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librarybookhog.bsky.social
@librarybookhog.bsky.social
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My library card is exhausted📚
Poet, artist, too-frequent library-goer

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Weekend reading:

1. “The Vegetarian” by Han Kang (5/5⭐️)
2. “Black No More” by George S. Schuyler (5/5⭐️)
3. “Bad Monkeys” by Matt Ruff
-Still reading it, but I’m hooked

#books #librarybooks #booksky #bookrecs #hankang
Three books standing up on a stack of large books against a wall with a candle in front of them to the left illuminating the books. Books in photo from left to right: 1. “The Vegetarian” by Han Kang 2. “Black No More” by George S. Schuyler 3. “Bad Monkeys” by Matt Ruff
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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California voters approved new congressional district boundaries Tuesday, delivering a victory for Democrats in the state-by-state redistricting battle that will help determine which party wins control of the U.S. House in 2026. https://to.pbs.org/3LoELbB
California approves new Democratic-backed congressional map
California voters approved new congressional district boundaries Tuesday, delivering a victory for Democrats in the state-by-state redistricting battle that will help determine which party wins contro...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
We need a new generation of leaders who are the voices of democracy, freedom, social justice, & the rule of law.

A new generation that renews the “we” in “we the people.”

Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as part of its future.
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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JUST IN: Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.
Mamdani wins New York City mayoral race, in a historic victory for progressives
Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
librarybookhog.bsky.social
“Give me a prejudice and I will move the world”
-Gabriel García Márquez “Chronicle of a Death Foretold”

#book #books #booksky #gabrielgarcíamárquez #quote #bookquotes
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Just finished!

“We” by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Could barely put it down, got swept up in the story.

#book #books #booksky #librarybooks #scifi #sciencefiction
November 2, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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This week’s library haul!

Top ➡️ bottom
“We Have Always Lived in the Castle” -Shirley Jackson
“The Anomaly” -Hervé Le Tellier
“Beautyland” -Marie-Helene Bertino
“The Half Has Never Been Told” -Edward E. Baptist

#library #librarybooks #books #booksky #bookrecs
Stack of four books on a wooden desk against a white wall in the background. From top to bottom “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” -Shirley Jackson “The Anomaly” -Hervé Le Tellier “Beautyland” -Marie-Helene Bertino “The Half Has Never Been Told” -Edward E. Baptist
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Library Return! 🚨

“Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News” by Alec Karakatsanis

5/5 ⭐️

#copaganda #library #libraryreturn #bookrecs #booksky #nonfiction
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Library haul! 📚

What I checked out this weekend:

1. “James” by Percival Everett
2. “Penance” by Kanae Minato

#library #librarybooks #jamespercivaleverett #bookrecs #booksky
October 27, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Library return! 🚨

Children of the New World: A Novel of the Algerian War by Assua Djebar
5/5 ⭐️

BEAUTIFUL writing, amazing!

#booksky #bookrec #historicalfiction #history #library #librarybook #books
October 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.

Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.

https://www.ala.org/bbooks.
BANNED BOOKS WEEK Oct. 5-11, 2025. Censorship is so 1984 - Read for Your Rights. ala.org/bbooks. American Library Association
October 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
librarybookhog.bsky.social
RIP Assata Shakur

#assata #assatashakur #autobiography
September 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Read my review of “It’s Ok That You’re Not Ok” by Megan Devine

The tldr of it: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#booksky #mentalhealth #selfhelp #review #bookreview #books #nonfiction #grief

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Book Review: It’s OK That You’re Not OK by Megan Devine (September 16th, 2025) I have RARELY felt so validated and not irritated while reading a self-help book! Megan Devine does an amazing job of n...
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September 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Library return! 🚨

“Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop” by Hwang Po-Rum 😍

(Forgot to take a picture of the physical book, so here’s a screenshot of it from my library’s website)

#booksky #bookrec #libraries #library
A screenshot of the book “Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop” by Hwang Po-Rum from my library’s website
September 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Library book haul! 📚

1. “Katabasis”, R. F. Kuang ‼️‼️
2. “Strange Pictures”, Uketsu 👀
3. “Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Family”, Patrick Radden Keefe 😮

#book #books #booksky #librarybook #katabasis #rfkuang
September 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Library returns! 🚨

1. “Parable of the Talents”, Octavia E. Butler ⭐️
Is it bad that I liked this one more than Sower? (Octavia Butler can do no wrong imo though)

2. “The Hour of the Star”, Clarice Lispector
The palate cleanser I didn’t know I needed.

#librarybook #octaviabutler #booksky #bookrecs
Two books propped up on a windowsill against a window 1. “Parable of the Talents”, Octavia E. Butler ⭐️ 2. “The Hour of the Star”, Clarice Lispector
September 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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WOOHOO LET’S GOOO!!!! FINALLY!
So excited!!!

#katabasis #rfkuang #librarybook #booksky #booktok
September 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
librarybookhog.bsky.social
Library returns!! 🚨🚨

1. Sula by Toni Morrisson

2. Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates

#books #bookrecs #librarybooks #booksky #booktok #sula #menwhohatewomen
The book “Sula” by Toni Morrison laying flat on a wooden desk. The boon “Men Who Hate Women” by Laura Bates propped ip on a wooden desk with a white wall in the background.
September 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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#poet #writer #writing #selfreflection #art #doodles #penandink #journal
September 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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A lil poem by moi

#poem #poetry #poet #writing #writer #drawing #penandink #art #journal #butterfly
Laying on top of s light-colored wooden table: 1. A blank notebook with the following written in cursive: “Monday September 1st, 2025” with a squiggly line underneath, followed by, “Goodbye, past / You have nothing left for me / Hello, future / You have everything left for me”. It is signed “-Kelly Rice” with a red chop stamp of a Chinese name to the right of the signed english name. A pen and ink drawing of a cocoon hanging from a branch with a butterfly half-emerged from it is at the bottom of the page. 2. Laying to the right of the notebook, a silver metal bookmark with the Chinese character for happiness 　 “福” and the english word “happiness” engraved in it alternating down the length of the bookmark with a circular metal piece attached to the bookmark by a thick piece of string.
September 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Library Return!! 🚨🚨

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

5/5 ⭐️

Reading this is an absolute REQUIREMENT

#history #library #librarybook #ordinarymen #books #booksky #bookrec
A picture of the book “Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland” propped up on a white windowsill against the corner of a window
August 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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My non-library book TBR. Might eff around and read one of them one day 📚

#book #books #tbr #booksky #books
Four tall stacks of books of unequal heights in an L-shape against a white wall and a black bookcase on a carpeted floor.
August 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Shopped at my local Friends of the Library book sale today!

#books #library #libraries #booksky #reading #bookworm
A black and white picture of books on a table with a sign that says “Biography” sitting on the table between two rows of books with their spines facing up. More tables with books and silhouettes of people’s shadows can be seen in the background.
August 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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What I was searching for vs the result I got 💀😂

(Disclaimer: I was searching for this book out of pure curiosity, nothing more!)

#librarybook #humor #booksky #funny
On the left, a photo of a cover of the book “When Violence is the Answer: Learning How to Do What It Takes When Your Life Is at Stake” by Tim Larkin On the right, a screenshot of an online mlibrary catalog search of the book, but the only search result is “When Kids Ask Hard Questions: Faith-filled Responses for Tough Topics” by Bromleigh McCleneghan and Karen Ware Jackson
August 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Library returns!! 🚨🚨

1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
🧠🧐🌬️

2. Miss Kim Knows and Other Short Stories by Cho Nam-Joo
😍💗💞

#booksky #books #bookrecs #thealchemist #librarybooks
Two books standing up on a wooden desk side-by-side in front of a white wall. Books in the photo: 1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (left) 2. Miss Kim Knows and Other Short Stories by Cho Nam-Joo (right)
August 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM