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
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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
Adult books are long
Really lengthy in fact. This is in no way a slight against YA literature or it's quality, but when you read predominantly YA and then try to read Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, it seems like it's the world's longest book. It's at least over 500 pages and not only does it have two family … Continue reading Adult books are long
“Two Boys Kissing” and Little Free Libraries
Surprise! It's not Thursday but there's another 8-10 inches (I have no idea, I haven't gone outside yet) of snow in Massachusetts and the library is closed. I think I may be the only one who is not excited about having a snow day. We've had three or four this winter already, plus I was … Continue reading “Two Boys Kissing” and Little Free Libraries
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