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Book blanket 2025

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Blanket materials

 
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Lots of yarn colors!
Red Heart Super Saver Yarn Kit, 12 Colors
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I just use a basic hook
Simplicity Boye Tapered Throat Anodized Aluminum Crochet Hook, US Size G Green
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Just don't get the fat plastic ones
Boye Plastic Canvas Needles, 5 Pack, Sizes 16 and 18
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Books

 
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Tragedy turns this girly into an influencer.
What a Time to Be Alive: A Novel: 9780063416390: Chang, Jade: Books
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Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm into a Tool of Healing|Paperback
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My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church|Paperback
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Book about time travel which made me cry
Lightbreakers: A Novel|Hardcover
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memoir from a comedian
I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying: A Memoir|Hardcover
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection|Hardcover
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Sped right through this book about Elizabeth Holmes
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup|Paperback
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Gives “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” vibes
Meet Me at Blue Hour|Hardcover
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From Louisiana Book Festival!
All the Water in the World: A Novel|Hardcover
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From Louisiana Book Festival!
The High Heaven: A Novel|Hardcover
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From Louisiana Book Festival
After Color - Malaika Favorite
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From Tiktok to my bookshelf - this was fascinating.
Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language|Hardcover
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Asian American book!
Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America|Paperback
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Still think about this daily. A journalist moves to Princeton to work on their farm seminary
Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand|Hardcover
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unhinged office behavior
I Hope This Finds You Well: A Novel|Hardcover
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Apparently this was published the year I was born, but contains so much wisdom that feels completely contemporary.
All about Love: New Visions|Paperback
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Got me thinking about criticism with a side of missing person's case
Here in the Dark: A Novel|Paperback
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Short stories!
Make Your Way Home: Stories|Paperback
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Super needed book from organizers
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care|Paperback
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Great book of essays on pop culture!
Culture Creep: Notes on the Pop Apocalypse|Hardcover
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reread!
Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life|Hardcover
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Read in SF because it's partially set there!
The Satisfaction Café: A Novel|Hardcover
 
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Not as edgy as it sounds haha, but a great book
Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks|Paperback
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Not quite as page turning as Black Cake, but still good
Good Dirt: A Novel|Hardcover
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Lonely woman makes a new friend, a mouse
Sipsworth|Hardcover
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New Orleans author!
Daughters of the New Year
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Relationship prone journalist needs to stay single to land the job of her dreams. I don't want to talk about the number of journalist romcoms I've read this year
Just My Type|Paperback
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Helped me decide to leave my 9-5.
Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone|eBook
 
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reread the whole series this year!
Divergent: 9780062024039: Roth, Veronica: Books
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Grieving people sleep their sorrows away in this novel inspired by the Wizard of Oz.
The Poppy Fields (Deluxe Limited Edition): A Novel (B&N Exclusive Edition)|Signed Exclusive
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Doppelgangers!
Goddess Complex: A Novel|Hardcover
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An interesting take on the Louisiana murder investigation novel
Our Last Wild Days: A Novel|Hardcover
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The rebellion is female
Ten Incarnations of Rebellion: A Novel|Hardcover
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a series of attempted s*icide notes
We Could Be Rats: A Novel|Hardcover
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Fantastic!
Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings|Hardcover
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By far the best prequel I've read this year. Makes all the other Hunger Games books feel more relevant
Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)|BN Exclusive
 
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Single mom turns to OnlyFans to solve her financial problems.
Margo's Got Money Troubles: A Novel|Paperback
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Fav author. Not his best book imho, but still a nice read.
My Friends: A Novel|Hardcover
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reread!
The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Series #1)|Paperback
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Sometimes it's better not to know your own fortune
How to Solve Your Own Murder: A Novel|Paperback
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Retelling of Adventure of Huckleberry Finn from Jim's perspective.
James (2024 B&N Book of the Year) (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner)|Hardcover
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History of Black Americans through the color blue
Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People|Hardcover
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so unhinged, very voicey
Julie Chan Is Dead: A Novel|Hardcover
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When the World Tips Over|Hardcover
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2 magical Ph.d students go to hell to rescue their advisor so that he can write their letters of rec
Katabasis (Standard Edition): A Novel|Special
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Rental House: A Novel|Hardcover
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Changed my thoughts on the role of negative reviews in society.
Authority: Essays|Hardcover
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Rare sophomore novel that's better than the debut
The Family Recipe: A Novel|Hardcover
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Vital reading for understanding the white Evangelical movement and current day politics
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation|Paperback
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Roadtrip through the UK
Work in Progress: A Novel|Paperback
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Con-artist story
The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe
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Best book I've read this year!
Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
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Refreshing love story
The Three Lives of Cate Kay (Reese's Book Club)|Hardcover