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Major Announcement Here: I am moving as I have accepted a librarian position. Starting November third, I will be the county librarian at the Shepherd-Pruden Public Library in Edenton, NC. Edenton is a historic town located on the Edenton Bay in the Inner Banks area of North Carolina. You can see more about it here:

https://visitedenton.com

#Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

Finished this one on the plane yesterday for #ThematicCozies September #Books This bookish cozy had been in my TBR for ages & I love the author‘s gardening & bird-related series, so it‘s no wonder I enjoyed this one. Set in Bath, the MC, Haley, curates a library foundation dedicated to the Golden Age of Mysteries even though her literary preferences & studies were not about mysteries. When the leader of a group of ⬇️

I got to meet a lot of cool indie authors this weekend… my book stack from the weekend!

Coincidentally on 4 September we went on a 'behind the scenes' library tour

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#Falling Day 4: #LibraryFun in this ode to libraries by Nikki Giovanni. The Afterword adds another layer of complexity to the narrative as Nikki Giovanni paid tribute to Mrs. Long, the very first librarian who made sure to nourish her young poet‘s soul with delicious words – during the time of segregation. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-r4g

The story of Belle de Costa Green, the white passing African American personal librarian to JP Morgan, a collector of rare manuscripts & art, & the most well paid woman of her time.

A fascinating book of a woman I had never heard about. The tension in her story as she hides her background, the love she has for the rare books she collects was fantastic. But the last 1/2 spent way too much time on her love life, I wanted more of her work.🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

#CharacterCharm Day 30: Augusta Baker educated herself and became the first Black person to earn a degree from SUNY Albany in library sciences and information studies. As the first Black #Librarian, she curated the James Weldon Johnson Memorial collection in 1944 to find uplifting stories about people of color. More here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-r3d

We have had more rain in the last few days than I got in my two weeks in England. I‘m a little miffed. 😂

But at least that means it‘s chocolate chip cookie weather. #AudioBaking

This could have been half as long as it was. Figured out the mysteries/twists fairly early on. Honestly it wasn‘t worth the effort of finding out how it played out.
This could have been a really good book however the author just tried to have too much going on.
Don‘t recommend