Hello March! At the beginning of 2017, while setting my 52 book Good Reads challenge, I promised myself 12 of those books had to be poetry. That also means I’m going to buy more books that usual this year. Public libraries don’t carry as many poetry collections in comparison to fiction. Interlibrary loan helps, but … Continue reading
It’s only been a few days at the new job, but I have a better idea of what I’m doing now. I was so hyped during the interview process that even though I heard the details, I didn’t understand what I was hearing. So basically, the essence of what I do is assist people with … Continue reading
It’s the end of the year and I should be reflective, especially since I only have a few days left of being a librarian. And that’s what this blog is about, me and my experiences in being a librarian and other librarian-ish things. [Cues up New Edition’s “Is This the End“.] So now that I’m … Continue reading
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I rarely buy books. I’m a public librarian. The access to books that I have makes it easy to read ALL THE BOOKS… and then politely put them back. I’m thinking of keeping a list in 2017 of the books that I purchase to see if I can identify any patterns. It might make a … Continue reading
Things have happened. Literary things and I haven’t been sharing them here. You know how you’ll have an experience that’s so good you hold on to it and just roll around in the yumminess of it by yourself? I wish I could use that as my excuse, but I simply haven’t made time to write … Continue reading
As a member of the Social Media Committee for my library, I had the opportunity to attend an author event this week. Margot Lee Shetterly visited the Linthicum Community branch and packed the room (and the parking lot outside). It was difficult to tweet and snap the event because I just wanted to listen … Continue reading
