Two day challenge!

https://www.instagram.com/p/C38br8KS48E/?igsh=aWNnYzh6cjJrc2Rp

Pledge to buy no books February 30 and 31.

Hah!! Sneaky!

>1 2wonderY:

I don't know, that might be tough. Can I check books out of the library?

So glad my bills are due those days.

Rats, I blew it. Didn't see this challenge in time.

My books were on order before the 30th, and I will get them in March, so I'm fine.

And for those of us who are uncontrolled:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3_afbhLaOd/?igsh=dHFrOW1sM2VnYWhu

>7 2wonderY:

Love that!

How about this challenge?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4ES5AjS2mm/?igsh=MWxqdWZtM3FpYXRzOA==

Sheng Wang walks into a bookstore:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7zhaTZRQFv/?igsh=MzdwdzVkZnFuOWFo

An airline for book lovers (snort):

https://www.instagram.com/p/C791jiwyQuN/?igsh=MTEzcGVnaHNhc3p5dw==

>11 2wonderY: Perfect!!

Try to be a hero:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7uRndOANhC/?igsh=ODd5eGo4bndlMmIy

>13 2wonderY:

Oh, my! That bookstore has trains! It looks very cool.

>13 2wonderY: >14 lilithcat: That's Barters, in Alnwick in the north of England. I've been there. It is indeed very cool. Incidentally, it's actually in an old railway station.

Alnwick also has the famous Poison Garden.

Thousands of books, 250 volunteers, one hour😁.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8Dx4Wpy2J1/?igsh=bW1tMmthcnhsNzZi

Some of the comments are worth reading too.

>16 2wonderY:, sounds like something fun to see, but the link doesn't work. :(

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8Dx4Wpy2J1/?igsh=bW1tMmthcnhsNzZi

Huh. Works for me.

The details are different, but someone mentioned this event for a public library move:

https://coolsandiegosights.com/2019/01/26/photos-of-historic-book-pass-in-missio...

The Bookshelf Skirt:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8qyZGNs4Rw/?igsh=ajFldWRrNmRoem05

What a fun challenge!
Poetry from the titles in your collection. These librarians nailed it:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9nMl4POVIc/?igsh=NmJrbnk2amRsNmtk

Cute library picture

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9-nWEKysxc/?igsh=MXM4c3d2MTk0Zmg1NQ==

>23 2wonderY:

And one commenter sadly lacking in a sense of humor!

Just bought a book from IKEA

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-vy2Y_Idsp/?igsh=M2NteWxjdTJvNnBr

A book sculpture:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-V1Kl7qhfG/?igsh=MTVpcXJxODN4bzhvcQ==

You can still buy it at the “illiterate price.”

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DArH6AqSVjU/?igsh=MXY2bnliYmYycG43eQ==

finally, I'm financially motivated to read a book.

A local library moved into a vacant grocery store

https://www.instagram.com/p/DA3tATaPRiV/?igsh=MWU3N29yZ3dkY3Zrcg==

Special Collections Unit - a new drama in Ohio

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB1wMBKyoPk/?igsh=MXQ4ZGo5a2xrZG04ag==

>29 2wonderY: If I knew that was a big deal, I would have gotten pictures and made it a big deal with my home county did this over a decade ago...

>30 2wonderY:. Delurking to say that was funny. (I also found the video about the literate vs illiterate bookstore to be a good one.)

Pro tip for Christmas shopping

https://www.instagram.com/p/DDeqh5iR4Ju/?igsh=Njhqa2QyN3I4NGxo

Johnson, Vermont moved their library out of the floodplain

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJByUSBCkeq/?igsh=MWYxcWwzcjM0ZnE0OQ==

>34 2wonderY: That was cool!

Dance of the Summer Reading Fairies

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJjz9d6R5fx/?igsh=NWRhdnA5Zm55cmdl

>36 2wonderY: It's the synchronized swimming with book carts that got me.

Canton Public Library
Anticipation

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJRwsv2ORbi/?igsh=ajU1NXY1eHN6Z2gw

>38 2wonderY: Why doesn’t my public library have ducklings? Maybe I’ll put that in the recommendations box. Or try interlibrary loan?

>39 Charon07: Or try interlibrary loan?

They’re probably cataloged as non-circulating.🥴

Those library carts!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJrE-jbRAYA/?igsh=MWgxajZnYXJsNXl6NA==

Remission for Reading program in Brazil. Prison inmates get their sentences reduced if they read books and write reports on them.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DLSbZ7LydRD/?igsh=MTFhdWd0MXdlbGFlZQ==

https://www.uil.unesco.org//en/articles/remission-reading-brazil

>42 2wonderY:, that's a fantastic idea, would be great to see what effect it has on recidivism.

>43 Cecrow: I believe they said it had a 30 something percent reduction.

Book readers
The stick shift drivers of the mental space

We look better, we dress better, we smell better

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLDiKFGyHKj/?igsh=OGtkdGcyY3JubXl5

https://youtube.com/shorts/YyUNspQJQXY

"How to read a book like Terry Gross"

I love this! She dog-ears, circles and underlines, and writes notes to herself.

>46 keristars: Oh NO!!!

I love her broadcasts; but she is brutalizing those books.
I take notes as well, in pencil and in a journal if they are extensive.
I use the back inside cover to list page numbers that I need to return to.

Which reminds me to complain about the most recent book from AbeBooks - it is almost entirely underlined.

>46 keristars: You don't need that type of negativity in your life. Such abuse...

Aw, I think it's great! It's like she's turning the book-object into a conversation, even if it's not in the typical marginalia method.

And since she's doing this reading with an eye towards interviewing the author, and needs to be able to go fast, it makes sense that dog-ears (and top vs bottom being significant!) are her preference.

I love page flags and post-its for library books or books I don't want to damage, but tbh they're not as convenient for flipping to a page.

I guess I'm not fussy about book-objects that aren't meant to be kept nice for rereading/sharing. :)