Carol Ann Tack

Librarian, Podcast Host @topshelfcapod host of Top Shelf Live! YouTube: links in bio. All things books. Views are my own. All SM platforms: @carolanntack

[Carol Ann Tack @Carolanntack]

E172 is up with journalist & author @robsondan. We talk about his latest co-authored memoir,
Hammered: The Fight of My Life by Dave “The Hammer” Schultz. It’s a candid piece by a hockey great. Terrific convo, give a listen: https://t.co/KbXpJusrUB
Thank you so much, Dan!

[Carol Ann Tack @Carolanntack]

@james_aura It’s magnificent!

[Carol Ann Tack @Carolanntack]

When things go wrong, you'll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go on getting better and better.

#SundaySentence from The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis.

[Carol Ann Tack @Carolanntack]

“It is easy to charm a person who talks too much: all you have to do is listen.”

London Falling
by Patrick Radden Keefe
#SundaySentence

[Bob Kolker @bobkolker]

New from me: Eight victims’ families now have some semblance of an answer. Shannan Gilbert’s family does not…. She remains the case’s first and last great unsolved mystery.

What Happened to Shannan? https://t.co/6ik0LoXvHd

[Cinema Tweets @CinemaTweets1]

Yesterday I wrote that Timothée Chalamet should’ve won the #Oscar last year for A Complete Unknown. I put my head on the pillow last night & woke up this morning and realized how wrong I was. Colman Domingo moved mountains in Sing Sing last year. This man - not Chalamet, not Brody- deserved the award.

Sing Sing deserves to be seen by many more people. If you haven’t had an opportunity to see this film, you should try to watch. I cried my ass off because this is a film that reminds us all that art & self expression can help save a person’s life. These are the sort of stories & performances that stay with you forever.

[River Cracraft Fan Club @CracraftFan]

Me when my mom asks if we can have a family breakfast on Sunday, but I have to explain how USA will be at war with Canada in Italy

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

You gotta admit, the staffers in the background keeping it real are the best part.

[Esegbona Luis @esegbonaluis]

🚨Breaking News ❤️❤️❤️

Erin Jackson has officially made history as the FIRST Black woman to win an individual GOLD medal at the Winter Olympics 🥇🔥

Moral Lesson: Never let anyone tell you where you don’t belong. History is waiting for you to rewrite it.

[JP Finlay @JPFinlayNBCS]

Commanders leave 3 seats open for The Washington Post and Dan Quinn says what a loss it is to not have them covering the team

[Top Shelf with Carol Ann Tack @topshelfcapod]

Loved interviewing Eleanor Shearer for her brand new book, FIREFLIES IN WINTER. We had a lot to talk about, so give a listen: https://t.co/Y6Y8JnmXJh.
Thank you so much, Eleanor!

[Carol Ann Tack @Carolanntack]

E171 is up! Listen here: https://t.co/Lb039A0cVj.
Huge thanks to author Eleanor Shearer for joining me on the show to talk about her terrific new historical fiction book, FIREFLIES IN WINTER. We chat about that & so much more. Give a listen.
TY, Eleanor! #booktwt #bookpodcast

[Carol Ann Tack @Carolanntack]

@chefjoseandres @BrettFavre @NFL Well said @chefjoseandres. 👏👏👏

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

.@BrettFavre With all due respect to one of the greatest QBs ever — I didn’t grow up knowing where the Packers played, what Lambeau Field was, or why people proudly wear cheese on their heads 🧀😄.
I watched. I learned. And now I get it.
That’s how @NFL football works. And honestly, that’s how the Super Bowl halftime show works too. It’s not about only watching what you already know — it’s about discovering what millions of your fellow Americans already love.
Bad Bunny isn’t “foreign” to the Super Bowl — he is America too 🇺🇸🇵🇷🎶. Different sounds, same country, same game.
The Super Bowl is big enough for frozen fields, cheese hats, country music… and Spanish lyrics.
That’s not losing tradition. That’s America showing how big the tent really is. 🏈❤️
And you should try Tembleque, Alcapurrias and Mofongo! Don’t be sad, be happy!

[Carol Ann Tack @Carolanntack]

Is it lying when one knows how one wants things to turn out and then says what is needed to achieve that result?

Another #SundaySentence from VIGIL by George Saunders.

[Tomris Laffly @TomiLaffly]

SIR IAN MCKELLEN. He is doing so many things here at once: giving an acting lesson, giving a history lesson, emphasizing the power of arts, AND eloquently speaking against ICE & silencing anti-immigrant bigotry.

Wow…..

[Jacob Brogan @Jacob_Brogan]

Our traffic in The Washington Post’s book section was actually quite robust, even relative to the general decline of newspaper audiences. There’s an appetite for this work no matter how little institutional will there is to support it.

[Ron Charles @RonCharles]

I’ve Been Laid Off. I’m Not Done. https://t.co/9wlYlVMgWK

[Eli Cranor @elicranor]

A LA CHAINE (aka BROILER) out today in France, much love and many thanks to @SonatineEdition (see y’all soon)

[Savage @Savageboston]

The Bruins arrive to their game dressed as Patriots.

Incredible. 😭