Beth reviews Stephanie Burgis' 2nd instalment in her Adventures of Lady and Lord Riven, A HONEYMOON OF GRAVE CONSEQUENCE: "blending cosy fantasy and light academia with the darkness of the Black Forest and European folklore. It is the perfect read for Halloween season" More: tinyurl.com/4f379vcs

So looking forward to A Steeping of Blood. Just ordered it for the library!

My 2026 CALENDARS will be in my shop for pre-orders on Oct 1st! 💫 #art

'Miss Nelson Is Missing' Movie With Melissa McCarthy Set at Netflix | Variety

just a few books on my Fall TBR yabooknerd.blogspot.com/2025/09/top-...

Eat. Sleep. Exercise. Nurture the relationships that sustain you. Protect your health. Find joy. Don't mistake any of these for the resistance itself. Joy isn't resistance, neither is rest. But you need to be whole to resist for a lifetime.

Listen to Pete.

New Latine Picture Books | Book Riot

@georgetakei.bsky.social is the 2025 Honorary Chair of #BannedBooksWeek (Oct 5–11), joined by youth advocate Iris Mogul. Together they’ll spotlight the harms of censorship. https://www.ala.org/news/2025/09/legendary-actorauthoractivist-george-takei-named-honorary-chair-banned-books-week-2025

Pre-order today for the paperback release on September 30th!

#RoshHashanah is nearly here! Join award-winning author Jane Breskin Zalben for a trip through a year of Jewish Holidays as she shares stories from her picturebook full of crafts, recipes, & songs, BENI’S TINY TALES: AROUND THE YEAR IN JEWISH HOLIDAYS! ❤️✨ www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudB...

Check out the #MGLit blog posts for #MMGM at ALWAYS IN THE MIDDLE! gpattridge.com/2025/09/22/m...

Not just Unpopular! He's also the Most Unworthy-Unqualified-Unethical-Uneducated-Unprepared-Undemocratic-Unfortunate-Unhinged-Unjust-Unread-Unappealing-Unconscionable-Untrustworthy-Unscrupulous-Unstable-Unbearable-Unlikable-Unreliable-Unsound & Unctuous President in Modern American History. 🇺🇸 🙄

The Taylors are starting high school which means crushes are in the air. With all the romantic and school drama, will their friendship survive? 💕 The Taylors Version (Love Stories) by @elizabetheulberg.bsky.social is the second book in a brand-new series that will never go out of style!

One of my favorite reads this year! Read my review: freshfiction.com/review.php?i...

I really enjoyed The Thursday Murder Club and hope there are sequels planned! yabooknerd.blogspot.com/2025/09/movi...

SOB

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

What's happening with Jimmy Kimmel is about politics and power.

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

The library is one of the best things this country has to offer and everyone should be taking advantage of their local branch. Also librarians are some of the best people who will consistently fight for your right to read. (More ways to support libraries here: ilovelibraries.org)

You do not have to like Kimmel or Colbert to understand that this is fundamentally wrong and a pretty big tumble down the slope.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

I blame everyone who voted for this. I hope you get everything you voted for. I blame everyone who said we were making too big of a deal of things. Did we? I blame everyone who said we were exaggerating. Were we! I blame everyone who said it wasn’t that bad. Isn’t it?

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

timeline cleanse: franky watches the garbage truck pick up the trash this morning

Just a few picture books I'm looking forward to reading yabooknerd.blogspot.com/2025/09/pict...

Happy book birthday to Karina Yan Glaser's The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...

Happy book birthday to Newbery Medalist Rebecca Stead's The Experiment!

Look, PSLF absolutely needs reworking. As it currently stands, it's inaccessible for many LIS workers. That said, the proposed changes are going to make it even harder for us. The administration could potentially disqualify public and academic libraries, without any challenge process.

Are you ready to celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth in your Library? Join Pura Belpré honor author-illustrators @elizakinkz.bsky.social, #CarlosAponte, & #ZekePeña as they share the cultural significance of their newest PBs during this @penguinschoollib.bsky.social webinar on 9/15: bit.ly/3JiPrr8

Dessert mode ACTIVATE: Best pie: Coconut Cream Best ice cream: Peanut Butter Best donut: Boston Creme Best bar: Something with peanut butter and chocolate Best cake: Lemon Best other: S'mores * this was really hard as I LOVE dessert Adding: Best Cookie: Chocolate Chip

We don’t want AI slop. Stop sending us AI slop. Stop wasting our time with AI slop. It doesn’t sound good. It’s antithetical to our core values. You didn’t even make it. Knock it off.

Happy Latine Heritage Month 2025! Happy Latine Heritage Month! We're celebrating as we do with books by Latine authors, mostly starring Latine main characters, and if you want even more recs, check out past years' posts! Middle Grade It’s All or Nothing, Vale by Andrea Beatriz Arango All these…

Sonia Sotomayor, on tour to promote her new children’s book “Just Shine!: How to Be a Better You," talks about what gives her hope | Seattle Times

Just a few middle grade books in my TBR list 📖📚📖 yabooknerd.blogspot.com/2025/09/midd...

NOAH WYLIE EMMY WINNER YES. #emmys

Know what creates empathy? Books. Reading about people unlike ourselves and experiences we'll never have. Which is why some people want to remove those books and discourage reading. Kids and adults should read widely. Most spend their spare time online, which is where indoctrination often begins.

YES!

I would add - attend a program

ICYMI, Enchanting the Fae Queen is available for reviewers to request on Netgalley now! ✨

This week has been a long year. But you know what to do. 😍

First Book Partners with Kwame Alexander for National 'Literacy Pep Rally' buff.ly/EGVaagk

Do AI books belong in the library? My Hot Take: Absolutely Not

Q&A: Chloe Gong on identity, international relations, and virtual reality in ‘Coldwire’ www.slj.com/story/chloe-...

We’re just 6 days away from this year's #NationalVoterRegistrationDay celebration. 🗳️ Sign up as a partner today to get everything you need to make your community #VoteReady: shorturl.at/i2Hvn

Dear NYC: 1. The last day to register to vote is October 25, 2025. 2. There will be two mayoral debates, on Thursday, October 16 and Wednesday, October 22.

Get your checkbooks and library cards ready. Here are my 20 most anticipated YA science fiction, fantasy, and horror for September and October. reactormag.com/most-anticip...

THE LIBRARIANS is going global! @variety.com shared our release plans for this fall! Opening in the UK on 09/26 at @berthadochouse.bsky.social, followed by a US release - 10/3 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, 10/9 Laemmle Theatres plus a 40+ arthouse cinema tour across the US! bit.ly/LibrariansVa...

Heard an interview with @joannashupe.bsky.social on, I THINK, @smartbitches.bsky.social and became intrigued. I haven't read her but her time period, Gilded Age, is my jam. Anyway, she curated a list of GA books, people.com/the-gilded-a..., which, turns out, many were on my TBR list on Libby.