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Joined September 2016

2017 #readingchallenge : read every book I own that I've never read. Mostly #ya, #fantasy, #historicalfiction, and #mystery.
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The Paper Magician | Charlie N. Holmberg
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Day 17 of #riotgrams. May I suggest this fun debut novel by Charlie Holmberg. Ceony Twill is a paper magician, a style that sort of brings origami to life, and let's just say it's not what she wanted. Not to be cliché, but, it's exactly what she needed. Great trilogy.

Tldeandrea I loved this trilogy! The audiobooks were fun as well. 7y
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Here are my favorite (more, first favorites, I rent a lot of this genre from the library) twists in novels for day 15 of #riotgrams.
13 year old me is still not over the fact that Scabbers is Pettigrew.

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Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet | Charlie N Holmberg
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Day 14 of #riotgrams. Boks that feature food. The magic in this book uses food!! It's so good. Pick it up!

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Day 10: Books in the wild! #riotgrams

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On the Edge of Gone | Corinne Duyvis
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Day 9 of #riotgrams is #PRIDE! Check out On the Edge of Gone for a prominent trans character! #loveislove

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Both the author and the characters make great improvements in this sequel. The #RedRising saga hits it's midpoint here, and there is plenty of intrigue, betrayal, scheming, love, and war. Excited to see how this ends in Morning Star.

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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Anne Collins, Alexander McCall Smith
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Day 6 of #riotgrams. #numbers in the title! (Plus a bonus song........ I couldn't help myself.)

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City of Masks | Mary Hoffman
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Day 5 of #riotgrams is something Magical! Each of these books will start you on a thrilling #fantasy journey.

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Some fun #Yellow covers for day two of #riotgrams @bookriot

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Beauty | Robin McKinley
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Here's my #shelfie for day one of #riotgrams! Most squares are at least two books deep. Gotta keep the library smallish when you move 1,200 miles.

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Rereading this book for a new little book club my friends and I are starting. #bookclub #📚 #amreading #neilgaiman #signededition #autographedbooks

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Beauty | Robin McKinley
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Polled my Facebook friends for favorite stand alone books, and this was the winner. Starting now! #beautyandthebeast #googlebooks

Angieville I adore this book. 7y
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Winter Garden | Kristin Hannah
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This week's newly acquired books! #tbr #shelfie

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Red Rising | Pierce Brown
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I mostly enjoyed this book. There were moments I didn't quite get what was going on, but the same could be probably said for Darrow as well.

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The Night Circus | Erin Morgenstern
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Apparently everyone I know has read this book, glad I finally caught up to the rest of the world.

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The Night Circus | Erin Morgenstern
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Starting a new book for #WorldBookDay! #bookclub

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Oh yeah. This is going to be AWESOME. #reread #harrypotter

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And we're still fighting for a more fair and just world and country. ✊✊✊✊✊ #hiddenfigures #blackhistorymonth

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Red Rising | Pierce Brown
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Starting this promotional copy of Red Rising. Dystopian Novels used to be an escape, now they seem more like inspiration.

Scott_BookInvasion Epic! Loved that whole series! 7y
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My #readingchallenge #readingresolution is to read every book on my bookshelf I've never read, and donate the ones I don't like! (It's only about 40 books). Started book one on day one!

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A Monster Calls | Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd
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Here are my 16 favorite books from 2016! #2016readingchallenge #favorites

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At Wicks End: 5 | Tim Myers
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Picked for length (185 pages). Not much to be said about the jacket design. #readmore #2016readingchallenge

allisoncc Not much to be said for the plot either 7y
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Gotta read some shorts to finish my #2016readingchallenge #wilde #theplaysthething

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I enjoyed this book, but it took forever to read it for some reason.

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Parts were hilarious. Greg continually telling me to stop reading the book and murder myself, not so.

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Make It Stick | Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger, Mark A. McDaniel
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This book has already changed the way I will approach the classroom, and then it drops bombs like this. #learning #dyslexia #nonfictionnovember

Wbabdullah Thank you for this quote! I shall be purchasing this as a teacher and homeschooler!! 7y
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For some reason this book has been a slow read. It's good though! I like the changing perspectives over time. #booth #historicalfiction #abrahamlincoln

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The Fall | Albert Camus
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This book will make you self-evaluate like no other.

BillAicher My favorite book of all time. 7y
allisoncc @BillAicher : of all time?! That's saying something. I don't think I can have a definitive one. 7y
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Make It Stick | Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger, Mark A. McDaniel
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Getting some #continuingeducation credit this morning. 6 pages in and I already have so many notes. #learning #teaching

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The Fall | Albert Camus
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"A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers." lololololol. Only 6 pages in and Camus has me howling.

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I thought you all might want to see these drawing of #Lupin and #Sirius on my French edition of Prisoner of Azkaban. #harrypotter

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Night | Elie Wiesel
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This book should be required reading, to remind us just how cruel humans can be, so this time we are better. Devastatingly real, Night will reach your soul. The "pick" icon feels wrong for this.

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I am not good with poetry, tends to be my reading kryptonite, this 121 page collection took me three weeks, but I finished it!

dizzymissruby Poetry is my reading Kryptonite as well! I do want to read this one though 8y
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Night | Elie Wiesel
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Currently reading: #bannedbooksweek

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Sometimes your friends run late
Best to have a book on you
Reading to pass the time is great
So you don't feel lonely, or blue.
- a terrible poem by me as I sit at Universal Studios

dizzymissruby Legendary 8y
steph_cupcake Instant classic 8y
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Needed a poetry book for my #readingchallenge. Don't read much at all (read: none), so I decided to go with a classic. Plus, it was in at the #library. #juststarted #poe #fallreads

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If you've just never gotten around to reading this book, do it. It's a fantasy novel standard. It's a cute, easy read, with great meaning.

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I had forgotten how lovely the drawings are in this edition. #narnia #childhoodfavorites

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Revisiting an old friend. Book 37 for 2016.

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Just Finished: Conclusion of the Dun Cow Trilogy. Evil continues to extend its reach upon the earth. How will the animals continue without Chauntecleer? Book 36 of 2016. #readingchallenge #religiousfiction

PS: I LOVE the #typography

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"All the world's an empty place when one voice weeps uncomforted." #inspiration