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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I follow back all librarians. That’s my secret to keeping my sanity in these mad times.

Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I’m glad Good Night and Good Luck was live tonight on CNN, ifanything to prove to the rest of the world that we know where we are and what’s at stake— again. Clooney nearly breaking at the “everyone flying off to Europe” line was good… 🧵

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Send good thoughts to Merlin, please. We just got a cancer diagnosis. 😞

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

This is a hell of a time for people really good at pattern recognition.

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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 11/03/2025

For those that like to shop from in Independent Bookshop, here's an ever growing directory. There are 29 individual directory pages, thousands of bookshops listed, and five bookshop interviews #IndieBookshop #BookSky 💙📚 www.indiebookshops.com

google map of the world with lots of pins in it where each pin represents and independent bookshop

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I want my government to be boring and competent enough so that I don’t have to think about it every goddamn minute.

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Today I’ve been thinking about sidewalks. How even the thickest, heaviest cement inevitably gets pushed up and cracked by the thousands of small, but strong, roots working below it.

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I had a dream that I got to hug Colin Hay and tell him how much I love his music so that was random but nice.

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.” - Mary Oliver

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I’m begging you, Hollywood. The only way to get me through this dystopian nightmare is a Walton Goggins/Sam Rockwell buddy flick. Have them remake The In-Laws.

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

So excited to finally talk about Neighborhood Literary, an agency with an extra focus on taking care of our local writer communities. 🏠 The door is open. 🫖 The kettle is on. ✨ Come on in. Good neighbors make good books. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/blog/come-on...

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Come on in. — Neighborhood Literary

Well, here we are. The news is out, the agency is open. Welcome. There’s a lot to potentially say in an introduction post. But I’ll try to keep it short and sweet. I’ve always been driven to make...

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Finished “Douglas is Cancelled” on Britbox and it’s the absolute real deal. Stick with it till the end.

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Turns out Severance is the perfect subtle, full body Pinot Noir to elevate the stale cheese plate of your country being taken over by a corporate kleptocracy.

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Flu A is running rampant through my house. It’s been a week for me and I’m starting to come out of it, but it’s hit my daughter now too. Poor thing. Send riveting documentaries we can stream.

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Interesting that Twitter goes down as TSLA stock nosedives. 🤔

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Watching CNBC right now is a trip. Ah yes, the “worse before it gets better” promises. Our leaders answering to their real bosses today.

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I’ve been journaling long hand now for three months non-stop - every morning and night. It’s effectively reprogramming my brain back to pre-iPhone era.

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Not a typical country fan speaking, but Martina McBride’s Independence Day has an anthem quality that uniquely fits this moment for women in America.

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Been thinking a lot lately about my Italian ancestors who fled Mussolini (oh, no reason in particular, why do you ask?) Anyway, looking for historical fiction and non-fiction about Italians who fled to America and had to give up their citizenship to do so. Anyone have recs?

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Newsweek is so happy to say terrible things about Philly that I’m convinced someone there was brutally dumped by a Delco girl.

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy V-Day from this lifelong Valentine. Get in some good trouble today. ❤️💌

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Kip Wilson @kipwilsonwrites.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

History could not be more relevant these days, so coming up next week, Nadine Pinede and I are offering a two-part mini on THE POWER OF HISTORICAL VERSE NOVELS with @highlightsfound.bsky.social. We would love for people to join us! #versenovels #poetry #history #yalit #mglit #kidlit

Headshots of Nadine Pinede and Kip Wilson. The Power of Historical Novels in Verse: A Two-Part Mini on Using Poetry and History to Inspire

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Taking my mother for lung imaging. This flu is really bad - take care out there.

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

So um hey, Philly - let’s talk. I know we NEED a parade and all, but considering no one sane is at the helm of this current flu pandemic maybe we mask up for this one and not repeat 1918? www.jefferson.edu/alumni/conne...

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Philadelphia 1918: The Flu Pandemic Hits Home

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Prince brought his Revolution to the Super Bowl and Kendrick one-upped him by declaring one.

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

We erupted in cheers for Coop and both dogs started howling. 😂 #eagles #SuperBowl

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Doomscrolling break. Do you need a nose to boop?

Merlin the double doodle looking soulfully at you with his highly boopable nose.

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Writing books for children while wondering if school libraries will even exist next year.

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The Right to Know by Norman Rockwell posted because it’s who we are still. These faces are demanding answers.

The Right to Know features a broad section of everyday Americans in front of the courtroom bench confronting the viewer.

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Authors, the same applies to us. I have to remind myself daily.

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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

One of my fourth graders asked a friend if he and his family wanted to live at his house since they are scared of the cold men coming to their house. The cold men are ICE. Kids may not understand it all right now, but they are listening.

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I don’t know what’s exactly happening but in the last few months I’m getting tons of fan mail for my mg book that came out right before the pandemic. I’m just so grateful for each and every email and for the kids who are finding it now. (1)

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

And the fireworks are going off here. The city is gonna be one big party again. 💚 #eagles

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Hard week, but here in Philly right now - there’s a lot of joy. Take the joy when you can. #eagles #philly #philadelphia

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I see you. I see you doomscrolling. Go make something. Be creative. - Pickwick the Cat

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

This is so much fun. What a great idea. Fun and quizlet-like for readers doing #obob

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Today is a brutally cold day both in weather and other foregone conclusions. I’m staying inside with my nose in a book. 2666 by Roberto Bolano (translated by Natasha Wimmer). What are you reading?

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Demics @demics.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Thanks to #booksky I found @nicolevalentine.bsky.social and her book A Time Traveler's Theory of Relativity. Going to start it tomorrow! #booktok @skylight.social

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Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Severance is so incredible at depicting the psychology of the American corporate work culture. Watching it is both surreal and familiar at the same time.

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