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Hi there! This blog is mostly inactive now, but I'm leaving it here for posterity.
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things librarians judge you for:
things librarians do NOT judge you for (unless they’re bad at librarianing):
things librarians judge, but don’t judge YOU for:
You know you have too many library books checked out when you look a book up in the system, get angry that it’s not available, and then realize later that you’re the one who has it checked out.
Discworld moodboard: Esmerelda “Granny” Weatherwax
“’Blessings be upon this house,’ said Granny, but in a voice that suggested that if blessings needed to be taken away, she could do that, too.“
for some people, the future ahead is opportunity. for others, it’s only time you haven’t met and where I lived, it was only time. you don’t waste your breath trying to protect it. you just try to s u r v i v e it until one day, you don’t.
Dolly Parton - He’s Alive
“As mama would say, I hope you get a blessin’ out of it.”
i love not being a teenager but also sometimes people on the internet just say words and i have to look them up on urban dictionary like i’m 90
life is just one ibuprofen after the other
the next ibuprofen will fix me
reblog and tag with what’s getting you through the pandemic
Gideon the Ninth first impressions
(no spoilers pls i’m literally not even half way through)
Teen Vogue has done it again: It has given us a new informative article of relevance to trans and nonbinary people. This time Charlie Jane Anders is looking at young adult books by, for and/or about queer people.
Trans and/or non-binary authors like Akwaeke Emezi, Cory McCarthy, and Kacen Callendar have been taking young-adult fiction by storm.
Just five years ago, there were only a handful of YA novels by self-identified trans/nb authors, but since then the floodgates have opened.
There are at least two dozen YA books by trans/nb authors coming in 2021, and many of these books also represent other identities that have been sorely lacking in teen reads, including BIPOC authors.
“The breadth and depth of genres, narratives, and representation in these books are even more important than the mere presence of gender-nonconforming authors,” says author Ray Stoeve, who maintains a list of books for young readers by trans/non-binary authors.
Here are some of the most exciting young adult books coming in 2021:
Mac and Cheesus from an antique mall in North Carolina.
