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One Dark Window/Two twisted crowns

With your interest in whimsy and YA fiction I would highly recommend Shepherd King Duology by Rachel Gillig. I flew through these books they were so engaging and had a really interesting magic system and a plot that doesn’t follow the standard “chosen one” you see in a lot of fantasy.

@eebieweebie

Jan 19, 2025

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The will of the many

Just listened to this book (by James Islington) on a road trip and oh boy you guys, it was great. Incredible characters, immersive storytelling, really impressive world building. Flavors of HP — I know we’re all looking for a replacement since JK is a hateful rotten snake. Fantasy/YA. First in a series (the rest isn’t published yet). Read it!!! I loved it.

@phebson

Apr 23, 2024

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Robertson Davies’ deptford trilogy

This has been following me everywhere since I first encountered book 2 (the Manticore) on the CODEX dollar cart. I have historically been a dollar-cart sceptic, but since inhaaaaling this (Very quick ! Utterly charming !) series I’ve been changed. Read Robertson Davies. You can probably find him as I have, in boxes of free shit on the sidewalk, the shelves of your favorite used bookstore, or the depths of some old lady’s closet in a very good estate sale on Long Island. Read if you like: a Fable, Jungian analysis, the traveling circus

@dev

Jan 22, 2024

Top Recs from @bumbythefool

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coping by getting active locally

I’m sick of feeling powerless so my new coping strategy is to not let a stupid system bully me into quiet despair. I’m learning how to use my state’s General Assembly’s online bill tracker and I’m subscribing to email updates for the agendas and the public hearings of the legislative committees I’m most concerned about. I’m memorizing all my legislators‘ names and emailing and calling regularly. Also: Check to see if your state’s Legislative Library has Libguides that explain in layman’s terms what bills are passing in your state and other educational/legislative resources you have freely available to you!!!

@bumbythefool

Nov 20, 2024

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PRE ROLL DIORAMAS

I just found the miniatures section of Michaels.

@bumbythefool

Apr 16, 2025

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Librarian

You will make about 60k if you're lucky unless you become a manager, and you will have 35k of debt or more from grad school (online grad school is cheaper sometimes and no one cares where you get the degree anyways). And sometimes you work for a university (which is essentially a corporation) or the government. But in general everyone in your field will believe in a code of ethics that raises the dignity of humanity above the mire of misinformation and censorship. And you help empower people with the information literacy to move through the world as confident capable individuals/professionals/scholars. Community college libraries are my favorite environment I've worked in so far because the students are cool, driven, and diverse in age and background. Public libraries also do amazing social work in 2025 to provide services to their communities like harm reduction, networks of resources for unhoused people, language teaching, professional development, basic technology training, literally just being a third space, I could go on forever. It definitely is a career that exists because of neoliberalism I'm not going to lie, like American public libraries only exist because robber barons in the 1900s donated a mind boggling amount of grants to towns across the country to build them (not sure about other countries' history with this to be fair). All that being said I decided I wanted to be a librarian when I was 16 and I've been committed to that path for 11 years with no regret. To add a personal note to this rec and emphasize how meaningful this work really is, I'm going to indulge in a story because I could genuinely cry thinking about all the kind, interesting people I've met who have chosen to be vulnerable with me about their needs and goals. A couple years ago I helped an older man for multiple hours to remember his email login so he could get a copy of his birth certificate from his son-in-law who had emailed a scan of the physical copy which was in another country. The stakes were incredibly high and the task seemed virtually impossible because we didn't even have an email address to start. He was having trouble reaching his son-in-law to ask for help because of the time difference, and he needed the scan ASAP. We were together for so long I learned a lot about him. He talked to me about Islam and Christianity and angels. And then we got it! It's probably one of the defining moments of my career and to me is one of the most impactful things I've ever done. So there's my job rec lol!

@bumbythefool

Mar 13, 2025