Kimberly Hirsh
@kimberlyhirsh.com
Mom. School librarian. Citizen of Romancelandia. Always cosplaying Wednesday Addams. I manage multiple chronic illnesses. I love books and games. 🌈♿ Posts automatically cross-posted here from https://kimberlyhirsh.com. #FanLIS
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Kimberly Hirsh
@kimberlyhirsh.com
· Nov 16
Hello friends! If you’re seeing this on BlueSky, that’s because my website automatically syndicates there. Your replies get piped back into me via Micro.blog but I only see likes when I actually log in to BlueSky, which I only do every couple of days. Happy you found me there! 💛
It’s a little embarrassing that it took me watching Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein to understand that Mary Shelley is both Victor AND the creature, not just Victor. (It’s not news that I make too much of her alignment with either of them.) 🍿
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It’s a little embarrassing that it took me watching Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein to understand that Mary Shelley is both Victor AND the creature, not just Victor. (It’s not news that I make too much of her alignment with either of them.) 🍿
🍿 Victor Frankenstein has postpartum depression.
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🍿 Victor Frankenstein has postpartum depression.
Finished reading: Dream A Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 📚
If your public library, like mine, is having a delay in ordering new books due to the closure of Baker and Taylor, may I suggest checking out an author’s backlist? Susan Elizabeth Phillips would be a great choice.
If your public library, like mine, is having a delay in ordering new books due to the closure of Baker and Taylor, may I suggest checking out an author’s backlist? Susan Elizabeth Phillips would be a great choice.
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Finished reading: Dream A Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 📚
If your public library, like mine, is having a delay in ordering new books due to the closure of Baker and Taylor, may I suggest checking out an author’s backlist? Susan Elizabeth Phillips would be a great choice.
If your public library, like mine, is having a delay in ordering new books due to the closure of Baker and Taylor, may I suggest checking out an author’s backlist? Susan Elizabeth Phillips would be a great choice.
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🔖 Read W.E.B. Du Bois’s Remarkable Data Visualizations in Jillian Hess’s newsletter, Noted.
It’s thrilling to see how DuBois established practices for both data collection and data visualization that continue to be critical in the social sciences today.
It’s thrilling to see how DuBois established practices for both data collection and data visualization that continue to be critical in the social sciences today.
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🔖 Read W.E.B. Du Bois’s Remarkable Data Visualizations in Jillian Hess’s newsletter, Noted.
It’s thrilling to see how DuBois established practices for both data collection and data visualization that continue to be critical in the social sciences today.
It’s thrilling to see how DuBois established practices for both data collection and data visualization that continue to be critical in the social sciences today.
Finished reading: Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase 📚
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Finished reading: Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase 📚
💬📚 “…I feel like both her confidante and her baby…” Eve Chase, Black Rabbit Hall
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
💬📚 “…I feel like both her confidante and her baby…” Eve Chase, Black Rabbit Hall
Finished reading: A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas 📚
So far I’ve liked each book in this series better than the last.
So far I’ve liked each book in this series better than the last.
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Finished reading: A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas 📚
So far I’ve liked each book in this series better than the last.
So far I’ve liked each book in this series better than the last.
🔖 Read Monster or victim?: The fascination of Hedda Gabler, the ‘female Hamlet’ who divides opinion by Miriam Balanescu (BBC).
Why not both?
Why not both?
October 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🔖 Read Monster or victim?: The fascination of Hedda Gabler, the ‘female Hamlet’ who divides opinion by Miriam Balanescu (BBC).
Why not both?
Why not both?
Finished reading: What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher 📚
Why is fungus so goth? I don’t know but it is and it’s excellent. A very different take on gothic fungus from Mexican Gothic.
Why is fungus so goth? I don’t know but it is and it’s excellent. A very different take on gothic fungus from Mexican Gothic.
October 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Finished reading: What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher 📚
Why is fungus so goth? I don’t know but it is and it’s excellent. A very different take on gothic fungus from Mexican Gothic.
Why is fungus so goth? I don’t know but it is and it’s excellent. A very different take on gothic fungus from Mexican Gothic.
Finished reading: Again The Magic by Lisa Kleypas 📚
October 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Finished reading: Again The Magic by Lisa Kleypas 📚
Finished reading: I Must Say by Martin Short 📚🎧
Martin Short is a delight and listening to him read his memoir is wonderful.
Martin Short is a delight and listening to him read his memoir is wonderful.
October 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Finished reading: I Must Say by Martin Short 📚🎧
Martin Short is a delight and listening to him read his memoir is wonderful.
Martin Short is a delight and listening to him read his memoir is wonderful.
🔖 Read What’s next after the historic No Kings protest? by Daniel Hunter (Waging Non-violence).
Reading about defections gives me hope.
Reading about defections gives me hope.
October 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🔖 Read What’s next after the historic No Kings protest? by Daniel Hunter (Waging Non-violence).
Reading about defections gives me hope.
Reading about defections gives me hope.
Reposted by Kimberly Hirsh
You can *care* about many things and you can only take concrete & sustained action on 1 or 2 things.
October 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
You can *care* about many things and you can only take concrete & sustained action on 1 or 2 things.
🔖 Read No, you don’t need to optimize your morning routine.
This post from Fenn Priest is a gift. I’m so glad Katy Peplin linked it in her newsletter.
This post from Fenn Priest is a gift. I’m so glad Katy Peplin linked it in her newsletter.
October 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🔖 Read No, you don’t need to optimize your morning routine.
This post from Fenn Priest is a gift. I’m so glad Katy Peplin linked it in her newsletter.
This post from Fenn Priest is a gift. I’m so glad Katy Peplin linked it in her newsletter.
Finished reading: The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker 📚
October 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Finished reading: The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker 📚
Finished reading: Worth Fighting For by Jesse Q. Sutanto 📚
October 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Finished reading: Worth Fighting For by Jesse Q. Sutanto 📚
Finished reading: Worth Fighting For by Jesse Q. Sutanto 📚
October 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Finished reading: Worth Fighting For by Jesse Q. Sutanto 📚
Let's learm about each other like we were 10 years old.
Favorite Color: Black 🖤
Favorite Dinosaur: Maiasaura
Favorite Sweet: Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
Favorite Cartoon: Animaniacs (1993)
Favorite Color: Black 🖤
Favorite Dinosaur: Maiasaura
Favorite Sweet: Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
Favorite Cartoon: Animaniacs (1993)
October 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Let's learm about each other like we were 10 years old.
Favorite Color: Black 🖤
Favorite Dinosaur: Maiasaura
Favorite Sweet: Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
Favorite Cartoon: Animaniacs (1993)
Favorite Color: Black 🖤
Favorite Dinosaur: Maiasaura
Favorite Sweet: Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
Favorite Cartoon: Animaniacs (1993)
Reposted by Kimberly Hirsh
I have to say that the Cousin It costume wins the Durham march today
October 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I have to say that the Cousin It costume wins the Durham march today
Reposted by Kimberly Hirsh
Taking things to the next level by insisting everyone refer to cornfield mazes as "metroidgrainias"
October 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Taking things to the next level by insisting everyone refer to cornfield mazes as "metroidgrainias"
🔖 Read The Hunt for the World’s Oldest Story.
This is a super interesting read about comparative mythology. I had to borrow The New Yorker from my library in the Libby app to read it.
This is a super interesting read about comparative mythology. I had to borrow The New Yorker from my library in the Libby app to read it.
October 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🔖 Read The Hunt for the World’s Oldest Story.
This is a super interesting read about comparative mythology. I had to borrow The New Yorker from my library in the Libby app to read it.
This is a super interesting read about comparative mythology. I had to borrow The New Yorker from my library in the Libby app to read it.
🔖📚 Read The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist.
Book heist! Fascinating stuff!
Book heist! Fascinating stuff!
October 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🔖📚 Read The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist.
Book heist! Fascinating stuff!
Book heist! Fascinating stuff!
Reposted by Kimberly Hirsh
Book parties for the end of the world
October 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Book parties for the end of the world
Finished reading: The Death of Jane Lawrence: A Novel by Caitlin Starling 📚
October 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Finished reading: The Death of Jane Lawrence: A Novel by Caitlin Starling 📚