Calcu-Never? Using Math as an Adult

Earlier this week, I was approached by who I’m assuming was a middle school-aged child and asked to help him with a math problem he was having trouble with. Simultaneously flattered and terrified, I trepidatiously followed him to our Teen Room and hoped for something improbably simple, like good ol’ solving for X, but expected … Continue reading →

Spark Rage: Book Lovers Erroneously Hate on Marie Kondo

Thanks to Marie Kondo, tidying up fever has placed a fevered hold on Netflix viewers and spread like wild fever to eager declutterers across the land. While people seem to be cool with neatly folding and containerizing almost all of their possessions and jettisoning their unneeded stuff that doesn’t, as Kondo puts it, spark joy, … Continue reading →

Only YOU Can Decide What We Read For Book Club

  At the library’s book clubs, we’re fortunate that generally, the books we read earn widespread approval from our readers. While our selections don’t always get a Siskel and Ebertian two thumbs up from everyone, it’s safe to say they mostly score at least one and a half thumbs (or, if you find the idea … Continue reading →

Plan(ner) for Success in 2019

With a new year comes new/renewed commitment to becoming a better you than the you ended up being after committing to being a better you the previous new year, and that type of commitment typically comes with lots of stuff to do (or at least a lot of stuff to commit to do). You could … Continue reading →