I cannot overstate how big a role illiteracy plays in Everything Wrong With The World Today. People who don’t read become people who can’t read become people who hate reading (and readers).

I’m sorry capcha but to see all images with gnats I’d have to be a robot now wouldn’t I 🤖

The sight of Doug Wilson’s face (which I have seen in person) gives me nightmares. I never thought I would see that heartless bastard again. The horrors that were visited on me in the 90s as a direct result of his teachings are unspeakable. I was non-personed. #DougWilson #ChristianNationalism

I don’t always look this gorgeous but when I do…jk I always look this gorgeous #catsofbluesky #cats

English writer Mary Wollstonecraft was born #OTD in 1759. Best known for her book, 𝘈 𝘝𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 (1792). It is a foundational text for feminism that argued for equal education and rights for women--challenging the notion of female inferiority. #literature #litsky #booksky

“All around the world Around the world I know you feel this sh*t Wish I had a! Wish a was a! Wish a gave a! But I don’t” Those are some 🫪 verses but—What a chorus; what an earworm #mgk #FredDurst #FIXURFACE #rap #rock #newmusic

I lost my job, my kids have measles, and inflation is through the roof. But at least now the Library of Congress isn't lending any antique glass flutes to Lizzo.

The April EarlyWord GalleyChat catalog #ewgc is complete and we had more than 160 galleys mentioned in the chat! HOT titles with chatters include FIVE by Ilona Barrister, THE UNICORN HUNTERS by Katherine Arden (more in replies) Our Edelweiss catalog: www.edelweiss.plus#catalogID=53... #booksky

open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/... "After months of total darkness, there is hope. There's a sense that liberal democracy can still triumph against the populist threat, it can withstand the joint assault from the Kremlin & the WH ... the war can still be won & the battles are still worth fighting"

My TBR is screaming! The next GalleyChat will be May 7 at 4 p.m. EST with virtual cocktails at 3:30, and I will NOT have everything I have downloaded today read by then but hope springs eternal! #ewgc

Downloaded: CLEANUP ON AISLE FIVE by Ann Larson; THE FAREWITCH OF FOXE HOLLER by Ellen Fauley Goff, and THE REDEMPTION CENTER IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS by Andrea Hairston #ewgc

Also reading now: LAND by Maggie O'Farrell. Irish mysticism and magic meet mapmaking. Not sure yet what I think of it, but the writing is just as masterful as I've come to expect from this author. #ewgc

Reading now: THE UNICORN HUNTERS by Katherine Arden, coming June 2. The young yet vulnerable ruler of Brittany puts off an unwanted marriage and takeover of her kingdom by France by proposing a unicorn hunt. Intrigued! #ewgc

The ending of A PERFECT HAND by Ayelet Waldeman is a shocking surprise. It reads just like a standard comedy of manners with upstairs/downstairs conflicts, politely written to the dear Reader, and then. . .history. Love it. #ewgc Thank you @PRHLibrary for the ARC.

VILLA COCO by Andrew Sean Greer is a luscious Italian staycation loaded with madcap characters. Don't miss it! June 9 from @PRHLibrary.bsky.social #ewgc

Just so you #ewgc folks know, I am on the hunt for a solution to the chatters not appearing in the catalog. My note fields are apparently personal and don't show up unless I download them. I will try to get support and figure out how to put them in somehow.

Hi everyone! I'm here to compile and also have some galleys to chat up! How are you #ewgc peeps?

The foster cat Hyde thinks he’s too good for me. I concur. #catsofbluesky

EarlyWord GalleyChat is today at 4 p.m. EST! Join librarians for all the straight dope on upcoming book releases. #ewgc

The EarlyWord GalleyChat Edelweiss catalog for March is ready for your perusal and downloading pleasure! #ewgc www.edelweiss.plus?catalogID=53...

part of me still can't believe the East Wing was completely destroyed and there have been no negative consequences or reports on whether items inside were properly archived or not

If you don't want to wait for the EarlyWord blog, the #ewgc catalog in Edelweiss Plus is ready! Happy downloading and requesting all the books we chatted about yesterday! www.edelweiss.plus?catalogID=53...

Next up for me is THE MOUNTAINS WE CALL HOME by Kim Michele Richardson. Looking forward to more about the Book Woman! @sbkslibrary.bsky.social sent me a few copies here at the library for book club consideration. #ewgc

Hooting and snorting my way through THE DEVIL AND MRS GOOCH by @deathbybadger.bsky.social (second in the "Household Gramarye" series). The footnotes! The ARC courtesy of @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social was just what I needed. #ewgc

I don't have many books to chat up because I didn't like some of the DRCs I read or couldn't get into them. Is it me? Is it the books? Who can tell; I'm really sleepy. 😑 #ewgc

I believe this is my 20th month of compiling EarlyWord GalleyChat and its catalog on Edelweiss and blogging for EarlyWord! How are you all, peeps? #ewgc

Episode 5 of #RiotWomen gutted me when it was released on #Britbox last night. I ADORE this show. Only one episode left in Season 1 but I understand there will be a Season 2!

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

EarlyWord GalleyChat is TODAY if you want the scoop on the best books coming out in a few months to pre-order, or request from Netgalley or Edelweiss Plus if you get ARCs and/or DRCs. We are libarians and we know our stuff! Follow the hashtag #ewgc at 4 p.m. EST. #librarian #librarians #booksky

The truest truth I’ve seen truthed of late

Hello #ewgc peeps! I can't find our hashtag at all today and I'm not sure what to do for compilation. Maybe I'll wait until tomorrow and see if the hashtag is fixed to go the GalleyChat compilation.

Hey GalleyChatters, if you're trying to follow #ewgc - apparently, the Bluesky search is not working and is a few hours behind. If you follow me, please RT this so we get the word out.

My annual Christmas poem. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! :) "In the cold, dark night, a woman is giving birth." theodoragosspoems.com/2018/12/26/c...

Happy Hogswatch to all who celebrate. Ho! Ho! Ho!

#LibFaves25 is up on the EarlyWord blog! www.earlyword.com/2025/12/18/l...

I nominate Josh O'Connor to star in adaptations of "Death Comes for the Archbishop" and "Doomsday Book" next since he's got this genuinely good priest thing down cold. #KnivesOut #WakeUpDeadMan

Last but definitely not least, number 10 is THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE by Sarah Beth Durst. This is the book of 2025 that I want to go and live in. I think a piece of me is still there. May just put it on my medicinal shelf with Wodehouse and Miss Read for whenever I need soothing. #LibFaves25

It was a rough year, and comfort reads such as Kim Jyun's YEONNAM-DONG'S SMILEY LAUNDROMAT kept me reading (and hoping) so it is my number 9 pick. #LibFaves25

My 8th pick for #LibFaves25 is A DROP OF CORRUPTION by Robert Jackson Bennett. The most flawless mystery I've read in quite some time, or at least since the one before it in the Shadow of the Leviathan series, THE TAINTED CUP. Love Ana and Din.

Pick 7: I adored THE RIVER HAS ROOTS by Amal El-Mohtar as much as anything I read in 2025. Sisters, music, magic, an unbreakable bond. Just excellent. #LibFaves25

Day 6 pick is VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANY MORE. Talk about fun, and this sweet yet exciting book has one of the best endings I've read all year. #LibFaves25

Oh my word, fellow librarians, I'm totally buying a copy of The Correspondent (not my pick) if they have it this evening at my local independent bookstore! What a hot #LibFaves25 contender!

GREENTEETH by Molly O'Neill was so great. Take me back to Chipping Appleby! #LibFaves25 That's five; I'm caught up!

Also in my (unranked) top 10 is THE KEEPER OF MAGICAL THINGS by Julie Leong. I love this cozy fantasy series. #LibFaves25

I must jump in on day 4 of #LibFaves25 and start posting. I like doing a countdown but “no particular order” is sufficient! My first three have no cover images since I’m tardy. AMITY by Nathan Harris, AUTOMATIC NOODLE by Annalee Newitz, and PAPER GIRL by Beth Macy!

I am trying to figure out how to create PDFs of catalogs for EarlyWord that have linked titles to the full Edelweiss record. If any of you #LibFaves25 or #ewgc peeps have any idea how this is done, shoot me a DM. I want to put everything on the site and ditch the spreadsheets.

I'll be creating a special blog at earlyword.com for the #LibFaves25 top picks when we tally them up. I have a habit of spending a good bit of January reading the top picks of librarians and I'm always blown away! #booksky