The Art of the Occult: 4 Stunning Grimoires for Your Library Exploring the dark aesthetic and deep lore of Judika Illes, Andy Sharp, and the Astral Geographic.

Books that feel like a ritual.

4 stunning grimoires for a library that may or may not be haunted. Featuring Judika Illes, Willow Winsham, and more.

📖: thehauntedpulpit.substack.com/p/the-art-of...

#witchesofbluesky #darkacademia #books

Who is Hekate? Exploring the Dark Goddess in Modern Fiction Shadow & Vellum: From Greek Myth to Jo Nesbø’s Macbeth: Is the Mother of Witches a Villain or a Hero?

Is Hekate a hero, a villain, or something much more complicated? 🌙

I’m diving into the "witchy" essence of the Goddess at the Crossroads, starting with a look at her shadow in modern fiction. Is she a dark architect or just misunderstood?

Read more at The Haunted Pulpit.
#Hekate #Books #Mythology

A Summoning: S. A. Cosby's dark novel King of Ashes A Haunted Reading

Loved it too! The guy keeps getting better. If you're interested, here's my thoughts... thehauntedpulpit.substack.com/p/a-summonin...

#TBRuary: A Collaborative Reading List Building Challenge Hosted by @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social Day 9: A book that envisions a far future

#TBRuary Day 9: Yet to Come

Choose a book from your TBR that envisions the future! Sci-fi will probably dominate today, but there's also post-apocalyptic/distopian fiction and a wealth of non-fiction to explore. Let's hear your thoughts!

#booksky #readingcommunity
#writesky #writingcommunity

The Torch and the Verse: A Deep Dive Inspired by Gill’s Hekate From the "Witch" of Nikita Gill to the "Key-Bearer" of Revelation: A look at Hekate’s hidden biblical importance. (Vellum & Shadow Series)

Is the Book of Revelation actually anti-Hekate propaganda? 🗝️🔥

I’m diving into the "Vellum & Shadow" series to find where the Greek goddess of the crossroads hides in the margins of the Bible. From the keys of Hades to the ancient paths.

#NikitaGill #Witchcraft #Horror #Biblicalstudies

One of the best things my mom did was instill a love of reading and make buying a book or going to the library a treat

Just found this report from the McKinsey Global Institute about "Agents, robots, and us: Skills partnership in the age of AI."

Really interesting, because it delves into what a future AI world of work might look like.

Worth your time.

#AI #Librarians #Skills

www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-rese...

Had I but money enough and time... #BookSky 📚 💙

#library #bookshelves

People often stop reading in adulthood because they're fatigued from school book assignments or just don't have the time. Here's how to turn the page on old habits and start reading again in 2026.
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On the Same Page: Looking Up, Looking Out Wider Library World

Check out my new post! It’s my first librarian scrapbook of interesting library-related stories that caught my eye in the last month or so. Hope you enjoy it!

What stories from the Library World caught your attention this month?

#libraries #news

Spent part of the weekend weeding my home library. Not sure if you have tried it, but I found it so freeing to let books go that I didn't finish or was genuinely done with.

Have you tried it?

#homelibrary #reading #books

💯 to all of this. What was really useful in replacing the doomscrolling habit with reading novels is downloading the Libby app so I could read library books on my phone whenever I had a little break.

Working on a library book display, I'm calling it "The Anti-diet Book Display: New Year—Same You."

Let's make 2026 a year where we all embrace the bodies we were given.

#BodyPositivity #Book #AmReading #Library

Beyond A Christmas Carol: Horror for the Holidays Festive Horror Literature

Looking for another Christmas ghost story? Here's a short list of some new and classic stories to help you get into the spirit.

#Horror #AmReading #Fiction #Holiday

The Ultimate Best Books of 2025 List Happy List Season, children. I hope you’ve been good. Just like every year, I have arrived to present to you the Ultimate List, otherwise known as the List of Lists—in which I read all (or at…

Usually, there is at least one "it"—meaning a super popular book—for the year, but this year it seems like there isn't one? Tell me, friends, am I missing an obvious title?

Lithub's list is a good example.

Look at the range.

#Books #Libraries #Trends #Reading #LitHub

First fruit of re-reading journal entries: rediscovering authors and books that I had loved and forgotten about. Last January, I devoured Meg Gardiner's first Unsub novel. I have now read almost, two more books in the series and am loving it.

#MegGardiner #Unsub #Mysteries #AmReading

What Is Microvolunteering? Opportunities and Guide Explore microvolunteering opportunities for families, schools, and nonprofits. Learn how small, flexible tasks create meaningful community impact.

Spent the day thinking about the joy that is library volunteers and the difference they can make. I found this little guide about microvolunteering helpful and want to pass it along.

#Libraries #Volunteers

This morning, we brought down a new book display for the library, which we had kept in storage since the new building was constructed.

And, now, the joy of building out the first book display.

Tell me, Blueky Friends, what should we focus on?

#LibraryLove #Books #Reading

Nope. That's the New Library smell, from a librarian.

Spent a snow day at home reading my journals from the past year. It was interesting to see the themes and ideas that I've been working with and through.
Anyone else do an intentional journal re-read? Seems like a worthwhile practice.

#journaling #writing #endofyear #mindfulness

Under the category of influences, I am loving
Bill Burnett and Dave Evans' occasional emails about life design. Well worth your time.

This morning's post was about separating he quality of a decision and the quality of its outcome.

designingyour.life

#BillBurnet #DaveEvans #DesigningYourLife

From one dad to another, I think you should just get on board and roll with it... ;-)

Mass. here. Greenfield Public Library (MA). What do I do to get our library on your map? Jeremiah, GPL librarian

Still thinking about how to capture what I have tried to learn this past year, through the lens of a reading list. So far, I have realized that I have spent a lot of time reading about writing and marketing.
Does anyone have any great books to add to that list?

Working on my librarian's best book list and realizing that I might instead create a list of the things I'm interested in and the books that helped me learn about them.

Wondering if anyone else out there already does that sort of end-of-year reading practice?

#Books #Libraries #Reading #Booklist

Stephen King's The Stand: A Spiritual Cure for Post-COVID Malaise (Part 1) Stephen King

The best cure for lingering post-COVID malaise? Reading Stephen King's The Stand.

I'm kicking off a new series on the Substack analyzing King's epic as a spiritual antidote to our pandemic anxieties. Part 1 is live!

Come join the slow read.

#TheStand #StephenKing #PostCOVID #BookReview

From an anthropological perspective, I think ritual and religion helped to create humanity, giving us culture, language, and art. People, alas, are people, but I don't think that we can discount the power of collective meaning to change the world. Sometimes for the better.

As we learn more and more about the costs associated with GenAI, I continue to wonder how institutions and their leadership decide that yes, incorporating anything OpenAI produces into the lives of educators and students is worth the harms.