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Over at #Ebooks Direct: our #Autumn #Sale is on! All our #sciencefiction and #fantasy #ebook bundles have had prices cut to make it easier for you to pick up some new-season reading. And you get our free lifetime replacement guarantee! Do stop by and take advantage of us. dduane.link/AutumnEbookS...

Screengrab of the Ebooks Direct front page image for our Autumn Reading sale

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Okay I don't remember how/why Imzadi came up (or if it was over at Tumblr), but they had it in hard cover at the library book sale, so now I have it. (There were probably 30 Star Trek paper backs that I was not motivated enough to compare with the already-owned list.)

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yeah, the downside of an everything bagel is that the everything gets everywhere.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Unpopped popcorn - not the kernels at the bottom of a bowl of popcorn, but straight out of the container of kernels. Usually just one, like it was hard candy.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We are diving headlong into my preferred weather season (high 60s daytime/above freezing overnight), which also means we have entered "when do we take out the window a/c?" guessing season.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Somehow I'm still picking zucchini.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Non-zero chance my dad has met this cow

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Got a bag of gingergold apples at the grocery and it's a good thing they were only 99 cents/lb. because they are sad.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ugh we're up to 98% humidity and my shirt feels damp. I'm not even outside.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

lol my mom keeps finding new ways I was probably related to half my high school class

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The cat does not understand that I cannot stay in bed all day (so he can sleep on me) because it will wreck my back.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Oh no, I have finally tried an everything bagel, and it is both amazing and horrifyingly messy

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Mostly just trying to reflect on what I want to do with the second half of my life, and kind of pencilling in how to do that. (It would be a lot easier if I won the lottery first.)

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 08/09/2026

ANYWAY WICKHILLS IS COMING OUT TOMORROW it is an BOOKE (it is not a novella, you can read page counts, I know you can) And the LAUNCH PARTY IS ON THE 15TH so you better BE THERE OR BE A RECTANGULAR THING (also I am trying to make arrangements to livestream it, stay tuned) 🫡

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Apparently the one thing all alignments of deities agree on in d20-based TTRPGs is good sleep habits for their followers: 8 hours of rest or no spells.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I should probably put a clock on the piano so I'm not up too late with new sheet music, lol. (Was gifted a book of Philip Glass piano solos.)

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I got a weather station for my birthday and I'm ridiculously excited to be able to easily see the weekly rain totals next garden season.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Hi, I'm Kate, a librarian and hobby collector. I like the transition between De Selby pt. 1 and De Selby pt. 2 on Hozier's Unreal Unearth, as part one slides down into part two.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Ugh, information synthesis, I do not have *time* for you right now. (My brain just applied my basic high school journalism training (5 Ws + how) to the concept of citations/annotated bibliographies.)

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

'Tis the season for canceling ILL requests because the book is on course reserve.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Was afraid my Bluetooth keyboard was dead, but it turns out my spare batteries have been in my bag so long, they were also dead.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Okay I'm adding the LPs to LibraryThing finally so I stop buying duplicates of those, too. >.<

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Librarian by Day 🏳️‍🌈 @librarianbyday.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I’ve seen a lot of a librarians start a Substack recently. Before you get too invested please consider alternatives leavesubstack.com

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You Should Probably Leave Substack

You should probably leave Substack. Here’s why and how.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Okay now that it's far enough past the 6+ inches of rain we got in 36 hours last month, the San Marzanos are producing faster than the slugs can ruin them, but oh no, they are indeterminate tomatoes, and oh no. I'm going to be making sauce into late September again.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Nooo all my library holds are becoming available at the same time. And since they're all new books, they're only 2 week loans.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I guess I'm adding "I will always love you" to the playlist of songs that make me cry now.

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

UPDATE: Yes, their owner passed away Thursday. We're taking them in today, but as I said, that CAN'T be permanent; they NEED a HOME NOW. We're willing to drive pretty much anywhere in the Northeast for the right adopter. We're begging.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My cat's superpower is apparently infinite fur.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 21/08/2026

ALSO reminder! THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST (which was up for a Hugo, Ignyte, Nebula, Locus, blah blah etc award) is still just $1.99 in eBook from whomsoever your favourite purveyor might be! :) (Check the buy buttons!) us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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The Butcher of the Forest

"A perfect mix of horror and fantasy."—The New York Times“The Butcher of the Forest” shows exactly why Mohamed is one of fantasy’s rising stars."—T...

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Yes, but I have issues that make it slower than printing for me. (Letters don't always come out in the correct order so it's easier if I can squeeze them in where they go when they do come out.)

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Kevin passed about an hour ago. The time to find his cats a home IS now, and I'm not one step closer to finding it. Please, friends.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I'm sure one day my BFF (ibuprofen) will betray me, but I'll stick with it for now.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thinking about the mistranslations and miscopied words that came down to us in the sole surviving known copies of various ancient works that became canon and how the digitization and destruction of old/rare books is going to create new ones through failures of OCR.

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

He's back in the ICU with "low blood pressure" now, and frankly, this is looking like it might be it. Please, friends, if you or someone you know has a safe, comfortable, loving landing zone for his two cats, please please *please* speak up ASAP.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Always fun to stay up too late reading and not discover until you're going to bed that the cat has puked on it through all the layers of the bedding.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Curse of librarianship: going to a library you don't work in to pick up a hold and finding a typo in a call number.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 06/08/2026

Everybody go buy and read THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST thanks (if you are able to read ebooks, the ebook is still just $1.99 right now!) (also available in paperback and audiobook!) us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

us.macmillan.com

The Butcher of the Forest

"A perfect mix of horror and fantasy."—The New York Times“The Butcher of the Forest” shows exactly why Mohamed is one of fantasy’s rising stars."—T...

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MOTH👑MONARCH 🤖🔪 Robot Knife Fight Recovery Zone @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Almost a week since the surgery! My energy is much better than I was anticipating, though I'm finding my abdomen can get painfully overworked easily what with the five stabs through it. Gotta take it chill. If you've enjoyed my work/antics & want to assist with the chilling: ko-fi.com/mothmonarch 🐛💖

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chilton 👁 @chiltonm.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Gentle reminder for all that if you have books that are water damaged, crawling with bugs, physically broken, or giving you travel advice for a country that hasn’t existed since the 90s, you can safely throw them away, you don’t need to make them your local thrift store’s problem.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 02/08/2026

Still on sale! :D Buy my book so I can replace my craptop!!

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I'm not sure I actually like blueberry yogurt. I mean, I'll eat the other 2 I've got. But I should probably switch back to the raspberry.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Biopsy site is not as sore this morning, but still noticeable if I tilt my head back or swallow. But no bruising so far.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Okay the thyroid biopsy site isn't *bad* it's just that right amount of pain to be annoying.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

So does the Washington Post online still alphabetize their horoscopes (rather than list them chronologically)? I haven't been subbed in years and that's still irking me lol.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It's a weird lottery to win, but somehow our passport renewals are getting finished in <10 days without expediting them.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Okay I haven't watched a Muppet movie in long enough that I forgot that there is no 4th wall in these, lol

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Ah-ha, I have found the book suggestion form for my public library.

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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation @dec.ny.gov · 16/07/2026

📣 www.airnow.gov is New York State’s trusted source for air quality monitoring data. Many other apps and sites may provide information on air quality in an immediate area, but do not undergo the same testing as DEC’s equipment to ensure accuracy.

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Kate @kate7.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The parts of Pennsylvania with perpetual coal mine fires are probably too far inland for Godzilla to be a probable threat, yeah?

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