Run DMC on Reading Rainbow YouTube video by Televandalist

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I've been seeing a lot of posts about readers trying to curb their own book buying. Let me remind you of the library. Libraries can use your support now more than ever. When you checkout library books this lets funding authorities know the library is worthy of taxpayer money. 1/3
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Indie Bookstores Will Soon Be Able to Sell E-Books (Gift Article) Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too.

VERY good news from @bookshop-org.bsky.social!!

just stumbled on a real jaw-dropper of a line in an essay -- “The corollary of being interested in a great range of things is to have sympathy with a great range of outlooks” -- and that, my friends, is why reading is so important.

This is exactly why I do what I do. Compassion through hearing other people's stories.

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Misogynists Are Governing America

If you haven’t already, export your data from Goodreads (an Amazon company) and import it into StoryGraph, a book-tracking app founded and led by a Black woman.

A screenshot of a tweet by Matthew Chapman that reads: "Under Trump's executive order, every single person in America is now legally classified as female. All embryos begin by developing female sex organs, with male sex organs only replacing them at around 6 weeks of gestation." Below the tweet is a section of a document labeled "The White House," defining "female" and "male" based on reproductive cells and critiquing "gender ideology."

Who run the world?

Seitō: An 1911 Japanese Magazine For Women Only ― Cultrface Atlas Obscura has written a brilliant article about a Japanese women's magazine called Seitō. Read on to find out more about it on Cultrface.

Here's an example of literature that was shut down by government pressures. It spoke to women having value in society, imagine that!

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Political prisoner Leonard Peltier

President Biden has commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier He will serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement:

I just joined Storygraph but I'm still getting to know it

An absolutely amazing woman who few know anything about. She escaped oppression and went on the save others and even change laws for women.

I love Goodreads, you?

Ruth Ozeki. She is a great writer. Read A Tale for The Time Being.

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚

Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

I have been an avid reader my entire life. Books and the characters that live within them, as well as those that are not fictional have informed my life.

What books have left an impression on you?

Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen "You'll be swept away by the passion and power of this remarkable, trailblazing woman who risked everything to follow her own heart." – Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author"An epic pag...

I love a good book. Who has read this gem?

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Sites where you can download unlimited books for free.

We can all resist fascism.

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Such a cute book author and secret world of mice creator.

Yay! I also use the online sources to read the NY Times and other publications. It's a wonderful resource.

How often do you use a library? I go once to twice a month and use the online services almost daily.

I think I will.

What are some of the books that helped inform your life?

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Just a reminder that your local library has more than just books! Many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, internet hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and so so much more! Maybe it's time for a visit!