My first book for the Plum Dragon club in 2015 was Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie. In choosing this book (our theme was royal biographies) I was also exploring an idea that Miss B. and I were talking through about a possible option for the staff bookclub. That idea was to re-read aContinueContinue reading “Plum Dragon Book Club: Nicholas and Alexandra”
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Book Club 2015
I am a proud member of three bookclubs and for 2015 I’m going to make a blogging pledge to review all the titles I read in conjunction with them. Along the way I’ll talk about my observations of things that work well in book clubs and hopefully share some good books with you. The clubContinueContinue reading “Book Club 2015”
First World Problem of the Day: eBook Guilt
“Well, I” I always say, emphasizing the “I” as if, being a librarian, my “I” is more important on the topic eBooks, “prefer print books.” This topic comes up rather more frequently than you might imagine – I’ve had two doctors and multiple strangers of all professions – ask my opinion about eBooks. Nearly everyoneContinueContinue reading “First World Problem of the Day: eBook Guilt”
Your Library Is Your Portrait
–Holbrook Jackson This is the quote on the back of my business cards. Shelves of books in my life, carefully boxed and transported from one place to another, are from my college days. From my days as a Women’s Studies major when titles such as “Lesbian Ethics” were de rigeur to my Chinese primer fromContinueContinue reading “Your Library Is Your Portrait”
What I’ve Been Reading
Here are some of the things I’ve been reading. All of the images click to Amazon where you can read reviews. The Sisters Antipodes. The true story of two families in the diplomatic corps – one American, one Australian, who decide, basically, to swap families. The spouses switch partners and the kids stay with theContinueContinue reading “What I’ve Been Reading”
What I’m Reading About Where My Family Has Been
I did a genre-jump into Canada last year and the first few books were so dull I discontinued the jump – not that Canada is dull, just these books. (They were probably “good” books, and I know they were chosen by librarians because that’s who I asked to recommend them.) That made me kinda sad.ContinueContinue reading “What I’m Reading About Where My Family Has Been”
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