Maureen
@elvenjaneite.bsky.social
Reader, crafter, gardener, children's librarian.
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The second #KidLitFaves is out! This month focuses on Meg Medina, author of wonderful picture books and chapter books (and YA too 😂)
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
November 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
look, when you have Indiana Republican lawmakers saying redistricting has gone too far & they won't support it...
November 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
look, when you have Indiana Republican lawmakers saying redistricting has gone too far & they won't support it...
It's my anniversary & I'm spending the morning at home, listening to The Raven Tower and drinking coffee!
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It's my anniversary & I'm spending the morning at home, listening to The Raven Tower and drinking coffee!
I'm scream-laughing: a library kid I've known since she was a baby came in with grandpa tonight & I said hi and mentioned how big she's getting. Grandpa laughed and said, yeah, she is. Kid looks up at me and goes, "Do I KNOW you?" in the sassiest way imaginable. 😂
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I'm scream-laughing: a library kid I've known since she was a baby came in with grandpa tonight & I said hi and mentioned how big she's getting. Grandpa laughed and said, yeah, she is. Kid looks up at me and goes, "Do I KNOW you?" in the sassiest way imaginable. 😂
He slumbers so peacefully
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
He slumbers so peacefully
Well, we finally finished the last episode of Derry Girls, so now I'm emotionally devastated on a Monday evening
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Well, we finally finished the last episode of Derry Girls, so now I'm emotionally devastated on a Monday evening
Currently reading...except I haven't even started 3 of them, so maybe it's actually about to read? 😂
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Currently reading...except I haven't even started 3 of them, so maybe it's actually about to read? 😂
somehow, the colts have won again
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
somehow, the colts have won again
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Finishing up these hats to drop off at a winter clothing drive later this week!
November 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Finishing up these hats to drop off at a winter clothing drive later this week!
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Intergalactic Mixtape is live! 🥳
Intergalactic Mixtape #27
Hey! This week there’s World Fantasy Award news, the regular deluge of new book lists for the month, and a diverse collection of reviews! And speaking of...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Intergalactic Mixtape is live! 🥳
Friday!
📚 North Continent Ribbon
🌿 Hard freeze is coming 😭
🥘 chicken soup!
🎧 finally finished Hild!
💭 trying to ease back into everyday life after traveling
📚 North Continent Ribbon
🌿 Hard freeze is coming 😭
🥘 chicken soup!
🎧 finally finished Hild!
💭 trying to ease back into everyday life after traveling
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Friday!
📚 North Continent Ribbon
🌿 Hard freeze is coming 😭
🥘 chicken soup!
🎧 finally finished Hild!
💭 trying to ease back into everyday life after traveling
📚 North Continent Ribbon
🌿 Hard freeze is coming 😭
🥘 chicken soup!
🎧 finally finished Hild!
💭 trying to ease back into everyday life after traveling
Oh gosh, I have a lot.
The Perilous Gard
Ancillary Justice
Black Water Sister
Always Coming Home
We Are Okay
The King of Attolia
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club
Code Name Verity
The Scorpion Rules
Memory
The Perilous Gard
Ancillary Justice
Black Water Sister
Always Coming Home
We Are Okay
The King of Attolia
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club
Code Name Verity
The Scorpion Rules
Memory
While reorganizing my bookshelves, I somehow found the strength to not open books and start reading them, but I compromised by making a list of the ones I wish I could read again for the first time!
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November 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Oh gosh, I have a lot.
The Perilous Gard
Ancillary Justice
Black Water Sister
Always Coming Home
We Are Okay
The King of Attolia
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club
Code Name Verity
The Scorpion Rules
Memory
The Perilous Gard
Ancillary Justice
Black Water Sister
Always Coming Home
We Are Okay
The King of Attolia
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club
Code Name Verity
The Scorpion Rules
Memory
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The second #KidLitFaves is out! This month focuses on Meg Medina, author of wonderful picture books and chapter books (and YA too 😂)
buttondown.com/singinglight...
buttondown.com/singinglight...
November 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The second #KidLitFaves is out! This month focuses on Meg Medina, author of wonderful picture books and chapter books (and YA too 😂)
buttondown.com/singinglight...
buttondown.com/singinglight...
The second #KidLitFaves is out! This month focuses on Meg Medina, author of wonderful picture books and chapter books (and YA too 😂)
buttondown.com/singinglight...
buttondown.com/singinglight...
November 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The second #KidLitFaves is out! This month focuses on Meg Medina, author of wonderful picture books and chapter books (and YA too 😂)
buttondown.com/singinglight...
buttondown.com/singinglight...
View from my window 🍂
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
View from my window 🍂
All the books I bought on vacation+ some chicken stickers I couldn't resist
November 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
All the books I bought on vacation+ some chicken stickers I couldn't resist
SO excited to delve into this
November 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
SO excited to delve into this
I'm traveling right now, so no fancy thread for my favorite books of October. But here they are anyway!
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I'm traveling right now, so no fancy thread for my favorite books of October. But here they are anyway!
Also I got to horrify R by introducing him to Brutus the Buckeye tonight
November 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Also I got to horrify R by introducing him to Brutus the Buckeye tonight
all of my libby holds are coming in at once 😭
November 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
all of my libby holds are coming in at once 😭
I finished The Forgotten Summer of Seneca by Camryn Garrett yesterday & found it fascinating. A girl visiting her aunt in NYC discovers a magical village descended from the original inhabitants of Seneca Village, a primarily Black community demolished so Central Park could be built.
October 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I finished The Forgotten Summer of Seneca by Camryn Garrett yesterday & found it fascinating. A girl visiting her aunt in NYC discovers a magical village descended from the original inhabitants of Seneca Village, a primarily Black community demolished so Central Park could be built.
Whew. (Notes From a Regicide)
October 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Whew. (Notes From a Regicide)
I let the chickens out to roam while I checked on the last vegetables in the garden and they followed me all over the yard! And ate some radish greens right out of my hand (only pecked me twice 😂)
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I let the chickens out to roam while I checked on the last vegetables in the garden and they followed me all over the yard! And ate some radish greens right out of my hand (only pecked me twice 😂)