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Unrepentant bibliophile - collect them, sell them, review them, ceaselessly acquire them. Reader. Writer. Researcher. Retired. Hopeful, human, humane, hippie. No automatic follow back.
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"Launched in 1988 as National Adoption Month, the initiative has been rebranded by adoptees to center our voices and to counter the self-serving narratives of private adoption agencies, religious groups, and adoptive parents."
A list of adoptee-authored books:
(follow link) 👇
Muddying the waters:
"Now I lay me down to sleep"
Transitive.
(w/ apologies to Muddy Waters)
Amazon's profits go to buying yachts for Bezos and supporting King Tiny Hands.
Independent bookstore profits (if there are any!) go back into their community.
Support #indiebookstores and the #FreedomToRead
#libraries #librarians
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
It's the People's House, not the Orange King's palace.
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
Our Labrador woke me up at 5 AM, instead of the usual 6.
She's on sun time, not clock time.
I love the crunchy sound the crisp leaves make under my feet.
I didn't see it either - for some reason I think Matt Damon was in it. I could look it up, but I'd rather read the book.
I agree with you about contemporary movies.
😴
I don't think Angela will object if I co-op her suggestions - a change of genre is as good as a feast.

When reality bites too hard, I dig into my YA section to remind myself of the things that matter - friendship, family, and doing the right thing.

Read on!
#indiebookstores
Happy Saturday, all! If you're looking for a brief respite from all the news of the world, I invite you into the wonderful world of children's literature via this month's blog post. We could all use a bit of a breather, and there is no shame in a little escape into a good kid's book, in my opinion.
Five Favorite Children's Books
As someone who has spent her entire life steeped in children’s literature, in one way or another, and as a strong advocate for encouraging r...
angelamariemorton.blogspot.com
Thank you for the recommendations!
Of the five, I had only read Ferdinand, although I know of Tuck Everlasting (isn't there a movie?)
Which begs the question whether your existing "freely held" beliefs and desires are in fact programmed by social strictures and upbringing ...
#freewill #fate #predestination #socialconstruct
"The books on this seasonal list represent just a handful of the 22,810 instances of book bans in U.S. public schools since 2021 ...
This widespread removal of books is more chilling than anything the most banned author of the 2024-2025 school year, Stephen King, ever conjured in his stories."
You know what's scary?

This #Halloween, schools across America are being haunted by bans of books featuring monsters, werewolves, witches and ghosts.

Learn more about the ghoulish way books are being banned in school districts across the country at: pen.org/halloween-banned-book-list/
No Boo! Bans of Books Featuring Monsters, Werewolves, Witches And Ghosts Haunt Schools Nationwide
What’s more frightening than a hungry zombie? The ghoulish way books are being banned in school districts across the country.
pen.org
"Black history is something that you are thinking about, even in trying not to think about it. It’s interwoven into our world, and our students and young people deserve to grapple with things in their complexity ..."
#FreedomToRead #RightToLearn
“There’s a reason that Black histories are being banned. When people learn about this history, they get ideas about how they might want to change things.” @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social talks to @skippedhistory.bsky.social
How Bacon's Rebellion Invented Race in the U.S.
And more lessons from Dr. Brian Jones on black history
skippedhistory.substack.com
That would have been my response as well.
I enjoy your posts, thank you!
Two things:
1) This should SO go viral!
2) This needs to happen across the country.

🌎☮️
The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)
"The money will go to organizations that award fellowships, host writers' retreats and residencies, host book events, publish translated literature and more. There will be an open call starting on November 10 for grant applications."
#authors #readers #writers #libraries
Support the freedom to read, and the right to learn. 📖
#indiebookstores #libraries #bibliophile
Reminder to anyone who needs it today: Reading books (at home, on the bus, in Starbucks); owning books; loving books; discussing books. None of these things are “performative” unless you’re selling tickets.
Support the freedom to read
Dr. Mac Marquis was here at Bigfoot Books & Brews yesterday to talk to us about the #prisonbooksmovement. Here he is talking about the Asheville Prison Books project and how folks can support it and get involved! #AVL #WNC

Check out the wishlist & make a book donation: bookshop.org/wishlists/53...
"Organizers at Utah’s Weber State University canceled a two-day conference on censorship after the administration claimed that they risked running afoul of a state law unless the event itself was censored."
#FreedomOfSpeech