Books to get you through a crisis

As you know, and as I've mentioned, it's been a weird week. (That link is fairly NSFW, but sums up the feeling of the week even though I didn't even have to deal with the craziness of a city-wide lock down.) During this week, I was thinking about the things that bring me comfort in … Continue reading Books to get you through a crisis

21 miles to Boston

Monday morning while I was watching the elite women run the Boston marathon, I wrote a post about National Library Week. I made witty jokes about confusing Patriot's Day for Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. I talked about the value of libraries and today, Support Teen Literature day. I intended to post it … Continue reading 21 miles to Boston

New happenings

As I warned you all, my amazing Mom was here last weekend and it was awesome! But, it meant that I missed blogging on Sunday. And Thursday, even though Mom left on Monday.... So I don't really have an excuse for Thursday (I watched a lot of Arrested Development?) but I'm back. I have some … Continue reading New happenings

Maureen Johnson burns Stephenie Meyer

I just finished reading The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson. It's a YA mystery where someone in London is recreating Jack the Ripper's murders. Rory, an exchange student from Louisiana, is caught up in the middle. I read it in about 24 hours and really liked it. The writing was sharp, fresh, and … Continue reading Maureen Johnson burns Stephenie Meyer

Don’t ask for your summer reading in March

A patron called the library this last Saturday about the summer reading list for a Catholic school in the area that my library serves. In my opinion, this particular school does a good job with their summer reading: there are three books on the list for all high school grades and if the students read … Continue reading Don’t ask for your summer reading in March