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London blues 💙

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nobody tears through library books quite as fast as a 12 yr old girl with no friends

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Also picking up new books you’ve never heard of before because the premise sounds neat or the cover is pretty or it’s on a themed library display or you’re just trying to read your library’s entire catalogue of 90s cyberpunk is just fun. Sometimes it’s not your thing but you get to mull over new ideas or the diversity of people and opinions and thoughts in the world. Sometimes you discover your new favorite book of all time

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Bought this cute af Lego for my basement library today. I’m in love—it’s so freaking cute!!

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Do you have the Libby library app?

If not, download it to your phone, and under "Add library card" select the button to search for a library and start typing in "queer"...

Sign up with an email, no actual address required, and you are good to go 🏳️‍🌈

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My cartoon for the Guardian Books autumn reading special.

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What a year! Here's hoping 2025 brings more excellent stories!

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My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books.

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2024

What a year! I got married! I adopted a puppy! I'm pursuing a second master's degree! I started writing again! I'm reading a lot again! I tried new hobbies! I traveled! I just feel...a lot like me again.

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obsessed with mass market paperbacks. their pleasing rectangular proportions. how they fit badly in a hoodie pocket so you can drag them around everywhere with you like a temporary little buddy. the way they fit in your hand because they're MADE for human hands and not as bookshelf decoration. the way the pages feel when you riffle them gently with your thumb. How pristine and crisp they look when you get them and how creased and folded they look when you're done, even if you try to be nice to them. how that wear is okay, how that's correct actually, because they're made with the philosophy that books aren't meant to be PRETTY, they're meant to be read. that little ripple new ones get on the left side from where you hold them when you're reading, the way the ripple only goes as far as you've read, because u change stories by reading as they are changing you. how you can find thousands of these creased and folded and loved little dudes in every thrift store and used book shop and neighborhood library and you can instantly see the ones that someone carried around in a backpack for weeks or read to pieces or gave up on halfway through because they wear being read like fresh snow wears footprints. I love these poorly made, subpar little rectangles so much. truly the people's books.

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“His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling.”

―The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 1 by Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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“Buying books is immensely comforting. Maybe I won’t read them immediately, but they make me feel so much better whenever I’m sad and blue. Just their presence, it’s like having more to look forward to.”

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Do you also have 5 books you're reading at the same time, or are you normal? 😌

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