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I can probably recommend a half dozen books for each question/answer...

Fucking ridiculous.

Northern Red River valley.
Risk of tornados, high winds, & flood. & crazy cold winters.
Have piles of snap peas, pea pods, and green beans. Tomatoes and assorted squashes set to overwhelm, and a steady supply of peppers, onions, and herbs.
I would recommend the MN side of the river though...

Eight fiction books on a table, from upper left: Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle, Bad Liar by Tami Hoag, Culpability by Bruce Holsinger, Glorious Rivals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Isabel and the Rogue by Liana de la Rosa, The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson, Mansion Beach by Meg Mitchell Moore, and The Naming of the Birds by Paraic O'Donnell.

Six fiction books on a table, from top left: Beautiful Nights by Nina George in large print, She Didn't See It Coming by Shari Lapena, There's Something About Mira by Sonali Dev, The Winds from Further West by Alexander McCall Smith in large print, The Titanic Survivors Book Club by Timothy Schaffert, and You Belong Here by Megan Miranda.

Six nonfiction books on a table, from top left: The Inherited Mind by James Longman, Icons of Style: Ariana Grande by Caroline Young, The Dragon from Chicago by Pamela D. Toler, J.F.K. Public Private Secret by J. Randy Taraborreli, The Standard Catalog of Military Firearms, and Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America by Christopher Wylie

Four nonfiction books on a table, clockwise from top left: The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin, Literacy Unlocked by Amie Burkholder, Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers by Frank Figliuzzi, and Mayo Clinic on Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias.

Happy Monday! It's a #newbooksday at my library!
Expecting MORE tomorrow! 🥳 💙📚
@pdtoler.bsky.social @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social @bruceholsinger.bsky.social @lianainbloom.bsky.social @jrdawson.bsky.social @paraicodonnell.bsky.social @nina-george.bsky.social @darialavelleauthor.bsky.social et al

"elite at reading" 😂😂😂
Seriously, go touch grass, or, better yet, READ A FREAKING BOOK. 💙📚

One day, one step, one breath at a time...

Thank you! 😊

SO MANY BEANS! And some of my native garden blooms, zone 4a. 🌱
#gardening #happyplace #nativegardening #prairie

I forgot my meds over a long weekend trip. The drive home was absolutely miserable.
My docs have been pretty clear about withdrawal, though.

Today's haul. Snap peas, peapods, green beans, summer squash, poblano pepper. 🌱
#veggies #gardening #gardenlife

Doing my job well requires paying attention to the news to make sure that the library has SOMETHING on relevant topics.

I'd be the raving street preacher chucking books at people. 🤷‍♀️

(It's also super sexy when he gets that little smile at my quirks, and when he lets me buy ALL THE PLANTS)
Luv u @drewbe10.bsky.social!

The sexiest thing I have encountered thus far: the father of our kids being a father.
What got him that far? He talks with me, shares things that interest him, learns about what interests me, feeds me, engages in joint decision making, and makes me feel safe being my whole flawed self.

THIS! Thank you!

It's been a long-ass week, and it ain't even over yet...

I ❤️ audiobooks!

Ah, the epic adventures of Obtaining and/or Renewing a Driver's License*.
*see also, Any and All Forms of Valid ID.

Which is why I have been untangling myself from the greedy bastards as much as possible.

This is absolutely soul-crushing...infuriating and heart-breaking all at once...

Thankful for people willing to speak up.

OOPS!!
Not pictured 😶:
Go, Baby, Go by @taradairman.bsky.social w/ @modoodles.bsky.social
Earl & Worm: The Big Mess and Other Stories by @gregpizzoli.bsky.social

Spooky season kids books! Top left is This Year A Witch by Zoey Abbott, lower left is Hap-pea Halloween by Keith Baker, center top to bottom are Jazzy the Witch in Broom Doom, Fright Night by Dan Gutman, Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson, then top right is This Moment is Special by John Parra, and lower right is Zom-bees by Justin Colon with Kay Quarles.

Six books on a table from top left: Recess by Lane Smith, The Moving Book by Lisa Brown, I Got You by Derrick Barnes with Shamar Knight-Justice, Norman and the Smell of Adventure by Ryan T. Higgins, Go Sloth Go by Toni Yuly, and Island Storm by Brian Floca with Sydney Smith. Not pictured include Earl & Worm The Big Mess by Greg Pizzoli and Go Baby Go by Tara Dairman with Olivia Amoah.

Spooky Season is upon us! Plus other great new kids books!
#newbooksday 🥳 💙📚
@justincolonbooks.bsky.social @kalyquarles.bsky.social @jessixabagley.bsky.social @tiffdjack.bsky.social

A Deadly Education Audiobook on Libro.fm NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver comes the first book of the Scholomance trilogy, the story of an unwilling dark sorceress who is destined to rewrite the rul...

A Deadly Education, book one of The Scholomance series, by @naominovik.bsky.social, audiobook narrated by Anisha Dadia.

I'm pretty sure I could listen to this series on repeat, along the The Murderbot audiobooks...

libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

The Wee Free Men Audiobook on Libro.fm ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book * Horn Book Fanfare Book * Kirkus Reviews Editor’s Choice * SLJ Best Book of the Year By the beloved and bestselling grandmaster of fant...

Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett, audiobook narrated by Indira Varma with Bill Nighy and Steven Cree.
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

Four nonfiction books on a table, clockwise from top left: A Flower Traveled in My Blood by Haley Cohen Gilliland, A Year with the Seals by Alix Morris, The Headache by Tom Zeller Jr., and The Knowing by Tanya Talaga.

Eight fiction books on a table, left to right from top left: Matchmaking for Psychopaths by Tasha Coryell, The Lake Escape by Jamie Day, Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson, The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline, Dead of Summer by Jessa Maxwell, Hampton's Lawyer by James Patterson and Mike Lupica, The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and An Inside Job by Daniel Silva.

All the Ash We Leave Behind by C. Robert Cargill, Writers and Liars by Carol Goodman, Roll for Romance by Lenora Woods, It Was Her House First by Cherie Priest, and House of Frost and Feathers by Lauren Weisbron.

Happy #newbooksday y'all! 💙📚
#librarylife #freadom #tbr

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#newbooksday 🥳
Details to follow!

And then they start using up all the hot water and forget to actually wash... 🤷‍♀️

Shout out to the National Weather Service and our city fire chief!
Fire chief received a weather info packet regarding possible weekend weather impacts, and pushed it out to all known entities that may be affected so they can plan accordingly.
Good government can work!

Lesson in being careful what one wishes for.
Wanted easy access to cancellation and backorder reports for a vendor.
Got access. Includes data going back pre-me.
Now I get to spend however long updating our system to reflect all the cancellations...yay, spreadsheets!