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Lila Denning
@vantine.bsky.social
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Librarian w/ MA in Holocaust/antisemitism , #bookdisplays, #unshelveyourcollection, Volunteer Coord. -HWA, Loud

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Thanks for the shout out, @raforall.bsky.social! It's a quick survey!
January 27, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Circulating Ideas 306: Passive Readers' Advisory with Lila Denning @vantine.bsky.social circulatingideas.com/2026/01/26/3...
January 27, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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Thank you to @circulatingideas.bsky.social for the fun conversation!!
January 27, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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Wonder where to start with Alice Coldbreath? We have you covered: https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2026/01/which-one-first-alice-coldbreath/
January 26, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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Thanks to @ruemorguemag.bsky.social and Lindy Ryan for the great interview about WHY I LOVE HORROR. Lindy asked some of the best questions I have gotten yet.

@laneheymont.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: LIBRARIAN AND EDITOR BECKY SPRATFORD CELEBRATES COMMUNITY AND CHAOS IN “WHY I LOVE HORROR” - Rue Morgue
A decade of essays, a chorus of genre-defining voices and a love letter to horror fiction collide in this essential anthology.
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January 26, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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Congratulations Head Halloween Librarian @raforall.bsky.social & her book WHY I LOVE HORROR for making the Stoker Preliminary ballot. And @tananarivedue.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social for their essays from that book also making the prelim ballot.
January 26, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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This collection from @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social @rdspress.bsky.social -incredible. Each story reveals a different kind of female rage & terror. Set in different places & times, readers will tear through the book, coming up for air, breathless & terrified but looking for more Kiste. All the stars.
January 25, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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January 24, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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This is the post from @raforall.bsky.social that you should all read
January 23, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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That’s my Booklist quote and I cannot stress enough how much you need to read this book. Every. Single. One. Of. You. My full review will be in the February 2026 issue.
danielkraus.com Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 5d
/// PARTIALLY DEVOURED \\\

It's sorta about "Night of the Living Dead."

It's sorta about *everything.*

🧟‍♂️ 3.10.26 🧟

@colsonwhitehead.com @gradyhendrix.bsky.social @paultremblay.bsky.social @mickgarris.bsky.social
A graphic with blurbs from Colson Whitehead, Booklist, LJ, Grady Hendrix, Greg Nicotero, Paul Tremblay, and Mick Garris
January 23, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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RUINOUS CREATURES by jessi cole jackson is available 3/10/26 from @atriabooks.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social #debut #romantasy #skulls #magic #matching #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 2/1!
book cover for ruinous creatures by jessi cole jackson with white lettering over a dark background featuring a still life of a bleached bird skull with colorful wildflowers in and around it
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Passively Recommending Books: Make Your Library The Center of Book Culture In Your Community bookdisplays.blogspot.com/2026/01/make-y…
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January 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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#DEAL ALERT! Calling all one-clickers because NIGHT & DAY @datlow.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle for a limited time only!
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#NightandDay#ad #amazoncom
Amazon.com. Night & Day: Dreadful Dark: Tales of Nighttime Horror/Merciless Sun: Tales of Daylight Horror (Saga Doubles)
This anthology contains stories from some of the most evocative and bestselling writers of horror and speculative fiction.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:01 PM
vantine.bsky.social
The real star- Crumpet!
Brown lion head rabbit sitting on a wooden floor.
January 21, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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Crumpet is diving into I KNOW A PLACE @natcassidy.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social

I promised no scary carrots or rabbit episodes like that other guy.
January 20, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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Today on the blog- Using Awards Lists As a RA Tool: Splatterpunk Awards Edition. @briankeene.bsky.social

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Using Awards Lists As a RA Tool: Splatterpunk Awards Edition
This is part of my ongoing series on using Awards Lists as a RA tool.  Click here for all posts in the series  in reverse chronological orde...
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January 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Passively Recommending Books: Unshelve Your Collection By Making Book Club Suggestions| Idea from @npr.org bookdisplays.blogspot.com/2026/01/unshel…
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January 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Participating in an online conference along with @tuphlos.bsky.social and I have a slide with a quote from her. 📚
January 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins

Jackson Fire Department rules arson at Beth Israel Congregation, the city’s only Jewish house of worship

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Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
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January 11, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Daily Journal 1/9/26 — BRIAN KEENE
Big progress made yesterday. The old warehouse was completely emptied and everything is now in a new, secure, and not halfway underwater facility.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Repost this & let us know what to repost for you. Angry? Here’s one about injustice, racism, and colonialism. You know, with monsters, magic, murder, grief, and ghosts.

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January 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Passively Recommending Books: Using Best Book Posts to Unshelve Your Collection bookdisplays.blogspot.com/2026/01/using-
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January 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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What I'm Reading: January 2026 Issue of @ala-booklist.bsky.social (@annieneugebauer.bsky.social @badhandbooks.bsky.social). Plus Spotlight on Book Discussion Books:

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What I'm Reading: January 2026 Issue of Booklist Plus Spotlight on Book Discussion Books
The January 2026 issue of Booklist is out and I have one review, but before I get to that review, I did want to mention that this issue als...
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January 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
i think standing too close to ICE is what has been getting people killed
Someone on Threads writes: I. Stand. With. ICE.
January 9, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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THE MINIMALIST, my fleshy and gruesome classical music psychodrama, is now available to request on NetGalley! Thank you to everyone who has expressed interest already, making it one of the most-requested horror titles!

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The Minimalist by Kailee Pedersen. Available on NetGalley. Cover features an Asian woman's face inside a slashed-up piano silhouette. The Minimalist: For fans of Tár and The Piano Teacher, this gruesome and unsettling psychological drama is a darkly lucid portrait of a classical composer's descent into madness.
January 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM