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PaperbackPirate

Joined March 2018

📚 My favorite place to read is under a pile of chihuahua mutts. 🐕🐕
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North Woods | Daniel Mason
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I am loving North Woods so much! Bombadil can‘t wait to see how it ends.

#dogsoflitsy

AnnCrystal 💕🐕💝. 2d
AmyG It‘s so so good. 2d
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2d
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Chelsea.Poole Love this book! And great photo! 1d
PaperbackPirate It moves at a good pace for so many different writing styles and characters @AmyG ! 21h
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Chelsea.Poole ! I don‘t want it to end. 21h
MemoirsForMe Great photo and adorable reading buddy! 🐾❤️🐾 20h
PaperbackPirate He says Thank you @MemoirsForMe ! 20h
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Thank you @TheSpineView for hosting #JumpStartSummer! I made my goal which was to finish The Sea of Lost Girls! I also started North Woods which I am LOVING!

#bookly #booklyapp

TheSpineView Well done! 3d
PaperbackPirate Thank you @TheSpineView ! 🙌 20h
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The Book of Magic | Alice Hoffman
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📚I made a stack of books that my sister and I are going to try to read together this year.
🐕 Bombadil helped.

🧙🏻The Book of Magic (anyone know if I need to read Magic Lessons first?)
✨ Where the Forest Meets the Stars
🤠 Outlawed
❤️ The Invisible Hour
👻 The Cliffs

#dogsoflitsy #reesesbookclub

AnnCrystal Adorable Bombadil 💕🐕🐾💝. 4d
Soubhiville Bombadil is so cute! 4d
intothehallofbooks 🐾 🐾 4d
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dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 4d
Ladygodiva7 Hi! The Book of Magic is actually the last book of the series. But you should be fine. 2d
PaperbackPirate They came out out of order so I figured it should be ok but since Magic Lessons is “first” I thought I should check. Thank you for your help @Ladygodiva7 ! 2d
PaperbackPirate He says Thank you! @AnnCrystal 💙🐕 2d
PaperbackPirate He says Thank you @Soubhiville ! 💙🐕 2d
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This cover is hidden under the dust jacket for Death of the Author. The main character, Zelu, writes a wildly popular sci fi book called Rusted Robots, and we get to read some of it in Death of the Author. It was so good. I would read the entire novel.
🤖 Taken with some of my Star Wars robots that matched the robots in the story 🦿

AmyG Oh wow! I am listening to this now. That‘s too cool. 6d
ImperfectCJ Well, heck! I have a copy of the book and didn't have a clue about the cover beneath the dust jacket until your post! What a fun Easter egg! 6d
willaful I *just* picked this up at the library! Though I supposed I won't be able to look under the cover, darn it. 5d
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PaperbackPirate My book club was guessing it would be a good one to listen to for the accents and pronunciation @AmyG ! I hope you‘re loving it! 5d
PaperbackPirate I saw someone post about it on Instagram before my book club picked it so I had some help @ImperfectCJ ! 5d
PaperbackPirate Someone in my book club had a library copy and we were able to peek at it with both covers open @willaful - good luck! I hope you love it! 📖 5d
5feet.of.fury Oh how cool! 5d
PaperbackPirate And sprayed edges?! @5feet.of.fury 😍 5d
AmyG @PaperbackPirate I am enjoying it. It‘s wonderfully read and a great story. 5d
willaful @PaperbackPirate It doesn't seem to have it. Perhaps a special edition. :-( 5d
PaperbackPirate Aw that‘s too bad @willaful 😢 4d
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I‘m joining #JumpStartSummer with @TheSpineView !

My goal is to finish The Sea of Lost Girls. I started with 146/291 pages to go and read 31 pages today.

If I finish in enough time I‘m going to read North Woods by Daniel Mason next.

TheSpineView Thanks for joining! Happy Reading 6d
PaperbackPirate Thanks for hosting @TheSpineView ! 🙌 6d
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I finished this book at 1:30 am for my book club Saturday! Death of the Author will be on my favorites list for the story and the story-within-a-story both evolving their plots with complex characters sublimely. I loved the robots & the representation of a disabled main character, Zelu, who is much more than her disability.
Zelu loves her mom‘s Nigerian cooking so we went to a Nigerian restaurant for some joloff rice & puff puff! Yum!
🤖🦿🤖🦿🤖

PaperbackPirate Taken at Agege Bites in Chandler, Arizona 🍛 3w
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I will need the power of the force to finish all these books this month!

🧙🏻 Son of a Witch - villain pov for a fairytale challenge on IG
🧜🏻‍♀️ Sea of Lost Girls - #keywordreadingchallenge on IG
🤖 Death of the Author- book club
🏚️ North Woods - with #naturalitsy and @AllDebooks !

🌵 Taken with our backyard prickly pear today

AnnCrystal 🌵😍💝. 4w
AllDebooks Great selection. I'm really looking forward to North Woods x 4w
Gissy Power of the force, I like that ☺️You will find it 😊 4w
Leftcoastzen I always love when the cactus blooms 4w
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Strange Weather | Joe Hill
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I finished up some books I‘ve been reading for awhile, and had fun with 2 buddy reads. Good going, April.

#bookly #booklyapp

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I finished today, only 1 month behind the #NaturaLitsy crew!
I loved all the cool factoids about insects, and I might even be ready to eat one. It‘s a great reminder that when we destroy our environment we destroy systems that support us all.
🐝🦋🪲🐞

🐌 Picture taken earlier this month on a hike. This viewing spot even had a built-in bookshelf, and I just so happened to have a book with me. 😅

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Strange Weather | Joe Hill
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💎 I finished Strange Weather today and thoroughly enjoyed all 4 novellas. It was really hard to put down because the stories were stressfully compelling. “Loaded,” the second story, hit me with the realization that Mr. Hill isn‘t here to play. He has something to say about society and it‘s time to wake up.
🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️

🌼 Taken at the Desert Botanical Garden earlier this month

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My Independent Bookstore Day haul from yesterday!
I went for Death of the Author for my book club, but had to also pick up A Psalm for the Wild-Built from the banned books pop-up.
📚 What did you get?

TieDyeDude I picked up When Among Crows. I've already read it, but it was my favorite read from last year and there is a sequel coming out! (edited) 1mo
PaperbackPirate Sounds like a good reason to get the book @TieDyeDude ! I see a different book by Becky Chambers made your list too, so hopefully A Psalm for the Wild-Built will be a good pick for me! 1mo
TieDyeDude A Prayer for the Crown Shy is the sequel to Psalm. I adore those books. I hope you enjoy it; delightful comfort reads. 1mo
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Happy Poetry Month!

Today I finished this book of poems which I‘ve been reading a bit at a time for 7 months.
Some of them I loved. Some I didn‘t connect with.
It is clear, however, she was our Poet Laureate for a reason! She can use words to paint a picture of what‘s happening in the heart.

🐎🐎🐎

🌵 Taken today at Saguaro National Park

dabbe 💚🌵💚 1mo
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💦 We “checked out” some seeds from the seed library at our public library for the first time!
We got the zinnia seeds and desert wildflowers. Next step is to plant them! 🌱

AnnCrystal 🌱🤩💝. 1mo
MaGoose Cool 😎 1mo
Dilara That's great! I noticed for the first time that one of my local library branches is also offering seeds this year 😁 1mo
Sharpeipup What a great idea! 1mo
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National Poetry Month Anthology 2013 | Writing Knights Press
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“You left your typewriter at my apartment
Straight from the tortured poets department.”
- Taylor Swift

Happy National Poetry Month!
My library had a cute display!
Hoping to finish She Had Some Horses by Joy Harjo this month.
Are you currently reading poetry?

AnnCrystal With a bowtie 🤩💝. (edited) 2mo
kspenmoll Yes, various poets.🩷 2mo
PaperbackPirate I hope you‘re enjoying them @kspenmoll ! 💙📚 1mo
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📚 We went to the library today to celebrate National Library Week. We checked out books, seeds, and cds, and I also got Deacon King Kong by James McBride for a $1 donation!
📚 Did you celebrate, and how?

#nationallibraryweek

Bookwormjillk I did celebrate! I joined Friends of the Library for the two systems I use, and signed up to train as a volunteer for one of them. 2mo
PaperbackPirate That is so cool @Bookwormjillk ! I hope you love it! 💙📚 2mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
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I already have a lot of stuff in my planner for April so I think reading time might be the a little more scarce than usual, but I like making a dream stack anyway.

🪲 Extraordinary Insects and The Land of Little Rain - for #naturalitsy buddy reads
⛰️ When I Sing, Mountains Dance - for the #keywordreadingchallenge
❄️ Strange Weather - for an Instagram buddy read
🍎 Winter - for #serieslove2025

TheSpineView ❤️📚❤️📚❤️ 2mo
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Mehso-so

I started this last year with the #naturalitsy group, but decided to go rogue and read it out of order to coincide with the months in my life.
This is a beautiful book - the photography and sketches appeal to my nature-loving self. The writing I didn‘t enjoy quite as much. I applaud the author for sharing her mental health struggles and her attempt to best them with an appreciation of nature, but I was hoping for more focus on nature.
🌼🐝🐦‍⬛

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Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler
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I had a good month of reading! Parable of the Sower was my favorite.

#bookly #booklyapp

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Forty-seven Roses | Peter Sheridan
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In March I reached 40,000 Litfluence and celebrated my 7th Litsyversary!
Thank you everyone for being the reason I love this community!

Ruthiella Congratulations! 👏👏👏 2mo
BookwormAHN Congratulations 🎆 2mo
AnnCrystal Congrats and Happy Litsyversary! This community is truly magical 📚💝. 2mo
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Jari-chan Congratulations! 2mo
Bookwormjillk 🎉🎉🎉 2mo
Gissy Congratulations 📚🎉👏👏👏👏👏Happy Litsyversary 🥳🎉📚🎉📚 2mo
Mollyanna Woohoo! Congrats. 2mo
kspenmoll Happy Litsyversary! Congrats!!!🎊🎈 2mo
LeeRHarry Woohoo! 🎉 2mo
PuddleJumper Awesome! Congrats! 🎉🎉 2mo
Librarybelle Congratulations! 2mo
marleed Congratulations! 2mo
TheBookgeekFrau Congratulations!! 2mo
Deblovestoread 🎉🎉🎉🎉 2mo
dabbe #yahooyou! 🤩🙌🏻🤩 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Ruthiella ! 🙌 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @BookwormAHN ! 📚 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @AnnCrystal ! I agree! 🙌 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Jari-chan ! 📚 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Bookwormjillk ! 📚 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Gissy ! 🥰 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Mollyanna ! 🤩 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @kspenmoll ! 🤩 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @LeeRHarry ! 🙌 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @PuddleJumper ! 📚 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Librarybelle ! 📚 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @marleed ! 📚 2mo
PaperbackPirate 🤩📚💙🙌 @dabbe 2mo
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I took a Little Free Library book! I‘ve been wanting to read it (or reread it?) since reading Dash & Lily‘s Book of Dares.
I‘ve donated at this #LFL before but I don‘t see it registered on the website.
#93599

Any Dash & Lily fans?

AnnCrystal 🤩👍🏼📚💝. 2mo
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I read this for my book club.
A church is set on fire & someone is murdered, & the self-proclaimed “punk rock nun” becomes suspect propelling her to solve the crime.
This was a good mystery & I like Sister Holiday & her story, but I wasn‘t into the (understandable) religious parts sprinkled throughout. Bonus points for a lesbian main character.
🚬🚬🚬🚬
🚬 This has to be the best book cover I‘ve read all year! 😍 Showcased with Shrubby Jasmine 🌼

willaful LOL, I read that as a lesbian man character... 2mo
AnnCrystal 😍🌸💝. 2mo
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I found another book scavenger hunt on Instagram & decided to use favorite female authors again for Women‘s History Month.

🐖 An animal: Pigs in Heaven (read The Bean Trees first)
💙 A cover you love: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
🔥 A verb in the title: Burning Bright
🐘 A 3 word title: Water for Elephants
Ⓜ️ A title or author starting with M: Sue Monk Kidd
💛 A yellow spine: Shrill
🌺 A floral cover: Purple Hibiscus

👉 Tag! You‘re it!

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If I Were a Tree | Dar Hosta
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I read this book to my class this week and thought of the #naturalitsy group reading A Tree a Day.
I love the illustrations in this book!
🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳

If you were a tree, what would you be?

BooksandCoffee4Me What a gorgeous book! 2mo
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Currently reading for my book club. Not sure about the story yet, but the cover is definitely a win for me!

#weekendreading
#weekendreads

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I‘ve driven by this Little Free Library 100 times but today I stopped!
Very cute! Great variety of books!
#101399 💔

AnnCrystal 🤩📚💝. 3mo
TheSpineView 📚📚📚 2mo
Gissy 📚😍👌 2mo
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Parable of the Talents | Octavia E. Butler
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After finishing Parable of the Sower, I bought my friend flowers at a local independent bookstore. I thought I might as well get the sequel for myself while I was there to support the cause. 😅📚

AnnCrystal 💐📚 Pretty 🤩💝. 3mo
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Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler
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🌱 Yesterday I finished Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. It was good so I will read the sequel, but not for awhile because it was kind of tough to get through mentally.
☑️ But…now I can check off another book from my Free Black Women‘s Library sweatshirt. When I got it a few years ago I had only read 2/7 of the authors and now I‘m up to 5/7!
🩶 Also it‘s not just inspiration, it‘s one of my favorite hoodies!

MemoirsForMe 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 3mo
TheBookHippie Ida B ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 3mo
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I saw a book scavenger hunt on IG. For #internationalwomensday mine is books written by female authors!

🔟 Number in the Title: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
🛶 Setting: The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman
🌼 Name: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
💜 Color: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
🦋 Animal: The Butterfly‘s Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe
🐕 One Word Title: Faithful by Alice Hoffman

👉 Your turn!

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Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler
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Getting crazy on a Friday night! After a long week it‘s Parable of the Sower and a dog pile ftw.

#dogsoflitsy

Ruthiella ❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️ 3mo
Caroline2 Ahhhhhhh so cute!! 🥰 3mo
Melismatic This is adorable! 3mo
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Leftcoastzen So cute ! 3mo
AnnCrystal 💕🐕💝. 3mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Caroline2 ! 🥰 3mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Melismatic ! 💙🐕📚 3mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Leftcoastzen ! 🥰 3mo
dabbe 🐾+🐾=🖤🐾🖤🐾 3mo
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Winter | Marissa Meyer
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Here is my laughable TBR for March. I finished 1 book last month so let‘s see if I can do better.

🌲The Overstory - #keywordreadingchallenge
🔥 Scorched Grace and 🦴 Nettle & Bone for book club
🌱 Parable of the Sower - currently #withthebanned2025
🍎 Winter and 🌹 Ravish - #serieslove2025 & fairy tale challenge
⭐️ Where the Forest Meets the Stars - for my sister
🐞 Extraordinary Insects - #naturalitsy

Wish me luck! 😅

AnnCrystal 📚🤞🏼📚💝. (edited) 3mo
Soubhiville The Overstory is one of my favorites! 3mo
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Heart-Shaped Box | Joe Hill
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I felt like I read a lot in February but with all these down arrows looking at me I guess I didn‘t. 😅
Good month of reading anyway.

#bookly #booklyapp

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I had fun with my friends at the VNSA Book Sale again this year! My 2025 haul was 21 books for $42! It was worth standing in line at 6:30 am. 😅

AnnCrystal
🤩👍🏼🆒📚📚📚💝.
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kspenmoll Fantastic! 3mo
Ruthiella What a bargain! 3mo
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DogMomIrene Love those sales! 📚❤️ 3mo
Leftcoastzen I was there at 5 , & something was going on with the parking ticket booth being open!😡Do you go both days ? (edited) 3mo
PaperbackPirate 🙌📚💙📚 @AnnCrystal @kspenmoll @Ruthiella @DogMomIrene And all the money goes to charity! 3mo
PaperbackPirate We just go on Sundays @Leftcoastzen . How about you? Does that mean you couldn‘t get in when you got there? What did you get? 3mo
AnnCrystal For charity! That is wonderful 💝💝💝. 3mo
Leftcoastzen @PaperbackPirate well , I just had to wait. People who came in groups were having people walk in to get in line. I keep lists for myself, my friend who can‘t do this event anymore, a friend who lives out of state. Try to get books in series and anything that catches my eye. Got about 40 each day 3mo
dabbe Love your pic! 💚🩶💚 3mo
PaperbackPirate That must have been frustrating @Leftcoastzen - to get there early only to have others let in before you! But at least it sounds like you still got a good haul! 📚📚 3mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @dabbe 🥰 Every year I think I should have taken more pictures! I finally remembered! 3mo
Leftcoastzen Always 3mo
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Currently reading…
💪🏼 There have been some really good excerpts in Women‘s Lives so I‘m adding more authors like Janet Frame to the wishlist, & moving Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard to the top of my stack.

📕 Here‘s another Phyllis Rose shelfie from when we rented her house 2 summers ago. I recently read the Annie Dillard excerpt and wonder if this is the actual copy of An American Childhood she referenced when editing it? 🤩

Ruthiella That‘s so neat that you saw (and took pictures of!) her bookshelves. I loved her books “The Shelf” and 3mo
slategreyskies There‘s also a movie about Janet Frame directed by Jane Campion. The movie is called An Angel at My Table. If you decide to read Janet Frame, you may find the movie to be worth searching out as well. 3mo
PaperbackPirate I have Parallel Lives waiting to be read on my shelf, and also want to read The Shelf! Good to know you liked them @Ruthiella ! I found her on Instagram too and it looks like she has an interesting life. 3mo
PaperbackPirate That‘s what I read an excerpt of @slategreyskies ! I will definitely be checking out the movie too then. Thanks for the tip! 3mo
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Heart-Shaped Box | Joe Hill
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Currently reading Heart-Shaped Box, but you don‘t want what‘s inside. 👻

❤️ Happy Valentine‘s Day!

🌯 Taken last weekend at Someburros

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Nettle & Bone | T. Kingfisher
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This is the book I got when I went to Wijaya House for the first time. My book club is reading it next month!
🌈📚

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I read this to my class today - what a sweet story. It made me think of the #naturalitsy group on here because this is like We Are the ARK for kids.

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Half Price Books - Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ (Bookstore)
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I had an appointment in a different part of town on Friday so I had to stop in at the Half Price Books in the neighborhood. They had a nice Black History Month display at the entrance. (This is the right half of it.)

✔️✔️ I‘ve already read The Color Purple and
The Hate U Give.
🔮 Want to guess which one I bought?

#BlackHistoryMonth

Ruthiella I will guess the James Baldwin title. 4mo
Scochrane26 Brown Girl Dreaming. I‘ve been listening to The Message this week. 4mo
LoverOfLearning Some excellent reads on this list!! 3mo
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I checked off my first 2 countries in one book for #ReadtheWorld2025 :
Japan and Canada! This book really transported me to both places!

My goal is to get to 10 this year to beat last year.

Thanks for hosting @GatheringBooks !

GatheringBooks 2 countries in January alone! Awesome! 💕💕 4mo
mhillis Such a good book!! 4mo
PaperbackPirate It will definitely be on my favorites list at the end of the year @mhillis ! 🐈 4mo
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Heart-Shaped Box | Joe Hill
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Here we go…

🌱 Parable of the Sower - #WithTheBanned2025
❤️ Heart-Shaped Box - buddy read on Instagram
🍎 Winter and Ravish - fairy tale challenge on Instagram, and Winter is also for #SeriesLove2025
⭐️ Where the Forest Meets the Stars - my sister just read this and loved it and it‘s been on my shelf for a couple years now

BooksandCoffee4Me I‘ll look forward to hearing your thought on Parable of the Sower. I enjoyed Kindred by Octavia Butler. 4mo
PaperbackPirate I‘ve been meaning to read Kindred forever @BooksandCoffee4Me ! Good to know you liked it! 4mo
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🎉 #JumpStart2025 gave me a good push this year! I read almost 8 more hours and 92 more pages than last January.
⌚️My favorite this month was A Tale for the Time Being, but I liked all my reads this month.
🙌 Thanks for the challenge @Lizpixie !

#bookly #booklyapp

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I just finished this and it was so good! Told in 3 timelines by 3 narrators we meet Nao from Japan in the past and Ruth living in Canada in the present. Connected by flotsam their stories come together. I enjoyed both of their voices so much, and the metaphysical aspect.
⌚️⌚️⌚️⌚️⌚️

🎅🏽 My Secret Santa at work picked this for me
📚 Reading for the #keywordreadingchallenge : time
📸 Taken at Ja Ramen with their cool wallpaper
#JumpStart2025

LoverOfLearning Love this cover! 3mo
PaperbackPirate I agree @LoverOfLearning ! My goal is to make a scrapbook page inspired by the cover. 😍 3mo
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Wijaya House | Tempe, Arizona (Bookstore)
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Another picture from my visit to this bookstore last weekend - horses and books - yes please.

AnnCrystal 📚💝. 4mo
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Wijaya House | Tempe, Arizona (Bookstore)
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I visited a new-to-me bookstore over the weekend. Small but very cute! I will share a few more photos this week. 😍

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3 of my students earned lunch with me today as a reward, and one asked if we could read together when we were done. Yes! Maybe he meant read the same book together? In any case, I squeezed in a few extra minutes with my book. 😂

MemoirsForMe How cool! 🙌🏻 4mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @MemoirsForMe ! 🤓🤓 4mo
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Behind The Scenes | Trish Jensen
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Here‘s a picture my husband took of me taking The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store‘s picture a few weeks ago. I sit in the dirt for my art 😂

📷 Actually could not have gotten the shot without my assistant, Nova! 🐕

#dogsoflitsy

Ruthiella Your dedication is appreciated! 👏👏👏😂 4mo
TheBookHippie ♥️😂👏🏻 4mo
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PaperbackPirate Lol thanks @Ruthiella ! 😆 4mo
AnnCrystal ☺️👌💕🐕💝. 4mo
Leftcoastzen 😁👏🐶 4mo
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Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
Two great books by a great man.
I‘m challenging myself to read Stride Toward Freedom by his next birthday.

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Hey #naturalitsy! There‘s a really good book about today‘s A Tree a Day! I got to meet the author at my public library about 20 years ago, and read this fascinating book as a result.
📸 Taken with my Georgia O‘Keeffe Ponderosa bookmark, “Bear Lake, New Mexico, 1930”

Bookwormjillk Thank you! Today‘s entry was pretty wild. I‘d like to read more. 4mo
Kenyazero Thanks for sharing! 🤩 4mo
PaperbackPirate They did a good summary @Bookwormjillk ! 😅 4mo
PaperbackPirate 🙌 @Kenyazero 💛🌲 4mo
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I‘m hoping to have a little extra reading time because of the holiday weekend, but we‘ll see…

Thanks for asking @rachelsbrittain !

#weekendreads #naturalitsy

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First book finished of 2025! I read this for book club and loved it. I loved getting to know the beautiful characters, and the story of community and friendship. I have one tiny complaint about the ending, but I also almost cried so it balances out. Read if you like Jewish and Black characters pre WWI.
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🌵Photo taken at South Mountain Park

#JumpStart2025 @Lizpixie

LeeRHarry Great photo! 😊 I‘ll be reading this for my irl bookgroup later in the year. 4mo
AnnCrystal 😍🌵💝. 4mo
Sace That was one of my favorite reads of 2024! 4mo
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Soubhiville I love your photo! 4mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @LeeRHarry ! I hope you love it too! 🌵 4mo
PaperbackPirate I can see why @Sace ! 4mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Soubhiville ! I‘ll have to share my behind-the-scenes how-I-got-it picture! 😅 4mo
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I have been loving reading A Tree a Day with #naturalitsy. I took my book with me on our hike today to photograph with our state tree, the Palo Verde. This is not her prettiest time of year (check back in March or April for yellow flowers) but you can still see what makes her unique, a green trunk and green branches.

🌳 Photo taken at South Mountain Park, Arizona

TheBookHippie Nice! I am loving this book. 5mo
Kenyazero It's certainly an interesting read! Love this picture! 5mo
PaperbackPirate Who knew there were so many famous trees? @TheBookHippie @Kenyazero 5mo
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PaperbackPirate Thank you @Kenyazero ! 🌳🙌 5mo
TheBookHippie @PaperbackPirate I know! We studied Scotland this December and one of their trees got a huge award! I do love it! 5mo
PaperbackPirate How fun @TheBookHippie ! 🏆🌳 5mo
Ruthiella I love Palo Verdes! 😍 5mo
AnnCrystal 😍🌳💝. 5mo
Cuilin Beautiful. @TheBookHippie @AllDebooks this book is such a lovely way to start the day. 💚 🌳 5mo
AllDebooks It really is a joy. Great photo 😍 4mo
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