Just realizing that in walking distance from our library there're the following foods/cafés: Argentinian, Mexican (x2), Pakistani (x2), Indian (x3), Afghani, Chinese, Japanese, Colombian (x2), Italian, Mediterranean, Persian, & Peruvian, plus the ice cream shop. There's a food passport idea in here.

Patron, Saturday: You can't take so many books, we have to share them with everyone else. Another patron, Monday: [checks out at least half of our phonics collection, at least forty books] #librarianproblems #librarysky #skybrarians #GLAMs #publibs 📚

#Mets fans are truly wonderful (and deserve better than the team we've got right now). Look at this incredible book coming out in March. Yes, I will be foisting it upon my patrons. #librarysky #skybrarians #metssky #baseballsky #kidlit 📚⚾ www.publishersweekly.com/9780593659465

The now former mayor of my work town is asking people to cover his legal fees for all of his attorney’s sloppy challenges. I want to be surprised but grifters are gonna grift. @maranovak.bsky.social @nj11thforchange.bsky.social

Trying to remember where I saw a discussion on politely declining gifts from library patrons. Was it here? Was it Discord? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. #librarysky #skybrarians #GLAMs #publibs 📚

New Jersey needs a sprawling conference center that is located in Central Jersey. I don't know where or how, but there are far too many professional conferences in Atlantic City and no. Just no.

Piggybacking/adding an example to this. Some are only looking at the "large" (federal) picture. In my state (NJ), our governor-elect won by double digits w/a turnout 11% higher than the last gubernatorial election, also the highest in ~30 years.

Also, people ARE pissed. The media is just not showing it.

Heard an ad for the Audible Harry Potter and I'm mad (for MANY reasons but mostly) because Matthew Macfadyen's voice *almost* got me. The man needs to narrate more books. I need to go watch Death by Lightning now. #BookSky 📚

I've got AT LEAST two (double-sided) library carts worth on that front...so I'd go a more practical route and get sworn in on my library card.

Ok, so I have one 2026 resolution and that’s to post what I read on Bluesky, Litsy, and @bookhive.buzz (which is currently having a time processing my grandiose Goodreads export 😂). First up, my first intended listen of the year: Scavengers by Kathleen Boland. #BookSky 📚

OK, @merriam-webster.com. I see you. I read you.

Forget wrap-ups, recaps, elongated reflections on 2025. For me, with five exceptions (two weddings, an engagement, a birthday party, and a work-related award), it sucked, sucked badly, and needs to go straight into the bin. No bar set, no resolutions for 2026. Do it live. Let’s go.

Why the hell are there so many fireworks in my neighborhood this year? We're a damn condo complex. Stop setting that nonsense off so close to all the structures. There are SO many pets. And some of us just want to start off the year well-rested (that's out the window now).

It is IMPERATIVE for EVERYONE on Bluesky to know that the Empress, Duffy, was named Dawg of the Month at her groomer. Because her ego isn't already off the charts...😂😂 🐶 🐕 #DailyDuffyDorableness #DuffyDecember #DogsofBluesky #DogSky #HappyNewYearsEve

Josh O'Connor and Glenn Close in Wake Up Dead Man took my breath away and that is all. Wait, no. I would adore a Benoit Blanc mystery set in New Jersey. @rianjohnson.bsky.social, you have an ELITE selection of music to be inspired by: Sinatra, Whitney, Bon Jovi, Bruce...take your pick. Just saying.

I wasn't sobbing in my car as I listened to this today. It was just a ton of dust in the air. #kidlit #TLSky #YSLsky #booksky 📚

Christmas Duffy! 🎄 #DogSky #DogsofBlueSky #merrychristmas

If anyone ever has a doubt that I’m a Children’s Librarian, these photos should remove that doubt permanently. Merry Christmas! 📚 🍎🎄

Since I see a lot of Christmas movie talk on my feed, below is one* of the three films I truly, deeply cherish at this time of year (the other two being 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' and 'Frosty the Snowman'). *the VHS edition that includes Belle's song, of course #merrychristmas

For no reason at all whatsoever, take a moment and donate to @archive.org. #skybrarians #booksky #librarysky #edusky #publibs #GLAMs #TLSky 📚 🍎 📜 archive.org/donate?origi...

Wishing you a cozy warm spot to read, watch movies, and enjoy a quiet moment of peace.

Hang on, it's not June. What basketball thing happens in December that my feed is flooded with Knicks posts right now?

The American President, 1995 Director: Rob Reiner youtu.be/-__djIQgBJc?...

Screw injuries. Put him in the hall. #MetsSky ⚾️

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Y'all, I'm doing a THING on Thursday, 1/15. As nervous as I am (first professional webinar), I'm excited to present this. I hope youth services librarians & educators attending find it helpful! #LibrarySky #publibs #YSLSky #TLSky #edusky #skybrarians #GLAMs 📚🍎 librarylinknj.org/calendar/ret...

OK, I am totally buying it in French and will very slowly translate my way through it, but Gabriella Papadakis' memoir really, really, really needs to be translated into English just for me. 😂 #figureskating #icedancing #booksky ⛸️

Looking at #MetsSky again and oh. Oh, dear. 😬 #Mets #BaseballSky ⚾

Where's my MS-DOS emulator when I need it?

UPDATE: She was accepted, early action. 📚🍎

[looks at #MetsSky feed] Oh. Oh, dear. 😬

I want to know where along the line of human evolution, our bodies thought "Hey, what if we fought off colds by blocking off one of our main avenues of air?" It's same energy as "Let's have this thin, very easily breakable bone oddly supporting an 8-11 pound round weight! What could go wrong?"

Just submitted my first conference proposal (solo to boot) and I think I might BARF (or sneeze...I'm running a bit of a cold). What if it's accepted? Oh gosh oh gosh oh gosh. #librarianproblems #GLAMs #librarysky #publibs #TLsky #skybrarians #kidlit 📚 🍎

But also, libraries have streaming services too!

I told a patron making copies for housing about part of the process just *yesterday*. Patron: They're asking for all this documentation. It's probably around 50 pages. Me: That's all? USCIS paperwork, no joke, takes anywhere from 300 pages to an entire ream of paper. Patron: Wait, really?

If you see this, post your favorite Pokémon!

How do I personally lobby @kohails.bsky.social/ByWater Solutions to invest in a giant server for our consortium? Koha's slowness and internal server errors are killing us (and our main office). We're a lot of libraries. We need the space! 😭 😭 😭 #librarianproblems #librarysky #GLAMs #skybrarians 📚

HOW IS THE BOOK WITH NO PICTURES NOT AVAILABLE IN SPANISH (PRINT HARDCOVER SPECIFICALLY)?! Y’all… #librarianproblems #librarysky #booksky #GLAMs #publibs 📚 @penguinschoollib.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

Will this technically belong in the adult nonfiction section in a library? Probably. Am I definitely purchasing it for the juvenile nonfiction section at my library? ABSOLUTELY. #booksky #librarysky #publibs #GLAMs #skybrarians 📚

Oy, #NewJersey people, go fill this out!

I’m writing a college recommendation for a HS senior who’s currently working on a ceramics project showing AI putting walls up between humans. Kids aren’t “doomed”. Adults need to stop projecting that onto them. (Bonus: I didn’t know she was working on it when I agreed to write said rec.) 📚🍎

Yes, and also, leave X if you have not already

I'm going to eat my HAT trying to find this book I thought I saved for purchase. It's a collection of Jewish tales that came out this year. I believe it has a blue cover and has folktales in the title. Help? (It's not The Festival of Lights: 16 Hanukkah Stories.) #kidlit #librarysky #booksky 📚

I have thoughts on this, mostly in agreement, but am cognizant of accessibility issues. There is further discussion to be had on tech over-reliance but it has to be in tandem with what (print-based) mediums are used to teach (and how to go beyond them). #EduSky 📚🍎

I should’ve tagged #kidlit when I posted this yesterday.

🎶 Heels, nails, blade, mascara. Fit check for our bookish era! 🎶 (A preview of next month's K-Pop Demon Hunters-themed display. Titles in alt text.) #BookSky #LibrarySky #Skybrarians #GLAMs #publibs #TLSky 📚 📜 🍎

A hard no?!