Too many books?
What’s next?
Too many hopes?
Too many dreams?

Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95 ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

Thrilled to announce that my comedy Note to Boy will be on sale at MostlyBooks, Abingdon and Il Botanico, Headington from 1st October onwards. Please feel free to visit those esteemed booksellers and ogle in admiration. Or better still, buy a copy. @mostlybooks.bsky.social @ilbotanico

Staff Reads books Rebecca D. Caffe POLE POSITION Linda Castillo Preorder RAGE Ashley Poston A NOVEL LOVE STORY Jenny Erpenrick ZARION Carley Fortune ONE GOLDEN SUMMER Rachael Lynn Solomon WHAT HAPPENS IN AMSTERDAM Annabel Monaghan IT'S A LOVE STORY Steven Johnson THE GHOST MAP MostlyBooksAZ.com

Here's some of what our staff is reading this month! What is on your summer reading list?💚
#indiebookstore #shoplocal #tucson #bookworm #booklover #romcom #romancennovel #nonfiction #mysterynovel #fiction #sportsromance

FYI: The Murderbot sountrack by Amanda Jones is for sale on iTunes, etc, and includes the title track and the theme to Sanctuary Moon!

Trying to get humans not to touch dangerous things was a full-time job.

This would have all been a lot easier if I wasn’t so worried about the stupid humans.

I sighed again. I was having a lot of opportunities to do it and I think I was getting good at it.

I love it when humans forget that SecUnits are not just guarding and killing things voluntarily, because we think it’s fun.

#OtD 2 Jul 1848 enslaved people in the Danish colony of St Croix rebelled. On 3 Jul the governor arrived and rebels said they would burn down Frederiksted if not given freedom. He relented and slavery was abolished on St Croix, St John and St Thomas stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9191...

Cover of Whack Job

Jen really enjoyed WHACK JOB: A HISTORY OF AXE MURDER on @librofm! This was a quick and entertaining #nonfiction read that covered different cultures, times, and places. You can check the book out at the link below.
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#indiebookstore #shoplocal #tucson #bookworm #booklover #audiobook

Elizabeth Freeman (“Mumbet”) portrait by Susan Anne Livingston Ridley Sedgwick, 1811. Collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Oil portrait of Freeman in white bonnet and blue dress and white kerchief.

“Any time, any time while I was a slave, if one minute’s freedom had been offered me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it – just to stand one minute on God’s earth a free woman – I would.”

Sharing 'Mum Bett' Elizabeth Freeman’s words on Juneteenth.

I just realized I don’t like the phrase “as far as I knew” because it implies how much you actually don’t know. I’m not going to stop using it, but. I don’t like it as much anymore.

A drawing of a sparkly raven sitting on a branch. The caption reads, "Hey, facing unknowns absolutely causes anxiety. It's not weird to be struggling right now."

The company is like an evil vending machine, you put money in and it does what you want, unless somebody else puts more money in and tells it to stop.

Pin-Lee had promised, “Don’t worry, I’ll preserve your right to wander off like an asshole anytime you like.”) (I said, “It takes one to know one.”)

Today is my birthday! You know what I want for my birthday? For you to treat yourself (or a friend!) to a collectors edition hardcover of Magic University, my bi hero/trans mentor/rivals to lovers fantasy series. www.kickstarter.com/...

HI Y'ALL!!!!

Donna & I really could use a little help getting through the next month so I'm doing a 20% off EVERYTHING IN THE SHOP sale for the next 72 hours!

Fidgets! Gaming stuff! Book boxes! Little guys!

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Black cat on tree with sleepy eyes.

Mister Nyx wishes you would sleep, sleep, sleep. And he’s happy to kill whatever for you or at least give you a tiny smile.

Voters Oppose Book Bans in Libraries Read the key findings from a survey conducted on behalf of the American Library Association among 1,000 voters and 472 parents of children in public school. Polling shows that a majority of voters opp...

If you are standing up for libraries, you are standing up for one of the most beloved institutions in America. If you are standing up for the right to read you are not standing alone. Quite the opposite! Read more in this study from the ALA.

Three people standing together smiling at the Tucson Festival of Books

Megan Miranda, Tricia, Wanda Morris at @tfob.bsky.social
Read ALL their books as they are amazing! 📚📚📚

It's Dollar A Follower Time - The Spring Edition

I do all the work on Whats Up Tucson for you... from crashes to lost dogs to fires. It's always been user supported. It's a job for me, and you can help support with a dollar or two now 💵

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Thank you. Very cool and relaxing change.

I like to intersperse my news reading with a barnacle-observation cleanser. It helps my blood pressure, I think.

A sunny selfie in which I’m wearing roundish sunglasses, my long dark wavy hair half up, half down, an orange sleeveless cowl-necked top, as well as earrings that dangle a black pearl rectangle and white pearl bead beneath a gold hoop, and a Parrish Relics necklace that encloses a floral tapestry image under reflective mica between two brass branches that bend to make an oval together.

A masked selfie from the Love in Spite of it All panel, angled to show the audience.

Just having such a lovely time at the Tucson Festival of Books. Today’s Love in Spite of it All panel with @constancefay.bsky.social & @rebeccathorne.bsky.social was such joyful chaos!

The audience and my mic

The panel - Amy Gardner, Margarita Montimore, me and Lillian Rivera

Nnedi in sun and shade

The audience

Some pics from yesterday’s panel at the Tucson Festival of Books. 😊 The room was so packed that they wouldn’t allow any more peoplee in due safety regulations and my booksigning line was so long that I was still there signing after the festival closed for the day. 📚

Next panel is at 10am.