Jan
31
Part of the 4D Challenge is to read the same book as Clair and this month we choose The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. So what was my opinion? I enjoyed it, very readable. Not my usual style of crime but a distracting story. I didn’t think it was as amazing as …
Jan
24
The Times are running a series of pull outs called “How to give your child a private education without paying a penny.” Today the subject up for grabs is Secondary School English and it came as no shock that the way get a better education in English is to read. Despite this obvious point (and …
Jan
15
All parcels are exciting but few were as great as this one from Hoxton Street Monster Supplies. For starters there are all the stamps around the outside; (Do Not Expose To Holy Water) But the best stamp was this one I really wish the ‘Flying Monkey Tracking Service’ was real. So the outside was pretty …
Jan
08
Zac and the Dream Pirates by Ross Mackenzie was the last book in my A-Z Challenge. This won a place on my reading list partly because it began with a Z but mostly as the cover is glow in the dark! (Not that such gimmicks should win me over.) So how was the read? I …
Jan
03
Quiet Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian by Scott Douglas. This memoir of the library career of Scott Douglas (until roughly the end of his 20s) is pretty close to my own library experiences. He took on the job as it paid money and helped through uni, then became a career and post graduate choice …
Dec
31
“WHAT I QUICKLY LEARNED WAS THE DARK TRUTH ABOUT LIBRARIANS: THEY SIMPLY DID NOT FIND TIME TO READ.” SCOTT DOUGLAS – QUIET, PLEASE (P11) So as I count down the last few hours of 2011 I’ve got to accept I will not have managed Book Chick City’s 100 Book Challenge nor will I have managed …
Dec
21
Thing 18 took all of yesterday to do but it was worth it as it was a lot of fun and I’m full of ideas on where to go with this. As I’m at work I couldn’t use Jing so instead I opted for screencast-o-matic as you can do this online. It was easy and …
Dec
19
This whole read 100 books challenge from Book City Chick is clearly a fail for me but I will have read more books than in previous years so at least it did increase my reading (it also stunted it as any thick book was discounted as taking too long and I haven’t counted reading craft …
Dec
14
This month the library display is the creation of some of the library monitors (Chloe – elf- and David – Snowman and car). Combine with some recommendations for a festive read based on our stock. Now if my Christmas book choices were based on what I love then I’d recommend: A Christmas Carol by Charles …
Nov
01
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday from the Broke and the Bookish is – Top Ten Books I Had VERY Strong Emotions About (cry, laugh, hurl across the room, etc.) 1. The Hitchhicker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Still makes me laugh, best book ever. I also enjoy the radio show, tv series and movie …
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