What does the beast you fear say about how you want the world to change?
Today on The Haunted Pulpit, I’m rubbing two horror novels together—Sullivan’s Red Winter and Craig’s A Land So Wide—to see what sparks.
On the anatomy of the creature feature: bit.ly/4uvm5J8
#Horror #BookSky
Why do we crave a haunting? 🕯️
Exploring the "threshold of horror" in Kate Scelsa’s Cynical Witches and Raul Palma’s A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens.
Less interested in the bodies; more interested in standing with Hekate in the doorway.
Here's a link: bit.ly/3N46DD7
#BookSky #LiteraryHorror #Hekate
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
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
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
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.
bit.ly/3YzoQdO
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
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
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
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
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.
