Another Independent Bookstore Day sale! 👇
#indiebookstores #FreedomToRead

Love it!
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Passing Stuff Along ...

A usual, the attorneys came out on top financially: $187 mil
Awards to authors: $3,000 per work
Billionaire AI firm: slap on the wrist

A pivotal year in computing, even if "Loneliest Girl in the World" didn't live up to its promises 📖
Then again, there is a case to be made that computers haven't lived up to the hype either. They are essentially being used as recording devices to store data.
(thank you to Neglected Books)👇

PSA - Happy National Library Workers Day 💙📚
#libraries #librarians #libraryworkers
#FreedomToRead

PSA - If you're going to be in NYC on May 2, check out the Indie Lit Fair from noon to 6pm.
Details in the link 👇

In "Caste", Wilkerson demonstrates that America shows its class biases most loudly in racial prejudice, but she widens the view to thoroughly skewer the idea of America as a "class-less" society.
Yes, it's non-fiction. It's also quite readable 📖

This Saturday, April 25 is Bookstore Day 💙📚
Celebrate the day with a visit to your friendly neighborhood independent bookstore 📖
In San Francisco that could be The Booksmith 👇

If online is your preference, there are browse-able virtual #indiebookstores as well.

If you'll be in the DC area April 25 (this coming Saturday) you don't want to miss this 📖
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Keep working hard and you just might get that promotion.

Independent bookstores (and businesses in general) can offer a more personal experience and curated selections. Shopping local directly boosts the local economy, keeping the money in the community.
Support independent businesses 🏬
#ShopLocal #indiebookstores

Today, April 20, is "Right To Read Day" 📖
Please support your local library and the freedom to read.
#libraries #librarians #FreedomToRead #bannedbooks
#indiebookstores

PSA - "Book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs, according to the American Library Association. And efforts to have titles removed have never been more coordinated or politicized." 👇
#bannedbooks #FreedomToRead
#libraries #librarians

PSA - "The fifteenth annual Women in SF&F Month continues with three new guest posts coming up this week ... The new guest posts will be going up on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday this week."
Click the link for last week's posts, and a chance to win a book 👇
#fantasycafe #indiebookstores

We're on the other side of the country so I won't be there, but John Pavlovitz will be at 7PM (Eastern time) next Saturday.
So if you're in the vicinity of Marion, NC y'all should check it out.
#bigfootbooksnc #indiebookstores #ShopLocal

Now that I think about it, I first started writing in second grade, which was when my reading really took off.
#reading #writing #expression

It's #NationalLibraryWeek! Take time to discover what brings you joy at your library - nowadays it's more than a building full of books! It's a place to connect, reflect, or inflect ...
#libraries #librarians #FreedomToRead

Both. I got rid of 'em. Cast iron for frying/saute, ceramic for boiling/steaming. It just takes practice. But then, I like to cook.
My wife seems to like my cooking.

Thanks! Hoping you'll let me know what your daughters think.

My elementary did not have a school library (1960s), but every class had a bookcase full of books (doubtless supplied by the teacher) we could "check out" in addition to the curricula. There was kind of a competition amongst us.
#SchoolLibraries #SchoolLibrarians #FreedomToRead

Enjoy the post? You'll love our short story fiction. (links in bio)

Passing Stuff Along - Books. On Sale.
Need I say more? 👇

"I spent thirty years in that gap. Between how the books said it should work and how it actually felt to be inside it ... the messy, exhausting, human reality underneath [where] we do our work."

Been there, lived that. "Human Software" echoes my years in IT and what I call the coders dilemma.
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Saturday is PSA Day 📖

Here's a brief but varied selection of books with TBR potential from the Washington Independent Review of Books‬ ‪@wirobooks.bsky.social (with links to more detailed reviews)
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#indiebookstores

Most certainly!
Although it can be a little intimidating when it's a 70 pound Labrador retriever doing the zooming 🐕💨

Angela Marie Morton‬ ‪@angemmorton.bsky.social uses basic artist's tools and media to create simple yet evocative pieces.
Check out her shop here 👇
#indieartists #HumanTouch

"On the Beach" definitely left a mark on me when I read it in my early teens.
As evidenced by the fact that I recognized his name and the book came immediately to mind 📖

"So is "Six Lives and a Book" [by Charles Houghton] a glimpse into men’s true souls? Or just a bait-and-switch?
Read it and draw your own conclusion."

I think I will do just that, I'm intrigued. This just went on my already bloated TBR.
(thanks to Neglected Books‬ @neglectedbooks.com)

"Caution: Deconstruction Zone"
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