"Don't use Libby because it costs libraries too much, pirate instead" is such a weird, anti-patron, anti-author take that somehow manages to also be anti-library, in my professional librarian-ass opinion.
It's well documented that pirating books negatively affects authors directly* in a way that pirating movies or TV shows doesn't affect actors or writers, so I will likely always be anti-book piracy unless there's absolutely, positively no other option (i.e. the book simply doesn't exist outside of online archives at all, or in a particular language).
Also, yeah, Libby and Hoopla licenses are really expensive, but libraries buy them SO THAT PATRONS CAN USE THEM. If you're gonna be pissed at anybody about this shitty state of affairs, be pissed at publishing companies and continue to use Libby or Hoopla at your library so we can continue to justify having it to our funding bodies.
One of the best ways to support your library having services you like is to USE THOSE SERVICES. Yes, even if they are expensive.
*Yes, this is a blog post, but it's a blog post filled with links to news articles. If you can click one link, you can click another.
wish i could go missing for a little bit and no one would freak out and then i could come back and they'd be like "did you have fun going missing" and i'd be like "yeah, thanks" and then i could do that every couple of months or so and it wouldn't be a big deal
If anyone needs me I’ll be thinking about how Neil josten very sweetly borrowed a pen from a waitress to put out a hit on one of jeans abusers (I want to punch Grayson very badly) in literally the most casual way, made the literal fbi wait for hi to finish his drink, told them they were illegally parked, ate his takeout in the interrogation room, and did not stop sassing even when they like threatened him.
one thing i was wondering while reading is that jeremy’s house is in pacific palisades which is 15 miles out from USC. sure that distance usually isn’t a problem but this is Los Angeles, traffic is terrible.
it’s 30 min from usc to his house on a good day but with traffic that could easily add another 20 min
I'm a simple person, but this small moment of physical comedy makes me cackle like a gremlin. (I blame growing up with the Marx Brothers and Three Stooges — no regrets of course.)
im like way late to out flag means death but i just finished and it whoever chose the music deserves a big kiss on the mouth. only bops no flops. songs that i didnt know could be bops? suddenly they fuck so hard
ok another thing i love about tsc is that it’s not set up so that jeremy is jean’s sole support. in books where one character is severely traumatized or depressed or what have you, they’re often written so the love interest is the only person that they come to, or the love interest is the only person who is there for them, which ends up making it a “love can cure trauma/a mental illness” thing.
BUT nora “i’m not your answer and you sure as fuck aren’t mine” sakavic is giving us catalina and laila as well, and i believe the rest of the trojans will get there, and jean has a support system rather than a support person. and i have a feeling jean is going to either seek out or be talked into therapy and just the fact that he has people friends to come home to and be with and feel safe with and WKDJDJJSDJDJ