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Reader's Advisory Librarian. Books, travel, gardening, vegan, Hospice volunteer, klutz. Episcopalian. Student of grief. Expressing multiple attitudes simultaneously (she/her).
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Today’s #HopeQuesting treasure
This is Millie. She just learned how to sled. Hopes you brought a second land frisbee, because she will not be taking turns. 13/10 (TT: millietheredlab)
December 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Today’s #HopeQuesting treasure
I already miss checking #LibFaves25 every day. Check the thread for the spreadsheet of all posted entries! #ReadAdv #Booksky 📚
Drum roll please... the books have been tallied and with over 500 total votes and more than 350 unique titles mentioned, the favorite books of #LibFaves25 are:
December 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I already miss checking #LibFaves25 every day. Check the thread for the spreadsheet of all posted entries! #ReadAdv #Booksky 📚
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Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
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How to avoid AI audiobooks on Libby
Doing just a little digging keeps AI voices out of your books.
mashable.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Hazel Scott was a phenomenal jazz pianist and classical prodigy. She was also a trailblazer in Hollywood, refusing roles that trafficked in stereotypes.
She was a civil rights advocate, mother, a friend to other icons and a woman navigating love. With Love From Harlem invites us to see all of it🥹
She was a civil rights advocate, mother, a friend to other icons and a woman navigating love. With Love From Harlem invites us to see all of it🥹
December 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Hazel Scott was a phenomenal jazz pianist and classical prodigy. She was also a trailblazer in Hollywood, refusing roles that trafficked in stereotypes.
She was a civil rights advocate, mother, a friend to other icons and a woman navigating love. With Love From Harlem invites us to see all of it🥹
She was a civil rights advocate, mother, a friend to other icons and a woman navigating love. With Love From Harlem invites us to see all of it🥹
Day 10 #LibFaves25 is (no surprise) a realistic story of loss -but wrapped in a feel-good romcom. MCs are widowed & facing 1st holiday season single. When set up, they realize having a grief buddy is nice, but are they ready for more? Homage to classic Xmas films = ready for holiday display 📚
December 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Day 10 #LibFaves25 is (no surprise) a realistic story of loss -but wrapped in a feel-good romcom. MCs are widowed & facing 1st holiday season single. When set up, they realize having a grief buddy is nice, but are they ready for more? Homage to classic Xmas films = ready for holiday display 📚
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It's the LAST DAY of #LibFaves25 where library staff all over have been counting down their 10 favorite books published in 2025. It's not too late to join in! Share your favorite 2025 book, TITLE IN CAPS, and use the hashtag. Or play catch up and share 10 favorites!
December 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It's the LAST DAY of #LibFaves25 where library staff all over have been counting down their 10 favorite books published in 2025. It's not too late to join in! Share your favorite 2025 book, TITLE IN CAPS, and use the hashtag. Or play catch up and share 10 favorites!
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Join us at the state Capitol in downtown Raleigh on Friday (12/19) at 10am for a rally to show that North Carolinians will reject this agenda in 2026 and make sure Whatley never makes it to the U.S. Senate to keep threatening our health care.
www.mobilize.us/ncdems/event...
www.mobilize.us/ncdems/event...
NC Dems Rally Against Trump & Whatley’s Soaring Health Care Costs · North Carolina Democrats
Trump is coming to Rocky Mount on Friday to lie to us that costs are down, so North Carolina Democrats are holding a rally to make sure North Carolinians know that DC Republicans aren’t making life mo...
www.mobilize.us
December 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Join us at the state Capitol in downtown Raleigh on Friday (12/19) at 10am for a rally to show that North Carolinians will reject this agenda in 2026 and make sure Whatley never makes it to the U.S. Senate to keep threatening our health care.
www.mobilize.us/ncdems/event...
www.mobilize.us/ncdems/event...
Another contender for my top 10 reads!
Day 9 #LibFaves25 pick: Sarah Beth Durst’s ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE. Released from enchantment for illegal use of sorcery, Terlu finds herself stranded on a snowy island with only a grumpy gardener for company. When the magical greenhouses need help, can she find a way to give it? Charming & delightful
December 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Another contender for my top 10 reads!
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I…did not see the closing sentence of this photo caption coming: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
December 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I…did not see the closing sentence of this photo caption coming: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
As the upheaval of the past six years finally ends, I'm hopeful to learn more about bibliotherapy- specifically dealing with loss and grief.
Can bibliotherapy heal the world? “The text is a springboard for exploring issues of family, relationships, anxiety and trauma.”
Can Bibliotherapy Heal the Pain of the World?
As a librarian, I’ve often felt like a part-time therapist. People confide in librarians the way they do with bartenders; we form bonds with our regular customers, listen to their troubles and serv…
buff.ly
December 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
As the upheaval of the past six years finally ends, I'm hopeful to learn more about bibliotherapy- specifically dealing with loss and grief.
I always enjoy Scalzi scifi, but as I don't think I can squeeze this into my #LibFaves25 I am cheerfully reposting 📚
THE SHATTERING PEACE is my pick today for #libfaves25 Returning to the Old Man's War universe for the 1st time in a decade, @scalzi.com delivers plenty of action, twists, turns, & of course, witty banter in his newest novel that's perfect for OMW fans, but also for new comers. #booksky 📚
December 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I always enjoy Scalzi scifi, but as I don't think I can squeeze this into my #LibFaves25 I am cheerfully reposting 📚
Day 9 #LibFaves25 (these have been in no particular order fwiw & I'm struggling on the last 2 to list!)
THE INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh. Enjoyed the "dark acadamia" but from the beleaguered admin POV.
THE INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh. Enjoyed the "dark acadamia" but from the beleaguered admin POV.
December 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Day 9 #LibFaves25 (these have been in no particular order fwiw & I'm struggling on the last 2 to list!)
THE INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh. Enjoyed the "dark acadamia" but from the beleaguered admin POV.
THE INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh. Enjoyed the "dark acadamia" but from the beleaguered admin POV.
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This is why I like efforts like NPR’s Books We Love and #LibFaves25 because they lead me to discover less publicized titles.
This is a good reminder for those of us making best of lists that if yours looks like everyone else's, it's a sign that you need to read more widely. There is so much great work that often goes unnoticed because it doesn't get a splashy marketing campaign.
My condolences to writers and artists who have done great work but have cracked few (or no) year-end lists.
A first-world problem, to be sure, but I know how much that stings. Rest assured, you all did great and deserved better.
A first-world problem, to be sure, but I know how much that stings. Rest assured, you all did great and deserved better.
December 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This is why I like efforts like NPR’s Books We Love and #LibFaves25 because they lead me to discover less publicized titles.
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Supporting people's capacity for joy and connection is important work. One little thing at a time. Your delight is not frivolous.
October 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Supporting people's capacity for joy and connection is important work. One little thing at a time. Your delight is not frivolous.
Day 8 #LibFaves25 THE WITCH ROADS by Kate Elliott. Part 1 of duology (2 is also great). Terrific fantasy with some atypical elements I appreciated. But I can't beat the author's description (especially the alt text for the cover).
In case you were looking for a grimsweet fantasy roadtrip, THE WITCH ROADS is available now.
My grimsweet fantasy road trip (on foot) lands today w/ a humble deputy courier forced to guide uppity court officials on a back country route that includes a ravenous fungal ghost plague, court intrigue, & a mysterious haunt.
First of a duology (bk 2 in Nov).
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
First of a duology (bk 2 in Nov).
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
December 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Day 8 #LibFaves25 THE WITCH ROADS by Kate Elliott. Part 1 of duology (2 is also great). Terrific fantasy with some atypical elements I appreciated. But I can't beat the author's description (especially the alt text for the cover).
Feels worth mentioning: highly recommend the enchanting memoir (especially in audio) AS YOU WISH by Cary Elwes. Rob Reiner wrote the intro and the entire story is a warm blanket of comfort 📚 🎧 #Audiobook #Booksky
As You Wish
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes the New York Times bestselling account of the making of t...
www.simonandschuster.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Feels worth mentioning: highly recommend the enchanting memoir (especially in audio) AS YOU WISH by Cary Elwes. Rob Reiner wrote the intro and the entire story is a warm blanket of comfort 📚 🎧 #Audiobook #Booksky
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It has a good beat and you can dance to it:
youtube.com/shorts/eGhAl...
youtube.com/shorts/eGhAl...
RX side effects
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
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December 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It has a good beat and you can dance to it:
youtube.com/shorts/eGhAl...
youtube.com/shorts/eGhAl...
Day 7 #LibFaves25 is the reflective nature writing of James Rebanks, THE PLACE OF TIDES. Recounts life-changing months on a remote island off the coast of Norway, learning from an old woman who practiced the ancient tradition of collecting eiderdown from birds that nest on this remarkable landscape
Not only a book about a remarkable woman & the tradition she kept alive, but deeply reflective about the natural world, our role as stewards, and how we must not lose sight of the true value of finding harmony with both nature and each other. 📚 #Booksky
My new book The Place of Tides is now available as a paperback in the U.K., and a hardback in the US
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Day 7 #LibFaves25 is the reflective nature writing of James Rebanks, THE PLACE OF TIDES. Recounts life-changing months on a remote island off the coast of Norway, learning from an old woman who practiced the ancient tradition of collecting eiderdown from birds that nest on this remarkable landscape
Day 6 #LibFaves25 WHEN THE CRANES FLY SOUTH by Lisa Ridzén. Narrator is an elderly man being cared for at home, missing his wife (in a home with alzheimers), struggling with his adult son. Amazing insight into the thoughts, memories & emotions at the end of life. Brutally sad and very human.
Finished this in tears. Amazing insight into aging, slowly losing contol over every part of daily life, & taking stock of relationships, esp regrets. Gave a whole new perspective to how Dad may have felt having others take care of him. Somber, yet tender. When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén 📚
December 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Day 6 #LibFaves25 WHEN THE CRANES FLY SOUTH by Lisa Ridzén. Narrator is an elderly man being cared for at home, missing his wife (in a home with alzheimers), struggling with his adult son. Amazing insight into the thoughts, memories & emotions at the end of life. Brutally sad and very human.
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“Have you brought the list?”
“I have, O Great One.”
“Has it been checked twice?”
“Of course, sir”
“Excellent.”
“Do you require anything further?”
“Bring me an elf, I’m famished.”
“I have, O Great One.”
“Has it been checked twice?”
“Of course, sir”
“Excellent.”
“Do you require anything further?”
“Bring me an elf, I’m famished.”
December 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“Have you brought the list?”
“I have, O Great One.”
“Has it been checked twice?”
“Of course, sir”
“Excellent.”
“Do you require anything further?”
“Bring me an elf, I’m famished.”
“I have, O Great One.”
“Has it been checked twice?”
“Of course, sir”
“Excellent.”
“Do you require anything further?”
“Bring me an elf, I’m famished.”
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Make a family code word. Ask for it. Don’t ever volunteer it when someone calls you. Make them say it to you.
This is actually a really common scam these days. A scammer will call and use AI to replicate a family member’s voice and the family member will sound distressed and having an emergency so you don’t have time to think. Best thing to do is hang up and call that family member “back” to confirm.
December 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Make a family code word. Ask for it. Don’t ever volunteer it when someone calls you. Make them say it to you.
Day 5 #LibFaves25 This was technically pubbed last year, but on 12/30 so I have to give it a pass as I didn't read it until 2025. Cross-generational friendship, a long lost love, and a love lost too early. Several twists but a happy ending. Simply delightful. 📚
Started a book that is so heartfelt, kind and gently funny that I'm now slowing down to make it last longer: Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin.
December 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Day 5 #LibFaves25 This was technically pubbed last year, but on 12/30 so I have to give it a pass as I didn't read it until 2025. Cross-generational friendship, a long lost love, and a love lost too early. Several twists but a happy ending. Simply delightful. 📚
The whole thread is great, but I don't remember seeing this one before 😆
I don't know that it's my favorite, but I always laugh harder than I should at this:
December 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The whole thread is great, but I don't remember seeing this one before 😆
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Truly thrilled to unleash the cover of All Hail Chaos.
Publishing 12 May 2026, dive into the wicked, unmissable sequel to the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling Long Live Evil. #booksky
geni.us/AllHailChaos
Publishing 12 May 2026, dive into the wicked, unmissable sequel to the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling Long Live Evil. #booksky
geni.us/AllHailChaos
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Truly thrilled to unleash the cover of All Hail Chaos.
Publishing 12 May 2026, dive into the wicked, unmissable sequel to the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling Long Live Evil. #booksky
geni.us/AllHailChaos
Publishing 12 May 2026, dive into the wicked, unmissable sequel to the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling Long Live Evil. #booksky
geni.us/AllHailChaos