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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My heart just exploded. Coming to you from the afterlife.

Yo Yo Ma plays for a room full of tired, burned out, but never-ever-giving-up librarians.

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Last question for me - this one?

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Bittersweet moment for the professional organization that made me the librarian I am over the past decade, as @yalsa.bsky.social reunifies with @wearealsc.bsky.social tonight at midnight. I'm so grateful to every opportunity I've had, friend I've made, and skill I've learned.

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Really having to twist my arm to get me to attend this one, @ala-booklist.bsky.social... 😉🤩 Here's my starred review of That Which Feeds Us by @kealakendall.bsky.social: www.booklistonline.com/products/982... And y'all can register here: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Program description: Scream With Me: Confronting
Social Injustice Through Horror

Join us on Thursday, September 10, at 2pm ET/ 11am PT for an engaging panel discussion featuring young adult horror authors as they explore how this genre can serve as a powerful platform for addressing pressing social issues such as women’s rights, LGBTQAI+ rights, body autonomy, social justice, and racism. Through compelling storytelling and thought-provoking themes, Melissa Blair (When Evil Lingers), Cale Plett (The Saw Mouth), Keala Kendall (That Which Feeds Us), and Randy Ribay (Nest of Tongues) will discuss how horror fiction can challenge societal norms, amplify marginalized voices, and inspire activism. This free, one-hour webinar can also offer a unique opportunity for attendees to gain insights into the intersection of genre and activism, and to see how fear and empathy can be harnessed to spark meaningful conversations and social change. Kelly Ferreira, Associate Editor of Books for Youth, will moderate.

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I am SO excited to chat with @ayanagray.bsky.social, HD Hunter, John Stephens, and Kelly McWilliams tomorrow! @slj.com always gives me the best sessions. 😎 These historical fictions have twisty mysteries, action, supernatural happenings, haunted settings, and unforgettable characters.

Join us Thursday, August 20th for our 15th annual SLJTeen Live! virtual event!

1:45 – 2:30 PM ET | The Past Is Present
These authors bring history to life by uncovering the forgotten stories, hidden voices, and lasting legacies of the past.

Ayana Gray, Hawk & Sparrow (Macmillan Children's)
H. D. Hunter, A Lake with No Bottom (Macmillan Children's)
Kelly McWilliams, No One Leaves the Manor (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
John Stephens, The Age of Fury (Random House Children's Books)
Moderator: Allie Stevens Gosselink, Director, Calhoun County Library (AR)

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Beautiful, bright moonlight at 3:30 this morning. 3 second exposure, no filter or adjustment.

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Today I finally got one. Well, two, because Shane does want to be able to go with me sometimes. Got them safely back to the farm from Little Rock with no incidents! If I wasn’t getting sick I’d be out there on the water in the dark right now 😅

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

For *years* I have been wanting a kayak of my own to putter around in our 6-acre pond, to fish or take photos or just be. The aluminum John boats I grew up with are just too heavy to manage alone, especially since I broke my arm, but not being able to go by myself defeats the purpose some days.

The handles of two kayaks through a sunroof

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Our rural school literally has “second breakfast” built in to the high school schedule and I find it both hilarious and extremely wonderful for the kids.

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Been a long time since I did this to a book.

A copy of A Founding Mother with many pink and yellow page flags

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I was today years old when I discovered that an opal can look completely clear under the right circumstances. I thought the stone fell out of my new ring from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social for a second! 😱 Love this magical little thing.

Same opal and sterling ring, but the stone looks clear

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I may have been #ALAleftbehind this year but with a friend like @readonthebeach.bsky.social I’m never forgotten or left out. Thank you to @simplyrain.bsky.social for the shipping assist! I only cried a little bit about the last @yalsa.bsky.social banner 😭

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Home! Whirlwind trip to the best big city but worth every second.

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Yesterday I got stuck in my own home airport for 12 hours, minus one 1-hour break, because of storms in Chicago and cancelled flights. Ended up on the only flight out, on standby. Lots of tears, but the good parts: library vibes helped me figure it out, window seat in the extra space row *alone*

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

My great-uncle’s state fair prize-winning lilies are here! It was a cold, damp spring and I wasn’t sure anything would bloom. So happy to see them. That first orange one is a new color and not anywhere near the flowerbeds where they’re “supposed” to be.

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Bought myself this little cicada friend the night my mom died. Both the urn with her remains (delayed by several days for unknown reasons) and this ring arrived today. Highly coincidental. Not even remotely surprising. Thank you @peculiarityshop.bsky.social for the perfection.

A white person’s hand with a set of wedding rings and a very shiny silver cicada ring

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I’m pretty sure Suzy recommended this in The Librarians and that’s where I heard of it. But I learned a lot and it made me feel both sad and hopeful.

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Can you tell me more about this one?

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

May we all find a moment of weightless, sunny joy this week.

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Seriously gonna have to take days off work to put away food this summer. Green beans are starting to produce now and look at this corn! 🥰

A row of green bean plants in a big garden

The best part of any garden is the tomatoes. This photo shows a tomato plant tied to a cattle panel in a garden. They’re getting tall!

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Reminds me of this. From my farm. Very recently. 🐻

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Mom went on to whatever comes next around 1pm yesterday. It was as peaceful and perfect a moment as anyone could wish for, and my sadness is equaled only by my relief that she’s no longer suffering. See you on the dark side of the moon, Momma.

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

My two favorite constantly-repeated beliefs of hers: What matters most is how well you walk through the fire. And What goes around comes around. She’s the kind of mother *everyone* deserves and too few people have. I could not have been luckier than to belong to her.

A patient, amused grandmother holds a very angrily scowling blond haired baby.

A baby in the lap of her grandmother in a recliner.

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Agreed! Here is the other thing I read.

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Reallllllllly do not know who my brother thinks is helping him harvest and preserve this garden because my sister in law and I only have the 4 hands between us and there are only so many hours in a day. There are like 20 different types of plants. 42 tomato plants! An ACRE-LONG ROW OF POTATOES.

A garden that is entirely too big for its britches and my energy level

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Good bit of rain, but not enough to overflow the creek and make it to our pond yet. Soon, I hope. Also, the bug was there first and the butterfly was a bully about it.

A kid in a pink shirt and a kid in a black shirt using sticks to test the depth of the water (which would have been over their heads in the middle of the creek, but they didn’t believe me)

A butterfly on a yellow flower after purchased away the bug that was already there even though there were 100 other flowers

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Rural librarianship is being gifted a tray of 18 Bradley heirloom tomato plants from a community member whose family has passed these seeds down for generations.

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I have this same setup. Different toolbox, but I bet it’s the same brand. It’s back there under a pile of things that did actually get put away since this was taken 😂😵‍💫 I *love* this thing. It has sockets and a light and the drawers close so smooooooothly. Excellent makerspace for my little library!

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Walked into a wall of smell in the yard yesterday. Second best smell in the world, topped only by my giant gardenia bush.

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

In 15 minutes, I’ll officially be 40. Saw Charles Wesley Godwin tonight, and forgot my ID in the car so I had Xs on my hands. 😆 Fantastic show. Was my first time at The Hall, too. Definitely will go back; it’s a great size.

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Spiderwort makes me happy. Whole farm’s covered in it right now. I got the “real” camera out today, even. Will upload and edit those later. Plus Biscuit the rooster feeling photogenic and some dew drops on a spiderweb that were *so* sparkly.

Purple spiderwort flowers in a grassy field

A multi-colored rooster with a big red comb

Droplets of water on a spiderweb in the sun

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The sky did some interesting things yesterday.

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Hey @peculiarityshop.bsky.social it arrived and it’s everything I wanted it to be and it fits like it was made for me. Thanks immensely.

An oval chalcedony stone set in sterling silver on a finger

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Oh that literally IS what happened, oh my gods

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I don’t repost my reviews here super often, but I’m afraid this book is going to fly under the radar and I can’t stand that. Cry by @mizalisa.bsky.social is one of the best YA books I’ve read this year, and maybe ever. Pitch-perfect in character and tone, and so extremely compelling. Don’t miss it!

Cover of cry by Alisa Valdés showing a girl’s silhouette and a lightning strike

Cry By Alisa Valdés.
Oct. 2025. Published by Arte Publico/Piñata.
Sixteen-year-old Grace Martínez cannot believe her luck when physicist Carl Sagan is the first person she sees after dying from a lightning strike. Unfortunately, her hero informs her that she will not remain deceased and “don’t fight the work,” forcefully returning her to her electrified body. Though disappointed not to receive more answers, Grace instead gains the horrifying ability to see and communicate with spiorads, spirits of those who have died but cannot move on. One even lives with her, another 16-year-old named Mohammad, whose death was deemed suicide (though Grace begins to suspect his death may have been something more sinister). Before her friends can help her solve this problem, she will have to convince them that she’s not just hallucinating, while also navigating her father’s closed-minded and controlling new wife and her own bookstore job, where she works for spirited, elderly Milagros. As Grace discovers who she can and cannot trust, not to mention that her guardian spirit is none other than the legendary La Llorona, she finds herself at the center of a dangerous investigation. Caustic and sharp-witted, Grace is an extremely compelling character with a strong, memorable voice. A little romance, a lot of mysteries, complex and nuanced characters, and a ghostly canine companion meld for an unputdownable ride with plenty of modern social commentary.

— Allie Stevens

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Meeper (officially Souris, but if you have cats you know how it is) only wants me when I’m sad. Does she want to make me feel better or does her soul feed on the misery of others? Who can say, really?

Gray and white long-haired cat with many whiskers sits on a table and stares with either concern or menace, your guess is as good as mine

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Tomorrow morning, we have to help my 9 year old say goodbye to her babycat, who is only 4 and has suspected lymphoma. It happened very, very slowly, and then all at once, as these things do. I have no words for how proud I am of my child’s selflessness and moral clarity through utter heartbreak. 💔💗❤️‍🩹

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

My little dude’s link: trails-end.com/store/scout/...

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Do you like the planet? Interested in supporting kids who love their planet very much and can’t get enough time outside with it? My kiddos are Cub Scouts & I’m a brand new Cubmaster. If you can support them by placing an order or sharing this, we’d love it! Kiddo #1: trails-end.com/store/scout/...

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Alliesaurus @neonimpossible.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Yall ever heard of violet candies… taste kinda like soap. Delicious soap. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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