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Adele Buck
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Author. Librarian. FAKE FLAME and THE ANTI-SOCIAL SEASON out now. Rep: Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass.
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Y’all. I HAVE ARRIVED. (LOL)
An AI-generated spam email which references “Embers on The Anti-Social Season,” only part of which is an actual title of an actual book I actually wrote.
December 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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But they're stunning if I do say so myself.
Three loaves of glossy julekake - Norwegian Christmas bread, with dried/candied fruit, cardamom, and walnuts.
December 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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VA is (essentially) the notion that if someone sees their profession as virtuous and worthy, the institution and the people who work within it are beyond critique.

www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocatio...
Vocational awe describes the set of ideas, values, and assumptions librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in notions that libraries as institutions are inherently good, sacred notions, and therefore beyond critique. I argue that the concept of vocational awe directly correlates to problems within librarianship like burnout and low salary. This article aims to describe the phenomenon and its effects on library philosophies and practices so that they may be recognized and deconstructed.
December 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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This your man? Be serious.
Graph showing income inequality exploded as a result of Reagan's policies.
December 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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It does contain this image, though, which is fucking perfect:
A gray, green-eyed cat with annoyed helicopter ears.
December 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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LOL. Neither of us see it. I see some similarities, but a lot of differences too!
My mother, brown hair, white skin, high cheekbones, pointed chin, and me, strawberry blond hair, high cheekbones, square chin. We're cuddled up and smiling.
December 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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I get it. I used to use my mom's HS senior photo as a temporary profile pic on FB on Mothers Day and was always shocked at how many people thought it was actually me.
My mother, a white woman with dark hair, aged eighteen, with a typical early-mid-60's bob.
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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#hygge
A gas fireplace with a swag of greenery, candles, and ornaments on the mantel The Norwegian Christmas tree at Union Station, Washington DC. It is enormous and covered with white lights and Norwegian and US flags
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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When you can literally do a scene break like this:
Her POV: “Excellent.” He set the tools down beside him and picked up another wrench, doing something else with it, then scooting out to get to his feet and pull the whole assembly out, absorbed in his task, seemingly not even remembering Kari was there.
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New scene, his POV: Having Kari looking on while he worked was distracting as hell. Rob tried to cover by examining the old faucet, though there was no need. The thing was going in the trash. It should have gone there years ago from the look of it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson in Down Cemetery Road.
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
Fine Young Cannibals, album name The Raw & the Cooked
October 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Point to the border of Illinois that abuts the Atlantic, if you please...
AJ Cousins post: I used to think of Chicagoans as generally being good drivers, but now that I spend time posted on a corner most days and see how many people are blowing through full on red lights, I have reservations. Poster named Ian's response: That's the whole east coast, not just Chicago.
October 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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I have a Bebe and I LOOOVE it.
A beautiful celadon fountain pen
October 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Did it hurt when the sarcasm landed on your head like Thor's own anvil?
Chotiner: Well, the next time someone brings up a terrible anecdote about Cambodia or Vietnam [meaning Kissinger's involvement], I will definitely drop the Star Wars story to show that people have two sides. Sunnstein: Yeah. And I get those who think you shouldn't be friends with someone who did terrible things. I hear that. I can just say that he was, as a very large number of people would say, though many fewer would say it publicly, an extraordinarily generous friend.
September 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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He is most excellent and lovable.
A very shiny black cat looking annoyed
September 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Milo (derpy orange cat) grooming Pickle (derpy black cat) on a fluffy gray blanket Adorable miniature Aussie shepherd pup with blue eyes
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Please enjoy Milo’s new theme song, “Gorm-Free”
September 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Today in FB memories (from 9 years ago...)
Writing pal: "Hope springs eternal" Me: "Hope needs to get a cream for that."
August 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Simple Dog from Hyperbole and a Half, excited about a cup.
August 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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This is also super weird:
Susan of Texas‬ ‪@susanoftexas.bsky.social‬ · 1h Reply to ‪anneeliot.bsky.social‬ Yeah, I’ve discussed many cases, proofread filings, indexed depositions, sat in jury selection, and observed trials and I still know zippity-do-dah about the law. ‪anneeliot.bsky.social‬ ‪@anneeliot.bsky.social‬ · 1h I didn't say law. I said judicial procedure. Anyone who believes that trump could have been indicted immediately reads romance novels.
August 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A great memory. Ms. Bev and Steve absolutely losing it in conversation.

No tagging because I can’t (WHY?) find Ms. Bev.
Beverly Jenkins and Steve Ammidown laughing so hard they can’t speak.
August 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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26. While all harmony is amazing, the most amazing harmony may be a female trio.

Argue with your mama and Linda, Dolly, and Emmylou (only one example).
The 1987 album cover for Trio, a supergroup made up of Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris.
July 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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YES! From my book Fake Flame (the woman in the paragraph is talking to her pop culture professor).
Xiuying fingered a strand of her long, dark hair that lay across the front of her shoulder. “You were really upset. And nobody should invade your privacy like that—I mean, ever, but in this situation, it just seemed really bad. And it really didn’t seem like you. Then I thought about how you talked about that boom box scene when we discussed Say Anything in class—you know about how Lloyd Dobler is being manipulative, maybe, and not romantic?”
July 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Okay, Linxicon. I get it.
Linxicon board where the winning line is scream, lie, fact, true
June 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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If you enjoy audiobooks, Audible is having a site-wide sale just now, including all of mine - www.audible.com/author/Adele...

#romancelandia
Sale graphic showing all six of my audiobook covers.
June 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM