#THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN

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-from, “The Personal Librarian,” by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

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Quote of the Day- January 30, 2025

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Bleu's Reviews: The Personal Librarian

My journey with The Personal Librarian began with a serendipitous visit to the Morgan Library for my birthday. My friend Tamaya and I stumbled upon the 100-year celebration of the library’s founding and uncovered the remarkable story of the woman who brought it to the height of its prominence: Belle de Costa Greene.But who was Belle de Costa Greene? The exhibit and short film we viewed revealed…

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"One day, the beauty of your mind and the beauty of art will be as one..."

Heather Terrell and Victoria Christopher Murray, The Personal Librarian

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New York's Timeless Tales

Discover the enduring charm of New York City in literature. Dive into the pages of 'Mrs.' and 'The Personal Librarian' to unravel its timeless tales. 📚🏙️ #NYCStories

NYC as a Character in “Mrs.” and “The Personal Librarian” Few cities have the dynamic personality and narrative power of New York City. Its vibrant society, streets, history, and energy are more than just a setting or backdrop. A long-time muse for storytellers, New York City is a character in its own right. This was particularly evident in two books that I read this year: the contemporary…

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I would like to again big up libraries as safe spaces for people of all types!

I had a psychotic episode in my local library while I was in there working and had convinced myself that I was in a bubble dimension and if I left the library I would die, and that being what had happened to the librarian because I hadn't seen them in an hour (it's a small, local library. You can see the librarians desk from where I sit to work)

Now obviously they weren't dead, they were just in the little office that I couldn't see into.

I'm also lucky enough to be a very self aware psychotic, so I reached out to my support network to make sure I got home safely. But none of them could actually get me OUT of the library and I was still absolutely certain that if I stepped off the carpet and onto the tile, I would die.

So I got up, I made my way to the desk, I found the librarian and I said "I need your help. I'm having a psychotic episode and this is what I currently believe. Could you please come out from behind your desk and stand on the tiles so I can see it won't kill me?"

And they did. They didn't shame me, or laugh, or tell me it wasn't real. They said "Yeah, that must be scary." And thanked me when I admitted I'd thought them dead and been really upset about that because I liked them.

And then stood there on the tile, while I stood on the carpet, for ten minutes while I chatted shit and tried to build up my courage to step on the tile, just in case. Including telling me that if this happened again and I needed to call someone, to disregard the usual 'don't call people in the library' rule and just do so after I promised I was going to be calling my husband the second I was on the tile so he could safely walk me home.

(& so no one worries: my husband got me home safe, and a friend came to check on me a little while later and brought me food and I'm fully Cognizant and out of it now)

I cannot imagine another place where I could approach someone and say that and not get the police or an ambulance called on me. Neither of which I needed or would have been helpful.

I cannot imagine another place where a member of staff would stand somewhere for ten minutes to make sure I felt safe enough leaving.

I cannot imagine another place where I would not only be explicitly welcomed back, but be told "If this happens again here, disregard our normal rules to take care of yourself."

I cannot imagine another place on this earth that I would feel safe enough returning to, 3 days later, after an episode like that.

Libraries are a fucking Godssend and should be protected at all costs!

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Favorite Reads of October '23

“But while I can conceive of someone filling up a 100+ book Goodreads goal with pure garbage and being the worse off for it, truthfully, I would prefer every over-indulgent reader of modern pulp to every non-reader and philistine in the world who denies the value of books generally. The excess, in this case, is nearer to the virtue than the deficiency. So, while spending time each semester…

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gebby 😊

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Ren owns me 19 dollars I'm serious— ヽ(`д´；)/

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE UR GAMEEE, THE FIRST TIME I'VE PLAYED IT IT GOT A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING BUT IT WAS SO COOL!!! ^^ ( I lowkey had an 14dwu brainrot..)

I wanna ask what inspired you to make the game? ^^ and how did you think of ren/redacted are they inspired by someone? :00

⌞♥⌝ I made a popular yandere x reader fic back in 2014, fell deep in the Voltage inc/Shall We Date rabbit hole and felt inspired to do something similar with a yandere love interest in 2017, wanted to remake said project in 2022 for fun, and now here we are!!

As for Ren, he was inspired and derived from my Vocaloid/UTAU OC! She's a snide and pessimistic android whose personality does a complete 180 whenever she falls in love — aaaand she has pink hair and blue eyes (sound familiar?? lmao). In a similar vein, she was inspired by Sukone Tei and Toma from Amnesia fjhsdgj

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Angel x Demon (aka when your coworker is a literal nightmare) Inktober day 4! This is technically more like angel vs demon but i wanted to put the Corinthian in that stupid fluffy halo so

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-from, “The Personal Librarian,” by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

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The Librarians S01E04 And Santa's Midnight Run.

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I love the show The Librarians but I never can forgive the writers for making an entire episode about Ezekiel Jones going through trauma after trauma, learning so many things and growing so much as a person as he fights through a time loop looking for some way to save everyone, having him succeed in saving everyone but himself, and for his fellow Librarians who only know the last loop to bring him back BUT HE HAS NO MEMORIES FROM HIS TIME IN THE TIME LOOP!

Just a character reset and I was so pissed. They didn't even allude to him actually remembering but pretending not to!

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Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy

On November 9, during my birthday trip to New York City, I had the chance to visit the J.P. Morgan Library & Museum. While I expected to be impressed by the institution’s famous collection, I walked away captivated by the story of Belle da Costa Greene—a woman I had never heard of before that day but who left an indelible mark on history with her brilliance, resilience, and heartbreaking…

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does sunday even know about the events of 2.6? is he aware of the banana virus?

like is he just going to join the express, pop into the archives, and be like "hey dan heng, can i read your data bank entries on penacony, i want to see what my home's been like ever since i left"?. and after dan heng gives him a nod, five minutes later is sunday going to have the bravery to ask him "what the hell do you mean a minion of dr primitive unleashed a monkey-themed memetic virus on penacony and all three of you were infected and started saying 'bana' every sentence? were you cured? ... is my sister okay?"