Happy Friday, #Booksky! 📚💙 Here is our June 2026 LibraryReads list! Head over to our website to view the entire printable PDF list complete with annotations! libraryreads.org

And here is the June 2026 Hall of Fame! Head over to our website to view the entire printable PDF list complete with annotations! libraryreads.org 📚💙 #BookSky

The LibraryReads June 2026 Bonus Pick is SUBLIMATION by Isabel J. Kim!

Attended a romance book group in my town and a member said every time they put a hold on a book it seems to come from the library where I work (and purchase fiction). Delighted to hear this about my #CollectionDevelopment!

Now's a great time to support LaVonnia Moore, a rural Georgia librarian who was fired because she approved a library display (set up by community members) that included a book featuring a transgender character. Her legal case enters the mediation process this week. 📚 www.gofundme.com/f/help-lavon...

a note for all the people who told me that AI would be the perfect tool for transcribing handwritten historical records into searchable text :

#chuckstravaganza day 13: grey in a bed of clover with @helgagrace.bsky.social’s brown one stars @melissazd.bsky.social

Our friends at the Heartland Book Festival are accepting author panel submissions for the upcoming October event at the Kansas City Public Library! Details here: tinyurl.com/4n2a94wj

Let's keep the lights on at Spark Space, an essential community project! Spark is youth-led mutual aid: providing internet & electricity, classes, and more to displaced + homeless youth! This is transformative. 242/770 by Sunday. Hit "weekly" on a five! chuffed.org/project/spar...

#chuckstravaganza day 10 part 2: at the movie theater to see the sheep detectives with @renatasnacks.bsky.social @helgagrace.bsky.social @melissazd.bsky.social @ljaneother.bsky.social

#chuckstravaganza day 10: metallic fuchsia at the bowling alley @helgagrace.bsky.social @melissazd.bsky.social

Lina is struggling to care for her family, including her severely injured husband Mahmoud who's at risk of amputation, her mother-in-law with bone cancer, & her sick daughters, under Israel's genocide, which has left them homeless & starving. Mahmoud urgently needs surgery to save his life:

HAPPY WNBA 2026 TIP-OFF TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE!!!!

ok so I want to do two threads about @blipstress.bsky.social PLASTIC PRISM VOID and this is the first and it is about BOOK DESIGN so if you are a NERD then buckle up. My basic positon, as the dummy who got roped into typesetting this book, is it is an amazingly rare thing: something actually new.

Once again here to tell you that "artificial" doesn't necessarily mean "good"

Are y'all attending LJ's Day of Dialog online Thursday? It's free and always super interesting! (and I get to chat with Emily St John Mandel about her upcoming book -- which I totally loved!) www.libraryjournal.com/event/librar...

Patron: Do you have any index cards? Me: I'm sorry, but you could probably make some out of scrap paper, how many do you need? Patron: I'm not sure, it's someone else's project, and they're kind of . . . snappish Me: Well if you need to say the library denied you index cards, go ahead #LibraryLife

I'm a #SundayLibrarian today and I had some COFFEE so I am vibrating and READY to HELP

#autobiographical Who hasn't been driving in the car with an audiobook on and then tried to read a paper book at a stoplight? . . . Just me?

It remains very weird to me that in a world of actually useful technology -- photovoltaic power generation, mRNA vaccines, maglev trains, smart phones, etc -- the tech sector has gone so all-in on bullshit generators and plagiarism machines.

Retaj is a kid fighting to survive a bullet in her brain. We’re raising a small sum this weekend towards her daily, life-sustaining healthcare. Stretch, 239/350 by Monday? Then act. A bullet wound to the brain shouldn’t happen. Nor become a chronic injury. tiny.cc/HelpRetaj

My interior design aesthetic is what I call ‘ancient Egyptian burial chamber' and that's where the purpose of every single room in my house is to surround me with enough of my favorite things to last me through the afterlife

Our first #chuckstravaganza post is day 2: Pride with @surlyspice.bsky.social! @melissazd.bsky.social

I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything made by AI. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed by AI, or buy anything sold or processed by AI, or AI-generate anything sold, bought, or processed, or AI-repair anything sold, bought, or processed. - Lloyd Dobler in 2025

Now that Little G has started a compost pile, we can take our greens directly there from the store without pausing to let things rot in the fridge @surlyspice.bsky.social

... And this list doesn't even include: *The bias baked into the results. *The psychological damage of sycophantic tech. *The damage to critical thinking process incurred by use. *The measurable reductions in memory use of AI causes. #AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat

Happy Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd are playing in their first WNBA game together today for all who Celebrate.

lesbians own the moon I don't make the rules

My best craft advice is "Put a giant worm in it." You can never go wrong with a giant worm. Sci-fi: Giant worm on an alien planet Fantasy: Giant worm in mountain sitting on a pile of gold Horror: Giant worm (eats people) Romance: Giant worm causes third-act breakup Mystery: Giant worm investigates

Taxing billionaires doesn't make a government socialist Don't repeat nonsense like this and call it out when you see it

friends, may starts on FRIDAY and you know what that means #CHUCKSTRAVAGANZA! all month wear your #converse, post photos, join the fun! everyone is welcome, use the social media platform of your preference! @helgagrace.bsky.social @melissazd.bsky.social

There are so many people I respect who remain on Substack. I really want them to thrive. So I hope they'll watch the AnaMarieCox/Anil Dash video (followed by a view of Imani Gandi's www.patreon.com/posts/155635...) & then leave Substack. #MediaLiteracy #NewsLiteracy 🍎 📚 🧪 #AcademicSky #Skybrarians

THIS BLADE OF OURS by shalini abeysekara @awayintheshire.bsky.social comes out 6/30/2026 from @unionsqandco.bsky.social @misterchris.bsky.social @hachettelibrary.bsky.social #fantasy #sequel #omens #gods #conclusion #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 5/1!

SLASHER SUMMER by e. l. chen @elainechen.com releases 6/23/2026 from @crownpublishing.bsky.social @prhlibrary.bsky.social #horror #friends #ReturningHome #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 5/1!

The Choice is Yours, a guest post by Amanda McCrina I write about ordinary people making choices, and about how their choices end up having surprising and far-reaching consequences. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2026/04/27/t... @tltkaren.bsky.social

THE LIBRARY OF FLOWERS by l. c. chu is available 6/2/26 from @readlandmark.bsky.social @sbkslibrary.bsky.social #women #family #perfumes #magic #canada #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 5/1!

FATHER MATERIAL by alexis hall @quicunquevult.bsky.social releases 6/2/2026 from @sourcebookscasa.bsky.social @sbkslibrary.bsky.social #ThirdInASeries #luc #oliver #life #milestones #puppy #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 5/1!

THE DISASTER GAY DETECTIVE AGENCY by @levacrosen.bsky.social releases 6/2/2026 from @poisonedpenpress.bsky.social @sbkslibrary.bsky.social #murder #queer #friends #misadventures #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 5/1!

DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN AND MOON by lisa see is available 6/9/2026 from @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social #women #china #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 5/1!

'I'm Faraj from Gaza...I'm a university student studying nursing...I want to continue my studies, but the only obstacle is money. As you know, nursing is important in Gaza. I'm ashamed of myself for reaching this state. So if you can help me, please help me'. This is Faraj's cousin's fundraiser:

Have you ever noticed that the massive, coordinated, multi-year assault on trans rights is based on NOTHING WHATSOEVER

Today is Take Action for #libraries Day in the US, part of National Library Week, and World Book Day. 📚 Today is a perfect to contact Congress and tell them to oppose the dangerous HR 7661 and support the freedom to read.

Starting July 1 there will be new limits on student loans for MLS students under the limited understanding of what fits as a "professional" degree. This limit is going to further restrict access to the field. I haven't seen anywhere near enough discussion of this (truthfully, none) by pro orgs. 📚

i am correctly labeled as an ai hater

I cannot even begin to tell you. How fast you will move to the top of my ballot. If you publicly antagonize AI.

i have no idea what the WNBA Props Department was going for with this set-up but I love it

JFC. Do not let AI anywhere near your school library! You do not need AI to set up a school library. Just fucking hire a librarian. We won't sell off your child's private data to the highest bidder.

"i don't rank literature" "good luck finding a working woman in literary fiction, i'll wait" "i've never been a genre snob" "storm with a mohawk" marlon james speaking my language at @prhlibrary.bsky.social book and author festival