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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/15/16
It was one of those weeks where books started gathering dust at my house. Ā We were finishing up summer reading with a HUGE backyard games program, I was working with our current director to get caught up as I take over that position, and unfortunately, I had to attend a…
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Reading Diversely
I am, primarily, a reference librarian in the children’s department which means that I’m sitting at a desk for most of the day answering questions about the computers, looking for books to use for school reports and endlessly answering, “(Insert child’s name here) has read allĀ The Diary of a Wimpy…
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ARCs, What Are They and What Do You Do With Them?
ARCs have been discussed on Twitter over the past few days because a blogger grabbed an over-abundance of ARCs at a conference (multiple copies of each title) and are now trying to send them to people for $20 and up. The cost to send books through media mail is under…
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10 Books to Celebrate America’s Birthday
One Nation: America By the Numbers by Devin Scillian A is for America: An American Alphabet by Devin Scillian Grandma Drove the Garbage Truck by Katie Clark This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie The Night Before the Fourth of July by Natasha Wing Hats Off for the Fourth of…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Quotations
It’s a Top Ten Tuesday Freebie week, so I headed back into the archives to see what great topics I missed in the past and this one jumped out at me! I love book quotations and picked just a few of my favorites! Enjoy! Top Ten Tuesday is an original…
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Reading and Other Passions
I love to read and if given the choice when I have a little extra time, that is likely how you’ll find me – nose in a book and probably so engaged I’m no longer paying attention to what’s going on around me. Ā I’m constantly carrying a book around, always…
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Building a Home Library
Check out the Children’s Book Council’s 2016 Building a Home Library booklist created by theĀ ALSCās Quicklists Consulting CommitteeĀ and theĀ ALA-Childrenās Book Council (CBC) Joint Committee, of which I am a part of. Ā These booklists are created every other year and include not only classic stories, but newly published material…
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Gaming, is it so different from books?
I am the first to admit that I am not a gamer. Ā I prefer to spend what little free time I have on reading. Ā But, as my gamer boyfriend points out, gaming and reading are very similar. Ā Video games often build expansive worlds, creates rich characters with backstories and have…
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When School Administrators Think They Know Best
Many authors enjoy being placed on the banned book list, not because their book is challenged, but often because it means their book gets into more hands when people become curious as to why it was banned. Ā But, I also think that it must hurt when adults don’t understand or…
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Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Reasons I Love the Book World
I love books, that’s easy enough. I love my job. I wanted to be a librarian from the first time I visited a library when I was little. Even those days when I go home and pour myself a glass of wine because it’s been one of those days, I wouldn’t have it…