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Aj Sterkel
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📚 Reader
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📘 Book blogger @ Read All The Things!
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ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

50/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk. The cover has an image of two trees made out of words. There is a girl sitting between them. She's writing in a notebook.
February 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

49/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil by Stephen Collins. It's a black and white illustration of a face with a giant black beard. The beard takes up almost all of the cover.
February 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

48/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Vicious by V.E. Schwab. The cover is red with a black illustration of a man walking away. The man is walking on a path made of bones.
February 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

47/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin. The right side of the cover is a silhouette of a face in profile. The other half of the cover is white.
February 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

46/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of The Lottery And Other Stories by Shirley Jackson. It's a photograph of a woman holding a purse with both hands. The woman is wearing a beige suit. The purse is white.
February 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

45/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of St. Lucy's Home For Girls Raised By Wolves by Karen Russell. The cover is beige with an illustration of a brown wolf.
February 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

44/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Born A Crime: Stories From A South African Childhood by Trevor Noah. The cover is a photograph of a mural. The mural shows a chipped image of Trevor Noah with his hand on his head. A Black woman is walking past the mural.
February 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

43/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Scythe by Neal Shusterman. The cover has red and beige stripes. In the center of the cover is a person in a red cloak. They are holding a black scythe.
February 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

42/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. The cover is light blue with an illustration of two heads facing each other. One head is solid yellow. The other is solid white. They are both men.
February 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

41/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Furiously happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson. The cover is a photo of a taxidermy raccoon with crossed eyes and its mouth open. It is being showered with yellow glitter.
February 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

40/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. The cover is a blue-tinted photo of a European city. The majority of the photo is taken up by the sky and the ocean. The church is the tallest building in the city.
February 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

39/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick. The cover is purple with a red circle in the middle. There are 2 illustrated white rabbits. One is at the top of the circle. The other is at the bottom.
February 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

38/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The cover image is a black and white illustration of a child swinging on a tire swing that's hanging from a tree branch.
February 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

37/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The cover is dark blue with a black and white snowflake pattern.
February 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

36/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of A Separate Peace by John Knowles. The cover is an illustration on a blue background. There is a tree in the foreground. One teenage boy is standing under the tree. Another boy is standing on a tree branch. There's a white school building in the background.
February 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

35/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx. The cover has a photo of a person's hands. They are holding a coiled lasso. You can see part of a saddle and a horse's neck.
February 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

34/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Battle Royale by Koushun Takami. The cover is mostly black with a red circle near the top. There is a black and white drawing of a teenage boy and girl.
February 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

33/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Different Seasons by Stephen King. The cover is a photo of train tracks in fall. There are dead trees and grass on both sides of the tracks.
February 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

32/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Unwind by Neal Shusterman. The cover is dark blue with a lighter blue monster. The monster is human-shaped, but its body has ridges like a fingerprint. It's holding up one hand.
February 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

31/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of A Game Of Thrones by George RR Martin. The cover is gold with a rough-looking stone texture. There is a gold dragon head in the middle. The dragon has horns and sharp teeth.
February 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

30/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of The House Of The Scorpion by Nancy Farmer. The cover is black with a photo of a blue scorpion.
January 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

29/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. The cover is an illustration of a child in a vintage dress and boots. She's holding a frog.
January 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

28/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of The Secret History by Donna Tartt. The cover is black with white text. There is a gold coin in the center of the cover.
January 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
I made the thing. Am I trendy yet? Here are the vibes I bring to the function. Have you made one of these? Let's see it.

#BookSky
#TheVibesIBringToTheFunction
A very cluttered collage of all the things that interest me. The Simpsons, National Parks, EMT stuff, nachos, books, fox, moth, boxing gloves, books, Diet Coke, Colorado, Chipotle, raccoon, skunk, wolf, trees at night. These are the vibes I bring to the function.
January 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
ajsterkel.bsky.social
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.

27/20 <-- Let's just keep going because why not?

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Book cover of The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis. The cover is made to look like a road sign. It's green with a white border and bolts in each corner.
January 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM