Lincoln Public Library

Posts from Rhode Island's own Lincoln Public Library. Book news & reviews, library events, fun facts, literary news, and silly gifs. 

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What did the librarian say to the man checking out 50 books?

“Don’t overdue it.”

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Me finding a new series to read:

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How to read more. Here are books I’ve written. Here are of books I like.

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LadyArwen: I feel I have posted this list before. And I feel like it cannot be posted too often.

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What are we? "BOOKWORMS!" What do we want?! "BOOKS!" When will we read them?! [INDISTINCT MUMBLING ABOUT HUGE TBR PILES AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR]

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I’ll get around to it…

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SO MUCH

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Someday but not today.

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ALWAYS REBLOG (because it NEVER STOPS BEING TRUE.)

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This is like my holds list on my library account.

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It seems like everyone’s asking you to contact your government representatives to voice your opinion these days, but what does that really mean?

Can your phone call or letter really make a difference? (Hint: yes, it really can.)

In today’s SPARK video (link), Jackson Bird goes behind the scenes of a congressional office with US Senator Jack Reed and his staffers to talk about why voters’ voices matter and share some tips on what to expect when you contact your representatives.

Today’s challenge? Find your senator’s contact info (link) and reach out to them to share your opinion on the American Healthcare Act, which recently passed in the House and Representatives and could cause 24 million Americans to become uninsured. Let us know how it goes!

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That’s our Senator and library advocate! Go Jack Reed and Lil’ Rhody.

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We, too, would like to participate in Narnia business…

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J.R.R. Tolkien fell in love with Edith Mary Tolkien when he was 16 and she 19. His guardian disapproved (both he and Edith were orphans), but they finally married when Tolkien was 24 — just a few months before he was deployed to the Somme.

The next year, Tolkien began composing the earliest version of a tale to which he would always return. It’s about the love of Beren, a mortal man, and Lúthien, daughter of the Elven King of the forest realm of Doriath. The disapproval of Lúthien’s father sends the two lovers on a series of perilous quests, but they rescue each other through bravery, music and love — with an assist from a magical dog.

Tolkien’s son, Christopher, proves an able guide through the story, three versions of which have been published in a new book.

‘Beren And Lúthien’ Reflects Tolkien’s Real Life Love Story

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Currently reading!

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When someone calls me a nerd for writing/reading

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LadyArwen: True.

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Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren’t. I’m not surprised some people prefer books.

Julian Barnes, Flaubert’s Parrot (via wordsnquotes)

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by Sarah Andersen

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The Amazing Story Of Kentucky's Horseback Librarians

In the years after the Great Depression, President Roosevelt enacted The New Deal to help get people back on their feet.  This allowed for some truly creative projects to spring up, and one of them was the Pack Horse Library Project of Eastern Kentucky.  

The people of the Eastern Kentucky mountains had been hit hard by the Depression, and many of them had little connection to the outside world.  This project brought in librarians from around the state and charged them with establishing routine library services in the remotest of towns.  Though many were skeptical of the program at first, demand for books and magazines could barely keep up with demand; further, the librarians also brought news, comfort, and contact to a struggling people.  

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middle-earth meme | [¼] moments

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I also loved this part.

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“OH! You’re Reading That Book? Did You Get to the Part Where--”

SHHHHUUUSSSHHHH!!!

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LadyArwen: Yes!!!!!!!!!!!

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les miserables victor hugo

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Booklist’s 50 Best YA Books of All Time

Booklist is celebrating 50 years of YA! Check out their 50 best YA books of all time. Did you favorites make the list?

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If you’re curious

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“Love, it never dies. It never goes away, it never fades, so long as you hang on to it. Love can make you immortal” - Gayle Forman, If I Stay

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DUDE

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Yes. And book heroines become film heroines.