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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

And I feel like romance sales are down because every other adult romance and YA romance book is about fake dating. This has been going for years. Enough fake dating! There are other romance tropes that haven't been beaten to death yet.

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

550 students in one day?! You must be fried!! Also, your school must be enormous!

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Q3. Romance, science fiction, thrillers, and realistic fiction are the primary genres. I haven’t read much nonfiction in years but I’m itching to read it. I recently started the audiobook Enshitification by Cory Doctorow and I’m loving it. #TLSkyChat

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Q1. The Midnight Train by Matt Haig because I’ve read all his books and he’s one of my favorite authors. My top YA read is The Heirs by Friday Abike-Iyimide. Her previous thrillers have been great. #TLSkyChat

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Q4. I used to give myself the month of July to read whatever I wanted and then I would read books for school in August. This year, I’ve read more adult books throughout the year so I think I’ll be reading more for school this summer — not PD books but ones I’ll probably booktalk. #TLSkyChat

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I don’t have a set rule but I rarely make it to 50 pages unless I was really excited about the book. For audiobooks, I’ll usually bail within the first 2 hours but today I dropped one I had invested 3 hours in. I skipped to the last chapter and was relived I didn’t sink more time in it. #TLSkyChat

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

What do you use now? Google is completely unusable.

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

And comics are shelved near graphic novels. I have a DC Comics section and a Marvel comics section.

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I have separate manga and graphic novel/nonfiction sections. Manga is organized by series title and I just genrefied them — we will see how it goes. Graphic novels are shelved by author’s last name and I also recently genrefied them. Students are upbeat about the genrefication so far!

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Yes, solid win, more than 62% voted in favor.

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Our circulation is up 17% from last year! Kids are reading more due to our cell phone ban. It's wonderful!

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

That’s a shame. I enjoyed the first book so much and I’ve been hesitant to read this because I don’t know how it could enhance the story. This is helpful, thanks!

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Oh no! That’s the hardest. Feeling for you and the kiddo.

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I know our district librarian is dismayed by the price increases and she's actively looking at alternatives. Follett is alienating a lot of customers.

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Q5. Escape from Lemoncello’s Library, or Inheritance Games. #TLSkyChat

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Q1. Trouble, chess and giant Uno. I have dozens of games but these are the most popular this year. #TLSkyChat

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Thanks! Have a wonderful unboxing day!

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Yay!!! So much fun will be happening in your library! What kind of sticker printer did you choose?

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Melissa Snider @meliroowy.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

In today’s edition of fresh horrors, the inexplicable firing of Carla Hayden, an incredible librarian and public servant. Ms. Hayden, we stand with you. #skybrarians

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

That is so awesome! Your staff and students will love it!

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

This is awesome! Where did you find it?

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Student: You have shrinky dinks this month?! I failed at them in art class. Me: Well, you can't fail at shrinky dinks in the library! Student: That's right, you can't fail in the library! I can't wait to do shrinky dinks. Yay, library win! Also, so sad a teacher failed a kid for shrinky dinks.

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I read this and enjoyed it, but it's typical of Anne Tyler's books, which are often more a character study than plot-driven novels.

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Exactly! Publishers may not care but high school students definitely care about page length. Longer books = fewer readers. I've stopped buying fiction over 400 pgs long for my HS library unless it's super popular because my students don't read them. I'm weeding & most bks on the list are long.

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Becky Calzada @becalzada.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The dismantling of IMLS will have major impacts on the library services provided to students in schools and patrons who access their public libraries If you value your library, you must speak out & contact congress

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Yes! I’m struggling with it too. I used to teach the easy-bib add-on, then Google Docs discontinued it and made Google Citations and it hasn’t worked well for months. *sob*

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Yes! My constant mantra when weeding: We are not archivists, we are not archivists, we are not archivists...

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

That's so rough, Kelly. My heart goes out to you and your husband. My sister-in-law had colon cancer a few years ago at age 40, and they only caught it because the doctor was being super proactive (she had no symptoms). 45 is still too old for first screenings for many people.

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

YES! It's so so frustrating. Grrrr....

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

6 minutes until the ALA Youth Media Awards, the only awards I look forward to all year. So exciting! And a reminder there are so many excellent and enjoyable books that don’t win book awards and kids (and adults) should be able to read widely for pleasure.

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I hope you have a speedy and easy recovery!

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Very worrying that a city the size of Salem could lose its public library?!

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Absolutely! Librarians are the best at sharing expertise and ideas and supporting each other!

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I'm gradually working my way through these enlightening and helpful podcasts. Thank you for this fantastic service, @slupodcast.bsky.social!

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Thank you! These are great ideas!

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Some of my HS students are struggling to finish choice books. Do you have any lesson ideas for teaching HS students about reading stamina & book selection? I do Book Speed Dating & talk about genres, vocab, interests but I need more explicit instruction and I'm hoping for some tips & ideas. Thanks!

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

This is a powerful thread about how to focus on joy when times are dark, without living in denial…

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/01/2025

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

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Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data

If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...

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Veronica Bane @veronicabane.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

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Laura “y’all’d’ve is grammatically correct” Stone @stoneyboboney.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Welp. Apple snuck something dirty in our phones last night. Settings > Apps > (pick an app) > Siri > Learn From this App TOGGLE OFF. You have to go through each app. My garage app, my BANKING APPS, others had that turned on automatically. 😡

Screenshot of a phone setting highlighting the “learn from this app” invasion of privacy, courtesy of Siri, toggled on. The app is a password manager, which is concerning.

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

It felt so great to see Juniors borrowing The Serpent King and In The Wild Light after I book talked them this week. They’re such gorgeous books and my heart is full. @jeffzentner.bsky.social

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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 28/12/2024

So you could say I had some good news today…….

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

And speaking up for all of us! I’m so grateful to you.

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Fantastic! Way to keep speaking up for yourself, Amanda!

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

This is exciting! The toolbar link isn’t available for me in any of my chrome accounts today but I’ll keep looking for it! I didn’t know chrome even had an option to make QR codes so this is awesome!

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Debbie Levy @debbielevy.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Library win today: a student who is doing an extensive research project was convinced about a piece of misinformation last month. Today he told me he'd been wrong. I asked what changed his mind and he said "reading scholarly sources versus people's unreliable websites." Let him carry this forward!

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