As a reference librarian, I regularly work and answer questions in our AV room. Typically these questions are about movies and tv shows, but a fair […]
Coming of Age with Charlie Freeman
In her new novel, We Love You, Charlie Freeman, Kaitlyn Greenidge elicits deep empathy for each of her characters, from high school freshman Charlotte in […]
Lust and Wonder
Some writers have the ability to write about painful and confusing experiences and infuse them with equal parts comedy and pathos. Augusten Burroughs is one of […]
A Stack of Books
A stack, a library, a shelf are all collective nouns used to describe a group of books. I don’t know who came up with most […]
This App isn’t Working!
This App isn’t Working?! As tablets and smartphone become the norm more and more people are experiencing technical difficulty with apps. They freeze, they suddenly […]
The Dark, Dark Wood
In the dark, dark wood, there was a dark, dark tower. In the dark, dark tower there was a dark, dark tomb. In the dark, […]
Feel The Chill!
I can’t imagine that The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton won’t be on my best of list at the end of the year! Let me preface […]
The Grace of Jeff Buckley
With the release last week of Jeff Buckley’s You and I, we are again graced with his presence some 19 years after his death. If […]
BE EXCITED for These Books Coming out in 2016
A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro (March 1st) Did you think we were done with Sherlock Holmes spinoffs? Yeah, we’re not. This one […]
Genre Benders
Take two middle school nerds, outliers who are each supremely gifted in opposing ways. Add one assassin. Sprinkle in some mentors from unlikely places. Liberally […]