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Slice of Life Day 4: Blog Comments
I’m not an IT person by any stretch of the imagination! I can do the basic turn it off, turn it back on again suggestions and can Google answers to a lot of things, but an IT person I am not. That being said, when I realized yesterday that I…
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Slice of Life Day 3: Musicals
I’m loving the new television series, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, on NBC. I don’t have cable television but came across this fun musical series on Hulu. The basic storyline is about Zoey who works as a computer programmer in a hip office space filled with male coworkers and a really angry…
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Slice of Life Day 2: Meeting Authors
I’ve been lucky in my life to meet countless children’s and young adult authors. Granted, being a librarian and book blogger does have it’s advantages! But I also met authors as a kid at school visits, the public library, and at other programs and festivals. Our school district had Robin…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/2/2020
Last Week March is definitely not coming in like a lion, it’s going up to 60 degrees today which is absolutely crazy for March 2nd in Pennsylvania. While I spent most of the week in Nashville, it was quite cold and windy, but traveling gave me a lot of time…
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Slice of Life Day 1: How Many Books?!?!
Today is Day 1 of my 2020 Slice of Life Challenge! I often get incredulous looks and this common response when people find out how many books I read. “You read how many books?!?!?!” Many probably think they’d rather do a hundred other things than sit down with a book.…
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Slice of Life Challenge
There are only a few more days left in February which means that the Slice of Life challenge by Two Writing Teachers is getting ready to kick-off on March 1st. I participated last year and was so surprised by how many comments I received on my blog and in person…
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
I’m spending the week in Nashville for the Publica Library Association (PLA) Conference. This conference focuses on trends and issues facing public librarians and moves around the country every other year. I’ve never been to Nashville, so I’m excited to explore the Music City. I’m going to be really busy…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/24/2020
Last Week I’m continuing to love how well I’m keeping up with my TBR this year (and it’s already been 2 months!). This week I finished up No True Believers by Rabiah York Lumbard which was so good – social justice and thriller all in one! I’ll be doing a…
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Trying Something New – West African Peanut Soup
As I’ve mentioned before, I love to try new recipes in my kitchen! This week I tried a West African Peanut Soup filled with sweet potato, kale, and chickpeas. This recipe comes from the cookbook, Love Real Food by Kathryne Taylor, from the cooking blog, Cookie + Kate. I wouldn’t…
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Director’s Thoughts – 02/19/2020
Staff training, two words that strike fear into the hearts of many an employee. But, that’s where I was yesterday, standing in front of staff leading my third-annual staff training. Background But first, a little background. I have a staff that ranges from 45-50 employees, ten of whom are full-time.…
