@vantine.bsky.social
Librarian w/ MA in Holocaust/antisemitism , #bookdisplays, #unshelveyourcollection, Volunteer Coord. -HWA, Loud Bookdisplays.blogspot.com
Dude. Mamdani. Fund the libraries.
21.02.2026 03:38 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0Passively Recommending Books: Using Reddit as a Source for Passive Readers Advisory bookdisplays.blogspot.com/2026/02/usin...
13.02.2026 18:13 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0So THRILLED to share GARLIC & THE VAMPIRE has been selected for the Summer Scares Reading Program!!!
13.02.2026 14:33 — 👍 49 🔁 10 💬 5 📌 0I love love LOVE working on Summer Scares. If you haven't checked it out yet, please do.
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GIVEAWAY ALERT: Enter to win one of 10 paperback copies of @haileypiperfights.bsky.social's NO GODS FOR DROWNING.
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It's remarkable how Epstein can function as center of right- and left-wing antisemitic conspiracy theories, yes am writing something up about this.
13.02.2026 15:10 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
The 2026 Summer Scares picks are here!
Learn more below, and make sure you're following @summerscares.bsky.social here for regular updates on all things horror in libraries.
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Amazing:
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Image is to announce the cover reveal of Alma Katsu’s incarnate: a novel. The cover is mostly hot pink and pixilated with a painted human eye on the top right corner that looks like the paint is dripping over the hot pink. The author and title are in white all lower case type. The image also shares some of the things you can expect from this book in a list to the left of the cover. They are all in clack capital letters: SOCIAL MEDIA DEEP FAKES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TROLLS INFLUENCERS INSTAGRAM TIKTOK BURY YOUR PAST CONTROL YOUR FUTURE FEMALE RAGE BODY HORROR TECHNOLOGY THE FUTURE THE END LIES LIES LIES On the bottom is the tag line: NO ONE ESCAPES REAL LIFE Coming Set 22
Image is to announce the cover reveal of Alma Katsu’s incarnate: a novel. The cover is mostly hot pink and pixilated with a painted human eye on the top right corner that looks like the paint is dripping over the hot pink. The author and title are in white all lower case type.
Excited to read @almakatsu.bsky.social ‘s upcoming title! Coming Sept 22…
No one escapes real life.
Goodreads Giveaway for Kailee Pedersen's THE MINIMALIST Cover features an Asian woman's face inside a slashed-into outline of a piano. February 9 to March 6
We're giving away 30 early copies of THE MINIMALIST on Goodreads!
For fans of Tár and The Piano Teacher, THE MINIMALIST is a gruesome and darkly lucid portrait of a classical composer’s descent into madness.
Enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
@stmartinspress.bsky.social
Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all!
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Passively Recommending Books: Unshelve Your Collection Post Superbowl bookdisplays.blogspot.com/2026/02/unsh...
09.02.2026 15:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Stay warm!
07.02.2026 15:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I would like to return this weather. It will be in your book drop!
07.02.2026 14:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Do you need a quick little post apocalyptic ghost story for your Saturday???
Of course you do :)
Check mine out over in @fantasymagazine.bsky.social
Corey is a #horrorlibrarian and great at #readersadvisory overall!
07.02.2026 14:38 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0It’s such a great book! One of the best of last year!!
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Great day to preorder CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD 4: LIGHTS! CAMERA! FRENDO.
Signed options available: linktr.ee/adamcesare
Also, he’s a unique voice in Jewish horror, spinning very modern stories.
07.02.2026 14:22 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Let’s talk about @natcassidy.bsky.social & his collection Rest Stop & Other Dark Detours from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social He has such a unique voice. His horror is terrifying & his characters relatable. He slides up near you at a bar a
& starts telling these wild tales. You can’t stop listening.
You are welcome to visit Librarians Day!
03.02.2026 18:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Collection Development Crash Course| Fiction with me Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 2:30pm Eastern| Check out NF and Weeding later in the month!
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Article: www.libraryjournal.com/story/Read-A... Read-Alikes for ‘Dear Debbie’ by Freida McFadden | @libraryreads.bsky.social @libraryjournal.bsky.social
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From the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES comes KILL YOUR DARLING, a stunning meditation on grief and longing that will chill you to your core. This is @claymcleod.bsky.social firing on all cylinders.
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Today on the blog: @circulatingideas.bsky.social featuring @vantine.bsky.social w/ more from her about the passive RA training she can offer your library:
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Awesome! I'm glad @vantine.bsky.social was able to provide such great inspiration! I love the "Don't feed the librarians (except coffee, tea, and chocolate)" sign.
29.01.2026 18:14 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0It’s a great idea to use the attention that your window attracts!
29.01.2026 18:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That’s a great use of space! Thank you for listening!
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Booklist Guide to Graphic Novels - call for submissions. Deadline EXTENDED! They are interested in a wide variety of topics relating to comics, manga, and graphic novels in libraries and the deadline has been extended until February 9th @ala-booklist.bsky.social
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