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NYPL Best Books 2021
As I mentioned when I released my gift guide last week, it’s that time of year when all the “Best of” lists are being published from organizations, libraries, blogs, and more! Today I saw the New York Public Library’s Best Books 2021 list is available. With suggestions for kids, teens,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Longest Books I’ve Ever Read
I’m not a HUGE fantasy reader, which is where a lot of those really long titles are, but I’ve created a list of books that are all close to or over 500 pages (which, I think, is still a lot!). Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Didn't Love (Don't Hate Me)
Don’t @ me asking me how I could dislike all of these titles, but I’m not a huge fan of classics. I’ve never been and I think that if I had read these books as an adult, it might have been different. Having read them in high school, I don’t…
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AtoZ Blogging Challenge Recap
I made it! 26 posts about library program during the month of April! A big thank you to everyone who stopped by, liked my posts and left comments! If you’re looking for any specific posts, I’ve created this list for easy access to all 26 program ideas. A- Ancestry…
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AtoZ Blogging Challenge – "X" Marks the Spot
Program Name: X Marks the Spot: A Library Scavenger Hunt What: This is a great program to introduce the library layout to kids (or adults!) It can be as simple as giving a library tour and then handing a card to each child instructing them to search for a specific item.…
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NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2017’s Great Reads
I’ve posted about NPR’s Book Concierge over the past few years and am always interested in seeing what kind of titles NPR chooses to highlight. Just a few things to point out this year (and I’m focusing on the kid/teen titles) – I think NPR focused on providing a diverse…
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San Francisco Chronicle's 2017 Holiday Books Gift Guide
Check out the San Francisco Chronicle’s 2017 Holiday Books Gift Guide – with tons of suggestions for adults,teens and kids in a wide variety of genres and formats! (If you’re looking for the children’s selections, head to the bottom of list!)
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Top Ten Tuesday: Book Boyfriends/Girlfriends
I know, the first thing you’re going to say is, “There’s only 8 covers on your Top Ten list this week.” And there are, but coming from the perspective of an adult female where most of my reading involves characters who are children ages 8-16, I found this Top Ten Tuesday…
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Director's Thoughts #13 – Program Evaluation
I’m finalizing our strategic plan that will begin officially in January and our next project to take on is program and service evaluation. It’s definitely a time-intensive, difficult project because people feel strongly about programs and services, what we should keep, what we should get rid of, what we need,…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/10/17
I didn’t read exactly what I had planned to, but I did get a lot of reading done! I finished Refugee by Alan Gratz, which was amazingly powerful. It’s told from the perspective of three refugees – a young Jewish boy escaping Nazi-occupied Europe, a young girl escaping Castro’s government in…
