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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's time for #AskALibrarian! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live Thursday morning from 9 - 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It's time for #AskALibrarian LIVE! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live today from 9 - 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We are thrilled to announce that The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich has been chosen as our 2027 Everybody Reads title! We’re so honored to celebrate 25 years of #EverybodyReads with our community. #booksky multcolib.org/everybody-reads
Louise Erdrich's novel, "The Mighty Red," sits on a green metal table outdoors. The book cover features bold red and gold lettering against a dark background, with softly blurred green plants and a colorful mural behind it.
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It's time for #AskALibrarian LIVE! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live today FROM 9 - 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It's almost time for #AskALibrarian LIVE! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live today FROM 9 - 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Big news for Southeast Portlanders: Belmont Library is open now! You joined us for some spectacular library joy this past weekend, with two full days of music, activities, events, and togetherness. THANK YOU! #Booksky 📍 Belmont Library 1038 SE César E. Chávez Boulevard Portland, OR 97214
A group of people celebrate having cut a large ribbon that reads "Building Belonging" with the Multnomah County Library logo on it. They are cheering and standing outside the newly remodeled Belmont Library.
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It's time for #AskALibrarian! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live today until 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It’s time for #AskALibrarian! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live each Thursday from 9 to 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
It’s time for #AskALibrarian! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live each Thursday from 9 to 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It's time for your personalized reading recommendations! In celebration of Pride, send us your queer reading requests by replying to this thread 🌈! Don't forget to stop by our table at the Portland Pride Waterfront festival this weekend!
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It’s time for #AskALibrarian! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live each Thursday from 9 to 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It’s time for #AskALibrarian! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live each Thursday from 9 to 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
It’s time for #AskALibrarian! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live each Thursday from 9 to 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
It’s time for #AskALibrarian! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us each Thursday from 9 to 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
We're having a party in St. Johns and you're invited! 🥳 Join us for two days of free, fun-filled community events to celebrate the grand reopening of St. JohnsLibrary! The party starts at 10 am! 📆 June 27 & June 28 St. Johns Library 7510 N Charleston Avenue Portland, OR 97203
This image is a colorful advertisement for the St. Johns Library reopening celebration in Portland, Oregon, on June 27-28, 2026. It features photos of people reading and an interior shot of a library with shelves of books.
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Books to teach a kindergartener about the human body by Dan Green #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Human Body — Multnomah County Library
Human Body — Green, Dan, 1975 June 20- — Imagine your body as a crowd of dynamic characters; go inside your insides and meet the body-building guys who keep you on the move.
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Iranian Author , picture book or early chapter book. A Knot Is Not a Tangle by Daniel Nayeri #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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A Knot Is Not a Tangle — Multnomah County Library
A Knot Is Not a Tangle — Nayeri, Daniel, — Knots are necessary and imperfection is a gift in this poignant picture book about an Iranian boy learning to make a new family rug with his grandmother, fro...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Learn cursive! Hand Lettering for Happiness by Brenna Jordan #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Hand Lettering for Happiness — Multnomah County Library
Hand Lettering for Happiness — Jordan, Brenna, — Hand letter your way to happiness with these 50 joyful projects that highlight uplifting quotes and provide a variety of techniques to learn and practi...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Looking to Feed that off campus hangover? Meet Wendy, by Walter Scott #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Wendy — Multnomah County Library
Wendy — Scott, Walter, 1985- — "Art world satire, humour: Wendy's an aspiring artist in a party city, and she's in a rut. She spends her time snorting MDMA in gallery bathrooms and watching Nurse Jack...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Woof! Dog Adventures for 1st-3rd grader? Rescue on the Oregon Trail by Kate Messner will have your reader fording rivers with Ranger, the Golden Retriever. #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Rescue on the Oregon Trail — Multnomah County Library
Rescue on the Oregon Trail — Messner, Kate, — Ranger, a golden retriever, could have been a great search-and-rescue-dog except for the squirrels--but one day he unearths a mysterious box and finds him...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Something like like the Bullet Train series by Kotaro Isaka... Make a plan with Ŏn-su Kim's The Plotters. #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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The Plotters — Multnomah County Library
The Plotters — Kim, Ŏn-su, 1972- — In an alternate-reality Seoul, South Korea, where assassination guilds compete for dominance, Reseng uncovers a scheme set into motion by a trio of young women, forc...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Funny Fiction! Enter the world of Terry Pratchett via Guards! Guards! and get into his amazing world. #AskAIlibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Guards! Guards! — Multnomah County Library
Guards! Guards! — Pratchett, Terry — Here there be dragons ... and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
So you've read through all of EM Forster... Visit the House of Mirth by Edith Wharton #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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The House of Mirth — Multnomah County Library
The House of Mirth — Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, — Social and romantic misfortunes of a socially prominent woman in New York.
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Looking for cozy Bob's Burgers vibes? Try Laid-back Camp by Afro. #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Laid-back Camp. 1 — Multnomah County Library
Laid-back Camp. 1 — Afro (Manga artist), — Rin enjoys camping by the lakeshore, Mt. Fuji in view. Nadeshiko rides her bike to see Mt. Fuji, too. As the two eat cup noodles together, what scenery will ...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A patron asked for tips to help their family (elementary and middle school kids) get along better! Raising Loving Siblings by Jonathan Caspi may have some helpful advice. #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Raising Loving Siblings — Multnomah County Library
Raising Loving Siblings — Caspi, Jonathan, — "Be nice to your sister!" "Stop picking on your brother!" "That's a time-out for both of you." When nothing works to stop the incessant battles, what can e...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Turn on the AC! Hot rich vampire romance? A Vampire in the Bathhouse by Niko Izuki. #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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A Vampire in the Bathhouse — Multnomah County Library
A Vampire in the Bathhouse — Izuki, Niko, — "Luka Edelmondt Finsternis is your picture-perfect vampire--he's good looking, he's regal... He's also incredibly hungover and exhausted, and wants nothing ...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Wolves and magic please? Since you asked so nicely! Moon Called by Patricia Briggs gives you all this and more. #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Moon Called — Multnomah County Library
Moon Called — Briggs, Patricia, — Mercedes "Mercy" Thompson is a talented Volkswagen mechanic living in the Tri-Cities area of Washington. She also happens to be a walker, a magical being with the pow...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Women in history you didn't know and now will be obsessed? The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia by Mary M. Talbot should capture your attention. #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia — Multnomah County Library
The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia — Talbot, Mary M., 1954- — "Set against the backdrop of violence and state repression in a turbulent period of French history, The Red Virgin and the Vision of ...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Crochet pattern reading for beginners? Let's get started with Crochet the Complete Step-by-step Guide : Essential Techniques, More Than 80 Crochet Patterns #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Crochet — Multnomah County Library
Crochet — Featuring a combination of styles from modern to classic, this inspirational guide for crocheters of all levels of experience includes instructions for more than one hundred colorful project...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Sci fi and alien language AND linguistics? Oh my! Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang short story collection should do the trick. #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Stories of Your Life and Others — Multnomah County Library
Stories of Your Life and Others — Chiang, Ted, — Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award for 1990. Now, collected for the first time, are all seven of this extraor...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
You never know what a couple who often smokes behind the supermarket is up to. Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You by JINUSHI #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You 01 — Multnomah County Library
Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You 01 — JINUSHI — An overworked salaryman and a mischievous cashier with a dual personality form an unexpected bond in this sweet-and-sour comedy! At age forty-fi...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Looking for a an adult horror novel set at a summer camp? Try the Summer Fun Massacre by Craig DiLouie. #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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The Summer Fun Massacre — Multnomah County Library
The Summer Fun Massacre — DiLouie, Craig, 1967- — "A massacre at a summer camp is eerily similar to one nine years prior, leading a local deputy down a dangerous path towards unmasking the killer once...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Inspired from the World Cup appearance, A great book from Uzbekistan is We Computers by Hamid Ismailov. #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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We Computers — Multnomah County Library
We Computers — Ismailov, Hamid, 1954- — "In the late 1980s, French poet and psychologist Jon-Perse finds himself in possession of one of the most promising inventions of the century: a computer. Encha...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
More queer novels set pre-1970 please? You betcha! Lavender House by @levacrosen.bsky.social takes you back to the 50's. #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Lavender House — Multnomah County Library
Lavender House — Rosen, Lev AC, — "A delicious story from a new voice in suspense, Lev AC Rosen's Lavender House is Knives Out with a queer historical twist. Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of r...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Can't get enough of Backrooms? Try the Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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The Hollow Places — Multnomah County Library
The Hollow Places — Kingfisher, T., — "Newly divorced and living back at home in rural North Carolina, Kara is helping out her ailing, eccentric uncle Earl at his house, which doubles as a tourist hot...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"Clarice lispector but make it really gay",,, We offer to you Nicolas Pages by Guillaume Dustan for your perusal. #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Nicolas Pages — Multnomah County Library
Nicolas Pages — Dustan, Guillaume, — "Published in 1999 and awarded that year's Prix de Flore, 'Nicolas Pages' marks a departure from the Sadean preoccupations of Guillaume Dustan's first three novels...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Craving some female rage and revenge in your fiction? Meet Nightbitch by @rachelyoder.bsky.social #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Nightbitch — Multnomah County Library
Nightbitch — Yoder, Rachel, 1978- — An ambitious mother puts her art career on hold to stay at home with her newborn son, but the experience does not match her imagination. Two years later she steps i...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Looking for an audiobook featuring dual narration with some fantasy? Clean Sweep by @ilonaandrews.bsky.social will bring a cast of characters to your ears. #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Clean Sweep — Multnomah County Library
Clean Sweep — Andrews, Ilona — "On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town, owns a Shih Tzu named Beast, and is a perfec...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
For a choose your own adventure aimed at the middle schooler, venture onto The Secret of Phantom Island by Dustin Brady #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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The Secret of Phantom Island — Multnomah County Library
The Secret of Phantom Island — Brady, Dustin, — "Cooper Hawke and the Secret of Phantom Island is the greatest video game nobody has ever played. The treasure-hunting adventure was supposed to set a n...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The show must go on! As per your request here's an award winning contemporary play written by a woman Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Fairview — Multnomah County Library
Fairview — Drury, Jackie Sibblies, — "Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Grandma's birthday approaches. Beverly is organizing the perfect dinner, but everything seems doomed from the start: ...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Dungeon Crawler Carl, but with a female protagonist? Looks like it's Time to Play by @erinampersand.bsky.social for you! #AskALibarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Time to Play — Multnomah County Library
Time to Play — Ampersand, Erin — The start of a rollicking, unputdownable LitRPG series that Matt Dinniman calls "pure gold" in which everyone on Earth is forced to take part in a worldwide survival c...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
You wanted a super engaging memoir/biography, you got one! The Royal We by Roddy Bottom will transport you to 1980's San Francisco. #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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The Royal We — Multnomah County Library
The Royal We — Bottum, Roddy, 1963- — "A founder of the iconic band Faith No More shares his coming-of-age and out-of-the-closet story in pre-tech boom San Francisco. The Royal We is a poetic survey o...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
For our patron looking for a mystery featuring a BIPOC witch, The Hatak Witches by @dmihesuah.bsky.social could be the one! #AskALibrarian multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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The Hatak Witches — Multnomah County Library
The Hatak Witches — Mihesuah, Devon A., 1957- — "After a security guard is found dead and another wounded at the Children's Museum of Science and History in Norman, Oklahoma, Choctaw detective Monique...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It’s time for personalized reading recommendations! Let us know what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us each Thursday from 9 to 10 am PT for #AskALibrarian!
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🏳️‍🌈 Celebrate Pride with us! In celebration of Pride and LGBTQIA voices, check out these selected titles that celebrate queer joy, for readers of all ages. Discover inspiring stories that highlight joy, hope, and resilience! #booksky 👉 multcolib.org/pride
Cover of the book "From Gay to Z: A Queer Compendium" by Justin Elizabeth Sayre. The background features vibrant flowers and illustrations of people. The style is colorful and lively.The cover of the book "Burning My Roti" by Sharan Dhaliwal features illustrations of several faces in profile on an orange background. The  subtitle is "Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian Woman."Four people smiling in colorful shirts are gathered on the cover of a book titled "The Old Gays Guide to the Good Life," which features a pink background. The subtitle reads: "Lessons learned about love and death, sex and sin, and saving the best for last."Colorful comic book cover titled "Be Gay, Do Comics!" from The Nib. Features various illustrated characters in vibrant squares, each engaging in comic-related activities. The style is playful and dynamic.
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
📚Need a personalized reading rec? Join us for #AskALibrarian from 9 to 10 am PT tomorrow! Send us questions ahead of time here and on our Instagram story. 💚 #booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Join us for #AskALibrarian tomorrow! Send us reading questions today here or Instagram, and our team of librarians will pick out a book just for you. We send out recs each Thursday from 9 to 10 am PT! #booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The beloved St. Johns Library is reopening June 27! 🥳🎉 This renovated and expanded space is modern, while preserving its exquisite, historical charm. The temporary holds location around the corner is closing to the public on June 11, 2026. The last day it will be open to the public will be June 10.
Library interior with bookshelves and a check-out desk. Several people are engaging in various activities such as selecting books and sitting in a reading area. Artwork is displayed on the walls. A sign reads "St. Johns Library Reopening!"
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
It's time for personalized reading recommendations from the librarians! In celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, let's dive into AANHPI stories and histories.
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Your brand new East County Library is now open! With approximately 95,000 square feet of books, learning, play and connection. Come celebrate with us all weekend! #booksky 📍475 NW Division Street Gresham, OR 97030
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