Still planning to post at kimberlyhirsh.com and auto-crosspost to Twitter and Tumblr, but not scrolling or checking notifications for a few days. See y’all later!

📚 I’ve got about 100 pages left in #LEGENDBORN & won’t write a full review til I’ve finished but I think the headline will be BLACK GIRL MAGIC + DARK ACADEMIA + ARTHURIANA ON MY CAMPUS! (Affiliate link goes to Bookshop.org.)

Reply to Another day in Hellsville:

It is a lot. Having caregiving responsibilities adds another level of difficulty to dealing with the pandemic. I’m sorry you’re having an exceptionally challenging time, and I’m glad you’re able to find a creative outlet through writing and to make time for exercise. Please take care and know you’re not alone.

Current professional goals: 1. Be a qualitative researcher. (I am now, but I think I would like to continue after I graduate.) 2. Talk with people about books. (Another thing I do now and want to continue doing.) 📓

How did it take me until just now to consciously verbalize the fact that THE SECRET GARDEN is a Gothic novel? In my heart I always knew, and it was a huge part of its appeal, but it only occurred to me when Alex Acks (@katsudonburi) was tweeting about the archetypes in MEXICAN GOTHIC. 📚

The internet has been full of productivity-in-a-pandemic advice for months and I’m over it. I tell myself: Do what you can, when you can, and let the rest go as much as possible.

I have become super enamored of the #darkacademia aesthetic, but being in actual academia, this is what I thought it meant at first. (Thanks @myfairesttreasure on Instagram for the visual inspiration!)

Teen, new adult, and undergrad librarians, let me introduce you to your new best friend: the Aesthetics Wiki. This thing is a goldmine for programming ideas that will feel relevant to many of the people you serve.

📚 17/31 THE ONE WHERE I RUIN YOUR CHILDHOOD by Daniel Crocker. Excerpt from “C is for Cookie”: “You don’t have to talk when you’ve got/a fig newton in your mouth. There’s no/room to think with a mind full of sugar” #TheSealeyChallenge

Hi. I don’t feel like it today, and it’s okay if you don’t feel like it either. Whatever it is.