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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

1. The audiobook is exceptional, Hao narrates herself. 3. Draws together many thinkers & ideas in development of genAI tech, not just OpenAI 2. Don't want to deep dive through all the development & drama? This book is worth reading for the Epilogue and recommendations alone. #BookSky #Skybrarian

"Data is the last frontier of colonization .... AI is just a land grab all over again. Big Tech likes to collect your data more or less for free - to build whatever they want to, whatever their endgame is - and then turn it around and sell it back to you as service." Keoni Mahelona
superimposed on a stylized cover of Karen Hao's Empire of AI shades of lavender and orange.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

When you begin something new and the writing casts a magical spell forcing everything else out. #Booksky

Book cover for Oksana
Zabuzhko’s THE MUSEUM OF ABANDONED SECRETS. Pink background features artifacts in spiked dirt: a beaded earring, a pocket watch, a coin, a bird figurine.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hoping to finish this one today. What’s your #WeekendRead?

Screenshot of the audiobook Empire of AI by Karen Hao. Graded vertical color stripes left to right lavender through light blue to orange on the right. I’m at 96%

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A sieged castle approaching starvation, nuns inviting miracles, combined with cannibalism & great cover art were the hooks that captured my attention. What really made this story sing though, was the braided narration shared by three female heroes: a knight of conflicted loyalties, an alchemist

book cover for Caitlin Starling's The Starving Saints
On a yellow background, a nuns habit stands holding a bee hive frame full of honeycomb and bees, the face appears to be three almost cartoonish faces competing for space, a glittering pink sun behind the head.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Read. This. Book. 12 reasons to read Cory Doctorow’s The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence--before It's Too Late. (Hint: Focus on the real question. “More than what AI does, we need to pay attention to who AI does it to, and who AI does it for.”)

book cover for 12 reasons to read Cory Doctorow’s The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence--before It's Too Late. White background with black text. A mannequin bottom half with a horse head pictured from behind.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Incorporating elements of climate fiction and government quarantine Kim Bo-Young’s updated Cthulhu myth serves a seaside village swarmed by creatures transformed by infection in the wake of an offshore earthquake. These monstrous creatures live among the humans trapped by government decision

book cover for Kim Bo-Young's A Plagued Sea dark and gloomy. houses cling to a cliffside overlooking a sea full of huge dark fish with giant eyes.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Easily the most optimistic book I’ve read all year, perhaps longer. In a time when the harbingers of doom appear everywhere, destruction seems inevitable and the entire deck stacked against most of us, David Graeber’s words spoke directly of hope and optimism. Not because of a specific criteria 🧵1/5

The bright yellow book cover of David Graeber’s The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World… text in black serves as the background for his quote (also yellow and black) “The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.”

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Inspired by @pamlivengoodbrown.bsky.social here’s my experiment with Scotch moss for #TinyFlowerTuesday They feel like a fairy garden 😊

Up close mound of long stem, a little “spikey” looking though soft to touch moss. Tiny five petals flowers with tiny yellow centers appear to float just above the surface.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Absolutely recommend this fun campy romp with a liberal soul. Andrew is a mild mannered guy working at a candle boutique and harbouring an acting career that isn’t quite taking off, when his friend Brock recruits him to work with the Tuxedos, an all gay secret group of spies working to protect

book cover for Paul Rudnick's The Tuxedo Society. White background a black and white silhouette of a man in a tuxedo running to the right side of the frame wielding a gun with a silencer. The silhouette broken into 6 horizontal parts by the six colors of the rainbow.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A great way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States is by better understanding who we are as a nation. This is a collection of the dozen books I’ve found most impactful in sharpening my own understanding. List of titles in alt text.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Early in the spring I adopted asparagus seedlings from a friend’s grandfather’s patch. I planted seeds around them. This picture is deceptive. 90% of my starts are 3 inches high 😂 Every time I see them they make me smile. #GardenSky knows sometimes the most import wins are surprising & small.

Low to the ground picture of clusters of baby asparagus seedlings.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I am going to squeak in one more book for #PrideMonth starting this #Arc today. Paul Rudnick’s Tuxedo Society is billed as “espionage and social commentary, with an elite, gay secret society”. Hoping for a gay James Bond, Kingsman mashup. #Booksky

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

#CurrentlyReading How about you? What’s on your weekend reading list?

My left hand holding a highlighter and David Graeber’s The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World black text on a plain golden yellow cover.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Translated short stories - fantastical.

My left hand holding Hiromi Kawakami’s dragon palace. Black cover title red text. author name golden yellow text. A black and white image of an octopus eye emerges from the bottom edge. Book cover

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Previewed this as a possible high school library addition. I enjoyed the found family of misfits poking fun at superhero tropes, harnessing their best selves and female empowerment to overcome manipulation, mean girls, and corporate greed.

Book cover for Florent Maudoux’s Freaks first in a new graphic novel series. 3 figures running at you: a werewolf in a leather jacket and jeans carrying a woman in tight leather pants and high boots. A woman runs with then dressed in leather and a purple dress

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

For #PrideMonth I’m posting books I loved with Queer representation This was fun, a bit of a genre mashup, and the feels were authentic #booksky

Book covers for Jonathan van Ness and Julie Murphy’s Let Them Stare lavender cover a plastic trex wearing a red beret, pink boa, purple sweater and carrying a VERY expensive handbag

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

For #PrideMonth I’m posting books I loved with Queer representation. Ok this book is amazing. Add it to your tbr. No just add it. You’ll love it. #booksky

Book cover for Micaiah Johnson’s The Space Between Worlds. Two views one runs vertically up the right edge light blue futuristic woman in white pants suit. One runs vertically up the left desert woman is wearing military like garb. Both women are walking and looking over a shoulder at you. Parallelism is important.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

For #PrideMonth I’m posting books I loved with Queer representation. What would you add? Ok this book is amazing. Add it to your tbr. No just add it. You’ll love it. #booksky

Book cover for Jared Po’s City of Others. Teal background. Lower third a city with giant red tentacles reaching out. A white cat wearing a red scarf reaching up for waves towering on either side before crashing over the city.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

For #PrideMonth I’m posting books I loved with Queer representation. What would you add? Ok this book is amazing. Add it to your tbr. No just add it. You’ll love it. #booksky

Book cover for Frances White’s Voyage of the Damned blue tone background a stylized fish skeleton almost like a kite golden fins drift upward where a tiny many sailed ship sails away

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

For #PrideMonth I’m posting books I loved with Queer representation. What would you add? Ok this book is amazing. Add it to your tbr. No just add it. You’ll love it. #booksky #Nonfiction

Gorgeous book cover for Sabrina Imbler’s How Far the Light Reaches: a life in ten sea creatures all deep dark tones with a lighter blue ocean fish circling to swim off the right edge

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

For #PrideMonth I’m posting books I loved with Queer representation. What would you add? Ok this book is amazing. Add it to your tbr. No just add it. You’ll love it. #booksky #nonfiction

Book cover for Sabrina In miler’s How Far the Light Reaches: a Life in Ten Sea Creatures dark with a blue sea creature swimming off the right edge

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

For #PrideMonth I’m posting books I loved with Queer representation. What would you add? Ok this book is amazing. Add it to your tbr. No just add it. You’ll love it. #booksky

Book cover for Rylan Aoki’s Light From Uncommon Stars. A light blue coy fish with a brilliant red head swims in an expanse of starlight

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

My #VeganBacon #HolyGrail I’ve been plant based for years. This is honestly the best flavor and texture of any I’ve tasted. #MyBacon

My left fingers holding a cardboard bacon box. MyBacon above the kitchen counter in front of a summer window view.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

It is changing my trajectory this month. 🙂

Book cover for Ursula K Le Guin’s translation of Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching a Book about the Way and the Power of the Way white cover grey text tree tops across bottom rest of cover mountains through fog.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Gorgeous illustrations; beautiful introduction to a classic. Great addition to any #library collection. Hand it to those who want to reread HP. Fascinating to read this in tandem with Le Guin’s translation of the Tao Te Ching. So many ideas cross populate. #Booksky #GraphicNovel #WizardOfEarthsea

Hardcover copy offered Fordham’s graphic novel adaptation of Ursula Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea.

You see a simple empty stretch of beach where the green tinged ocean meets the sand. A lone figure seen from above & behind walks away from the sea. His shadow growing and joining the sea. At first glance you miss the figure and the shadow appears a tower.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Read The Lost Daughter of Sparta by @felicia.day Better yet, share it with a young femme you’d like to empower. It’s glorious. A hero’s journey fostered by true feminism; a voyage of discovery; a love story; an empowering hymn to being true to oneself without falsely sacrificing for others

Book cover for Felicia Day’s the Lost Daughter of Sparta. Black background grey lettering. Ancient Greek architecture a woman faces away from the viewer in the foreground.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

#SummerBreakReading means I have more time to work on my #PersonalCurriculum (titles in alt text) Thanks as always to my friends @downboundbooks.bsky.social for feeding my mind and fostering my hope.

Book stack on a couch back overlooking a window view. Top to bottom:
Norma Kawelokū Wong’s Who We Are Becoming Matters
Mary Oliver’s Devotions
Jérôme Baschet’s The Zapatista Experience
Maria Popova’s Transversal

Not pictured Ursula LeGuin’s Tao Te Ching translation since I’m reading that digitally via Libby.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

quote with a fictional band that’s not spinal tap

Red text: the Commitments
Black and white photo 10 members of a band mostly men, mostly white.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Holy cow is this book messing with my brain! Everything is so elastic. Knowledge, enemies, records, time, relationships stretching like taffy. #Booksky #ReadMore #Books

Book cover for QNTM’s There Is No Antimemetics Division. A giant black monolith rises from the forest and fog against a soft rainbow sherbet sky.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The more I read the more I understand how much I have yet to learn. Today’s lesson.

Book cover for Toni Morrison’s Language as Liberation: Reflections on the American Canon. Robin’s egg blue cover with white text no other images. It is a public library book evidenced by shiny cover and spine label.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Just finished this one and can not recommend it enough. Compulsively readable, easily accessible, truth telling history, empowering stories, well documented strategies for all of us. A good companion to Timothy Snyders on Tyranny.

Book cover for Gal Beckerman’s How to Be a Dissident agains a grey cushion background. Plain white cover. Plain black text. Downbound Books blue bookmark peeks out the top.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Out there supporting your local indy bookstore today? Pick this one up. It belongs right next to Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny. Compulsively readable, easily accessible, truth telling history, empowering stories, well documented strategies for all of us.

Book cover for Gal Beckerman’s How to be a Dissident. White cover. Black text in front of a grey cushion.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Ruthless truths sharp enough to make one bleed. Visceral, gritty, feminist AF. The collection excels at character voice, immersive moments brilliantly rich with sensory details and radical recognition of women, self-sufficient out of necessity, saving themselves. Read the CW on Storygraph.

book cover for Dahlia de La Cerda's Reservoir Bitches
Lime green background, black and white image of an open female mouth showing all the teeth.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Adventurous fantasy threaded through with themes of corruption, wealth, and exploitive manipulation. Always a hopeful, defiant spirit. Always a feeling of respect, loyalty and profound valuing of all humans. Accessible translated fiction that picks up speed like a roller coaster escapist read.

book cover for Sung-Il Kim's Blood of the Old Kings
top half golden orange, bottom purple black. text in silver white
central image a man with wild hair grabs for a sword. A open mouthed dragon swirls up from the bottom around and behind the man. Three glowing orbs. One behind the sword; one behind the man's head, one where the dragon's eye might be.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Lured by a chocolate fantasy, this tracks history through generations as the Soviet / Georgian border and power dynamics shift. I read this in my Covid cocoon and was carried away by the immersive details and powerful engaging characters.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Izumi Suzuki's Terminal Boredom This collection floored me. Originally published in Japan during the 1980's & available in English in 2021. I was struck by how relevant it feels now: gender roles, cultural decline, tech & boredom. Smart, prescient, and compulsively readable.

book cover for Izumi Suzuki's Terminal Boredom: stories
The image feels like a photo negative in tones of red and orange. A woman lies face down an a tatami mat, fingers splayed looking right at you. Only her face and arms above the shoulders visible. All else out of frame on the right. Two books at her right elbow.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

A book that allows you to wallow in the wonder of words, an unexpected comfort. A road trip, a divisive history, magical realism, octogenarian discovers new path, friendship and acceptance in all its forms. A book to savor when you have the time & mental bandwidth to immerse yourself in it fully.

Book cover for Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand
all soft shimmery pastel tones, huge stylized butterflies surround a seated blue faced octogenarian holding aa cane

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa reads like the classics it champions. A wonder ride that reads like a fable and leaves readers ready or their own quest for books. Unnamed characters, personification books produces a dreamy easy quality making big ideas smooth accessible.

Book cover for Bothayna Al-Essa's The Book Censor's Library
central image a quirky cartoon rabbit face surrounded by bursting stripes of blue cream and russet.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I have requested this book on #Netgalley and am hoping the crew at #ClashBooks gives me an arc opportunity. This looks like an absolutely AMAZING escapist thrillride!

Book cover for Brian Allen Carr's Motherf*cking Sharks. Cover is sepia tone, text in aggressive black font crushed in the center by an attacking shark diving down from the sky. Book Riot blurb "One of the greatest things I have put in my brain."

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

This is a dance off. If you see it repost a dance.

Chris Pratt as Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy standing amidst rubble left hand on hip. Text “Dance-off, bro. Me and you.”

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I've found my way to this T Kingfisher title. While I appreciate all of her writing, my favorites are these fantasy quests. Like Nettle & Bone, it includes an impossible, potentially deadly task, a strong FMC without the wilting princess routine, and a cast of flawed, likable characters. A fun read.

A mostly brown book cover for T Kingfisher's Clockwork Boys: Clocktaur War Book One Almost looks like a stone facade with cutwork, patterns resemble two eyes above an enormous mouth. The spaces appear to glow golden behind the facade.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

It took me a minute to appreciate this one. More magical realism than fantasy and heavy commentary on the maternal experience imo Honestly, Wax Child worked better for me. My #InternationalBooker quest continues.

Book cover for Marie Ndiaye’s The Witch. All tones of red and pin. Two crows. One flying down. One flying up. Both negative of the other.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

This cooperative, legacy style game is the perfect salve after an emotional, draining day. Sold to me as a cooperative Carcassonne Which I ♥️ It is also a legacy game. Each time you play, you accumulate points and unlock new elements. Think cooperative flexible puzzle making. Easy on the 🧠 #BoardGame

Board game field of play littered with game pieces, scoring sheets and game box.
DORF Romantik: Sakura version is a tile laying game in which you explore the Japanese countryside cultivating cherry tree groves, rice fields, building roads and training rivers. Color palette is soft greens and pinks. Think cherry blossom season outside Tokyo.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Hooray for library holds! I’m getting started with this one

Book cover for Toni Morrison’s
Language As Liberation: Reflections on the American Canon. White text on a plain robins egg blue colored background

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I am having exceedingly good fun with @barbaratruelove.bsky.social Of Monsters & Mainframes. A plagued sentient ship, unearthly evil and unexpected heroes. If you love a fast paced genre mashup that excels at shifting narration & enjoyable characters this should be high on your tbr. #books #reading

book cover for Barbara Truelove’s Of Monsters and Mainframes title in block white text held in a giant mouth with very large incisors, backlit by smeared rainbow colors that appear to be exhaust from a very small spaceship flying through and out the upper left corner. All set on a starry deep space background.

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Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Girls home for the weekend meant celebratory sushi at our favorite local: Green Papaya. We ate and left no crumbs.

Yes that is the crazy big sushi boat covered in wide collection of vegan sushi. Far left 4 fish nigiri for our non vegan

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