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A white woman with dark hair and glasses stands in front of a wall with several words in 3d on it. The word 'BOOK' is centered over her head.
Kimberly Hirsh in front of the wall of words at
Planet Word Museum in Washington, DC

Hi there! I'm Kimberly Hirsh. My pronouns are she/ her/hers. I'm somebody's mom. I work as a school librarian. I have a PhD in information and library science. I love to read, play tabletop and video games, and make things. I used to perform in theater and improv comedy and I may one day again. I have been extremely online since 1993 and still enjoy tinkering on the web. I manage multiple chronic illnesses. I'm married to my kid's dad. We have a cat.

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Recent posts

📚 Remember how I said my hammock was my favorite reading spot? Here’s a flashback to me reading SIX OF CROWS in my hammock a few weeks ago. The purple thing is @the_book_seat, which has changed my reading life. I have chronic pain and sometimes my wrists hurt too much to hold up a heavy book like this one. The Book Seat does it for me. (This isn’t a paid endorsement or ad. My husband got me the Book Seat for my birthday last year. I just really love it.)

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[A copy of SIX OF CROWS is open to Chapter 30, a Jesper chapter. Green trees are in the background. The edge of a purple cushion is in the foreground.]

Want to read: Song of Blood and Stone by L. Penelope 📚

Want to read: Anya of Ark by Kristian Joseph 📚

Tassel turned! (The gown and hood were too itchy to keep on with only a sundress underneath.)

Let’s get this virtual graduation show on the road. [My son and I smiling. I am wearing doctoral regalia, including a dark blue PhD hood and velvet tam. A lightsaber blur is in the bottom right corner.]

My kid and I are building NYC for the Ninja Turtles & Marvel Superheroes to adventure in, so of course I had to build the @nypl Schwarzman bldg on 5th Ave complete with Patience and Fortitude.

📚 I first read SHADOW AND BONE 5 years ago, on a hammock at the beach, when I was 7 months pregnant. I was too impatient to do a re-read before the show, but I hadn’t read the other Grishaverse books so I refreshed my memory with the Wikipedia plot summary and powered through SIEGE AND STORM, RUIN AND RISING, and SIX OF CROWS just in time for the show. I’m reading CROOKED KINGDOM in a more leisurely fashion.

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Alina’s connection with Morozova’s stag really resonates with me because my last name is Yiddish for stag. What’s a bookish connection to your name?

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[A silver stag silhouette pendant sitting on top of a paperback copy of Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone which rests on top of a crocheted wrap in green, blue, and purple.]

I had to do one more round of formatting this morning but at long last my dissertation has been accepted by my university!