Today is International Translation Day, and we honor the translators responsible for making the rich and wondrous diversity of world literature available to us! #InternationalTranslationDay #💙📚 #Booksky

We’ve just added a new feature allowing you to customize the fields shown on the Edit Book page. Now you can set the default fields you see when editing your books, and the site remembers your choices. #💙📚 #Booksky Come check it out and tell us what you think. www.librarything.com/topic/374250

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ― Rumi Today is Rumi Day, marking the birthday of the great 13th-century Persian poet, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī. #Rumi #💙📚 #Booksky

We've added a new and improved poll feature to the LibraryThing Talk page! They're easier to create, and come with more options, including single and multiple answer questions, and both anonymous and public options. #💙📚 #Booksky

Today is the birthday of the great Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, whose 'Don Quixote' is considered the first modern novel—one of the great works of world literature. #Cervantes #💙📚 #Booksky

It's Fat Bear Week, when Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska celebrates their brown bear population by holding a tournament in which the public votes online for the fattest, most successful Katmai bear. #FatBearWeek #FatBearWeek2025 #bears #bearbooks #💙📚 #Booksky

“The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man” ― T.S. Eliot On this day, in 1888, poet and Nobel Laureate T.S. Eliot was born. #TSEliot #💙📚 #Booksky

It's Friday. What are you reading? #💙📚 #Booksky #FridayReads

The LibraryThing 20th Anniversary Survey is out! We'd like to hear from our members about how they use the site, and what they'd like to see improved. #💙📚 #Booksky The survey can be found here: www.librarything.com/survey.php?s...

You have just a few hours left to sign up to win books in the September batch of Early Reviewers. Enter by 6pm EDT today! #bookgiveaways #LibraryThingEarlyReviewers #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner

Need help setting up circulation for your library? We'll make it simple. The TinyCat Webinar is every Wednesday at 1:00pm EST. Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/85882643642 #BookSky #libraries #💙📚

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Today is the birthday of Jazz Age author F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose 'The Great Gatsby' is often described as an example of the 'Great American Novel.' #FScottFitzgerald #💙📚 #Booksky

"Shines a spotlight on the unforgettable characters that author and journalist John M. Glionna has encountered during his more than 30 years crisscrossing the western United States." Enter to win a copy of John M. Glionna's "Rebels and Outliers" from @unvpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

The September edition of our State of the Thing newsletter has gone out to more than 1 million subscribers! See the 🧵 below for more details, and be sure to catch up on old issues online. #LibraryThing #StateoftheThing #💙📚 #Booksky

"A selection of deftly told near-future fictions that explore how we might adapt to climate change & other challenges, showcasing the author's ability to craft tales of hope from even the darkest of circumstance." Win a copy of @singingtotigers.bsky.social's "Futures to Live By" from New Con Press

Rosh Hashanah begins tonight! L'Shanah Tovah to our members, from LibraryThing! #RoshHashanah #RoshHashanah2025 www.librarything.com/tag/Rosh%20H...

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Robert A. Wilson shared this beautiful story about their TinyCat library with us: “[The museum library’s] mission is to share our history of one of the, if not the most famous bladesmith, knifemaker, and skilled artisan of the modern era. William F. Moran, Jr. (1925-2006)... [thread]

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"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort." #HobbitDay #💙📚 #Booksky

"Amateur sleuth Queen Elizabeth II is back on the case in 1960s England in the 5th installment of this historical mystery series." Win a copy of @sophiabennett.bsky.social's "The Queen Who Came in from the Cold" from @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

Today is the birthday of Herbert George Wells, AKA H.G. Wells, the celebrated English author whose output included more than fifty novels, numerous short stories, and works of nonfiction in a variety of areas. #HGWells #💙📚 #Booksky

It's Frog and Toad meets Bill and Ted for a new generation of readers — and best buddies of all ages. Enter to win a copy of Scott Campbell's "Cabin Head and Tree Head" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky

Today is the birthday of 20th-century British philosopher Gillian Rose, who for many years held the chair of social and political thought at the University of Warwick. Her personal library has been cataloged on LibraryThing as one of our Legacy Libraries. #GillianRose #💙📚 #Booksky

"In his first collection... Manuel Igrejas spins eight tales of love, loss, sex, fantasy, and delusion, where characters who think they're clever often do foolish things." Enter to win a copy of Manuel Igrejas' "Imaginary Boyfriends: Short Stories" from @runningwildllc.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

Avast there, me hearties! Today be Talk Like a Pirate Day, and yer LibraryThing mates invite ye to step on board the piratical edition of our site (secret handshake, aka password, will be required). #pirates #TalkLikeAPirateDay2025 #💙📚 #Booksky

"Enter a shadowy world of crime in Elizabethan London with this twisty historical mystery featuring a queer sleuth and a dash of romance!" Win a copy of Amie McNee's / @inspiredtowrite.bsky.social "To Kill a Queen" from @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

It's Friday. What are you reading? #💙📚 #Booksky #FridayReads

"This picture book for ages 3-7 celebrates neighborhood communities and the local businesses that help them thrive. For fans of Oge Mora’s Thank You, Omu!" Enter to win a copy of Joanne Schwartz & @laurabeing.bsky.social's "Our Corner Grocery Store" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky

The LibraryThing 20th Anniversary Survey is finally out! We'd like to hear from our members about how they use the site, and what they'd like to see improved. #💙📚 #Booksky The survey can be found here: www.librarything.com/survey.php?s...

"Seminal punk guitarist Brian Baker reveals his fixations and fascinations in a beautiful collection of photographs from the road." Enter to win a copy of Brian Baker's "The Road" from @akashicbooks.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

“Edit History” is here! We’ve just released a major upgrade to LibraryThing cataloging that tracks all of the changes you make to your books, with a "Restore" button to go back. Come read all about it, and let us know what you think! #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/topic/373960

"This, Rose Biggin's debut collection, demonstrates why she is so highly regarded – as fine a mix of otherworldly fantasy and artful mysteries as any reader could wish for." Enter to win a copy of Rose Biggin's "Make-Believe and Artifice" from New Con Press #💙📚 #Booksky

Today is Read an eBook Day! Started in 2014 by OverDrive, one of the largest providers of ebooks to libraries, this day is a celebration of digital reading. Which titles have you read as ebooks, and how do you access them? #ReadAnEbookDay #ebooks #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/tag/ebook

"Tormented by her mother's presence and haunted by her absence, Camille U. Adams' dazzling debut is a breathtaking account of survival and self-determination." Enter to win a copy of @camilleuadams.bsky.social's "How To Be Unmothered" from Restless Books #💙📚 #Booksky

Today is the birthday of Samuel Johnson, the 18th-century English writer and critic whose work has been so influential in the literary world. His library has been cataloged on LibraryThing as one of our Legacy Libraries. #SamuelJohnson #💙📚 #Booksky

"Finding ways to understand each other when words — and languages — aren't easy." Enter to win a copy of Lavanya Karthik's "Sign Up for Adventure!: The Doodling Duo vs. Spaghetti Monster" from Modern Marigold Books #💙📚 #Booksky

1/5 LibraryThing has changed our messaging from the older "inbox" interface metaphor to the more modern and common "conversations" metaphor. You can see the difference below, and a few thoughts.

"Stop forcing holiday cheer and start embracing the season in a way that truly resonates with you." Enter to win a copy of Niro Feliciano's "All Is Calmish: How to Feel Less Frantic and More Festive During the Holidays" from @broadleafbooks.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

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"In a world where magical beings, fey, are mistrusted and often institutionalized, a human brother and fey sister must team up to solve a bizarre murder in this 1920s-inspired queer teen fantasy novel." Win a copy of Matteo L. Cerilli's "Bad in the Blood" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky

On this day in 1179, the great medieval German abbess, composer and scholar Hildegard von Bingen died. Her music is still recorded and celebrated today, and her written works of theology, philosophy and natural medicine are still read. #HildegardvonBingen #💙📚 #Booksky

"This collection explores the lives of individuals pushed to the brink of what they think is possible, blending literary and magical realist styles." Enter to win a copy of @joshrank.bsky.social's "Chance to Fade & Other Stories" from @runningwildllc.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

Lefferts Gardens did such a nice job setting up their TinyCat library. I love their use of homepage links! Check it out here: www.librarycat.org/lib/lefferts... #BookSky #libraries #💙📚

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Happy Birthday to Dame Agatha Christie, the Queen of Mystery! Born on this day in 1890, she is the best-selling novelist of all time, her work outsold only by the Bible and by William Shakespeare. Her creations, Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, are as famous as she is. #💙📚 #Booksky

"A debut poetry chapbook about love lost and love kept, the challenges of aging, worries over climate change, escapades with dogs, broken friendships, and art and literature—in essence, poems as varied as life." Win a copy of Nancy Gordon's "Time Capsule" from Rootstock Publishing #💙📚 #Booksky

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month! Do you belong to your local library, Thingamabrarians? If so, tell us all about it. If not, find your nearest branch by searching our Local page. #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #💙📚 #Booksky

"An epic tale of friendship and coming of age, Bad Asians asks, Can the same people who made you who you are end up keeping you from who you're meant to be?" Enter to win a copy of Lillian Li's "Bad Asians" from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky