Reminder: Audiobooks are a great way to help you read more. Add them into your every day routine! (And yes, they "count" as reading.)

Christine is also the president of my library's Friends group in Scotch Plains. This recognition is so well-deserved!

This weekend, read a book. Any book. A serious book. A frivolous book. A cozy book. A bodice ripper. A fantasy escape. An old favorite. A new release. Go to a library or bookstore, pick five that seem interesting, read all the first pages, then take the one that grabs your interest the most.

Happy International Women’s Day! I celebrate four inspiring women from history in my books. My research opened my eyes to the many other women who did amazing things, but whose names and achievements we’ll never know because they weren’t written alongside the history of the men in their lives.

Hey, so! This book that I wrote and that I love is now out in paperback!

We're fundraising for public libraries again! 📚This week, when you donate $15 USD or more to your public library, friends of a library organization, or the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, you'll receive a free audiobook credit 💓 Last year, we raised $55,000. How much will we raise this year? ⏬

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

Hey, so does your library subscribe to Freegal? If so, you can listen to Grammy winning Album of the Year, Debí Tirar Más Fotos by Bad Bunny for free - all you need is a library card. www.freegalmusic.com/album/199066...

Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th

Catching up on #libfaves25. Starting with THE MADEMOISELLE ALLIANCE by Natasha Lester, the story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade and her badass resistance during WWII.

👀Just dropping this here for our fellow readers' advisory nerds. Ok BYE.

The CDC Library plays an important role in providing our public health professionals with access to the best information. Without them, CDC employees will lose access to information and resources in an outbreak. bit.ly/4qaDIMi via @everylibrary.bsky.social

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it shouldn't be easier to get a gun in America than the covid vaccine

Great day at #alaac25 yesterday (exhibits only). Hoping to run into more friendly faces there today!

‘TBR? You’ve already got one.’ ‘We’ve got one, yes. What about *second* TBR?’

For no reason, just because, I mean why not, here's this year's iteration of our annual beach-read feature, To Beach Their Own, written by three Human Editors. www.booklistonline.com/products/980...

Many libraries have Friends of the Library organizations that work as fundraisers & advocates. Libraries are going to need more friends than ever, so be sure to join your local chapter.

Do you have a library card? Do you? Do You Do it

Trump is threatening Federal Funding for Libraries; learn more and take action at saveimls.org.

I hope you’ll join me in the Cool Person challenge (being a Cool Person by getting a library card, lengthening your attention span and sharpening your mind through extensive reading)

#TryStoryGraphForJan Tried StoryGraph before and didn't like it? Give us another chance this January! There'll be fun updates and massive improvements coming all month. ✨

Hello #LibFaves24! My first pick is AN INCONVENIENT WIFE by Karen E. Olson. A fun, modern take on the Tudors. Kate Parker's honeymoon with Hank Tudor is cut short by the discovery of a headless corpse. As she investigates, she tangles with two of Hank's exes.

Here's some numbers just in case anyone needs them. I know it doesn't feel like it but there's so much to live for. Reach out if you need it. Trans lifeline 1-877-565-8860 Trevor project 1-866-488-7386 SAGE elder hotline 1-877-360-5428

If anyone needs some comfort reading in these troubled and troubling times, I suggest A Psalm for the Wild-Built, and its companion A Prayer for the Crown Shy, both by Becky Chambers. They are quiet, hopeful gems - life affirming, questioning and kind. Your heart needs a balm, and these will do.

EarlyWord GalleyChat, the Publisher-Librarian Connection since 2010, has officially moved from X to BlueSky. Our first GalleyChat will be right here on Thursday, December 5 at 4 p.m. EST, with virtual cocktails at 3:30 p.m. Follow our chat with #ewgc www.earlyword.com/2024/11/15/g...

Happy Friends of the Library week! Our Friends group had been coasting for years, didn't want to do anything, but didn't want to give up their positions. Finally got them to hold elections last May, and we have a new board with enthusiasm and ideas. Refreshing!

Had a great reading weekend with books 2 & 3 of the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series! Heartstrings definitely tugged.