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HOME LIBRARY BOOK STORAGE Reading has been a hobby for many for as long as books have been around. Recently though, the trend of home libraries has been growing thanks in part to social media influencers showing off their collections. If you want to gather your books into a home library, there are a few tips from the experts to ensure your books last and don't gather dust and grow mould. You should dust your books, shelves and trinkets on a regular basis. Use a brush attachment on your vacuum to clean dust and debris from on top of your books and a dry cloth to dust the spines. And yes, experts encourage you to stand your books up as opposed to stacking them. Stacking can lead to pages and covers warping if all books in the stack aren't the exact same size. Another pro tip - instead of tilting your books out to remove them from the shelf, slide them out by gripping on either side of the spine. This will also help preserve their structure. To prevent books from leaning, use book ends to hold them upright but not too close together so the inks from the covers don't stick or transfer.

• The missing numbers are integers between 0 and 8. • The numbers in each row add up to totals to the right. • The numbers in each column add up to the totals along the bottom. • The diagonal lines also add up the totals to the right. NUMBER BLOCK Try to fill in the missing numbers.

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