Misshelved Bookcases

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...

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...

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...

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...

This is the second season in a row I’ve skipped the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire because of Covid. While the Faire itself has...

Halloween is this weekend, boys and ghouls! And you're here because you want something scary to read this holiday, so let me suggest...

Twenty-some years ago I began college at the local satellite campus of a big state university. I transferred halfway through my education...

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...

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...

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...

Quick PSA: If you are a smoker and library user, please do not smoke while reading library books. The smoke and its corresponding...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Still Summer, still reading. Today we have a screwball comedy, a hilarious memoir, and a poignant graphic novel. Enjoy! Dial A for...

It's that time of year again, library folks! Summer reading, that program where we try to keep kids reading between school years by...

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...

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...

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....