📚Lydia M. Sigwarth📚
@LibraryLydia
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she/her 📚Librarian📚 Author of DEAR LIBRARIAN ✨BUY MY BOOK✨https://t.co/wiYFm6CL2w
Wisconsin
Joined August 2012
The little girl who lived at the library never could have dreamt of this day but here it is: Dear Librarian by Lydia M. Sigwarth with illustrations by Romina Galotta is now available on bookstore (and Library!!) shelves everywhere. Happy Reading💛
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When you were 11 did you hand-write 3 chapters of the first book of a planned trilogy and then completely forget about it until you discovered the notebook as an adult and were horrified or were you normal.
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My smartass of a brother told me he was coming home for Christmas as a surprise and I have been SO stressed keeping it secret. Then he shows up and I look around waiting for the big reaction… . HE HAD TOLD EVERYONE HE WAS COMING BUT TO KEEP IT A SECRET FROM EVERYONE ELSE.
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Social distance like you’re a regency couple that dare not be closer than 6 ft least you give into your feelings and embrace, thus ruining your reputation beyond repair
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Why can't I find a doctor who will prescribe "sea air" for my nerves so I can spend a summer in a picturesque costal town in England "for my health" only to be caught up in a local scandal and forced to solve a murder???.
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MY PARENTS HAD BEEN KEEPING IT A SECRET FROM EACH OTHER . TWO SISTERS SEPARATELY BOUGHT HIM STOCKINGS . WE’VE ALL BEEN LYING TO EACH OTHER FOR WEEKS.
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If these movies were released today Harrison Ford wouldn’t have looked like this, they would have had the poor man buffed to a ridiculous degree, and dehydrated eating nothing but boiled chicken and he would look so much less attractive.
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I’m so sad Andre Braugher won’t ever guest star on Abbott Elementary as a retired Shakespearean college professor who thought subbing for 2nd grade would be easy and gets the surprise of his life
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You’re just jealous of my giant strawberry sweater
Millennial librarians who dress like 5 year old children thinking it’s “cute”. It is not cute. Stop.
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I should mention that I have 8 siblings, 4 of which are married. So this was no small feat. There were at least a dozen people keeping up this ruse.
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this is a friendly reminder that library cards are free and your local public library will never make you pay extra so you don’t have to watch ads.
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I am finally fulfilling a life long dream and going on an overnight Amtrak train. I splashed out for a first class roomette and so far the the first class car attendant calls me “Miss Lyddie” and this has all completely gone to my head and we haven’t even left the station yet
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Girls don’t want husbands. Girls want to be a effortlessly glamorous lady detective with a Victorian mansion, a orphan ward and a butler.
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The #Barbiemovie reminded me of the original Ken™️:. Nancy Drew’s boyfriend Ned Nickerson . Ned is also hot, a little dim, and desperately in love with a girl who’s too busy going on adventures with her girls to fully commit
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Took my baby sister on a bookstore binge this weekend. Here she is showing-off our haul 📚
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@MattScalici May as well provide a little entertainment since they’re kind enough to visit
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@gm_goddess He’s both the oldest son and one of the youngest in the family so… the optimal position of power.
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Why hasn’t anyone invited me to a black tie event at an old mansion? I clean up nice and promise to scream and faint dramatically when I find the body in the library.
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@KylePlantEmoji Apparently 11 year olds have single handedly kept the notebook industry in business.
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I worry about all the murders going unsolved right now because little old ladies are stuck inside, not out listening to the neighborhood gossip and slowly piecing together the nafarious plot.
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Oh crap I totally forgot to use this to promo myself: . If you liked THIS story about family you should totally buy my book, which also features a story about my family!. Dear Librarian
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Found an old book called “Cautionary Tales For Children” at an antique store today and the terrible chapter titles are giving me life. Tag yourself, I’m “JIM who ran away from his nurse and was eaten by a lion”
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Gonna quit my job and become a country vicar, cycling around the countryside, having tea and gossip with little old ladies, and then solving a murder or two before evening prayers.
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Universally accepted author advice: “Write what you know.” . Notorious Spinster Jane Austen: *literally invents the Romance genre*.
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No human person has ever hated skirts as much as the YA protagonist of a historical fiction novel.
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(Then I wrote a picture book that thankfully wasn’t horrifying and it’s coming out in a month so I’m just gonna casually drop a link here)
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In honor of Jane Austen’s birthday and inspired by me thinking the fish on this shirt were peacocks, I proudly present:. Travis Kelce outfits .as Jane Austen Books. 1/🧵
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: A friend break-up can be objectively much worse than a romantic break-up.
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My favorite historical fact is that Ada Lovelace’s mother was so pissed at her father for being Lord Byron, that she only let her daughter study math and logic, not poetry, and then Ada invented the computer. So next time you use a computer, you should thank Lady Byron’s spite.
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BRING BACK HATS WITH VEILS SO I CAN MYSTERIOUSLY HIDE FROM PEOPLE WHILE LOOKING FABULOUS.
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Before you tweet about how everyone "came together" after 9/11 and the "unity" you felt remember that that unity was AGAINST the Muslim-American community, people "came together" and othered those they felt like weren't American enough for them.
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As a confirmed spinster I can't wait until I'm old enough to accidentally adopt a whimsical orphan girl.
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“Being a librarian must be so peaceful! I would love to read all day!!!”
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The year is 2055. American Girl announces their newest Historical Girl™️. Izzy Davis: The 2020 Pandemic Doll.
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I’m literally traveling IN A BED and someone is being paid to bring me FREE DRINKS and I’m afraid this has forever spoiled me for cars and planes
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The real villain of Die Hard is the toxic company environment that hosts a mandatory work event on CHRISTMAS EVE.
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The only thing that could possibly tempt me back into society was if someone opened a Ladies Club that’s like those old London Gentlemen Clubs with plush chairs, fireplaces, libraries and rooms where literally no one is allowed to speak and only women are allowed in the club.
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Girls in 90% of historical fiction YA books:. “I HATE spending all day embroidering and going to tea parties & balls! I want to wear PANTS!”. Actual Girls in 90% of History: . “I work 16 hours a day trying to keep my family safe, fed and clothed! I want to not die in childbirth!”.
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When I said I wanted to live through history I meant I wanted to go fancy balls or meet Albert Einstein not whatever the hell is happening right now.
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@SketchesbyBoze These days the body diversity with men on screen seems to be either Timothee or The Rock with almost nothing in between, and I feel bad for young boys who are being told they have to either be a waif or a tank.
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Name a word that's more fun to say than SPELUNKING. go ahead, I'll wait.
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When the new “Historical” American Girl Dolls are from 1999
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Things I was overly concerned about as a child that turned out to be much less of a danger that I had expected:. • Quick Sand .• Desert Mirages .• Getting lost in the Bermuda Triangle.• Amnesia.
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🚨THERE'S BEEN A MURDER🚨. Which room of detectives do you want to be quarantined with while you discover whodunit?
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The Clark Kent / Superman vibes are off the charts.
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I wake up every morning feeling like an old lady and yet I still haven’t managed to accidentally become housekeeper to a vain wizard and his magical fire demon.
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@Rachael_Conrad I was absolutely LIVID when it happened but Twitter has convinced me that it’s actually funny 🤷♀️.
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A few years ago I was a suffragette for Halloween and it was amazing to me, while walking down the street, how many people would yell out “Sister Suffragette!” to me, and want to take a picture “Like in Mary Poppins!”. Glynis Johns will forever be a feminist icon, RIP to a legend
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And yes, I will be only SLIGHTLY disappointed if no one gets murdered, why do you ask?
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Show me the movie or television character you wanted to be growing up vs the one you feel like you became.
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@iconawrites We had a 7 year old library kid who wanted to read Count of Monte Cristo because Charlie Brown read it.
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Honestly my favorite genre
Movies where Stanley Tucci plays a supporting role in an iconic woman’s life is entire genre at this point, and I’m not mad at it.
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When this is all over let’s host formal house calls again. One afternoon each week I’ll dress up in my best outfit and all my friends can visit for 20 minutes at a time while we eat tiny sandwiches and drink tea.
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Imagine this: It’s a crisp fall day in 2010. You’re excited about the new season of Lost. Obama is president but you haven’t thought about him in weeks. Taylor Swift’s “Mine” is on the radio. Life is good.
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Apparently first class passengers can have ANYTHING we want from the dinning car??? I couldn’t make up my mind and the attendant was like “It’s all you can eat, have the burger! wanna salad? Grab some chips, there’s dessert too”
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THE LINING OF HIS JACKET MATCHES HER OUTFIT THIS IS THE KIND OF EXTREME EXTRA THAT I LIVE FOR
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There’s nothing new under the sun and there never will be.
The Irritating Gentleman, by German painter Berthold Woltze (1874). In private collection.
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One of our patrons printed their Taylor Swift #TheErasTour tickets and then just… left them sitting on the library printer . Friends I have never been so very tempted to turn to a life of crime.
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Me @ Myself: you are totally turning into your mother the older you get .Me @ Myself: I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed.
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I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY SINCE I STARTED DOING WORDLE 2 YEARS AGO AND PICKED MY STARTER WORD . Wordle 827 1/6. 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩. I WAS RIGHT ON THE FIRST TRY BABY!.
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@JBsTwoCents Working with families for 10+ year I’ve settled on “do they have any new tricks?” instead of asking about specific milestones, there’s always some new thing and expression a little one has been entertaining their parents with.
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Someone just asked me about #LibraryLife saying they were happy I was a Librarian because that means I must only order "good clean Christian books".I'm livid because:.A) Not a Christian anymore.B) If I only ordered books that aligned with my faith I would be a terrible librarian.
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In personal news: . I have a new job!. I am the new Community Engagement Librarian for the Dubuque County Library District. Which means I get to be a librarian for an entire county while also making funny reels and doing social media and talking books and meeting readers📚
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It’s been a year since my old boss told me I needed to go somewhere else where “people might actually like you” . I initially took this criticism to heart and it’s been a challenging 12 months, but after plenty of therapy I can now honestly say that she was the problem, not me.
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Every Christmas Eve my sister and I give each other books and stay up late reading. It’s called Jólabókaflóðið, an Icelandic word meaning “Christmas Book Flood”
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Eating dinner in the observation car with a nice couple from Canada going to New Orleans, we compared Tornado experiences. Sadly this leg of the trip is entirely after sundown so not much observation is happening.
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If a man said this to my face I straight up swoon like a Victorian woman with TB.
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My first babysitting job just announced she's pregnant so if anyone needs me I'll be loudly pondering my mortality in the corner.
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@buggirl29 Some dude tweeted that he used ChatGPT to learn how to address an envelope and I was like, buddy, ask a boomer or google it???.
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PSA: If you become a librarian just because you love reading you’ll probably hate most of the job. If you become a librarian because you love READERS, then you’ll do okay. #LibraryLife.
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New job means pretending I’m not terrified every moment of every day
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Why can't I find a doctor who will prescribe "sea air" for my nerves so I can spend a summer in a picturesque costal town in Kent "for my health" only to be caught up in a local scandal and forced to solve a murder.
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Librarians having an existential crisis:.
am i smart or am i just very good at using Google?.
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@unprintedbooks The most important elements of any wardrobe is that the wearer is a) clothed and b) happy, and yet the some people are still bitter when both elements are fulfilled.
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I am both broke and of delicate health, so I’ve come to the conclusion that I simply must move to Bath, England.
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My little sister is carrying on the family tradition of fantastically nerdy handmade costumes and I love it so much
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If middle aged white women felt as strongly about Black Lives Matter as they do about Colin Firth being the definitive Darcy then there would be no more racism.
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As a well-bred but impoverished spinster, I am uniquely suited to be the paid companion of naive yet endearing Victorian young lady on a European tour. Sadly, I was born about 150 years too late to fulfill my destiny.
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THIS . I literally wrote my thesis on why modern retellings trying to “fix” fairy tales are missing the entire point of the original stories.
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My worst character flaw and probably the main reason I’m single, broke and generally unsuccessful at life, is that every single minute of every day I honestly would just rather be taking a nap.
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It’s a pity “Vicar’s Wife in Small English Village” isn’t much a career option these days, I would be so good at hosting teas, gossiping and helping the local detective solve murders.
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