Today’s we have a special treat for the holidays. The New York Public Library offers a special reading of Charles Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol” by Neil Gaiman, using Dicken’s personal copy and notes. ~ * ~ Even huge Charles Dickens fans may not know that A Christmas Carol is organized in five stanza-like sections called “staves.” They … Read more
Huckleberry Finn is one of those books that keeps on landing on the banned book lists. At first it was protested because of the friendship between a white boy and a black boy. It was too progressive. Now it gets banned for the opposite reason. It is too old fashioned and uses terms that were … Read more
I feel like Stephan from Saturday Night Live, this article has everything! Boston, video games, libraries. I love it when my favorite worlds collide! Erin Blakemore lets us know what the connections are in today’s snippet from Smithsonian. ~ * ~ At first blush, “library” and “Fallout 4” don’t seem like they should belong in the … Read more
Here is a story from Ellen Klages from the Uncanny A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy website. I think I would love to be raised by feral librarians but I don’t think I would want to leave. ~ * ~ In the House of the Seven Librarians by Ellen Klages Once upon a time, the … Read more
According to Pew Research 28% of American Adults did not read one single book last year. Overall reading has gone down 4% in the same time frame, eBook reading remained flat. The article, Slightly fewer Americans are reading print books, breaks down the demographics further, and is part of a much larger report on Libraries … Read more
As part of it’s Chicago Ideas Week, a bunch of selected books was left on the the city trains for people to read while they commute. Called “Books on the L” people were able to read selected titles until they reached their destination. If the reader wants to chat about a particular book, they just … Read more
What is the latest you have ever returned a library book? I think mine was a whole summer when I was in Jr. High School, because it took that long for me to clean my room and find it. But one mysterious person that checked a couple of books out of the Portland State University … Read more