So what is your favorite way to display books that isn’t a typical book shelf? I’ve seen things like stacked milk crates, converted dressers and even someone who put a modified book shelf on her ceiling! Book shelves are super expensive now and although crisp and clean standard shelves are so nice, I LOVE seeing these cute and quirky shelves 😍

I'm starting up my own free library soon (essentially a public book exchange box - you can take a book you'd like to read with no obligation to give it back or put in a book you don't want anymore) and it got me thinking. If you have experience with little free libraries - what is the best book you've found & why?

Could be a book you'd been dying to read, something you'd never heard of that became a five star read, a really popular book you were surprised to see, or something else!

You can only choose two, and feel free to talk about it if you want to.

For me it's

1. The little prince.
2. Oh! The places you'll go.

I've been obsessed with the little prince for YEARS. It comes to mind automatically whrn I think about a favourite anything...

And the other one is helping me to get through life. I only read it because I had a short attention span but it's really good

i know we all have a habit of using whatevers around us for holding the place in our books lol, the other day i had to use a pair of scissors and then a hairdryer 😭😭😭 today its nice and simple, a star wars postcard i bought the other day,

this one here!

but yus i would love to hear what everyone else currently using as a bookmark whether its an actual bookmark or a fun little bonus object we just had lying around lmao, this is show and tell time 🙂‍↕️✨️

hi everyone!!! happy disability pride month!

every july, the disabled community comes together to celebrate ourselves and our resilience, honour our histories, and our ongoing struggles and dehumanization we face due to ableism, eugenics, isolation, illness, suicide rates, capitalism and innaccessibility. in honour of the month, i've decided to make lists for each colour of the disability pride flag and teach what each colour represents. i got this idea while bored at work lol.

the disability pride flag:

the disability pride flag was created in 2021 by ann magil. the multiple colours on this flag highlights the various experiences, support needs, and uniqueness of the disabled community. each colour represents one aspect of disability.

a disclaimer: before i present the colours, and lists below, not all books within these lists are OwnVoices, meaning the author shares the same disability as a character in a book. these lists are not exhaustive, but each has both fiction and non-fiction books representing each topic. they are always open to recommendations so please feel free to comment on a list that catches your inspiration. each list will be linked below with the name of the colour in bold. lastly, many books within each list present more than one aspect of disability on the flag, and many disabilities may fit into more than one category (OCD is both a psychiatric disability and neurodivergence, but i kept it within the nd list.).

💚 - our first list is the colour green! it represents sensory disabilities. notably, deafness, blindness/HOH, hearing loss, etc.

💙 - secondly, we have the colour blue/light blue!! this colour highlights psychiatric disabilities and mental illnesses. ex: bipolar disorder, depression, general anxiety disorder, PTSD, etc...

🤍 - thirdly, the colour white represents invisible or undiagnosed disabilities. examples of some of these are ehlers-danlos syndrome, chronic illnesses, MECFS, long covid, fibromyalgia, POTS, ulcerative colitis, IBS, and more.

💛 - the colour yellow is for the multiple conditions that fall under neurodivergency, cognitive and intellectual disabilities. such as autism, ADHD, OCD, dyslexia/dyspraxia/dyscalculia, down syndrome, tourettes, etc.

❤️ - the last colour in the main "rainbow" is red!! this colour represents all kinds of physical disabilities. wheelchair users, diabetes, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, dwarfism, ALS, arthritis, asthma and polio all fall under this category, as well as many others.

🖤/🩶 - finally, we have the colour(s) black/grey, which shows itself behind the flag's "rainbow." this colour calls on all of us to remember those who we've lost to ableism, suicide, neglect, abuse, assimilation, isolation, illness. as we mourn our fallen comrades, we also protest and rage against the systems that left them for dead, and continue to isolate and dehumanize many.

i really hope that you all enjoy and appreciate these lists i've compiled for all of you! both these lists, and this post, took a long time to write and compile so i'd appreciate it wholeheartedly if you'd all check them out. once again, if you all have any recommendations for books to add/remove, please let me know in each comment section! i hope those of you who didn't know about the disability pride flag have learned something new today!!! thank you all for the love!! bisous (kisses)!!

This may be a controversial discussion topic, but next week I'm embarking on a major inventory (and declutter) of all my physically owned books and I have a slight quandary so would love to get other peoples opinions.

Normally, if there's a book I own but don't feel the need to keep I donate it to charity or drop it into a little free library. It's easy enough to do and gives others a chance to discover books they may not have otherwise known about OR been able to afford. But I also own some books that I don't feel right sharing in any way, including LFLs, because they promote bigotry. In particular, I'm thinking about the Racist Wizard Books by The Infamous Terf. I received all the books as gifts when I was a kid and am sick of having them in my house, but I also don't want to further their reach by adding more into circulation. To be clear: this isn't about censorship (if you want to read them that's your choice) but about not wanting to personally put them into someone else's hands.

So the question: How do you get rid of books you own, but ethically hate and don't want to help circulate?

at least shes not a boy mom