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Right so saw Wicked For Good. Spent ~8min just crying at the end. It was as if this entire year's worth of emotions hit at once
December 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Kicking off #libfaves25 for me is Chocolate Chip City by Be Steadwell. Queer, Black, sexy.
December 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”

Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This Thursday, I'll be moderating the Book Club Picks panel featuring Kelly Yang, Maria Semple, Emma Straub, April Reynolds, and Allegra Goodman! So excited! #PRHBookFest

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Penguin Random House Winter Book & Author Festival 2025
On December 4, joinPenguin Random House,Library Journal, andSchool Library Journalforour Winter 2025virtual book and author festival, a free day-long event celebrating reading, authors, and librarians...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Here are the finalists for this year's National Book Awards and man, is the Young People's Literature list *stacked*!

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The 2025 National Book Awards Shortlists Are Here
Here are the finalists in each category for the 2025 National Book Awards.
bookriot.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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The Texas National Guard has arrived in the Chicago area despite the repeated objections of Illinois officials.
Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area
Texas National Guard members have arrived in Illinois. City and state officials say Donald Trump is using them as “political props” in Chicago.
trib.al
October 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Roddy Doyle, Chair of this year’s Booker Prize judging panel: “There were so many contenders, so many excellent books, saying goodbye to some of them felt personal, almost cruel.”
Here’s the 2025 Booker Prize longlist.
Image © Yuki Sugiura for Booker Prize Foundation The longlist for the 2025 Booker Prize—arguably the most prestigious award for a single work of fiction published in the UK—was announced today. The…
buff.ly
July 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My favorite planner company Passion Planner no longer has lined journals. They only have dot grid journals. This is such a silly thing to be bummed about right now, but I am bummed.
July 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
How, exactly, does one not loiter in a park???
July 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Rewatching Dead Like Me as an adult, and I have questions. Why did Daisy need an abuse storyline? Why were there so many confederate flags?
June 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Despite the proliferation of headlines saying this means that the Trump administration can continue gutting the IMLS, thanks to the current decision in the *other* IMLS case, it doesn't.

Judge Leon denies request for preliminary injunction in ALA vs. Sonderling:

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Judge Grants Trump Administration Win in ALA vs. Sonderling IMLS Lawsuit
Federal Judge denies preliminary injunction to plaintiffs in ALA vs. Sonderling–a blow to one of the two ongoing court cases related to Trump's dismantling of the IMLS.
bookriot.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
June 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Chicago’s air quality is among the worst in the world right now thanks to Canadian wildfires. blockclubchi.co/3ZiCGSN
June 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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House Republicans passed a federal budget bill by a vote of 215 – 214 early Thursday morning that includes massive cuts for Medicare and Medicaid in order to extend tax breaks to billionaires. It now goes to the Senate.
Republicans Pass Bill Gutting Medicare and Medicaid in Middle of Night Vote
House Democrats pushed back by introducing over 500 amendments in 24-hour committee fight
meidasnews.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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A Republican push to dismantle clean energy incentives could cost more than 830,000 jobs, raise energy bills for US households and unleash millions more tonnes of the planet-heating pollution, experts warn.
Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
When they tell you that it was the democrats who raised taxes and who want to do all the spending and increase the federal deficit and all the other "they're going to run our country into the ground" rhetoric, remember today. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
Trump Administration Live Updates: House Passes Bill to Deliver President’s Domestic Agenda
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Sizzling Summer Titles for all ages! Real book, movie, and tv show recommendations from real people, librarians even! www.oppl.org/news-events/...
48 new books, movies & TV shows coming this summer
Collection Management Librarians Andrea, Dontaná, Jenna, and Kathy Jump into summer with these new books, movies, and TV shows—for all ages—that we think
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May 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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This is the LAST CHANCE to tell Congress to #FundLibraries. We need you to make your voice heard TODAY. Letters in Congress in support of library funding are about to close.

Call your Senators and urge them to fund libraries in next year's budget: bit.ly/Call2FundLibraries #ForOurLibraries
May 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Speaking of book recommendations: I can't wait to share my library's annual Sizzling Summer Titles. It features 8-12 titles each for kids, teens, adults (fiction & nonfiction), and movies being released on DVD/Blu-ray from June to September.
May 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
this is gross and bad and i hate it. i work my buns off to give real book recommendations to people in person and online. ai can kick rocks
I went into my library's database of Chicago area newspapers to confirm this isn't fake, and it's not.

@chicago.suntimes.com Why the hell are you using ChatGPT to make up book titles? You used to have a books staff. Absolutely no fact checking?
May 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Let me yell at you about how much I enjoyed the first two episodes of #Murderbot! reactormag.com/tv-review-mu...
Murderbot Moves to a New Medium in Exciting Television Premiere - Reactor
The series gets off to a bright start, showcasing a wonderfully eclectic cast.
reactormag.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Watching Murderbot made me realize how much I miss Killjoys.
May 16, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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through adversity, strength
May 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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So therefore the court finds that she does not pose danger to community or present risk of flight.

THE COURT ORDERS THE GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE OZTURK FROM CUSTODY IMMEDIATELY.

"Ms. Ozturk is free to return to her home in Massachusetts."
May 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM