I'm reading this...

What are you reading now?

Just saw that the Topeka-Shawnee County Public Library has a new blog named Papercuts. It’s going to be a good one… I liked the book reviews on it. So this morning when we had a staff meeting I started it off by asking what the library staff is reading. A couple of people are traveling, so couldn’t respond, but I know they’re reading something too…

Here’s what the rest of us are reading.

Ronda: she’s reading through the series The Chronicles of Narnia after having seen the movie version of “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” over the holidays. She’s on the fourth volume. Since January 1, she finished the romance “Snow Days” and started Rita Mae Brown’s “Catch as Cat Can.”

A lot of her future reading will be tied up with her library school requirements as she begins her M.L.S. at Emporia State U this semester: “Foundations of Library and Information Science” is her first text. Juli, also beginning her M.L.S., is starting with the “Foundations…” book as well. They’ve both peeked at “The Principles of Information Ethics” – good for them! Classes haven’t even begun yet.

Juli continues her reading for our disaster planning at work with two volumes: “Disaster Planning : an Ounce of Prevention” and “Disaster response and Planning for Libraries.” For fun she’s finished “The Dewey Decimal System of Love.”

Lonnie reads the bible in the NIV version, and is reading our One Book, One Community book “Touching Spirit Bear.” Hazel’s a bible reader daily, and has ambitions to read the Newbery Award winners and the William Allen White Award winners of the last 10 years.

I’m reading Shippey’s “The Road to Middle Earth” here during my lunch hour, “The Lovely Bones,” “Eldest,” and a Tad Williamson at home in various spots around my house. Oh, and Orson Scott Card’s excellent “How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy,” (which I have no actual desire to do) enjoying very much his understanding of what’s going on in “Literature” and genre fiction these days. Finally, I picked up the illustrated version of “The Elements of Style” at Watermark Books last week, and bought it for the library. It was very hard to put down this morning as I was logging them in!

Happy reading this New Year, all.

Singing,

Micaela

NetLibrary eBook of the Month

January eBook of the Month


Absolute Beginner's Guide to a Lite and Healthy Lifestyle

Written by registered dietician Nicole Haywood and endorsed by the National Institute for Fitness and Sport, Absolute Beginner's Guide to a Lite and Healthy Lifestyle ignores the distraction of fad diets and focuses on helping readers make the lifestyle changes necessary for successful weight management.

While the goal of every diet is weight loss, Haywood argues that most diets are designed to fail because they do not adequately address all the factors related to food choices. Instead of focusing on body weight as the sole or most important measure of success, Haywood advises readers to start by letting go of the notion of perfection when it comes to health and start thinking about the process. The author won't suggest radical changes or unobtainable goals, but instead, concentrates on showing readers how to make daily modifications to their diet and activities that build the foundation for a healthy lifestyle.

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Radical Militant Librarian : CafePress.com

Show your pride in your profession and the way we are standing up for reader's rights! The phrase 'radical militant librarian' comes from an FBI memo about the USA Patriot Act..."

Well, we do...

In spite of name-calling...

Profits from the sale of these items will go to the Mountain Plains Library Association Leadership Institute, held annually at Ghost Ranch, NM. Thanks, Janet!

ACLU makes a point in a new way...AdCritic Interactive

Ordering Pizza in 2020...

and you thought it was bad when it was "big brother" {government}who was going to be watching.

What about when it's "big business"?



Thanks for this link, Jo. I'll have double cheese with that....

Machiavelli and Leadership: Is it Applicable in Libraries?

This think piece perticularly highlights libraries and Machiavelli.

Thanks, Penny, for the link.

Micaela

The Autobiography of Santa Claus

Sample the book here.

Many thanks to Suzanne's reading club at DearReader.com.

Famous Blogger

Coleen hits the big time with her library blog, and Dewey is jealous. "Unshelved" gets it right again!