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Kelly
@ellarebee.bsky.social
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I'm a very good finder, better known as a librarian.
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🎶 Heels, nails, blade, mascara. Fit check for our bookish era! 🎶

(A preview of next month's K-Pop Demon Hunters-themed display. Titles in alt text.)

#BookSky #LibrarySky #Skybrarians #GLAMs #publibs #TLSky 📚 📜 🍎
A pile of books sitting atop a desk in preparation for a K-Pop Demon Hunters display at our library next month. Titles include: Donutella Hamachi and the Library Avengers by Kim Chi When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller Lia Park and the Missing Jewel by Jenna Yoon Lia Park and the Heavenly Heirlooms by Jenna Yoon Mindy Kim and the Mid-Autumn Festival by Lyla Lee Young-Hee and the Pullocho by Mark James Russell The Magic Black Belt by Hanna Kim Pippa Park: Crush at First Sight by Erin Yun Pippa Park Raises Her Game by Erin Yun Unidentified Suburban Object by Mike Jung A Brush with Magic by Flora Ahn Tiptoe Tapirs by Han-min Kim Okchundang Candy by Jung-soon Go Behind the Mask by Yangsook Choi Three Korean Fairy Tales by So-Un Kim Moon Pops by Heena Baek Maya and the Turtle: A Korean Fairytale by Soma Han The Legend of Tiger and Tailflower by Gee-eun Lee Not pictured because they're checked out: Tales of Korea: 53 Enchanting Stories of Ghosts, Goblins, Princes, Fairies, and More! by Im Bang & Yi Ryuk Skylar and the K-Pop Principal by Luan Goldie The Moon Tonight by Chang-hoon Jung The Three-Year Tumble by Dayeon Auh Starfishing by Sang-gῠn Kim
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ellarebee.bsky.social
@libro.fm YOU DIVINE PLATFORM

#booksky 📚
Screenshot from libro.fm’s app, showing the cover of Geoffrey C. Ward’s and Ken Burn’s The American Revolution, available as part of the Librarian Advanced Listening Copy program. I am too fortunate.
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Happy “Down the hall, first door on your left” Day to all that will ignore numerous directional signs in front of their faces today at my library (a polling location).

To everyone else, Happy Election Day! Enjoy this book display (titles in alt text)! NJ, vote for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social.
2025 Election Day display of books at a library. Titles include: The Constitution The Woman’s Hour The Bill of Rights Vote! Power for the People The Day Madear Voted What the Constitution Says Leo’s First Vote V is for Voting Sofia Valdez, Future Prez Around America to Win the Vote Making the Rules
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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There are current 113 Early Readers cataloged on our new shelf right now. Only 3 are in.

#icantkeepup #thisisagoodproblemtohave #butmyGOD #booksky #skybrarians #GLAMs #librarysky 📚
A picture of a bookshelf with a portrait layout purple sign with bold white text “New Picture Books & Early Readers”. On the top shelf are three Early Readers and under them three picture books on displays. Titles: The Christmas Witch King and Kayla and the Case of the Escape Artist Bob Books Set 4 Complex Words The Big Day There’s Something Odd About the Babysitter Emilio Sloth’s Modern Manners
October 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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MORE NEW BOOKS including one that is a bit bigger than I expected. can y’all guess which?

#BookSky #GLAMs #skybrarians #librarysky #publibs 📚
Seven new releases that will be added to our library collection. Titles include: Unreal: Can You Tell Fake From Fact? Yaya and the Dan-Tats Mahabharata: Designs of Dharma Haru Book 3: Fall No Sam! And the Meow of Deception What Do We Know About Spontaneous Human Combustion? Large piles of books and Wonderbooks in processings. I can’t list all of the titles here.
October 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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No big deal. Just unexpectedly running into an event for future New Jersey Governor @mikiesherrill.bsky.social during my lunch break today. I’m not fangirling back at my desk or anything.

(I totally am.)

#GoVote #NJ
NJ gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill at a campaign event. NJ gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill at a campaign event. NJ gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill at a campaign event.
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Is it a good or a bad thing that I get paid for my book-buying addiction? My co-worker, who has to help me process these (and at least fifty other books arriving this week), has some thoughts.

Title listed in the alt text.

#BookSky #LibrarySky #GLAMs #skybrarians #publibs 📚
A very tall stack of picture books on a library counter, awaiting processing. The titles include (top ot bottom): The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever Stay for Dinner Hedgehogs Don't Wear Underwear Frank and Bert: The One with the Missing Cookies Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast: The Case of the Stinky Stench There's Something Odd About the Babysitter Chester Barkingham Saes the Country Ramadan and the Rahma Road Yeti is Not Ready for School Music in the Mountains Fortune Cookie Dreams On the Move Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend When I Move No Cats In the Library Signs of Friendship The Expedition Everything Grows in Jiddo's Garden The Mithai Box is Not Empty The City of Jasmine Eid for Nylah This Book is Dangerous! Cat's Christmas Squash & Pumpkin #SquashGoals Little Freddie Two Pants The Marvelous Now Shmoog Emilio Sloth's Modern Manners (a book whose title is hidden, but there is one there) Truckin' Odder: An Otter's Story Goodnight Already! Weather Together Welcome to the Penguin Cruise The Three-Year Tumble We Are Already Haunting Here! Little Bamboo Shoot and the Big Stone Bitter Tea and Rock Candy Dounia and the Magic Seeds
October 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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They’re here. They’re ready. And I’m holding them hostage because the holds are for people from other libraries and I want my patrons to get them first. Hmph.

#librarianproblems #kidlit #librarysky #booksky #GLAMs 📚🍎
A stack of four copies of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper on a pink counter.
October 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
ellarebee.bsky.social
What's your sign?
A red sign with white text in all capital letters, "CAUTION! BE ALERT FOR OBJECTS LEAVING THE PLAYING FIELD" within a painted green metal frame and mounted on the green-painted concrete walls of Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
September 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Timeline cleanse!

🌲🌿🍃🌳🍂🍁🍄🌅🌄🌾⛰️
A photo of Queen Anne’s lace, a white flowering plant A photo of a tree, with leaves appearing a saturated yellow and green due to the rising sun. A sunrise photo of a pond, with trees in the background highlighted by the sunlight.
September 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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YES!

This is almost assuredly going to get to the SC and get overturned. However, in the meantime, this and NJ’s COVID access are two more reasons why I will never leave this state.
The ruling upholds the state’s ban on guns in most of the “sensitive places” legislators listed in the law, including: zoos, parks, beaches, playgrounds and recreational facilities, libraries, museums, places that serve alcohol, entertainment facilities, casinos, medical offices, public transit, within 100 feet of public gatherings, and private homes and businesses not open to the public.
September 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
ellarebee.bsky.social
Oh, man. Managing and authenticating (even if you don’t use that power, you still have it)? No.
A screenshot of BookHive’s permission request page.
August 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
ellarebee.bsky.social
Sweet Dickey, this kind of attention to practical (if subtle and unnoticed by many) things is what made me love her so much when she first ran for Congress.
For too long, bureaucracy in Trenton has prevented us from achieving these goals. Our state has some of the hardest-working public servants in the nation, but they have been let down by obsolete technology and outdated processes. Red tape and antiquated systems at all levels of the state government have real consequences — raising prices for New Jerseyans, driving businesses to neighboring states, taking precious time away from families, and creating a system that unfairly rewards political connections. Because of this, New Jersey ranks 42nd for the cost of doing business according to CNBC, and 49th according to Forbes. This is unacceptable. If Trenton is still using 1950s-era technology and businesses are physically forced to mail in documents to state agencies, how can we expect to compete in the global economy?
August 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
ellarebee.bsky.social
AS I LIVE AND BREATHE (and I slightly misremembered)...
Four incorrect stickers of children's character Peppa Pig. Top left has a lightly mustached Peppa in black framed glasses and a business suit, smoking a cigarette, holding a whip in one hand and handcuffs in the other. Top right is Peppa dressed as meme Scumbag Steve with a Moschino fanny pack, a rhinestone-encrusted gun in one hand, and a pierced tail, bottom left is Peppa wearing sunglasses, smoking a joint, and wearing a gold chain necklace, and bottom left is a truly terrifying Peppa with demon eyes, sharp teeth, and a bleeding heart. Totally kid friendly, am I right? (sarcasm)
August 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
ellarebee.bsky.social
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is.

(OK, technically it's [in order] my last, antepenultimate, and 13th to last photos taken in DC when I was there in '24.)
A view of the Washington Memorial from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. A photo of the large, marble statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial, with the following inscribed on the wall above it: "IN THIS TEMPLE AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ENSHRINED FOREVER" An excerpt of Lincoln's second inaugural address that's inscribed on the walls of the Lincoln Memorial: "ON THE OCCASION CORRESPONDING TO THIS FOUR YEARS AGO ALL THOUGHTS WERE ANXIOUSLY DIRECTED TO AN IMPENDING CIVIL WAR. ALL DREADED IT - ALL SOUGHT TO AVERT IT. WHILE THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS WAS BEING DELIVERED FROM THIS PLACE DEVOTED ALTOGETHER TO SAVING THE UNION WITHOUT WAR INSURGENT AGENTS WERE IN THE CITY SEEKING TO DESTROY IT WITHOUT WAR -- SEEKING TO DISSOLVE THE UNION AND DIVIDE EFFECTS BY NEGOTIATION. BOTH PARTIES DEPRECATED WAR BUT ONE OF THEM WOULD MAKE WAR RATHER THAN LET THE NATION SURVIVE
August 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Not the full thing, but I read chunks of The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu when I was 10 (thanks, 'Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego' and Dad, who indulged me during an NYC visit). I also read Gregory David Roberts' Shantaram (900+ pages) when I was 16.

#BookSky 📚
The front matter of The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu. On the left page is an inscription that reads "To my wonderful daughter Kellyanne, Enjoy reading this tale. Love always, Your Dad. 48th & 5th, Barnes & Noble, New York City, Dec 29, 1999". On the right is the title page, reading "Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji. By common consent, the Heian era of the tenth and eleventh centuries is recognized as one of the very greatest periods in Japanese literature; and The Tale of Genji is not only the unquestioned prose masterpiece of that period, but also the most absorbing account we have of the intricate, exquisite, highly ordered court culture which made such a masterpiece possible. Edward of Seidensticker's translation of Lady Murasaki Shikibu's splendid romance has been honored throughout the world for its fluency, scholarly depth, and deep literary tact and sensitivity."
August 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Well, the GIF rudely did not work so here is an image instead.

#BookSky #FeverBeach 📚
One Day at a Time's Max and Penelope sitting on an outdoor sofa.
July 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
ellarebee.bsky.social
And I can't stop picturing these two as Twilly and Viva. I just can't.

#BookSky
A GIF from Netflix's One Day at a Time featuring Max and Penelope. Penelope, in a matching brown tank top and cozy sweatpants, is jumping on a blue couch in her apartment so she can kiss the very tall Max, who is wearing a light blue t-shirt and jeans.
July 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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This is a book I wish I had when I was a kid. Thank you, @ajirving.bsky.social for bringing it into the world. I can’t wait to share it with my patrons!

#lgbt #lgbtqia #booksky #librarysky #skybrarians #bipride #pride #GLAMs 📚 🩷💜💙
At the forefront, the cover of The Bi Book by A.J. Irving shows. It is a yellow cover with pink, purple, and blue decorations and two children, one looking through binoculars. Other children’s books are piled around it.
July 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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He was never my favorite Mets pitcher (that would be deGrom, and I attempt to comfort myself with the notion that he doesn't vote at all), but cripes. The baseball gods were trying to tell me something in 2019 when this happened.

#Mets #MetsSky #BaseballSky ⚾
A close-up photo of a Noah Syndergaard gnome broke into three piece after falling off of my bookshelf. Aptly, in one place, it broke off his pitching arm. Photo taken 8/24/2019. A photo of a collapsed bookshelf, with books scattered in the background and a broken Noah Syndergaard gnome in the foreground. Photo taken 8/24/2019.
May 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Also, WHO SCHEDULED THIS?! Why do the Rockies get an off day (they’re coming from Chicago) and the Mets, going to the West Coast, DO NOT?

#mets #metssky #LGM #LFGM #BaseballSky ⚾️
A screenshot of the Mets’ baseball schedule for the next few weeks. May 29 is circled in red. It’s an off-day. It comes three days before the Mets go on a West Coast trip, with no off-day before they do. Ugh.
May 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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It's good to see the Rangers offense treating deGrom exactly like the Mets offense did.
Annoyed Jacob deGrom in a Mets uniform.
May 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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THE TRAUMA I AM HAVING RIGHT NOW AT MY DESK BECAUSE OF THIS

#Mets #MetsSky #LFGM #LGM ⚾️
April 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Sweet Dickey, I love my job and I love my community and I love this week. That is all.

NO. WAIT. I am also super excited to learn about Periyar, the head of the South Indian Self-Respect Movement. THAT is all.

#LibrarySky #BookSky #worldkidlit #kidlit #TLsky #publibs #skybrarians #GLAMs 🍎📜📚
A photo of a reading passport page with the pencil-written words summarizing one of the display books. Marathi quote written in orange dry erase marker translated in English to “if you can dream it, you can achieve it!” Underneath, a Tamil quote in red dry erase marker translated in Wnglish to “Have the desire to to it right.” A photo of nine Tamil books donated to our World Languages collection. A photo of a Tamil-language book about Periyar, an organizer of the Self-Respect Movement in South India.
April 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Happy International Children’s Book Week at my library! This year, it feels a little more rebellious than it should.

#BookSky #LibrarySky #TLSky #EduSky #GLAMs #skybrarians #publibs #kidlit #worldkidlit #JerseyRootsGlobalReach 📚🍎📜🌎
A sign displaying a flyer that says “Welcome to International Children’s Book Week” with a pink arrow pointing left and the text “in the meeting room!” A table covered in a blue table cloth with reading passports, pins, pencils, book hunt sheets, and a sign saying “Reading Passport & Book Hunt: Complete at least one row of the book hunt to get a small prize and your passport stamped!” In the foreground: a table covered in a green plastic tablecloth with numerous books from different countries in Asia on it. In the background: a whiteboard stating “Welcome to International Children’s Book Week!” with “What languages do you speak?/Cosa lingue tu parli?” A table covered in a blue tablecloth with many books from different countries across the Americas (excluding the United States)
April 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM