Vivian Taylor (she/her)
@thebookdivareads.bsky.social
Avid book reader 📚 and devoted tea drinker 🫖
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#WordsOfWisdom
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
Quote text: “If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one’s chances of survival increase with each book one reads.” — Sherman Alexie
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
Quote text: “If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one’s chances of survival increase with each book one reads.” — Sherman Alexie
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
#WordsOfWisdom
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
Quote text: “If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one’s chances of survival increase with each book one reads.” — Sherman Alexie
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
Quote text: “If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one’s chances of survival increase with each book one reads.” — Sherman Alexie
#WVBookFestival kick off!!
Tonight's the 43rd McCreight Lecture in the Humanities featuring Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen at 7:30 PM at the historic Capitol Theater in Charleston.
Free
Doors open: 7:00 PM, lecture begins: 7:30 PM
#WVHumanities #McCreightLecture #CharlestonWV
Tonight's the 43rd McCreight Lecture in the Humanities featuring Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen at 7:30 PM at the historic Capitol Theater in Charleston.
Free
Doors open: 7:00 PM, lecture begins: 7:30 PM
#WVHumanities #McCreightLecture #CharlestonWV
October 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
#WVBookFestival kick off!!
Tonight's the 43rd McCreight Lecture in the Humanities featuring Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen at 7:30 PM at the historic Capitol Theater in Charleston.
Free
Doors open: 7:00 PM, lecture begins: 7:30 PM
#WVHumanities #McCreightLecture #CharlestonWV
Tonight's the 43rd McCreight Lecture in the Humanities featuring Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen at 7:30 PM at the historic Capitol Theater in Charleston.
Free
Doors open: 7:00 PM, lecture begins: 7:30 PM
#WVHumanities #McCreightLecture #CharlestonWV
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GODS OF JADE AND SHADOW giveaway
Win a copy of GODS OF JADE AND SHADOW Shipped anywhere in the world Brand new paperback edition from Arcadia ‘This is historical fantasy at its best’ S.A. Chakraborty, author of The City of Brass ***...
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October 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I'm entering this competition and you can too! wn.nr/85rtKMn
#Wordsofwisdom via Azquotes.com
Text: “I’m a firm believer that language and how we use language determines how we act, and how we act then determines our lives and other people’s lives.”
— Ntozake Shange
Text: “I’m a firm believer that language and how we use language determines how we act, and how we act then determines our lives and other people’s lives.”
— Ntozake Shange
October 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
#Wordsofwisdom via Azquotes.com
Text: “I’m a firm believer that language and how we use language determines how we act, and how we act then determines our lives and other people’s lives.”
— Ntozake Shange
Text: “I’m a firm believer that language and how we use language determines how we act, and how we act then determines our lives and other people’s lives.”
— Ntozake Shange
EveryLibrary's Executive Director, John Chrastka, discusses why he believes in libraries.
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I Believe in Libraries.
EveryLibrary's Executive Director, John Chrastka, discusses why he believes in libraries.
www.everylibrary.org
September 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
EveryLibrary's Executive Director, John Chrastka, discusses why he believes in libraries.
www.everylibrary.org/i_believe_in... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/i_believe_in... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Within days, the Senate will vote on legislation that would devastate public media. Call your Senators now and urge them to remove public media funding cuts from the rescissions package. bit.ly/3GqqF7y #ProtectMyPublicMedia
Urge Your Senators: Remove the Proposal to Cut Public Media Funding
The Senate will soon consider a rescissions package that would take back approved public media funding. Call your Senators now!
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July 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Within days, the Senate will vote on legislation that would devastate public media. Call your Senators now and urge them to remove public media funding cuts from the rescissions package. bit.ly/3GqqF7y #ProtectMyPublicMedia
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Trump is doing his best to create division and discord between Muslims and Jews, and joining him is a sustained campaign of propaganda.
Here I prove that Muslims and Jews have had a Long history of peace together—one we must revive on the tenets of justice.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...
Here I prove that Muslims and Jews have had a Long history of peace together—one we must revive on the tenets of justice.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...
Debunking Hateful Propaganda about Jews and Muslims
A viral meme claims Jews and Muslims have warred for thousands of years, but the facts prove this myth dangerously false—and the exact opposite as true
www.qasimrashid.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Trump is doing his best to create division and discord between Muslims and Jews, and joining him is a sustained campaign of propaganda.
Here I prove that Muslims and Jews have had a Long history of peace together—one we must revive on the tenets of justice.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...
Here I prove that Muslims and Jews have had a Long history of peace together—one we must revive on the tenets of justice.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...
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Authorities from the United States to Argentina, Russia, and around the world are targeting books to erase perspectives and restrict speech. This #WorldBookDay, we join @peninternational.bsky.social's call to defend the freedom to read and to end book bans.
Today, on #WorldBookDay, PEN International and its Centres denounce the alarming rise in book bans and censorship around the world.
Read our full statement on the escalating attacks on the freedom to read since 2024 ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/pen-int...
Read our full statement on the escalating attacks on the freedom to read since 2024 ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/pen-int...
PEN International calls for an end to book bans on World Book Day 2025 — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
“Censoring books is not just silencing authors, it is an attempt to suppress society’s ability to question, and to reflect. Authoritarian governments fear the transformative power of words—words that ...
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April 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Authorities from the United States to Argentina, Russia, and around the world are targeting books to erase perspectives and restrict speech. This #WorldBookDay, we join @peninternational.bsky.social's call to defend the freedom to read and to end book bans.
The first two statewide elections of the Trump era have underscored a vital truth:
Libraries are not red or blue, liberal or conservative, left or right—they are essential.
www.everylibrary.org/first_librar... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Libraries are not red or blue, liberal or conservative, left or right—they are essential.
www.everylibrary.org/first_librar... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Results of the First Library Ballot Initiatives in the Trump Era
www.everylibrary.org
April 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The first two statewide elections of the Trump era have underscored a vital truth:
Libraries are not red or blue, liberal or conservative, left or right—they are essential.
www.everylibrary.org/first_librar... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Libraries are not red or blue, liberal or conservative, left or right—they are essential.
www.everylibrary.org/first_librar... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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It's National Library Week. Now more than ever, libraries are important.
April 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It's National Library Week. Now more than ever, libraries are important.
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We need things that make us smile.
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12 Cheeky Buildings Shaped Like Animals
From a crocodile-like hotel to an elephant-inspired skyscraper, these building add a touch of whimsy to the everyday
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April 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We need things that make us smile.
www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/buil...
www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/buil...
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April 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Want to grab today's deals from Kobo or Bookshop instead*? Affiliate links below! 😊
Your Friday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.49. Happy shopping! 📚❤
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Your Friday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.49. Happy shopping! 📚❤
*if available
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I recently received a signed print copy of THE GIRL WHO DISAPPEARED TWICE by Andrea Kane. Thanks to the author and @partnersincrimevbt.bsky.social. Now I need to add the remaining titles in the "Forensic Instincts" series to my print library (I have most in my digital library already).
#booksky 📚
#booksky 📚
March 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I recently received a signed print copy of THE GIRL WHO DISAPPEARED TWICE by Andrea Kane. Thanks to the author and @partnersincrimevbt.bsky.social. Now I need to add the remaining titles in the "Forensic Instincts" series to my print library (I have most in my digital library already).
#booksky 📚
#booksky 📚
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If Musk and his Technoboyz can't stop a cyber attack at X, maybe they shouldn't have access to our Social Security? Just brainstorming.
March 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If Musk and his Technoboyz can't stop a cyber attack at X, maybe they shouldn't have access to our Social Security? Just brainstorming.
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In 1942, the American President opposed censorship because books were weapons in the fight against tyranny.
March 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
In 1942, the American President opposed censorship because books were weapons in the fight against tyranny.
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In 2017, Trump gave a $2 trillion tax cut mostly sucked up by billionaires and big corporations.
But it was so expensive, Republicans set many of their tax cuts to end after 2025.
Now, Republicans want to steal from working people to pay for more tax cuts for billionaires.
But it was so expensive, Republicans set many of their tax cuts to end after 2025.
Now, Republicans want to steal from working people to pay for more tax cuts for billionaires.
March 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In 2017, Trump gave a $2 trillion tax cut mostly sucked up by billionaires and big corporations.
But it was so expensive, Republicans set many of their tax cuts to end after 2025.
Now, Republicans want to steal from working people to pay for more tax cuts for billionaires.
But it was so expensive, Republicans set many of their tax cuts to end after 2025.
Now, Republicans want to steal from working people to pay for more tax cuts for billionaires.
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This week for Shelf Love, an interview series in collaboration with @authorsabb.bsky.social, we talked to @kennedyryan.bsky.social.
Romance is one of the most targeted genres for book bans. Read on to find out why writing for and about marginalized love matters: pen.org/kennedy-ryan...
Romance is one of the most targeted genres for book bans. Read on to find out why writing for and about marginalized love matters: pen.org/kennedy-ryan...
Romance Can be Resistance: Kennedy Ryan On Writing Romance for the Real World | Shelf Love - PEN America
In this Shelf Love, Kennedy Ryan talks about the importance of romance novels and how to break into a literary landscape gate-kept by men.
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March 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This week for Shelf Love, an interview series in collaboration with @authorsabb.bsky.social, we talked to @kennedyryan.bsky.social.
Romance is one of the most targeted genres for book bans. Read on to find out why writing for and about marginalized love matters: pen.org/kennedy-ryan...
Romance is one of the most targeted genres for book bans. Read on to find out why writing for and about marginalized love matters: pen.org/kennedy-ryan...
Other than reading (a lot of reading, 90+ books so far this year), I haven't been very active on social media this year. I've been reading, attending book club meetings, and did some shopping. I treated myself to a new Yoshi Bookworm handbag.
March 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Other than reading (a lot of reading, 90+ books so far this year), I haven't been very active on social media this year. I've been reading, attending book club meetings, and did some shopping. I treated myself to a new Yoshi Bookworm handbag.
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This needs to be amplified.
February 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This needs to be amplified.
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Said it before and I’ll say it again.
Cutting $4.5T in taxes for 800 billionaires but not $1.7T in exploitative student debt for 45M Americans is the modern version of let them eat cake.
Cutting $4.5T in taxes for 800 billionaires but not $1.7T in exploitative student debt for 45M Americans is the modern version of let them eat cake.
February 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Said it before and I’ll say it again.
Cutting $4.5T in taxes for 800 billionaires but not $1.7T in exploitative student debt for 45M Americans is the modern version of let them eat cake.
Cutting $4.5T in taxes for 800 billionaires but not $1.7T in exploitative student debt for 45M Americans is the modern version of let them eat cake.
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RIP to one of the bona fide greats
NEW YORK (AP) — Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer known for 'Killing Me Softly With His Song' and other intimate hits, dies at 88.
February 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
RIP to one of the bona fide greats
I think I grossly underestimated how much time it might take to download 5369 Kindle books.
February 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I think I grossly underestimated how much time it might take to download 5369 Kindle books.