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Jill Minor

@jillsreads.com
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E-resources librarian; blog at jillsreads.com. EarlyWord GalleyChat #ewgc participant, LibraryReads Ambassador @libraryreads.bsky.social. Love a good fantasy or flipped fairytale.

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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 10/09/2026
Hooray, that was awesome! By October 1, I will have done some DRC reading! See you then everyone! #ewgc
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 10/09/2026
This GalleyChat is killer. I want to read every single book! #ewgc
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 10/09/2026
Feeling kinda vindicated since @amalelmohtar.com snagged the 2026 Locus for my fave novella. She deserves it!
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 10/09/2026
I confess I jumped aboard the Dungeon Crawler Carl train and have been on it for WEEKS. As a result I have read no ARCs at all! I have a bunch waiting for me on the old Kindle though. #DCC #DungeonCrawlerCarl #ewgc
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Alicia Stella @alicia.social · 15/08/2026
Took my daughter to the library for the first time today. She got her own library card. Picked out a ton of books to borrow. I’m so proud.
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 09/07/2026
Not a lot to contribute today because I'm moving this month and haven't read much. However, I've started LIVE LAUGH LOVE by @kkdumez.bsky.social and THE MAGICAL CHEESE EMPORIUM by @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social and both are 😍 #ewgc
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 09/07/2026
Hey peeps! Did some publishers turn up a week early for #ewgc?
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 04/06/2026
Joining in the chorus of praise for SUFFER A WITCH, written in blazing poetry, essays, and biographical footnotes by Joy McCullough. Was astonished to discover that Gaelis Duncan was not just an Outlander character! A springboard to further study for sure. #ewgc
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 04/06/2026
Are Ana and Din my favorite contemporary detectives? If not, they are in the running! The Ana & Din series by Robert Jackson Bennett is phenomenal by every metric and number 3, A TRADE OF BLOOD, which is out August 4, is just as great as the first two. #ewgc
The scarlet and gold cover of A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett, an Ana & Din Mystery and third in the series.
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 04/06/2026
I'm reading new books that chatters raved about in prior months by TJ Klune and T. Kingfisher, so I haven't had time for many ARCs. #ewgc
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 04/06/2026
I'm here and might mention one title! I'm trying to sell my house and the chaos is extreme! How is everybody this lovely June? #ewgc
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🐈Rex Parker🐈‍⬛ ✏️ 🧐 @rexparker.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I cannot overstate how big a role illiteracy plays in Everything Wrong With The World Today. People who don’t read become people who can’t read become people who hate reading (and readers).
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 20/05/2026
I’m sorry capcha but to see all images with gnats I’d have to be a robot now wouldn’t I 🤖
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 19/05/2026
The sight of Doug Wilson’s face (which I have seen in person) gives me nightmares. I never thought I would see that heartless bastard again. The horrors that were visited on me in the 90s as a direct result of his teachings are unspeakable. I was non-personed. #DougWilson #ChristianNationalism
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 18/05/2026
I don’t always look this gorgeous but when I do…jk I always look this gorgeous #catsofbluesky #cats
A green-eyed Siberian cat named Hyde lounges on a fleece blanket
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
English writer Mary Wollstonecraft was born #OTD in 1759. Best known for her book, 𝘈 𝘝𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 (1792). It is a foundational text for feminism that argued for equal education and rights for women--challenging the notion of female inferiority. #literature #litsky #booksky
A split-image composition featuring two historical elements side by side. On the left is an oil portrait painting of Mary Wollstonecraft, the 18th-century British philosopher and advocate for women's rights. She is depicted as a young woman in her late 20s or early 30s with fair skin, rosy cheeks, and auburn hair tucked under a black cap. She wears a simple white muslin gown draped loosely across her shoulders and chest in a classical, flowing style. Her expression is calm and thoughtful, gazing to the left with soft brown eyes against a dark, shadowy background that gives the portrait a dramatic, introspective mood. On the right is a close-up photograph of the title page from the first edition of her seminal work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). The text is printed in elegant 18th-century typography with black ink on aged, slightly yellowed paper. The full title reads: "A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN: WITH STRICTURES ON POLITICAL AND MORAL SUBJECTS. By MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT." Below are publication details: "LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, N° 72, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD. 1792." The page has a classic book layout with centered lines, decorative rules, and subtle printer's ornaments. The overall image juxtaposes Wollstonecraft's portrait with the foundational feminist text she authored, symbolizing her enduring legacy in women's rights and Enlightenment thought.
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 25/04/2026
“All around the world Around the world I know you feel this sh*t Wish I had a! Wish a was a! Wish a gave a! But I don’t” Those are some 🫪 verses but—What a chorus; what an earworm #mgk #FredDurst #FIXURFACE #rap #rock #newmusic
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I lost my job, my kids have measles, and inflation is through the roof. But at least now the Library of Congress isn't lending any antique glass flutes to Lizzo.
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 15/04/2026
The April EarlyWord GalleyChat catalog #ewgc is complete and we had more than 160 galleys mentioned in the chat! HOT titles with chatters include FIVE by Ilona Barrister, THE UNICORN HUNTERS by Katherine Arden (more in replies) Our Edelweiss catalog: www.edelweiss.plus#catalogID=53... #booksky
EarlyWord #ewgc GalleyChat Roundup April 2026
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/04/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Jacqueline French @jacquelinefrench.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/... "After months of total darkness, there is hope. There's a sense that liberal democracy can still triumph against the populist threat, it can withstand the joint assault from the Kremlin & the WH ... the war can still be won & the battles are still worth fighting"
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Orban defeated: Good morning and goddamn it's a beautiful day
All of a sudden, after months of total darkness, there is hope.
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 09/04/2026
My TBR is screaming! The next GalleyChat will be May 7 at 4 p.m. EST with virtual cocktails at 3:30, and I will NOT have everything I have downloaded today read by then but hope springs eternal! #ewgc
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 09/04/2026
Downloaded: CLEANUP ON AISLE FIVE by Ann Larson; THE FAREWITCH OF FOXE HOLLER by Ellen Fauley Goff, and THE REDEMPTION CENTER IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS by Andrea Hairston #ewgc
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 09/04/2026
Also reading now: LAND by Maggie O'Farrell. Irish mysticism and magic meet mapmaking. Not sure yet what I think of it, but the writing is just as masterful as I've come to expect from this author. #ewgc
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 09/04/2026
Reading now: THE UNICORN HUNTERS by Katherine Arden, coming June 2. The young yet vulnerable ruler of Brittany puts off an unwanted marriage and takeover of her kingdom by France by proposing a unicorn hunt. Intrigued! #ewgc
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 09/04/2026
The ending of A PERFECT HAND by Ayelet Waldeman is a shocking surprise. It reads just like a standard comedy of manners with upstairs/downstairs conflicts, politely written to the dear Reader, and then. . .history. Love it. #ewgc Thank you @PRHLibrary for the ARC.
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 09/04/2026
VILLA COCO by Andrew Sean Greer is a luscious Italian staycation loaded with madcap characters. Don't miss it! June 9 from @PRHLibrary.bsky.social #ewgc
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 09/04/2026
Just so you #ewgc folks know, I am on the hunt for a solution to the chatters not appearing in the catalog. My note fields are apparently personal and don't show up unless I download them. I will try to get support and figure out how to put them in somehow.
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 09/04/2026
Hi everyone! I'm here to compile and also have some galleys to chat up! How are you #ewgc peeps?
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 09/04/2026
The foster cat Hyde thinks he’s too good for me. I concur. #catsofbluesky
A brown and white, green-eyed, Siberian cat with a white hourglass mark on his nose, on a bed, with a superiority complex, or more likely he is simply superior
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 09/04/2026
EarlyWord GalleyChat is today at 4 p.m. EST! Join librarians for all the straight dope on upcoming book releases. #ewgc
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 06/03/2026
The EarlyWord GalleyChat Edelweiss catalog for March is ready for your perusal and downloading pleasure! #ewgc www.edelweiss.plus?catalogID=53...
EarlyWord #ewgc GalleyChat Roundup March 2026
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
part of me still can't believe the East Wing was completely destroyed and there have been no negative consequences or reports on whether items inside were properly archived or not
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 06/02/2026
If you don't want to wait for the EarlyWord blog, the #ewgc catalog in Edelweiss Plus is ready! Happy downloading and requesting all the books we chatted about yesterday! www.edelweiss.plus?catalogID=53...
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Edelweiss, by Above the Treeline, is the book industry’s platform to sell, discover, and order new titles.
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 05/02/2026
Next up for me is THE MOUNTAINS WE CALL HOME by Kim Michele Richardson. Looking forward to more about the Book Woman! @sbkslibrary.bsky.social sent me a few copies here at the library for book club consideration. #ewgc
A woman's silhouette contains a misty mountains scene. 'A Novel the Mountains We Call Home The Book Woman's Legacy from the New York Times Bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Kim Michele Richardson'
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 05/02/2026
Hooting and snorting my way through THE DEVIL AND MRS GOOCH by @deathbybadger.bsky.social (second in the "Household Gramarye" series). The footnotes! The ARC courtesy of @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social was just what I needed. #ewgc
A blonde in a red dress has a small devil on a gold collar and chain and is holding one horn. Household Gramarye Book 2 The Devil and Mrs. Gooch a Novel Oliver Darkshire Author of Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 05/02/2026
I don't have many books to chat up because I didn't like some of the DRCs I read or couldn't get into them. Is it me? Is it the books? Who can tell; I'm really sleepy. 😑 #ewgc
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 05/02/2026
I believe this is my 20th month of compiling EarlyWord GalleyChat and its catalog on Edelweiss and blogging for EarlyWord! How are you all, peeps? #ewgc
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 05/02/2026
Episode 5 of #RiotWomen gutted me when it was released on #Britbox last night. I ADORE this show. Only one episode left in Season 1 but I understand there will be a Season 2!
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 04/02/2026
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
a brown wire-haired pup stands on a wooden deck in a grassy yard. he looks at us with golden eyes and his right ear flipped inside out. he has a pipe-shaped stick in his mouth, giving him the appearance of a sophisticated and dapper gentleman. just give him a deerstalker cap and a cloak, and he'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 05/02/2026
EarlyWord GalleyChat is TODAY if you want the scoop on the best books coming out in a few months to pre-order, or request from Netgalley or Edelweiss Plus if you get ARCs and/or DRCs. We are libarians and we know our stuff! Follow the hashtag #ewgc at 4 p.m. EST. #librarian #librarians #booksky
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 19/01/2026
The truest truth I’ve seen truthed of late
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 08/01/2026
Hello #ewgc peeps! I can't find our hashtag at all today and I'm not sure what to do for compilation. Maybe I'll wait until tomorrow and see if the hashtag is fixed to go the GalleyChat compilation.
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Robin @galleychatter.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Hey GalleyChatters, if you're trying to follow #ewgc - apparently, the Bluesky search is not working and is a few hours behind. If you follow me, please RT this so we get the word out.
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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
My annual Christmas poem. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! :) "In the cold, dark night, a woman is giving birth." theodoragosspoems.com/2018/12/26/c...
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Christmas Night
Christmas Night by Theodora Goss In the cold, dark night, a woman is giving birth. She is young and beautiful, not much more than a child herself, and all the stars are looking down to watch this e…
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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Happy Hogswatch to all who celebrate. Ho! Ho! Ho!
The Librarian from Unseen University holding up a sprig of mistletoe and grinning broadly. As drawn by Paul Kidby.
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 18/12/2025
#LibFaves25 is up on the EarlyWord blog! www.earlyword.com/2025/12/18/l...
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LibFaves 2025 - EarlyWord: The Publisher | Librarian Connection
As is traditional with microblogging, book-loving librarians, we voted on our favorite reads of the year, this time on BlueSky. There were more than 500 votes cast and more than 350 unique titles ment...
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Jill Minor @jillsreads.com · 18/12/2025
I nominate Josh O'Connor to star in adaptations of "Death Comes for the Archbishop" and "Doomsday Book" next since he's got this genuinely good priest thing down cold. #KnivesOut #WakeUpDeadMan
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