Last week was Spring Break--for the students, not for the library staff--so the library was nearly empty all week. Besides mailing lots of overdue notices, I didn't have that much to do, so I spent most of my time reading. (I read a lot at home too since I haven't been feeling great lately.) I ended up finishing five books during my "Spring Break ( Read more... )

I picked up González & Daughter Trucking Co. by María Empara Escandón last week at the Johnson County Library. I could say that I didn't pull the book down from the shelf because the cover is bright yellow, but then I would be lying. I know, don't judge a book by it's cover, blah blah blah, but I'm sorry, I just can't help it if my brain thinks ( Read more... )

I have a confession to make. I have never read Hamlet. I hope this won’t completely destroy my English major street cred. In any case, it’s on my To-Read list. I’ll get there eventually. I wonder if Hamlet has anything to do with homoeroticism or the destruction of the homosocial bond by the institution of heterosexual marriage. Maybe it’s about ( Read more... )

Looking for something new and interesting on TV? Here’s what I’ve been watching recently:

Last night BBC America aired the series finale of Life on Mars. If you haven’t heard of the show before, you’re missing out on something great. I saw the commercials for the show and was intrigued, and I finally decided to check it out after seeing John Simm as ( Read more... )

This weekend I finally finished my first book of the year, Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl. I became interested in the book when I picked it up in Chapters in Ottawa-I ultimately bought Twilight instead-and read the table of contents. The contents are presented as a required reading list, starting with Shakespeare’s Othello and ( Read more... )

We're one week into the New Year, which I think means it's about time I started formulating a plan for the the portion of my life. As enjoyable as it is to spend my hiatus from school to lounge around the house reading books or watching TV, I can't realistically keep that up for the next nine months. Even if I didn't need an income, I get bored ( Read more... )

It's also, incidentally, a recipe for utter awesomeness.  This week, 
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I turned in two more annoying projects this week and successfully negotiated a higher mark on the evil InMagic project of DOOM! It's amazing that I got the projects done at all, because I was much more interested in reading novels. I devoted the majority of Sunday and Tuesday reading, so I have another pair of recommendations.

The first is Phoenix ( Read more... )

Well, this is my reading week after all! I’m sure I’m meant to be reading about something excruciatingly boring for my “Information and Society” class, not reading novels, but oh well. I’m just preparing for Reader’s Advisory! With that in mind, here are some recommendations of two great books I read this week ( Read more... )

Last night, J.K. Rowling had her book tour stop at Carnegie Hall, and she answered some pretty interesting questions about the Harry Potter series. Of course, the two biggies are ships!

First off, Neville/Hannah!! I'm really excited that it's canon. Before I discovered Neville/Hannah, I couldn't really ship Neville with anyone because none of the ( Read more... )