And using Compass Classroom lists for okaying book choices for classic literature is a big NOPE from me (and probably other school teachers and librarians).

Wise advice. No notes.

Just a 50-something year old girl sitting in the car waiting for her dad in the store like the Gen X I am. Don’t no one be breaking a window for me, I’m good.

Van Der Beek played Dawson Leery on the hit show Dawson's Creek. He announced his colon cancer diagnosis in 2024. n.pr/3Oc2JIr

Just keep destroying my childhood piece by piece.

I’m thinking this is a joke…

No YOU just downloaded and finished @ilonaandrews.bsky.social’s new BEAST BUSINESS while at work. It was for selection. So what if I don’t order fiction…

We are pleased to announce a brand-new fantasy series from THE iconic @kateerobert.com with @torbooks.bsky.social!! Welcome to The Tarot Trials, a thrilling competition of political alliances, illusionary magic, and inevitable treachery 🔪

Some of my very favorite book awards get announced today. The Reading List is a great resource for genre fiction. Congratulations to the authors and to the librarians who did SO much reading! 📚

It's hard to believe it, but the day is finally here! Ballad of the Bone Road is officially out in the world!

And a very happy book birthday to @jessiemihalik.com 's Silver and Blood, a lush and delicious romantasy I adored! I'm so happy to be pub-day twins. 💕 www.jessiemihalik.com/book/silver-... #romancelandia

This book is amazing. I gave it a starred review in @libraryjournal.bsky.social www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-l...

Someone left my webinar early because they were going to a guinea pig baby shower. This will always be a valid excuse.

OMG YES PLEASE!!

I do not understand how someone can take a 70+ hour online course but not know how to get to the internet on a desktop computer?

My ADHD trait where I am always feeling for chin hairs and then obsessively touching them while I still have hours in my work day. #MyKingdomForSomeTweezers

IMPORTANT FACTS

The holiday party we were supposed to go to this weekend has been cancelled? Oh no. Too bad.

I'd be happy to go the rest of 2025 without anyone famous that I have liked dying, but nope...

Holiday dress up, but make it gay. Shirt courtesy of GFW Clothing.

Oh come on, I am hating this timeline.

York County Library (SC) Bans “Gender Identity” Books for Minors, Strips Citizens of First Amendment Rights. I don't know why this York story doesn't get the national attention that others have. It needs it. This board just destroyed the public library. Again. bookriot.com/york-county-...

Revisiting My Most Popular Posts of 2025: A Roundup with Links: raforall.blogspot.com/2025/12/revi...

*smashes finger on download*

She was an author I read in my 20s and enjoyed.

You know something is going down when over half the seats are full at the town board meeting.

When I stopped in today, one of the librarians was helping an older patron print something. Libraries are community, and don you forget it.

Stopped at the library today to pick up a book on hold and this is your reminder to get a library card, if you haven’t! They have books, ebooks, audiobooks, dvds! Want to learn something? They have fun workshops and classes! Some have AWESOME makerspaces and lend out tools or baking supplies!

Ooooh I can go find that stack of cassingles I still have!

So @libraryjournal.bsky.social did their Best Books lists in a different way this year: Editors' Picks, Starred Reviews, Best Covers, and Entry Points!

Me, in my office, after dealing with a petulant patron thoughtfully with a smile

Morning in person meeting in a few, but first, I have a different type of year in review post for you today: @libraryjournal.bsky.social SF & Fantasy Preview and Genre Previews (in general) As a Overlooked Year in Review Resource @booksnyarn.bsky.social raforall.blogspot.com/2025/12/libr...

Attention library staff everywhere! We’re nearing the end of the year, so you know what time it is: Library faves kicks off in ONE WEEK, December 8th!! Count down your 📚 10 favorite books 📚 published in 2025, 1 per day, through 12/17. TITLE in caps, tag #LibFaves25. Can’t wait to see your picks!

Dinner is over so they know all is safe.

*reads recipe* Four cloves of garlic. Must be a misprint. *adds 9 cloves of garlic*

Traditional Thanksgiving breakfast is sausage stuffing! Yes, we put a pound of butter in it.

So, a piece of Baker & Taylor is being purchased...

just use the fucking library.

*hobbles up like a old veteran* It was 1989...Waldenbooks was still owned by KMart. We would have these slat wall displays...all of the overstock was stored on openly above the shelves... We used to RIP THE COVERS OFF MASS MARKET BOOKS AND THROW THE TEXT AWAY. It was madness.

Also, I got to do a Q+A with one of my fave author duos, @ilonaandrews.bsky.social! www.libraryjournal.com/story/lj-tal...

My SFF preview for Dec 2025 - May 2026 is up at Library Journal! Spoiler: THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD BOOKS COMING www.libraryjournal.com/story/violen...

My SFF preview for Dec 2025 - May 2026 is up at Library Journal! Spoiler: THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD BOOKS COMING www.libraryjournal.com/story/violen...

Language is now banned.

‘Cuse me, who ordered the snow flurries?

All, please be aware (!!) "The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request that it consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago." (Should be a gift article, holler at me if it's not)

New pen day! This is an Esterbrook Estie in Maui, EF. I really like the F Estie I have but EF is my jam.

Who’s got two thumbs and fast feet and arrived at the author event I am attending 1+ hours early? Me, it’s me. 👍🏻👍🏻

It is very early o’clock but heading to NYC for the day!

Karate class for the kiddo means circling the tiny parking lot like sharks.

Obviously the pets do not care about pesky time changes.