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LapReader
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Little Free Library spoils from the holidays.

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TheBookgeekFrau
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Eggs So sad 😞 2mo
TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs Very. And yet, one of the best books I ever read. 2mo
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GinaKButler
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Up next…the final book I need to read for the Memoir Around The World Challenge…I‘m using this one for The Islands.

#bookspinbingo
#unreadbookshelf

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BarbaraBB
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Bailedbailed

Another bail. This book is not gonna help me to escape from the reality of our national elections. How can so many people be so stupid and think only of themselves and think fuck the climate, migration, the arts, and sciences? What happened to the country that used to be so social and tolerant? This book is non-fiction with a very high dose of biology and marine science. I need something easier.

TheBookHippie 🎯💯 Sigh 4mo
LeahBergen Sending ❤️❤️❤️ 4mo
TheLudicReader The whole world is cray-cray. 😳 4mo
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Bookwormjillk Yup. What is going on with this world? 4mo
Readerann Hear! Hear! 4mo
LeeRHarry Sad to say that it‘s happening the world over. Hope your next read helps you escape it all for a while 🤞 4mo
Deblovestoread Where do the sane people live? I want to go there! 💜 4mo
MrsMalaprop My current read sure isn‘t helping re the state of the world, but I am strangely really engrossed in it. 4mo
Jas16 I feel your pain. 4mo
BarbaraBB @MrsMalaprop That‘s the kind of book I need! Unfortunately I already read it 😀 4mo
BarbaraBB @LeahBergen @TheLudicReader @Bookwormjillk @Readerann @LeeRHarry @Deblovestoread @Jas16 waking up in another reality (the ultra right victory is even bigger than in the exit polls) but thankful for your support 💕 4mo
batsy I think like this moment is revealing the true horror of the political reality for many of us. Distressing news indeed, coming so soon after Argentina. 4mo
TheLudicReader They are talking about it on the radio here this morning…honestly, what are people thinking? 4mo
CarolynM That‘s awful, Barbara, I‘m so sorry. The drift to the right all around the world is really scary. 4mo
Anna40 I read escape books too. Trying to get into fantasy which I never read but that‘s for me as far away as I can get in an imaginary world … scary times. Are you in Europe? 4mo
BarbaraBB @TheLudicReader It even reached America? Wow. I feel like apologizing to the world but the world won‘t notice. We‘re a tiny country but I used to be so proud of the way we take care of eachother. That‘ll come to an end now I am afraid. 4mo
BarbaraBB @batsy @CarolynM So distressing. Is this really the world we want for future generations? Each for their own, fuck everyone who is in need, here and abroad. 4mo
BarbaraBB @Anna40 I am in Europe indeed. Netherlands. I escape in dystopia (it could always be worse 😉) and thrillers. 4mo
Hooked_on_books I wish I understood better why so many people in the world lately seem to be drifting in that direction. It‘s so disheartening and not at all how I see things. I feel like we would have a better future ahead of us going down the progressive path. It does feel helpless watching things go in what very much feels like the wrong direction. 4mo
Amiable My husband and I love the Netherlands—we visited there in 2016 when our son did a study abroad in Delft and again in 2019. Your election news is disheartening and distressing—as an American who woke up in 2016 to the horrifying reality that Trump was president, I totally feel your angst. As others said, the rightward drift around the world is very scary. To see it happen in a country like the Netherlands makes it even scarier. 4mo
Amiable @Deblovestoread Me too! It feels like the list of “countries I can escape to if things get really bad here” is getting smaller every day. 4mo
BarbaraBB @Amiable Thank you for your support. It is scary indeed. Cities like Delft and Amsterdam (where I live) all voted in majority for center or leftist parties but the differences with the rest of the country seem to widen. 4mo
Amiable @BarbaraBB What about Maastricht? How did that vote? We adored it there and were considering a long-term stay in the city when we retire. As a university town, I‘d hope it would be more open and accepting—is that the case? 4mo
sarahbarnes I hear you and I‘m sorry. Things feel pretty scary on all of those fronts in the US too these days. 😞 4mo
BarbaraBB @Amiable Maastricht is a wonderful city but they voted in majority for Geert Wilders unfortunately. Maastricht is very close to both Belgium and Germany and there is no border control any longer because of the EU but they want the borders closed again to prevent migration. It‘s inhumane. (edited) 4mo
BarbaraBB @Amiable I do think however it would still make a good place for a long-term stay! 4mo
Megabooks The Dutch election even made my tiny Kentucky paper. Sorry I didn‘t reach out. A very disheartening outcome. 💔💔 4mo
BarbaraBB @Megabooks I am sorry it took this shameful election result to reach the O‘s newspaper ☺️ 4mo
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LibrarianRyan
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4 ⭐This is a wonderful biography of a woman who combined science and art to make a name for herself. Her discoveries helped prove they were mountains under the water, and that continental drift was a real thing. This book is lovingly done and well illustrated. For a children‘s picture book it‘s done in the first person which is highly unusual but very effective. This is a great biography for any library collection.

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GatheringBooks
Little Houses | Kevin Henkes
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#AutumnPlease! Day 17: Definitely not a #Mansion but little houses instead. Recent book haul. Review is forthcoming.

Eggs Love!! 5mo
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Mccall0113
Captains Courageous | Rudyard Kipling
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Jari-chan
A Descent into the Maelstrm | Edgar Allan Poe
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Mehso-so

Not sure if I would've liked the story more if I would've read it by myself, but I neither liked the narrotor of the audio book, nor the music. Both aren't bad, the music adds a lot to the story, but I just don't like jazz 😞 The story was ok-ish, fitting the time it was written in, but there are stories by Poe I like more. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for this right now?

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rachelsbrittain
Mister Seahorse | Eric Carle
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Took my sweet nephew to the library today, and we found several fun new books to read, including this great book from Eric Carle about fish dads. He loves Eric Carle books and immediately recognized the artwork! @sebrittainclark

Yuki_Onna Aaaahhh, what a sweet precious little one your nephew is! 💖 6mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 6mo
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Robotswithpersonality
Harry by the Sea | Gene Zion
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Oh, Harry. Helping readers to challenge their perceptions while being adorable, and always assured he'll get back to his family post-hijinks. I understand the appeal of multiple books on this theme.