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N. LaRocque

@larocquen.bsky.social
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Food. Books. Learning. Kindness. Pets. Trying to put her money where her beliefs are in this capitalist hellscape.

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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 3h
Hear Ye Mortals by Yamile Sadie Mendez. It’s a beautifully written YA historical fiction novel and I can’t stop thinking about it months later! Course I’m also crawling my way thru the Dungeon Crawler Carl books and I’m having so many Space Opera flash backs :) time for a reread.
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is the laziest list EVER. Bunnicula and Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark?! REALLY???? Geeze. UGH.
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
AMEN
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
2/2 on our return flight home to Chicago they made my cancer patient husband remove his leg braces to walk through the metal detector. Fun fact: he CANNOT WALK WITHOUT HIS LEG BRACES ON. We’ve dealt with a lot of extra pat downs and such but that was horrific and so embarrassing. Iceland itself? ❤️
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
1/2 Here’s my beef with Keflavik: terrible signage and no actual directions on how to find your rental car- just wander the parking lots near the airport while it’s snowing… I’m sure you’ll find it!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hooray!!!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
So… no books can be sent and they can’t access information or entertainment via a tablet either? Sheesh.
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
SERIOUSLY
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I have to get this for my husband!!!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I would like to recommend puffy cover for a YA poetry collection my fellow librarian @tracierenee.bsky.social is in: You’re Never Too Much: poems for every emotion
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Seriously. I keep seeing it at Jewel and I just smdh. Ridiculous.
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Reminds me so much of Pumpkin Moon in Oak Park, IL. I have a fabulous Edgar Allen Poe lunch box I bough at American Science & Surplus. Love a fun lunchbox.
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Hahahahaha!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
So much thanks to ISAC! They are a wonderful resource for all Illinoians going into all types secondary education. ❤️
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Unconscionable. Independent inquiry immediately.
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I WON MARIOKART FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER AND IT WAS A KNOCKOUT GAME! @Level One Game Pub Ottawa, ON.
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I just finished my advanced listening copy on Libro (my fave platform!) and it was a FANTASTIC RIDE! Buckle up, buckaroos!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
And now I’m horribly embarrassed that there is a grammatical typo. *too
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I AM SO BUMMED I WAS AT ALA A DAY TO EARLY!!! I stood in that line to meet Elizabeth Acevedo and it was fantastic. Hope you had a great day at the convention!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Came here to ask that! I’m waiting for the train in as we speak.
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Boooo! AI is terrible!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I feel this in my very bones! We are getting ready to move and this 1930s house needs a LOT of help. We can’t do all the work right off the bat and I KNOW it will all be worth it in the end but dear Lord getting there is HARD and fucking EXPENSIVE! Very privileged as you say, but oooof. ❤️ & 🤞to you!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Agreed! Good luck!!! I’m not even trying, haha! I’ll just be REALLY hungry when I get home. Although, I have a friend who has a hotel in town so maybe I’ll just hang with her until things are less bananas…
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
OH CRAP. Naturally that is the day I chose to go to ALA. Thank god for Metra, I guess?
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Every time there’s another story about Musk’s wealth I think of the Lombardy Convocation…
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Ughhhhh. I am so sorry.
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Was on my to watch list and moved it up and started it this weekend because you were enjoying it so much! Loving it so far!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Apelsin! It’s good. You damn well do deserve it!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
THIS!!!!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Read it at work today and it was fantastic. Thank you for all of your ongoing hard work keeping record of so much with book and information censorship. Kudos to the student in Elizabethtown as well.
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Oh man! Then even more of a cool trip! Germany is also amazing. The people are super chill and kind. And the food!!!Iceland was just… cool. Being from IL I just couldn’t get over the landscape and how it looked like being on another planet. Enjoy it all!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
So many things there have licorice or anise in them! We were lucky enough to visit in March. Have THE BEST time in both places!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
That was what I thought when I heard about it on the radio this morning. Stop policing people’s bodies and healthcare ffs!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
At work during some down time I read the headline for this article and gasped out loud. A coworker asked what was wrong and since we were in a public area I couldn’t bring myself to say it out loud so I just showed them my computer screen. This is positively unconscionable. More laws. Unacceptable.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 13/05/2026
I just think it’s really funny when people who make hating Bluesky 80% of their personality also spend vast amounts of the time allocated to their one wild and precious life on Bluesky. When I start hating something, I stop doing it. Which is why I left Twitter.
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Apologies for autocorrect: *ad and ads. For crying out loud…
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Allowed to edit scripts, not even for use in schools, etc so they threatened to sell us out to the rights company. SO OUR SHOW WAS CANCELED DURING PRODUCTION WEEK. I am appalled this is happening in 2026!!! And it’s a SONG which, correct me if I am wrong, is a symphonic work without lyrics! UGH!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Said no, if we do that we have to have adds from I dunno, GLAAD or any other group that asks etc- we don’t place ads like that in our programs. They then found out that the teacher had edited out like, two swears from the script (s-bomb and f-bomb if I recall). There is legality where you are not
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I hate this for all of the obvious reasons. I grew up in rural central IL and when I was a HS senior, our fall play was The Laramie Project. A church group came to the school drama teacher and said “we want to put an add in your program that says we will counsel you if you are gay.” The school
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I was sick and my appetite was trash. Otherwise, no leftover fries 🤣
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
For the holidays when I order books for gifting I pick a different indie book store to order from each year and I try to focus on Native or POC owned. My exception being the year I went with @thebloggess.bsky.social ‘s Nowhere Bookshop. NDN Girls Book Club does great work!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Librarian here: can confirm.
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
NDN Girls Book Club is an amazing group! I donate to them every year. 📚
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I am so glad this is being renewed! She has been killing it!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Woooo! Congrats to him!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Love this book!
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Library. The pattern while typing for me nearly always has the second r and y inverted. As it happens, I’m a librarian so I type the word library quite often. 😬
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Oh Jenny. I’m so sorry. They are absolutely hanging out together in the afterlife. Hugs.
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Thanks for the reminder! Aaaand sent to Kindle. Can’t wait.
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N. LaRocque @larocquen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
As a mom of a sixth grader and a second grader: UGGGGHHHHHHHHH. I feel this in my soul. And I look forward to the continued feeding of the angry young man machine. Man. Things look BLEAK.
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