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#LibFaves25 day 9 - RETURN TO SENDER by Vera Brosgal - A funny and tender splendid middle grade novel about a grieving boy who discovers a way to make wishes come true and eventually discovers those wishes aren't free, he just might not have been the one paying for them.
Cover art for RETURN TO SENDEE by Vera Brosgol. Two dark-haired and pale-skinned children float envelopes to each other from opposing fire escapes. A black cat and a bodyguard watch from a higher fire escape. The background is bright green and patterned with brick-shaped rectangles. The title is in bright yellow between the fire escapes, and the page edges are also spray painted bright yellow.
December 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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#LibFaves25 day 8 - SINKHOLE AND OTHER INEXPLICABLE VOIDS by Leyna Krow - lyrical, often interconnected short stories that blend the surreal into everyday life, addressing family, climate change, and what it means to take care of one another.
The book cover for SINKHOLE AND OTHER INEXPLICABLE VOIDS by Leyna Krow fades transitions from dark blue at the top (featuring an upside down Mount Rainier) to orange at the bottom, like an upside down sunset. The title, in white letters, is written in an upside down half sun or bowl shape with rays stretching from the center of the flat edge of the shape to the outside curves.
December 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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#LibFaves25 day 7 - THE INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh
December 15, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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#LibFaves25 day 6 - I AM WIND: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY written by Rachel Poliquin & illustrated by Rachel Wada. Exquisitely beautiful children's nonfiction incorporating poetry, myth, history, and science.
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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#LibFaves25 day 5: THE RIVER HAS ROOTS by Amal El-Mohtar, a lyrical murder ballad fairy tale about two devoted sisters, their lovers, and a small town along the edge of Faerie.
Book cover of THE RIVER HAS ROOTS by Amal El-Mohtar. Three orange and pink daisy / mum type flowers on a single stem poke through a rounded zigzag. The thick line of the zigzag appears to show a soft hint of another land as the light either rises or sets.
December 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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It's still #LibFaves25 day 4 & I loved AFTER HOURS AT DOORYARD BOOKS by Cat Sebastian! Deeply compassionate, queer romance, dealing with grief, and found family in 1968 New York in a used and rare bookstore.
Book cover for After Hours at Dooryard Books by Cat Sebastian. Two men stand closely together near the edge of a street lamp's pool of light and in front of a few buildings. The art is black and white (except the yellow pool of light) and resembles a quick but skillful napkin sketch. The title and author's name are in black curly letters.
December 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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#LibFaves25 day 3: Jess Kidd's MURDER AT GULLS NEST. 1954 England, Nora Breen leaves her religious order to find out what happened to former novice whose last letter from a quiet beach town was deeply concerning. Wonderful voice. First in a new series. Yay!
Book cover for MURDER AT THE GULLS NEST by Jess Kidd. A two-story house near the sea sits inside a white teacup with a simple blue floral pattern, resting on a saucer. A black tea bag tag with a skull and crossbones dangles over the center edge of the cup. A few clouds puff through the title, spelled out in black letters on a golden orange background.
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Missed yesterday, so here are my #LibFaves25 day 1 & day 2: CRIMINALS by Ben Masaoka, a moving debut about two siblings growing up in a small Japanese-American community 1950s/60s California & the always excellent Maggie Stiefvater's adult debut THE LISTENERS.
Book cover of CRIMINALS by Ben Masaoka. Two Japanese-American children, an older sister and younger brother, sit at a kitchen table in a sepia-toned photograph. A thick maroon band with the title and author's name splits the cover horizontally. Below that is a sepia photo of palm trees above an irrigation ditch. Book cover of THE LISTENERS by Maggie Stiefvater. A black-and-white photograph looks down multiple floors of a beautiful curving staircase. We can see the top of the head and white-clad back of someone carrying up a tray on the right side. The title and author's name are in a light bright blue.
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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After nearly a decade, it's time to start a new reading log... obviously, how I tracked things changed over the years. (Seeing lists of all of the books I took home but didn't read got a little disheartening as opposed to just admiring my bookshelves sans tracking columns.)
December 31, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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This is the recipe my grandma always made for family Christmas. I make them now. (I do use more butter / cinnamon / sugar for the filling than the recipe calls for. And add craisins to one pan - this year it also got orange zest. 🙂) grandmasvintagerecipes.blogspot.com/2012/05/flei...
Close-up of caramel pecan rolls, studded with nuts & pooled with caramel, a few craisins poking out of the rolls.
December 25, 2024 at 6:48 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!
Day 20
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The cover of The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
December 9, 2024 at 2:55 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!
Day 19
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Book cover for The Truth by Terry Pratchett featuring a piece of type with an exclamation point set against a somewhat abstract background.
December 8, 2024 at 3:00 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!
Day 18
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The book cover for Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond, which features an interior wall of a house showing unfaded shapes where pictures used to hang.
December 7, 2024 at 4:24 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!
Day 17
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Book cover of American War: ANovel by Omar El Akkad. The title and author's name are white on a black background behind lines of silvery-blue barbed wire where some of thebatbs are star-shaped.
December 6, 2024 at 3:18 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!
Day 16
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December 5, 2024 at 4:03 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!
Day 15 (playing catch-up)
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December 5, 2024 at 4:02 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!
Day 14
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December 3, 2024 at 5:09 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!
Day 13
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December 1, 2024 at 1:34 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!
Day 12
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December 1, 2024 at 3:50 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!
Day 11
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Cover art for the sci-fi novel Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold, featuring the outline of a man's head with orange images of memories and the back of of someone else firing a weapon.
November 29, 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!
Day 10
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November 28, 2024 at 3:01 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!
Day 9
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November 27, 2024 at 2:46 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!
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November 26, 2024 at 2:48 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!
Day 7
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November 25, 2024 at 2:52 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!
Day 6
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November 24, 2024 at 3:58 PM