Oh, Christmas Tree! | Sue Hendra
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As requested, here be a Christmas tree 😁😊🎄

It isn't mine, but it IS the one at my hair salon (where I had an appointment much earlier today) and I must say it's the very first upside-down tree I've ever come across!

#WinterReadathonDailyChallenge #Day1
@Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Andrew65 That is unique! 🎄🎄🎄 6mo
Hooked_on_books Huh, I‘m not sure if I love that or hate it! 😆 6mo
DieAReader Cool!🎄♥️ 6mo
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peanutnine Wow! That's a space saver for one thing 🤔🎄 6mo
Librariana @Hooked_on_books I think that's a healthy reaction to have 🤣 I was also quite undecided about it... but like @peanutnine and @Andrew65 so expertly put it, it IS a unique space saver for certain! It's... unusual alright 😁😊🎄 6mo
Librariana @DieAReader Very different! But I do love that each section of ornaments matches the lights 😁 6mo
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#ManicMonday #LetterQ @CBee @ChaoticMissAdventures

📚 Quiet: the Power of Introverts... [Cain], Quiet Girl in a Noisy World [Tung], Quince [Kadlecik]
🖊 Quindlen, Anna; Quintero, Isabel
🎬 A Quiet Place
📺 Queer Eye
🎤 Queen!
🎶 Quando, Quando, Quando (feat. Nelly Furtado) [Michael Bublé]; Quiéreme Despacito [Jesse & Joy]

slategreyskies Oh, I was so confused! I thought this post meant today was Monday! I had to check the calendar. 🤣 6mo
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Didn't get a chance to post my stats for the #NovelNovember #Readathon yesterday, but here they are today ?

My reading was a little all over the place with some last minute additions/substitutions, but goals-wise:

• Finished "One Italian Summer" (October #TBRtarot) and "Hollow" (YA GN; library copy)
• Read for more than an hour 5 out of 9 days (not great, but not awful either!)

@Andrew65 @CBee

CBee Woot! Way to go sis! 6mo
Andrew65 That‘s great. Thanks for playing along 👏👏👏🙌🥳🍾🥂😍 6mo
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Oh, this is gonna be a LENGTHY #LetterP for #ManicMonday!

Hold on, y'all! @CBee @ChaoticMissAdventures

📚 Parkland: Birth of a Movement [Cullen]; The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake [Bender]; A People's Future of the United States [LaValle, ed.]; Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me About Caring for the Living [Jensen]; The Poet X [Acevedo]; Practical Magic [Hoffman]; Pride and Prejudice [Austen]

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Librariana (1 of 2) ? Pride and Premeditation [Price]; A Promised Land [Obama]; Pumpkinheads [Rowell]
? Palmieri, Jennifer; Paul, Pamela; Pham, LeUyen; Price, Tirzah
? Paper Clips (documentary), Paris is Burning (documentary), Pitch Perfect (just the 1st...), Pleasantville, Pride and Prejudice (2005)(Sorry... I'm more of a "Matthew Macfadyen Darcy" than a "Colin Firth Darcy" kinda gal), The Prince & Me, The Princess Bride
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Librariana (2 of 2) 📺 Project Runway
🎤 Pentatonix, Post Malone, The Postal Service
🎶 Paro [Nej], Penn ar Roc'h & Pern [Yann Tiersen], Picture of You [Sara Kays], Primavera [Ludovico Einaudi]
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CBee Goodness! I think that‘s your longest one yet, sis! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6mo
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ChaoticMissAdventures I'm also a 2005 over 1995 P&P lover! I just think the cast was so good! 6mo
Librariana @CBee I know! I was quite concerned about the length, too, but there are just SO many books that I've loved in this particular letter. I know you understand 😁😊💜 I'm worried about the letters R, S, and T... 6mo
Librariana @CBee If you celebrate the holiday, I do hope you and your family had a turktacular turkey day 🍗🍁🦃🍂 celebration! 6mo
Librariana @ChaoticMissAdventures Yay!! Oh, I KNOW! I often feel like I'm somehow a traitor or not a TRUE P&P fan just bc I don't particularly care for Mr. Firth in the role. He's a charming fella but... yeah... it's Macfadyen for me 🥰🥰 Glad to be in such excellent company! 6mo
ChaoticMissAdventures @Librariana I mean, that hand flex scene hit hard. 😍 6mo
CBee @Librariana I do understand 😊 And we didn‘t do much but had a quiet day, so I‘m good with that ☺️ 6mo
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Buenos días, fellow Littens! Good morning to you all ☺️ Buongiorno!

Here is my mini reading plan for the #NovelNovember #Readathon. Thank you so much for hosting, @Andrew65!

#Goals are to
• Complete reading "One Italian Summer" and jump into either "The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina" OR "Our Missing Hearts". Or BOTH! ?

Cont'd in comments ⬇️

Librariana (1 of 2)
• Read "Anne of West Philly" (graphic novel modern retelling of Anne of Green Gables) and then follow it up with either "Enemies" or "Hollow" (the latter is a library loan, so may have to tackle that one first!)
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• Read 50 pages of "Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life" (this has proved to be kind of a dip in and out of sort of book; lots of little morsels for consumption!) as well as start both of the other 2 Non-fiction titles below. Spine Poems is a library loan, so gotta dive into that one soon!
• Attempt to read for more than 1 hour a day ?
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