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Trainee Librarian who is a mad cat and dog lady. Weekend reads and lots of cat and dog pictures. #healthcarelibrarian #cumbria other social media: https://www.instagram.com/from_amongthe_shelves

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Painting of room with full bookshelves, books stacked on table and floors, a woman standing looking at an open book, and a cat curled up on the quilt-covered sofa

Painting of room with full bookshelves, books stacked on table and floors, a woman standing looking at an open book, and a cat curled up on the quilt-covered sofa

‘Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.’
— Henry Ward Beecher
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#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #WorldBookDay #books #reading

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Book review No.29:  Thud!  Title: Thud! Author: Terry Pratchett Published date:  2014 (2005) Publisher:  Corgi Books ISBN:  9780552167697 Bookshop.org link:   Review: 7th Book read as part of 2026 Year of Reading Happy World Book Day 2026! In the world that we live in, it is always important to read for enjoyment. Whenever I want to relax or want to escape, I pick up a Terry Pratchett novel.

#Worldbookday2026 7th book of my year of reading. Thud! by Terry Pratchett. Koom valley day is around the corner and Sam Vines must solve a murder, must stop a battle and read to young Sam.

05.03.2026 22:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book review No.28: The Library  Title: The library Author: Bella Osborne Published date: 2022 Publisher: Bloomsbury - Aria ISBN: 9781801100489 Bookshop.org link: Review: 6th Book read as part of 2026 Year of Reading Happy World Book Day 2026! I picked up this charming novel second-hand from a great little charity shop. Whenever I go into town, I go on a charity shop crawl, and I found this book on one of those trips.

#WorldBookDay2026 Take a trip down to the library with this great read. The Library by Bella Osborne 6th book read in my year of reading

05.03.2026 21:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a cartoon dog with glasses is reading a book ALT: a cartoon dog with glasses is reading a book

Happy World Book Day 😁🌍📚

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Book review no. 27: An Offer from a Gentleman Title: An offer from a Gentleman Author: Julia Quinn Series: Bridgerton Book in series: book 3 Published date: 2023 (2006) Publisher: 9780349429441 Bookshop.org link: Review: 5th Book read as part of 2026 Year of Reading  I know, I know. Another book on a non-library or reading subject. But reading is meant to be about having fun. I decided to read this novel as part of waiting for part 2 to be released on Netflix.

Book 5 in my Year of Reading. Perfect read to bridge the gap until Series 4 part 2 of Bridgerton. #Bridgerton #bee #goallin #yearofreading2026 #Netflix

16.02.2026 17:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book review No.26: The Diary of a Young Girl Title: The Diary of a Young Girl Author: Anne Frank Translator: Susan Massotty Date: 2007 (1947) ISBN: 9780141315188 Bookshop.org link:    Publisher: Penguin Review: 4th Book read as part of 2026 Year of Reading I felt a need to re-read this book. It is a must-read. It is a diary of a young girl who was scared but hopeful that the world could be a better place.

4th Book read as part of 2026 Year of Reading Anne Frank diary of a young girl

15.02.2026 17:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Please please vaccinate your child against measles.

This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social

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26.01.2026 17:55 👍 528 🔁 297 💬 7 📌 7
The 5th of February
The 5th of February YouTube video by John Finnemore

youtube.com/watch?v=WJBr... Happy 5th February

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My Apology from Ryan Thames
My Apology from Ryan Thames YouTube video by Amanda Jones

Thank you. I needed to read this today more than you know. The book ended with my court case still up in the air…but so far I have defeated one of those men in court. 1 down, 2 to go. Here is his apology: youtu.be/xup79fbvGSs

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Thank you for the update. Spending positive thoughts to you, your family, friends and colleagues from the UK. Keep up the good fight. 😀

21.01.2026 18:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book review No.25: That Librarian Title: That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America Author: Amanda Jones Date: 2024 ISBN: 9781639733538. 9781639737246. 9781639733545. Bookshop.org link: Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Review: 3rd Book read as part of 2026 Year of Reading After watching the documentary, The Librarians, I found out that one of the Librarians highlighted in the documentary had written a book about book banning and censorship in the United States of America, School Librarian Amanda Jones.

3rd book of my year of reading thank you for your strength and courage @librarianjones.com #goallin #savelibraries #notallheroeswearcapes #thelibrarians #Nationalyearofreadign2026 #AmandaJones

20.01.2026 11:04 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Book review No.24: Where the Library Hides Title: Where the Library Hides   Author: Isabel Ibañez Date: 2025 ISBN: 9781399722223 Bookshop.org link:   Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Review: 2nd book read as part of 2026 Year of Reading A quick review for the second book read this year as part of the 2026 Year of Reading. I really enjoyed this novel. While the novel is not based in or really around a library as we know it.

Book no.2 read as part of my #nationalyearofreading2026 #goallin2026

17.01.2026 15:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book review No.23: The Cat that saved the Library Title: The Cat that saved the library Author: Sosuke Natsukawa Translator: Louise Heal Kawai Date: 2025 ISBN: 9781035050604 Bookshop.org link:   Publisher: Pan Macmillan Review: First book read as part of 2026 Year of Reading I took that book out of the library during the Christmas to New Year holiday break from the library. And it was the first book that I read in the year.  

First Book read of 2026. #goallin2026 #nationalyearofreading2026

16.01.2026 21:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Phillips Exeter Academy Library - view from upper level looking down into central hall, with Iarge circular openings in curved concrete supports revealing levels with bookstacks

Phillips Exeter Academy Library - view from upper level looking down into central hall, with Iarge circular openings in curved concrete supports revealing levels with bookstacks

Another in my series of libraries
Phillips Exeter Academy Library
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

13.01.2026 13:04 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Winnie the Pooh and Piglet: 'Promise me you'll always remember. You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.' (A A Milne)

Winnie the Pooh and Piglet: 'Promise me you'll always remember. You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.' (A A Milne)

#SundayMotivation
#SundayThoughts
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04.01.2026 20:43 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Book review No.22: Llama library: borrow your next adventure!  Title: Llama library: borrow your next adventure! Author: Holly Ryan Illustrator: Ella Bailey Date: 2025 ISBN: 9781915395290 Bookshop.org link:   Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Review: I saw this book appear as a new children’s book in the local library catalogue and knew I wanted to read it. I read it first and then passed it on to my Niece and Nephews. To get a child’s point of view on how the library and the library worker were presented in the book.  

Book review No.22: Llama library: borrow your next adventure! 

Title: Llama library: borrow your next adventure! Author: Holly Ryan Illustrator: Ella Bailey Date: 2025 ISBN: 9781915395290 Bookshop.org link:   Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Review: I saw this book appear as a new children’s…

27.12.2025 10:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy Hogswatch and Merry Christmas TV Show review No.1 Title: Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather Date of Release: 2006 Review: The power of Stories and Myths Can Death spread the joy of Hogswatch to the children of the Disc? The Hogfather is the Discworld’s equivalent of the round or globe world (Earth) Father Christmas or Santa.  And he has gone missing. Death must step up in the red coat and beard along, and his granddaughter, Susan, needs to save the Discworld in one night.  

Happy Hogswatch and Merry Christmas

25.12.2025 10:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book review No.21: A Christmas Carol Title: A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings Author: Charles Dickens Date: 2003 (1843) ISBN: 9780140439052 Bookshop.org link:   Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Review: A slight change in reading for this review. Every year around Christmas, I read the classic A Christmas Carol. In fact, I have multiple versions of the novella in my personal library. And this year, my niece will be getting a children’s version of the story to read as a Christmas present.  

I have just finished my yearly A Christmas Carol re-read. I love it every year. #merrychristmas #achristmascarol #charlesdickens

24.12.2025 15:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book review No.20: Books, Readers and Libraries in Fiction Title: Books, Readers and Libraries in Fiction  Editors: Karen Attar and Andrew Nash Date: 2025 ISBN: 9781913739034 Bookshop.org link:   Publisher: University of London Review: A quick review. This is an ideal book for those who are looking for a detailed and thoughtful look at how books, the readers of books, authors and libraries have shaped the way that we experience the world.

Book review No.20: Books, Readers and Libraries in Fiction

Title: Books, Readers and Libraries in Fiction  Editors: Karen Attar and Andrew Nash Date: 2025 ISBN: 9781913739034 Bookshop.org link:   Publisher: University of London Review: A quick review. This is an ideal book for those who are…

22.12.2025 10:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book review No.19: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Title: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Author: Satoshi Yagisawa Translator: Eric Ozawa Date: 2023 ISBN: 9781786583239 Bookshop.org link:   Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd Review: This was another re-read to close out the year. And another English translation of a book originally written in Japanese.   I read this book in the summer last year, and know I wanted to return to it when I started this project.  

Book review No.19: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Title: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Author: Satoshi Yagisawa Translator: Eric Ozawa Date: 2023 ISBN: 9781786583239 Bookshop.org link:   Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd Review: This was another re-read to close out the year. And…

21.12.2025 10:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book review No.18: The Bookshop  Title: The Bookshop Author: Penelope Fitzgerald Date: 2018 (1978) ISBN: 9780008263027 Bookshop.org link:  Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Review: I wish I had read this book before I set up my own small bookshop. Even today, there are parts of the UK and the world where a bookshop is not always welcome. After reading this book, I also watched the movie, and both are great.  

Book review No.18: The Bookshop 

Title: The Bookshop Author: Penelope Fitzgerald Date: 2018 (1978) ISBN: 9780008263027 Bookshop.org link:  Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Review: I wish I had read this book before I set up my own small bookshop. Even today, there are parts of the UK and the…

20.12.2025 13:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book review No.16: The Library of Unrequited Love Title: The Library of Unrequited Love Author: Sophie Divry Translator: Siân Reynolds Date: 2013 ISBN: 9780857051417 Bookshop.org link: Publisher: Quercus Publishing Review: I love this quick read. I read it for the first time when I started working in libraries while I was working in Bloomsbury. This may have been cheating because I have read it multiple times over the past ten years. 

Book review No.16: The Library of Unrequited Love

Title: The Library of Unrequited Love Author: Sophie Divry Translator: Siân Reynolds Date: 2013 ISBN: 9780857051417 Bookshop.org link: Publisher: Quercus Publishing Review: I love this quick read. I read it for the first time when I started working…

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Book review No.15: Dinner at the Night Library Title: Dinner at the Night Library Author: Hika Harada Translator: Philip Gabriel Date: 2025 ISBN: 9781398543935 Bookshop.org link:   Publisher: Scribner UK Review: I really enjoyed reading this book. I connected to the lead character, Otaha Higuchi, who, like many of us, just wants to work with books. But working in a bookshop was not for her. And she just jumps at the chance to work at the “Night Library”. 

Book review No.15: Dinner at the Night Library

Title: Dinner at the Night Library Author: Hika Harada Translator: Philip Gabriel Date: 2025 ISBN: 9781398543935 Bookshop.org link:   Publisher: Scribner UK Review: I really enjoyed reading this book. I connected to the lead character, Otaha Higuchi,…

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Movie Review: Desk Set (1957)  Still from Desk Set Another librarian cult classic movie. And another movie that is recommended by other library workers. Like Party Girl Desk Set is seen as must watch. It is always interesting seeing a knowledge and information in another sector and from the past. The movie is based a play of the same name. While the movie is almost seventy years old many of the themes that it brings up are still around today.

Just finished watching another librarian cult classic Desk Set (1957). A new Christmas movie to watch at this years holiday season.

04.12.2025 13:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Book review No.14: The Invisible Library Title: The Invisible Library  Author: Genevieve Cogman  Date: 2015  ISBN: 9781447256236  Bookshop.org link:   Publisher: Pan Macmillan  Review:   Another short Bo…

Just finished re-reading The Invisible Library by @genevievecogman.bsky.social. I loved returning to the Library and the world. I can not wait to read the rest of the series. wp.me/pggSXP-8b

30.11.2025 16:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Article Review: Health Literacy Article title: Health literacy: Reducing inequalities in healthcare access through improving the readability of healthcare material in the Northeast of England-a qualitative evaluation Public Health, Volume 247, 2025, 105887 Accessed date: 05/08/2025 Authors: J. Dunnett, A. Trebacz, J. Holkham, C. Baldasera, L. Dawson, R. Swiers and F. Christie-de-Jong Accessed with Open Athens sign on account DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105887

Article Review: Health Literacy

Article title: Health literacy: Reducing inequalities in healthcare access through improving the readability of healthcare material in the Northeast of England-a qualitative evaluation Public Health, Volume 247, 2025, 105887 Accessed date: 05/08/2025 Authors: J.…

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Book review No.13  Title: The village library demon hunting society Author: C.M. Waggoner Date: 2024 ISBN: 9781804952382 Bookshop.org link:   Publisher: Penguin Review: Book review number 13 and an I fancied a bit of murder and a little funny horror for spooky season. So here is a quick book review. Think “Murder She Wrote” meets “Buffy” meets “Miss Maple” in a small-town librarian. Murder mystery and demons what more this there not to love.

To finish off the spooky season into the winter season I have just finished this cosy murder mystery The Village Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner. A Librarian who solves murders and a talking cat what more could you ask for. Get a copy from https://uk.bookshop.org/a/1779/9781804952382

23.11.2025 21:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book review No.12   Title: Reading allowed: true stories and curious incidents from a provincial library Author: Chris Paling Date: 2018 ISBN: 9781472124722 Publisher: Constable Bookshop.org affiliate link: Review: Chris Paling is a brilliant writer. With each story you can see in the world of a public library. It is nice to read from the point of view of a librarian. With all the good and bad of working in a public UK library.

Book review No.12  

Title: Reading allowed: true stories and curious incidents from a provincial library Author: Chris Paling Date: 2018 ISBN: 9781472124722 Publisher: Constable Bookshop.org affiliate link: Review: Chris Paling is a brilliant writer. With each story you can see in the world of a…

17.11.2025 21:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Review on Better letters – evidence and considerations from the behavioural sciences  Photo by Asad Photo Maldives on Pexels.com Available online: Editor: World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe Published date: 17 November 2024 Article type: Policy Brief Short Review  This policy brief is a paper that all that work in healthcare should read. Something as simple of a letter can affect a patient's interaction with health care. For some context, letters are some of the most difficult to update and make changes to.

Review on Better letters – evidence and considerations from the behavioural sciences 

Photo by Asad Photo Maldives on Pexels.com Available online: Editor: World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe Published date: 17 November 2024 Article type: Policy Brief Short Review  This policy…

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Them: You have too many books

Me:

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