Matthew
@fineplan.bsky.social
Librarian, ex-archaeologist, shutterbug. Into readers advisory, travel, and trying out cookbooks. 🏳️🌈🇺🇸🇰🇷
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Still three days left to vote for your favorites! #LibFaves25
Hello, Library Folks! I'll be counting your votes today for #LibFaves25. Let's see what you've got!
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December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Still three days left to vote for your favorites! #LibFaves25
Day 8 #LibFaves25 I'm changing my list, adding SLOW GODS by Claire North. It's utterly engrossing sci-fi, akin to Tchaikovsky and Martine in the way the detailed universe and culture building just flows as it's used to explore human experience. With a protagonist replaced by darkness beyond space.
December 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Day 8 #LibFaves25 I'm changing my list, adding SLOW GODS by Claire North. It's utterly engrossing sci-fi, akin to Tchaikovsky and Martine in the way the detailed universe and culture building just flows as it's used to explore human experience. With a protagonist replaced by darkness beyond space.
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Dear Librarians, we hope that seeing the January 2026 LibraryReads picks gives you a boost at the start of your week! Here are the Top 10 titles that public library staff across the USA voted for as favorites. Print-friendly flyer at libraryreads.org.
Which titles are you adding to your TBR?
Which titles are you adding to your TBR?
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Dear Librarians, we hope that seeing the January 2026 LibraryReads picks gives you a boost at the start of your week! Here are the Top 10 titles that public library staff across the USA voted for as favorites. Print-friendly flyer at libraryreads.org.
Which titles are you adding to your TBR?
Which titles are you adding to your TBR?
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Handing the #LibFaves25 baton to @pjgard.bsky.social. 51 votes today, 31 for new titles. THE CORRESPONDENT is still in the lead but there are three days yet to vote. Tune in tomorrow!
December 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Handing the #LibFaves25 baton to @pjgard.bsky.social. 51 votes today, 31 for new titles. THE CORRESPONDENT is still in the lead but there are three days yet to vote. Tune in tomorrow!
Day 7 of my #LibFaves25 is EAT THE ONES YOU LOVE by Sarah Maria Griffin. It's easy to compare this with Little Shop of Horrors, but extra unsettling because the evil plant is not only stalking the neighborhood around the dying mall, but needs to forge a romance to steal the heart of his prey.
December 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Day 7 of my #LibFaves25 is EAT THE ONES YOU LOVE by Sarah Maria Griffin. It's easy to compare this with Little Shop of Horrors, but extra unsettling because the evil plant is not only stalking the neighborhood around the dying mall, but needs to forge a romance to steal the heart of his prey.
My #LibFaves25 Day 6 is WHEN WE WERE REAL by Daryl Gregory, in which the world's creators reveal it is all a simulation and one response is for a rabbi, a nun, an influencer, and a cancer survivor to go a sight seeing tour of the evidence. (other responses: cults, murder, main character syndrome)
December 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
My #LibFaves25 Day 6 is WHEN WE WERE REAL by Daryl Gregory, in which the world's creators reveal it is all a simulation and one response is for a rabbi, a nun, an influencer, and a cancer survivor to go a sight seeing tour of the evidence. (other responses: cults, murder, main character syndrome)
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#LibFaves25, Day 6
THE THIRD RULE OF TIME TRAVEL by Philip Fracassi is a terrific sci-fi novel. Rather than look at the physics of time travel, it studies the emotional toll of revisiting your own past and the growing suspicion that you might not be just observing that past in spite of the rules.
THE THIRD RULE OF TIME TRAVEL by Philip Fracassi is a terrific sci-fi novel. Rather than look at the physics of time travel, it studies the emotional toll of revisiting your own past and the growing suspicion that you might not be just observing that past in spite of the rules.
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
#LibFaves25, Day 6
THE THIRD RULE OF TIME TRAVEL by Philip Fracassi is a terrific sci-fi novel. Rather than look at the physics of time travel, it studies the emotional toll of revisiting your own past and the growing suspicion that you might not be just observing that past in spite of the rules.
THE THIRD RULE OF TIME TRAVEL by Philip Fracassi is a terrific sci-fi novel. Rather than look at the physics of time travel, it studies the emotional toll of revisiting your own past and the growing suspicion that you might not be just observing that past in spite of the rules.
My Day 5 #LibFaves25 is SALTCROP by Yume Kitasei, which follows two sisters traveling the world in a boat, searching for the missing eldest during an environmental apocalypse largely born of corporate greed. It is no surprise this is showing up on so many best lists! #booksky
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My Day 5 #LibFaves25 is SALTCROP by Yume Kitasei, which follows two sisters traveling the world in a boat, searching for the missing eldest during an environmental apocalypse largely born of corporate greed. It is no surprise this is showing up on so many best lists! #booksky
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Do you need a silly library video for your morning???
(That doubles as a book recommendation post for YA/JUV fiction???)
(That doubles as a book recommendation post for YA/JUV fiction???)
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Do you need a silly library video for your morning???
(That doubles as a book recommendation post for YA/JUV fiction???)
(That doubles as a book recommendation post for YA/JUV fiction???)
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Quite a few people have asked me where would be the best place to get my debut novel, Oxford Soju Club, and I appreciate this question a lot because it shows people’s desire for ethical and meaningful consumption.
So I'll answer that by giving a prioritized list of places that I get my books from.
So I'll answer that by giving a prioritized list of places that I get my books from.
December 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Quite a few people have asked me where would be the best place to get my debut novel, Oxford Soju Club, and I appreciate this question a lot because it shows people’s desire for ethical and meaningful consumption.
So I'll answer that by giving a prioritized list of places that I get my books from.
So I'll answer that by giving a prioritized list of places that I get my books from.
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Library Journal has announced their picks for the Best Books of 2025, and Macmillan has 13 titles on the list! 📚👉 tinyurl.com/2vp6ysrh
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Library Journal has announced their picks for the Best Books of 2025, and Macmillan has 13 titles on the list! 📚👉 tinyurl.com/2vp6ysrh
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And I'm up. Alright #LibFaves25 I'm seeing an early jump by Everything is Tuberculosis into the three vote category. What else did you love? You can still jump in! Count down your 10 favorite books published in 2025, through 12/17. TITLE in caps, tag #LibFaves25!
That's a wrap for my day monitoring #LibFaves25 -- passing it along to @jesstlibrarian.bsky.social 😁 What a fun day: we're up to 172 unique titles and Wild Shore, Victorian Psycho, The Correspondent, and Automatic Noodle are in the lead at the moment, but that can change in an instant!
December 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
And I'm up. Alright #LibFaves25 I'm seeing an early jump by Everything is Tuberculosis into the three vote category. What else did you love? You can still jump in! Count down your 10 favorite books published in 2025, through 12/17. TITLE in caps, tag #LibFaves25!
That's a wrap for my day monitoring #LibFaves25 -- passing it along to @jesstlibrarian.bsky.social 😁 What a fun day: we're up to 172 unique titles and Wild Shore, Victorian Psycho, The Correspondent, and Automatic Noodle are in the lead at the moment, but that can change in an instant!
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
That's a wrap for my day monitoring #LibFaves25 -- passing it along to @jesstlibrarian.bsky.social 😁 What a fun day: we're up to 172 unique titles and Wild Shore, Victorian Psycho, The Correspondent, and Automatic Noodle are in the lead at the moment, but that can change in an instant!
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BELLY FULL OF HEART by Madeline Mouse! 🌟 Turning 1 today, this Ignatz nominated comic is an ode to ooey-gooey homosexual lovers of the past, present, and future. 💓
December 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
BELLY FULL OF HEART by Madeline Mouse! 🌟 Turning 1 today, this Ignatz nominated comic is an ode to ooey-gooey homosexual lovers of the past, present, and future. 💓
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Very sad to hear the news about John Varley. I didn't get to work with him much, but here's an amazing email he once sent us at Lightspeed about why he didn't like to read or discuss his own work.
I've saved this for a long time because I enjoyed it so much.
I've saved this for a long time because I enjoyed it so much.
December 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Very sad to hear the news about John Varley. I didn't get to work with him much, but here's an amazing email he once sent us at Lightspeed about why he didn't like to read or discuss his own work.
I've saved this for a long time because I enjoyed it so much.
I've saved this for a long time because I enjoyed it so much.
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When the Earth was Green was one of my favorite reads this year and I still think about it. Definitely a must gift for any of your non fiction prehistory lovers (or just people who love interesting science writing) in your life.
Need some prehistoric time travel to clear your head?
Come look at ancient plants with me in When the Earth Was Green. 🌱
Come look at ancient plants with me in When the Earth Was Green. 🌱
When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance
Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance
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December 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
When the Earth was Green was one of my favorite reads this year and I still think about it. Definitely a must gift for any of your non fiction prehistory lovers (or just people who love interesting science writing) in your life.
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News is coming to me via friends on Facebook, and via Fancyclopedia, that John Varley, who wrote Millennium, Steel Beach, and the Gaea trilogy (Titan, Wizard, Demon) has died. He was an excellent writer in the Campbell/Heinlein tradition, and I dug him a lot in my teens and early 20s. RIP.
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
News is coming to me via friends on Facebook, and via Fancyclopedia, that John Varley, who wrote Millennium, Steel Beach, and the Gaea trilogy (Titan, Wizard, Demon) has died. He was an excellent writer in the Campbell/Heinlein tradition, and I dug him a lot in my teens and early 20s. RIP.
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Too many to name so I might thread this over the course of today but can I just say I love @emilyscartoons.bsky.social so much and got the nuns in a physical copy (vol 1)
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Too many to name so I might thread this over the course of today but can I just say I love @emilyscartoons.bsky.social so much and got the nuns in a physical copy (vol 1)
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hashtag endorsement!
Here are the book covers i illustrated for Premee's wonderful AWARD WINNING books, which you should buy everyone you know for xmas & read immediately.
AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT
THE RIDER, THE RIDE, THE RICH MAN'S WIFE (also i did endpapers for this v. exciting!)
Here are the book covers i illustrated for Premee's wonderful AWARD WINNING books, which you should buy everyone you know for xmas & read immediately.
AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT
THE RIDER, THE RIDE, THE RICH MAN'S WIFE (also i did endpapers for this v. exciting!)
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
hashtag endorsement!
Here are the book covers i illustrated for Premee's wonderful AWARD WINNING books, which you should buy everyone you know for xmas & read immediately.
AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT
THE RIDER, THE RIDE, THE RICH MAN'S WIFE (also i did endpapers for this v. exciting!)
Here are the book covers i illustrated for Premee's wonderful AWARD WINNING books, which you should buy everyone you know for xmas & read immediately.
AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT
THE RIDER, THE RIDE, THE RICH MAN'S WIFE (also i did endpapers for this v. exciting!)
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I haven't reminded you of this for awhile. It's not too late to nominate me....I mean, someone! It's not too late to nominate someone for the award! 🤣😂
Nominations close December 15th. So it's *almost* too late, but NOT QUITE YET!
ilovelibraries.org/love-my-libr...
Nominations close December 15th. So it's *almost* too late, but NOT QUITE YET!
ilovelibraries.org/love-my-libr...
I Love My Librarian Award
Nominate a librarian you love for the 2026 I Love My Librarian Award - they could win $5,000 and the recognition of a lifetime! Nominations close December 15, 2025!
ilovelibraries.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I haven't reminded you of this for awhile. It's not too late to nominate me....I mean, someone! It's not too late to nominate someone for the award! 🤣😂
Nominations close December 15th. So it's *almost* too late, but NOT QUITE YET!
ilovelibraries.org/love-my-libr...
Nominations close December 15th. So it's *almost* too late, but NOT QUITE YET!
ilovelibraries.org/love-my-libr...
Day 4 of my #LibFaves25 is WHEN THEY BURNED THE BUTTERFLY by Wen-yi Lee. The gangs of historic Singapore are granted powers by their chosen deities. Adeline's drawn to them by a beautiful girl with a butterfly tattoo and the fiery death of her mother. #booksky
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Day 4 of my #LibFaves25 is WHEN THEY BURNED THE BUTTERFLY by Wen-yi Lee. The gangs of historic Singapore are granted powers by their chosen deities. Adeline's drawn to them by a beautiful girl with a butterfly tattoo and the fiery death of her mother. #booksky
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Day 4 title for #LibFaves25 is WRECK YOUR HEART by Lori Rader-Day. A big-hearted, funny, found-family mystery that delighted me from start to finish.
December 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Day 4 title for #LibFaves25 is WRECK YOUR HEART by Lori Rader-Day. A big-hearted, funny, found-family mystery that delighted me from start to finish.
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#LibFaves25 Day4!
WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix
Southern Gothic Horror--totes something I adore. Witchcraft. Body horror. Incredible female characters. Tackling misogyny & bodily autonomy.
Well-crafted by a master--there is nothing here not to love!
WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix
Southern Gothic Horror--totes something I adore. Witchcraft. Body horror. Incredible female characters. Tackling misogyny & bodily autonomy.
Well-crafted by a master--there is nothing here not to love!
December 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
#LibFaves25 Day4!
WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix
Southern Gothic Horror--totes something I adore. Witchcraft. Body horror. Incredible female characters. Tackling misogyny & bodily autonomy.
Well-crafted by a master--there is nothing here not to love!
WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix
Southern Gothic Horror--totes something I adore. Witchcraft. Body horror. Incredible female characters. Tackling misogyny & bodily autonomy.
Well-crafted by a master--there is nothing here not to love!
I'm keeping track of #LibFaves25 posts today, so get your favorites in. Library friends, if you're just learning about this or haven't had time to start yet, feel free to catch up today. We're not particular -- we just want to see what you loved! 😁
Wrapping up my #LibFaves25 Day 3 tallying duties and passing the baton over to @fineplan.bsky.social ! I loved the variety of titles mentioned today and can’t wait to see tomorrow’s picks.
December 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I'm keeping track of #LibFaves25 posts today, so get your favorites in. Library friends, if you're just learning about this or haven't had time to start yet, feel free to catch up today. We're not particular -- we just want to see what you loved! 😁
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#Libfaves25 Day 3 afternoon update! We're now up to 135 votes with 120 unique titles mentioned so far. Keep the posts coming! And if you missed the first two days, please feel free to jump in today and catch up! We don't want to miss any great 2025 reads.
December 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#Libfaves25 Day 3 afternoon update! We're now up to 135 votes with 120 unique titles mentioned so far. Keep the posts coming! And if you missed the first two days, please feel free to jump in today and catch up! We don't want to miss any great 2025 reads.