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@arrtreads.bsky.social

Founded in 1984, the Adult Reading Round Table is dedicated to developing readers’ advisory skills and promoting reading for pleasure through public libraries.

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Happy Pub Day to Walter Mosley for his novel Gary Dawn, out today!

17.09.2025 00:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Join us on October 2 for our next genre study! Below are some suggested titles and authors, but feel free to pick your own if you have something in mind. Find all the details here: arrtreads.org/event/genre-...

04.09.2025 12:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ARRT Steering Committee Interest Form If you are interested in joining the Adult Reading Round Table Steering Committee, please fill out this form. The Steering Committee is responsible for planning and running ARRT programs and training...

Are you interested in joining the Steering Committee for ARRT? Our interest form is now open! forms.gle/1QYXKCnFHRjF...

17.08.2025 19:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
ARRTWorks Summer 2025

Have you seen the latest ARRTWorks newsletter? We’ve got news about the next Book Club Study, Genre Study, and we’d like your feedback on the Popular Fiction List! Find it all here.

04.06.2025 01:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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16.12.2024 17:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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13.12.2024 22:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

11/20

13.12.2024 02:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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11.12.2024 20:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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11.12.2024 02:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

8/20

09.12.2024 19:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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08.12.2024 13:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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07.12.2024 15:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Author Mia P. Manansala is explaining cozy mysteries in her afternoon keynote. A cop in the cast? Not a cozy mystery. #ARRTCon24

06.12.2024 21:47 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Staff RA Training #ARRTCon24

06.12.2024 20:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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DoesTheDogDie.com Crowdsourced trigger warnings spoilers for movies, tv, books and more.

Resources mentioned in the deep dark RA fears panel: doesthedogdie.com, Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, the Lincoln List. #ARRTCon24

06.12.2024 19:42 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m in the Deepest RA Fears panel. This is gonna be good. #ARRTCon24

06.12.2024 19:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The great thing about horror is “the boundaries are elastic.”
@anandalima.bsky.social #horrorlit #ARRTCon24

06.12.2024 18:13 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Next up: the horror panel including Gus Moreno, S.A. Barnes, Nick Medina, Amanda Lima and John Everson moderated by @raforall.bsky.social. #ARRTCon24

06.12.2024 17:45 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks to @sbkslibrary.bsky.social for doing a Book Buzz at #ARRTCon24! I’m adding so many books to my TBR pile.

06.12.2024 17:39 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

The point of discovery is to broaden our horizons. @tuphlos.bsky.social #ARRTCon24

06.12.2024 15:50 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Everybody needs to see books with diverse characters that show everyone doing everything.” @tuphlos.bsky.social #ARRTCon2024

06.12.2024 15:45 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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@tuphlos.bsky.social is getting ready to kick off #ARRTCon24 with her keynote address at 9:30. Can’t wait to hear her presentation!

06.12.2024 15:14 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

5/20

06.12.2024 01:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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04.12.2024 18:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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04.12.2024 02:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

02.12.2024 17:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Book cover of Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Book cover of Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

01.12.2024 19:24 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Poster with information for ARRTCon 2024. Friday, December 6, 2024 at the 95th Street Library of the Naperville Public Library. 3015 Cedar Glade Dr. Naperville, IL. 
Robin Bradford, opening speaker
Mia P Manansala, closing speaker
Sourcebooks Book Buzz
Horror Panel moderated by Becky Spratford and including Gus Moreno, Ananda Lima, John Everson, Nick Medina and S. A. Barnes. 
Cost $100
Continental breakfast and lunch included.
Special thanks to our sponsors: NoveList, LibraryReads, Overdrive and Sourcebooks.
Contact SC@arrtreads.org with any questions.
Panels include deepest darkest RA fears, displays and merchandising, libraryreads 101, novelist deep dive and sure bets, RA for outreach and accessibility, RA staff training

Poster with information for ARRTCon 2024. Friday, December 6, 2024 at the 95th Street Library of the Naperville Public Library. 3015 Cedar Glade Dr. Naperville, IL. Robin Bradford, opening speaker Mia P Manansala, closing speaker Sourcebooks Book Buzz Horror Panel moderated by Becky Spratford and including Gus Moreno, Ananda Lima, John Everson, Nick Medina and S. A. Barnes. Cost $100 Continental breakfast and lunch included. Special thanks to our sponsors: NoveList, LibraryReads, Overdrive and Sourcebooks. Contact SC@arrtreads.org with any questions. Panels include deepest darkest RA fears, displays and merchandising, libraryreads 101, novelist deep dive and sure bets, RA for outreach and accessibility, RA staff training

Hello BlueSky! If you’re in the Chicagoland area and are interested, we still have tickets available for ARRTCon. Registration info can be found here: arrtreads.org/event/arrtco...

21.11.2024 21:47 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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