My Year of Reading Memoir: Based on a True Story: A Memoir by Norm Macdonald
This book is both curious and hilarious. It is a book which, though peppered with occasional truths, is largely composed of of events that fail to hold up to any scrutiny. Still, it has “memoir” in the title and a yellow Biography sticker on the spine, so I think it’s worth exploring this strange volume and the man behind it.
The Wonders of Tea
A good cup of tea is an integral component of working at a library. Whether it be black tea, green tea, white tea, rooibos, oolong, herbal, chai, breakfast tea, tea … Continued
Summer Volunteering at CLP
Summer is on the horizon and while you’re breaking out your flip flops, stocking up on sunscreen and pondering your Summer Reading goal, don’t forget to add volunteering to your summer bucket-list. The library has lots of ways, both one-time and ongoing, to squeeze in helping others while you enjoy this sunny season.
Of Beanie Babies & “the Dark Side of Cute”
I stumbled on Zac Bissonnette’s book The Great Beanie Baby Bubble shortly after it was published and I was blown away by it for a few reasons. I wasn’t a … Continued
Throwback Thursday: Does Size Matter?
Get ready for the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s It by reading the source novel.
Dear White People: A Public Service Announcement
Recently, Netflix released all ten episodes of their series Dear White People, which is based on the movie and book with the same name. The series carries over a lot of what happens in the movie and then expands on it. What helps the series is that the creator of the book and movie, Justin Simien, was on board for the series as creator. Another facet that helps is some of the actors from the movie came back to reprise their roles on the TV series.
Fight the Stigma: Books That Raise Awareness About Mental Health
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological and social well-being. We all experience various forms of mental health, and it’s only when you add terms such as “illness”, “problem” or “disorder” to the end of that phrase, that your awareness is shifted from well-being to something that needs to be fixed (or is beyond fixing).
Testimony Serves Up Intrigue in Former Yugoslavia
Every once in a great while a reader has an experience in reading that spills over into real life. For me, it happened on a Viking cruise along the shores of Croatia when I was riveted to the pages of Scott Turow’s new novel Testimony, set in the aftermath of the war in the former Yugoslavia (which includes current countries like Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, etc.).
Good Kings Bad Kings
Set in a contemporary institution for youths with disabilities, Good Kings Bad Kings (DB 77648 / BR 20410) is a novel that reveals the humanity of people the rest of society … Continued
Here to Help: Books for Life’s Big and Small Moments
Seeing diverse experiences represented in books helps children to explore their own identities and develop empathy for others.