Top Ten Tuesday is a book blogging prompt hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. I don’t participate every week, but I join in when I find the prompt interesting. This week’s topic is authors you want to meet. I’ve had the opportunity to meet lots of amazing authors. Actually, a lot of my favorites, I’ve… Continue reading Top Ten Authors I Want to Meet
Author: Molly Wetta
Feminist gemini vegetarian librarian.
Books that Rock: YA Fiction for Musicians and Music Lovers
I love music. Music, perhaps even more than books, brings people together. I love live music shows and bonding with friends over a shared love for bands. Music was so critical to me during my teen years, and there are so many amazing YA novels that capture that passion for music. These novels fall across… Continue reading Books that Rock: YA Fiction for Musicians and Music Lovers
Like, Try, Why: Ursula K. Le Guin Edition
I made this when Ursula K. LeGuin won the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Her novels transcend the (artificial) division between literary and genre fiction. If you’ve never read Le Guin, this guide will give you a place to start, and if you’re already a fan, hopefully you’ll find a… Continue reading Like, Try, Why: Ursula K. Le Guin Edition
Library Displays: Merchandising Tips
Last week I went to a Library Journal Lead the Change Workshop. The main speaker was David Vinjamuri, a guy from outside the library world. He’s a marketer who teaches branding at NYU, but started writing about libraries and the book world for Forbes and is now speaking at continuing education workshops for librarians. The different… Continue reading Library Displays: Merchandising Tips
Library Program: Solar-Powered S’mores Ovens
Full disclaimer: this program was not my idea, I just happened to be working in the teen zone the day it was scheduled, and Miriam, our awesome teen librarian, said she’d work the desk and I could help with the program, which was presented by the environmental studies club at KU for Earth Day. It was… Continue reading Library Program: Solar-Powered S’mores Ovens
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