Monthly Archives: September 2007
Free People Read Freely
In observance of the American Library Association‘s Banned Books Week, I am today featuring ten of my favorites from a list of the 100 most frequently challenged books in the decade 1990-2000. My selections are arbitrary and reflect only my … Continue reading
Filed under Banned Books Week, Book Reviews, Books
My Life As A Furry Red Monster
Kevin Clash and Elmo Most of the time a book’s genre dictates its format. Mysteries typically begin with murder followed by investigation and then solution. Cookbooks start with appetizers and end with dessert. And biographies usually take a birth to … Continue reading
Filed under Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Children, Memoir
SEX AID FOR COMPLETE IDIOT DUMMIES
So there I was, shelving in the 610′s, all the wild animals of the 500′s at my back, the words of Chris Webb ringing in my ears (…we’re ALL dummies about Something….) and I turned to slide the gazzilionth book … Continue reading
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Green Eggs And Alexander
For me, one of the great things about working at the library is getting to enjoy children’s books in the course of the day. As a non-parent, I would never have occasion to be exposed to what we call Easy … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Easy Picture Books
Blogging About Books About Blogging
I have never been a fan of the "dummies" books and honestly never understood how a publisher that unequivocally calls its audience Stoopid on the cover of every book could possibly become popular, yet the bright yellow tomes on a … Continue reading
Filed under Blogging, Book Reviews, Books, Non-Fiction
A Few By Fannie Flagg
A rainbow can be glimpsed through the Seattle Center fountain as the Space Needle stands sentinel behind Summer 2002 photo by Joel Farmer The summer I was seven or eight years old my mother’s appendix burst and while she was … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Fiction
Tokyo Cancelled Practically Perfect Hep-Cats
Sunset falls as ferry crosses Eliot Bay undated photograph by Joel Farmer Today’s pic is for Ron, who admired the ferry pic I previously posted. I confess that today’s books have all three been on my couch in varying stages … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Humor and Memes, Non-Fiction, Social Issues
Remembering Erma
Yesterday was a bit overwhelming with SOOOO many posters on so many blogs all commemorating 9/11 with memorials from the heart felt and personal to the polemic and political, and representing most all points of view. The above is my … Continue reading
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