I'm happy to finally be able to pre-order this, cover art or empty white space 😂 Honestly, this release goes so hard, and I want to buy 2 copies. So I can doodle something with Teen Girl Squad vibes on the slip cover of one of them.

City Council voted last week to remove a full time library clerk position from the budget. This takes effect July 1st. Not only is my coworker losing her job, but now we have to shift everything around 🫠 #PubLibs #LibraryLife

Just started Ultramarine by Mariette Navarro and I'm like, why does the storyline of an extra crew member randomly showing up sound so familiar 🤔 📚💙

Me, in my Bluesky bubble:

Can we stop asking women if they're "expecting?" I'm just a little pudgy in the middle 😭 I've even lost a few pounds recently. Gonna burn it all down.

✅ Pretty Pink Dress ✅ Back Porch ✅ Seltzer ✅ Library Book Got everything I need. 💙📚

I... Don't know how I feel about this one 🤔 Gotta mull on it for a bit. 💙📚

Bought a napa cabbage for a different recipe, but I'm not going to use all of it, so I just made some okonomiyaki for lunch, and man, was my first attempt ugly AF 🫠 Tasted good, though! Would try again, but maybe with some coleslaw mix - I feel like shredded cabbage would turn out better.

Went to a local PBS showing of The Librarians last Thurs. I was a few drinks in during the documentary, but I'm pretty sure the library director was drunk. She kept heckling the Mom's For Liberty segments 😂 Ain't no laws when you're drinking claws. #PubLibs #LibraryLife

We stan synthwave in this house. Got the hubs 4 records for his birthday on Tuesday! Two from Gunship, one from Miami Nights, and one from Timecop1983. #Vinyl #NowSpinning

THIS BOOK RIGHT HERE, GUYS! It's giving off "And Put Away Childish Things" vibes, but I can't really explain why, because spoilers. I like my horror one of two ways - paranormal, or weird. This one's weird. Loved it! 🪐📚💙

I loved, loved, loved George Falls Through Time. I was surprised to see such mixed reviews. I sometimes use characters from TV shows/movies to fill in visuals when I'm reading. Binging Grantchester, so George's likeness is Leonard Finch. I dunno, it's what automatically popped into my head 🤷🏻‍♀️ 💙📚🪐

Dude, I've had Daddy Like by Dorian Electra stuck in my head for *days.* What a banger 🤌

March 28th was my 10 year work anniversary 🥳 I'm absolutely, totally, and completely not bitter that no one in management has said anything to me. Not in the least.

This month's spice is basil! The parmesan basil ground chicken burgers sound tasty 👀 #PubLibs

When people donate popular books in really good condition, we often use them as replacements for our worn-out copies. I've added *so many* replacements these past few weeks! Only one book in this image was an actual purchase! #PubLibs #LibraryLife

Now Spinning: 회사AUTO - Greatest Hits Managed to grab a copy of this vinyl from My Pet Flamingo's Bandcamp page 🙌

Shit, forgot about social media again 🤦‍♀️

Whose bright idea was it to buy a toy xylophone for the children's room 🫠 #PubLibs #LibraryLife

Recently finished The Body by Bethany C. Morrow. Absolutely loved this! The main character went from meek and timid to gouging someone's eyes out. Love that for her ❤️ Totally recommend Morrow's sci-fi novel, Mem, as well! 🩸📚💙

All of my coworkers slurp their food and chew noisily or with their mouths open and I want to scream.

One of our librarians used AI to create a poster for our book sale, and it's very typical. At first glance it looks fine, but the more you stare at it, the more small abnormalities are noticeable. The worst part is that the word "Book" is spelled incorrectly 🫣 #PubLibs #LibraryLife

Me patiently waiting for my invite:

Yup... I work in a library and one of my projects is putting series labels on the spines of our adult fiction collection. When I got to Jo Nesbø, I knew the books we had were part of a series, but didn't know the name. I stared at my computer in disbelief and probably snorted 🫣 #PubLibs

Guys, this is getting out of hand. I have a morning affirmation for winter time that goes something like: You have a pension. You're in a union. Low cost of living. This is why I stay here. 😂

Just finished the audio for Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash. The humorous, and heartwarming, tale of a dysfunctional family. If you like Kevin Wilson, I think you'll like this one! 💙📚🖋️

I'm playing this word matching game, and I see "Fantasy," "Sci-Fi," "Drama," and I know the category will be something along the lines of "Genre," so I'm looking for words like "Romance," and you know what the 4th word was? "Young Adult" Young Adult is a demographic.

We rarely cook anything in the crockpot, so when I cracked the ceramic insert of our last one years ago, I never replaced it (I dropped it while I was washing it!). We borrowed a family member's crockpot for tonight's dinner, and this thing looks like it came straight outta the 80's. Love it.

Ew, gross 🤮

I made pickle soup for dinner. I watched one recipe video on Facebook, and suddenly I'm seeing pickle soup recipes 24/7 in my feed. It was delicious 🤤

Guys, this is my 4th DenTek kit 😂 My dog chewed up the 1st two and I chewed up the 3rd in my sleep.

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(This happened several years ago) Went to my annual wellness exam at Planned Parenthood. The provider asked if I wanted a breast exam - sure - and she then proceeded to comment on how nice my skin was as she checked for lumps. Serial killer vibes, for sure.

A guy named Michael Bolton booked one of our meeting rooms today. Have this stuck in my head now, thanks. #LibraryLife #PubLibs

Guys, I think I'm at the wrong store...

I'm 39, so when the ILS is down, this is what I hear in my head. #PubLibs #LibraryLife

We're open 9-5 on Saturdays. It's my turn to work Saturday, and I couldn't sign in to Leap, so I checked my inbox, and every other library in my system open today couldn't either. As of 10AM, no one at Innovative has responded to us to even acknowledge that there's an issue 🙃 #LibraryLife #PubLibs

Happy Holidays 💙

So if Die Hard is considered a Christmas movie because it takes place on Christmas day, is Too Close by Next a Christmas song because it heavily samples Christmas Rappin' by Kurtis Blow?

Here are my #libfaves25 honorable mentions! It was *soooo* difficult to narrow my favorites down to 10 titles. I struggled between a few, and kept flip-flopping. Titles and authors in the alt text!

It's the last day of #LibFaves25, and my pick for today is THE LAMB by Lucy Rose. I can't say much without spoilers, but If you enjoyed Wake Up and Open Your Eyes (Clay McLeod Chapman) or Earthlings (Sayaka Murata), then this is probably for you... This one is going to take a while to get over.

It's day 9 of #LibFaves25, and today's pick (in no particular order) is BLOB: A LOVE STORY by Maggie Su. Vi discovers an amorphous blob. She's a little drunk, so she takes the blob home. It starts to grow into a human shape, so Vi decides to mold the blob into the perfect boyfriend, like you do 👍

It's day 8 of #LibFaves25, and today's pick (in no particular order) is What We Can Know by Ian McEwan. It's 2119, and most of the Western world is under water. People of this time are haunted by the abundance of the past, and one particular poem read at a dinner party in 2014...

It's day 7 of #LibFaves25, and today's pick (in no particular order), is TERRESTRIAL HISTORY by Joe Mungo Reed A young boy travels back in time to hopefully save Earth from a deadly climate crisis. A family saga spanning four generations, from Scotland to Mars.

Stopped at a record store when I was on vacation last week, and found a used DJ Shadow vinyl! I was very excited 😍 #NowSpinning In Tune and On Time By DJ Shadow

It's day 6 of #LibFaves25, and today's pick (in no particular order), is THE SOFA by Sam Munson. Such a fun little gem about a haunted... Sofa 🤔 If I see a book from indie publisher Two Dollar Radio out in the wild, I buy it. They conveniently put their logo on the spine so it's easy to spot 😂

It's day 5 of #LibFaves25, and today's pick (in no particular order) is WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES by Clay McLeod Chapman. The entire second half is a weird fever dream of the male lead imaging his every move narrated by Anderson Cooper. I laughed, got mad, almost threw up, and had to hold my dog.

It's day 4 of #LibFaves25, and today's pick (in no particular order) is FORECLOSURE GOTHIC by Harris Lahti. Vic quits his Hollywood acting gig and moves to the Hudson Valley area to follow in his father's footsteps - renovating foreclosure properties to sell at a profit. Things get kinda weird... 👀

It's day 3 of #LibFaves25, and today's pick (in no particular order) is THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION by qntm (This book was independently published in 2020, but was revised and published by Ballantine Books in 2025) How can you destroy a monster if you can't remember that it exists?