Charlotte Taylor
@charlotteslib.bsky.social
blogging about sci fi/fantasy books for kids and teens since 2007 at https://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com. Archaeologist for the RI State Historic Preservation Office, owner of old house and hundreds of unread books. She/her
The Winter of the Dollhouse is one I'm keeping to reread in my own old age! @candlewick 👍📚https://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-winter-of-dollhouse-by-laura-amy.html
The Winter of the Dollhouse, by Laura Amy Shlitz
The Winter of the Dollhouse, by Laura Amy Schlitz (Candlewick, September 2025) is a beautiful, moving book that I loved! It's the story of a...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The Winter of the Dollhouse is one I'm keeping to reread in my own old age! @candlewick 👍📚https://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-winter-of-dollhouse-by-laura-amy.html
I loved the book I just reviewed for Timeslip Tuesday! @carolinecarlson.bsky.social charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
The Tinkerers, by Caroline Carlson, for Timeslip Tuesday
After another few horribly busy weeks, I have peaceful time for a time slip Tuesday review, and it is a good one-- The Tinkerers , by Caroli...
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September 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I loved the book I just reviewed for Timeslip Tuesday! @carolinecarlson.bsky.social charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
congratulations to the Mythopoeic 2024 Award winners! I loved both Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge, illustrated by Emily Gravett and The Island of the Gods Duology by Amie Kaufman mythsoc.org/news/news-20...
The Mythopoeic Society: 2025 Mythopoeic Awards winners announced
mythsoc.org
August 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
congratulations to the Mythopoeic 2024 Award winners! I loved both Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge, illustrated by Emily Gravett and The Island of the Gods Duology by Amie Kaufman mythsoc.org/news/news-20...
chocolate books on display in a Barcellona shop window...wondering why these got chosen and how many they actually sell (and also what they taste like....)
April 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
chocolate books on display in a Barcellona shop window...wondering why these got chosen and how many they actually sell (and also what they taste like....)
misquoting Tom Lehrer--
Gather 'round while I sing you of Donald von Trump
A man whose allegiance
Is ruled by expedience
Call him a Nazi, he won't even grump
"Nazi, Schmazi!" says Donald von Trump
The markets go up
Who cares when they slump?
"That's not my department"
says Donald von Trump.
Gather 'round while I sing you of Donald von Trump
A man whose allegiance
Is ruled by expedience
Call him a Nazi, he won't even grump
"Nazi, Schmazi!" says Donald von Trump
The markets go up
Who cares when they slump?
"That's not my department"
says Donald von Trump.
April 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
misquoting Tom Lehrer--
Gather 'round while I sing you of Donald von Trump
A man whose allegiance
Is ruled by expedience
Call him a Nazi, he won't even grump
"Nazi, Schmazi!" says Donald von Trump
The markets go up
Who cares when they slump?
"That's not my department"
says Donald von Trump.
Gather 'round while I sing you of Donald von Trump
A man whose allegiance
Is ruled by expedience
Call him a Nazi, he won't even grump
"Nazi, Schmazi!" says Donald von Trump
The markets go up
Who cares when they slump?
"That's not my department"
says Donald von Trump.
Here's a great new middle grade read for Timeslip Tuesday! charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
The Isle of Ever (Isle of Ever, #1), by Jen Calonita, for this week's Timeslip Tuesday
The past month has been a heard one for me, leaving no time for blogging, but I'm back with The Isle of Ever (Isle of Ever, #1) , by Jen Ca...
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March 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Here's a great new middle grade read for Timeslip Tuesday! charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
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An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation
Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.
www.insidehighered.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
congratulations to all the great books! the winners are just the tip of the iceberg of greatness that is literature for the young!
February 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
congratulations to all the great books! the winners are just the tip of the iceberg of greatness that is literature for the young!
so glad he can rest in a safe and loving place. Sniff. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...
Twenty Years After His Brutal Murder, Matthew Shepard Will Be Buried at the Washington National Cathedral
Shepard has endured as a symbol of violent hate crimes against LGBTQ people
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
so glad he can rest in a safe and loving place. Sniff. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...
I took an eye-opening, cut-wrenching, wonderful dive into High School Non-fiction for this year's #cybils awards. Here's the shortlist of all the non-fiction categories for your reading and learning pleasure! Congratulations to all the artists and illustrators! www.cybils.com/2025/01/cybi...
#CYBILS2024 Finalists for Nonfiction#CYBILS2024 Finalists for Nonfiction | Cybils Awards
www.cybils.com
January 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I took an eye-opening, cut-wrenching, wonderful dive into High School Non-fiction for this year's #cybils awards. Here's the shortlist of all the non-fiction categories for your reading and learning pleasure! Congratulations to all the artists and illustrators! www.cybils.com/2025/01/cybi...
Christmas decorating chez-moi is not going as planned. (last night my newest featherly friend was attractively perched; not so this morning...)
November 27, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Christmas decorating chez-moi is not going as planned. (last night my newest featherly friend was attractively perched; not so this morning...)
a gloomy day is good for sorting stocking stuffers. The kid is 21 and a senior in college but it's his favorite part of Xmas + I adore the hunt. The plastic bag has 2 4 leaf clovers found in an old book. The book about marine tragedies off Mount Saint Michel (free!) will be a special surprise (?).
November 24, 2024 at 2:00 AM
a gloomy day is good for sorting stocking stuffers. The kid is 21 and a senior in college but it's his favorite part of Xmas + I adore the hunt. The plastic bag has 2 4 leaf clovers found in an old book. The book about marine tragedies off Mount Saint Michel (free!) will be a special surprise (?).
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school-
Hi, there are so many typographical errors [in my paper on the Influance of Saturn on Events in The Knight's Tale] that it is difficult to assess the severity of my spelling disorder....
Hi, there are so many typographical errors [in my paper on the Influance of Saturn on Events in The Knight's Tale] that it is difficult to assess the severity of my spelling disorder....
November 20, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school-
Hi, there are so many typographical errors [in my paper on the Influance of Saturn on Events in The Knight's Tale] that it is difficult to assess the severity of my spelling disorder....
Hi, there are so many typographical errors [in my paper on the Influance of Saturn on Events in The Knight's Tale] that it is difficult to assess the severity of my spelling disorder....
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when the time comes & this bill has a number or is rolled into a rules package, we absolutely need cis folks to call reps about this. even GOP reps.
if 1 democrat lets this go without a fight, a national bill won’t be far behind. and if the GOP isn’t unanimous, there’s a chance they won’t even try.
if 1 democrat lets this go without a fight, a national bill won’t be far behind. and if the GOP isn’t unanimous, there’s a chance they won’t even try.
Mace introduces bill to bar trans women from Capitol restrooms
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Monday introduced a bill to bar transgender women from facilities on Capitol Hill that match their gender identity. The resolution, which would prohibit members, officer…
thehill.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:56 PM
when the time comes & this bill has a number or is rolled into a rules package, we absolutely need cis folks to call reps about this. even GOP reps.
if 1 democrat lets this go without a fight, a national bill won’t be far behind. and if the GOP isn’t unanimous, there’s a chance they won’t even try.
if 1 democrat lets this go without a fight, a national bill won’t be far behind. and if the GOP isn’t unanimous, there’s a chance they won’t even try.
Bookish Checkpoint
✧ last book you read: Stealing Little Moon, by Dan SaSuWeh Jones
✧ current read: Privilege of the Sword, by @ellenkushner.bsky.social
✧ last book added to tbr: The Incandescent, by @emilytesh.net
✧ next anticipated read: Year King, by Penelope Farmer
#booksky 💙📚
✧ last book you read: Stealing Little Moon, by Dan SaSuWeh Jones
✧ current read: Privilege of the Sword, by @ellenkushner.bsky.social
✧ last book added to tbr: The Incandescent, by @emilytesh.net
✧ next anticipated read: Year King, by Penelope Farmer
#booksky 💙📚
Bookish checkpoint:
✧ last book you read: The Deorhord by @hanavideen.bsky.social
✧ your current read: Root Rot by Saskia Nislow
✧ last book added to tbr: They Bloom at Night by @nvtran.bsky.social
✧ next anticipated read: Hunt for the Golden Scarab by @mglnrd.bsky.social
#booksky 💙📚
✧ last book you read: The Deorhord by @hanavideen.bsky.social
✧ your current read: Root Rot by Saskia Nislow
✧ last book added to tbr: They Bloom at Night by @nvtran.bsky.social
✧ next anticipated read: Hunt for the Golden Scarab by @mglnrd.bsky.social
#booksky 💙📚
Bookish checkpoint:
✧ last book you read: The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
✧ your current read: All the Sinners Bleed by S A Cosby
✧ last book added to tbr: Dead Silence by S A Barnes
✧ next anticipated read: The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias
#booksky 💙📚
✧ last book you read: The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
✧ your current read: All the Sinners Bleed by S A Cosby
✧ last book added to tbr: Dead Silence by S A Barnes
✧ next anticipated read: The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias
#booksky 💙📚
November 18, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Bookish Checkpoint
✧ last book you read: Stealing Little Moon, by Dan SaSuWeh Jones
✧ current read: Privilege of the Sword, by @ellenkushner.bsky.social
✧ last book added to tbr: The Incandescent, by @emilytesh.net
✧ next anticipated read: Year King, by Penelope Farmer
#booksky 💙📚
✧ last book you read: Stealing Little Moon, by Dan SaSuWeh Jones
✧ current read: Privilege of the Sword, by @ellenkushner.bsky.social
✧ last book added to tbr: The Incandescent, by @emilytesh.net
✧ next anticipated read: Year King, by Penelope Farmer
#booksky 💙📚
Reposted by Charlotte Taylor
Know Your History - Bird Ben Franklin - www.loc.gov/item/2019666...
Bird Ben Franklin - Courage.
""Clean your dryer lint filter periodically" is a great example of the kind of safety messaging CPSC has distributed to the public since the founding of the agency. An important message, but very stra...
www.loc.gov
November 14, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Know Your History - Bird Ben Franklin - www.loc.gov/item/2019666...
funny--here's the context if you don't already know about the oldest recorded customer complaint! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complai...
November 13, 2024 at 4:09 PM
funny--here's the context if you don't already know about the oldest recorded customer complaint! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complai...
The Future Took Us isn't a great book, but it's the earliest one published for young readers in English to send its protagonists into the future.... charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...
The Future Took Us, by David Severn, for Timeslip Tuesday
I'm back with another vintage time travel book for this Tuesday-- The Future Took Us , by David Severn (1958, Puffin Books). Two mid-20th c...
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November 13, 2024 at 3:42 AM
The Future Took Us isn't a great book, but it's the earliest one published for young readers in English to send its protagonists into the future.... charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...
glancing at an article on required minimum distributions in a wanting to look at stuff online but not politics way I'm struck by the optimism of the IRS's take on life expectancy-
98 7.3
99 6.8
100 6.4
do most 100-year-olds really need 6 years' worth of money...I'm blowing through all of mine by 99.
98 7.3
99 6.8
100 6.4
do most 100-year-olds really need 6 years' worth of money...I'm blowing through all of mine by 99.
November 11, 2024 at 12:49 PM
glancing at an article on required minimum distributions in a wanting to look at stuff online but not politics way I'm struck by the optimism of the IRS's take on life expectancy-
98 7.3
99 6.8
100 6.4
do most 100-year-olds really need 6 years' worth of money...I'm blowing through all of mine by 99.
98 7.3
99 6.8
100 6.4
do most 100-year-olds really need 6 years' worth of money...I'm blowing through all of mine by 99.
today wasn't a good day for someone to come to my house to talk about the bible. I pointed out with no sweet calmness that another day when we hadn't just been taken over by christian (small c) fundamentalists would work better for me.
November 8, 2024 at 3:55 PM
today wasn't a good day for someone to come to my house to talk about the bible. I pointed out with no sweet calmness that another day when we hadn't just been taken over by christian (small c) fundamentalists would work better for me.
Reposted by Charlotte Taylor
New MtG card just got previewed 🥳
Title: Bloom Tender
AD: Jameela Wahlgren
Title: Bloom Tender
AD: Jameela Wahlgren
October 29, 2024 at 6:06 PM
New MtG card just got previewed 🥳
Title: Bloom Tender
AD: Jameela Wahlgren
Title: Bloom Tender
AD: Jameela Wahlgren
thanks for the opportunity to read this lovely and utterly memorable story!
Couple of years ago, I had the pleasure of translating Whale Ocean, the first science fiction work by Nanpai Sanshu, China's great master of tomb adventure literature, whose novella is part of my horror anthology. I'm delighted it has found a great home.
samovar.strangehorizons.com/2024/10/28/w...
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Whale Ocean | 鲸海
PX9345 is a solar system situated on the outer edge of the Milky Way. It has one star, seventeen planets, three of which are located in a habitable zone, where water is not only present, but presen…
samovar.strangehorizons.com
October 29, 2024 at 1:58 PM
thanks for the opportunity to read this lovely and utterly memorable story!
went up to New Hampshire to canvas for dems. #didthistoday
October 27, 2024 at 1:57 AM
went up to New Hampshire to canvas for dems. #didthistoday
a book that my sister will be getting at Christmas arrived today, and I am tickled that over 100 years ago another sister had the same idea. (although their names are more unusual than ours are....)
October 24, 2024 at 1:56 PM
a book that my sister will be getting at Christmas arrived today, and I am tickled that over 100 years ago another sister had the same idea. (although their names are more unusual than ours are....)