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Katie McLain Horner

@kt-librarylady.bsky.social
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The horrors persist but so do I. Public library manager | Former co-host of Book Riot’s Read or Dead podcast | Author of Book Riot’s Check Your Shelf newsletter for librarians | horror freak | Cubs fan | feminist killjoy | she/her

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Gender Queer has only been out for 7 of the last 35 years, yet it is number one on this list.
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As someone who has visited the Lizzie Borden house but not (yet) stayed over, this story is amazing! (My friend and I have a bucket list of haunted overnight stays we want to visit and this is at the top.) I also finished See What I Have Done about a week before I visited which was perfect timing.
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Mean Girls: It's October 3rd
Alt: Mean Girls: It's October 3rd
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This may be one of my favorite lines from the entire show
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“No sugar for you, you just get more awful”
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This week can just go pound sand.
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We are nearing the most important exercise in democracy of the year*, so make a plan and see it through *Fat Bear Voting Week
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
MVPETE!!! MVPETE!!!! And the fact that he was able to do this at Wrigley in the last home game of the season is just 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Scream Excited
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Honestly, I’m owning this “mentally ill shrubbery” identity. If it keeps men like him away from my “neglected playground,“ then all the better.
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It took me multiple tries as a teenager to get through American Psycho. On my second or third try, I checked it out from the library and the staff member said “Isn’t this book a little violent to be reading?” and I said “Yeah, I know, it’s my 3rd time trying to get through it” 🙄
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
PCA playing like MVPete!!
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I am way too excited about this!!! I have one of the gray ones from Back In The Day that’s been put through the wringer, but now I can get a backup! They’re super comfy and on the lighter side if you’re not a fan of bulky sweatshirts
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
As my friend said… “WRONG 80 YEAR OLD HOME ALONE TWO ACTOR 😭😭😭” people.com/tim-curry-de...
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Tim Curry, Famous for Roles in ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ ‘It’ and ‘Annie,’ Dies at 80, 14 Years After Paralyzing Stroke
Actor Tim Curry has died at the age of 80. He was best known for roles in ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ ‘Clue’ and ‘Annie.’
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TarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Neutral in the culture war"
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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I feel like Dolly Parton was just as well known for her philanthropy and kind-hearted spirit as she was for her music. What a legacy to leave for the rest of us
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Ararat - Christopher Golden Final Girls - Riley Sager Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn My Sister the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
and any payments you make will be during your appointment at a passport agency. (The State Dept can only accept checks or money orders anyway, so any third party website that asks for your credit card info is fleecing you.) Signed, your friendly neighborhood passport agent/librarian
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
If you’re applying for a US passport, only get your forms from travel.state.gov. There are a lot of websites that make you think you have to pay upfront in order to access the form or submit the application, but this is a scam! You can access the forms for free via the State Department’s website,
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Look at those wittle mittens!!!
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Doctors say that childhood vaccines save thousands of lives. A guy who shits himself in public and struggles to pass basic cognitive tests say they cause autism. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I joined a Mystery Science Theater FB group that’s mostly people sharing random episodes, and then everyone joining in the comments with their favorite quotes. A) I didn’t realize I needed this very niche outlet, and B) this probably says a lot about my (as-yet) undiagnosed brand of neurodivergence
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
allows me to work up to whatever it is I need to do. I have to make sure the on ramp doesn’t extend indefinitely, but giving myself extra time to get used to the idea of doing *insert dreaded task here* makes it much easier. Like giving a toddler a countdown till bedtime 🙃
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I love the idea of sticky tasks. I struggle a LOT with executive functioning and I’m trying now to build systems that accommodate my brain rather than browbeat it into submission. I recently embraced the idea of “on ramps,” where I have to have a transition period, esp for unenjoyable tasks, that
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Flex Manwich
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Jonesy needed to lose about a pound, so of course my husband sneaks him French fries when I’m not at home 🙄
An adorable brown tabby cat looking off to the side with its tongue sticking out
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
“Human thumb” is now going to be my go-to descript for Tom Homan
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Arrested Development @bluthquotes.lucille2.com · 14/07/2026
Screenshot of a Threads post. The user "joshcarlosjosh," with a verified badge, posted in a group called "The Oddyssey" 3 hours ago. The profile picture is a stained-glass-style religious icon of a man with a halo. The post reads: "Sing to me, O Muse, a story of a wealthy family who lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together."
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The internet always delivers.
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Goddammit, this man was an absolute treasure 😭😭😭😭😭😭 www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...
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Sam Neill, actor and star of Jurassic Park, dies aged 78
New Zealand actor built career as dashing romantic leads and charismatic villains across film and television
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
May he suffer every consequence of his actions in the hereafter. There, I fixed it.
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Anyone who had slobbered after Trump the way Lindsey Graham did didn’t love America. He spent his career dismantling democracy and human rights, and he doesn’t deserve to have that erased.
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Thomas Spooks 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 30/11/2023
If we’d speak more ill of the dead, maybe it would remind the living not to be assholes.
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
May this chucklefuck get everything he deserves in the afterlife.
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Elmoerc Elmo in Flames
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The GOP talking “to” Mitch McConnell
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Toy Story 1995: Woody & Buzz Window
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Nothing better than a Cubs win at Wrigley on my birthday 💙💙💙
A view of the Wrigley Field scoreboard and bleachers from the left field seatsClark the Cub waving the W flag
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
👀 👀 👀
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/07/2026
Today, we pause to remember the lives stolen and many more forever changed by the mass shooting in Highland Park on the Fourth of July parade-goers. We honor those we've lost, stand with survivors, and recognize the strength of a community that refused to be defined by violence.
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The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
And the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2026 WINNER is… SA COSBY, for ‘Kind of Ashes’ (Headline) 🗡#CWADaggers
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Every book its reader, but not every book is for every reader, and THAT’S OKAY. Bean soup theory in the book world
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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Arrested Development: Dozens of Us
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
We’re in the early stages of house hunting as 1st time home buyers, so I feel this 😵‍💫
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CrimeReads @crimereads.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
It's "Jaws" meets "Twin Peaks" inside the loving embrace of Stephen King. Who could ask for anything more? crimereads.com/widows-bay-i...
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Widow’s Bay is the Best Show on TV
In the last few weeks, if I’ve spoken to anyone, I’ve advised them to watch Widow’s Bay.  News of the show, which airs on Apple TV+, came to me via a recommendation, as well; Crim…
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A Date With Your Family had my own family in stitches the first time we saw it! I’m also very partial to Cheating, What About Juvenile Delinquency?, and Speech: Platform Posture & Appearance. (The knee test is one of the funniest segments I’ve ever seen - “Don’t do this DURING your speech.”)
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Also, “Be beige, not rainbow” is such a sad life philosophy
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Melissa Stewart @lissajostewart.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This is actually the secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord
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Katie McLain Horner @kt-librarylady.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
If you’re not watching Widow’s Bay, I don’t know what to tell you - it‘s so freaking good.
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