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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...
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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