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"An encyclopedia of expertise, showing how to do everything from making paper airplanes to solving a riddle." Enter to win a copy of Becky Baines & Laurie Avon's "How to Do (Almost) Everything" from @whatonearth.bsky.social www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...
The New York Times recently came out with their list of the 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century. We want to know: what are some of your favorite 21st-century #thrillers, Thingamabrarians? Are there any books on the list you're hoping to read? #💙📚 #Booksky www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The 50 Best Thriller Books of the 21st Century
Hundreds of novelists, librarians, editors and other book lovers voted. See how their ballots stack up.
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"Introduces readers to a man who dedicated his life to instilling a passion for reading and unhindered access to books." Enter to win a copy of Molly Guptill Manning's "A Librarian's War" from @oxfordunipress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...
Happy Birthday to the great Satchmo! On this day, in 1901, American jazz trumpeter and vocalist #LouisArmstrong was born. His personal library, now held by the Louis Armstrong House Museum, has been cataloged on LibraryThing as part of our Legacy Libraries project. #💙📚 #Booksky
DAMAGES CARRIED DOWN follows a teacher who inherits her grandfather's World War I journal—only to discover it reveals a stolen identity, buried family secrets, and dangerous ties to a Brooklyn crime dynasty. www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5... #bookgiveaway #books #fiction #bookrecs #booklovers
The August batch of Early Reviewers is now live! Head over to LibraryThing to enter to win one of 3,903 copies of 338 titles. This month we've got exciting new titles from @forensikpress.bsky.social, @henryholtbooks.bsky.social, @kentuckypress.bsky.social, @oxunipress.bsky.social, & more! #💙📚
Today is the birthday of acclaimed American author and activist #JamesBaldwin. Writing across a wide array of genres, he explored themes of masculinity, sexuality, and race in his work, which often paralleled developments in the civil rights and gay liberation movements. #💙📚 #Booksky
Today is the birthday of 19th-century American novelist, short story writer and poet #HermanMelville. His personal library, cataloged by Merton M. Sealts, Jr. in his work "Melville's Reading," has been added to LibraryThing as part of our Legacy Libraries project. #💙📚 #Booksky
It's Friday. What are you reading? #FridayReads #💙📚 #Booksky Join our discussion over in Talk: www.librarything.com/topic/385742
Today is the birthday of 19th-century English novelist and poet #EmilyBrontë. One of the famous Brontë siblings, her output was modest—the novel "Wuthering Heights" and a small selection of poems and juvenilia—but is still celebrated today. #💙📚 Have you read her work? www.librarything.com/a/228/
Sorry, TinyCat Webinars are taking a little vacation this week. 🏖️ We'll be back for our regular Zoom webinar on Wednesday, August 5th at 1pm EDT. See you then!
First review is in for Curse of the Teed House, by Jennifer McMullin. "I feel like this was the perfect read for Summerween! ... I really enjoyed this book." Coming in August. See the full review on @librarything.com : www.librarything.com/work/3642683... #booksky
The Curse of Teed House | Jennifer McMullin | Reviews | LibraryThing | LibraryThing
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Today is the birthday of #BeatrixPotter, beloved English children's author and artist, and creator of such childhood classics as Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck! Which of her stories did you enjoy as a child? Do you read them to the children in your care? www.librarything.com/a/437/Beatri...
Last chance! You have just a few hours left to sign up to win books in the July batch of Early Reviewers. Enter by 6pm EDT today! #bookgiveaway #bookgiveaways #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner
Final day! Hop over to @librarything.com and enter this giveaway for A BAD DEAL IN MORMON LAND. Ends today! librarything.com/ner/detail/5... #bookgiveaway #newbook #comingsoon #greatreads #historicalfictionbooks #LGBTQBooks #booksbooksbooks
Today is the birthday of English author and philosopher Aldous Huxley, perhaps best remembered for his dystopian 'Brave New World.' Have you read Huxley? Do you have a favorite, of his works? #AldousHuxley #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/a/87/Aldous-...
The July edition of our State of the Thing newsletter has gone out to more than 1 million subscribers! See the 🧵 below for more details, and be sure to catch up on old issues online. #LibraryThing #StateoftheThing #💙📚 #Booksky
"Written by an adult child of an alcoholic who has lived the struggle and found a way forward... the emotional recovery guide you have been waiting for." Win a copy of Megan DeMatteo's "Emotionally Sober and Unimaginably Good" from @broadleafbooks.bsky.social www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...
Thank you Glenda! Check out their beautiful TinyCat library: www.librarycat.org/lib/OasisTut... #BookSky #libraries #💙📚
"Bluebeard gets a gothic horror and sapphic romance twist in this fairy-tale retelling from the author of Serial Killer Support Group and Trad Wife." Win a copy of Saratoga Schaefer's "A Thousand Monstrous Forms" from @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...
Gnomon is a college specializing in computer graphics education. Their library has beautiful resources and references for character art, creature creation, and more! Explore their TinyCat here: www.librarycat.org/lib/GnomonLi... #games #characterart #gamedesign #animation #libraries #💙📚
"Unsentimental yet deeply humane... asks readers to reconsider what the West truly means—and why the stories we tell about it still matter." Win a copy of Gabriel Urza's "An Incomplete History of the American West" from @unvpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...
Today is the birthday of English poet, novelist, critic and translator #RobertGraves, who is celebrated for his work on Greek mythology, and for historical novels such as "I, Claudius." His personal library has been cataloged on LibraryThing as one of our Legacy Libraries. #💙📚 #Booksky
"A washed-up author will stop at nothing to claw her way back to relevancy—even if it means appropriating a young gay man's tragic story." Enter to win a copy of Josh Silver's "Fruit Fly" from @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...
LibraryThing's very first Friday Reads Live Chat is starting in 1 hour! Come join the chat at 12pm EDT, and catch up with staff and fellow members! #bookchat #livechat www.librarything.com/chat
"Weaves poetry, ecology, philosophy and quiet rage into a narrative that reads like Clarice Lispector in a climate crisis. It’s darkly funny, often devastating, and paradigm-shifting.” ―Viola Raikhel Enter to win a copy of Miranda Darling's "Fireweather" from @scribepub.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky
It's Friday. What are you reading? #FridayReads #💙📚 #Booksky Join our discussion over in Talk: www.librarything.com/topic/385663 REMINDER: We're holding our very first Friday Reads Live Chat today from 12-2pm EDT: www.librarything.com/chat
"A bingeable, unique, and effortless exploration of why you should stay the hell out of the woods. Corporate HR meets Supernatural.” —Saratoga Schaefer Win a copy of @graceviallwrites.bsky.social's "(Mostly) Human Resources" from @alcovepress.bsky.social #💙📚 www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...
