Orion Friday
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Author of ATOMIC FRINGE - MG sci-fi in the vein of Stranger Things meets The Iron Giant. https://www.atomicfringe.com/
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Whether you want more dazzling spectacle, sharp-tongued heroines, or mythic adventures, here are seven films to add to your watchlist now after seeing 'Wicked For Good'.
7 Movies to Watch Now That You’ve Seen 'Wicked: For Good' | Black Girl Nerds
If you’ve already soared through Wicked: For Good and find yourself craving more musical magic you’re not alone.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Whether you want more dazzling spectacle, sharp-tongued heroines, or mythic adventures, here are seven films to add to your watchlist now after seeing 'Wicked For Good'.
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Your casual reminder I have two (2) contenders in the first round of the Goodreads Choice Awards Science Fiction category this year, there's still time to vote for one of them (or another book there you like better). Go on, all the cool kids are doing it.
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Opening Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction of 2025!
Discover the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Your casual reminder I have two (2) contenders in the first round of the Goodreads Choice Awards Science Fiction category this year, there's still time to vote for one of them (or another book there you like better). Go on, all the cool kids are doing it.
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
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The Boys brought forth a new conversation to be had: what happens if heroes could be manufactured and corrupted to do whatever they were programmed to? Could they be trusted not to go off the rails? Just because something is possible, does it mean it needs to be explored further?
How 'The Boys' Reveals Our Shifted View of Superheroes | Black Girl Nerds
With The Boys soon entering their fifth and final season next year, the world has expanded to a spin-off, Gen V
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November 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Boys brought forth a new conversation to be had: what happens if heroes could be manufactured and corrupted to do whatever they were programmed to? Could they be trusted not to go off the rails? Just because something is possible, does it mean it needs to be explored further?
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★ “Rousing action-packed adventure” distinguishes Christopher Roubique’s middle grade debut MYTHSPEAKER, a “timeless and original celebration of Indigenous stories”
Mythspeaker by Christopher Roubique
Cajun and Indigenous debut author Roubique draws inspiration from Indigenous American tales to craft a rousing action-packed adv...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
★ “Rousing action-packed adventure” distinguishes Christopher Roubique’s middle grade debut MYTHSPEAKER, a “timeless and original celebration of Indigenous stories”
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In fact, B&N has been expanding rather a bit recently; their sales are up and they've refreshed their stores. And independent books stores have been growing in numbers too! It's been quite a turnaround for brick and mortar bookstores in the last couple of years. I hope it lasts.
I'm more shocked they're still opening new B&Ns.
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
In fact, B&N has been expanding rather a bit recently; their sales are up and they've refreshed their stores. And independent books stores have been growing in numbers too! It's been quite a turnaround for brick and mortar bookstores in the last couple of years. I hope it lasts.
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I'm glad the villain of the new Toy Story is a child's tablet. I hope the film conveys how screens eat up a child's hobbies, interests, literacy, ability to function socially. I hope it provokes millions of parents to think twice before making the iPad a babysitter.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I'm glad the villain of the new Toy Story is a child's tablet. I hope the film conveys how screens eat up a child's hobbies, interests, literacy, ability to function socially. I hope it provokes millions of parents to think twice before making the iPad a babysitter.
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Libraries are safe portals to adventures and faraway lands. #libsky
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Use feed tags: #libsky #library or #librarian 📚💙
New library feed:
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Use feed tags: #libsky #library or #librarian 📚💙
January 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Libraries are safe portals to adventures and faraway lands. #libsky
New library feed:
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Use feed tags: #libsky #library or #librarian 📚💙
New library feed:
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Use feed tags: #libsky #library or #librarian 📚💙
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3 True-Life Mysteries for Older Nonfiction Readers
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3 True-Life Mysteries for Older Nonfiction Readers
These three titles focus on intriguing, shocking, under-explored disappearances throughout history.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
3 True-Life Mysteries for Older Nonfiction Readers
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"Empire of AI" by Karen Hao may be the most important and eye opening book I have ever read. I imagine it's what people felt when they read Sinclair's "The Jungle" when it was first published.
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Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
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November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"Empire of AI" by Karen Hao may be the most important and eye opening book I have ever read. I imagine it's what people felt when they read Sinclair's "The Jungle" when it was first published.
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bookshop.org/p/books/empi...
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Detective Manga Round-Up | Good Comics for Kids
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Detective Manga Round-Up
An overview of some recent manga titles that feature detectives and mysteries.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Detective Manga Round-Up | Good Comics for Kids
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Meet Georgia South and Amy Love, the London rock duo known as the Nova Twins. These "massive pedal nerds" turn all the way up for Tiny Desk. n.pr/4nKv1G7
Nova Twins: Tiny Desk Concert
Meet Georgia South and Amy Love, the London rock duo known as the Nova Twins. These "massive pedal nerds" turn all the way up for Tiny Desk.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Meet Georgia South and Amy Love, the London rock duo known as the Nova Twins. These "massive pedal nerds" turn all the way up for Tiny Desk. n.pr/4nKv1G7
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Pam Grier has always embodied the soul of Black cinema fearless, unapologetic, and rooted in cultural truth. Now, through Pam Grier’s Soul Flix, she continues that legacy by curating a FAST channel that celebrates the heroes, pioneers, and timeless stories of Black film.
Pam Grier’s Soul Flix Honors the Legacy of Black Cinema | Black Girl Nerds
Pam Grier’s Soul Flix is available free to stream on The Roku Channel, Plex.tv, TiVo+, and Fawesome with all of the Blaxploitation classics
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November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Pam Grier has always embodied the soul of Black cinema fearless, unapologetic, and rooted in cultural truth. Now, through Pam Grier’s Soul Flix, she continues that legacy by curating a FAST channel that celebrates the heroes, pioneers, and timeless stories of Black film.
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👇 Oh, look— here I am! 📚 Love our staff book club & honored to get the opportunity to share about it with @slj.com
Faculty Book Clubs, Staff Reading Initiatives Improve School Reading Culture
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Faculty Book Clubs, Staff Initiatives Improve School Reading Culture
Librarians facilitate reading among their peers to get staff and students excited about books.
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September 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
👇 Oh, look— here I am! 📚 Love our staff book club & honored to get the opportunity to share about it with @slj.com
Can't help feeling that WS investors buying stocks right now are basically the rooftop partiers in ID4. "It's so pretty..."
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Can't help feeling that WS investors buying stocks right now are basically the rooftop partiers in ID4. "It's so pretty..."
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Hulu’s Reasonable Doubt is officially returning for another season, bringing back the sharp wit, layered storytelling, and powerhouse performances that made it one of the streamer’s standout legal dramas.
Hulu Renews 'Reasonable Doubt' for Another Season of High-Stakes Drama and Legal Intrigue | Black Girl Nerds
Hulu’s Reasonable Doubt is officially returning for another season, bringing back sharp wit, layered storytelling, and powerhouse performances
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November 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hulu’s Reasonable Doubt is officially returning for another season, bringing back the sharp wit, layered storytelling, and powerhouse performances that made it one of the streamer’s standout legal dramas.
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Election Day 🤝 New Book Tuesday
Few things beat treating yourself to a new book after voting to save democracy ✊
Few things beat treating yourself to a new book after voting to save democracy ✊
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Election Day 🤝 New Book Tuesday
Few things beat treating yourself to a new book after voting to save democracy ✊
Few things beat treating yourself to a new book after voting to save democracy ✊
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If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone.
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Why Did These Authors Have Their School Visit Canceled? They Were Talking About Their Book About Book Bans.
Country Club Elementary School in California's Bay Area canceled an author visit moments before it began. Why? It covered book bans.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone.
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
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Maintaining Agency During Tough Times | From the Editor
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Maintaining Agency During Tough Times | From the Editor
Dedicated librarians and library supporters can continue critical advocacy work to shape the legislative and policy environment in ways that complement, rather than counteract, our professional values...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Maintaining Agency During Tough Times | From the Editor
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Proud to stand on the right side of history with @la-cac.org and LLA—defending the Constitution, free speech, and our libraries. We won’t back down.
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Will SCOTUS Take Up Texas’s Book Banning Case?
Publishers and freedom-to-read advocates are supporting plaintiffs in Little v. Llano County by encouraging the Supreme Court to review a First Amendment decision by the Fifth Circuit.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Proud to stand on the right side of history with @la-cac.org and LLA—defending the Constitution, free speech, and our libraries. We won’t back down.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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"Scripts and stories are borne of things you’re interested in, that you’ve experienced, that you’ve studied. Going through the process of filmmaking with Rick many times over the years, we had a shared love for the process, and that love became Nouvelle Vague.” www.writtenby.com/career-craft...
Leaving Us Breathless
Nouvelle Vague, the centerpiece of the 2025 American French Film Festival, celebrates French New Wave.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Scripts and stories are borne of things you’re interested in, that you’ve experienced, that you’ve studied. Going through the process of filmmaking with Rick many times over the years, we had a shared love for the process, and that love became Nouvelle Vague.” www.writtenby.com/career-craft...
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★ Robert Mgrdich Apelian “serves up quite the feast” in FUSTUK, a “stunning [YA] graphic novel debut that celebrates food’s ability to inform personal identity and foster connection”
Fustuk by Robert Mgrdich Apelian
Apelian serves up quite the feast in this stunning graphic novel debut that celebrates food’s ability to inform personal identit...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
★ Robert Mgrdich Apelian “serves up quite the feast” in FUSTUK, a “stunning [YA] graphic novel debut that celebrates food’s ability to inform personal identity and foster connection”
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If you visit the library at least once a week, you’re definitely in Group 7
October 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
If you visit the library at least once a week, you’re definitely in Group 7
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'Winging It' Tops This Week's Comics | Good Comics for Kids
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Winging It | This Week’s Comics
Check out this week's list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, featuring Winging It from Graphix and the Witches of Pepperwood Bay from Papercutz.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
'Winging It' Tops This Week's Comics | Good Comics for Kids
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