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this particular library lady
Dec 24, 20213 min read
Modern Christmas Reads
The holidays are in full swing and you already need a break from feasting, family, and going broke to read some good books. I've got a...
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this particular library lady
Dec 19, 20214 min read
Classic Christmas Reads
It’s that time again for either a nice long break or the busiest two weeks of the year. Either way, I have some book suggestions to get...
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this particular library lady
Dec 8, 20211 min read
Notes & Christmas Stuff
Well, I have neglected this poor blog over the last few weeks while I wrote papers, completed projects, and took finals. The price I pay...
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this particular library lady
Nov 11, 20211 min read
Booked Adventure Bonus: Faire Photo Album
Here are a few of the photos I've taken over the years from the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire mixed with a few taken by my husband and...
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this particular library lady
Nov 10, 20215 min read
Booked Adventure: Renaissance Faire-y Tales
This is the second season in a row I’ve skipped the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire because of Covid. While the Faire itself has...
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this particular library lady
Oct 28, 20214 min read
Halloween Reads: What to Read this Weekend
Halloween is this weekend, boys and ghouls! And you're here because you want something scary to read this holiday, so let me suggest...
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this particular library lady
Oct 20, 20216 min read
Ghost Stories from the Stacks: Academic Poltergeists
Twenty-some years ago I began college at the local satellite campus of a big state university. I transferred halfway through my education...
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this particular library lady
Oct 17, 20215 min read
Halloween Reads: Ray Bradbury and those October Feels
I read Fahrenheit 451 in the 7th grade, and I hated it. I had no idea who Ray Bradbury was, but he was a terrible writer in the opinion...
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this particular library lady
Oct 5, 20213 min read
Ghost Stories from the Stacks: There's Something in the Basement
My first job was as a library page, a job I began a few days after turning fourteen and continued until the summer after I graduated high...
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this particular library lady
Oct 1, 20211 min read
Welcome to October
I’ve been working on this blog for a few months now, and I think it’s time for some experimentation. For the rest of the year (2021) I’m...
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this particular library lady
Sep 22, 20213 min read
Summer Reading 2021 - Part 4
Quick PSA: If you are a smoker and library user, please do not smoke while reading library books. The smoke and its corresponding...
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this particular library lady
Sep 12, 20214 min read
Summer Reading 2021 - Graphic Novels
Today's round-up is a graphic novel bonus! Three graphic novels, two new releases from 2021, and one 2018 gem I discovered on the library...
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this particular library lady
Sep 9, 20214 min read
Tales from the Borders' Line: Dying in the Breakroom
In the Fall of 2009, I contracted H1N1, aka the Swine Flu. Initially well-timed, it spared me an overnight shift at Borders when the...
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this particular library lady
Aug 24, 20213 min read
Retro Reads: LeVar, Geordi, and the Reading Rainbow Revelation
Important things that happened when I was five years old: I became a big sister, I lost my first tooth, I went to Kindergarten, I had the...
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this particular library lady
Aug 15, 20217 min read
Booked Adventure: SEA to ENT to MDW
This is a story from memory and a few scant journal entries. I can only attest to what I saw and what I know happened to me. It’s going...
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this particular library lady
Aug 8, 20213 min read
Summer Reads 2021 - Part 3
Still Summer, still reading. Today we have a screwball comedy, a hilarious memoir, and a poignant graphic novel. Enjoy! Dial A for...
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this particular library lady
Jul 31, 20213 min read
Library Stuff - Summer Reading 2021
It's that time of year again, library folks! Summer reading, that program where we try to keep kids reading between school years by...
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this particular library lady
Jul 15, 20213 min read
Retro Reads: Fear Street
In the 7th grade we were required to submit a book report once a month. Our teacher trusted us enough to choose what books we wanted to...
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this particular library lady
Jul 9, 20213 min read
Tales from the Borders' Line: Ghosts of Retail Past
A few years ago, I became good friends with a coworker while we were both library assistants in an academic library. She was a bit older...
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this particular library lady
Jun 29, 20212 min read
Library Stuff - Talents
Fun fact: If you work in a library and have some type of secret talent, your library will exploit that talent in all the best ways....
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