Conan the Librarian

Librarian. Writer. Editor. Fighter. .gr_custom_container_1465053150 { /* customize your Goodreads widget container here*/ border: 1px solid gray; border-radius:10px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 5px; background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #000000; width: 250px } .gr_custom_header_1465053150 { /* customize your Goodreads header here*/ border-bottom: 1px solid gray; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: center; font-size: 120% } .gr_custom_each_container_1465053150 { /* customize each individual book container here */ width: 100%; clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; overflow: auto; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa; } .gr_custom_book_container_1465053150 { /* customize your book covers here */ overflow: hidden; height: 160px; float: left; margin-right: 4px; width: 98px; } .gr_custom_author_1465053150 { /* customize your author names here */ font-size: 10px; } .gr_custom_tags_1465053150 { /* customize your tags here */ font-size: 10px; color: gray; } .gr_custom_rating_1465053150 { /* customize your rating stars here */ float: right; } Reading A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls by Jessica Spotswood The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain by Bill Bryson Share book reviews and ratings with Molly, and even join a book club on Goodreads. 2016 Reading Challenge Molly has read 43 books toward her goal of 100 books. hide 43 of 100 (43%) view books

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Book Talk Tuesday

Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes, by Eric Litwin

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Summer Reading: The Halfway Point

Halfway through my summer reading challenge to read 30 books from June-August, and what a random assortment of things I’ve been into lately!

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The librarian in its natural state...

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What are you reading this summer?  Plum Point Middle School has some ideas!

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The War That Saved My Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

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Lumberjanes, by Noelle Stevenson

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The Forgetting, by Sharon Cameron

Zero Day, by Jan Gangsei

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Scar Island, by Dan Gemeinhart

By Your Side, by Kasie West

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Worthy, by Donna Cooner

Irena’s Children, by Tilar J. Mazzeo

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The Whole Story of Half a Girl, by Veera Hiranandani

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs

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The Giver, by Lois Lowry

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Ms. Marvel, by G. Willow Wilson

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After 9 years, today marked my last day as a public librarian.  I loved it there, but tomorrow I begin a new adventure as a middle school media specialist.  I am so sad to leave my library friends, but I have to admit that I am excited to be in charge of my very own library.  It’s all so Beauty and the Beast.

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Enjoying a morning with some awesome Christmas gifts: chocolate macadamia coffee in my To Kill a Mockingbird mug with my buddies Ronda Rousey and Batgirl. Life is good.

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Display It: Jewish Fiction

With Hanukkah coming up at the end of the month (and to act as a counterbalance to the Christmas book display that was already up), it seemed like a good time to highlight some excellent fiction exploring Judaism.  Some funny, some serious; some well-known, some not; some about the holidays, some just about every day life.  A nice spread, if you will.

Featured titles:

Everything is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer

The Boston Girl, by Anita Diamant

Goldberg Variations, by Susan Isaacs

The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green, by Joshua Braff

Bee Season, by Maya Goldberg

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I practice taekwondo, not karate, but for the sake of the BookFace (BookFoot?  FootNote?) photo, I’ll let it slide.  THIS time.