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LibraryThing @librarything.com · Nov 20
We hear people are introducing themselves, and thought we'd give it a go! LibraryThing was founded in 2005, and is a book cataloging and social networking site. We offer detailed cataloging options, as well as a lively social atmosphere and lots of fun programs. www.librarything.com 💙📚🧵
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They're making their lists, and checking them twice...

#SantaThing participants have now been paired with their Santees, and are busy selecting books for our holiday book exchange! If you're participating this year, be sure to come pick out books for your Santee!
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November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Happy Birthday to Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, and creator of the long-running comic strip "Peanuts." Thank you, Sparky, for such classic characters as Charlie Brown and Snoopy! #CharlesMSchulz #Peanuts #CharlieBrown #💙📚 #Booksky
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November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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No TinyCat Webinar today! Hang on to your libraries, folks.

See you next week!
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November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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LibraryThing's 12th annual Holiday Card Exchange is live! Receive a card from another book lover for each one you send. Share some holiday cheer and sign up by Tuesday, December 2nd at 12pm EST. #holidaycards #holidaycardexchange #💙📚 #Booksky librarything.com/cardexchange...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Ding dong! 🔔 The Holiday Store sale is here! Everything at the LibraryThing Store is discounted through January 6. #holidaygifts #holidaybargains #💙📚 #Booksky

Stock up on gifts and supplies here: www.librarything.com/more/store
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November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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DON'T MISS OUT! Sign up for SantaThing by 2pm EST today, Tuesday, November 25th, and give the gift of bookish holiday cheer to one of your fellow bibliophiles, while receiving some of your own! #SantaThing #SecretSanta #💙📚 #Booksky #holidaybookexchange www.librarything.com/santathing.php
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November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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You have just a few hours left to sign up to win books in the November batch of Early Reviewers. Enter by 6pm EDT today! #bookgiveaway #bookgiveaways #LibraryThingEarlyReviewers #💙📚 #Booksky

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November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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UPDATE! We are extending our SantaThing deadline, to give members a little more time to join in! Sign-ups will now close tomorrow, November 25th, at 2pm EST. Come join the fun, and give and receive books this holiday season! #SantaThing #💙📚 #Booksky #SecretSanta www.librarything.com/santathing.php
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November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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"With sharp prose, wry humor, and poignant insights, this collection explores themes of love, regret, and hope in a chaotic world."

Enter to win a copy of @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social's "Pardon Me for Moonwalking" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Today is the birthday of Baruch Spinoza, the great 17th-century Dutch Jewish rationalist philosopher. One of the leading lights of the Dutch Golden Age, Spinoza's writings were often controversial in his day, and he was (and remains) excommunicated from his religious community. #💙📚 #Booksky
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November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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"Captures the people of Israel at a historic moment: the country’s population reaching 10 million."

Enter to win a copy of David Shlachter's "Hinenu: Israel at Ten Million" from Gefen Publishing #💙📚 #Booksky
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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DON'T MISS OUT! Sign up for SantaThing by NOON today, Monday, November 24th, and give the gift of bookish holiday cheer to one of your fellow bibliophiles, while receiving some of your own! #SantaThing #SecretSanta #holidaybookexchange #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/santathing.php
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November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Do you love military scifi? Do you have a Library Thing account? No Man’s Land, stories of women in combat, part of eSpec Books’ Defending the Future series with stories by top science fiction and military sci-fi authors.
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#milscifi
Book Giveaway for No Man's Land by Mike McPhail, Brenda Cooper, and Nancy Jane Moore
Enter to win one of 30 free copies available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Happy #FibonacciDay from LibraryThing! The Fibonacci sequence can be seen all around us. In honor of the day we ask, what have you read about this mathematical sequence, about the mathematician for whom it is named, or about mathematics in general? #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/tag/Fibonacci
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November 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Calling all librarians! If you have a Library Thing account, request Immortal Evelyn and Other Tales of Dark Fantasy by Award-Winning Author Jeffrey Lyman, including the brand-new story "Immortal Evelyn"
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#fantasy #darkfantasy
Book Giveaway for Immortal Evelyn and Other Tales of Dark Fantasy by Jeffrey Lyman
Enter to win one of 30 free copies available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Today is the birthday of Mary Ann Evans, better known as George Eliot, one of the great English novelists of the 19th century. "Middlemarch"—her most cataloged work on LibraryThing—has been described by some critics as the greatest novel in the English language. #GeorgeEliot #💙📚 #Booksky
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November 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Do you love cryptids? Do you have a Library Thing account? Request Snapped Up: A Tale of the Beast of Busco by Aaron Rosenberg for a mystery surrounding a local cryptid festival.
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#cryptids
Book Giveaway for Snapped Up: A Tale of the Beast of Busco by Aaron Rosenberg
Enter to win one of 30 free copies available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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LibraryThing members love SantaThing, and so do LibraryThing staff! Lucy and Zeph showcase some favorites that they've received from their Secret Santas. What are you hoping to get?

You have until Monday, November 24 at 12pm EST to sign up. #SantaThing www.librarything.com/santathing.php
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November 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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"Spanning from Amarillo, Texas, in 1977 to La Jolla, California, in 2012, The Daughters is a kaleidoscopic meditation on family, memory, and the invisible forces that bind us."

Enter to win a copy of Ben Rogers' "The Daughters" from
@unvpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Today is the birthday of François-Marie Arouet, better known as #Voltaire, the great French Enlightenment writer and philosopher. His library, dominated by history, politics and philosophy, has been cataloged on LibraryThing as one of our Legacy Libraries. #💙📚 #Booksky
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November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Calling all librarians! If you have a Library Thing account, request More Futures for Ferals, a second charity anthology supporting cat rescues. Can you help us, help them? www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...
#catlovers #cats #catrescue
Book Giveaway for More Futures for Ferals: A Charity Anthology by Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Sherri Cook Woosley, and Lissane Norman
Enter to win one of 30 free copies available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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It's Friday. What are you reading? #FridayReads #💙📚 #Booksky

Join our discussion over in Talk: www.librarything.com/topic/375568
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November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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"Encourages readers to think critically, favor a thoughtful, reasoned approach over unquestioning acceptance or mystical speculation."

Enter to win a copy of Israel Drazin's "Rational Ideas: Book One" from Gefen Publishing #💙📚 #Booksky
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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It's TriviaThing Thursday! Have you answered our Question of the Day? #BookTrivia #💙📚 #Booksky

Which book features the character William "Bill" Erasmus Compton?
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November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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A lyric exploration of the complicated shared legacy of the atomic west through the lens of family history and the aftermath of the Manhattan Project."

Enter to win a copy of Ty Bannerman's "Nuclear Family" from the @unmpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM