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Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · 5d

In today's Miami Herald: Read "The 1919 immigrant shipwreck off Key West that still echoes today" by Mirta Ojito, author of the forthcoming Deeper Than The Ocean @UnionSqandCo

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The 1919 immigrant shipwreck off Key West that still echoes today | Opinion

Author Mirta Ojito explores why this tragedy connects to centuries of perilous migration across the Caribbean | Opinion

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Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · 5d

Yum from Bodega Bakes @UnionSqandCo

Get Paola Velez’s Recipe for Bodega Brownie Whoopie Pies www.today.com/video/bodega... via @TODAYshow

Get Paola Velez’s Recipe for Bodega Brownie Whoopie Pies

As TODAY honors Hispanic Heritage Month, Paola Velez stops by Studio 1A to share her recipe for bodega brownie whoopie pies from her James Beard Award-winning cookbook.

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Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · 8d

Wonderful!

Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · 10d

Another October without Mets baseball. Used to it.

#LGM in 2026.

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Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · 11d

The Mets don’t ever make it easy. #LGM

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Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · 13d

Today is a good day to sign up for Booked & Buzzy (if you haven't already). #librarians
@hachettelibrary.bsky.social

Register here: bit.ly/41JcJNr

Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks @People. Thumbs up for The Encore by Juliet Izon - "...by, for and about music lovers." Coming out in March 2026 from Union Square & Co. @hachettelibrary.bsky.social

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'The Encore' Stars an Indie Rocker Running from Her Demons After a ‘Chance Encounter’ — See the Cover! (Exclusive)

Journalist Juliet Izon is releasing her debut novel 'The Encore,' out March 3, 2026. PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the cover.

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 14d

Pulitzer-winning journalist Mirta Ojito makes her fiction debut with an affecting parallel narrative of two women, each exiled from their island home nearly a century apart. This one’s tough to shake.

Deeper Than the Ocean by Mirta Ojito

Pulitzer-winning journalist Ojito (Finding Mañana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus) makes her fiction debut with an affecting paralle...

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Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · 16d

Big fan so far. #Task

NPR @npr.org · Sep 4

Mark Ruffalo stars as a former priest turned FBI agent in Brad Ingelsby's new HBO miniseries. Set in small-town Pennsylvania, Task is packed with action and conflict, but it also has a lot of heart.

'Task' is a new, compelling crime drama from the creator of 'Mare of Easttown'

Mark Ruffalo stars as a former priest turned FBI agent in Brad Ingelsby's new HBO miniseries. Set in small-town Pennsylvania, Task is packed with action and conflict, but it also has a lot of heart.

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Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations to The Missing Pages by Alyson Richman. Thanks @libraryreads.bsky.social @hachettelibrary.bsky.social

LibraryReads @libraryreads.bsky.social · 23d

Next on the October 2025 LibraryReads Top 10 list is THE MISSING PAGES by Alyson Richman! @hachettelibrary.bsky.social @misterchris.bsky.social

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Hachette Library @hachettelibrary.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hachette and Union Square & Co. invite you to our inaugural Booked & Buzzy (October 16) virtual event, a short and sweet author program to slot into a lunch break. Hear from two authors and learn about several forthcoming titles! #librarians @misterchris.bsky.social

Register here: bit.ly/41JcJNr

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Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · Sep 6

Always nice to visit my first ever library @qplnyc.bsky.social in Douglaston-Little Neck.

Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · Sep 5

Start your weekend with a food-filled mystery!

Q&A with Josh Funk, Author of September/October Kids’ Indie Next List Top Pick “Whodonut?: A Holiday Mystery” www.bookweb.org/news/qa-josh...

Q&A with Josh Funk, Author of September/October Kids’ Indie Next List Top Pick “Whodonut?: A Holiday Mystery”

“This holiday who-donut features little nods to all the festivals of the winter season, plus a full charcuterie of characters from Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast books past. Audiences will be wrapt a...

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Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Let's Party" with Union Square & Co. New cookbook out now.

Dan Pelosi Shares Recipe for Chicken Cordon Bleu — With a Twist www.today.com/video/chicke... via @TODAYshow @hachettelibrary.bsky.social

Dan Pelosi Shares Recipe for Chicken Cordon Bleu — With a Twist

Dan Pelosi, author of the new cookbook “Let’s Party,” stops by the TODAY plaza to share his recipes for chicken cordon Bimpy, named after his 103-year-old grandfather, and a spinach-artichoke dip past...

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surlyspice @surlyspice.bsky.social · Aug 27

MRS. WILSON’S AFFAIR by allyson reedy comes out 10/14/25 from @unionsqandco.bsky.social @misterchris.bsky.social @hachettelibrary.bsky.social #retelling #TheGreatGatsby #isolation #desire #destiny #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 9/1!

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surlyspice @surlyspice.bsky.social · Aug 27

THE MISSING PAGES by alyson richman is available 10/14/25 from @unionsqandco.bsky.social @misterchris.bsky.social @hachettelibrary.bsky.social #historical #titanic #harvard #DualTimeline #ghost #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 9/1!

book cover for the missing pages by alyson richman with white lettering over an image of a woman in a white dress whose skirt flutters to reveal pages of a book

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Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thanks MSG for replaying the Rangers winning the Stanley Cup in 1994 tonight. Still gives me goosebumps and I’d like to see another one.

Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · Aug 20

Great to see @alyankovic.bsky.social and so many others in the new Naked Gun. It’s worth what your local movie theater is charging to get some laughs.

Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · Aug 16

Fun. I designed a lamp @nyhistory.bsky.social

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Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · Aug 12

Dee was great. And so was What's Happening!! RIP.

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · Aug 12

Danielle Spencer, who played the precocious youngster Dee Thomas on the 1970s ABC sitcom What’s Happening!!, has died. She was 60.

Danielle Spencer, Sassy Young Star of ‘What’s Happening!!,’ Dies at 60

Danielle Spencer, who played the precocious youngster Dee Thomas on the 1970s ABC sitcom What’s Happening!!, has died. She was 60.

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Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · Aug 7

I always like this scene with Michael and Clemenza before Michael’s life completely changes. Glad SHO runs The Godfather constantly, too.

Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · Aug 4

I loved seeing the Seed Library at Manhasset Public Library this past weekend. Well done.

Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · Jul 31

How lovely. Nice job @columbuslibrary.bsky.social (RIP Dan.)

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Replying to @𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓱 Dan read 3,500+ books. Now anyone can see his list. #booktok #books #readers

TikTok video by Columbus Metropolitan Library

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Chris Vaccari @misterchris.bsky.social · Jul 18

Sore knee. Sore back. But pushing out a 2 mile run on a lovely day in NYC.

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surlyspice @surlyspice.bsky.social · Jul 14

IN DEADLY COMPANY by l. s. stratton @shellystrattonbook.bsky.social releases 9/2/25 from @unionsquareandco.bsky.social @misterchris.bsky.social @hachettelib.bsky.social #mystery #murder #workplace #satire #FilmAdaptation #guilt #innocence #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 8/1!

book cover for in deadly company by l. s. stratton with white lettering over a cartoon style illustration of a dark skinned woman peering over a set of red cat eye sunglasses as she draws a card out of a blood spattered envelope with fingernails painted to match her glasses. a city skyline and palm trees are in the background

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