Brooks Benjamin
@brooksbenjamin.bsky.social
Writer, reader, pizza eater
Librarian the rest of the time
Writes books like MY SEVENTH-GRADE LIFE IN TIGHTS. Rep’d by Triada US
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Librarian the rest of the time
Writes books like MY SEVENTH-GRADE LIFE IN TIGHTS. Rep’d by Triada US
🇵🇸✊🏾🏳️🌈
What if the phenomenon of days being shorter as we age is actually because we move through space faster, picking up speed as we get older. Maybe we forget things more because we have less time to remember them! Maybe we stumble because we’re being thrown off balance as we rocket through the cosmos!!
a woman is holding a cup of coffee and the words something to think about are above her
Alt: a woman is holding a cup of coffee and the words something to think about are above her
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
What if the phenomenon of days being shorter as we age is actually because we move through space faster, picking up speed as we get older. Maybe we forget things more because we have less time to remember them! Maybe we stumble because we’re being thrown off balance as we rocket through the cosmos!!
I’m teaching a banned books lesson next week for the first time since I became a librarian because
1) I’m at that point in my career where I’m finding which hills I’m ready to die on and
2) we have way too many amazing books that I want to show off for it!
1) I’m at that point in my career where I’m finding which hills I’m ready to die on and
2) we have way too many amazing books that I want to show off for it!
a poster that says stop bans on honest education
Alt: a poster that says stop bans on honest education
media.tenor.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I’m teaching a banned books lesson next week for the first time since I became a librarian because
1) I’m at that point in my career where I’m finding which hills I’m ready to die on and
2) we have way too many amazing books that I want to show off for it!
1) I’m at that point in my career where I’m finding which hills I’m ready to die on and
2) we have way too many amazing books that I want to show off for it!
Same me but now with more ink!
July 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Same me but now with more ink!
Every summer around this time I have a nightmare where the school has moved the library to some room I’ve never seen and I have to quickly reorganize EVERYTHING but the kids show up and they’re all loud and mean and no matter what I do nothing helps so I wind up questioning my career choices.
July 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Every summer around this time I have a nightmare where the school has moved the library to some room I’ve never seen and I have to quickly reorganize EVERYTHING but the kids show up and they’re all loud and mean and no matter what I do nothing helps so I wind up questioning my career choices.
Fourth of July? Nah, we went all in on Summerween this year.
#summerween
#summerween
July 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Fourth of July? Nah, we went all in on Summerween this year.
#summerween
#summerween
Reposted by Brooks Benjamin
🌟 Pop! Goes The Reader's 42 Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books: July-September 2025 🌟
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popgoesthereader.com/42-most-anti... #BookSky #MGLit #KidLit
June 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🌟 Pop! Goes The Reader's 42 Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books: July-September 2025 🌟
popgoesthereader.com/42-most-anti... #BookSky #MGLit #KidLit
popgoesthereader.com/42-most-anti... #BookSky #MGLit #KidLit
I’m attempting to turn this into a cat-friendly sanctuary for our ferals.
This is the before and after (so far).
When I say I had a brush with death trying to get rid of all that poison ivy, I mean it. It’s trying to kill me y’all.
This is the before and after (so far).
When I say I had a brush with death trying to get rid of all that poison ivy, I mean it. It’s trying to kill me y’all.
June 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I’m attempting to turn this into a cat-friendly sanctuary for our ferals.
This is the before and after (so far).
When I say I had a brush with death trying to get rid of all that poison ivy, I mean it. It’s trying to kill me y’all.
This is the before and after (so far).
When I say I had a brush with death trying to get rid of all that poison ivy, I mean it. It’s trying to kill me y’all.
I can’t help but hear Meryl Streep’s voice any time Donut speaks in the Dungeon Crawler Carl books. @mattdinniman.bsky.social, thank you for such a fun series!
June 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I can’t help but hear Meryl Streep’s voice any time Donut speaks in the Dungeon Crawler Carl books. @mattdinniman.bsky.social, thank you for such a fun series!
I just realized the manuscript I’m working on right now would do very well with a map.
WHICH MEANS I GET TO MAKE A MAP FOR MY STORY!!!!
Which also means I’ll be obsessing over that for the next several weeks. Good times, good times.
#writesky #writingcommunity #author #scifi
WHICH MEANS I GET TO MAKE A MAP FOR MY STORY!!!!
Which also means I’ll be obsessing over that for the next several weeks. Good times, good times.
#writesky #writingcommunity #author #scifi
June 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I just realized the manuscript I’m working on right now would do very well with a map.
WHICH MEANS I GET TO MAKE A MAP FOR MY STORY!!!!
Which also means I’ll be obsessing over that for the next several weeks. Good times, good times.
#writesky #writingcommunity #author #scifi
WHICH MEANS I GET TO MAKE A MAP FOR MY STORY!!!!
Which also means I’ll be obsessing over that for the next several weeks. Good times, good times.
#writesky #writingcommunity #author #scifi
Wild question, but is there anyone out there who is fluent enough in Russian who could help me out with some phrases (mainly some not-so-nice ones) for a manuscript?
#writingcommunity #writing #author #authors #writinghelp #russian
#writingcommunity #writing #author #authors #writinghelp #russian
May 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Wild question, but is there anyone out there who is fluent enough in Russian who could help me out with some phrases (mainly some not-so-nice ones) for a manuscript?
#writingcommunity #writing #author #authors #writinghelp #russian
#writingcommunity #writing #author #authors #writinghelp #russian
January 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
January 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Started reading We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer and immediately picked up on the House of Leaves vibes only to be validated by this fun Easter egg a bit later on:
December 22, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Started reading We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer and immediately picked up on the House of Leaves vibes only to be validated by this fun Easter egg a bit later on:
The only thing more dangerous than a rich egomaniac in charge is a stupid rich egomaniac in charge and I fear we've got about a baker's dozen of them at this point.
December 22, 2024 at 1:41 PM
The only thing more dangerous than a rich egomaniac in charge is a stupid rich egomaniac in charge and I fear we've got about a baker's dozen of them at this point.
Reposted by Brooks Benjamin
hello, is anyone from saturday night live on here?
and would you like to see a fan-drawn commercial bumper with many drawings of Mr Martin Short in santa hats??
and would you like to see a fan-drawn commercial bumper with many drawings of Mr Martin Short in santa hats??
December 12, 2024 at 8:55 PM
hello, is anyone from saturday night live on here?
and would you like to see a fan-drawn commercial bumper with many drawings of Mr Martin Short in santa hats??
and would you like to see a fan-drawn commercial bumper with many drawings of Mr Martin Short in santa hats??
Depression:
Do you have it? Or are you just a Pisces?
A question I ask myself on the daily 😂
Do you have it? Or are you just a Pisces?
A question I ask myself on the daily 😂
December 14, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Depression:
Do you have it? Or are you just a Pisces?
A question I ask myself on the daily 😂
Do you have it? Or are you just a Pisces?
A question I ask myself on the daily 😂
Felt cute, might delete later.
December 13, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Felt cute, might delete later.
This makes me sound way cooler than I actually am, but I’ll take it.
December 1, 2024 at 6:15 PM
This makes me sound way cooler than I actually am, but I’ll take it.
Went to work out today and saw a former student at the gym.
Him: Hey, Mr. B!
Me: Hey, K!
Him: I didn’t know librarians lifted weights.
Me: Yeah, it’s how we train to shelve books.
Him: Nice.
Me: Also bigger muscles means more space for tattoos.
Him: Hey, Mr. B!
Me: Hey, K!
Him: I didn’t know librarians lifted weights.
Me: Yeah, it’s how we train to shelve books.
Him: Nice.
Me: Also bigger muscles means more space for tattoos.
November 27, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Went to work out today and saw a former student at the gym.
Him: Hey, Mr. B!
Me: Hey, K!
Him: I didn’t know librarians lifted weights.
Me: Yeah, it’s how we train to shelve books.
Him: Nice.
Me: Also bigger muscles means more space for tattoos.
Him: Hey, Mr. B!
Me: Hey, K!
Him: I didn’t know librarians lifted weights.
Me: Yeah, it’s how we train to shelve books.
Him: Nice.
Me: Also bigger muscles means more space for tattoos.
This is giving I’m going to start a restaurant where I steal scraps off people’s tables in other restaurants and repackage them with some extra salt and charge them because why not?
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence (AI) 👇 www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub... #BookSky
New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.
www.thebookseller.com
November 25, 2024 at 11:11 PM
This is giving I’m going to start a restaurant where I steal scraps off people’s tables in other restaurants and repackage them with some extra salt and charge them because why not?
They could use both!
Also, I’m not sure what kind of outreach publishing has with librarians, but something tells me there’s a bit of a disconnect between the two.
Also, I’m not sure what kind of outreach publishing has with librarians, but something tells me there’s a bit of a disconnect between the two.
Again, I would love to be a contracted idea woman for publishing companies. I could tell you exactly what my students would want to read. If I had time, or was a better writer I would love to write them myself, but I’m so much better at ideas like
1) interesting nonfiction
2) short everything
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1) interesting nonfiction
2) short everything
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I’m learning that MG publishing is in a slump.
As a middle school librarian, this baffles me because kids are reading more than they have in years past.
Do we need to change *how* kids and teens are getting access to these books? Do we need to rethink MC ages? Does MG need to evolve?
As a middle school librarian, this baffles me because kids are reading more than they have in years past.
Do we need to change *how* kids and teens are getting access to these books? Do we need to rethink MC ages? Does MG need to evolve?
November 25, 2024 at 10:06 PM
They could use both!
Also, I’m not sure what kind of outreach publishing has with librarians, but something tells me there’s a bit of a disconnect between the two.
Also, I’m not sure what kind of outreach publishing has with librarians, but something tells me there’s a bit of a disconnect between the two.
Seriously, though, thrillers.
April Henry IS my thriller section, so If anyone has more recommendations for middle-school-appropriate thrillers, I’m all ears!
April Henry IS my thriller section, so If anyone has more recommendations for middle-school-appropriate thrillers, I’m all ears!
Since we’ve been talking trends, I figured I’d share some more I’m seeing in my middle school library:
1) thrillers
2) scary (like real scary and not spoopy scary)
3) books students see excerpts of on iReady
4) books like certain video games (Fortnite, Red Dead, CoD especially)
1) thrillers
2) scary (like real scary and not spoopy scary)
3) books students see excerpts of on iReady
4) books like certain video games (Fortnite, Red Dead, CoD especially)
November 25, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Seriously, though, thrillers.
April Henry IS my thriller section, so If anyone has more recommendations for middle-school-appropriate thrillers, I’m all ears!
April Henry IS my thriller section, so If anyone has more recommendations for middle-school-appropriate thrillers, I’m all ears!
Since we’ve been talking trends, I figured I’d share some more I’m seeing in my middle school library:
1) thrillers
2) scary (like real scary and not spoopy scary)
3) books students see excerpts of on iReady
4) books like certain video games (Fortnite, Red Dead, CoD especially)
1) thrillers
2) scary (like real scary and not spoopy scary)
3) books students see excerpts of on iReady
4) books like certain video games (Fortnite, Red Dead, CoD especially)
November 25, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Since we’ve been talking trends, I figured I’d share some more I’m seeing in my middle school library:
1) thrillers
2) scary (like real scary and not spoopy scary)
3) books students see excerpts of on iReady
4) books like certain video games (Fortnite, Red Dead, CoD especially)
1) thrillers
2) scary (like real scary and not spoopy scary)
3) books students see excerpts of on iReady
4) books like certain video games (Fortnite, Red Dead, CoD especially)
Another thing I’m trying to teach teachers I work with?
Shorter chapters and short books don’t have to be stepping stories to long books with big chapters.
Some readers simply prefer shorter stories. Others like longer ones.
We need both types of books and both are totally valid.
Shorter chapters and short books don’t have to be stepping stories to long books with big chapters.
Some readers simply prefer shorter stories. Others like longer ones.
We need both types of books and both are totally valid.
I'm actively working on pushing my own stories shorter, but I'm amazed at how effective shorter chapters are at maintaining that can't-put-down pace, (especially if it's multi POV), even in longer MG novels. But I realize book length is still an initial barrier for many.
November 25, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Another thing I’m trying to teach teachers I work with?
Shorter chapters and short books don’t have to be stepping stories to long books with big chapters.
Some readers simply prefer shorter stories. Others like longer ones.
We need both types of books and both are totally valid.
Shorter chapters and short books don’t have to be stepping stories to long books with big chapters.
Some readers simply prefer shorter stories. Others like longer ones.
We need both types of books and both are totally valid.