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Hartfield Book Co.
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An independent bookshop located on the historic courthouse square in downtown Monticello, Illinois.

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Hartfield Book Co. @hartfieldbookco.bsky.social · Feb 9
👋 This is us. An #IndieBookstore in small town USA. How's the climate here, #Booksky?
A green-beige storefront bathed in warm late-afternoon light has three large windows, a bright yellow door, and a green awning that says "bookstore." A wooden bench sits in front, on the sidewalk, and red geraniums hang between two of the windows. Above a display of books in one window are the words "Bans Off Our Book." A line graph across the other two windows plots numbers that remain fairly steady between the years 2000 and 2020 but sharply rise from 223 in 2020 to 4240 in 2023. Above a display of books, a bookshop window says "Get Your Mitts on a Good Book." The letters have snowflake cutouts and are surrounded by more snowflakes and two pairs of mittens.
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A certain lil' ol' bookshop will have a big ol' GOLDEN TICKET to 12 free audiobooks for one lucky person to find on #IndieBookstoreDay THIS SATURDAY! (It's us — your friendly neighborhood bookstore on the square in Monticello, IL. 😉) #LibrofmGoldenTicket #IndieBookstore #ShopSmall #ShopLocal
A Libro.fm "Golden Ticket" is propped up in front of a small landscape rock painted with a cartoon image of Hartfield Book Co., a brick bookstore with a green awning
April 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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ICYMI this morning: Here are the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024 with links to their book résumés to help people understand why they matter.
www.ala.org/bbooks/frequ...

📚 #UniteAgainstBookBans
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Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2024. Collage of book covers: All Boys Aren't Blue, Gender Queer, The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison, The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky, Tricks, Looking for Alaska, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” by Jesse Andrews,Crank,” by Ellen Hopkins, Sold, Flamer.
April 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
hartfieldbookco.bsky.social
We're putting our exclusive Indie Bookstore Day coupons in businesses around Monticello this month!

#IndependentBookstoreDay #MonticelloBookstore #HartfieldBookCo
On a bright, sunny day, a hand holds a small flyer in front of a block of small downtown business. The flyer says "Independent Bookstore Day, Saturday, April 26, from 10–3! Exclusive Indie Bookstore Day Coupon: $5 off a $50 purchase, $12 off a $100 purchase"
April 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
hartfieldbookco.bsky.social
Black history is U.S. history. And listening to diverse stories benefits everyone — every month and every day. Happy Yes-It's-Stillllllllll February, all!

#BlackHistoryMonth #WeNeedDiverseBooks #IndieBookstore #Booksky
A Black History Month display in the middle of a bookstore. "The ABCs of Black History" poster is at the top, and books include "Black Food," "Nobody's Magic," "The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes," "King: A Life," "Survival Is a Promise," " John Lewis: A Life," "Parable of the Sower" graphic novel, "Song of Solomon," "The Message," "Half American," " Death of the Author," "March" graphic novels volumes 1-3. A Black History Month display in the middle of a bookstore. "The ABCs of Black History" poster is at the top, and books include "Twenty-Four Second from Now," "Caste (Young Readers' edition)," "Born on the Water," "This Is Your Time," "Black Star," " Above the Rim," "To Boldly Go," "Black Boy Joy," "All Because You Matter," "Let's Go Outside," "Rosa," "Jump to the Sun" and "Touch Your Nose."
February 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Customers have been asking for another round of #BlindDateWithABook — here it is! And we think it was with the wait! We're open tonight from 5pm to 8pm for #GalentinesDay Shopping!
#Booksky #ShopLocal #MonticelloBookstore #HartfieldBookCo #IndieBookstore
A bookstore display of books wrapped in pink, purple, and heart-patterned paper. Each is adorned with stickers and suckers and has a bookmark with a description of the book genre, plot, and tropes. A book wrapped in heart-patterned paper and adorned with a sticker, a sucker, and a bookmark with a description of the book genre (friends-to-lovers contemporary romance), plot, and tropes. Next to it is a clear glass mug with a line drawing of an open book with flowers coming out of it. Books wrapped in heart-patterned paper and adorned with stickers, suckers, and bookmark with descriptions of the book genre ("lighthearted, humorous LGBTQ+ romance"), plot, and tropes. A bookstore display flyer that features red and lavender hearts on a white background. Words on the image: "Galentine's Shopping Special Discounts Here! Blind Date Books: 20% off (or more), prices as marked. Kids' Valentine's Display: 10% off, discount given at register. Love Local Entries: One enter per $15 purchase.
February 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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We're calling this collection "For such a time as this"...

(Titles listed in the alt text.)
#Booksky #IndieBookstore
In a small bookstore, a collection of books that includes picture books ("My America," "This Book Is Banned," "You Need to Chill," "Families, Families, Families"), fiction ("The Handmaid's Tale," "Parable of the Sower"), YA nonfiction ("This Book Is Anti-Racist," "How to Be a (Young) Antiracist") and nonfiction ("How Fascism Works," "On Freedom," "A People's History of the United States," "Let This Radicalize You," "Survival Gardening," and "The Sum of Us").
February 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
hartfieldbookco.bsky.social
👋 This is us. An #IndieBookstore in small town USA. How's the climate here, #Booksky?
A green-beige storefront bathed in warm late-afternoon light has three large windows, a bright yellow door, and a green awning that says "bookstore." A wooden bench sits in front, on the sidewalk, and red geraniums hang between two of the windows. Above a display of books in one window are the words "Bans Off Our Book." A line graph across the other two windows plots numbers that remain fairly steady between the years 2000 and 2020 but sharply rise from 223 in 2020 to 4240 in 2023. Above a display of books, a bookshop window says "Get Your Mitts on a Good Book." The letters have snowflake cutouts and are surrounded by more snowflakes and two pairs of mittens.
February 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM