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L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea

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One last moment of peace before we get back on the study wheel

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"Don't use Libby because it costs libraries too much, pirate instead" is such a weird, anti-patron, anti-author take that somehow manages to also be anti-library, in my professional librarian-ass opinion.

It's well documented that pirating books negatively affects authors directly* in a way that pirating movies or TV shows doesn't affect actors or writers, so I will likely always be anti-book piracy unless there's absolutely, positively no other option (i.e. the book simply doesn't exist outside of online archives at all, or in a particular language).

Also, yeah, Libby and Hoopla licenses are really expensive, but libraries buy them SO THAT PATRONS CAN USE THEM. If you're gonna be pissed at anybody about this shitty state of affairs, be pissed at publishing companies and continue to use Libby or Hoopla at your library so we can continue to justify having it to our funding bodies.

One of the best ways to support your library having services you like is to USE THOSE SERVICES. Yes, even if they are expensive.

*Yes, this is a blog post, but it's a blog post filled with links to news articles. If you can click one link, you can click another.

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Day 29: JOMPBPC: Extra AF

My beautiful February, 2024 book haul! 💛

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READ! 🥰

Available as shirts and prints at gwendolynwood.com/shop !

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So excited for these recent additions to my TBR 🖤

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Does this count as a Sunday shelfie?

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ajaneofallreads of Instagram

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Got a new mug and some books today💫

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Instagram: thenovelacademy

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JOMP Book Photo Challenge July

Day 29: This Month’s Favorite

Highly recommend Clap When You Land!

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JOMP BPC || February 5 || Pink Books:

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"Languages aren't just made of words. They're modes of looking at the world. They're the keys to civilization. And that's knowledge worth killing for."

R.F. Kuang, Babel

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“Violence shows them how much we’re willing to give up... Violence is the only language they understand”

— R.F. Kuang, Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

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books read in 2023 📖 no. 007

Babel: An Arcane History by R. F. Kuang

“She learned revolution is, in fact, always unimaginable. It shatters the world you know. The future is unwritten, brimming with potential. The colonizers have no idea what is coming, and that makes them panic. It terrifies them.”

“Good. It should.”

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book cover redesigns (3/?) ⪢ babel ↳ concepts/themes: paper, light, tower of babel, oxford

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