If you’re a fan of Little Women - put this one on your list!!! yabooknerd.blogspot.com/2025/10/revi...

Fast Five Interview: Idris Goodwin Idris Goodwin joins us to talk about his new book, KING OF THE NEURO VERSE. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/08/f... @tltkaren.bsky.social

The Anatomy of a Truly Frightening Monster, a guest post by Alex Crespo teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/07/t... @tltkaren.bsky.social

What If Kids Didn’t Know the Consequences, a guest post by Dusti Bowling It’s hard for a child to think about the future, which always feels so far away when you’re a kid. That’s why we have to think about the future for them. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/06/w... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Childhood trauma rewires the brain and causes life long and generational issues. We are setting up our country for generations upon generations of trauma. And we’ve never recovered from the generations of trauma from Indigenous genocide, slavery, misogyny & racism, still ongoing

Thugs.

"Who is leading the war against science and what interest do they have" | Nice review of #ScienceUnderSiege by #SpotMedia: spotmedia.ro/en/news/soci...

To me, the fact that a man can make an entire country celebrate a diss track and a woman is pillared for one is another example of the double standards of misogyny. I’m not talking comparing song quality, just even the act of writing one.

You can like the music of someone and not be a fan You can be a fan and not like a song or an album You can like the music of someone and not like the person You can like a person and not like their music The world wants us to live in absolutes and boxes, but we contain multitudes

I would rather pay taxes to save someone’s life - the Christian pov by the way - then to pay taxes to take the lives of others in war, famine and concentration camps.

ABC 7 Eyewitness News segment about the Black neighbourhood in Chicago that was targeted by ICE with the help of FBI

I get that y’all wanted Taylor’s new album to be political fire, but 1) that’s not her wheelhouse, 2) the album was written and recorded before current times and 3) the girl is down bad I am both overwhelmed with current times and in love with the new album because I contain multitudes

Tinkering in the Library, a guest post by Jasmine Florentine That first step to sparking the wonder of budding makers begins in the library, reading stories that inspire them to get hands-on and building their creative confidence. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/03/t... @tltkaren.bsky.social

So, I love the new Taylor album. Cancelled is maybe my favorite.

Penguin Young Readers Showcase: October 2025 Books 20 books out this month just waiting to go on your TBR! teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/02/6... @tltkaren.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social @penguinteen.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social

Super fun that my daughters US History teacher thinks the 19th Amendment was a horrible idea and my kid keeps having to hear about his misogyny while learning about the 19 Amendment

Fighting Fate – how fantasy characters can inspire us to defy the seemingly inevitable, a guest post by Rachael A. Edwards teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/30/f... @tltkaren.bsky.social

I still think it’s backwards that every mass shooter owning an AR-15 is considered a right while their victims’ healthcare is considered a privilege.

Take Five: Catching up with August 2025 Middle Grade Books teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/26/t... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Long Covid has now overtaken Asthma in the US, as a cause of chronic health disease in children. There is currently no cure. Yet no action is being taken and Violet Affleck is very much on point.

Book Mail: 51 New and Forthcoming Books teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/24/b... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Just finished a “YA” book starring a 18, 19 and 20 year old. It dealt with trauma and toxic masculinity. It was interesting. I didn’t hate it. Understand why the characters had to be adults. But I am craving an authentic YA book for my teens.

While I can acknowledge that there are problems with access and diversity to the MLIS program, I also feel that devaluing the MLIS is part of the devaluing of education and experts that has led to a society in which a brain worm is making our health care policies not a doctor or scientist.

I cancelled my Disney+ and it’s a good thing I work in a library because my youngest was watching all the Marvel movies in order and I can check them out and Disney gets no more $$ from me

The Covid generation: Best readers ever in fourth grade, worst readers ever by twelfth fordhaminstitute.org/national/com...

I got my Taylor Swift movie tickets!!!

This is your daily reminder that reading fiction helps you develop as a person and reinforces your ability to empathise with people, so no, fiction isn’t a waste of time. On the contrary, reading fiction makes you more human.

Breaking Through the Historical Walls of Silence, a post by Pablo Leon To echo Guatemalan Archbishop Gerardi’s words, “Knowing the truth is painful, but liberating. Without it, the scars will never heal.” teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/18/b... @tltkaren.bsky.social @artsypabster.bsky.social

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

Reinvigorating Puerto Rico’s Indigenous Mythology, a guest post by Victor Piñeiro Why do none of us, including many, if not most, Puerto Ricans, know so little about our own mythology? teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/17/r... @tltkaren.bsky.social

As a librarian, I do not support erasing information. This is dangerous territory.

The Medusa is Dead. Long Live the Medusa, a guest post by Julie Berry My upcoming novel pits a modern yet mythical Medusa against the real-life, true-crime, name-unknown murderer we call Jack the Ripper. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/15/t... @tltkaren.bsky.social @julieberrybooks.bsky.social

Take Five: Catching up with June 2025 Middle Grade In creating these Take Five posts, I'm seeing so many books I wish I had read, so the TBR tower grows! teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/12/t... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Fast Five Interview: Abigail Hing Wen Abigail Hing Wen joins us to talk about her new book, THE VALE. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/11/f... @tltkaren.bsky.social

I read a lot of MG & YA, but I am listening to this adult book called Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books & it is glorious. I adore it. Tackles big, current topics that are heavy & real w/ good, often fun storytelling. Name drops a lot of banned books. Love how it weaves everything together.

Getting to the Heart of Why I Write, a guest post by Wendelin van Draanen Courage reaches very directly to the heart of why I write. It’s not easy navigating the teen years. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/09/g... @tltkaren.bsky.social

The “What-If” Dilemma, a guest post by Dan Gutman I was almost finished writing “The Picasso Curse” when the theme of the book occurred to me—decision anxiety. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/08/t... @tltkaren.bsky.social

I love her and I loved this performance

SELFSAME SISTERHOOD: Exploring Sisterhood and Twinship in GRAVE FLOWERS, a dark royalcore fantasy, a guest post by Autumn Krause teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/04/s... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Penguin Young Readers Showcase: September 2025 Titles 21 new September books to add to your TBR! teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/04/p... @tltkaren.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinteen.bsky.social

"Now, together as survivors, we will confidentially compile the names we all know were regularly in the Epstein world. And it will be done by survivors – and for survivors. No one else is involved. ...Because history is watching – and so are the women who will come after us." Epstein survivor

Growing Fangs, a guest post by Marker Snyder In eighth grade, I was scared of the world finding out the truth about me. But I think, even scarier, was admitting that truth to myself. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/03/g... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Spooky Encounters, a guest post by Tracy Badua Next time you’re worried you’re not as alone as you think, remember not all spooky encounters are what they seem. And you’ll maybe even get a fun story out of it. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/02/s... @tltkaren.bsky.social @tracybadua.bsky.social

My youngest has a forensic science class and she did a poster board on the person who discovered fingerprint science and wrote on there that we have finger print science because the dude was racist. She underlined it in red and covered it in clear packing tape so it couldn’t be altered.

Post-It Note Reviews: 20 Quick Reviews of New and Forthcoming Books Maybe you'll find your last reads of the summer here today! teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/08/29/p... @tltkaren.bsky.social

An Imperfect Storm, a guest post by James Ponti My writing life has been an imperfect storm, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/08/27/a... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Get your thyroid checked

Farting dragons, pillow fights, and FUN in Middle Grade, a guest post by Christine Virnig teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/08/25/f... @tltkaren.bsky.social

CONNECT THE DOTS: How I used the 5 c’s to go from Harlem to Hollywood to Harvard…to Hairiette!; a guest post by author Tanya Wright Author Tanya Wright discusses her upper elementary book Hairiette of Harlem teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/08/22/c... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Fast Five Interview: Jamie Sumner Author Jamie Sumner joins us to talk about her new middle grade novel, SCHOOLED. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/08/22/f... @tltkaren.bsky.social