IT'S BANDCAMP FRIDAY! Buy some music there from your friends indie band. I know you keep forgetting to do it. I bought some friends' music today (Emily Bawn and Marcus Ricci). They'll get most of the revenue. What a good deal. Support indie music! bandcamp.com

Bandcamp

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I am attempting to use my Storygraph account more, for all of my various reading (Children's Librarian books, fairy tale books, just for fun books). I made my account public if you like to follow along: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/cosb...

cosbrarian's profile on The StoryGraph

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i just reached out to a performer to inquire about them coming to my library and the response they sent back was AI generated and now I don't want to book them, turns out I can't afford them no matter the price

WOW, READ THE ROOM, RANDOM TEXT ALERT ABOUT IMMINENT DEATH

#Caturday #cats 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚜. -𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎 🎨 𝙽𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚗𝙰𝚛𝚝

Merrimack NH area folk, I'm at the library on Tues 8/25 at 6 PM to tell stories from my funny book F*cked Up Fairy Tales (yes, for adults). Free, tho you can purchase the book at the event! Register here! Tell a friend in NH if you're not there (or if you are)! merrimack.libcal.com/event/17092929

The FDA has recalled milkshakes due to contamination by Winnie the Bish dipping his beans in the shakes.

Nick Miller's Disgusted Face in New Girl

Alt: Nick Miller's Disgusted Face in New Girl

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How is THE LOST CROWN OF SODOR a Thomas the Tank Engine book and not an unfinished entry by George R. R. Martin in The Game of Thrones series?

NEW HAMPSHIRE BOOKISH FOLKS! I am at the Merrimack Public Library for an author event on Tuesday, 8/25 at 6 PM! Reading and signing my book. This is an 18+ only event as my book is quite saucy, as am I! Register at the link in the comments so they know you are coming, and please bring friends!

9 Supernatural Creatures in the Works of Oscar Wilde Mermaids, giants, and witches are some of the supernatural characters readers encounter in the words of the brilliant writer Oscar Wilde. www.thecollector.com/supernatural... Wilde at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

Thanks so much to @libbyapp.com for recommending F*cked Up Fairy Tales! Fun Fact: the picture book they picked to compare to mine was the only fairy tale book my sister liked when we were growing up - and now she's the illustrator of my grown-up fairy tale book!

What to read as an adult based on your childhood favorites | Libby Life: Blog, Podcast, Book Clubs & More.

Remember your favorite childhood books? From Goosebumps to Magic Tree House, discover 12 adult reads that deliver the same beloved vibes.

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It's Bandcamp Friday! Buy some music from your favorite indie artists and grow a streaming list that isn't big tech! bandcamp.com

Bandcamp

Discover amazing music and directly support the artists who make it.

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Man Vs. Machine but it's me insisting on blowing up the 5' wading pool myself because the hand-pump just ain't cutting it. (That's what she said.)

#FolkloreThursday friends, Hello! I recently learned of Mary de Morgan's "The Toy Princess" from Kate Forsyth's collections, and I wondered if there are more public-domain fairy tales or folktales about women who walk away from the crown like the Toy Princess does?

CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS I am signing and speaking at Dark Summer Book Fest this Saturday August 8 at the Framingham Public Library. Amazing lineup of authors! Would love to see you there! framinghamlibrary.org/news-events/...

OH MY GOD I FINALLY MADE A NEW F*CKED UP FAIRY TALE VIDEO, inspired by the Wicker Trailer craze! youtu.be/iBKFRxrvDmU

Gender-Swap Pygmalion, but Cookie!

YouTube video by Liz Gotauco

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Nolan being inspired by Wilson's Odyssey translation but not getting the women characters and then Wilson hating it and not getting that it's a great look at a classic through modern eyes is the funniest thing to happen to the classics since Aristophanes.

She also loved my book F*cked Up Fairy Tales (back when she blurbed it in 2025).

I just emailed myself with a reminder to build some sensory kits for our childrens room, which is a Disability Pride Month win, but I addressed the subject "Hey idiot" which is a Disability Pride Month fail.

I don't have two wolves inside of me. I have these guys. (I'm a perimenopausal woman on SSRIs in an irrevocably changed climate.)

On our way to brunch, a small child ran away from his mom and told my husband, "You did a great job as the voice of Bowser!" Then Dan said "Thanks!" And the boy said, "Your voice was lower in the movie!"

OMG my parasocial buddy BJ is 99% towards funding her insane dental surgery! BJ survived pancreatic cancer but the cancer took her teeth out of spite! If you have five bucks to throw in, I bet we can knock down that goal before the weekend!

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Our buddy @bjcolangelo.bsky.social needs a little help from her friends (and I'm a bully). BJ needs what is, essentially, a full mouth replacement thanks to cancer radiation. We can't eliminate the dental trauma, but we can help with the life-altering debt. www.gofundme.com/f/bj-needs-a...

Me until further notice. 🦝

Amazing public support at the Cumberland School Committee meeting right now in support of trans students. I hope the committee listens. Shout out the queer person who, despite crying thru their speech, said the funniest thing I've ever heard: "I was so far in the closet I was Mr. Tumnus."

It's interesting that the wizard boy author hates the US president so much, because she keeps acting like him: getting worse and worse and more and more abrasive and hateful. Both are a poop-type Pokémon, coasting gleefully through the sewage, only evolving into an even bigger POS.

BIG OOF But it does end on an up note - when communities rally, these cuts can be avoided.

The State of Library Cuts in 2026 So Far

The word of the year for US libraries, whether public, school, or academic, is rough.

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I'm an astrology skeptic -- except when I desperately need my Dunkin iced and everyone in the nighborhood is also in line and running late for work that morning.

Tragically, the book club kid who declared that China's five hundred year old Monkey King myth was a rip-off of Dragon Ball Z did not come to book club to discuss this more.

Back in my day, we typed out our RPF on a word processor and only shared it with two horny friends, because we had a healthy level of shame and no other option!