Sarah
@sarahsiska.bsky.social
Mom | Wife | Reader | Gardener | Learner
I believe love, curiosity, and compassion lead to wisdom and a life well-lived.
Learning, #booksky, Libraries, Service, Rotary, Bolingbrook, IL, USA
Opinions are my own.
I believe love, curiosity, and compassion lead to wisdom and a life well-lived.
Learning, #booksky, Libraries, Service, Rotary, Bolingbrook, IL, USA
Opinions are my own.
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Sarah
@sarahsiska.bsky.social
· Feb 13
We’ve been talking to the kids about values, civic engagement, and community. Both wanted to join no kings and made their own signs—deciding what messages to share. They got a ton of positive reinforcement from the crowd too. Such a great energy and so nice to see such a good sized turnout.
October 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
We’ve been talking to the kids about values, civic engagement, and community. Both wanted to join no kings and made their own signs—deciding what messages to share. They got a ton of positive reinforcement from the crowd too. Such a great energy and so nice to see such a good sized turnout.
Atmosphere
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great characters and thoughtful composition. The second half makes up for the slower pacing in the first half. Her prose is fantastic.
Found family, historical fiction, women in stem, self discovery.
Yes, I cried.
#booksky #bookreview
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great characters and thoughtful composition. The second half makes up for the slower pacing in the first half. Her prose is fantastic.
Found family, historical fiction, women in stem, self discovery.
Yes, I cried.
#booksky #bookreview
October 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Atmosphere
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great characters and thoughtful composition. The second half makes up for the slower pacing in the first half. Her prose is fantastic.
Found family, historical fiction, women in stem, self discovery.
Yes, I cried.
#booksky #bookreview
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great characters and thoughtful composition. The second half makes up for the slower pacing in the first half. Her prose is fantastic.
Found family, historical fiction, women in stem, self discovery.
Yes, I cried.
#booksky #bookreview
It’s almost banned books week!
Whether it’s The Lorax, Maus, or I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, reading books with challenging ideas and difficult themes better prepares us to recognize and deal with challenging situations in our lives and feel compassion for those facing similar challenges.
Whether it’s The Lorax, Maus, or I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, reading books with challenging ideas and difficult themes better prepares us to recognize and deal with challenging situations in our lives and feel compassion for those facing similar challenges.
September 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
It’s almost banned books week!
Whether it’s The Lorax, Maus, or I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, reading books with challenging ideas and difficult themes better prepares us to recognize and deal with challenging situations in our lives and feel compassion for those facing similar challenges.
Whether it’s The Lorax, Maus, or I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, reading books with challenging ideas and difficult themes better prepares us to recognize and deal with challenging situations in our lives and feel compassion for those facing similar challenges.
Fantasticland
by @mikebockoven.bsky.social
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great premise! Theme park Employees isolated by a hurricane form rival tribes that violently clash.
Structured as a series of interviews, we explore a tale that’s horrificly compelling. I’ll be thinking about this for years.
#booksky #bookreview
by @mikebockoven.bsky.social
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great premise! Theme park Employees isolated by a hurricane form rival tribes that violently clash.
Structured as a series of interviews, we explore a tale that’s horrificly compelling. I’ll be thinking about this for years.
#booksky #bookreview
September 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Fantasticland
by @mikebockoven.bsky.social
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great premise! Theme park Employees isolated by a hurricane form rival tribes that violently clash.
Structured as a series of interviews, we explore a tale that’s horrificly compelling. I’ll be thinking about this for years.
#booksky #bookreview
by @mikebockoven.bsky.social
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great premise! Theme park Employees isolated by a hurricane form rival tribes that violently clash.
Structured as a series of interviews, we explore a tale that’s horrificly compelling. I’ll be thinking about this for years.
#booksky #bookreview
Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper interview from 2019 about practicing gratitude in the face of grief.
Source for the full interview: youtu.be/YB46h1koicQ?...
Source for the full interview: youtu.be/YB46h1koicQ?...
September 20, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper interview from 2019 about practicing gratitude in the face of grief.
Source for the full interview: youtu.be/YB46h1koicQ?...
Source for the full interview: youtu.be/YB46h1koicQ?...
Starter Villain
By John Scalzi
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Light, funny, and the right amount of ridiculous. This novel takes the villain tropes we love and spins them into hilarious absurdities.
✅ Volcano lair
✅ Shadowy Villain network
✅ Pet Cats
✅ Stolen Nazi Treasure
✅ Dolphins trying to unionize
✅ Lasers
#booksky
By John Scalzi
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Light, funny, and the right amount of ridiculous. This novel takes the villain tropes we love and spins them into hilarious absurdities.
✅ Volcano lair
✅ Shadowy Villain network
✅ Pet Cats
✅ Stolen Nazi Treasure
✅ Dolphins trying to unionize
✅ Lasers
#booksky
September 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Starter Villain
By John Scalzi
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Light, funny, and the right amount of ridiculous. This novel takes the villain tropes we love and spins them into hilarious absurdities.
✅ Volcano lair
✅ Shadowy Villain network
✅ Pet Cats
✅ Stolen Nazi Treasure
✅ Dolphins trying to unionize
✅ Lasers
#booksky
By John Scalzi
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Light, funny, and the right amount of ridiculous. This novel takes the villain tropes we love and spins them into hilarious absurdities.
✅ Volcano lair
✅ Shadowy Villain network
✅ Pet Cats
✅ Stolen Nazi Treasure
✅ Dolphins trying to unionize
✅ Lasers
#booksky
I highly recommend people read Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. It was one of my favorite reads from last year and the movie comes out in March. Warning: Some spoilers in the trailer.
#booksky
#booksky
Project Hail Mary - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
youtu.be
September 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I highly recommend people read Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. It was one of my favorite reads from last year and the movie comes out in March. Warning: Some spoilers in the trailer.
#booksky
#booksky
The Heartless Sky (Zodiac Academy 7)
By Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
⭐️⭐️
Peckham & Valenti must be paid by the page. So much filler. So little editing. Characters became caricatures and we crossed from whimsical into the absurd.
Fans of this one are loyal fans indeed
#booksky #bookreview
By Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
⭐️⭐️
Peckham & Valenti must be paid by the page. So much filler. So little editing. Characters became caricatures and we crossed from whimsical into the absurd.
Fans of this one are loyal fans indeed
#booksky #bookreview
September 7, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The Heartless Sky (Zodiac Academy 7)
By Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
⭐️⭐️
Peckham & Valenti must be paid by the page. So much filler. So little editing. Characters became caricatures and we crossed from whimsical into the absurd.
Fans of this one are loyal fans indeed
#booksky #bookreview
By Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
⭐️⭐️
Peckham & Valenti must be paid by the page. So much filler. So little editing. Characters became caricatures and we crossed from whimsical into the absurd.
Fans of this one are loyal fans indeed
#booksky #bookreview
A judge paused Canada’s ban on books with explicit content “It contained more than 200 titles, including “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” “Brave New World” and more.
… additional books … inaccessible to K-9 students, including… “Nineteen Eighty-Four” and …“The Great Gatsby.”
#booksky #librarysky
… additional books … inaccessible to K-9 students, including… “Nineteen Eighty-Four” and …“The Great Gatsby.”
#booksky #librarysky
Alberta government pauses ban on school library books with sex content
EDMONTON - Alberta's education minister is directing school boards to pause a government order to remove books with explicit sexual content from libraries.
ground.news
September 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A judge paused Canada’s ban on books with explicit content “It contained more than 200 titles, including “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” “Brave New World” and more.
… additional books … inaccessible to K-9 students, including… “Nineteen Eighty-Four” and …“The Great Gatsby.”
#booksky #librarysky
… additional books … inaccessible to K-9 students, including… “Nineteen Eighty-Four” and …“The Great Gatsby.”
#booksky #librarysky
I’m endlessly charmed by the variations of my violas 🌱
August 31, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I’m endlessly charmed by the variations of my violas 🌱
The Names
By Florence Knapp
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Follows a family through 3 parallel time lines branching from different choices.
While the name of the youngest is distinct in each timeline, the decision to fight back, leave, or endure domestic violence is the choice and consequences Knapp explores.
#booksky
By Florence Knapp
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Follows a family through 3 parallel time lines branching from different choices.
While the name of the youngest is distinct in each timeline, the decision to fight back, leave, or endure domestic violence is the choice and consequences Knapp explores.
#booksky
August 31, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The Names
By Florence Knapp
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Follows a family through 3 parallel time lines branching from different choices.
While the name of the youngest is distinct in each timeline, the decision to fight back, leave, or endure domestic violence is the choice and consequences Knapp explores.
#booksky
By Florence Knapp
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Follows a family through 3 parallel time lines branching from different choices.
While the name of the youngest is distinct in each timeline, the decision to fight back, leave, or endure domestic violence is the choice and consequences Knapp explores.
#booksky
The Night Shift
By Alex Finlay
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What a great thriller! We time hop exploring similar crimes separated by several years in the same small town.
Short chapters. Multiple narrators. Great characters. Enough mystery to keep things interesting without being contrived.
#Booksky
By Alex Finlay
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What a great thriller! We time hop exploring similar crimes separated by several years in the same small town.
Short chapters. Multiple narrators. Great characters. Enough mystery to keep things interesting without being contrived.
#Booksky
August 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Night Shift
By Alex Finlay
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What a great thriller! We time hop exploring similar crimes separated by several years in the same small town.
Short chapters. Multiple narrators. Great characters. Enough mystery to keep things interesting without being contrived.
#Booksky
By Alex Finlay
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What a great thriller! We time hop exploring similar crimes separated by several years in the same small town.
Short chapters. Multiple narrators. Great characters. Enough mystery to keep things interesting without being contrived.
#Booksky
The Spellshop
by Sarah Beth Durst
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Absolutely adorable.
Librarian with a talking plant for a side kick uses magic, friendship, and kindness to save a community and find love.
Durst really knows her audience. Did I mention there are flying cats?
Fantasy, romance, no spice.
#booksky
by Sarah Beth Durst
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Absolutely adorable.
Librarian with a talking plant for a side kick uses magic, friendship, and kindness to save a community and find love.
Durst really knows her audience. Did I mention there are flying cats?
Fantasy, romance, no spice.
#booksky
August 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Spellshop
by Sarah Beth Durst
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Absolutely adorable.
Librarian with a talking plant for a side kick uses magic, friendship, and kindness to save a community and find love.
Durst really knows her audience. Did I mention there are flying cats?
Fantasy, romance, no spice.
#booksky
by Sarah Beth Durst
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Absolutely adorable.
Librarian with a talking plant for a side kick uses magic, friendship, and kindness to save a community and find love.
Durst really knows her audience. Did I mention there are flying cats?
Fantasy, romance, no spice.
#booksky
Today’s @carolynhax.bsky.social features this amazing Cartoon by @Nick Galifianakis
August 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Today’s @carolynhax.bsky.social features this amazing Cartoon by @Nick Galifianakis
10 years after our CIO incentivized interactions on the internal company social platforms, and 8 years after they stopped giving out points you could redeem for merchandise because people were gaming the system and not adding value, people still post “done” in the comments thread for our courses.
August 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
10 years after our CIO incentivized interactions on the internal company social platforms, and 8 years after they stopped giving out points you could redeem for merchandise because people were gaming the system and not adding value, people still post “done” in the comments thread for our courses.
The Mighty Red
By Louise Erdrich
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Erdrich’s prose borders on poetry. The characters are beautifully drawn and realistic yet charmingly fantastic.
So glad she didn’t make the love of a good woman the fix for broken men. ❤️
Erdrich is why I fell in love with magical realism.
#booksky
By Louise Erdrich
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Erdrich’s prose borders on poetry. The characters are beautifully drawn and realistic yet charmingly fantastic.
So glad she didn’t make the love of a good woman the fix for broken men. ❤️
Erdrich is why I fell in love with magical realism.
#booksky
July 31, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The Mighty Red
By Louise Erdrich
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Erdrich’s prose borders on poetry. The characters are beautifully drawn and realistic yet charmingly fantastic.
So glad she didn’t make the love of a good woman the fix for broken men. ❤️
Erdrich is why I fell in love with magical realism.
#booksky
By Louise Erdrich
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Erdrich’s prose borders on poetry. The characters are beautifully drawn and realistic yet charmingly fantastic.
So glad she didn’t make the love of a good woman the fix for broken men. ❤️
Erdrich is why I fell in love with magical realism.
#booksky
“Spend time thinking about how you do the work. Is there a way to do it that is life-giving?”
Austin Channing Brown
Author of Full of Myself
2025 United for Libraries keynote
Thanks for an amazing keynote @austinchanning.bsky.social
Check out her books!
#booksky #librarysky
Austin Channing Brown
Author of Full of Myself
2025 United for Libraries keynote
Thanks for an amazing keynote @austinchanning.bsky.social
Check out her books!
#booksky #librarysky
July 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“Spend time thinking about how you do the work. Is there a way to do it that is life-giving?”
Austin Channing Brown
Author of Full of Myself
2025 United for Libraries keynote
Thanks for an amazing keynote @austinchanning.bsky.social
Check out her books!
#booksky #librarysky
Austin Channing Brown
Author of Full of Myself
2025 United for Libraries keynote
Thanks for an amazing keynote @austinchanning.bsky.social
Check out her books!
#booksky #librarysky
“Whatever success is possible, is possible through the community we form.”
Austin Channing Brown
Author of Full of Myself
2025 United for Libraries keynote
Austin Channing Brown
Author of Full of Myself
2025 United for Libraries keynote
July 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“Whatever success is possible, is possible through the community we form.”
Austin Channing Brown
Author of Full of Myself
2025 United for Libraries keynote
Austin Channing Brown
Author of Full of Myself
2025 United for Libraries keynote
“What we mean by polarization—not that we disagree, or even that we disagree too much or too often, but that we disagree badly: our arguments are painful and useless.”
- Bo Seo
#booksky
- Bo Seo
#booksky
July 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“What we mean by polarization—not that we disagree, or even that we disagree too much or too often, but that we disagree badly: our arguments are painful and useless.”
- Bo Seo
#booksky
- Bo Seo
#booksky
Sunrise on the Reaping
by Suzanne Collins
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I cried at the first 4 books but not this one. Friends said they were gutted. I’m not sure what I missed, but I didn’t feel strongly for these characters. Maybe knowing H’s ending did it.
Top teen read at my library though, so I’m on trend.
#booksky
by Suzanne Collins
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I cried at the first 4 books but not this one. Friends said they were gutted. I’m not sure what I missed, but I didn’t feel strongly for these characters. Maybe knowing H’s ending did it.
Top teen read at my library though, so I’m on trend.
#booksky
July 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Sunrise on the Reaping
by Suzanne Collins
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I cried at the first 4 books but not this one. Friends said they were gutted. I’m not sure what I missed, but I didn’t feel strongly for these characters. Maybe knowing H’s ending did it.
Top teen read at my library though, so I’m on trend.
#booksky
by Suzanne Collins
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I cried at the first 4 books but not this one. Friends said they were gutted. I’m not sure what I missed, but I didn’t feel strongly for these characters. Maybe knowing H’s ending did it.
Top teen read at my library though, so I’m on trend.
#booksky
The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King (Crowns of Nyaxia #2)
by Carissa Broadbent
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lost momentum from book one maybe because the main character is grieving through most of this book so we don’t get that fire. The ending is satisfying enough.
“There she/he is…” every few pages was ugh.
#booksky
by Carissa Broadbent
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lost momentum from book one maybe because the main character is grieving through most of this book so we don’t get that fire. The ending is satisfying enough.
“There she/he is…” every few pages was ugh.
#booksky
July 16, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King (Crowns of Nyaxia #2)
by Carissa Broadbent
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lost momentum from book one maybe because the main character is grieving through most of this book so we don’t get that fire. The ending is satisfying enough.
“There she/he is…” every few pages was ugh.
#booksky
by Carissa Broadbent
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lost momentum from book one maybe because the main character is grieving through most of this book so we don’t get that fire. The ending is satisfying enough.
“There she/he is…” every few pages was ugh.
#booksky
When it rains, I take a picture of my rain gauge and send it to my garden club group chat. They reply with their own rain gauge pictures.
It’s these wholesome interactions that are keeping me going right now. Find joy where you can friends! 🌱
It’s these wholesome interactions that are keeping me going right now. Find joy where you can friends! 🌱
July 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
When it rains, I take a picture of my rain gauge and send it to my garden club group chat. They reply with their own rain gauge pictures.
It’s these wholesome interactions that are keeping me going right now. Find joy where you can friends! 🌱
It’s these wholesome interactions that are keeping me going right now. Find joy where you can friends! 🌱
Waiting to meet @peterbrownstudio.com for my first ever author meet and greet.
The wild robot was the first chapter book I read with both my kids who are now avid readers.
Roz has a special place in our family.
The wild robot was the first chapter book I read with both my kids who are now avid readers.
Roz has a special place in our family.
June 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Waiting to meet @peterbrownstudio.com for my first ever author meet and greet.
The wild robot was the first chapter book I read with both my kids who are now avid readers.
Roz has a special place in our family.
The wild robot was the first chapter book I read with both my kids who are now avid readers.
Roz has a special place in our family.
The God of the Woods
By Liz Moore
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
❤️ Told from multiple PoVs & each with a unique voice.
❤️ Keeps you guessing.
❤️ Beautiful writing.
❤️ “The nation’s first” navigating casual sexism 👌.
Why not 5⭐️? Some “clues” included to throw the reader off and made 0 sense. No magical realism.
#booksky
By Liz Moore
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
❤️ Told from multiple PoVs & each with a unique voice.
❤️ Keeps you guessing.
❤️ Beautiful writing.
❤️ “The nation’s first” navigating casual sexism 👌.
Why not 5⭐️? Some “clues” included to throw the reader off and made 0 sense. No magical realism.
#booksky
June 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The God of the Woods
By Liz Moore
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
❤️ Told from multiple PoVs & each with a unique voice.
❤️ Keeps you guessing.
❤️ Beautiful writing.
❤️ “The nation’s first” navigating casual sexism 👌.
Why not 5⭐️? Some “clues” included to throw the reader off and made 0 sense. No magical realism.
#booksky
By Liz Moore
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
❤️ Told from multiple PoVs & each with a unique voice.
❤️ Keeps you guessing.
❤️ Beautiful writing.
❤️ “The nation’s first” navigating casual sexism 👌.
Why not 5⭐️? Some “clues” included to throw the reader off and made 0 sense. No magical realism.
#booksky