Lisa Krok
@readonthebeach.bsky.social
Author Novels in Verse for Teens (Bloomsbury LU), library manager, reviewer for SLJ & Booklist, moderator, and presenter. Swiftie. Reese-aholic. My TBR will one day collapse and this is how I will die. Personal acct my opinions.
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Lisa Krok
@readonthebeach.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hello new followers! Still figuring this platform out, but I imagine we are all in it together. 💕
Petition to have McShaker fries all year long! 😋
December 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Petition to have McShaker fries all year long! 😋
Chagrin Falls is always so beautiful over the holiday season! I grew up there and would go down there often to walk on the rocks by the falls. It is a unique spot, with the Underground Railroad part of its history.
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Chagrin Falls is always so beautiful over the holiday season! I grew up there and would go down there often to walk on the rocks by the falls. It is a unique spot, with the Underground Railroad part of its history.
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Brush up on your Constitution knowledge with these titles from @hachetteus.bsky.social and @sourcebooks.bsky.social here at the @pubspotlight.bsky.social booth 701
December 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Brush up on your Constitution knowledge with these titles from @hachetteus.bsky.social and @sourcebooks.bsky.social here at the @pubspotlight.bsky.social booth 701
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@authorsabb.bsky.social members & anyone who loves authors and books & hates fascism, your time to wear your values on your chest has come! Just in time for the holidays, snag an Authors Against Book Bans tee or hat & help us raise $ to fight censorship. WIN WIN!
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Authors Against Book Bans
Official AABB Merch. Perfect to wear while fighting book bans. Great for school board meetings, conferences, marching for our rights, and annoying THAT neighbor. You know the one. Show off your love o...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
@authorsabb.bsky.social members & anyone who loves authors and books & hates fascism, your time to wear your values on your chest has come! Just in time for the holidays, snag an Authors Against Book Bans tee or hat & help us raise $ to fight censorship. WIN WIN!
www.customink.com/fundraising/...
www.customink.com/fundraising/...
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The 2026 finalists for the William C. Morris Award and Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award have been announced!
Morris Award: https://bit.ly/4iGbxBn
Excellence in Nonfiction Award: https://bit.ly/4oyoZIX
YALSA will name the 2026 winners during the ALA Youth Media Awards on Jan. 26.
Morris Award: https://bit.ly/4iGbxBn
Excellence in Nonfiction Award: https://bit.ly/4oyoZIX
YALSA will name the 2026 winners during the ALA Youth Media Awards on Jan. 26.
December 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The 2026 finalists for the William C. Morris Award and Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award have been announced!
Morris Award: https://bit.ly/4iGbxBn
Excellence in Nonfiction Award: https://bit.ly/4oyoZIX
YALSA will name the 2026 winners during the ALA Youth Media Awards on Jan. 26.
Morris Award: https://bit.ly/4iGbxBn
Excellence in Nonfiction Award: https://bit.ly/4oyoZIX
YALSA will name the 2026 winners during the ALA Youth Media Awards on Jan. 26.
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I will say over and over again that us library folk need to be louder in our support of the Post Office. Because guess what—if they start thinking of USPS in terms of“making” or “losing” money, libraries won’t be far behind.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I will say over and over again that us library folk need to be louder in our support of the Post Office. Because guess what—if they start thinking of USPS in terms of“making” or “losing” money, libraries won’t be far behind.
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When you buy into the USPS as a business losing money, you are buying into losing these other public services:
-libraries
-public schools
-fire/EMT/911
-public transportation
-senior services
-public utilities
-roads & infrastructure
And MORE...
Public good costs very little for the benefits.
-libraries
-public schools
-fire/EMT/911
-public transportation
-senior services
-public utilities
-roads & infrastructure
And MORE...
Public good costs very little for the benefits.
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
When you buy into the USPS as a business losing money, you are buying into losing these other public services:
-libraries
-public schools
-fire/EMT/911
-public transportation
-senior services
-public utilities
-roads & infrastructure
And MORE...
Public good costs very little for the benefits.
-libraries
-public schools
-fire/EMT/911
-public transportation
-senior services
-public utilities
-roads & infrastructure
And MORE...
Public good costs very little for the benefits.
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Cannot wait for this to be widely available.
December 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Cannot wait for this to be widely available.
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Oh, hey, you know who really loved this book?
Me!
Here’s my starred review in @ala-booklist.bsky.social! www.booklistonline.com/products/978...
Me!
Here’s my starred review in @ala-booklist.bsky.social! www.booklistonline.com/products/978...
December 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Oh, hey, you know who really loved this book?
Me!
Here’s my starred review in @ala-booklist.bsky.social! www.booklistonline.com/products/978...
Me!
Here’s my starred review in @ala-booklist.bsky.social! www.booklistonline.com/products/978...
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the federal agency that provides funding for America's libraries, has announced it is reinstating all grants it had previously terminated, including those to libraries and library organizations across the U.S.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4496W4V
Read more: https://bit.ly/4496W4V
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the federal agency that provides funding for America's libraries, has announced it is reinstating all grants it had previously terminated, including those to libraries and library organizations across the U.S.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4496W4V
Read more: https://bit.ly/4496W4V
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Blatant corruption on full display.
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Blatant corruption on full display.
The last three months have been exceptionally busy. I survived the demise of B&T and reordered MONTHS of cancelled orders in Ingram. I reviewed several YA & some MG for Booklist. I ran a writing workshop at my library with ideas & prompts for Glimmer Journals with very engaged attendees. #kidlitchat
TOPIC: It's quarterly check-in time! Time to bask in the accomplishments of the last three months--or breathe a sigh of relief that you've managed to *get through* the past three months. Either way, share what's been going, career-wise, since September! #kidlitchat
December 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The last three months have been exceptionally busy. I survived the demise of B&T and reordered MONTHS of cancelled orders in Ingram. I reviewed several YA & some MG for Booklist. I ran a writing workshop at my library with ideas & prompts for Glimmer Journals with very engaged attendees. #kidlitchat
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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If you were looking for somewhere to spread your Giving Tuesday dollars, please consider Project Loudmouth.
Students like mine will benefit from your gift.
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Help connect Indy-area students to diverse books and authors! share.google/Uipyoxwjufqx...
Students like mine will benefit from your gift.
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Help connect Indy-area students to diverse books and authors! share.google/Uipyoxwjufqx...
Help connect Indy-area students to diverse books and authors!
By Project Loudmouth Inc
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December 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
If you were looking for somewhere to spread your Giving Tuesday dollars, please consider Project Loudmouth.
Students like mine will benefit from your gift.
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Help connect Indy-area students to diverse books and authors! share.google/Uipyoxwjufqx...
Students like mine will benefit from your gift.
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Help connect Indy-area students to diverse books and authors! share.google/Uipyoxwjufqx...
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Goodnight, friends.
Wishing you a warm, safe, comfortable, and restful night.
I love you.
Wishing you a warm, safe, comfortable, and restful night.
I love you.
donald duck is sleeping in a bed with his mouth open
Alt: donald duck is sleeping in a bed and snoring
media.tenor.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Goodnight, friends.
Wishing you a warm, safe, comfortable, and restful night.
I love you.
Wishing you a warm, safe, comfortable, and restful night.
I love you.
#Bookmail jackpot! Thank you @sbkslibrary.bsky.social @readlandmark.bsky.social @sourcebooksfire.bsky.social @sourcebookscasa.bsky.social @sourcebooks.bsky.social @poisonedpenpress.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
So you get paid to READ all day?
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
So you get paid to READ all day?
Lean in. Listen closely:
Some of you have never bought a shirt online only to realize later that it is a maternity top - and it shows!🤣
Some of you have never bought a shirt online only to realize later that it is a maternity top - and it shows!🤣
a woman is touching a pregnant woman 's belly with the words are you expecting a boy or a girl
ALT: a woman is touching a pregnant woman 's belly with the words are you expecting a boy or a girl
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Lean in. Listen closely:
Some of you have never bought a shirt online only to realize later that it is a maternity top - and it shows!🤣
Some of you have never bought a shirt online only to realize later that it is a maternity top - and it shows!🤣
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We are in so much fucking trouble. If this administration rolled away like a mirage tomorrow, HHS, the CDC and other orgs will have DECADES of work both in getting people to believe the truth and in getting people to trust their orgs again.
For years Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been pushing the notion that germ theory is overrated. Now other HHS officials are picking up that argument. @katherinejwu reports.
👀 The NIH debuted a new plan to help us weather the next pandemic: eat better and exercise.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
👀 The NIH debuted a new plan to help us weather the next pandemic: eat better and exercise.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr.’s Miasma Theory of Health Is Spreading
The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
We are in so much fucking trouble. If this administration rolled away like a mirage tomorrow, HHS, the CDC and other orgs will have DECADES of work both in getting people to believe the truth and in getting people to trust their orgs again.
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Some days it feels like the Pigeon is driving the bus.
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Some days it feels like the Pigeon is driving the bus.
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Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
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Trump didn’t read before posting:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Trump didn’t read before posting:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
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Goodnight, friends.
"You gave me blue and I gave you / yellow. / Together we are simple green. You / gave me
What you did not have, and I gave / you / What I had to give—together, we / made / Something greater from the difference."
from "When Giving Is All We Have" by Alberto Ríos
I love you.
"You gave me blue and I gave you / yellow. / Together we are simple green. You / gave me
What you did not have, and I gave / you / What I had to give—together, we / made / Something greater from the difference."
from "When Giving Is All We Have" by Alberto Ríos
I love you.
a drawing of a pink flower with a yellow center and petals
Alt: a drawing of a cat handing you a pink flower with a yellow center.
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Goodnight, friends.
"You gave me blue and I gave you / yellow. / Together we are simple green. You / gave me
What you did not have, and I gave / you / What I had to give—together, we / made / Something greater from the difference."
from "When Giving Is All We Have" by Alberto Ríos
I love you.
"You gave me blue and I gave you / yellow. / Together we are simple green. You / gave me
What you did not have, and I gave / you / What I had to give—together, we / made / Something greater from the difference."
from "When Giving Is All We Have" by Alberto Ríos
I love you.
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Well well. Well well well.
X's new location transparency feature shows that a slew of MAGA-branded accounts are apparently based outside the U.S., and also stirred speculative outrage over where the Department of Homeland Security account was created.
X's new location transparency feature unleashes questions about origins of MAGA accounts
The function, which shows that a slew of MAGA-branded accounts are apparently based outside the U.S., also stirred speculative outrage over where the Department of Homeland Security account was created.
nbcnews.to
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Well well. Well well well.
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BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.