May
31. drüben! von Simon Schwartz
A graphic novel about the author’s parents story of leaving the German Democratic Republic in the 80ies. It’s a moving story. I selected the book for our library and ordered it, so I’m a little proud of my first addition to the collection.

32. Gebrauchsanweisung für Österreich (Instruction Manual for Austria) von ( Read more... )

I only finished two books in September. That is a negative record. I hope this will change in October (yay unemployment!) and a few train trips to Linz and one to Klagenfurt planned.

61. Chart Throb by Ben Elton
I didn't get aroun to reading it on the beach in Croatia, but I should have. It was pretty much what I expected. It's a very cynical story ( Read more... )

My colleague referred a call to me (=IT department) today because it was technical stuff, about computers. The librarian at the other end is a sweet old lady who, like most of "our" librarians is a volunteer, running a tiny community library ( Read more... )

...which we did at the English BookCrossing Meetup today (and why wouldn't we?), reminded me of this YouTube video:

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called Librarian by Haunted Love.

Librarian fetish (or in more general terms: Meganekko) must not be mistaken for book fetish, which in turn is neither bibliophily, bibliomania, bibliophagy, bibliokleptomania, bibliotaphy, nor ( Read more... )

I had a training today on e-books and e-journals, quite interesting. The lecturer was very good and there's another half day left that I'm actually looking forward to. Besides I got to know two colleagues better, who I normally hardly ever meet at work. Having a part time job I never spend the lunch break at work, which means I hardly get to ( Read more... )