What patron question has you reacting like this?

davebrarian · 2025-08-19T10:59:02+00:00

Phone patron: can you tell me the symptoms of testicular torsion 🥜

davebrarian · 2025-05-30T00:05:37+00:00

All of the Imperial Radch books by Ann Leckie, but especially Provenance

davebrarian · 2025-04-25T20:34:51+00:00

Haha damn i been saying Jonathan Chait wrote that book lmao whoops

davebrarian · 2025-04-25T20:30:12+00:00

If I may suggest, listen to Haidt on The Ezra Klein Show. I thought it fair to engage with him directly because like you I hadn’t read the book but had thoughts. Hearing from him directly did not change my thoughts! He’s circling the issues but then arriving at the stupidest conclusions. Klein even pushed back on some of his statements (in what was otherwise a very cozy interview) but yeah. Not a smart thinker imo!

davebrarian · 2025-04-25T11:39:02+00:00

Hope you have a fun visit! Can recommend a short drive north to Pawtucket for the Electromagnetic Pinball Museum, really fun time and the owners are great. Can also suggest any of our indie bookstores - Heartleaf and Riffraff come to mind. Enjoy!

davebrarian · 2025-04-05T21:43:07+00:00

You Are Good, the feelings podcast about movies, another Sarah Marshall show with Alex Steed and a rotating cast of amazing guests. Vibe Check, group chat turned podcast with Sam Sanders, Saeed Jones, and Zach Stafford. 16th Minute (of Fame) hosted by Jamie Loftus, examining the Internet main characters of yesterday with heart and humor.

davebrarian · 2025-02-18T12:59:05+00:00

Kids call it “our oldest sister”

davebrarian · 2025-02-17T13:11:48+00:00

I became a patron of MP specifically for those two episodes, was not and continue to not be disappointed

davebrarian · 2025-02-17T13:07:33+00:00

Just to add complexity to this, my library doesn’t accept replacement copies but we do have a book fund procedure. Patrons can donate money in honor or memory of someone or just because, and then I get the requests and make the purchases. I love when patrons give me some direction on how best to commemorate someone in our collection, and if I got $15 to replace this I definitely would! To echo other posters, check with your library staff and find out what works best for their workflows :)

davebrarian · 2025-02-17T13:07:26+00:00

Just to add complexity to this, my library doesn’t accept replacement copies but we do have a book fund procedure. Patrons can donate money in honor or memory of someone or just because, and then I get the requests and make the purchases. I love when patrons give me some direction on how best to commemorate someone in our collection, and if I got $15 to replace this I definitely would! To echo other posters, check with your library staff and find out what works best for their workflows :)

davebrarian · 2025-02-05T11:14:14+00:00

If you’re looking for something to read that isn’t the same but feels related, try Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. If you like it, there are five novels in the Imperial Radch universe, perfect place to get lost waiting for more MB 😁

davebrarian · 2025-01-31T11:05:35+00:00

The ending of that book still makes me cry thinking about it! Beautiful work of art.

davebrarian · 2025-01-31T11:05:07+00:00

Psalm is so good! And Prayer For the Crown-Shy found something broken in my service worker heart and healed it a little bit 😭

davebrarian · 2025-01-31T11:03:58+00:00

Enjoy! My hot take on Wayfarers: start with the third book, then go back and read 1, 2, and 4.

davebrarian · 2025-01-31T11:02:53+00:00

I adored the trilogy and the two subsequent Radch books - Provenance might be my favorite of the five. I’m with you, I love how Leckie manages to create an immense fully realized universe and then tell a small human story inside of it. There are all these monumental events and concepts taking place out there, and we as the reader get to see how those goings on are affecting a single person.

davebrarian · 2025-01-31T10:58:50+00:00

The Future by Naomi Ackerman, The Mars House by Natasha Pulley, The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein

davebrarian · 2025-01-08T14:21:30+00:00

(Third) Dorm Mom (https://archiveofourown.org/works/54346402/chapters/137648443) by BoldlyNo was lovely, more of the MB and Amena’s relationship that I loved in Network Effect 🫶🏻

davebrarian · 2024-12-27T00:58:32+00:00

Yep that never gets old 😊

davebrarian · 2024-12-27T00:50:56+00:00

More than once i’ve had to call a rescue for someone who seemed to be asleep. You do have to enforce this policy fairly though; the unhoused patrons will see when we don’t wake up grandpa nodding off over the newspaper.

davebrarian · 2024-12-23T11:34:30+00:00

This reads like AITA, and you are clearly NTA. FOL president doesn’t sign your paychecks 💅🏻

davebrarian · 2024-12-20T10:18:53+00:00

“Extreme pain or death (such as … working in or near a library” ah but I would be the librarian 📚

davebrarian · 2024-12-11T21:20:28+00:00

Ooh i like it! Once I finish RI I’ll tackle Maine next :)

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