Kimberly Hirsh

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:45:21 -0400

Where Did I Put That One Video Game Peripheral? The Kimberly Hirsh Story

(It’s my Ring Fit to go with the Nintendo Switch, it’s stored somewhere but not an obvious place so this probably buried in the attic or basement storage space.)

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:39:57 -0400

“… for the purposes of personal action research, the standards used by professional researchers might not be required.” Jennifer Robins, “Action Research Empowers School Librarians,” School Library Research, Volume 18 (2015) 💬📓

No formal proposal needed for a work project.

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:48:28 -0400

🔖 Read My Undiagnosed Chronic Illness Taught Me to Love Sci-Fi by Carli Cutchin (Electric Literature).

I love this essay.

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:03:06 -0400

Finished reading: When a Villain Calls by TJ Sky 📚

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:12:13 -0400

In the US, you can use Civic Mail to send postcards to your legislators urging them to oppose legislation revising the Elementary and Secondary Education Act so that school librarians can’t exercise their professional judgment to determine what materials belong in their collections.

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:39:21 -0400

Use this ALA tool to encourage your senators to sign the “Dear Appropriator” letters in support of the Library and Services Technology Act, which provides grants to states to support a wide variety of library programs and services.

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:49:44 -0400

When I read prose generated by AI unprompted, I feel like all the training data was techbros saying things irrelevant to my interests. Not everyone’s interests, but definitely mine.

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:40:07 -0400

Finished reading: Wild Pitch by Cat Giraldo 📚

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:27:27 -0400

Finished reading: The Devil’s Delilah by Loretta Chase 📚

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:14:12 -0400

Finished reading: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Two: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan 📚

Another one I read with my kid.

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:01:43 -0400

💬 “In almost every case, our manner of appearing is our manner of being. The mask is the face.” Susan Sontag, “On Style” in Against Interpretation

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 08:51:59 -0400

🎮 Because I know you were on tenterhooks waiting to hear what Dreamlight Valley Belle’s book preservation advice was: she gave me a tube of super glue.

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:57:27 -0400

🎮 My character in Disney Dreamlight Valley: Belle likes reading, so surely she can repair this damaged rare book!
Me, a librarian, in real life: No. No no no. Enjoying reading does not automatically confer preservation expertise.

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:22:49 -0400

💬📚🎨 “Perhaps you can put it this way. A man who does a man’s work is a normal human being. A woman who does a man’s work is a kind of superwoman. She must be two selves, one who supplies energy for her part of the world’s work, the other the woman who fulfils the obligations custom has laid upon her.” -CECILIA BEAUX, AMERICAN ARTIST, INTERVIEWED IN THE BOSTON HERALD (1910), quoted in The Club: Where American Women Artists Found Refuge in Belle Époque Paris by Jennifer Dasal.

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:38:13 -0400

Finished reading: Sincerely, Your Inconvenient Wife by Julia Wolf 📚

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:56:13 -0400

🔖 Read You Can’t Uncast a Spell by Holli Flanagan (Electric Literature).

I haven’t seen Wicked: For Good. This is an interesting and poignant analysis of the changes it makes from the ending of the stage show.

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:41:55 -0400

Finished reading: Dear Grumpy Boss by Julia Wolf 📚

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:07:15 -0400

Romance Novel: has a cat in it
Me: This book is excellent.
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Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:49:00 -0400

Finished reading: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 📚

Well. This was not what I expected. Heathcliff isn’t the ghost, the ghost is barely on page, and Heathcliff and Catherine have minimal time on-page together. Still a compelling read if, like me, you’re comfortable with the 19th century language and writing style.

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:56:39 -0400

I’m reading Wuthering Heights in hopes the Secret Goth Cabal will let me keep my Goth Card and I have to say, this book would make a lot more sense if people didn’t all have the same or similar names.

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 02:11:00 -0400

Finished reading: Viscount Vagabond by Loretta Chase 📚

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:07:00 -0400

Finished reading: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 📚

Read it aloud to my kid. I read it once about 15 years ago. Super fun.

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 01:54:00 -0400

Finished reading: A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught 📚

Brilliant and old school.

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:41:30 -0400

💬📺🖖🏻 “I’ve learned that I am a lot.” S.A.M., Starfleet Academy 1x08, “The Life of the Stars”

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:14:16 -0400

🔖 Read Attempting to Garden My Way Out of Sadness by Geetha Iyer (Electric Literature).

This is a gorgeous essay.