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librarybookhog.bsky.social
@librarybookhog.bsky.social
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My library card is exhausted📚
Poet, artist, too-frequent library-goer

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Sunlight reflecting off of my glasses onto the page 👓🌈📖

(Book: “Hood Feminism” by Mikki Kendall)

#librarybook #bookrecs #booksky #books #hoodfeminism
January 19, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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Library return! 📚

“Fetishized” by Kaila Yu

Hard to get through, not because it was poorly written, but because of how raw, honest, and vulnerable it is.

5⭐️

#library #librarybook #bookrecs #booksky #fetishized #kailayu
A top view of the book “Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty” by Kaila Yu that is sitting centered in the frame flat on top of a laptop going diagonally from the top left to the bottom right of the photo. Both are laying flat on top of a wooden desk.
January 15, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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Belated holiday gift for library volunteers. A different variety of library cards hehe
📚🎁🃏♥️♠️♦️♣️

#library #librarycard #playingcards
#booksky #volunteering
A small wrapped gift in front of a slightly twisting stack of books on a wooden desk in front of a wall A piece of string under a wad of ripped wrapping paper to the left, and a box containing a deck of playing cards at a slight slant downward to the bottom right corner of the photo with its leftmost edge resting on the wad of paper. All sitting atop a wooden desk in front of a wall
January 11, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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Finished reading this absolute masterpiece of a book!

5⭐️ 🙇🏻‍♀️

Had to slow down and really savor it.

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful 😍

#martyr #books #bookrecs #librarybook #booksky
Picture of the book “Martyr” by Kaveh Akbar standing upright on a wooden desk in front of a white wall
January 9, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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First book finished this year!

“Winter in Sockcho” by Elisa Shua Dusapin

#librarybook #booksky #books
Top view of the book “Winter in Sockcho” by Elisa Shua laying flat on a wooden desk
January 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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First library haul of the year! 📚

#libraryhaul #librarybooks #books #booksky
January 3, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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Some graphics of my reading stats

#reading #librarybooks #booksky #storygraph
A long and skinny graphic showing a collage of the covers of all the books I read this year (95 books total) arranged in four columns A graphic showing my reading stats for the month of December 2025
January 1, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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Last book read last year, last book read this year

Last year: “Breasts and Eggs” by Mieko Kawakami
This year: “Misfortune Cookie” by Vivien Chen

#booksky #nye #books
January 1, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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Calling it a night on my NYE reading marathon. Finishing books that I started and intended to finish this year (left stack), and reading a few more books before saying goodbye to 2025 📚📖👓🥳🍾🥂

With twitching and tired eyes, I close the book on 2025

#nye #reading #booksky #librarybooks #nye
Two stacks of books sitting on a wooden desk in front of a wall. Stack on the left (top to bottom): “The Echo Chamber” by John Boyne “The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov Stack on the right (top to bottom): “Misfortune Cookie” by Vivien Chen “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie “Seven Empty Houses” by Samanta Schweblin
January 1, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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Couldn’t finish before I had to return it. Is it worth checking it out again?

#book #books #booksky #librarybook
Top view of a book laying flat on a desk. Book in photo: “Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients” by Ben Goldacre
December 31, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Library returns!!! Last one of 2025
📚

-“Ivan Ilych and Confessions” found me at the best moment in my life. I needed it.

-My first Agatha Christie, I like it!

-“The Membranes” got me out of a reading slump. Great read!

#library #librarybooks #tolstoy #agathachristie #booksky
Four books on a desk, two leaning against a wall and two laying flat on a desk in front of them. Books against the wall: 1. “The Death of Ivan Ilych & Confessions” -Tolstoy 2. “The Starlet and the Spy” -Ji-Min Lee Books laying on desk: 3. “Five Little Pigs” -Agatha Christie 4. “The Membranes” -Chi Ta-Wei
December 31, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Finished reading!! 📖👓

1. “Almond” -Sohn Won-Pyung
Got me out of a reading slump
2. “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” -Shirley Jackson
😍
3. “Beautyland” -Marie-Helene Bertino
💕

#booksky #librarybooks #library #bookrecs
Three books standing up vertically side to side at an angle on a desk in front of a wall Books shown (from left to right): 1. “Almond” -Sohn Won-Pyung 2. “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” -Shirley Jackson 3. “Beautyland” -Marie-Helene Bertino
December 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Nighttime reading 📖

“We Have Always Lived in the Castle” by Shirley Jackson

#books #reading #booksky #librarybook #bookrec
December 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Finished reading!

1.”Katabasis” -R.F. Kuang
-Not bad, but I think I like “Babel” more
2. “James” -Percival Everett
-5 ⭐️
3. “Maktub” -Paulo Coelho
-Helped my brain breathe
4. “Weather” -Jenny Offill
-Sharp, succinct

#librarybook #libraryreturns #booksrecs #booksky
Four books standing up vertically on a wooden desk in front of a white wall in the background. Books shown (from left to right) 1. ”Katabasis” -R.F. Kuang 2. “James” -Percival Everett 3. “Maktub” -Paulo Coelho 4. “Weather” -Jenny Offill
December 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Library book haul! 📚

1. “The Spy” by Paulo Coelho
2. “Maktub” by Paulo Coelho
3. “Walk Like a Girl” by Prabal Gurung
4. “Hood Feminism” by Nikki Kendall

#librarybooks #booksky #books
Four books on a desk, two leaning against a white wall and two laying down flat on the desk in front of the other two. Books leaning against the wall: “The Spy” by Paulo Coelho “Maktub” by Paulo Coelho Books laying down flat on the desk: “Walk Like a Girl” by Prabal Gurung “Hood Feminism” by Nikki Kendall
December 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Finished this

With fists clenched

A tight jaw

And tensed shoulders

Boiling over with rage

#librarybook #booksky #bookrecs #empireofpain #patrickraddenkeefe
December 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Do ya’ll think I can finish these by the end of the year? 📚

#librarybooks #booksky #tbr
December 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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This week’s library haul!

#librarybooks #booksky #books
December 8, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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My Storygraph November wrap-up

#storygraph #booksky #librarybooks
December 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Library return! 🚨🚨

“A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story” by Elaine Brown

So much vivid detail and action packed into 450 pages about an important part of history

#librarybook #booksky
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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🎉
amlibraryassoc.bsky.social American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · Nov 21
NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!

A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.

Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
LIBRARIES WIN IN COURT. Federal court issues permanent injunction in Rhode Island V. Trump, stops the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The court ruled that all actions taken by the Administration to dismantle IMLS are nullified. This injunction takes immediate nationwide effect: all grants, in every state and territory. The Administration is stopped from taking these actions again in the future. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Library returns!

1. “Bad Monkeys” by Matt Ruff
Wild ride!

2. “The Butterfly Garden” by Dot Hutchison
Hard to put down!

3. “The Color of Law” by Richard Rothstein
5 ⭐️ Organized, informative, well-balanced 💯

#thecoloroflaw #librarybooks #booksky
Three books, two leaning on a vertical folded wooden table, one laying flat on another wooden table placed right in front of the other two books. Books shown: 1. “Bad Monkeys” by Matt Ruff 2. “The Butterfly Garden” by Dot Hutchison 3. “The Color of Law” by Richard Rothstein
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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RIP Alice Wong. I learned a lot from her book “Year of the Tiger”. Her wisdom and contribution remain eternal.

#alicewong #yearofthetiger
A picture of the book “Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life” by Alice Wong leaning against a wall on a desk
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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@cardsagainsthumanity.com, longtime supporter of libraries, organized a creative way to support ALA with presales of a special edition product—Cards Against Humanity Explains the Joke—during Banned Books Week. CAH will donate 100% of proceeds to ALA.

ALA Explains the Donation: ala.org/CAH

#IGM25
Text in graphic: "Cards Against Humanity generously donated 100% of profits from their limited-edition informational product, 'Cards Against Humanity Explains the Joke,' to the American Library Association. ALA Explains the Donation at ala.org/CAH." Illustration of a Cards Against Humanity box on top of a short stack of books.
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Weekend reading:

1. “The Vegetarian” by Han Kang (5/5⭐️)
2. “Black No More” by George S. Schuyler (5/5⭐️)
3. “Bad Monkeys” by Matt Ruff
-Still reading it, but I’m hooked

#books #librarybooks #booksky #bookrecs #hankang
Three books standing up on a stack of large books against a wall with a candle in front of them to the left illuminating the books. Books in photo from left to right: 1. “The Vegetarian” by Han Kang 2. “Black No More” by George S. Schuyler 3. “Bad Monkeys” by Matt Ruff
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM