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Taylor ♠️💜📚 @thebookcases.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I’ve been crashing out about this book since we ordered it (library clerk here) and I thank you SO MUCH for your service, since I haven’t been able to get more than a glimpse of it since it’s still in processing. Does your version ALSO only have author photos and no blurbs on the dust jacket?

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Taylor ♠️💜📚 @thebookcases.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

If I’m going to DNF it’s probably going to be in the first 50% If I make it past that, it’s sunk cost for me 😅 And I can usually tell within the first few chapters whether it will at least be worth sticking through to see how it goes.

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Taylor ♠️💜📚 @thebookcases.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Libraries are vital parts of our communities and provide so many essential services. Thank you for your time and consideration. IF LEAVING VOICEMAIL: Please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied. (2/2)

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Taylor ♠️💜📚 @thebookcases.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Script for calling: Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP]. I’m calling to urge [REP/SEN NAME] to support for public libraries. I urge them to restore the Public Library Fund to the amount designated in Governor DeWine’s proposed budget. (1/2)

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Taylor ♠️💜📚 @thebookcases.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Contact House Speaker Matt Huffman here: 614-466-6344; rep78@ohiohouse.gov Look up your local rep at ohiohouse.gov Don’t forget to also contact senators! The budget goes to the OH Senate once it passes in the House. Find your rep at ohiosenate.gov

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Ohio House of Representatives

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Taylor ♠️💜📚 @thebookcases.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

ATTENTION OH RESIDENTS! Our public #libraries need help! Not only has 🍊 signed an EO to gut the IMLS, but now the OH House budget proposal reduces library funding by $100million. There IS time to contact your reps & show support for public libraries! Learn how below ⬇️ ⬇️⬇️

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Taylor ♠️💜📚 @thebookcases.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Why wrap up one month at a time when you could wrap up three? New video on the channel up now! youtu.be/maq6lap9QbM

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Every book I read in the first three months of 2025

YouTube video by The Book Cases

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Hey, when y’all were talking about walking away from these major corporations & investing our money into Black small business, I hope you meant publishing too. As a Black publisher, I could use that energy. Help me build my business with just $5 or $12 a month. 👇🏾 Leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com

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Rapunzel Reads #booksky 🌈 @rapunzelreads.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Libraries are essential. Support your local library, speak up for your local library, love your local library 💙📚 We can never express enough support for libraries!

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Mon @nomonbooks.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The lovely @amandajohnston.bsky.social of Torch Literary Arts gave me a shot last year and published this spec-fic short story, Excise. Cw: Body horror, cannibalism. It is now #HugoAwards season & I'd love any voters to give it a read & nom. #blackbooksky www.torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-...

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Friday Feature: Mon Misir

Mon Misir (she/they) is a queer Black British writer and recovering lawyer based in London, UK. They use their writing to explore facets of their experience as a black woman, with a speculative bent. ...

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David Dennis Jr @daviddennisjr.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I wrote about the biggest rap performance of all time, Kendrick’s positioning of anti-Drake-ness as part of a larger pro-Blackness and justice for Serena Williams andscape.com/features/gen...

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The subversive genius of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance

The Compton MC might have just given us the biggest rap performance ever

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Taylor ♠️💜📚 @thebookcases.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

It went back up again an hour later so I’m gonna go ahead and blame Drake’s whiny legal nonsense for it

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Sari Beth Rosenberg @sari.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Kendrick started by saying “the revolution about to be televised” & concluded with “turn this TV off”. His entire performance was a reminder of an America the Republicans are trying to erase. But we won’t let them win. We watched, we were reminded, and now it’s time to turn off the tv & get to work.

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Taylor ♠️💜📚 @thebookcases.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I literally watched this, while I was brushing my teeth, spent some time talking to my spouse about it, then said “you need to watch the whole thing“ and by the time I pulled it up again, it was gone. Would love to know if this is because of Drake or the US government. 🧐

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Amandadevoursbooks @amandadevoursbooks.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

#authorspotlight Leslye Penelope is one of my all time favorite authors. Not only is her historical fantasy tight, fast-paced stories filled with hope, resilience, and community, she makes sure Black queer folk are there on the page living life or their existence is discussed. #booksky 🪐📚

Author spotlight
Leslye Penelope (L. Penelope)
First - published novel: 2015
Most recent novel: 2024
Penelope writes both fantasy and historical fantasy. Her rich, complicated characters navigate dynamic plots that explore themes of redemption, community, and love. I love her historical fantasies and she also has a craft podcast. Read Black books All Year.

Author spotlight: Leslye Penelope
First: song of blood and stone
Recent: daughter of the merciful deep
Favorite: the monsters we defy
Read Black books all year

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Think we can get 1,000 people in my Bindery TODAY? Let’s give it a try. You can sign up for FREE and get access to a ton of exclusive content and giveaways, or you can subscribe for $5 or $12 a month and help support my fight for Black & brown authors. Leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com REPOST!!!

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Taylor ♠️💜📚 @thebookcases.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor is not a perfect middle grade book, but it is a damn fun one. Like Iron Widow before it, the ending is so explosive & entertaining that the problems I had with the first half of the book slowly faded from my mind, leaving only positive feelings behind. #booksky

The book cover for Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor. A blue book cover with gold lettering. An icy blue water dragon encircles a young boy in modern clothes and VR goggles swinging a sword and an ancient chinese emperor in a flowing black and red robe.

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Meredith Nudo 🤌🏻 @meredithnudo.myatproto.social · 22/01/2025

My friend told me about the Queer Liberation Library today! If you have a Libby account, you can borrow a ton of excellent LGBTQIAP+ reads in a variety of genres and media (including comics/manga!) for free. No subscription. Highly recommended. Necessary resource. www.queerliberationlibrary.org

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Queer Liberation Library

Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering...

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

@davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social Refuse to let profit, productivity, or consumerism define your worth. Instead, choose autonomy, well-being, and personal values over corporate exploitation. 🌱✊ #WellbeingWednesday #WellBeingEconomies #RestIsResistance #HappyNewYear

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John Cohen @jccohen.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I've seen a few people posting about helping out your local library. As your friendly neighborhood Library Director Man, some thoughts so that you help in, well, helpful ways. 1/?

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Taylor ♠️💜📚 @thebookcases.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Ok fine I made one of these. Where are my fellow book lovers hanging out? Is there some kind of orientation?

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