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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · 1d

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

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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · 3d

Library Return! 🚨

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

5/5 ⭐️

#copaganda #library #libraryreturn #bookrecs #booksky #nonfiction

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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · 4d

Library haul! 📚

What I checked out this weekend:

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

#library #librarybooks #jamespercivaleverett #bookrecs #booksky

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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · 14d

It is truly an unforgettable gem of a book 💚

librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · 14d

Assia* Djebar

librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · 14d

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

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 26d

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

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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Sep 26

RIP Assata Shakur

#assata #assatashakur #autobiography

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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Sep 20

Omg me too! Started with Yellowface, then Babel, then the Poppy War trilogy. Babel is a tough one to beat

librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Sep 19

I’m about halfway through Strange Pictures and it’s definitely creepy, but it’s well thought out.
And yeah! I’m SO excited to read Katabasis, R. F. Kuang is physically incapable of writing a bad book

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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Sep 17

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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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Sep 15

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

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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Sep 12

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

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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Sep 11

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

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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Sep 10

Because it’s written by R. F. Kuang, it’s more than likely to FAR exceed my expectations 🙌🏻

librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Sep 10

WOOHOO LET’S GOOO!!!! FINALLY!
So excited!!!

#katabasis #rfkuang #librarybook #booksky #booktok

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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Sep 5

All the dang feels! So good!

librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Sep 5

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.

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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Sep 3

#poet #writer #writing #selfreflection #art #doodles #penandink #journal

librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Sep 3

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.

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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Aug 15

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

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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Aug 11

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.

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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Aug 10

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.

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librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Aug 8

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

librarybookhog.bsky.social @librarybookhog.bsky.social · Aug 8

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)

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