I just had the insanely jarring realization that honeymoons are a thing and I completely forgot about them when I set my username. I’ve always used “ golden moon” something as gaming usernames and just thought honey moon was a cute variation 🫠

This made me start wondering if I was similarly misreading anyone else’s usernames and what some of them meant. So while I think of a new username, I wanted to ask everyone what’s the story behind your username? 👀

Edit: The rebrand has been done 😌

i'm looking for books with absent father dynamics.

i’ve dealt with it since i was a kid and i realised i’ve never really read a book where it’s explored as more than just a character’s backstory. most of the time it’s mentioned once and then everyone moves on. i want to read about a character who’s still carrying that absence around with them. i want to see how it shapes them and affects the way they move through life.

any genre is welcome. i’d just prefer fiction since i’m not much of a non-fiction reader. i just want something where it’s an actual part of the story and not just a detail thrown in for character development. thank you all in advance!

I’m feeling messy. Did yall see someone trademarked the phrase “hot girls read” and asked other businesses to discontinue their use of it 😳 😳

• please be messy w me and share your thoughts—on the trade mark or on the ensuing discourse
• please tell me what reads make you feel specifically like a hot girl? I suddenly want a shelf for it

Edit: there are several bills that are pushing to do federal book bans in the US including HR 7661, HR 2616 and HR 8705. Pls reach out to your reps regarding these bills (ty don martin for your clever use of the algorithm to alert the public)

Well... has anyone ever booked a week or so off work to just sit and read a long awaited book and the second u have all those days to urself u do ANYTHING BUT read the book u took the time off to read? So far i have soend 4 days playing the sims with a killer migraine, bleached my entire bathroom then washed it all up with washing up liquid cause I thought it needed it. Ive got 3 more days left... 2 if u include therapy tomorrow and yet I still cant see myself reading any of the book or doing the reread or getting back into Kingdom of Ash. It cant be just me right 😅😅😫

Maybe to niche of a question but I'm curious. Just today a library staff member sent out our summer reading reminder emails to over 700 people. Unfortunately, it was not sending right away so they kept pressing send. As you can imagine, this did not go over well... Patrons were getting over 14 duplicate emails about summer reading. Chaos ensued. We were getting tons of calls back-to-back asking why it was sent so many times. I'm sure we will be hearing about this all summer hahaha So my question to you librarians/library workers is - what weird catastrophe has happened at your library?