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E-resources librarian in Appalachia.

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KrisBock , to bookstodon
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Quiz: which member of the Thursday Murder Club are you?: 47% - You are mainly Joyce! "You are the heart of the group. You’re the glue that keeps everyone together, and your disarming friendliness can help open doors that would otherwise be firmly locked." https://penguin.co.uk/articles/2023/11/quiz-which-member-thursday-murder-club-richard-osman @bookstodon

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@KrisBock @bookstodon I am Elizabeth but I love Joyce so much

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Listen up fans of the ! THE FAMILIAR by Leigh Bardugo is as excellent as I expected! Set in Spain around 1590. Five star review: https://jillsreads.com/the-familiar/
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@princelysum @bookstodon She is Jewish, born in Israel.

jillrhudy , to bookstodon
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I have an of Leigh Bardugo’s next book, THE FAMILIAR (April 9, 2024). I’ll be telling you fans my impressions soon! @bookstodon

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In case anyone is wondering if there is any engagement on here— this is the list of every book recommended after I asked if you’d share one book you enjoyed this year. You can scroll underneath the original post to see these, but I think seeing them all together shows the true awesomeness of the people on here.

Thanks for being pretty darn great ❤️
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A continuation of the handwritten list of all the books recommended.

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@lynfox @Likewise @bookstodon Isn’t there another one about how she Must Not Be Crossed?

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@lynfox @Likewise @bookstodon thank you for letting me know! I love the new trend of seniors getting up to things and being detectives!

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@lynfox @Likewise @bookstodon yes! And I have lots more recommendations on my blog too https://jillsreads.com/aging-disgracefully/

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Another book that brought me so much pleasure that I now must read everything written by the author since: THE UNLIKELY ESCAPE OF URIAH HEEP by H. G. Parry (2019)
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Stayed up late to read The Secret Countess (1981, original title The Countess Below Stairs) by Eva Ibbotson, a Cinderella story, and it was such a delight that I have a massive book hangover.
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As if children's books aren't already losing visibility due to censorship now this...

This year Goodreads has removed all children's books categories from their Goodreads Choice Awards, meaning no more or categories. Worse, Graphic Novel & Poetry, have also been eliminated.

Here you can vote to ask them to bring those categories back:

https://help.goodreads.com/s/suggestions/a0G8V00001thIKIUA2/choice-awards-middle-grade-picture-book-novelinverse-each-a-category

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@raymccarthy @franciscawrites @bookstodon Amazon actually murdered a site called Shelfari where my book group lived, after cannibalizing all its data. It allowed nested discussions like Reddit.

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Tell me a good book you’ve read this year that you’d recommend.

I’ll start: Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
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@Likewise @bookstodon really enjoyed Mother-Daughter Murder Night

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Happy to System Collapse by @marthawells 🥳 here is my blog and review from June! https://jillsreads.com/murderbot/
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jillrhudy , to bookstodon
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On "David Small, the Master" and his 2024 graphic novel THE WEREWOLF AT DUSK https://jillsreads.com/david-small-the-master/
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@madrobin @bookstodon I think so? I need to go back and look, and I don’t know what today’s kids can handle graphic novel-wise! Probably more than I think!

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@madrobin @bookstodon I think this would be more appropriate for adults but I can’t say why due to spoilers

jillrhudy , to librarians
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No matter where I am, the public library is my home. The true strength of the USA is the public library system. @librarians

kimlockhartga , to bookstodon
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You know the drill, @bookstodon Whatcha reading this weekend? ❤📚👀

I finished WE ARE THE CRISIS, the excellent second installment of Cadwell Turnbull's Convergence Saga. NO GODS, NO MONSTERS was the first book.

I'm currently reading Ed Park's bizarro SAME BED DIFFERENT DREAMS.

Next up: THE FUTURE, by Naomi Alderman, author of THE POWER.

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@kimlockhartga @Abibliophobia @bookstodon I love it, and also The Good Lord Bird and his latest, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. Huge McBride fangirl.

AndyPaciorekArt , to bookstodon
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Got a pile of lined up for
True crime, novels, film books, photography & art books ... Kicking off with...

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jillrhudy ,
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@AndyPaciorekArt @bookstodon cool idea!

NickEast , to libraries
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I couldn't agree more! 😁

@bookstodon @libraries @librarians @publiclibraries @reading



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@NickEast @bookstodon @libraries @librarians @publiclibraries @reading wish Owl! would come to Masto

jillrhudy , to bookstodon
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Jason Reynolds will be the keynote speaker for the Virginia Library Association Conference next week so today I read Long Way Down (powerful) and Ain’t Burned All the Bright (poignant). @bookstodon @librarians

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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon @librarians I’m looking forward to it!

jillrhudy , to bookstodon
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Last night I dreamt I went to Cold Comfort again. https://jillsreads.com/cold-comfort-farm/ @bookstodon

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@lilliassh @bookstodon that's a follow! Those who are friends of my very most cherished books are friends of mine!

jillrhudy , to bookstodon
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Last night I dreamt I went to Cold Comfort again. https://jillsreads.com/cold-comfort-farm/ @bookstodon

weebdeluxe , to bookstodon
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Finished Legends and Lattes this morning. The last 20-30 pages really picked up the pace and boosted the book's overall rating from 3.5 to 4. A very fun and relaxing read, without too much depth or plot. But that can be allright too!

Maybe I'll pick up the new book by the same author too. Anyone started with that already?

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@weebdeluxe @bookstodon I read an ARC awhile back. It will be out Nov. 7. I rated it four stars but I think the audiobook will be five! He’s such a great narrator.

jillrhudy , to bookstodon
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I've read 11 books so far in October, including five by Octavia E. Butler! Still need to read Kindred and Fledgling and possibly some of her short fiction to reach my goal for
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AnnieTheBook , to bookstodon

I'm back with a review of a thoughtful novel of a Norwegian doctor who imploded her life with one text and a string of bad decisions. Find out more in my review of Natural Causes, by Nina Lykke: https://abookishtype.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/natural-causes-by-nina-lykke/

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@AnnieTheBook @bookstodon good review!

DarkMatterZine , to bookstodon
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If you go down to the woods today, be sure to listen to Kell Woods talk about her Hansel and Gretel all grown up dark fairytale for adults in this https://www.darkmatterzine.com/kell-woods/
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@kimlockhartga @DarkMatterZine @bookstodon it’s a standout!

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@DarkMatterZine @kimlockhartga @bookstodon I don’t think I rated it five stars but I totally liked it enough to buy a copy! I need more bookshelves first!

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@DarkMatterZine @kimlockhartga @bookstodon I can’t serm to get rid of any. I had two that I was determined to donate but then I thought one is getting a sequel and what if I need to skim it before I read the sequel? And the other one might be fun for Christmas. So I brought them right back home.

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@DarkMatterZine @kimlockhartga @bookstodon I rarely get print ARCs unless to pass along for library book club consideration, because I have no idea what I would do with them all! I just get dARCs on my Kindle.

DebsBookReviews , to bookstodon
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📣 Authors & publishers alike, now’s your chance 📣📣

As much as you want AS LONG AS IT’S ON THIS THREAD 🙄

If not on this thread OR posted on a different day without asking first IT WILL BE REMOVED WITHOUT WARNING 🤬

PS I will shortly be closing this account, feel free to follow me elsewhere (details in my bio)

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@KrisBock @DebsBookReviews @bookstodon nice cover design!

Gargron , to random
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Sometimes I think about how much media will be forever lost in decades to come because everything is now on streaming platforms that delete things on a whim instead of physical media.

jillrhudy ,
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@Gargron v. concerned about this=every librarian
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jillrhudy , to bookstodon
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Hey fans of There will be a sequel to THE HOUSE ON THE CERULEAN SEA in fall 2024 https://read.macmillan.com/lp/somewhere-beyond-the-sea-by-tj-klune/
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jillrhudy , to ai
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Mma Makutsi on in No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency book 23 😄 @bookstodon

AparnaSachdev , to random

"Ableism is more than just bias: it's the entire idea that anything can or should be perfect in this universe of entropy and chaos, applied at the level of human bodies and ways of being." - Ashley Shew, Against Technoableism: Rethinking who needs Improvement.

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@AparnaSachdev she just visited our library! Her book and work are amazing. This is her in the middle. I’m on the right.

jillrhudy ,
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@AparnaSachdev follow the hashtag and the group @bookstodon to find bookish Mastodonians!

maya , to bookstodon Japanese

Finished reading "All the Sinners Bleed."

S. A. Cosby is one of my favorite authors ("Razorblade Tears" is a great novel), and once again, he did not let me down.

A black sheriff of a small rural Southern town hunting down an evil serial killer. Gritty Southern Noir.


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@maya @bookstodon isn't it awesome? I can see a Titus Crown TV series.

jillrhudy , to bookstodon
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I read STARLING HOUSE by months ago when it was a planned October 31 release. It snuck past me and got released October 3, and is the October Reese Book Club pick, and deservedly so! My 5-star review was posted to my blog back in April https://jillsreads.com/starling-house/ @bookstodon

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@CharleneTeglia @bookstodon Absolutely loved it. I tend to love everything she writes.

jillrhudy , to bookstodon
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Next up for is the
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jillrhudy , to librarians
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Just got an email about free eclipse glasses we supposedly have at the library. No, no, no, no, not again!
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kimlockhartga , to bookstodon
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@bookstodon Tomorrow (today in Australia and New Zealand) is Awareness Day. What really good novels have you read that feature older protagonists?

These come to my mind:

Remnant Population, Elizabeth Moon

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Olga Tokarczuk

Deacon King Kong, James McBride

We Spread, Iain Reid

Old God's Time, Sebastian Barry

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@DarkMatterZine @kimlockhartga @bookstodon Levoy. One of the best narrators. I listened to one YA book in which she did a dozen voices.

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@DarkMatterZine @kimlockhartga @bookstodon it’s on the hoopla app!

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@DarkMatterZine @kimlockhartga @bookstodon Listening now! I had remembered that some magic mature woman in a novel said of her rewilding lawn “this is how it wants to be” but it had slipped my mind that it was Harriet Osborne in the novel The Change!

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@DarkMatterZine @kimlockhartga @bookstodon she reminds me of Mattie in Old Baggage by Lissa Evans

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Someone in the other place got me onto sharing 1 randomly selected kindle book a day from my enormous collection. Here are my first three.

The Conductors by Nicole Glover is superb. Magical, mystery, historical & a romance all rolled into a fantastic package.

The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge is a nordix YA horror & it's fantastic.

A Spirited Tail by Leighann Dobbs is book 2 in the cozy Mystic Notch series & features cats who talk to each other & an oblivious ghost-seeing MC.

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@law_geek Ordering this today at the Betterworld Books sale!

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@law_geek this is how I use the Bookmark function in Mastodon—bookmark book posts! @bookstodon

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