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My birthday is tomorrow, which means my #50x50 reading challenge kicks off tomorrow! I‘m planning to read 50 books from my TBR before my 50th birthday (which is in 2028). I‘m planning to start with one of these:

Raybearer—30: gifted w/in last 5 years
Bird by Bird—9: about writing
Anam Cara—44: related to my vocation
The Library at Night—7: about books/reading

If you‘d like to join in, the link to the StoryGraph challenge is in the comments. ⤵️

BarbaraJean Link to challenge: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/ab3488e6-d99a-4172-a099-3fc97c2... 1d

BarbaraJean Reminder tags for people who‘ve joined the challenge! @julesG @TheBookHippie @CSeydel @Librarybelle @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @Bookwormjillk 1d

CSeydel Happy birthday! 1d

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Bookwormjillk Thanks for the tag! I need to make my list. 1d

TheBookHippie Working on my list!!! I‘m excited! 1d

TheBookHippie Happiest of birthdays to you!! 1d

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Happy birthday! I read bird by bird in college and liked it 🐦‍⬛ 1d

Butterfinger Happy birthday!!!! 1d

Librarybelle I was thinking about this challenge this morning! I have to do my #bookspinbingo list today, so maybe I‘ll start strategizing this as well! Happy birthday! 1d

julesG I'll probably put my list together tomorrow. 1d

BarbaraJean @CSeydel @TheBookHippie @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @Butterfinger Thank you!! @Bookwormjillk @Librarybelle @julesG It‘s been fun seeing what others have added to the challenge on SG! 21h

kspenmoll Thanks! Just joined your challenge! Happy birthday! 19h

Deblovestoread Joined! Happy birthday 🎂🎈📚🎉 15h

BarbaraJean @kspenmoll @Deblovestoread Thank you! Yay!! Glad to have you along for the ride! 12h

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kspenmoll

The Book Lover's Almanac: A Year of Literary Events, Letters, Scandals and Plot Twists | Alex Johnson

Today‘s fun fact.

Lcsmcat, AnneCecilie

Lcsmcat 😂 He should have worried more about

The Trumpet of the Swan

AnneCecilie I must confess that I‘ve never read any E. B. White and I hadn‘t even heard of him before Litsy. 2d

kspenmoll @Lcsmcat My son‘s elementary class listened while their teacher read aloud

Trumpet of the Swan

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kspenmoll @Lcsmcat Now I must check out those worries! (edited) 1d

kspenmoll @AnneCecilie He also co authored a classic book on writing

Elements of Style

kspenmoll https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style 1d

Lcsmcat Yes, I was aware of his role in Elements. I don‘t think you need worry about Trumpeter. My kids liked it even as they thought it was too weird (and my husband and I speculated on just what drugs White was taking when he wrote it!) 22h

kspenmoll @Lcsmcat 😂😂😂😂😂 22h

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HeatherBookNerd

Parnassus On Wheels | Christopher Morley

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A quick little happy book about a lively middle aged lady that sets out on an adventure in a horse-drawn bookmobile. Lovely tale, written in 1917, for book lovers.

CogsOfEncouragement I just posted about Parnassus Books in Nashville. What a fun bookish coincidence. 4d

HeatherBookNerd @CogsOfEncouragement i live in Franklin. I love Parnassus! Was there last week. 4d

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keithmalek

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their stories are better than the bestsellers | James Patterson, Matt Eversmann

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Born.A.Reader

I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life | Anne Bogel

My birthday 🎂 #bookhaul. Left is from my FOTL bookstore, right is a combo of bookmail and B&N, spending the 🥳 coupon they sent me.

Graciouswarriorprincess Happy birthday! 7d

Read-n-Bloom Happy Birthday 🎂🎉🎈! 7d

dabbe HB! 🤩🤩🤩 7d

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Ladygodiva7 🥳 Happy Birthday!! 🎈🎊🎉 7d

TheBookgeekFrau Happy Birthday! 🎉 7d

NatalieR Happy Birthday! 🎂🎈🎊 📚 6d

Born.A.Reader Thank you @Graciouswarriorprincess @Read-n-Bloom @dabbe @Ladygodiva7 @TheBookgeekFrau @NatalieR 💕 6d

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kspenmoll

The Book Lover's Almanac: A Year of Literary Events, Letters, Scandals and Plot Twists | Alex Johnson

#weeklyforecast
Top row: daily, annual reads
Middle row: #sundaybuddyread #ChristieCapers #poetry
Last row: school class reads, #lanewinslowmystery #librarybook
Week 3/23-3/29

TheBookHippie, Librarybelle

Librarybelle Lots of good titles! 1w

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Tamra

Banned Books | DK

I was tempted, except nobody but me would see them under my pant legs. 😜

AmyG 😂love them! 1w

BethM Omg I totally would have bought them. 1w

dabbe 🤩🤣🤩 1w

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LeahBergen 😆😆 1w

Julsmarshall But you would know they were there :) 1w

Leftcoastzen 👏👏👏😂 1w

Prairiegirl_reading I have similar socks and I purposely wear them to work when I‘m pissed off. No one else can see them but I know they are there and it‘s so petty that it makes me happy. 😊 1w

Jeg I love socks like that but same problem no one sees them. 🤷🏻‍♂️. 1w

Cathythoughts Short pants are the answer 😁😘 1w

sarahbarnes Oh man I want those. 😍 1w

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shawnmooney

Rereadings: Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love | Anne Fadiman

https://youtu.be/32Tp-OUpMl4?si=iYTuS87hpdxOHVDT

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Born.A.Reader

The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore | Evan Friss

"Three Lives and Company is a 650 square ft bookshop on a corner in New York City's West Village."
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

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vivastory

The Bibliophile's Devotional: 365 Days of Literary Classics | Hallie Ephron

Litsy has really been lagging for me all week, so I haven't been on very much. Anywho..my #weirdwords choice this week is vellichor. According to Ye Olde Google 'Vellichor is a new word and refers to the aromatic atmosphere within second-hand bookshops.“ It's been a bit since I've had the chance to visit my local used bookstore, Might have to set aside some time soon to do so! Years ago I used to be a regular.
@cbee

CBee Ooooo what a wonderful word! And I LOVE that smell 😍😍 2w

vivastory @CBee There's a candle shop in Minnesota that sells several book themed candles, including one called bookstore 💕 2w

tpixie Interesting 🤔 I know the smell now I know the word! (edited) 2w

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vivastory @tpixie It should be sold as a fragrance everywhere IMO 📖 2w

tpixie @vivastory yes! 2w

TheBookHippie My second favorite smell!!! 2w

vivastory @TheBookHippie Now I have to ask! What's your favorite smell? 😁 😅 2w

TheBookHippie @vivastory Mr BookHippies beard 👀😂😅 2w

vivastory @TheBookHippie Literally lol 😂 😂 😂 2w

TheBookHippie @vivastory 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 2w

CBee @vivastory oh yes! Frostbeard, right? I used to buy a lot of their candles. 2w

CBee @TheBookHippie 😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2w

Butterfinger @Texreader when I was reading your post about the maze of used books, I was wondering if it had a certain wonderful smell. Here's the word for it. I hope I never forget it. 1w

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