Sometimes, I would welcome an apocalypse just so I don't have to clean up the kitchen anymore.

Everything is fucked up, but you can still read books.

My comfort food supper earlier tonight. Seafood burrito.

#BannedBookSkyClub schedule: January 2026: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston February 2026: Paradise by Toni Morrison March 2026: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley April 2026: The Martian by Andy Weir Link to feed in replies. #BookSky Please join us.

I'm going to eat comfort food for supper tonight because lord knows we could all use a little comforting.

I read here that it's rare for a librarian not to have an annual reading goal. I guess that makes me rare.

It's too bad unicorns aren't real. I think seeing a real unicorn could fix me.

I didn't become an academic librarian because I love to read. There was no time for reading novels at work, and it would've been outside of my job description. I became a librarian to educate, support research, and create a positive learning environment for students.

Hello #BannedBookSkyClub If you have any suggestions for future reads, please let me know by replying here. We read books that have been banned or challenged in libraries or schools. #BookSky

It's been all downhill since charcuterie boards became popular.

#BannedBookSkyClub announcement: The April 2026 book is a little different: The Martian by Andy Weir. While not technically banned, the interesting part is some teachers couldn't get the book approved by their school boards, so Weir and his publisher offered a classroom edition (cont.). #BookSky

I guess it's time to take the holiday wreath off my front door. That's the extent of my decorating.

I have cousin-in-laws with worse diets than the person y'all talk about, and they hang on way past 80.

January is going by way too fast already.

#BannedBookSkyClub schedule: January 2026: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston February 2026: Paradise by Toni Morrison March 2026: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley April 2026: The Martian by Andy Weir Link to feed in replies. #BookSky Please join us.

#BannedBookSkyClub announcement: The April 2026 book is a little different: The Martian by Andy Weir. While not technically banned, the interesting part is some teachers couldn't get the book approved by their school boards, so Weir and his publisher offered a classroom edition (cont.). #BookSky

Happy New Year collards and black-eyed peas.

It's a good day to declutter.

Supper last night. I'm past holiday eating and back to vegetable plates.

I don't know why I think what's that noise? It's obviously fireworks.

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On this last day of December, I want to thank all the #BannedBookSkyClub readers, discussers, and supporters. You are truly the best. Don't ever forget it. #BookSky

Happy New Year's Eve. If you like books, I hope the coming year brings you many joyful hours of reading. If you don't like books, maybe give it a try anyway you might be surprised. #BookSky

The January 2026 #BannedBookSkyClub book is #TheirEyesWereWatchingGod by Zora Neale Hurston. I will start sharing talking points Thursday, January 15, 2026 (or possibly the night before depending on my schedule). Please join us! Link to feed in replies. #BookSky

See, state secret.

The number of books I've read this year is actually a state secret, so I won't be sharing. Sorry.

I once said it's okay to throw a book across a room if it makes you angry and some people got angry.

I'm at the point of holiday eating where pizza would be a healthy choice in comparison.

We have an old elf on the shelf that belonged to my boyfriend's parents. He creepy.

You can't spell something wrong without the pedants coming out.

Whelp, I finished reading The Stand. It was good. Not my regular genre, but I've been branching out since starting a book club (regular genre was books by people who have been dead a while).

Honestly, if not for my phone, I would not know what day of the week it is.

I don't listen to audio books. I'm visual & listening to words is like work to me, probably since hearing & auditory processing issues run in my family. I love a good read on a printed page. We're all different, and whichever way we want to consume books is a personal choice. Just don't eat them.

Working in libraries for decades, I checked out and read a lot of books. Now, I just want to buy books.

There is no such thing as a spinster, and especially no such thing as a librarian spinster, it's but a social construct meant to shame women into marrying and procreating.

I like how Marketplace has the option to hide from friends. Handy if you're selling a gift from a friend.

Breakfast for lunch.

Sometimes you read a book and there are so many coincidences you'd think you were watching a Kdrama. #BookSky #Kdrama

Watched White Christmas last night. Apparently, there are people who think Mitzi Gaynor played one of the leads, even the @librarycongress.bsky.social Vera-Ellen was in the movie, not Mitzi Gaynor.

I talked to a high school football player yesterday, son of a friend, and he thinks Indiana is over-rated and Alabama is going to beat them.

I've taken up caffeine again. But only before noon.

The weird thing about holidays is eating at odd times, like a 3pm supper after a noon lunch and 10am breakfast. Do I eat an 8pm second supper?

A long time ago at a bluegrass music festival I met a preacher's wife who told me she was reading Danielle Steel novels and she thought it was okay for her to read them since they weren't too steamy or explicit.

Netflix execs asking why this game wasn’t canceled after the second quarter

Holiday meal in which the only vegetable is green beans cooked with bacon or ham, but hey, I didn't have to cook. .

It's a wrap....amazing!

M-O-O-N spells Merry Christmas! #BookSky

Random thoughts while reading The Stand: Dickens: I wrote long books. King: Hold my beer.

#BannedBookSkyClub schedule: December 2025: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin January 2026: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston February 2026: Paradise by Toni Morrison March 2026: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Link to feed in replies. #BookSky Please join us.

This book was quite a departure from what I typically read! Based on Left Hand of Darkness I wanted to give it a shot. I thought the story did well to describe good friends, and wise use of one's powers (skills, in real life?). I shoulda read it 50 years ago!