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Ever wonder what 15,000 copies of the #OmahaLibrary Summer Reading Program Guide looks like? Well here they are! 2017 SRP Guides will be available at all OPL branches by Saturday. Swipe ⬅️ for a preview! And as a reminder, all branches (except South Omaha Library) will be closed this Friday for our annual staff training AND all OPL digital services will be down Friday from 5:30 a.m.-4 p.m. while we upgrade our server. Sorry for the inconvenience! • • • #Omaha #NE #library #reading #summerreading #summer17 #summer2017 #summer2017goals #summerreadingprogram #thingstodo #activities #guide #SRP2017 #read #readmore #librarylove #librarylife #libraryfinds #libraryfun #fun #prizes #nebraska #boxes #BuildABetterWorld #libraries #librariesofinstagram #librarytime #readingtime #reader #readtogether #readbooks #readingisfun #books #booklove (at Omaha Public Library)

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Ever wonder what 15,000 copies of the #OmahaLibrary Summer Reading Program Guide looks like? Well here they are! 2017 SRP Guides will be available at all OPL branches by Saturday - swipe ⬅️ for a preview! And as a reminder, all branches (except South Omaha Library) will be closed this Friday for our annual staff training AND all OPL digital services will be down Friday from 5:30 a.m.-4 p.m. while we upgrade our server. Sorry for the inconvenience! • • • #Omaha #NE #library #reading #summerreading #summer17 #summer2017 #summer2017goals #summerreadingprogram #thingstodo #activities #guide #SRP2017 #read #readmore #librarylove #librarylife #libraryfinds #libraryfun #fun #prizes #nebraska #boxes #BuildABetterWorld #libraries #librariesofinstagram #librarytime #readingtime #reader #readtogether #readbooks #readingisfun #books #booklove (at Omaha Public Library)

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In the kingdom of Goredd, dragons and humans live and work side by side – while tensions and hostility simmer below the surface. The newest member of the royal court, a uniquely gifted musician named Seraphina, holds a deep secret of her own. One that she guards with all of her being. When a member of the royal family is brutally murdered, Seraphina is drawn into the investigation alongside the dangerously perceptive—and dashing—Prince Lucien. But as the two uncover a sinister plot to destroy the wavering peace of the kingdom, Seraphina’s struggle to protect her secret becomes increasingly difficult… while its discovery could mean her very life.

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Waiting patiently doesn’t suit you. I can see you have a great deal of water in your personality. Water never waits. It changes shape and flows around things, and finds the secret paths no one else has thought about.

Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

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Abandoned Towers of Books Appear in New York City

Caught up in a strange whim, Shaheryar Malik disposes his collection of books in teetering piles in public spaces. Scattered across Manhattan, his book collection has been abandoned and left to fend for itself at the hands of city dwellers to decide their fates. He doesn’t wish to know what will become of his books, or what may likely happen to them in this unconventional experiment.

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Words have a taste, sweet but subtle, like dark chocolate; the scent of old bookshops; a flamenco rhythm; the feeling of the rain on your face on sunny days. Words are cruel and spiteful sometimes, wise and loving at others.

Chloe Thurlow (via theperksofbeingabookseller)

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It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.

Henry James (via bookaddictiion)

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…Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.

Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

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