When I started thinking about why I loved The Monstrumologist series (the series is The Monstrumologist, The Curse of the Wendigo and the forthcoming Isle of Blood, which – DON’T FORGET – releases next week and is the book we’re currently doing a PR push for!) why I thought it was so damn special in…
Recently, there was a bit of online outcry when it was announced that Simon & Schuster had decided not to continue Rick Yancey’s Printz-Honor winning series The Monstrumologist. After much protest from fans, word came down that there would be a fourth book in the series, huzzah, good work fandom! BUT! Fandom must never rest! …
I am a good liberal. In fact, I am a good liberal about being a good liberal. That means that I recognize that my activism is always a work in progress, that I must constantly strive to question and check my own privilege, that I must consciously work on expanding my vocabulary and understanding, I…
First things first! The Las Conchas fire is 50% contained and the evacuation has been lifted, meaning I’m back at home and the library is back to business as usual. They lifted the evacuation two Saturdays ago and we re-opened with normal hours and programs on Tuesday the 5th. It was a truly crazy and…
Being evacuated sucks. It sucked when I drove away from Hattiesburg after Katrina, it sucks when I am unable to get into Los Alamos right now. It’s just the worst. I HATE being away from my library this long during our usually busiest and happiest season. I wanna go back to freaking work already. So,…
Yesterday was my blog’s first birthday! Happy birthday, blog! It’s been a really great year, even though I am the world’s slack-iest blogger. (my excuse for not being more present in May is that I was moving. Yeah, that’s it.) I couldn’t even begin to list the highlights, there were just too many to list. …
Cole is a nice guy. And Alex is lucky to have him for a boyfriend. He’s a sports star and charming and likable; he encourages Alex’s poetry and thinks she’s special and he’s not afraid to pursue her or embarrassed to let her know how much he likes being with her. Loves being with her,…
1. Thanks for all the amazing comments on my “No Required Reading” post! So great to know so many people share the feeling that reading should be about fun and whatever we want to call fun. I used random.org to choose five winners: Clementine, Anna, Trisha, Amy, and Neely. Congrats to all, please contact me…
Are you a member of ALA? Have you voted yet in our annual election? It really couldn’t be simpler, they’ve already emailed us links to our ballots twice. You can also just visit https://www.alavote.org/2011/ where you’ll find more info on how to vote. The polls close this Friday and getting out the vote is just…
After our teen group meeting, a group of boys split off and starting playing Super Smash Brothers Brawl and a group of teen volunteers came into the room and started eating leftover cake and ice cream. It was a fun atmosphere. One of the teen’s boyfriend arrived and looked around. “Um,” he said slowly, pointing…
