Alison loves stories
@ohdiglib.bsky.social
An eclectic reader looking for new perspectives & unusual reads. Real life librarian and general word nerd who enjoys frolicing in the linguistic playground. Hoping to connect with more readers. Longer thoughts:
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So many reasons to read the 1619 Project. Today’s threads the Citizens United decision back to legal property protections for slave holders. Late, like me, to this reading party? Now is a great time to catch up. Accessibly, continuously connects history to the present. #Booksky #AudiobookAwesome
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
So many reasons to read the 1619 Project. Today’s threads the Citizens United decision back to legal property protections for slave holders. Late, like me, to this reading party? Now is a great time to catch up. Accessibly, continuously connects history to the present. #Booksky #AudiobookAwesome
In the Ohio River Valley winter usually means months of 38 and raining. So this early snow is a joyous wonder.
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In the Ohio River Valley winter usually means months of 38 and raining. So this early snow is a joyous wonder.
Repost with an iconic fictional band
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Repost with an iconic fictional band
If you are late to this party, can’t recommend it enough. My new favorite detective. Smart, funny and so much fun.
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
If you are late to this party, can’t recommend it enough. My new favorite detective. Smart, funny and so much fun.
Which is more precious: the first of the season or what you know is probably the last?
November 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Which is more precious: the first of the season or what you know is probably the last?
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Let's go, readers: buy books, fight hunger!
Ruadán Books will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1-12/23/25 to @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. Our CEO will personally match this donation as well.
Buy our books direct:
🔗 ruadanbooks.com
📚 or wherever books are sold!
#BookSky
Ruadán Books will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1-12/23/25 to @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. Our CEO will personally match this donation as well.
Buy our books direct:
🔗 ruadanbooks.com
📚 or wherever books are sold!
#BookSky
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Let's go, readers: buy books, fight hunger!
Ruadán Books will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1-12/23/25 to @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. Our CEO will personally match this donation as well.
Buy our books direct:
🔗 ruadanbooks.com
📚 or wherever books are sold!
#BookSky
Ruadán Books will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1-12/23/25 to @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. Our CEO will personally match this donation as well.
Buy our books direct:
🔗 ruadanbooks.com
📚 or wherever books are sold!
#BookSky
#DayMade In library work there is no higher praise than a student who runs in and says, omg Ms. C that thing you showed me about how to access around the paywall (different versions on G Scholar) it worked. It saved me! I didn't pick full text in EBSCO but I still got my article! #LibraryLife
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
#DayMade In library work there is no higher praise than a student who runs in and says, omg Ms. C that thing you showed me about how to access around the paywall (different versions on G Scholar) it worked. It saved me! I didn't pick full text in EBSCO but I still got my article! #LibraryLife
I've read much of Oyeyemi's writing & always take something away from her books. (The space my heart still holds for Gingerbread!) If you are new to her, this newest one is a good place to start. Lighter than some of her other books, accessible and often lighthearted. #RecommendedReading #Booksky
Though I often struggle with surrealism, Helen Oyeyemi’s books always work for me. Enjoying the newest on #audiobook #BookSky
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I've read much of Oyeyemi's writing & always take something away from her books. (The space my heart still holds for Gingerbread!) If you are new to her, this newest one is a good place to start. Lighter than some of her other books, accessible and often lighthearted. #RecommendedReading #Booksky
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It's never too late to grasp that if someone works full-time and receives SNAP, it means YOUR taxpayer dollars are subsidizing the COMPANY because it refuses to pay them a livable wage.
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It's never too late to grasp that if someone works full-time and receives SNAP, it means YOUR taxpayer dollars are subsidizing the COMPANY because it refuses to pay them a livable wage.
PSA: if you are still struggling with the "load my id" to verify you're an adult, none of these filter settings are available to you. So, that's also a consideration.
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
PSA: if you are still struggling with the "load my id" to verify you're an adult, none of these filter settings are available to you. So, that's also a consideration.
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Pulling together a list of AI-critical folks for my school, and am particularly those who can talk critically about AI in K-12 and to a lesser extent higher ed. I have a bunch of names already, but would love to get the crowdsourcing on this for anyone I might have missed.
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Pulling together a list of AI-critical folks for my school, and am particularly those who can talk critically about AI in K-12 and to a lesser extent higher ed. I have a bunch of names already, but would love to get the crowdsourcing on this for anyone I might have missed.
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"Knowledge is the antidote to fear." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Knowledge is the antidote to fear." Ralph Waldo Emerson
What are you reading for Nonfiction November?
Recent years have found me reading increasing amounts of escapist fiction; life presenting too much I’d rather avoid. This year I’ve found my non-fiction reading taking a front seat, escapism no lo…
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November 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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"Knowledge is the antidote to fear." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Knowledge is the antidote to fear." Ralph Waldo Emerson
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My event with Dayton Metro Library tomorrow will be fully virtual. I'll be discussing my book BLACK WOMEN TAUGHT US. Tune in y'all!
Date and time: Thurs, Nov 6, 2025 6 PM ET
Event details: tinyurl.com/DaytonMetroJ...
Date and time: Thurs, Nov 6, 2025 6 PM ET
Event details: tinyurl.com/DaytonMetroJ...
November 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
My event with Dayton Metro Library tomorrow will be fully virtual. I'll be discussing my book BLACK WOMEN TAUGHT US. Tune in y'all!
Date and time: Thurs, Nov 6, 2025 6 PM ET
Event details: tinyurl.com/DaytonMetroJ...
Date and time: Thurs, Nov 6, 2025 6 PM ET
Event details: tinyurl.com/DaytonMetroJ...
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Bringing this post back in celebration of last night's victory. Happy Zohran Mamdani Day New Yorkers! reactormag.com/backlist-bon...
Backlist Bonanza: 5 Underrated Books for Hot Commie Summer - Reactor
Tired of the status quo? Try these books featuring revolutionary governments some communal weirdos...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Bringing this post back in celebration of last night's victory. Happy Zohran Mamdani Day New Yorkers! reactormag.com/backlist-bon...
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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This is a good reminder.
November 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is a good reminder.
Plenty of time left today. Please take time to vote.
Your voice matters.
Your voice matters.
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Plenty of time left today. Please take time to vote.
Your voice matters.
Your voice matters.
100% agree. Currently getting great engagement with voting everyday bracket style on random food pairings.
I've said this several times on here, but the best thing you can do in your middle or upper school library is put up a white board with ice breakers and passive activities like word games, riddles, or puzzles.
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
100% agree. Currently getting great engagement with voting everyday bracket style on random food pairings.
Though I often struggle with surrealism, Helen Oyeyemi’s books always work for me. Enjoying the newest on #audiobook #BookSky
November 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Though I often struggle with surrealism, Helen Oyeyemi’s books always work for me. Enjoying the newest on #audiobook #BookSky
“The sun was still submerged in the wintry murk of dawn when Ba, Dadaji, and their daughter, Mina Foi, wrapping shawls closely about themselves, emerged upon the veranda to sip their tea and decide, through vigorous process of elimination, their meals for the rest of the day.”
From The Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio De Maria:
“His name, in itself, will mean close to nothing nowadays to people caught up in very different business from our own, but we’ll give it regardless: Giovanni Bergesio.”
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookskyclub #bookish #books 💙📚
“His name, in itself, will mean close to nothing nowadays to people caught up in very different business from our own, but we’ll give it regardless: Giovanni Bergesio.”
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookskyclub #bookish #books 💙📚
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly November Day 02 📚
It feels a little voyeuristic to ask for a peek inside your bedtime read, but you can learn a lot from a first line.
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookskyclub #bookish #books #tbr #tbrpile #indie #amreading
It feels a little voyeuristic to ask for a peek inside your bedtime read, but you can learn a lot from a first line.
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookskyclub #bookish #books #tbr #tbrpile #indie #amreading
November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“The sun was still submerged in the wintry murk of dawn when Ba, Dadaji, and their daughter, Mina Foi, wrapping shawls closely about themselves, emerged upon the veranda to sip their tea and decide, through vigorous process of elimination, their meals for the rest of the day.”
Cranberry beans used to be my favorite. I grew scarlet runners for the first time this year. Crowning a new favorite. 🫘👑 #GardenSky
November 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cranberry beans used to be my favorite. I grew scarlet runners for the first time this year. Crowning a new favorite. 🫘👑 #GardenSky
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Hey Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania: your school board elections are next week and wouldn't you know it, the current board just banned two books this week?
Books banned are THE HATE U GIVE and THE GLASS CASTLE.
archive.ph/j2oor
Books banned are THE HATE U GIVE and THE GLASS CASTLE.
archive.ph/j2oor
archive.ph
October 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Hey Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania: your school board elections are next week and wouldn't you know it, the current board just banned two books this week?
Books banned are THE HATE U GIVE and THE GLASS CASTLE.
archive.ph/j2oor
Books banned are THE HATE U GIVE and THE GLASS CASTLE.
archive.ph/j2oor
There is power in the focus & the telling. While not always an easy read, It is a hopeful one offering empowering examples, evidence & heroes for now.Primary message: when one thinks they have no choices, value or power, reconsider. Bonus: Jackson narrates the audiobook #Booksy #RecommendedReading
October 31, 2025 at 12:17 AM
There is power in the focus & the telling. While not always an easy read, It is a hopeful one offering empowering examples, evidence & heroes for now.Primary message: when one thinks they have no choices, value or power, reconsider. Bonus: Jackson narrates the audiobook #Booksy #RecommendedReading
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October 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM