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.
Longer thoughts:
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A little optimism for your walk up music today. The days are getting just a little bit longer. Seeing a spot of sun on the morning commute now makes all the difference. ☀️😊🎶
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Spotify – Web Player
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February 17, 2026 at 1:09 PM
A little optimism for your walk up music today. The days are getting just a little bit longer. Seeing a spot of sun on the morning commute now makes all the difference. ☀️😊🎶
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Pretty good Saturday night actually. #BoardGames
February 16, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Pretty good Saturday night actually. #BoardGames
I made a bombass vegan bolognese sauce for my pasta. Incorporated some home roasted tomatoes. One of those meals that feel like absolute royal luxury.
February 15, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I made a bombass vegan bolognese sauce for my pasta. Incorporated some home roasted tomatoes. One of those meals that feel like absolute royal luxury.
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Great response to Megan Kelly’s attempt to whitewash American history.
February 13, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Great response to Megan Kelly’s attempt to whitewash American history.
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It's Project for Awesome time! It's a charity livestream & half the money raised goes to charities that the community votes for.
Here's a great option for libraries, web preservation, & open access, if you care to vote. #p4a2026
@iskme.org
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Here's a great option for libraries, web preservation, & open access, if you care to vote. #p4a2026
@iskme.org
📚 projectforawesome.com/videos/proje...
Project for Awesome
Join the annual charity drive to decrease worldsuck.
projectforawesome.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:11 PM
It's Project for Awesome time! It's a charity livestream & half the money raised goes to charities that the community votes for.
Here's a great option for libraries, web preservation, & open access, if you care to vote. #p4a2026
@iskme.org
📚 projectforawesome.com/videos/proje...
Here's a great option for libraries, web preservation, & open access, if you care to vote. #p4a2026
@iskme.org
📚 projectforawesome.com/videos/proje...
This book slips into the subconscious easily settling to resonate & keep readers contemplating results. Perfect for fans of complex sister relationships & depth in #books. Looking forward to connecting with others who’ve also read this one. #NewBooks
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A Complex Sister Relationship: Refuge or Rejection
Reading How to Commit a Decolonial Murder is a bit like reading a diary you have permission to access. One feels the act a violation due to the raw intimacy spread out on the pages. Opening with a …
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February 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This book slips into the subconscious easily settling to resonate & keep readers contemplating results. Perfect for fans of complex sister relationships & depth in #books. Looking forward to connecting with others who’ve also read this one. #NewBooks
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The other thing I really appreciate about this book is the hopefulness, actual concrete suggestions. We don't have to live at the mercy big money tech.
Friends if you aren’t familiar with Cory Doctorow or you love your authors and their books, the chapter on technofeudalism alone makes this book worth your time. #Booksky #Books #audiobooks
February 11, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The other thing I really appreciate about this book is the hopefulness, actual concrete suggestions. We don't have to live at the mercy big money tech.
Working with classes on an activity to accompany #JasonReynolds #ForEveryone
Adding a little mood music this time. I’m thinking Miles Davis / jazz.
What would be better?
Low enough we can work over it but worth having on. Not just disappear.
If you don’t know the poem:
youtu.be/vOHxiN9wsfY?...
Adding a little mood music this time. I’m thinking Miles Davis / jazz.
What would be better?
Low enough we can work over it but worth having on. Not just disappear.
If you don’t know the poem:
youtu.be/vOHxiN9wsfY?...
FOR EVERY ONE
YouTube video by Dan Buyanovsky
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February 10, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Working with classes on an activity to accompany #JasonReynolds #ForEveryone
Adding a little mood music this time. I’m thinking Miles Davis / jazz.
What would be better?
Low enough we can work over it but worth having on. Not just disappear.
If you don’t know the poem:
youtu.be/vOHxiN9wsfY?...
Adding a little mood music this time. I’m thinking Miles Davis / jazz.
What would be better?
Low enough we can work over it but worth having on. Not just disappear.
If you don’t know the poem:
youtu.be/vOHxiN9wsfY?...
Friends if you aren’t familiar with Cory Doctorow or you love your authors and their books, the chapter on technofeudalism alone makes this book worth your time. #Booksky #Books #audiobooks
February 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Friends if you aren’t familiar with Cory Doctorow or you love your authors and their books, the chapter on technofeudalism alone makes this book worth your time. #Booksky #Books #audiobooks
I understand this is a game and I’m about to reference a book…
Reminds me of Grace D. Li’s Portrait of a Thief: a group of long term friends are recruited on the cusp of college graduation to steal back Chinese artifacts from international museums. It’s a great read and never gets enough love.
Reminds me of Grace D. Li’s Portrait of a Thief: a group of long term friends are recruited on the cusp of college graduation to steal back Chinese artifacts from international museums. It’s a great read and never gets enough love.
Johannesburg’s Nyamakop Studios turns African artifact repatriation into a bold heist game.
Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era.
The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era.
The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Video game 'reloots' stolen artefacts, by reclaiming works of art from Western museums
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February 9, 2026 at 9:19 PM
I understand this is a game and I’m about to reference a book…
Reminds me of Grace D. Li’s Portrait of a Thief: a group of long term friends are recruited on the cusp of college graduation to steal back Chinese artifacts from international museums. It’s a great read and never gets enough love.
Reminds me of Grace D. Li’s Portrait of a Thief: a group of long term friends are recruited on the cusp of college graduation to steal back Chinese artifacts from international museums. It’s a great read and never gets enough love.
Really good article on librarianship and celebrate months of representation. 👇
Today on the blog: Black History Month Displays and Genre: An Example For You To Use for All Identity Months
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Black History Month Displays and Genre: An Example For You To Use for All Identity Months
This is a repost from 2024: I do not spend a lot of time on heritage months here on the blog mostly because I know most of you have them cov...
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February 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Really good article on librarianship and celebrate months of representation. 👇
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Here's that Ring #SuperBowl commercial:
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Here's that Ring #SuperBowl commercial:
I'll offer a current publication of literary speculative fiction and an upcoming publication that is science fiction with a side of dim sum.
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
I'll offer a current publication of literary speculative fiction and an upcoming publication that is science fiction with a side of dim sum.
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in a country
s c r e a m i n g
to be heard,
I’ll be over here
w h I s p e r i n g
love into the wind.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #author #writer
s c r e a m i n g
to be heard,
I’ll be over here
w h I s p e r i n g
love into the wind.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #author #writer
February 9, 2026 at 11:43 AM
in a country
s c r e a m i n g
to be heard,
I’ll be over here
w h I s p e r i n g
love into the wind.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #author #writer
s c r e a m i n g
to be heard,
I’ll be over here
w h I s p e r i n g
love into the wind.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #author #writer
Today’s reminder that all the wins count, regardless of size.
Please take a look at this tiny useless tomato that I, a notorious plant killer, grew. Thank you.
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Today’s reminder that all the wins count, regardless of size.
I may have watched this fascinating video 3 times.
Sixty orchid mantis babies hatch at once, turning from fragile noodles to tiny kung fu fighters in minutes.
February 9, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I may have watched this fascinating video 3 times.
Great set of recommendations! Love seeing suggestions of books in collection with others I’ve read and really enjoyed. Means I’ll enjoy the new ones as well. 📚🩵
some recs for Black history month! (and always!)
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Great set of recommendations! Love seeing suggestions of books in collection with others I’ve read and really enjoyed. Means I’ll enjoy the new ones as well. 📚🩵
I get to be the librarian!
February 7, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I get to be the librarian!
Simon Teen has a great set of books you can read for FREE in February. I especially recommend Boy in the Black Suit (my favorite Jason Reynolds title) and These Violent Delights - a Romeo / Juliet retelling in 1920's Shanghai with a side of serial killer. So good!
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Every Book That You Can Read FOR FREE on SimonTeen.com in February 2026
We've got a variety of books that you can read FOR FREE on SimonTeen.com this month, plus Extended Excerpts of must-read new releases.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Simon Teen has a great set of books you can read for FREE in February. I especially recommend Boy in the Black Suit (my favorite Jason Reynolds title) and These Violent Delights - a Romeo / Juliet retelling in 1920's Shanghai with a side of serial killer. So good!
simonteen.com/2026/02/01/e...
simonteen.com/2026/02/01/e...
Check out this list! Based on how much I valued Unkindness of Ghosts, Chain-gang All-stars and No Gods, No Monsters I can not wait to dig into the rest of these titles.
28 Black Speculative Fiction Books For Black History Month
What is Black Speculative Fiction, anyway? For me, speculative fiction has two definitions. One overarching definition includes texts that use unreal elements in a story. This includes fantasy, alternative histories, magical realism,…
What is Black Speculative Fiction, anyway? For me, speculative fiction has two definitions. One overarching definition includes texts that use unreal elements in a story. This includes fantasy, alternative histories, magical realism,…
28 Black Speculative Fiction Books For Black History Month
What is Black Speculative Fiction, anyway? For me, speculative fiction has two definitions. One overarching definition includes texts that use unreal elements in a story. This includes fantasy, alternative histories, magical realism, science fiction, some mysteries, and some horror. The second definition is more genre-specific and involves texts that propose a "what-if" scenario. I typically think of it as a literary experiment in which the author poses a question to society and uses variables to conduct the experiment.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Check out this list! Based on how much I valued Unkindness of Ghosts, Chain-gang All-stars and No Gods, No Monsters I can not wait to dig into the rest of these titles.
Reading a post from @whoevenreads.bsky.social about Quan Barry's recent The Unveiling convinced me I'm ready for a deep dive on Barry's works because I've missed a lot since They Ride Upon Sticks. Excited about the opportunity this nudged me toward.
February 6, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Reading a post from @whoevenreads.bsky.social about Quan Barry's recent The Unveiling convinced me I'm ready for a deep dive on Barry's works because I've missed a lot since They Ride Upon Sticks. Excited about the opportunity this nudged me toward.
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IOWA!
There is a hearing today on a new bill that would ban partnerships between public schools and public libraries (based on a Des Moines partnership), as well as ban bookmobiles from schools if students are allow to borrow books from it.
www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...
There is a hearing today on a new bill that would ban partnerships between public schools and public libraries (based on a Des Moines partnership), as well as ban bookmobiles from schools if students are allow to borrow books from it.
www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...
Iowa Legislature - BillBook
Information pertaining to the Iowa Legislature as well as the Executive and Judicial branch in as much as they relate to the legislative branch
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February 4, 2026 at 11:17 AM
IOWA!
There is a hearing today on a new bill that would ban partnerships between public schools and public libraries (based on a Des Moines partnership), as well as ban bookmobiles from schools if students are allow to borrow books from it.
www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...
There is a hearing today on a new bill that would ban partnerships between public schools and public libraries (based on a Des Moines partnership), as well as ban bookmobiles from schools if students are allow to borrow books from it.
www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...
I really like this one as an audiobook 👇
Since today is Day 5 of Black History Month, we recommend reading "We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance" by Kellie Carter Jackson.
Sincerely,
A BLACK-Owned Online Bookstore
✊🏾📚
#booksky #blackbooksky #blacksky
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Sincerely,
A BLACK-Owned Online Bookstore
✊🏾📚
#booksky #blackbooksky #blacksky
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We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance (Paperback)
by Kellie Carter Jackson Description An "unsparing, erudite, and incisive" (Jelani Cobb) reframing of the past and present of Black resistance--both nonviolent and violent--to white supremacy. . Black...
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February 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I really like this one as an audiobook 👇
What I think my reading mood profile looks like all the time. Look quick. I suspect the "dark", "reflective" and "challenging" will surge back shortly. 🤣
February 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What I think my reading mood profile looks like all the time. Look quick. I suspect the "dark", "reflective" and "challenging" will surge back shortly. 🤣