all books all the time

Blood Bound - Patricia Briggs. ( Read more... )

Dead Sexy - Tate Hallaway. ( Read more... )

Hothouse Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted Child - Alissa Quart. ( Read more... )

Does My Head Look Big in This? - Randa Abdel-Fattah. ( Read more... )

The Blood Books, Volume One - Tanya Huff. ( Read more... )

Think Like a Cat: How to Raise a Well-Adjusted Cat, Not a Sour Puss - Pam Johnson-Bennett. ( Read more... )

The Dedalus Book of Finnish Fantasy - Edited by Johanna Sinisalo. ( Read more... )

Immigrant Politics and the Public Library - Edited by Susan Luévano-Molina. ( Read more... )

Story of a Girl - Sara Zarr. ( Read more... )

Pictures of Hollis Woods - Patricia Reilly Giff. ( Read more... )

Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies) - Justina Chen Headley. ( Read more... )

Kew Gardens: Urban Village in the Big City - Barry Lewis. ( Read more... )

Jump Start Your Career in Library and Information Science - Priscilla K. Shontz. ( Read more... )

The Steerswoman's Road - Rosemary Kirstein. ( Read more... )

Defiant Gardens: Making Gardens in Wartime - Kenneth L. Helphand. ( Read more... )

America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money - Steve and Annette Economides.( Read more... )

The Saskiad - Brian Hall. ( Read more... )

Shakespeare's Champion - Charlaine Harris. ( Read more... )

Introduction to Public Librarianship - Kathleen de la Peña McCook. ( Read more... )

The Green Glass Sea - Ellen Klages. ( Read more... )

Literacy, Access, & Libraries Among the Language Minority Population - Edited by Rebecca Constantino. ( Read more... )

Developing an Outstanding Core Collection: A Guide for Libraries - Carol Alabaster. ( Read more... )

The Voice That Thunders - Alan Garner. ( Read more... )

Go Tell It on the Mountain - James Baldwin. ( Read more... )

Shakespeare's Landlord - Charlaine Harris. ( Read more... )

The Barbed Rose - Gail Dayton. ( Read more... )

47 - Walter Mosley. ( Read more... )

In the Coils of the Snake - Clare B. Dunkle. ( Read more... )

Zahrah the Windseeker - Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu. ( Read more... )

Keeping the Moon - Sarah Dessen. Definitely my least favorite Dessen, of the three I've read so far. I felt v. mixed about this one. 15-year-old Colie learns that being fat is okay, despite her mother being a famous aerobics queen, b/c her Aunt Mira is fat & happy, & then Colie learns that being herself is okay--but especially b/c she lost 45 1/2 pounds. Ugh. I like the "quirky ppl in a small town" setting, but...

The Changing Culture of Libraries - Edited by Renee Feinberg. I think I'm reading too many books about librarianship lately; they all start to blend in somewhat after a while. This one's uneven; some of the essays are a bit repetitive since I've been reading other library anthologies. I liked "Social Equity and Empowerment in the Digital Age: A Place for Activist Librarians" (Carla J. Stoffle), "A Vicious Circle?" (Barbara A. Bishop; on diversity in librarianship, or the lack thereof), & "The Resource Centre Experience in South Africa: An Important Contribution to Librarianship" (Faye Reagon) probably best.

Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket - Ian Halweil. A compelling introduction to why local food matters & how you can start making change in where your own food comes from. Even though I've read a lot about this issue already, there was still enough unknown to me to be inspiring. The case studies from around the world demonstrate how a globalized food system is bad for everyone, & how people are trying to change that. For example, in Zimbabwe, most of the peanut butter sold is imported, even though there are local peanut farmers. Four women started a local peanut butter business that supports the local economy & produces peanut butter that's 15% cheaper than global brands (not to mention it doesn't use nearly the same amount of oil to be transported to the consumer). Well worth reading. Eating local matters, & this book will persuade you.

Civic Librarianship: Renewing the Social Mission of the Public Library - Ronald B. McCabe. You'd think, from the title, that I'd like this book, & I did agree w/some bits: like that the library should be a place for public education. But otherwise the book felt really conservative & gross--pro-hierarchy (librarians as educated gatekeepers & taste-makers) & full of seemingly willful misunderstanding of the left. For example, no indication of why folks on the left might have good reason to be skeptical of authority figures & of the idea of there being right answers to things--no indication that this might be a normal reaction to all the -isms, etc. Blech.