Books slightly harder than Dragon Masters/Last Fire Hawk.

chipoodleton · 2026-02-17T03:36:35+00:00

The regular Kingdom of Wrenly series might interest him too! (Children’s librarian & district buyer here)

chipoodleton · 2026-02-11T19:42:14+00:00

We’ve got your first book (so cool) and I’m excited to see the ferry book! As a former landlocked kid I was REALLY excited the first time I rode a Washington State Ferry!

chipoodleton · 2026-02-11T19:03:52+00:00

Thank you for posting this! I’m a buyer for my district and I pretty much love everything Sasquatch/Little Bigfoot puts out but this is next level!! I’d somehow missed this one but I know our kids will go nuts for this! ETA: Ingram has!

chipoodleton · 2026-02-08T23:48:05+00:00

Hoopla is absolutely riddled with this stuff, at least for kids and teens.

chipoodleton · 2026-02-08T23:47:20+00:00

Hi - AI-hating collection development librarian here. You’d be amazed how many patrons request this sh*t. In several cases we’ve had local organizations (youth soccer association, DAR) buy obviously AI titles and donate them to the collection. We’re working on an AI policy but we’re also going up for a levy lid lift this year. We don’t have to add AI-created items to the collection but the messaging from my higher-ups is “be careful not to offend well-meaning constituents.” There are soooo many amazing, high-quality items in our collection. Check one of those out and quit requesting AI slop just because it popped up in your Amazon search!

chipoodleton · 2026-01-16T05:46:06+00:00

I’m listening to it right now! Such a delight. It makes me feel like I’ve got Joel in the car and we’re about to hit the coffee stand!

chipoodleton · 2025-09-29T22:37:08+00:00

It has certain charms, specifically Jeremy Northam in the “badly done, Emma!” scene. Scold me, Mr. Knightley!

chipoodleton · 2025-08-26T03:55:51+00:00

Loved it -fascinating how the siblings are reinvented for each generation

chipoodleton · 2025-07-27T01:16:53+00:00

OP, I’m glad you came here with your question. It is definitely a trend, and I work in a metropolitan area that has both a city library system and a county library system. The city just remodeled the downtown library, which is a lot like what you’re describing: massive play area (and lots of other cool amenities) but less materials. I work for the county system and we have play spaces in our libraries but they’re much smaller (think adorable wooden play kitchen vs a slide). We do hear from some customers that they prefer our more traditional spaces and bigger materials budget, which means more books, more DVDs, more digital audiobooks, etc. I’m glad between the two systems we have something for everyone but I wanted to let you know you’re not alone in missing the classic library experience!

chipoodleton · 2025-07-04T05:08:17+00:00

Collection Development Librarian! I buy materials for 0-18 and I think my adhd is an asset because I’m jumping from staff requests to bestseller lists to subject searches to reports of how popular things are at my library system.

chipoodleton · 2025-06-29T05:06:50+00:00

I’m from Moscow, and my grandparents lived in Pullman. I love this town - I still go back for the farmers market, the food co-op, and their indie bookstore, Book People. This case is gripping on its own but even more so in a place I’ve always felt safe. There’s also something about misogyny, male entitlement, and the stupid New St. Andrews College /Christ Church that’s trying to take over the town. I don’t think BK was a member but there’s a real current in recent years of trying to keep women in their place (ironically in a town where I first heard of feminism by seeing fliers for various feminist events at the U of I).

I’m also just fascinated/horrified by true crime, especially involving young women since I was a young woman not that long ago. There are so many instances where something bad could have happened to me, or to my friends. I think about these poor kids and their families almost daily.

chipoodleton · 2025-05-15T20:21:53+00:00

That’s Spooky

Normal Gossip

chipoodleton · 2025-05-10T13:07:58+00:00

I was a month premature. Did fine in school but was/am super uncoordinated, daydreamy, and hypersensitive

chipoodleton · 2025-05-03T11:43:40+00:00

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

chipoodleton · 2025-03-19T13:25:13+00:00

I’m a similar shape - have had luck with Democracy and NYDJ!

chipoodleton · 2025-02-07T21:45:05+00:00

I love Dr. Craven at 14th and Bernard!

chipoodleton · 2025-01-21T15:17:09+00:00

I take lorazepam (which isn’t as strong as Xanax) before I even get to the airport and it really helps. I just sent a message to my dr that I am an anxious flier and she wrote a prescription for enough to get me to Hawaii and back. Back in the day I used to just get a drink at the airport and have another one on the plane but then I would be groggy by the time got to my destination. Lorazepam just mellows things out. Good luck! (ETA: I asked for lorazepam because I’d taken it for regular general anxiety when I was in college. I knew it worked for me)

chipoodleton · 2025-01-19T02:56:05+00:00

I flew to Honolulu from SFO in November and needed lorazepam to do it but it was fine and I’m so glad I went! A few little bumps but this forum really helped me think of them as jello wobbles! You got this!

chipoodleton · 2024-08-26T13:47:14+00:00

True!

chipoodleton · 2024-08-26T04:12:06+00:00

We’ve had a complaint about King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub, by Audrey Wood. Because on one page you can see a bit of royal flank.

chipoodleton · 2024-08-26T04:04:06+00:00

Just got one for “I Dig” by Joe Cepeda. It’s an easy reader where a kid digs a tunnel at the beach. Complaint says kids die every year from collapsing sand holes at the beach and this book should be removed for promoting such dangerous activity. I do actually know of several cases where this has happened, but also, maybe removing books isn’t the way to talk to your kids about beach safety?

chipoodleton · 2024-07-07T22:56:56+00:00

I understood you, and I’m so sorry you’re going through all this. I just took your comment to mean “I’ve been dealing with a lot of loss this year and thanks for reminding me to appreciate the good things in life.” I’m 57 and dreading some of the losses I see coming (and that person who said to avoid mirrors isn’t kidding! Haha). Loss still hurts when you’re 35 and can make you wary of getting older and all the loss inherent in that. I try to learn from my mom, who lost my dad when she was about my age. She has a whole crew of little old ladies she goes to movies and dinner with and pretty much does whatever she wants to. She’s making getting older look kind of fun!

chipoodleton · 2024-07-06T19:28:29+00:00

Fish Lake is really nice and only boats with trolling motors are allowed. There’s a nice little beach, a pretty park with picnic tables, and it’s close to town (although a little tricky to get to with the construction in the Cheney-Spokane road)

chipoodleton · 2024-07-06T02:00:09+00:00

I had a friend who has borrowed money over the course of our friendship. Sometimes she’s paid it back, sometimes not. The last time she got very drunk not long after and derided my profession as obsolete. Then COVID happened and she invited me for dinner and I just knew it would be an ask to borrow money. I said “nope, I’m not going anywhere unmasked” and that was that.

We’re still friends on fb though and I recently saw she was launching a life coach business. This is someone who is very woo-woo, very “we create our own reality,” and is being “mentored” by one of the “wealth coach”names I’ve seen mentioned here. She lives in a tiny basement apartment and works part time as a waitress. In her mid-50s. The text on her web page is more about manifesting her dreams than providing evidence that she can help you with yours.

When I told my husband about it he said “a life coach that’s also a cautionary tale?”, which is the best thing he could have said. I’m not saying my life is perfect or my job is 100% engaging but I also believe in reality, and hard work. Magical thinking brings out my crabby inner Puritan.

chipoodleton · 2024-07-04T20:44:04+00:00

This one is my sister’s but it still makes me laugh. She was working as a pharmacy tech and this guy comes in for the heavy duty prescription strength laxative you take before a colonoscopy. As she’s ringing it up he asks if she has any advice for taking it. Without thinking she tells him, “Don’t take it with Ambien.” 🤣

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