Pair Girl Talk with Not That Kind of Girl and Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? to create a reader’s advisory resource for every media saavy, whiskey-drinking, Jezebel-reading young woman looking for quirky life & Twitter advice. Let’s talk about: • Realizing you look exactly like your boyfriend’s sister • Overthinking text messages and analyzing emoticons […]
Here’s a difficult one to categorize. Where would you put a book like this?: “A hurricane sweeps off the Gulf of Mexico and, in the back country of Alabama, assembles a passenger jet out of old bean cans and junkyard waste. This piques the interest of the enigmatic Directorate of the Extremely Improbable.” This event […]
I have two different types of bookshelves in my life: those that I meticulously organize and curate with books that will make me look eclectic and intelligent–epitomized by my tall, skinny bedroom bookcase–and those on which I toss half-read galleys and stripped hardcovers, piling them horizontally and vertically and every way in between–epitomized by my shelves […]
It’s not often you see a garden gnome movie trailer and have it remind you of something. It’s not often you see a garden gnome in pop culture. Am I late the party here? – Erica [youtube 7_L_5vrHoWQ]
We’re being made fun of. It happens. At least we’re being made fun of by the best. I love McSweeney’s. We publish a few of their books: Mountain Man Dance Moves, The McSweeney’s Joke Book of Book Jokes and maybe some others I’m not aware of. So they can make fun of us (and […]
Happy Friday, everyone! I’m not sure if it’s time, yet, for our Pet of the Month selection, but I was in need of some feline humor and thought you might be, too. [youtube vZCeFYtVleM&feature=channel_page] -Erica
Celebrate the birthday of Charles Schulz, creator of Charlie Brown at your library on November 26th! A great display opportunity and plenty of inspiration for fun and games with your patrons. And remember to check your local listings for A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING on ABC. (Although my personal favorite has always been IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, […]
Popular among common read programs and a personal favorite of mine, author Firoozeh Dumas recently appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered and shared with listeners a few secrets for how to snazz up small talk. How To Be Killer At Cocktail Parties : NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97102045&sc=emaf -Erica
