I’ve noticed a handful of new books with titles that begin The Girl Who. With no further ado, here’s a “who’s who” of these girls who stop swimming, chase the moon, fall from the sky, play with fire, and what have you. The Girl Who Stopped Swimming (2008) by Joshilyn Jackson Laurel’s happy suburban life [...]
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May 25, 2010
Timeless Relevance and Great Craft
There’s a saying in libraries, “Every book, its reader.”* Indeed, every piece of writing is a unique experience for each reader. For me, the beauty of The Things They Carried is its humanity. Tim O’Brien conveys the intensity and subtlety of those who experience war first-hand with powerful descriptions of what lies beyond death counts [...]
April 20, 2010
Gone to the Dogs
Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read. –Groucho Marx * A popular stereotype about librarians is that we’re all cat people. Books like Dewey: the Small Town Library Cat that Touched the World do little to disabuse people of this notion. I’ve [...]
April 16, 2010
Magical Realism
Magical realism is one of my favorite reading genres. If you’re not familiar with this style of writing, it is not fantasy, science fiction, or escapist fiction. Rather, magical realist stories typically portray the world in ways beyond the objective – life described richly with delight, passion, and wonder. Nancy Pearl describes magical realism as “a [...]
March 24, 2010
Meet Brad at the Evergreen Branch
The Evergreen Branch recently welcomed a new manager, Brad Allen. Brad comes to us from Kansas, where he worked at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. We’re happy to introduce him to you here. Be sure to say hello next time you’re at the Evergreen Branch. Welcome to Everett! You drove here from Topeka. [...]
January 20, 2010
Giddy up!
It used to be that librarians just didn’t tell our library users what we thought about books. Revealing our opinions might cause people to avoid us for our “bias.” In the new millennium, librarians are getting bolder. Sometimes we come out from behind our service desks, mount our horses, and tell people what we think. [...]
January 6, 2010
You Need to Read “Need”
Believe it or not, we library folk don’t get to read books at work. Some days it can be torturous, but it’s true. If we want to read a book, we have to check it out and take it home just like you. I’m a cataloger for children’s books and music. Most of these books [...]
December 2, 2009
Listen Up!
I’ve temporarily traded my bus pass for a steering wheel. One of my favorite things about riding the bus was the chance to read twice a day. So when I needed to start driving more, I was bummed. Then I found audio books. Listening to an audio book instead of reading the printed version is a different [...]
October 28, 2009
And We’re Off
Today marks the inaugural post on “A Reading Life,” Everett Public Library’s venture into blogging about books as well as other library materials and topics. We’ve been working on this blog project for several months, and we’re all hoping that you’ll find our posts lively and well-written, and the books we write about worth adding [...]
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