every day i think about quitting my job and doing something where i get to read instead which is hilarious bc i‘m a librarian

some of my fav books i’ve read lately have been translations which makes me think of all the books in other languages i've never read

the one good thing about feeling a new pain is it doesn’t hurt the second time —my 11 y/o

some nights he scooped her ice cream and they watched crime documentaries in bed while the cat wandered about the house

first time dating someone who reads as much as i do and it’s divine to come home and talk about what we read and give book reviews and lit critiques to someone who gives a fuck

morning walk with my beau

i woke up my bf to tell him omaha is getting a third barnes & noble and it’s close to our house

genres i read: poetry, literary fiction, book club fiction, memoir, knowledge nonfic, classics subgenres i read: lgbtqia, domestic fiction, music, basketball, death/murder, cooking, friendship, ambition, coming of age, sexuality, addiction, fear

thinking about becoming an amateur horror writer because i’m spooky as shit

there’s a woman with a landline whose phone never rings. its one of those rotary phones with the curly cord. your parents probably had one. any way, the phone is plugged in but it never rings because nobody knows the number

if i’m honest, i do kinda love basketball. and not just because of basketball lesbians and nba jam. i love the squeak of shoes on the court, i love the teamwork and the bravado. i love the shot clock and the concessions stand. i love heckling and encouraging like i’m a back alley cheerleader

physical therapist played a cd that included a cover of every breath you take on what sounded like the water glasses

my dream? to be an audiobook narrator as beloved as julia whelan

my bf made me this playlist i'm listening to in my new headphones and i want to critique him bc i‘m in the mood but honestly there is nothing to say he hasn’t missed

i just texted my bf a selfie and he replied “would“

give and ye shall receive actually works bro

fav pic from this morning‘s commute

my bf’s son showed me his new wallet which contained a library card, a reloadable arcade card, and a couple receipts. what are these receipts for? i asked him. adults always keep receipts in their wallet, he replied

aarik’s kid asked me to write him a story on his tablet so i did and maybe that’s how i write again—as gifts to people i love, the way it all started

is that one of your Special Playlists? she asked. it was a certain hour and finally the kid was settling down. it was kinda boozy and hazy and they were delirious with fatigue. not to mention the want they sat on their hands about all day. it was time to take back what the light had taken from them

walking feet please

like i don’t know who these basketball coaches are but i've got some pointers

3 Xs flashing different colors into the missouri night

if you drive through rural iowa while the sun sets on the other side of the missouri river, you’ll see the last sunlight glinting off street signs, metal silos to the east—everything winking, the last act of the place’s eyes before they shut for the evening

it’s fine to take off your bra while driving long distances

made it back to the library to pass the reins to my book club onto one of my staff members and damn it’s hard to let it go i really love leading it

he says he trusts me to do whatever i believe is best as long as its a part of my artistic practice whooo boy catch me at this saturday basketball game it’s gonna be artistic af

i love my bf but he calls midtown downtown

do you ever dream of hearing a song again but you can’t find it with the four words you remember? do you ever know a song is from a particular era but not who sang it? with a music boyfriend™️ you‘ll never want again. he will find you any song with just a few clues. he hasn’t been stumped yet!

if you’re in a reading slump, i love to make custom reading lists. free of charge! just tell me what you’ve enjoyed and what you’re in the mood for next and i would love to collect some titles for you

i’m gonna make an appointment with him at the writing center, read him something i‘ve written

i just think we should normalize telling our kids we love them

you know it’s a gourmet night when you start with a fresh yahtzee sheet

my bf says the equivalent of “you could buy me a drink first“ every time i begin to psychoanalyze him

when billie eilish said, “things i once enjoyed / just keep me employed now“ i felt that

i dream of an internet like the kind we had in 2009 when we wrote blogs and all your fav people atm commented

if you wanna know the truth of it, i went on three dates with a man once and each date i read him a chapter at his request. obviously we didn’t make it through the book, but i so enjoyed the experience of reading my favorite book aloud, i vowed i would one day read it in its entirety to my soulmate

"DaBaby - Be More Grateful" Who named this album, my parents?

i’m in the mood for a bryan washington novel i just murmured to myself

any way one day i dream of owning this dollhouse and rearranging the furniture and installing new art pieces and making a drama unfold over the interior of a house

if i had to pick a favorite genre of music it‘s 2001 cruising music

sometimes it’s cool to be the only person with this name and sometimes it’s obnoxious

but what if when we serve we do it with pleasure

i want to write a book about a working mom who was raised by a stay at home mother and how she has to learn what motherhood could look like if you were someone else

the mark of a good book is a good narrator

i don’t think you can get addicted to vr if you’re old my son said to me

sometimes at work i get grouchy from the demands of the public. and then i remember being a kid checking out my books and how talking to the librarian felt like talking to a celebrity but better

today my coworker comes up to me and asks me to look up who wrote the babysitters club series. ann martin i said so fast he did a double take. someday i‘ll tell him about my days as a kid in the library, reading every book in the series out of order, checking out whichever just happened to be there

january has the most beautiful skies i said to my son

read two books, made a chili and did my taxes today so yeah i’m reborn after that colonoscopy