@manton so much smoking!
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KimberlyHirsh/87760543","date_published":"2026-04-07T12:15:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Kimberly Hirsh","url":"https://kimberlyhirsh.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8984.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KimberlyHirsh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 12:15","date_timestamp":1775564124,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87760513","content_html":"@chrisfoley I really enjoy the Puzzmo crosswords. They’re not as challenging as a late-week NYT, but the 15x15 and big ones aren’t super easy either. The minis are a bit easier. They tend to be really creative and my favorite thing is that there’s usually a note from the constructor and the editor at the end about the creation process.
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\n📖 Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
\n🎧 Fated Mates, Tarot for the Wild Soul
\n📺 DS9, Shrinking
\n🎮 Disney Dreamlight Valley, Pokemon Pokopia
\n♟️King of Tokyo, MLEM
\n🧩 Book of nonograms, Puzzmo crossword archive
\n💪...
@cygnoir I love this! Will borrow and credit both of you.
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\n(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.)
\n","summary":"","url":"https://kimberlyhirsh.com/2026/04/03/where-did-i-put-that.html","date_published":"2026-04-03T21:45:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Kimberly Hirsh","url":"https://kimberlyhirsh.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8984.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KimberlyHirsh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-03 21:45","date_timestamp":1775252721,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zkn3ae33mxaxhbmqtwfwnfqe/post/3mimp3n7j7z26","https://www.threads.com/@kimberlyhirsh/post/DWr2U31Fusp"]}},{"id":"87468219","content_html":"“… 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) 💬📓
\nNo formal proposal needed for a work project.
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\nI love this essay.
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\nFinished reading: When a Villain Calls by TJ Sky 📚
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\nFinished reading: Wild Pitch by Cat Giraldo 📚
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\nFinished reading: The Devil’s Delilah by Loretta Chase 📚
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\nFinished reading: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Two: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan 📚
\nAnother one I read with my kid.
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\nMe, a librarian, in real life: No. No no no. Enjoying reading does not automatically confer preservation expertise.
💬📚🎨 “Perhaps you can put it this way. A man who does a man’s work is\na normal human being. A woman who does a man’s work is a kind of\nsuperwoman. She must be two selves, one who supplies energy for\nher part of the world’s work, the other the woman who fulfils the obligations custom has laid upon her.”...
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\nFinished reading: Sincerely, Your Inconvenient Wife by Julia Wolf 📚
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\nI 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.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KimberlyHirsh/85923992","date_published":"2026-03-10T21:15:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Kimberly Hirsh","url":"https://kimberlyhirsh.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8984.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KimberlyHirsh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-10 21:15","date_timestamp":1773177354,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85849265","content_html":"@manton Seems like it’s working. I’m still struggling with the books I posted from February 19 - 28. The posts are there, I think the date info is there, but they aren’t showing up in 2026 Goals.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KimberlyHirsh/85849265","date_published":"2026-03-09T19:01:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Kimberly Hirsh","url":"https://kimberlyhirsh.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8984.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KimberlyHirsh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-09 19:01","date_timestamp":1773082887,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85804364","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781965473016/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Dear Grumpy Boss by Julia Wolf 📚
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\nMe: This book is excellent.
\n📚🐈⬛
@manton Thanks for working on this, Manton. I’m finding sometimes that even after I post, books aren’t ending up in my goals. If I go in and manually update the date finished and then update the post, that seems to fix it. I haven’t noticed if it’s only happening in Epilogue for Android or also on the web, so I’ll pay more attention to that going forward.
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\nFinished reading: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 📚
\nWell. 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...
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KimberlyHirsh/85484976","date_published":"2026-03-04T13:29:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Kimberly Hirsh","url":"https://kimberlyhirsh.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8984.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KimberlyHirsh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-04 13:29","date_timestamp":1772630954,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85484957","content_html":"@annahavron I wish Catherine Linton had been called Tootie.
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\nFinished reading: Viscount Vagabond by Loretta Chase 📚
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\nRead it aloud to my kid. I read it once about 15 years ago. Super fun.
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