You first.

I wonder how one possibly justifies any of these actions

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

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Today’s poem is called ‘Tense Christmas’.

Clickbaity book titles:

5. Fifty Mind-blowing Shades of Grey (No. 7 is EPIC)
4. Nobody Can Figure Out Where Wally Is, and It’s Driving Them CRAZY
3. What Got Oliver in Such a Twist?
2. Every Single Year of Solitude, Definitively Ranked
1. You Simply Won’t Believe How Hungry This Caterpillar Is...

I have 214.6K followers, and I figure at least some of them are looking to gift books this holiday season, so:

HEY AUTHORS OF BLUESKY: In the comments to this post, tell us (briefly!) about your most recent book, and put in a link to where people can learn more and/or buy the book in question.

Go!

“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.

Hit us up @hallmarkchannel.bsky.social @netflix.com 🙏

Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this

This is your Black Friday reminder that actual book shops can't afford to discount like Amazon and supermarkets do. If you can, get full price books but also a full heart.

THE BELL JAR

HARD ❌

It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York

EASY ✅

That summer was sizzling, and so were the Rosenbergs

And so begins another week to fill with meaningful activity 😊

Artist: Harry Wingfield

Well, now…