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Tara Nelson
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Single mom
Bibliophile
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Occasional Substacker
Experimental home cook
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I recently purchased 2 lovely orchids. Over the last few days, I have found that they bring me so much joy, and they probably have no idea.
Two orchids. A tall pink petal orchid in a pink pot and a smaller purple orchid in a purple pot. I recently purchased them, and my joy has increased quite a bit.
March 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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On this day in #BlackHistoryMonth- February 28, 1964 Jazz pianist and composer Thelonius Monk was on the cover of Time Magazine and featured in the article "The Loneliest Monk."
Time Magazine cover image of Jazz Man Thelonius Monk from the February 28, 1964 issue.
February 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Ok,...fast and dangerous with a great soundtrack and cute guys. I'm already exhausted, and the planes haven't been fueled up yet. Excuse me while I play Danger Zone on repeat for the rest of the year.
January 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Ok,...fast and dangerous with a great soundtrack and cute guys. I'm already exhausted, and the planes haven't been fueled up yet. Excuse me while I play Danger Zone on repeat for the rest of the year.
January 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Interesting 🤔
Merriam Webster word for 2025 is acidulous, in black letters against a white background. Means slightly sour; sharp; caustic; moderately acid or tart; subacid.
January 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Age yourself with a movie you saw in theaters as a baby.
Movie poster for Star Wars Episode Four A New Hope. On the poster is Luke Skywalker holding a light saber, Han Solo holding his gun, Princess Leia, Obi Wan Kenobe, the Death Star, and X Wing fighters
December 13, 2024 at 4:45 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
20/20
Book cover is a photo of Carol Burnett, smiling, with a hand under her chin. She's wearing a cream turtleneck and cardigan. In the top right of book is title in gold letters, This Time Together Laughter and Reflection. At bottom in gold letters, the author's name Carol Burnett.
December 5, 2024 at 6:35 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
19/20
Book cover in white and black. At top, in gold letters, the author's name, Thomas Harris. In the middle, the image of Black moth wings. At bottom, the title in gold letters, The Silence of the Lambs.
December 5, 2024 at 12:33 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
18/20
Book cover shows a woman with curled hair, naked, wrapped up in a snake that is green. The snake is holding a branch with berries on it. The background on the top half of the book is a brushed background of green and orange. The author's name, Jeanette Winterson, is in black letters with white shadow. The bottom half of the book is black. The title, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, is written in orange. A photo of the author is below the title. She is a white woman with short dark hair and is wearing a jacket in an outdoor photo.
December 3, 2024 at 1:05 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
17/20
Book cover in cream color. A Black woman dresses in a red and orange dress, a red and orange wrap covering her hair; she is in profile. The book title in red letters at top Parable of the Sower. The author's name in black letters at bottom Octavia E. Butler.
December 2, 2024 at 11:55 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
16/20
Book cover in all sepia tone. There are clouds at the top and water at the bottom. In the middle are building lit up so they appear white and they are reflected in the water. At the top in white letters is the title The Devil in the White City. In brownish letters Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America. At the bottom in white letters, the author's name Erik Larson.
December 1, 2024 at 3:05 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
15/20
Book cover is an illustration of a cliff over a vast blue ocean. There is a house in red and green at the edge of the cliff. There is a red bus parked in front. There are bare trees along the road leading to the house. The book title in white at the top The House in the Cerulean Sea. The author's name towards the bottom, in blue in front of a rising sun reads TJ Klune. The clouds at the top are in pinks, purples, and blues.
November 30, 2024 at 4:14 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
14/20
Book cover in all red. There are two women with their backs to us, their arms wrapped around each other. One woman has long black hair, a white long sleeve shirt, black bottoms. The woman next to her has short grey hair, wears a yellow shirt and white bottoms. At top of book in gold letters, the author's name Amy Tan. The book title in white letters The Joy Luck Club.
November 29, 2024 at 4:28 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
13/20
Book cover in white. In the middle is a Black teen girl, holding a white sign that reads The Hate U Give. She has a red headband in her curly-coily hair, cutoff shorts, and black/white sneakers. At the top, in red letters, is the author's name Angie Thomas.
November 28, 2024 at 3:55 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
12/20
Book cover in all charging the middle, in capital red letters VOX, in black letters "a novel". One the right side of the cover is the profile of a white woman, the X covering her mouth. At bottom is the author's name in black letters Christina Dalcher.
November 27, 2024 at 2:05 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
11/20
Book cover is black and dark blue, with a red sun, black mountains with golden caps. In white letters at the top is the title The Hobbit. At the bottom is the author's name in white letters J.R.R. Tolkien. In red letters reads 75th Anniversary Edition.
November 26, 2024 at 1:17 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
10/20 (halfway there 🥰)
Book cover in shades of black, red, and green. In black part the title To Kill a Mockingbird in green and white letters. In the red section, a black tree with green leaves. In black writing, the words A Novel By, and in white letters the author's name Harper Lee. In the green section at bottom, the words Harper Luxe. In a corner of the red section, a circle that reads 50th Anniversary Edition.
November 25, 2024 at 1:29 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
9/20
Book cover is burnt orange color. At tope, in red curly letters the title Ramona Quimby, Age 8. In lavender curly letters "Being eight in the Quimby family is harder than Ramona expected.". At bottom in black capital letters, the author's name Beverly Cleary. In center is a young girl, blunt cut brown hair, tongue sticking out of her mouth as she attempts to ride a yellow bicycle; in the background are 2 boys, one a blonde in a purple striped shirt and purple pants, the other boy a brunette in black shirt and brown pants, sitting on a bike; both are looking at the young girl.
November 24, 2024 at 4:36 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
8/20
Book cover - On the left side, there is a strip of 4 pictures of a young girl. In the top picture, she is smiling at the camera with her head tilted over her right shoulder; in the 2nd picture, she is smiling, but her eyes are looking to the right; in the 3rd picture she is looking at something she is holding her hands; in the 4th picture she is looking to the right. The right half of the cover, it is orange with black writing that says Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl. In red letters at bottom, it says A Definitive Edition, edited by Mirjam Pressler; includes previously unpublished material; introduction by Nadia Murad.
November 23, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
7/20
Book cover with grey blocks at top and bottom and a white block in the middle. In top block, title Night in white letters. In middle block, author name in black Elie Wiesel over a red barb wire fence. Below red, the words Winner of the Nobel Prize in black letters. A teal line at top of white block reads "with a new preface by the author"
November 22, 2024 at 1:09 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
6/20
Red book cover with sun in shades of yellow and orange in bottom left corner. A Black bird is prominent on bottom half cover. The title in white letters reads I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Author name at top in yellow reads Maya Angelou.
November 21, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
5/20
Book cover with split image. Top image is black shadows of buildings against a white and pale yellow background. Bottom half is green trees upside down against a white and pale blue background. Title The World Without Us in white letters in middle of page. Author name Alan Weisman in green at bottom. A New York Times Bestseller in black writing below green trees.
November 20, 2024 at 1:14 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
4/20
Book cover: A young girl's eye looking at you. Flower petals against her cheeks. In large font reads Judy Blume, below in skinny font reads Tiger Eyes, over the lips of the girl.
November 19, 2024 at 12:25 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
3/20
Black woman in a loose fitting dress, standing in a field, she's looking to her left (our right) at something we cannot see. Title Kindred in white lowercase letters middle-right; a sticker that says "25th Anniversary Edition"; lower left author's name in white letters Octavia E. Butler.
November 18, 2024 at 12:25 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.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
2/20
Book cover with face of Toni Morrison. Black box with name Toni Morrison in white text. Beloved in white text in the middle. Black triangle with white book and white letters that say Everyman's Library. Brown box with white letters reading Introduction by A. S. Byatt.
November 17, 2024 at 11:29 PM