Book-to-Movie: Off the Road & The Way

                      This week, we have a guest post from Laurel H., a library patron and BARC participant. In order to fulfill the requirements of the “Be a Film Critic” BARC task, Laurel has written her thoughts on the film “The Way”  and the book that inspired it, Off the Road by Jack Hitt. I’d like … Continue reading →

Silver Linings Playbook: A Very Pleasant Surprise

With Oscar Sunday fast approaching, as of last weekend, I had yet to see any of the movies nominated for this year’s Best Picture. Admonish me for failing to keep up with popular culture if you will, but in my defense, I work at a library, meaning I’m used to getting my fix of books … Continue reading →

Library Audiobooks on Kindle? You Bet.

As someone who is supposed to be super in tune with all things book and reading related, I should probably be ashamed to admit this, but here’s the truth: until a few days, I had no idea you could listen to audiobooks on a Kindle. Now, I knew audiobook listening was possible on a Kindle … Continue reading →

Hot Like Texas

We thought it might be fun to do some mathrobatics (math + acrobatics) at the library, so armed with graph paper, calculators, statistical reports, and more, we did. (Actually, we do this to help drive our collection development process. But we thought “mathrobatics” sounded way cooler).  Our findings: our patrons are voracious readers (ok, we … Continue reading →