Katie McLain Horner
@kt-librarylady.bsky.social
Public library manager | Co-host of Book Riot’s Read or Dead podcast | Author of Book Riot’s Check Your Shelf newsletter for librarians | horror freak | Cubs fan | feminist killjoy | she/her
I finally saw the Northern lights! Photos are edited, but I still got a good view of them through my camera!
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I finally saw the Northern lights! Photos are edited, but I still got a good view of them through my camera!
Cubs lost (sucks). Brewers won (sucks even more). But Mumford & Sons sounded amazing.
October 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Cubs lost (sucks). Brewers won (sucks even more). But Mumford & Sons sounded amazing.
I had to lead a department meeting in the middle of today’s Cubs game, and this was my first slide:
September 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I had to lead a department meeting in the middle of today’s Cubs game, and this was my first slide:
My husband, BIL, SIL, and I watched RiffTrax every Friday for months during the pandemic - we started with Twilight, then Star Wars and Harry Potter and at least 1 Pirates movie.
Also, discovering Birdemic for the 1st time, and crying laughing during Jim’s monologue in Miami
Also, discovering Birdemic for the 1st time, and crying laughing during Jim’s monologue in Miami
July 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
My husband, BIL, SIL, and I watched RiffTrax every Friday for months during the pandemic - we started with Twilight, then Star Wars and Harry Potter and at least 1 Pirates movie.
Also, discovering Birdemic for the 1st time, and crying laughing during Jim’s monologue in Miami
Also, discovering Birdemic for the 1st time, and crying laughing during Jim’s monologue in Miami
Jonesy loves pens. Jonesy is also too damn cute for his own good
July 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Jonesy loves pens. Jonesy is also too damn cute for his own good
So I got to meet Sujata Massey at ALA and tell her she was the most-recommended author across 200 episodes of Read or Dead!! (And I got my book signed!) What a thrill!
June 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
So I got to meet Sujata Massey at ALA and tell her she was the most-recommended author across 200 episodes of Read or Dead!! (And I got my book signed!) What a thrill!
I ran out of room on the first sign 🫤
June 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I ran out of room on the first sign 🫤
Jonesy and Dini used their shared brain cell to say “Hi” too!
May 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Jonesy and Dini used their shared brain cell to say “Hi” too!
I grew up vaguely Protestant, and I have next to zero interest in organized religion as an adult, but I am LIVING for all of the Chicago Pope memes 😭😭😭 (I also watched The Blues Brothers a few weeks ago)
May 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I grew up vaguely Protestant, and I have next to zero interest in organized religion as an adult, but I am LIVING for all of the Chicago Pope memes 😭😭😭 (I also watched The Blues Brothers a few weeks ago)
Jonesy and Dini are the only sane things in my day sometimes
April 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Jonesy and Dini are the only sane things in my day sometimes
It’s April Fools Day
April 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It’s April Fools Day
I didn’t get a photo of it out in the wild, but I saw a bright orange cyber truck in the Starbucks parking lot last month. It looked like this. I felt like I had been visually assaulted.
March 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I didn’t get a photo of it out in the wild, but I saw a bright orange cyber truck in the Starbucks parking lot last month. It looked like this. I felt like I had been visually assaulted.
And that’s why you always wear a life vest
February 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
And that’s why you always wear a life vest
When times are stressful, it’s very helpful to have a super snuggly cat
December 1, 2024 at 7:12 PM
When times are stressful, it’s very helpful to have a super snuggly cat
I had an okay following on Twitter but now I’m trying to build up a platform on a new site so everything feels like I’m shouting into the void. So here are some pictures of my cats
November 20, 2024 at 6:03 AM
I had an okay following on Twitter but now I’m trying to build up a platform on a new site so everything feels like I’m shouting into the void. So here are some pictures of my cats