Neutrality In the Library? Don’t Give Me That Bullshit
The other day, I was working at the library catching up on old issues of Library Journal. In the May 15th issue, I read an interesting article titled “Tolerance is not enough.” Here, the author…
Category: Life
Round up of Newsy Links
There has been a lot of stuff going on in the world lately, and much of it has been pretty awful. While I want to stay informed and not just turn a blind eye because…
What Being A Teen Librarian Has Taught Me About Depression
May 7-13 is CMHA Mental Health Week. This week let’s #GetLoud, end stigma, and have meaningful conversations. Don’t let the title fool you: this isn’t a reflective piece that explores all the ways in…
What I’ve Been Reading Online
LibraryReads favorite books of 2017. The art of the gift basket from Apartment Therapy. YES. I love this idea for Christmas! I don’t know about you, but I was counting down the days until Mindhunter…
What I’ve Been Reading Online
The word “Feminism,” and the rich history of its proponents, needs to be reclaimed by today’s teens, via The Guardian. Hillary Clinton is neither a saint nor a demoness, via The Establishment. She is not our…
What I’ve Been Reading Online
Electric Lit gives its two cents about the gender-swapped Lord of the Flies and gets it all wrong. Read It Forward gives some great recommendations of books for woke kids. Definitely going to be gifting…
Reflecting on 2016
This is a tad overdue. However, 2016 was a landmark year for me in many ways. Reflecting on this, here are the main things that stand out about my year. I kept my New Year’s…
Changes
Photo via Unsplash My dear friends of the blogosphere, There has been something I have been struggling with for a while: blogging. If you’ve stuck around this far,…
When Adulting is Fun and Exciting… But then Reality Sets In
I don’t know if you recall, but in a previous post I mentioned that I was moving. Said move occurred two weeks ago. This is not just any move. This is the move. The…
Reading Slumps, Blogger Burnout, and Quarter Life Crises
Life has been super weird lately. Things had been going pretty well, everything seeming to fall into place. Then I felt a familiar, unwelcome twinge. I could sense a shadow lurking around the corner, waiting…
Let’s Catch Up: Mugs, Life, Books
Hey guys, let’s catch up. This is inspired in part by the “If We Were having Coffee” posts on The PerpetualPage-Turner. It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve posted anything. And even when I was…
My Mexican Getaway!
I had a blast in Mexico, guys! It was so much fun. Way too short, obviously, and it went by too fast, but it was great. I got to spend some time with family and…
When Deciding What to Read Next
How do you decide what to read next? For me this is often a time-consuming problem. I’m a mood reader–and I can be very moody. Sometimes I know right away what I want to read next.…
Thoughts on Banned Books Week
This week is banned books week. Hooray! I think this is an excellent thing. It brings the ideas of censorship, privilege, power, and fear to the forefront of our thinking and can make for some…
What Are Your Bookish Preferences and Pet Peeves?
I don’t know about you, but I am very particular when it comes to reading. I’m not talking about what goes on in the book’s story—today I’m talking about the act of reading and…