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Hannah Jo Parker
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Books. Soccer. Rock.
Librarian in Seattle.
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Okay FIFA. I’m out.
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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SPL shared preliminary results of the 2025 patron survey, which included non-users. 98% said that the library improves overall quality of life in Seattle.

NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT. What else could 98% of Seattleites agree on? Baby goats? The Mariners? I doubt it. 98% approval is wild.

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Bar graph of Preliminary Survey Results showing wildly high approval ratings for Seattle Public Library. Categories also include: - “Worth the money invested in it” - 97% agree, up from 92% in 2018 - “Critical educational resource in the community” - 96% agree, up from 91% in 2018 - “Welcoming to all” - 96% agree, up from 91% in 2018
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Flamed out once again but I still adore them.
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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My September reads, summarized in StoryGraph. Another excellent month of reading and listening to books. Loved Small Rain and Heart the Lover the most. 💙📚
Cover images of the books I read in September: Small Rain by Garth Greenwell How to Love Your Daughter by Hila Blum Orbital by Samantha Harvey A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews Hip Hop Is History by Questlove Culpability by Bruce Holsinger Heart the Lover by Lily King
October 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Inspired by @nelnelnellie.bsky.social to share my August 2025 reads, as recorded in StoryGraph. What a satisfying month of reading. I loved several of these. 💙📚
Book covers of my August 2025 reads: The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami; Songs for Other People’s Weddings by David Levithan and Jens Lekman; James by Percival Everett; You Are Here by David Nicholls; You Wanna Be on Top by Sarah Hartshorne; The Corrospondent by Virginia Evans; Tonight in Jungleland by Peter Ames Carlin; and Loved One by Aisha Muharrar.
September 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Two national finals in four years. Pretty amazing.
goballardfc.bsky.social Ballard FC @goballardfc.bsky.social · Jul 28
And we’re on to the National Final!!!!

#BallardFC | #UpTheBridges
July 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Spokane Is Reading announced author Tananarive Due and her novel, The Reformatory, for this year’s community-wide reading event! Spokane Is Reading will host two appearances with @tananarivedue.bsky.social on Thursday, Oct. 23. @spokanecolibrary.bsky.social www.spokanelibrary.org/spokane-is-r...
June 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Loved THE GOLDEN HOUR, the new memoir by @specktor.bsky.social

“Power? Power is just the crude manipulation of other people to selfish, stupid, or violent ends, but the illusion of power is greater yet, because dream is stronger than reality, and fear, like love, is stronger even than death.”

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May 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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So: general strike?
March 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Seattle, WA showing up! Thank you!!!

#CourageIsContagious
#FiftyFiftyOne
February 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

20/20

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Book cover for the novel There There by Tommy Orange.
February 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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Book cover for Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke.
February 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

18/20

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Book cover for the graphic memoir Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi.
February 16, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

17/20

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Book cover for We Live in Water, a collection of short stories by Jess Walter.
February 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

16/20

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Book cover for the Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen.
February 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

15/20

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Book cover for the memoir Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss One Song at a Time by Rob Sheffield.
February 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

14/20

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Book cover for the novel Straight Man by Richard Russo.
February 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

13/20

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Book cover for the novel A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving.
February 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

12/20

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Book cover for the novel A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan.
February 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

11/20

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Book cover for They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, a book of essays by Hanif Abdurraqib.
February 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

10/20

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Book cover for Penguin Classics edition of the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
February 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

9/20

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Book cover for the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
February 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

8/20

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Book cover for the novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.
February 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

7/20

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Book cover for Just Kids, a memoir by Patti Smith. Includes a black and white photo of Patti Smith with Robert Mapplethorpe.
February 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM