Lucy Lockley

Lead Collection Development Librarian @stchlibrary.org & a proponent of readers' advisory & staff training. I 'am' the RAT Queen & PROUD of it! :-)

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

@SBKSLibrary Love the cover & the plot comparison description. 😃

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

@JillRhudy Thanks for all your hard work, Jill! Much appreciated! #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

Can hardly wait to hear all about what folks will grab while at Annual in San Diego! Great Galley chatting with yah'll ... until the next time, keep on reading & recommending! 😃 #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

@VNesting @UnionSqandCo Oh! I know exactly who to recommend this one to! 😃 And now I want to read it too! Will be watching for an ARC (please, PRETTY PLEASE) as sadly ☹️, I wont be able to attend Annual in San Diego #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

I've developed a taste for serial killers: 1st: YOU'D LOOK BETTER AT A GHOST by Joanna Wallace(03/24 Pbk @PenguinBooks); 2nd:THE SERIAL KILLER GUIDE TO SAN FRANCISCO by Michelle Chouinard(09/24 @MinotaurBooks) & now: JACK'S BOY'S by John Katzenbach(05/24 @BlackstoneAudio) #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

Great galley chatting with yah'll (SOOO many great suggestions!) & looking forward to seeing everyone (again) in June! #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

@sharonlayburn @SSEdLib @SGJ72 Just finished I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER & loved it! 👍😀 #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

@librarylovefest Ohhh, just looking at the cover gives me the creeps! 🫢 Is there an ARC? Please say yes! 😄 #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

@deienara @PRHLibrary I just opened this same ARC shipment about an hour ago😄& have the exact same question! Although ... I'm seriously considering (starting with) THE BOOK OF ELSEWHERE by Keanu Reeves & China Mieville. Thank You @PRHLibrary #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

Love seeing all the great #ewgc suggestions. More titles for my ever teetering TBR pile(s) ... 😂 See yah'll next month ... or at PLA is you're attending.

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

@JillRhudy Main character is 17 & publisher is promoting it as Adult but I think it would make a good YA crossover. #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

Currently reading DRAGON RIDER by Taran Matharu (Harper Voyager, April 2024); Book 1 of the 'Soulbound Saga' A fast-paced, magic & dragon filled fantasy with a royal hostage caught up in imperial conspiracy who must flee for his life, having witnessed the treachery #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

@JillRhudy @Joe_Jones @deienara Been doing 'ARCs Around the Library' for more than a decade now & the staff love it! They even contact me to ask for ARC's to offer to customers who will be coming to upcoming library programs. #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

@Joe_Jones @deienara @JillRhudy Ditto here, Joe. Although am currently on track with my 2024 reading goal, it isn't limited to just ARCs. No way I could ever keep up on all the ARCs (THANK YOU, publishers! 😀👍) & any I don't take for myself, I offer to co-workers as: 'ARCs Around the Library' #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

@ZenLibrarian @JillRhudy Just finished a debut romance: JUST STAB ME NOW by Jill Bearup. For historical romance fans who like a mix of Medieval History & Metafiction with hilarious banter between characters (who wont follow the plot) & their overly anxious author. A fun, 1 sitting read!😄 #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

@VNesting Last week the weather 'tried' to pretend it was actually Spring (70, almost 80 degrees, 2-3 days in a row) Now are back to a more normal 40-50 degrees but with rain today & expected for the next few days. Arrrgh, it's barely March ... nowhere near April yet! #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

Also intrigued by GHOST STATION by S.A. Barnes (@TorNightfire in April) - space horror where "a crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet." Inside cover tease: "The past will haunt you ... to death" #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

Read MAL GOES TO WAR by Edward Ashton (of MICKEY 7 fame); coming from @StMartinsPress in April) - a Free AI gets stranded in damaged android body & pulled into a nasty war between rival human groups. "... a satirical take on war, AI, & what it really means to be human." #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

@jenna_marie58 Ohhhh, can hardly wait for this one (& that cover art!!) Any possibility of an ARC? #ewgc

[Lucy Lockley @colldev00]

Merry HO, HO, HO to one & all! #ewgc