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AllDebooks
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Happy #Chatterday

How's your day going?

All welcome to join in the chitchat. ☕️

@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie @sace @Cuilin @dabbe @tpixie @TheAromaofBooks

TheBookHippie Holding my breath 🎗️… I don‘t say much on this platform because IMTIREDOFHATE but today I‘m just holding my breath waiting to see what happens. Then next week is a whole other story. My brain cannot comprehend I once again need to know the rights of students and if ICE can come into the buildings. RAGE is an appropriate word for the day. I know ppl don‘t like the political for me today this is my reality. So I put a spoiler up. Oy. 3h
tpixie Great! Reading my daily read of Les Misérables for #READLESMIS. I‘m going to finally finish my #AuthorAMonth WhoseBody? ThankGoodness! And I just read JRR Tolkien‘s poem, Errantry which is very lyrical. @Daisey shared it with me! Tonight, I‘m going to a school fundraiser with my daughter. Several men cook samples of food and you go to each table to try them, & then you vote on your favorite. I‘m bringing baggies- it‘s always too much food ? 3h
tpixie @AllDebooks Thanks for the tag! 🩵📘🩵 2h
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TheBookHippie @tpixie Les Mis is such a zen thing everyday. ♥️ 2h
tpixie @TheBookHippie yes! Thanks for hosting!! 2h
Sace I finished my sixth book of the month and I‘m currently staying tuned to the weather in hopes of another bonus day off 🤣 2h
Sace @TheBookHippie I have been thinking about you. I‘m also holding my breath and anxious about next week. 2h
Bookwormjillk @TheBookHippie I hear you. I‘m dreading going to work in DC on Tuesday. Really relieved that it‘s so cold and apparently they‘re all going to stay inside. 2h
AllDebooks @TheBookHippie I fully understand how you're feeling and wish there was something I could do to make you feel better. Just know you're not alone. I think the whole world will be holding its breath on Monday. X 2h
AllDebooks @tpixie I love Les Mis. Tonight's event sounds fun. Enjoy. X 2h
AllDebooks @Sace lol, I get that wish. 🤣 2h
AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk I can't imagine how touh that's gonna be. My thoughts are with you. X 2h
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I'm just finally having my morning coffee. We are heading to Easton, PA today to have a belated holiday with my guy's cousin and her two sons (19 & 16). The father passed about 2 years ago and they all had similar interests. We like to spend time with the boys talking about superheroes and Legos. @TheBookHippie I am not looking forward to this week. You're all in my thoughts. ❤️ 2h
TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk ugh thankful for small favours of the weather. Sigh. 1h
TheBookHippie @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick So sweet. Legos are the best! Hope you all have a wonderful time. ♥️ 1h
TheBookHippie @AllDebooks Yup. Just keep swimming!!! 1h
quietlycuriouskate @TheBookHippie I don't know what to say about Monday: still can't quite get my head around the fact that it's for real. 1h
tpixie @Sace snow days are fun! At any age!! 🩵❄️🩵 1h
tpixie @AllDebooks thanks! 😊 1h
dabbe @TheBookHippie Right there with you, my friend. Living in a border state has me very worried as well. I still can't even wrap my head around it. He loses and there's an almost-insurrection. We lose, and we're supposed to play nice in the sandbox. RAGE is the word. 🩶🖤🩶 1h
TheBookHippie @dabbe ♥️💯 1h
Bookwormjillk @dabbe 👏👏👏 1h
Seabreeze_Reader @dabbie @thebookhippie Thank you to the Littens here for acknowledging & writing something about the upcoming IT event. I'm feeling a wide range of emotions. 🥺😤😱 (It's better to not feel isolated in our feelings/opinions, IMHO.) On Monday, I won't be watching any tv broadcasts. Even knowing it won't change anything at all, instead on Monday I plan to read a #bannedbook 57m
Librarybelle @TheBookHippie I was talking with my parents yesterday about how no one in my area has thought about those forced to leave the US and the impact this will have on the agriculture here. It‘s so sad. Rage away…I‘m with you! 52m
TheBookHippie @Seabreeze_Reader I‘m doing service for MLK day and not tuning into a thing. I absolutely agree we should speak up. Those who are celebrating would like us not to - and to be quiet, which is not my problem. 49m
TheBookHippie @Librarybelle many have left here (in November -about 60 percent). 48m
Librarybelle @TheBookHippie 😔 So very sad. By the way, have you read this…we‘re discussing it for #LiteraryCrew on Monday, and it‘s been a good read on speaking up in your own way against hate for a YA audience. I‘ve thought of you while reading the stories! 43m
Faranae I'm super sleep-deprived, but also excited because I finally have a fridge in my basement suite, so I can maybe start eating better. Anyone got healthy snack ideas? Nothing crunchy and it's winter here in the far North so produce will cost an arm and a leg. But baking is an option! 😻 30m
AnnCrystal 🫂💝.
@Seabreeze_Reader
@dabbe
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@AllDebooks @quietlycuriouskate
@Librarybelle

It feels like we're reading an unrealistic sci-fi book...

My mom and I went grocery shopping yesterday. We stocked up a bit in case there's some kind of chaos and we're forced to shelter in place...that sounds ridiculous...this just all feels unsettling.

Keep praying for our wild in the forests, waters, and sky.

🇺🇸🙏🦅🇺🇲.
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TheBookHippie @AnnCrystal ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 25m
TheBookHippie @Librarybelle yes we did this with young people for a book club ♥️♥️♥️ last go round … 24m
Sace @AllDebooks I love my job and my kids are the BEST, but being at home snuggled in bed reading is even better! 😊 18m
Librarybelle @AnnCrystal ❤️❤️❤️ 18m
Librarybelle @TheBookHippie It‘s a good book club book for teens! 17m
Sace @tpixie they certainly are! 13m
TheBookHippie @Librarybelle they very much liked it. 5m
AllDebooks @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick lego is the best invention. Have a fun time x now
AllDebooks @quietlycuriouskate it's a dystopian nightmare, but unfortunately, irl. I'm still in shock now
AllDebooks @dabbe 💙 thinking of you all 💙 now
AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @tpixie @sace @Bookwormjillk @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @quietlycuriouskate @dabbe @Seabreeze_Reader @Librarybelle @Faranae @AnnCrystal And to anyone else who participates in #Chatterday 😊 Thank you for your responses. I started this as an open, safe space to discuss anything. I'm so pleased you all feel able to voice your worries, alongside all the good stuff. X now
AllDebooks @Seabreeze_Reader I'm with you 💯 x now
AllDebooks I'm changing today's #Chatterday tag to #RAGEaday. X now
AllDebooks @Librarybelle We had this issue after Brexit. No one thought about a ll the EU residents working in the UK that would return to their home countries. Take the mic was the best read. 👌 now
AllDebooks @Faranae we love flapjacks. Various nice recipes in this article https://www.olivemagazine.com/guides/snacks-winter-walks/ now
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GingerAntics
Pet | Akwaeke Emezi
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Pickpick

This is such an important book, for abused kids, for trans kids, for kids in general - because let‘s be honest, people are constantly trying to just shut kids up and keep them from speaking truth to power. Of course that power and those who are power hungry are trying to silence this, too.
#AkwaekeEmezi #Pet #lgbtq #abusedkids #truthtopower #audiobook #bannedbook #ireadbannedbooks #bannedbooksweek

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PaperbackPirate
Jaws | Peter Benchley
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Pickpick

This year is the 50th anniversary since Jaws was first published. The story still holds up after all this time. We‘re unfortunately still asking what‘s more important: human lives or money?
🚧 This is a banned book!
I have seen the movie many times over the years, & I enjoyed most differences between the two.
Speaking of movies, I was randomly rewatching Back to the Future 2 & laughed at the Jaws 19 prediction.
🦈🦈🦈🦈

#doublespin #bookspinbingo

MemoirsForMe Wow! 50 years already! This photo is hilarious 😁 6mo
AmyG This is a banned book? 😳 6mo
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AnnCrystal Wait, seriously. They banned Jaws? I'm too cowardly to watch the movie, yet that makes no sense to me. 6mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 6mo
PaperbackPirate Lol thank you @UwannaPublishme ! 😂 6mo
PaperbackPirate @AmyG @AnnCrystal Banned for sexual content according to what I read. There‘s a random sexy chapter in the middle of the whole thing where the sheriff‘s wife talks about her fantasies. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 6mo
AnnCrystal @PaperbackPirate 😉👍 Thank you for explaining the reason for the ban.

They were being 😂 funny 🤣, I mean, it was 1974, but it still seems ridiculously old fashioned 🤔.
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ElizaMarie
This Book Is Gay | Juno Dawson
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My #BookSpin pick is this #BannedBook

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ElizaMarie
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So, I had made a mistake on my #BookSpinBingo and actually, my #BookSpin book is a #BannedBook.

I did a quick Google and Libby search and found this one ready for download. Also needed a new #AudioCommute. So here it is. It's a super quick book. Probably finish it tomorrow on my commute to and from work.

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage The movie of this was really good. 7mo
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ElizaMarie
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Pickpick

This is a great memoir. I feel such sadness for those of you out there who feel uncomfortable with presenting yourself as is. Some of the panels talked about not staying up for yourself because you didn't want to seem rude. Ugh! That speaks to me. Please all know #YouAreSafeWithMe and please #StandUp
#BannedBook

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Julsmarshall
Flamer | Mike Curato
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Pickpick

This #bannedbook was lovely and meaningful. In this thoughtful graphic novel, the author explores the experiences of a kid who sees themself as different and is struggling with the labels others are putting on them. The boy scout camp setting offers the perfect backdrop and brought back memories of when my son was immersed in the Scout community, luckily his seemed more inclusive than most. #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks #bookriotchallenge

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 11mo
TieDyeDude I really enjoyed this book and the author's ability to give the main character depth without feeling the need to give them a definitive label. It is a shame that it is such a challenged book because it could be invaluable to certain young people. 11mo
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TeamFiction
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Well Florida has finally lost it. It has banned over 1,600 books including several dictionaries. The reason for banning the dictionaries is because, they contain “Sexual Content”. The list of banned books is in the link below ⬇️ 📚📖

https://pen.org/escambia-county-florida-banned-books-list/#:~...

#StopTheBookBans #BannedBooks #BannedBook 📚📖

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ChrisBohjalian
Trans-Sister Radio: A Novel | Chris Bohjalian
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I swear, I did not stage this image or put TRANS-SISTER RADIO in this Little Free Library. I spotted it in Middlebury while walking Jesse, my beloved dog. This is one more reason why I love #Vermont: my most #bannedbook in a #littlefreelibrary .

marleed I love to see banned books in LFLs. It has to be a thrill to author a banned book yet see it out there in the wild awaiting a new reader! 13mo
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shortsarahrose
The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services | Heather Booth, Karen Jensen
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Today‘s #bookhaul - the handbook is one of the books for my class on library services for teens (after a year long break because of surgery/Crohn‘s flare, I‘m finally getting back to my grad school program!), while the other is a #bannedbook that I‘ve been interested in