At @raforall.bsky.social’s book birthday party, moderated by @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social! WHY I LOVE HORROR is out today! Woooot!

@hybridlib.bsky.social 🤣

Please check this org out and share!

Come see me! I’m presenting on Friday morning, as well.

So because he spoke civilally you're just gonna say his content was civil?? Girl what??? If i politely call you stupid I'M STILL CALLING YOU STUPID Goddamn

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RFK issues a report on children’s health and never makes a reference to the number one cause of children’s death -gun violence. That kind of ideological willful blindness is what results in such carnage.

The American Library Association is pleased to announce that they are now accepting applications for the 2026 Jason Reynolds / Simon & Schuster Travel Grant. Learn more here: www.ala.org/news/2025/09... #EduSky #LibrarianSky

As a governor who cares about the well-being of my people, I can’t live in a fantasy land where I pretend Trump is not tearing this country apart for personal greed and power.

Hey #ALAMembers! Did you know you can access digital issues of BOOKLIST READER, the monthly readers' advisory magazine from the editors of @ala-booklist.bsky.social, for FREE?! Start reading now to discover reading recommendations for all ages. Use your ALA Membership ID to login: bit.ly/3jRuX9V

“denied statistical reality” is a really strange way of spelling FUCKING LIED, @nytimes.com 🤨

Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)

Them: even if he dies, nothing with change Me: except he’s dead and I’ll be glad he’s dead and everyone will be glad he’s dead. Now give me my tambourine back, Susan

This is no joke. Summer of 2023 I honestly thought I was having a mental breakdown. I'm fortunate to have a great doctor who sent me to a neurologist to make sure everything was good (I'm missing a spot in my brain, though! Also no joke!!). www.newsweek.com/woman-diagno...

K-17 has friends over for his bday. My house smells like pizza, bbq chips, and Axe body spray. It’s also beyond adorable to hear these half-tryin-to-be-grown voices coming in saying “hello Mrs. Kenny, you have a lovely home” 🤣🤣

@raforall.bsky.social and I DEMANDING that you get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in! Official photographer: @vantine.bsky.social

Whenever the “read this/don’t read that” discussion pops up, I like to remind people that the only thing they should read is whatever they like and the only books they should skip are those they don’t like. Read and let read.

Today is the LAST DAY to vote for these amazing books for LibraryReads 🌞If you loved it, please vote for it!

THE TSA AGENT LAUGHED AT MY ID PHOTO 🤣🤣 I absolutely do not blame her, it’s horrific

Hoping to see some of my long-time RA pals and meet new ones at the LibraryReads/Booklist/UFL events at #ALAAC25 this weekend!

Leaving an outdoor concert in the 90s (Violent Femmes and B52s), spotted David Byrne a row over and stupidly yelled out “Hey, that’s David Byrne” and he gave me the NASTIEST LOOK as people turned around and started to swarm him. Ooops.

Grab this thread and come say HI to me at ALA in Philly!!

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@tuphlos.bsky.social, I felt you really needed to see this. 🤣

How did we get from "Do not use Wikipedia as a source" to "ask hallucinating chatbot everything"?

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At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.

Y’all gotta go read books. There’s no way around it. Read books. Form your own opinions. LEARN THINGS. READ BOOKS WHILE LIBRARIES ARE STILL AROUND

COVER REVEAL: WHY I LOVE HORROR Edited by Me with an Excerpt from @gradyhendrix.bsky.social via @crimereads.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @laneheymont.bsky.social Pre-order link in the post below raforall.blogspot.com/2025/04/cove...

I sent you the war plans that were in the group chat and which you were probably saving for select eyes Forgive me they were juicy and and I was shitfaced

If your holds queue isn't full yet, check out our Hall of Fame authors' new books coming out in April! These are all written by library workers' favorite authors who have made our Top 10 list multiple times.

If you've been craving fresh book recommendations, it might be your lucky day. Here's the April 2025 LibraryReads Top 10 list with fabulous new titles to pre-order or request! 🍀

It’s fun to whipsaw back and forth five times every day between “Don’t overreact to alarming news” and “OK should I be hoarding food or something.”

As my friend Jim just said, "I am under no obligation to have even the tiniest respect or understanding for the drooling morons who voted for this shitshow. Yes, this is exactly what we were warning you about, wait until the billionaires come for your social security."

I will never not promote libraries, they are a vast public good and worth celebrating for themselves, and also they buy lots of books, which keeps a whole bunch of authors in the business. Please support them!

After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.

having a REALLY rough reaction to this. Don’t know if I’m angrier about the thugs manhandling her or the assholes sitting there (or worse, laughing about it). If you think this is nothing, or funny, or she deserved it...are you so stupid you don’t think they’ll do it to you, next? THIS IS AMERICA.

Dear Manager, I have: 1. Raised the curtain 2. Lit the lights 3. Put on makeup 4. Dressed up right 5. Met the Muppets at the Muppet Show tonight

I've seen a few people mention (one to me) others before and now today that libraries are advocating free stuff/not sales for the author. Libraries don't acquire books by magic. They buy copies with money. It can be hundreds/thousands of sales. People pay taxes to use the library. Nothing is free.

Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government. It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it. Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.

My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country. We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one. I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.

I will forever have a spot in my 💜 for Scalzi because at an ALA conference luncheon, a server spilled a tray of cheesecake on my lap and he stopped his entire speech (which was bringing folks to tears btw) to make sure I was ok. 🫣

Awwww, think he'll be our Valentine? 💙📚💙 #Booksky

I personally will continue to use "Gulf of Mexico" because our president is a wrathful felonious nincompoop with the intellect of paramecium and I do not consent to his cartographic buffoonery