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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · 14h

Banned Books Week may be OFFICIALLY ending today, but we hope you will continue to read and support books and authors being challenged, and continue to support our friends at Chicago Books to Women in Prison all the time!

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · 14h

it’s the last (official) day of Banned Books Week, and the final day of the Hull Family Foundation’s matching grant for donations to Chicago Books to Women in Prison! Click here to see their Wishlist or to send them a Gift Card: unabridgedbookstore.com/wishlist/sew...

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20h

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwdGRjcANWLXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhlnY6nKj_j4zuP3VjNSstXWBaV1t8-sPQ5C3b_jS6WN...

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · 14h

Staff Pick Saturday, bringing you a bunch of this week’s new releases!

read some reviews here:
unabridgedbookstore.com/staff-pick-s...

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · 6d

"Look closely at the present you are constructing:
it should look like the future you are dreaming."

-Alice Walker

#unabooksboardthoughts
#alicewalker

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · 13d

"I believe in living.
I believe in birth.
I believe in the sweat of love
and in the fire of truth.

And I believe that a lost ship,
steered by tired, seasick sailors,
can still be guided him
to port."

-Assata Shakur

Rest in Power
1947-2025

#unabooksboardthoughts
#assatashakur

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · 18d

a few new books out today that we thought you might like!

unabridgedbookstore.com/new-this-week

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · 18d

The 2025 Booker Prize Shortlist is here! The winner will be announced on Nov. 10th!

unabridgedbookstore.com/list/2025-bo...

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · 20d

“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.”

-Thomas Pynchon

#unabooksboardthoughts
#thomaspynchon

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · 21d

and don’t forget about our QBC meeting this week! Be here Tuesday or Wednesday evening to chat about EVENINGS & WEEKENDS by Oisín McKenna!

unabridgedbookstore.com/event/2025-0...

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · 21d

here’s what we’ve been reading this week!

unabridgedbookstore.com/staff-pick-s...

your turn! tell us what you’re currently reading!

a bookseller sits in a garden, holding a stack of recommended books

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · 28d

This weekend is the Lakeview East Festival of the Arts!

lakevieweastfestivalofthearts.com

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · Sep 10

“there are new books” - Shane, Unabridged General Manager

Come see what’s new this week:
unabridgedbookstore.com/new-this-week

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · Sep 7

“I am so tired of waiting.
Aren’t you,
for the world to become good
and beautiful and kind?

Let us take a knife
and cut the world in two—
and see what worms are eating
at the rind.”

Langston Hughes, Good Morning, Revolution

#unabooksboardthoughts
#langstonhughes

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

We’re open 9am - 4pm today for Labor Day!

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · Aug 31

“One summer morning at sunrise a long time ago
I met a little girl with a book under her arm.
I asked her why she was out so early and
she answered that there were too many books and
far too little time. And there she was absolutely right.”

-Tove Jansson

#unabooksboardthoughts
#tovejansson

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · Aug 27

We’re making some updates to our website, and online ordering is currently unavailable! Give us a call if you need help placing an order, or just come see us in the real world!

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celticjade13.bsky.social @celticjade13.bsky.social · Aug 23

Things my @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social tote is perfect for:
1. Carrying books.
2. Hiding the bottle of wine I'm bringing to church because I'm giving it to someone I'm meeting right after as their birthday present and I didn't want to go back to my place in between.

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · Aug 24

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”

-Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

#unabooksboardthoughts
#janeausten

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · Aug 18

“August of another summer, and once again
I am drinking the sun
and the lilies again are spread across the water.“

-Mary Oliver, The Pond

#unabooksboardthoughts
#maryoliver

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · Aug 10

“Books are letters in bottles, cast into the waves of time, from one person trying to save the world to another.”

-Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, This Is How You Lose the Time War

#unabooksboardthoughts
#amalelmohtar
#maxgladstone

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · Aug 9

a sweet neighbor stopped by to show us their tote bag upgrade!

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · Aug 9

Since it’s Bookstore Romance Day, this Staff Picks post is dedicated to a few books we love ❤️

www.unabridgedbookstore.com/staff-pick-s...

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · Aug 9

We’re celebrating Bookstore Romance Day!

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We’re celebrating Bookstore Romance Day!

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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · Aug 9

Today we’re celebrating Romance Readers with 10% Off on all Romance titles! We’ll have candy kisses & fortune cookies & we'll be raffling off a $25 Gift Card so you can come back for a 2nd date! Happy Bookstore Romance Day!

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