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me, seriously contemplating moving to Minnesota so I can vote for my coolest friend ❤️

I prefer hardcover because I think they look better on the shelf.

But to read? I’m an ebook girlie. So when I buy physical books it is because I loved it and want it as a reflection of that on my shelf.

I often buy used too and have started wondering about buying paperbacks and rebinding…

funniest highlights of the philly police scanner, a thread

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books read and reviewed in January 2025 A Monsoon Rising - 5 stars Divine Might - 5 stars The Teller of Small Fortunes - 5 stars A Psalm for the Wild Built - 4 stars Apprentice to the Villain - 4 stars The Spellshop - 5 stars Dare to Lead - 4 stars

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Maybe next week? We don’t have one but they are planning to rush ship when our vendor gets copies from the publisher.

I’m dying.

a screenshot of the current temperature in Columbus Ohio. It is -6F. Ew.

Pass.

All the library copies are delayed.

I was so proud I was number 27 on the list basically guaranteed a copy at release.

Alas… 🥲

Finally, gender equality. We’ve fixed the pay gap!

This morning though, I have two red bellied woodpeckers. I suspected I had two, but side by side you can definitely see the differences. And a challenger squirrel. A Not Loretta. I love that I know these neighbors and can recognize them.

I have bought more bird feeders and new seeds.

I’ve since attracted a squirrel we call Loretta. And the number of species in the yard climbs. My winter migrants are here and it brings me so much joy to see the juncos and chickadees along with my year round downy woodpeckers and clownish house sparrows that nested in my tree last spring.

Growing up my parents always fed the backyard birds. My mom had a bird book and as a kid that loved books, I scoured the thing. So it was unsurprising when I looked out my windows and started naming the various species to my husband last winter. Or when I bought a bird feeder.. and another…

I have a new employee that uses they/them and they/he pronouns.

The number of times I have to remind people to not use she/her…

They’re such cool animals. We have a semi-permanent resident, Stubby, and she teaches all the babies that come to Columbus how to manatee. We stan a round queen.

Okay but you could come to Columbus where our zoo is one of two zoos outside of Florida with Manatees! And then buy an overpriced zoo gift shop plush.

If you see this, post a vampire.

Currently reading: Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea
Currently listening: The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Both are easy and charming

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking / T. Kingfisher

It’s YA and cozy fantasy/mystery.

I would also feel okay with giving Legends and Lattes / Travis Baldree or A Fellowship of Bakers and Magic / J Penner to a teen. Nothing spicy, not violent, I don’t remember a ton of profanity.

I feel mislead by all dystopian literature. It's supposed to be a powerful authoritarian government that lords over a cowering population, and and we just need need a few brave acts of heroism to give the people the courage to rise up.

Instead it's just half the country being dumb and mean.

1. Ibuprofen
2. My iPad
3. A pen that has probably dried out
4. A handout from my last meeting
5. Bandaids

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→ currently reading: Can't Spell Treason Without Tea
→ currently listening: The Backyard Bird Chronicles
→ just finished: Killers of the Flower Moon
→ up next: Bloodlust & Bonnets
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