#sign up for a library card

[wttnblog]

Ten Reasons You Should Get a Library Card

Libraries are AMAZING, and at many points in my life have served as a refuge for me. As a child, we would visit the local public library multiple times a week. I was quite a bookworm from a young age and frequently maxed out my loans! I would not be who I am today without the local library.  Libraries are not only incredible third places but also full of amazing resources for the communities…

[queerliblib]

It’s Library Card Sign-Up Month! Queer Liberation Library memberships are TOTALLY FREE to everyone and anyone in the US — so go apply, get your QLL card, and get reading! 📚🌈

[jyae23]

WIP WEDNESDAY 06/18/25

Massive thanks to @thewholelemon and @alexalexinii for today's tags, and everyone else who tagged me for the past few weeks! (I wasn't planning on a WW, but my blog is in dire need of Snowbaz content.)

I covered Baz's face because the hair and collar are the stars of this post.

I experimented with watercolors for the first time since... idk middle school? Things were going great until midway, I freaked out and broke every watercolor rule from the tutorial I was watching. And if that wasn't enough, I thought the exact-o-knife would fix my mistake.

Long story short, Baz has a gaping hole in his face, BUT I have many options to salvage this work and his hair. His hair is wall hanging worthy. I'd hang his hair. Well, I'd hang the rest of him on my wall too. Who wouldn't wanna hang a masterpiece and stare at it all day? Especially with a collar. And his chest. Merlin. Sorry...

Tags, plans, books, and me doing everything else except finishing my WIPS below!!!

COAR

All I can say it that it feels like I've won the lottery and that I AM working on it >:)

1997–2068

Wasn't planning on dropping words, but everyone reminded me about Simon's birthday and I remember writing something that involved his birthday months ago:

The sun casts light upon your headstone through the trees. I smile, brushing my fingers along the warm, etched letters of your name. “Happy Birthday, my love.”

Wow, what the fuck, Jyae? Okay, the next few paragraphs is a wittle sad, so be careful <3 It's just me plotting how to make both my life and Baz's absolutely miserable with 0 comfort. Feel free to skip. The most important part of this post was Baz's hair from above^^

I like the idea of Simon losing his memories all the way back to the beginning of eighth year. I like the idea of Simon forgetting all the moments he spent time with Baz as allies, friends, lovers, and husbands. I like the idea of Simon not recognizing Baz because he aged. I like the idea of Simon fighting to go back to Watford because that's the place he calls home. I like the idea of Simon desperately looking for Baz, despite Baz being right there in front of him, and Baz can't do anything about it.

I want Simon to believe he's the Chosen One again and repeat the events he went through his eighth year. His last year at Watford. His last year full stop. I want Simon to talk about "Baz" in front of the real and older Baz. How he's still missing and the thing with his mother and how he seduced Agatha. "Baz" comes back, and Simon recounts his experiences with him. Things like following him in the Catacombs again, starting a truce, and telling him that "Baz" is the prettiest person who has ever floated like a butterfly while fighting a dragon. We'll have moments where Simon gets to tell older Baz things Simon never got to say and stuff Baz would've never known at Watford.

And then something about Baz realizing that even though Simon lost his memories, Baz was still the center of Simon's life, and that he always loved Baz, even if he never again said it. Or something like that lol idk :D

Simon's Pride Cream Pie

Not sure what possessed me to write a few words underneath this post, in 3rd person too, but I think I'll actually make it into a full fic. Like, why not? I'm already a foot in.

See how we went from Simon dying to cream pies? Yeah, that was on purpose.

Books

Books I Finished This Month:

Wolfsong by TJ Klune

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

Books I'm Currently Reading:

The King's Men by Nora Sakavic (97%)

Vicious by V. E. Schwab (43%)

Books I intend to read this month:

Captive Prince by C. S. Pacat I started it, but with how I said nothing about it , you can tell I haven't gotten that far lol BUT FOR TOXIC™️ PRIDE MONTH, I SHALL FINISH

I don't think I've devoured this many books at the same time EVER. If you tore me apart, I'd ooze nothing but words. If you put your ear against my head, you'll hear nothing but the clash of racquets and exy balls bouncing.

Thank you all who have stuck around as I scream into the void. While I may not be posting about them as much, I'm still thinking about them as always, seeing where they would fit in the current world I'm immersed in—Baz in an exy uniform or Simon as a wolf or Baz and Simon hate fucking—you get the idea. They're a constant in my life and that'll never change. Being able to tag you all is proof of that <3

@bazzydl @rimeswithpurple @lovelettersto-mars @toc-the-scrambled @bachusekart @bookishbroadwayandblind @gonzalesfreecs @catthehappy @facewithoutheart @fiend-for-culture @monbons @the-beard-of-edward-teach @roomwithanopenfire @sleepyphobzz @valeffelees

It's been so long, ik im missing someone...

[kelp-eaters-united]

I got hired at the library today.

[iris-echos]

Love public libraries

Look around

BOOKS!!!!!!!!

[melorasmushrooms]

Libraries and so fucking cool. What do you mean I can just sign up for a library card online and I can get access to a full catalog of both physical and digital copies of books? You mean to tell me that because I’m in An Area, I can read Stone Butch Blues on my phone on the couch without having to leave my home? Fucking radical

[arcade-confetti]

People entering comic fandoms but not reading comics because they're too expensive is mildly baffling to me. Do you pay for a subscription service everytime a show youre interested in comes out? Do you buy every movie you watch?

[barttrvk]

us friends give me your library card so i can learn portuguese this is no longer a request

[the-nettle-knight]

I love the way you find books in a library that you'd never even consider if you were in a book shop, especially the ones you've never even seen in a bookshop. I've read so many books like this, I'd really recommend trying your local library's app, going to the list of books available now and picking the first one in your chosen genre and seeing what you find!

[tabbyofwisdom]

FYI, September is Library Card Sign-Up Month so go down to your local library and get a card!

[justdrinktea]

take THIS depression 😎✌🏽

[quantummindclassicalheart]

I'm finding that having a digital library card and access to Overdrive has really helped me get back into reading. Having free access to ebooks and audiobooks from anywhere is really nice-- takes less energy than physically going to the library or bookstore. It's nice to add more books back into my media diet. Would recommend.

[novella-november]

Do you have the Libby library app?

If not, download it to your phone, and under "Add library card" select the button to search for a library and start typing in "queer"...

Sign up with an email, no actual address required, and you are good to go 🏳️‍🌈

[ID: A screenshot of the Queer Liberation Library Libby main page, showing 6 titles, one of which is an audio book. The titles displayed are the Trans Teen Survival Guide; Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the next); We Will Be Shelter: Poems for Survival; Tomboy Survival Guide; A Burst of Light and Other Essays; and Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction. End ID]

(thank you @teddypoi-qd for the ID!]

EDIT: Here is the Queer Liberation Library's donation page!

[angryisokay]

The Orange County Library System will send you an actual library card btw.

You'll get an email with your card number so you can log in and access the library digitally, but you will also get a physical library card [and keychain card] mailed to you as well.

[gh0st-c0mpany]

There is now 2 people in the United States i need to fight. One in California and One in Florida. They both have a copy of True colors

[jazzhaaaands]

Libraries are beginning to remove their language learning software because of these things! 

Go check them out or inquire about it

If anyone was wondering, Duolingo just got even worse.