Author, Librarian, & storyteller. READ MY DEBUT BOOK F*cked Up Fairy Tales from WW Norton! Recovering TikTokker. Rhode Islander. Filipina. Headshot by Brittanny Taylor.https://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mtzcrdx2n22oi just reached out to a performer to inquire about them coming to my library and the response they sent back was AI generated and now I don't want to book them, turns out I can't afford them no matter the price26 Aug 2026 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzcrdx2n22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mtyqxidjyc2oWOW, READ THE ROOM, RANDOM TEXT ALERT ABOUT IMMINENT DEATH26 Aug 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyqxidjyc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mtoeewxyy22vMerrimack NH area folk, I'm at the library on Tues 8/25 at 6 PM to tell stories from my funny book F*cked Up Fairy Tales (yes, for adults). Free, tho you can purchase the book at the event! Register here! Tell a friend in NH if you're not there (or if you are)! merrimack.libcal.com/event/1709292922 Aug 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoeewxyy22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mtjsribpts2kThe FDA has recalled milkshakes due to contamination by Winnie the Bish dipping his beans in the shakes. https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/ec/29/qeedvWfp.gif?hh=498&ww=432&mp4=Eqkd6B8fRTeZkfH&webm=D0McpEaxM1no20 Aug 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjsribpts2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mthqlt5mn22wHow is THE LOST CROWN OF SODOR a Thomas the Tank Engine book and not an unfinished entry by George R. R. Martin in The Game of Thrones series?19 Aug 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthqlt5mn22whttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3msyouhiu722gNEW HAMPSHIRE BOOKISH FOLKS! I am at the Merrimack Public Library for an author event on Tuesday, 8/25 at 6 PM! Reading and signing my book. This is an 18+ only event as my book is quite saucy, as am I! Register at the link in the comments so they know you are coming, and please bring friends!13 Aug 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyouhiu722ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3msj7ahm3ak2uThanks so much to @libbyapp.com for recommending F*cked Up Fairy Tales! Fun Fact: the picture book they picked to compare to mine was the only fairy tale book my sister liked when we were growing up - and now she's the illustrator of my grown-up fairy tale book! https://www.libbylife.com/blog/what-to-read-as-an-adult-based-on-your-childhood-favorites?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sfmc&utm_campaign=libbylife&utm_content=libbylife_LibbyBlog_2026080107 Aug 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3msj7ahm3ak2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3msipf2r7sk2fIt's Bandcamp Friday! Buy some music from your favorite indie artists and grow a streaming list that isn't big tech! bandcamp.com https://bandcamp.com/07 Aug 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3msipf2r7sk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3msgwbvwyjc2aMan Vs. Machine but it's me insisting on blowing up the 5' wading pool myself because the hand-pump just ain't cutting it. (That's what she said.)06 Aug 2026 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgwbvwyjc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3msgkrentd22f#FolkloreThursday friends, Hello! I recently learned of Mary de Morgan's "The Toy Princess" from Kate Forsyth's collections, and I wondered if there are more public-domain fairy tales or folktales about women who walk away from the crown like the Toy Princess does?06 Aug 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgkrentd22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3msdxcmeqks2dCENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS I am signing and speaking at Dark Summer Book Fest this Saturday August 8 at the Framingham Public Library. Amazing lineup of authors! Would love to see you there! https://framinghamlibrary.org/news-events/dark-summer-book-fest/05 Aug 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdxcmeqks2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3ms6ndjkjis27OH MY GOD I FINALLY MADE A NEW F*CKED UP FAIRY TALE VIDEO, inspired by the Wicker Trailer craze! youtu.be/iBKFRxrvDmU https://youtu.be/iBKFRxrvDmU03 Aug 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6ndjkjis27https://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mrqqo6vgfc2mNolan being inspired by Wilson's Odyssey translation but not getting the women characters and then Wilson hating it and not getting that it's a great look at a classic through modern eyes is the funniest thing to happen to the classics since Aristophanes.29 Jul 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrqqo6vgfc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mrl4olk4vk23She also loved my book F*cked Up Fairy Tales (back when she blurbed it in 2025).26 Jul 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrl4olk4vk23https://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mrfrsldtvk23I just emailed myself with a reminder to build some sensory kits for our childrens room, which is a Disability Pride Month win, but I addressed the subject "Hey idiot" which is a Disability Pride Month fail.24 Jul 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfrsldtvk23https://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mrdbrkkxek2aI don't have two wolves inside of me. I have these guys. (I'm a perimenopausal woman on SSRIs in an irrevocably changed climate.)23 Jul 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdbrkkxek2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mqz6jqpynk2fOn our way to brunch, a small child ran away from his mom and told my husband, "You did a great job as the voice of Bowser!" Then Dan said "Thanks!" And the boy said, "Your voice was lower in the movie!"19 Jul 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqz6jqpynk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mqxbvwbt5s2o18 Jul 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxbvwbt5s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mqtubtqi3k2fOMG my parasocial buddy BJ is 99% towards funding her insane dental surgery! BJ survived pancreatic cancer but the cancer took her teeth out of spite! If you have five bucks to throw in, I bet we can knock down that goal before the weekend! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtubtqi3k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mqssey3rt22bMe until further notice. 🦝17 Jul 2026 03:23 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqssey3rt22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mqskneo5wk2uAmazing public support at the Cumberland School Committee meeting right now in support of trans students. I hope the committee listens. Shout out the queer person who, despite crying thru their speech, said the funniest thing I've ever heard: "I was so far in the closet I was Mr. Tumnus."17 Jul 2026 01:05 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqskneo5wk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mqrrghbgm222It's interesting that the wizard boy author hates the US president so much, because she keeps acting like him: getting worse and worse and more and more abrasive and hateful. Both are a poop-type Pokémon, coasting gleefully through the sewage, only evolving into an even bigger POS.16 Jul 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrrghbgm222https://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mqkgp6sfj22zBIG OOF But it does end on an up note - when communities rally, these cuts can be avoided. https://buttondown.com/wellsourced/archive/the-state-of-library-cuts-in-2026-so-far/13 Jul 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkgp6sfj22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mnuchwyu4s2bI'm an astrology skeptic -- except when I desperately need my Dunkin iced and everyone in the nighborhood is also in line and running late for work that morning.09 Jun 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnuchwyu4s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mltb67fgw22fTragically, the book club kid who declared that China's five hundred year old Monkey King myth was a rip-off of Dragon Ball Z did not come to book club to discuss this more.14 May 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltb67fgw22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mlnuhjrcpc24Back in my day, we typed out our RPF on a word processor and only shared it with two horny friends, because we had a healthy level of shame and no other option!12 May 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnuhjrcpc24https://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mllzuakrvk2tAlso, I reviewed the book over @cannonballread.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllzuakrvk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cosbrarian.bsky.social/post/3mllopzxkvs2kI haven't seen as much discourse on Make Believe here, but I figured I'd share my take in case it would do good. A lot of authors have been hurt at the many librarians and booksellers dismissing their issues w/ Barnett's criticisms of the kidlit industry. Here is my reminder to Barnett's champions:11 May 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:njki7bvfto7xm45qmd3sycex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllopzxkvs2k