Recently, I have started listening to podcasts on a regular basis at work. Some of the tasks I do at work can be a bit boring and having something interesting to focus on like a podcast really helps the time go by fast. Sometimes library work can be a little boring – the result is […]
This is a peculiar series of three books, containing a series of peculiar photographs that were found by a peculiar author. The books are: 1. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, 2. Hollow City, and 3. Library of Souls. The story is about a boy who discovers he is not as ordinary as he thought […]
For the last two Saturdays, I have held two holiday related programs at the public library I work at. The first was how to make holiday cards on Microsoft Publisher. I was a bit disappointed with this program because only one person showed up even though 6 had signed up. I have been told that […]
A couple of weekends ago, I held a makey-makey cybercamp at the public library I work at, where kids could come to make different musical instruments. The instruments I had set-up were guitars, drums and pianos. So how did I pull this off you ask? or maybe you don’t but I’m going to tell you […]
So while I’m on the waiting list for the second one, I thought I would write a blogpost about the first. Amulet is a series of graphic novels that follow a young girl named Emily and her brother, Navin on an interesting adventure into an alternate version of our world. In this world (also the […]
Scott Westerfeld is one of my favourite authors, everything I have read by him I have loved. Also, during different points in my life two of his series have been my favourite – when I was younger I loved the Uglies series and a couple of years ago, I got obsessed with the Leviathan series. […]
Lately, I have been rather absent from the world of blogging. It happens from time-to-time and then I make a come back…this is an attempt at a come back. This past summer, I worked for the Bedford Institute of Oceanography Library in Dartmouth, NS, doing interlibrary loans, managing the library’s phone and email, the mail, […]
I still love reading children’s books and I think I always will. Wanting to know what happens in the stories it what makes me turn the page but artwork of children’s books is normally what draws me in. This list includes some great stories and artwork. Take a looks, maybe buy the books: The New York […]
If you need a really funny, fast read about death, this is the book for you. I know many people dislike it when stories about death are made funny but its more realistic this way if you ask me. Yes, death happens but normal life including the funny parts don’t stop for it. I can […]
I just finished reading the three books in this lovely fantasy-adventure series. The books are written by Colin Meloy and illustrated by his wife Carson Ellis. The three books in the series are called (1) Wildwood (2) Under Wildwood and (3) Wildwood Imperium. The series is amid at children between the ages of 9-14 I would […]
Stereotypical Maritimes Librarian 