I find that almost every one of my book blurt posts start with, “well here we are,” so I figured I would start with, “I find,” this week. Anyways, this post is about M.H. Herlong’s The Great Wide Sea. Our awesome youth services librarian, Karen Yother, reads a book a week, and she really enjoyed this book. Karen has handed me some great books before, so I sat down for a great read.
This book tells the tale of three brothers and their father, almost a year after their mother passed away. The entire family is obviously devastated by their lost, and they have had a hard time coping with it. Ben, the eldest son, copes with his lost by trying to be as normal as possible. He is turning sixteen soon, and he is looking forward to getting his first car. To Ben’s surprise, his father has been planning a year long trip around the Caribbean in a thirty foot sailboat. Having his normal summer dreams stripped away, Ben is thrown into tight quarters with his father and his two brothers. Ben has always had a good relationship with his two brothers, and he gets along with them pretty well. But, Ben still can’t forgive his father for planning a year long trip without talking to the family, and he also can’t believe that his father is so willing to throw away everything that was important to his mother. After almost a full year of sailing, their father disappears just as a huge storm looms on the horizon. Convinced that his father has committed suicide, Ben buckles down to protect his brothers from the storm, and whatever else may come his way.
Although this book deals with grief and family struggles, I really enjoyed it. Through the hard times, Ben learns to put his brother’s needs first. This part of the story really touched me, because I have four younger brothers. I also thought that the portrayal of grief was very realistic. Grief can drive people to crazy things, and this book shows that. It also shows how important perception is to a relationship. We can only see people’s actions, and then we have to assume what the intent was behind those actions. If we assume that someone did something to hurt us, even if that wasn’t their intent, we can wind up hating them. This is shown very vividly in the relationship between Ben and his father. Although it isn’t necessarily a joyful book, it is exciting, and brings the topics of grief and family very realistically to life.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Where have I been?
Well, how is this Friday evening finding you? As any of you who have looked at my blog before have realized, I haven't posted anything this past week. For that I apologize. Since my start of this job in February, I haven't had programs to speak of. I've assisted in children's programs, and I've been preparing for my tween/teen summer reading programs. But, I haven't had programs throughout the week. Now I do, and boy do I! I barely have enough time to get everything done. This makes it a little bit difficult to have time to do all of my social media stuff that I've been doing. But, enough of the excuses. I'm going to be more consistant with this blog and with my twitter and Facebook posts even though my schedule is busy.
I'm really liking having programs. Every day I go to work, and I get to work with the younger kids, or I get to work with the tween/teen audience. I'm having too much fun with it! I've already had several summer programs for the tweens, and I've had one of my teen programs.
For the tweens, I've done Ka-Boom science experiments for the past two Mondays. There are quite a few tweens coming to them, and we are having fun with things like cornstarch goo and water bottle lava lamps. This Monday, we are going to have a chance to play with the Lego NXT robot. My brothers were doing an NXT class through their homeschool co-op, and I asked their teacher where he got the robots. He is borrowing them from a company in Post Falls, and the company said we could use them at the library. Ka-Boom runs from 10:30 to 11:30 every Monday, and is for tweens ages 10-14. Every Tuesday we also have a tween summer reading program. Last week we had Boatmaking which was made possible through the donation of The Coeur d' Alene School of Woodworking. The week before that, we had some guys from Lighning Comics teaching Yu-Gi-Oh. This Tuesday, we are going to have our Animoto Day, so we will be making movies using Animoto and Flixtime. Tween summer reading is every Tuesday from 11 to noon and is also for ages 10-14. Our last tween program is Open Game Friday. I set up the library's Wii, and we have had fun playing Guitar Hero. If we ever get board playing the Wii, we can always grab our board and card games.
Our teen programs for ages 14-18 have also got going. We had our first Rock the Boat teen summer reading program last Monday. We did jewelry making. Our next Rock the Boat is going to be ReMix it Up where we will be making videos. This will be on the third Monday of July, the 19, from 6-7. We are also having a special event for teens at the end of every month. This month it is a game night where we will be playing video games, board games, and anything else we want to play. Our special events are going to be the last Friday of every month, which happens to be tonight. The event will be from 7 to 9.
That pretty much wraps up this week, and gives us some things to look forward to. I'll see you on Wednesday for a Book Blurt on "The Great Wide Sea" by H.M. Herlong. This time I promise I'll do it. :)
I'm really liking having programs. Every day I go to work, and I get to work with the younger kids, or I get to work with the tween/teen audience. I'm having too much fun with it! I've already had several summer programs for the tweens, and I've had one of my teen programs.
For the tweens, I've done Ka-Boom science experiments for the past two Mondays. There are quite a few tweens coming to them, and we are having fun with things like cornstarch goo and water bottle lava lamps. This Monday, we are going to have a chance to play with the Lego NXT robot. My brothers were doing an NXT class through their homeschool co-op, and I asked their teacher where he got the robots. He is borrowing them from a company in Post Falls, and the company said we could use them at the library. Ka-Boom runs from 10:30 to 11:30 every Monday, and is for tweens ages 10-14. Every Tuesday we also have a tween summer reading program. Last week we had Boatmaking which was made possible through the donation of The Coeur d' Alene School of Woodworking. The week before that, we had some guys from Lighning Comics teaching Yu-Gi-Oh. This Tuesday, we are going to have our Animoto Day, so we will be making movies using Animoto and Flixtime. Tween summer reading is every Tuesday from 11 to noon and is also for ages 10-14. Our last tween program is Open Game Friday. I set up the library's Wii, and we have had fun playing Guitar Hero. If we ever get board playing the Wii, we can always grab our board and card games.
Our teen programs for ages 14-18 have also got going. We had our first Rock the Boat teen summer reading program last Monday. We did jewelry making. Our next Rock the Boat is going to be ReMix it Up where we will be making videos. This will be on the third Monday of July, the 19, from 6-7. We are also having a special event for teens at the end of every month. This month it is a game night where we will be playing video games, board games, and anything else we want to play. Our special events are going to be the last Friday of every month, which happens to be tonight. The event will be from 7 to 9.
That pretty much wraps up this week, and gives us some things to look forward to. I'll see you on Wednesday for a Book Blurt on "The Great Wide Sea" by H.M. Herlong. This time I promise I'll do it. :)
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Evil Breeds or Bad Owners?
Well here we find ourselves on another Wednesday, which means another Book Blurt. This week I’m blurting about Ingrid Lee’s Dog Lost, which was written in 2008, and was also published by Scholastic. As it turns out, this book isn’t categorized in the YA area. It is actually in the juvenile area. You might be scratching your head wondering as to the reason that I’m reading it. Well, this book is a 2011 Young Reader’s Choice Award nominee, and I figured it would be good to at least read some of those. But more importantly, this book has some objectionable subject matters, and other librarians were wondering if it should be categorized in the YA section instead. Wanting to have something to say if this became an issue at the Hayden Library, I decided to read the book.
The book focuses on Cash, a pit bull, and a young boy named Mackenzie. Mackenzie’s mother died a few years ago, and his father isn’t handling the situation very well. He is often drunk, and isn’t very supportive of Mackenzie. Although this is the case, Mackenzie’s father does do something nice for him without even knowing how much of an affect it would have. Mackenzie’s father had gotten a dog while gambling, and he gave it to Mackenzie to take care of. Having something that he could love, and loved him in return, was something that Mackenzie hadn’t felt in a long time. The boy and the puppy spend all of their time together, until Mackenzie’s father gets angry with the dog, and abandons it in a field outside of town. The book then weaves the tale of how Cash survives without anyone looking after her.
Although this book was written for juvenile readers, I really enjoyed it. Although I didn’t mention it during the synopsis of the book, this book largely deals with a city-wide ban on pit bulls, which Cash obviously is. People in the town feel that pit bulls are a particularly dangerous breed of dogs, and therefore any pit bull that doesn’t have a home would be destroyed. Cash actually becomes something of a hero because of her great care for those around her, and the affect that this has on the town makes for a great ending. The book also weaves several stories together at the same time, and doesn’t tie them all together until the ending of the book. This keeps you wondering how the stories will relate to each other, and when they do intersect, it is done so in a realistic way.
Another thing I have to mention is the objectionable content in the book. As I mentioned earlier, the reason I read it is because other librarians had some objections to it. The book was objected to because of references to dog fighting, and other examples of cruelty to animals. After reading the book, I can see where these librarians are coming from. Dog fighting, and the subsequent cruelty to animals, is referenced in passing in the book. After Cash is abandoned in the field, she is captured by a shady character and put in the ring with another dog. Although Cash escapes, the other dogs that have been fighting for a while are talked about, and it isn’t a pretty scene. In addition to the dog fighting references, there is some profanity throughout the book.
The cruelty to animals and the profanity definitely raise some red flags for me. But in regards to moving the book to the YA section, I don’t think that I would do that. The book itself is definitely written for a younger reader. The sentence structure is simple, and the lead character is a young boy. Moving this book to the YA section would be taking it out of its intended audience. Having said that, I don’t know if I would want my younger siblings reading this book, so I can see it from both sides. Personally, I would leave the book in the juvenile section, but if anyone came to me with objections to the book, I could totally understand their objections. Although the book has some objectionable content, it is well written, and sheds some light on the debate between evil breeds or bad owners.
The book focuses on Cash, a pit bull, and a young boy named Mackenzie. Mackenzie’s mother died a few years ago, and his father isn’t handling the situation very well. He is often drunk, and isn’t very supportive of Mackenzie. Although this is the case, Mackenzie’s father does do something nice for him without even knowing how much of an affect it would have. Mackenzie’s father had gotten a dog while gambling, and he gave it to Mackenzie to take care of. Having something that he could love, and loved him in return, was something that Mackenzie hadn’t felt in a long time. The boy and the puppy spend all of their time together, until Mackenzie’s father gets angry with the dog, and abandons it in a field outside of town. The book then weaves the tale of how Cash survives without anyone looking after her.
Although this book was written for juvenile readers, I really enjoyed it. Although I didn’t mention it during the synopsis of the book, this book largely deals with a city-wide ban on pit bulls, which Cash obviously is. People in the town feel that pit bulls are a particularly dangerous breed of dogs, and therefore any pit bull that doesn’t have a home would be destroyed. Cash actually becomes something of a hero because of her great care for those around her, and the affect that this has on the town makes for a great ending. The book also weaves several stories together at the same time, and doesn’t tie them all together until the ending of the book. This keeps you wondering how the stories will relate to each other, and when they do intersect, it is done so in a realistic way.
Another thing I have to mention is the objectionable content in the book. As I mentioned earlier, the reason I read it is because other librarians had some objections to it. The book was objected to because of references to dog fighting, and other examples of cruelty to animals. After reading the book, I can see where these librarians are coming from. Dog fighting, and the subsequent cruelty to animals, is referenced in passing in the book. After Cash is abandoned in the field, she is captured by a shady character and put in the ring with another dog. Although Cash escapes, the other dogs that have been fighting for a while are talked about, and it isn’t a pretty scene. In addition to the dog fighting references, there is some profanity throughout the book.
The cruelty to animals and the profanity definitely raise some red flags for me. But in regards to moving the book to the YA section, I don’t think that I would do that. The book itself is definitely written for a younger reader. The sentence structure is simple, and the lead character is a young boy. Moving this book to the YA section would be taking it out of its intended audience. Having said that, I don’t know if I would want my younger siblings reading this book, so I can see it from both sides. Personally, I would leave the book in the juvenile section, but if anyone came to me with objections to the book, I could totally understand their objections. Although the book has some objectionable content, it is well written, and sheds some light on the debate between evil breeds or bad owners.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Sponge or a duck?
Well, how did this week find you? Busy, excited, a little under the weather, upset, annoyed? A few months back, the Hayden Library had a customer service workshop taught by Kate Laughlin, who also taught the Intellectual Freedom workshop that I told you about. She talked about how we had a choice to be a sponge, or a duck. We could either let all of the problems and complications really get to us, or we could let them roll off of our back. I like this reminder to have a positive attitude even when things don’t go the way you want them to, or when it isn’t the best week.
Speaking of having a positive attitude, something that could either be annoying or hilarious happened yesterday. Karen Yother and I took the library van to get some stuff from storage. The Hayden Library has two vans that it owns, and our director, John Hartung, had the newer one. Not a huge problem; the old one still runs. The problem was that the old van is used for recycling, and the entire storage space was filled to the top with cardboard boxes. Needless to say, we needed to take a trip to the dump to free up some van space. Once we headed through the dump, we drove over to our storage unit. Like most storage places, you need a code to get in, and it turns out that our code didn’t work. You could normally go up to the office and they could get you in, but the storage people were out for lunch. Turns out that the bill hadn’t gone through yet, and the system automatically starts locking people out of their accounts if the bill doesn’t go through. Obviously, it could be a very sponge or duck kind of choice. This situation could either be seen as a huge waste of time, or we could look at the bright side and think how this could very easily be used in a slapstick skit.
Yesterday also included driving to Hayden Meadows and Dalton Elementary, so I got to spend a lot of quality time with our Library Van. At the beginning of every summer, we always have some free giveaway stuff that we get from the Collaborative Summer Library Program. Although we didn’t do summer reading promotion at these schools like we did with Fernan or Bryan, we got them the free stuff and some information on when programs were going to be held.
Going back to the beginning of the week, I heard about a resource that I haven’t been utilizing. It’s called Bookletters. Bookletters is an online service with thousands of pages of information on books, films, and authors. You can also set up a customized subscription email, or choose from the long list of subscriptions that come out through Bookletters. You can also set up an event calendar. Basically it’s a database on new and old books, which include synopsizes, author and book information and a lot more. Bookletters can be accessed from our ksalibraries website. Although I don’t have a YA specific newsletter and event calendar set up, I’ll be working on it, and getting back to you in a few weeks.
A few more things to mention. I have my first Book Blurt book review, which I posted on Wednesday. This week’s was about Jerry Spinelli’s Stargirl, and next week’s is going to be on Ingrid Lee’s Dog Lost.
In other news, this week is going to be the start of our summer programs. Our older teen programs aren’t until the third week of the month, but we have plenty going on for tweens (basically our middle schoolers, so around grades 6-8 even though we won’t be too precise) this week. On Monday, we have Ka-Boom science experiments. On Tuesday, we have Lightning Comics teaching us how to play Yu-Gi-Oh, and on Friday, we have our Open Game Friday where we’ll set up our Wii and have some fun.
Well that about wraps up this week, so I’ll see you on Wednesday, and always remember to be a duck.
Speaking of having a positive attitude, something that could either be annoying or hilarious happened yesterday. Karen Yother and I took the library van to get some stuff from storage. The Hayden Library has two vans that it owns, and our director, John Hartung, had the newer one. Not a huge problem; the old one still runs. The problem was that the old van is used for recycling, and the entire storage space was filled to the top with cardboard boxes. Needless to say, we needed to take a trip to the dump to free up some van space. Once we headed through the dump, we drove over to our storage unit. Like most storage places, you need a code to get in, and it turns out that our code didn’t work. You could normally go up to the office and they could get you in, but the storage people were out for lunch. Turns out that the bill hadn’t gone through yet, and the system automatically starts locking people out of their accounts if the bill doesn’t go through. Obviously, it could be a very sponge or duck kind of choice. This situation could either be seen as a huge waste of time, or we could look at the bright side and think how this could very easily be used in a slapstick skit.
Yesterday also included driving to Hayden Meadows and Dalton Elementary, so I got to spend a lot of quality time with our Library Van. At the beginning of every summer, we always have some free giveaway stuff that we get from the Collaborative Summer Library Program. Although we didn’t do summer reading promotion at these schools like we did with Fernan or Bryan, we got them the free stuff and some information on when programs were going to be held.
Going back to the beginning of the week, I heard about a resource that I haven’t been utilizing. It’s called Bookletters. Bookletters is an online service with thousands of pages of information on books, films, and authors. You can also set up a customized subscription email, or choose from the long list of subscriptions that come out through Bookletters. You can also set up an event calendar. Basically it’s a database on new and old books, which include synopsizes, author and book information and a lot more. Bookletters can be accessed from our ksalibraries website. Although I don’t have a YA specific newsletter and event calendar set up, I’ll be working on it, and getting back to you in a few weeks.
A few more things to mention. I have my first Book Blurt book review, which I posted on Wednesday. This week’s was about Jerry Spinelli’s Stargirl, and next week’s is going to be on Ingrid Lee’s Dog Lost.
In other news, this week is going to be the start of our summer programs. Our older teen programs aren’t until the third week of the month, but we have plenty going on for tweens (basically our middle schoolers, so around grades 6-8 even though we won’t be too precise) this week. On Monday, we have Ka-Boom science experiments. On Tuesday, we have Lightning Comics teaching us how to play Yu-Gi-Oh, and on Friday, we have our Open Game Friday where we’ll set up our Wii and have some fun.
Well that about wraps up this week, so I’ll see you on Wednesday, and always remember to be a duck.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
What would you give up to fit in?
Well here we are on my first real Book Blurt blog post. I’m kind of excited. This week’s edition is on Jerry Spinelli’s Stargirl, which was written in 2000, and published by Scholastic. As I shelved books for the past couple years, there were several books that would always catch my eye and I would think, “Man, I want to read that.” Then the next thought would be, “I don’t have time.” Stargirl was one of those books. As I mentioned in my last Book Blurt post, the reason I’m actually reading books right now is to get familiar with the collection. It’s a good thing too, because I’m really enjoying the books that I’ve been able to read so far. I actually enjoy reading quite a bit; it’s just that I need some motivation to do it. Getting familiar with the collection is that motivation, so I’m thinking I’ll be happily reading YA books for a long time to come.
Anyways, I really enjoyed Stargirl. Spinelli is one of those authors that writes books that are a little bit out of the ordinary, which makes them exceptional and confusing at the same time. This book is written through the eyes of high school junior, Leo, who directs the school’s TV show. The book begins with a new girl coming onto the scene; a girl like no one has seen before. Her name is Stargirl. She plays a ukulele, sings “Happy Birthday” to everyone on their birthday even though she is never told when their birthday is, and has a pet rat. Kids at the school are utterly confused by her for a time, and then they just get annoyed. Why does she have to be so different? Why doesn’t she fit in? Is it because she doesn’t like us? Just about this time, Stargirl tells Leo that she likes him. Leo is torn between liking Stargirl, and being liked by the rest of the school who have exiled Stargirl for all intensive purposes.
I really enjoyed the oddness of this book. I also enjoyed the discussions on fitting in. What does it take to fit in? Why do we do it? It also made you think about what you are willing to give up in order to fit in. There are also some very funny parts to the book, and some really cool scenes as Stargirl and Leo get to know each other. My only caution is as follows. The book carries a “one with nature” worldview throughout the entire book. It isn’t the point of the book, but Stargirl’s actions and beliefs springs from that kind of worldview, and that comes across in her talks with Leo and the things she does. Other than that, I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a quick and interesting read.
Anyways, I really enjoyed Stargirl. Spinelli is one of those authors that writes books that are a little bit out of the ordinary, which makes them exceptional and confusing at the same time. This book is written through the eyes of high school junior, Leo, who directs the school’s TV show. The book begins with a new girl coming onto the scene; a girl like no one has seen before. Her name is Stargirl. She plays a ukulele, sings “Happy Birthday” to everyone on their birthday even though she is never told when their birthday is, and has a pet rat. Kids at the school are utterly confused by her for a time, and then they just get annoyed. Why does she have to be so different? Why doesn’t she fit in? Is it because she doesn’t like us? Just about this time, Stargirl tells Leo that she likes him. Leo is torn between liking Stargirl, and being liked by the rest of the school who have exiled Stargirl for all intensive purposes.
I really enjoyed the oddness of this book. I also enjoyed the discussions on fitting in. What does it take to fit in? Why do we do it? It also made you think about what you are willing to give up in order to fit in. There are also some very funny parts to the book, and some really cool scenes as Stargirl and Leo get to know each other. My only caution is as follows. The book carries a “one with nature” worldview throughout the entire book. It isn’t the point of the book, but Stargirl’s actions and beliefs springs from that kind of worldview, and that comes across in her talks with Leo and the things she does. Other than that, I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a quick and interesting read.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Splashing through the Schools
Good morning and happy Friday again.
Once again, I love irony. This last week has been one rainy or cloudy day after the other, and of course this is the week that we are promoting summer reading. As I’ve mentioned before, our summer reading themes for all of our age ranges are water related. To get the kids interested in our programs, I decided that I would look as ridiculous as possible, and hopefully the kids would remember the weird tall librarian that came in to promote summer reading. Toward this end, I was wearing my flip flops and swimming trunks, and I and a lovely assistant did a skit for the kids. I mentioned some specific programs that were coming up, and then my assistant dumped a bunch of water on me. After inquiring why I had splashed, my assistant told me that I had said the summer reading theme was “make a splash at your librarian.” I would then clear up the mistake saying that the theme was, “make a splash at your library,” not your librarian. Hopefully a little bit of water goes a long way in getting kids interested in our fun programs throughout the summer.
So we promoted summer reading through the skit to Bryan and Fernan Elementary, and this morning we promoted summer reading to the Title 1 program at Skyway Elementary. The Title 1 teacher set up a “Reading Café,” and invited all of the parents and children in the Title 1 program to enjoy some breakfast. After a book was read, Karen Yother and I talked a little bit about our summer programs, and handed out some free books.
Going back a little bit in the week, I attended a Webjunction Idaho workshop. Webjunction is a network of librarians from every state in the union, and Webjunction Idaho is a specific network within this network. This network was created, obviously through the internet, to share resources and get librarians connected. It is a separate entity from OCLC, the Online Computer Library Center, but is also closely related to OCLC. The workshop included some basic information on setting up an account, and then concluded with letting us explore some of the great content on the site.
Another exciting meeting during my week was getting the chance to talk to the middle and high school librarians. Jean Bengfort is the technology director for the CDA school district, and she meets with the school librarians every month. Jean was talking to John Hartung, our library director, and mentioned that she’d love to see what we were doing during the summer. Tuesday was their monthly meeting, so I popped in and handed out some information on what was going on. Thank you to the school librarians from Lake City High School, Coeur d' Alene High School, Woodland Middle School, Canfield Middle School, and thank you Jean.
There was something else I wanted to mention before I tell you what programs we have coming up, but I couldn’t put my finger on it until right now. This week was a short work week for me because of Memorial Day. Let us never forget those that fell so that we may stand.
That pretty much wraps up this week, except to say look up my blog post about, “Book Blurt” that I posted yesterday, and stop on by for Open Game Day this Friday. Open Game Day is just a really informal hang out time for tweens and teens to play video or board games and goes from 10:30 to noon every Friday during the summer. Check out my book review on Wednesday, and I’ll see you on Friday!
Once again, I love irony. This last week has been one rainy or cloudy day after the other, and of course this is the week that we are promoting summer reading. As I’ve mentioned before, our summer reading themes for all of our age ranges are water related. To get the kids interested in our programs, I decided that I would look as ridiculous as possible, and hopefully the kids would remember the weird tall librarian that came in to promote summer reading. Toward this end, I was wearing my flip flops and swimming trunks, and I and a lovely assistant did a skit for the kids. I mentioned some specific programs that were coming up, and then my assistant dumped a bunch of water on me. After inquiring why I had splashed, my assistant told me that I had said the summer reading theme was “make a splash at your librarian.” I would then clear up the mistake saying that the theme was, “make a splash at your library,” not your librarian. Hopefully a little bit of water goes a long way in getting kids interested in our fun programs throughout the summer.
So we promoted summer reading through the skit to Bryan and Fernan Elementary, and this morning we promoted summer reading to the Title 1 program at Skyway Elementary. The Title 1 teacher set up a “Reading Café,” and invited all of the parents and children in the Title 1 program to enjoy some breakfast. After a book was read, Karen Yother and I talked a little bit about our summer programs, and handed out some free books.
Going back a little bit in the week, I attended a Webjunction Idaho workshop. Webjunction is a network of librarians from every state in the union, and Webjunction Idaho is a specific network within this network. This network was created, obviously through the internet, to share resources and get librarians connected. It is a separate entity from OCLC, the Online Computer Library Center, but is also closely related to OCLC. The workshop included some basic information on setting up an account, and then concluded with letting us explore some of the great content on the site.
Another exciting meeting during my week was getting the chance to talk to the middle and high school librarians. Jean Bengfort is the technology director for the CDA school district, and she meets with the school librarians every month. Jean was talking to John Hartung, our library director, and mentioned that she’d love to see what we were doing during the summer. Tuesday was their monthly meeting, so I popped in and handed out some information on what was going on. Thank you to the school librarians from Lake City High School, Coeur d' Alene High School, Woodland Middle School, Canfield Middle School, and thank you Jean.
There was something else I wanted to mention before I tell you what programs we have coming up, but I couldn’t put my finger on it until right now. This week was a short work week for me because of Memorial Day. Let us never forget those that fell so that we may stand.
That pretty much wraps up this week, except to say look up my blog post about, “Book Blurt” that I posted yesterday, and stop on by for Open Game Day this Friday. Open Game Day is just a really informal hang out time for tweens and teens to play video or board games and goes from 10:30 to noon every Friday during the summer. Check out my book review on Wednesday, and I’ll see you on Friday!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Announcing Book Blurt...original right?
Well here we are on a Thursday, and anyone who has been reading my blog is probably wondering, what is up with that? I thought you posted on Fridays? You are absolutely right, I do post on Fridays. But now, I’m also going to be posting every Wednesday. When I started my blog, I figured that I would just chat about what I was doing during my week, and any events that were coming up. I see it as a kind of weekly journal entry of a young adult librarian. I’m thinking this is working pretty well so far, but this is only part of my job. As a young adult librarian, it’s also kind of my job to be familiar with our young adult collection. Toward this end (taking into account that reading books is a brilliant way to get familiar with a collection) I’m reading a YA book a week. As I thought about this, I figured that somebody out there might be interested in what a young adult librarian was reading, so I figured I would write a blog post about each book that I read. I wrestled with the idea of starting another blog so it would be easier to differentiate between the weekly updates and the book reviews, and then Karen gave me a brilliant idea; just use tagging to keep the two topics straight. That way, I don’t have to maintain two different blogs, but it will still be easy to find which kind of blog post you are looking for. So every Wednesday, I’ll be babbling about the latest book that I’ve read under the tag, “Book Blurt,” and every Friday, I’ll be babbling about my week under the tag, “Weekly Update.” That is pretty much it. So next Wednesday, be looking for my book blurt on Jerry Spinelli’s Stargirl, and I’ll see you tomorrow for another weekly update.
Just in case you were wondering why this blog post didn’t come on a Wednesday or a Friday, I’ll explain. We are in a break period at my library. We just finished up all of our school year programs, and we are gearing up for our summer programs. The problem with that is my hours tend to move around, so I didn’t come in yesterday. So, I figured that I would still make a distinct blog post announcing “Book Blurt,” this week, even though it was a day late.
Just in case you were wondering why this blog post didn’t come on a Wednesday or a Friday, I’ll explain. We are in a break period at my library. We just finished up all of our school year programs, and we are gearing up for our summer programs. The problem with that is my hours tend to move around, so I didn’t come in yesterday. So, I figured that I would still make a distinct blog post announcing “Book Blurt,” this week, even though it was a day late.
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