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Monthly Archives: July 2015

Benbrook Library / Library programs

Game Night: It’s Epic

Posted on July 31, 2015 by cullen2012 • Leave a comment

If you haven’t been coming to Game Night at the library, you’ve been missing some pretty epic stuff. No, I don’t mean “epic” like your hackneyed bro does when he uses it describe everything from his latest meal at TGI Fridays to his trip to the post office; I mean one of its literal definitions, … Continue reading →

Benbrook Library / Library programs

The Relasering

Posted on July 24, 2015 by cullen2012 • Leave a comment

Years from now, as I’m giving a bittersweet speech at my retirement party at Taco Bell* and regaling my admirers with the stories of my proudest accomplishments whilst they chow down on Doritos Locos Tacos and Crunchwrap Supremes, I’ll get choked up not when relating the elation I felt when looking into the joy-filled face … Continue reading →

Benbrook Library / Library services

Mastering Your To-Read List: Advice for Non-Elephants

Posted on July 18, 2015 by cullen2012 • 1 Comment

No matter how quickly you read, the rate at which you read will never exceed the rate at which new books are released. It’s really not fair; there’s only one of you (unless you’re this guy), and a jillion authors relentlessly cranking out material. Like Jaws and the rhythm, the tide of new books will … Continue reading →

Benbrook Library / Books

It’s Good to Be Bad

Posted on July 10, 2015 by cullen2012 • Leave a comment

Most of the time, I enjoy a good villain. Stories need a baddie, a yang to the hero’s yin, someone to cathartically hate, someone to secretly root for. Whether they take the form of cold-hearted billionaires, evil sorcerers, hand-slicing Jedis, or professional basketball players who renege on an agreement in the most cowardly, disgraceful manner … Continue reading →

Benbrook Library / Library services

Get Carded at the Library

Posted on July 3, 2015 by cullen2012 • Leave a comment

I’m not by any means a graphic designer, but I have some residual Photoshop competence from my days spent being educated to be Don Draper (just the advertising part of him, not all the morally reprehensible stuff). Every now and then, I’m called upon to dust off those modest skills to create something purty for … Continue reading →

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This group is for Benbrook Library patrons participating in the Benbrook Adult Book Challenge (BARC).

BARC is a reading program designed to get adults reading and reading adults to expand their reading horizons.

You must be planning to participate in BARC to be approved for this group. If your profile is set to private, I cannot view it to determine if you are eligible. In this case, please send me a message letting me know who you are and why you would like to join. Thank you.

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