I do have some #libfaves25 honorable mentions! I really enjoyed these!
December 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I do have some #libfaves25 honorable mentions! I really enjoyed these!
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Read and loved FUNDAMENTALS OF BEING A GOOD GIRL by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone.
Here are the LibraryReads January 2026 Hall of Fame titles! These authors' works have been consistently voted for (3+ times!) by public library staff over the past decade. Printable list found at libraryreads.org.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Read and loved FUNDAMENTALS OF BEING A GOOD GIRL by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone.
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Dear Librarians, we hope that seeing the January 2026 LibraryReads picks gives you a boost at the start of your week! Here are the Top 10 titles that public library staff across the USA voted for as favorites. Print-friendly flyer at libraryreads.org.
Which titles are you adding to your TBR?
Which titles are you adding to your TBR?
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Dear Librarians, we hope that seeing the January 2026 LibraryReads picks gives you a boost at the start of your week! Here are the Top 10 titles that public library staff across the USA voted for as favorites. Print-friendly flyer at libraryreads.org.
Which titles are you adding to your TBR?
Which titles are you adding to your TBR?
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York County Library (SC) Bans “Gender Identity” Books for Minors, Strips Citizens of First Amendment Rights.
I don't know why this York story doesn't get the national attention that others have. It needs it. This board just destroyed the public library. Again.
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I don't know why this York story doesn't get the national attention that others have. It needs it. This board just destroyed the public library. Again.
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York County Library (SC) Bans "Gender Identity" Books for Minors, Strips Citizens of First Amendment Rights
York County Library passed a new policy that bans "gender identity" books from any youth sections in the library.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
York County Library (SC) Bans “Gender Identity” Books for Minors, Strips Citizens of First Amendment Rights.
I don't know why this York story doesn't get the national attention that others have. It needs it. This board just destroyed the public library. Again.
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I don't know why this York story doesn't get the national attention that others have. It needs it. This board just destroyed the public library. Again.
bookriot.com/york-county-...
So I'm sharing books this week, which I should be doing all the time, and I noticed a pattern, a theme if you will. Very unsurprising for me, but I like seeing it laid out. I read primarily queer fiction. It is my favorite thing.
December 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So I'm sharing books this week, which I should be doing all the time, and I noticed a pattern, a theme if you will. Very unsurprising for me, but I like seeing it laid out. I read primarily queer fiction. It is my favorite thing.
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
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
Kicking off #libfaves25 for me is Chocolate Chip City by Be Steadwell. Queer, Black, sexy.
December 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Kicking off #libfaves25 for me is Chocolate Chip City by Be Steadwell. Queer, Black, sexy.
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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.
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
“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.
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.
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
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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www.libraryjournal.com/event/prh-wi...
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Best Books of 2025
Picking the best books of the year was no easy task, but we sure had a lot of fun doing it. We present you with our picks for the best books of 2025!
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November 19, 2025 at 2:24 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.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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 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.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Texas National Guard has arrived in the Chicago area despite the repeated objections of Illinois officials.
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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…
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July 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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.”
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
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.
How, exactly, does one not loiter in a park???
July 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
How, exactly, does one not loiter in a park???
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
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?
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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 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.
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June 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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 Leon denies request for preliminary injunction in ALA vs. Sonderling:
bookriot.com/judge-grants...
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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
"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."
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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
Chicago’s air quality is among the worst in the world right now thanks to Canadian wildfires. blockclubchi.co/3ZiCGSN
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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
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May 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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.
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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
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May 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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.
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
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May 22, 2025 at 1:39 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...
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
Sizzling Summer Titles for all ages! Real book, movie, and tv show recommendations from real people, librarians even! www.oppl.org/news-events/...
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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
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
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
Call your Senators and urge them to fund libraries in next year's budget: bit.ly/Call2FundLibraries #ForOurLibraries