Not much going on except finals this weekend. I finished my exam this morning. I‘m slogging through my project the next two days. This is one of those classes where I‘ll be glad with an A- (which in my program is 96%).
#chatterday
#mlis
#gradschool
#academia
#finalsweek
The only surprise is that it‘s taken this long. The email referred to Dr Hayden in the familiar. Also, they claimed Dr Hayden had placed inappropriate material for children in the library. It‘s almost like they do not know what the Library of Congress does. They saw “library” and a Black, educated woman, and this was their knee-jerk reaction. We are well and truly cooked as a country.
#libraryofcongress
#trumphatestheeducated
Left: what I‘m doing
Right: what I‘d rather be doing, plus the Dodgers spring training hat. :)
#highered #reading #dodgers #priorities #finalsweek
A little tea. A little anarchy.
When I asked what folks wanted to read tonight, my daughter requested The Conquest of Bread. Kropotkin is one of her favorite authors. She's been reading him since she was 12. She's the one who introduced me. :)
(Used the browser to create this post but it did not keep the tags when I posted. :/ Does Litsy work on a browser usually?)
#hyggehourreadathon
Today: Finish the book tagged above. Work on some darning and crochet to help work through the post-book depression made worse by the fact that the next book isn‘t due until June. 😭 Also, clean and start on my research project that‘s due tomorrow. 😬
#chatterday
“The mortal realm of Iseung disgusts him, but there is one feature—and, mind you, one feature only—that he finds he does not loathe with the entire expanse of his bitter soul. Coffee.”
Obviously, I *must* love this book. :D
#riseupreads May 2025
#coffee
1) Yes. Unsure, but Library Thing says it‘s twice as tall as Stonehenge. (I have only recently started to add library books since I‘m not buying anymore—I guess we know why. 😂)
2) Tagged above.
#two4tuesday
pickSad but ultimately hopeful book of poems about one of the many dark parts of United States history. File it under “stories the Right doesn‘t want your kids to know.”
Edited to add the photo. 😑
pickSuch a sweet book about a girl named Unhei who moves from Korea and is trying to fit in. Her classmates and teacher‘s kindness help her see that her name and heritage are not something that will keep her from making friends in her new school.
#childrensliterature
#schoollibraries
Reading a “classic” to my kids. ;)
#hyggehourreadathon
It‘s difficult to make out but that is snow in the upper hills. I live on the central coast of California. It snowed in late April. This is some of the weirdest weather I‘ve seen here.
My current audiobook.
Spending this rainy Saturday morning at the coffee shop working on my project that is due tomorrow.
Book rec: The Disordered Cosmos. Read this a few years ago. A great book about being a minority in STEM fields.
#chatterday2025
#gradschool
#rainydays
#coffeeday
“He was an easy mark.”
Edited to add: Bummer, I‘ve been posting square photos until now and had no idea you couldn‘t see the whole if it wasn‘t square. Well, enjoy looking at the hominy? 😝 🤦🏼♂️
#firstlinefridays
#breakfast
And
#tea
Anarchy is just another way to stand up to the bullies.
#freereads #classicbooks
pickWhat a bittersweet story. Told from one junior high girl‘s pov, this story deals with the effects of bullying, but its main point is how friendship and love of family and devoted teachers can make a huge difference in a young person‘s life. I work with K-8 students and even as early as 3rd and 4th grade I see the need for a story like this one. Highly recommend to everyone who enjoys a good story. 😊
#librarybooks
#libby
1) No pets right now. I‘d like to get my daughter a cat.
2) Yes, both.
3) Voyage of the Turtle.
#wonderouswednesday
Well, this just got kinda sad.
#librarybooks
#libby
Reading in the ER. Needed a physical book because my phone doesn‘t stay charged forever. What I‘ve learned in this book is that all demon-possession in stories now has a very sinister feel because it‘s always the disabled person.
so-soIt‘s not terrible. 🤷 It‘s not so much a history as it is a highlight of bookshops the author found interesting. Not a problem, but some of them were not to me. I also do not like the way certain historic events were worded. Eg. In the chapter about “radical” bookstores, he states that Eugene Debs (an American socialist) went to prison. No context. It makes me wonder about other facts he tossed around.
Back to work today. I almost left without a book and had to just grab one as I was heading out the door. :D Guess I‘ll be reading this next. I cannot read ebooks or audiobooks when students are in the room and I like to set an example of reading for them since many tell me they never read. :( #education
1) Exhausted. One of my autistic children needed me to help them self-regulate so they could complete an assignment for their Senior Seminar. It‘s my last day of Spring Break so at least I didn‘t have to call off work.
2) I do not care for most of them. I have been studying mental health issues for a number of years and mostly know what works for me, so it‘s a matter of personal preference. I don‘t follow any.
#mentalhealthmonday
8pm is too late for me to drink anything but water. :) My son was under the weather and asleep already so my daughter and I dug into this book. We both learned a lot about Iceland when we were housebound during the pandemic so one of my older kids bought me this when he was visiting Venice (California). #hyggehour
pickAre you ACE? ARO? Are you tired and sick to death of the same old tropes about ACE/ARO folks being cold, aloof, stuffy tea sipping snobs who delight in tearing down their friends relationships? Or, worse, are “faking it” for nefarious purposes? Click on “comments” for all the rest. 1/6
Junior high sucks in every country.
#librarybooks
#libby
1. Pachinko. Because it gave me the most to think on and consider about my own pre-conceived notions and biases. It also got into the racism in Japan that is mostly ignored by the West.
2. Not wholly DNFed yet, but I haven‘t torn through Children of Anguish and Anarchy the way I did the first books of the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy. The chapters are so short and all a different POV. I feel thrashed around as a result.
#wonderouswednesday
pickMy son and I finished this yesterday. It was a nice little book of poems that introduces kids to many queer people and their contributions as well as the ideas of found family, loving the othered, and standing up against all bigotry. My son is autistic and he appreciated all the love for people represented in the book.
My next Toastmasters speech will be based on one of the many themes on humanity found in my favorite book, #frankenstein
Late to the game because Monday is busy.
1) Good-ish. Landed on a direction for my next Toastmasters speech, so that‘s always a mental load off. Got my taxes finished. I was unemployed almost the whole year so it didn‘t take long.
2) I think positive affirmations are good for people. In the US, at least, the culture seems to be so focused on the negative and tearing people down for anything they do. Positive affirmations can help buoy us.
Watched an interview with the author this morning so I‘ve added this to my reading list. I did read the negative and positive reviews. I agree with one of the negative views that the author went to great lengths to discuss the misuse of language and its negative impact only to repeatedly use the word “tribe” in place of community. I noticed it in the interview which is why I read the reviews first. Looks good otherwise. #toread #autism #asd
Reading to the kids with some YouTube reading ambience.#hyggehourreadathon (couldn‘t quite hold them for an hour though, 😆)
pickA fitting end to a great trilogy. A bit heavy handed at moments, as if the author felt some readers might be too dense to get the message. Of course, considering the world these days, that might be a necessary sentiment. All in all, it did not devolve into a desperate tying up of loose ends that too many final books do, just a few moments to leave the reader realistically stunned. #review #thelibrarytrilogy
pickWon this in a contest. It was a hard read, but not for the way it was written. It‘s about a witch trial in medieval Europe and, unlike my usual fantasy fare, I cannot split my mind and read it dispassionately. This stuff really happened. Anyway, I highly recommend it. Especially if you like creative prose. Sangarcía‘s method really adds to the intensity of a story that we probably think we know well. Also timely, atc.
“I should have died the day the Avalon Imperium fell.”
#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl found at @TheBookgeekFrau
Another #currentread This one courtesy of my local library and #hoopla
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