My other post about adult programming is languishing lasciviously in the drafts folder, fraternizing with all the other unpublished drafts. It will have to languish for a bit more as I won't work on it now, and I'm headed to YALSA's YA Lit Symposium tomorrow in Austin. My library is paying for me to go … Continue reading Off to Texas
High vs. low, adult vs. teen? Just read, folks.
[I've had two draft posts sitting around for a week or so without finishing them. Here's one. The next one is about adult library programming!] Apparently, there's another article about how books for kids/books for teens/trashy books/comics/not "literary fiction/not the classics/not the books the writer likes to read are bad for you and you shouldn't … Continue reading High vs. low, adult vs. teen? Just read, folks.
Because survival is insufficient
Listen up: Station Eleven is about a traveling symphony that performs symphonies (duh) and Shakespeare all across post-plague ravaged Michigan because survival is insufficient. Oh yeah, that's a Star Trek quote (Voyager, but STILL) and a comic features quite heavily. Despite the fact that I was reading about a plague that kills 99% of those … Continue reading Because survival is insufficient
Awww yiss, it’s Banned Books Week!
It's Banned Books Week! Wooooooooo! I love Banned Books Week. I love getting all ragey about people trying to ban or challenge books. I love making sweet displays and honestly, I love and need the reminder to be careful about selection and collection development. Just because there is a book that I don't really want … Continue reading Awww yiss, it’s Banned Books Week!
After School Special
Last Friday I had one of those dreaded moments in a job: the moment where you think, "Why am I doing this again?" Friday afternoons in the Teen Room at the library are Crazytown. During the week, some of the kids who would potentially come to the library have sport or activities but on Fridays … Continue reading After School Special
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