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Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · 20h

Our director is at the NYLA conference. Last time she brought back a whole bunch of ARCs for staff to take. Hopefully she does this again 👀 That's how I found one of my favorite books of last year!

#PubLibs #LibraryLife

Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · 20h

😂

Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 23h

If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing

Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · 6d

I'm handing out full-sized Reese's cups and Hershey bars. Gave a kid a Reese's and she was like, "Can I get two?"

I said, "No," because I want to make sure I have enough to go around, so she huffed and walked off 😂

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Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · 8d

When you wear your new glasses to work, and no one notices.

a man with a mustache is sitting on a swing in a park

Alt: A man with dark hair and a mustache looks forlornly into the distance

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Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · 8d

People keep tossing their library card on the counter when they check out books. Should I start tossing it back? I probably won't because I'm too much of a chicken, but I would really like to 👀

#PubLibs #LibraryLife

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Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · 8d

I need dads to do better. This lady came up to get a library card and she was holding her baby. Her husband just stood there and watched her struggle to get her ID out of her wallet and hold the baby. Didn't even offer to help 🙄

#PubLibs #LibraryLife

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Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · 12d

BRUH

Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · 16d

Wow, okay. Listening to the live city council debate and all 4 candidates are in favor of across-the-board layoffs and are basically turning city employees into the villains. As a city employee, I can't bring myself to vote for any one of them 🤮

Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · 25d

When the clerks are short staffed and we can't shelve books, and they start to pile up behind the circulation desk, I'll sing "Too Many Books," in the tune of "Too Many Cooks."

#PubLibs #LibraryLife

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Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · Oct 7

Shipment 1 of 2 has arrived. We're going full-sized candy bar this year for #Halloween.

5 boxes of full-sized Reese's Peanut Butter Cups sit on a dining room table. Each box contains 36 packets.

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Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · Oct 5

It's gonna be, like, 80° out today! Time for some porch reading! We just cut down our hydrangeas, so the view isn't as pretty as usual.

Currently reading: Moshi Moshi by Banana Yoshimoto.

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A picture of my left hand holding up the book Moshi Moshi by Banana Yoshimoto. The cover is black, and a red-headed woman with a yellow dress floats over the blackness. There is a geometric, colorful city to her left, framed by a border of black and white keyboard keys.

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Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · Oct 5

So it's technically Sunday. I did so much housework on Saturday that I listened to an entire 10 hour audiobook 😂

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The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin

A shocking murder in the New Zealand bush—and the witness who looks all too familiar—draws a woma...

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Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · Oct 1

If your library offers Universal Class, there are a ton of paranormal-themed classes for Spooky Season! They have Cryptozoology 101, Paranormal Investigation 101, Haunted Places, Paranormal Romance Writing, and more! 👻

#PubLibs #LibraryLife

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Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · Sep 23

I'm just salty because I had to go to work today. I was really looking forward to the Rapture.

Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · Sep 23

I haven't read or watched Apothecary Diaries, so I can't compare.

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Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · Sep 23

I think her position as a healer is an integral part of who she is as a person, even though it might not be the main focus of the series. I think the fantasy and romance aspects are the main plot, so you could go either way, really.

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Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · Sep 23

I've watched the anime, and I currently own the manga (but haven't read it all yet). The main character is a pharmacist who falls in love with a prince after she treats him for poison. She ends up training to become an herbalist for the royal court.

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Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · Sep 22

OMG, I just saw someone post on FB, "For the Epsteinth time..." And I LOL'd.

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Kate @kmhw.bsky.social · Sep 15

Every time I go to a record store, I look for Portraits by Maribou State. I came across their most recent album the last time I went to Syracuse, and I came across this one at an HMV in York, England.

#NowSpinning:
Kingdoms in Colour by Maribou State