Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why. Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.

You don't say..... @smartbitches.bsky.social mashable.com/article/how-...

Hazel Scott was a phenomenal jazz pianist and classical prodigy. She was also a trailblazer in Hollywood, refusing roles that trafficked in stereotypes. She was a civil rights advocate, mother, a friend to other icons and a woman navigating love. With Love From Harlem invites us to see all of it🥹

Day 10 #LibFaves25 is (no surprise) a realistic story of loss -but wrapped in a feel-good romcom. MCs are widowed & facing 1st holiday season single. When set up, they realize having a grief buddy is nice, but are they ready for more? Homage to classic Xmas films = ready for holiday display 📚

It's the LAST DAY of #LibFaves25 where library staff all over have been counting down their 10 favorite books published in 2025. It's not too late to join in! Share your favorite 2025 book, TITLE IN CAPS, and use the hashtag. Or play catch up and share 10 favorites!

Join us at the state Capitol in downtown Raleigh on Friday (12/19) at 10am for a rally to show that North Carolinians will reject this agenda in 2026 and make sure Whatley never makes it to the U.S. Senate to keep threatening our health care. www.mobilize.us/ncdems/event...

Another contender for my top 10 reads!

I…did not see the closing sentence of this photo caption coming: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...

As the upheaval of the past six years finally ends, I'm hopeful to learn more about bibliotherapy- specifically dealing with loss and grief.

I always enjoy Scalzi scifi, but as I don't think I can squeeze this into my #LibFaves25 I am cheerfully reposting 📚

Day 9 #LibFaves25 (these have been in no particular order fwiw & I'm struggling on the last 2 to list!) THE INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh. Enjoyed the "dark acadamia" but from the beleaguered admin POV.

This is why I like efforts like NPR’s Books We Love and #LibFaves25 because they lead me to discover less publicized titles.

Supporting people's capacity for joy and connection is important work. One little thing at a time. Your delight is not frivolous.

Day 8 #LibFaves25 THE WITCH ROADS by Kate Elliott. Part 1 of duology (2 is also great). Terrific fantasy with some atypical elements I appreciated. But I can't beat the author's description (especially the alt text for the cover).

Feels worth mentioning: highly recommend the enchanting memoir (especially in audio) AS YOU WISH by Cary Elwes. Rob Reiner wrote the intro and the entire story is a warm blanket of comfort 📚 🎧 #Audiobook #Booksky

It has a good beat and you can dance to it: youtube.com/shorts/eGhAl...

Day 7 #LibFaves25 is the reflective nature writing of James Rebanks, THE PLACE OF TIDES. Recounts life-changing months on a remote island off the coast of Norway, learning from an old woman who practiced the ancient tradition of collecting eiderdown from birds that nest on this remarkable landscape

Day 6 #LibFaves25 WHEN THE CRANES FLY SOUTH by Lisa Ridzén. Narrator is an elderly man being cared for at home, missing his wife (in a home with alzheimers), struggling with his adult son. Amazing insight into the thoughts, memories & emotions at the end of life. Brutally sad and very human.

“Have you brought the list?” “I have, O Great One.” “Has it been checked twice?” “Of course, sir” “Excellent.” “Do you require anything further?” “Bring me an elf, I’m famished.”

Make a family code word. Ask for it. Don’t ever volunteer it when someone calls you. Make them say it to you.

Day 5 #LibFaves25 This was technically pubbed last year, but on 12/30 so I have to give it a pass as I didn't read it until 2025. Cross-generational friendship, a long lost love, and a love lost too early. Several twists but a happy ending. Simply delightful. 📚

The whole thread is great, but I don't remember seeing this one before 😆

Truly thrilled to unleash the cover of All Hail Chaos. Publishing 12 May 2026, dive into the wicked, unmissable sequel to the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling Long Live Evil. #booksky geni.us/AllHailChaos

Day 4 #LibFaves25 ONE DEATH AT A TIME by Abbi Waxman. Just me, or are there quite a few entertaining mysteries featuring "mature" sleuths these days? 📚

One of our members, Sam Murphy, was quoted in this article 'The songs I've chosen to help me prepare for dying' by the BBC. What songs would you choose? #ThanatologyThursday

Ugh the news about Sophie Kinsella is a gut punch (same cancer that killed my dad).

Already behind! #libfaves25 day 2 was meant to be A DROP OF CORRUPTION by Robert Jackson Bennett - looking for a science fiction/horror gender-swapped Sherlock? Look no farther! #booksky #mystery #speculative

Day 3 #LibFaves25 The memoir/manifesto, RAISING HARE by Chloe Dalton. Author reluctantly helps an abandoned leveret - carefully making sure it doesn't become a pet - leading to varied discoveries, especially our modern relationship w/nature. Brilliant in audio. A rich, heartwarming invitation 📚

For Day 2 of #LibFaves25 (still not in any order) I LEAVE IT UP TO YOU by Jinwoo Chong. What -- from me and it has no speculative or mystery elements? I know! But it's a funny, heartfelt story of a gay Korean American man learning he can rebuild his life after being in a two year coma. #booksky

I don't think this will make my top 10 but definitely a contender! 📚

Day 2 #LibFaves25 Another top read for the year. Fantasy with so many twists - I loved it. I'm not even mad that it looks like a long wait for the sequel as this will be a fun one to reread (did the author signal some of those twists and I just missed the clues or... 🤔) 📚

Day 1 #LibFaves25 One of my favorite reads of the year was the word of mouth sensation, THE CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans. Epistolary, clever and fun. Elderly woman's letters reveal various relationships, griefs & complex situations all excellently conveyed with a deft, compassionate humor. 📚

Library folks! Starting today (12/8) count down your 10 favorite books published in 2025, 1 per day, through 12/17. TITLE in caps, tag #LibFaves25! I’ll be the tally taker today and I’ve got an awesome crew to help me out the other days. At the end, we’ll share the top titles and full list. 📚🩷

Usually when I listen to a book, it is enough that I enjoy it in audio. But I'm almost done with This Is Happiness by Niall Willams (brilliantly read by Dermot Crowley) and so many sentences are so wonderful, I think I will have to check out the print edition as well. 📚 🎧

Vegan alternative: this egg bite recipe that I now make at least once a month. Worth buying a silicone muffin pan. If no leftover veggies to use, you will want to precook them before adding (steamed frozen brocolli, mushroom & onion is my go-to version) 🌱 thevietvegan.com/vegan-egg-bi...

Time for amazement

Coat bath ftw!

I bet you get to read all day, don't you?

Highly recommend Artifact Space #ReadAdv 📚

My autumn aesthetic (I believe the art is by franco matticchio). 🍂

Souvankham Thammavongsa is the winner of the 2025 #GillerPrize for her novel, PICK A COLOUR. gillerprize.ca/souvankham-t...

AMAZING. (Given the Gospel reading yesterday, this thread was a complete surprise.) ⚓️

Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.

Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS librarytechnology.org/pr/31973

This National Rural Health Day, remember this: 27% of U.S. farmers rely on ACA marketplace coverage—triple the national average. If Republicans take away the ACA tax credits, premiums could double next year. Rural families can’t absorb that hit.

Rabih Alameddine’s The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) has won the National Book Award for Fiction! Read more here: buff.ly/bRP0dCT

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I had forgotten an old laptop had Windows 10. Others might find this useful as well!