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Bernard Black Exemplifies Customer Service
The great British series Black Books stars Dylan Moran as Bernard Black, bookshop owner and disheveled grouch. Lover of alcohol and cigarettes, and considerably less fond of dealing with the public, Bernard has quite the way of dealing with patrons, as you can see in the compilation below. As a librarian who deals with the… Read more
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Review: I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
Review: I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella Source: ebook, published February 14, 2012 by Dial Press Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry her ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her “happily ever after” begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost… Read more
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Picture Book Picks: Wintry Reads
There’s just something so welcoming about winter-themed picture books! Stories about polar bears, penguins and other winter creatures; stories about the changes of the season; stories about playing in the snow, going sledding, snuggling up by a roaring fire… Here, in no particular order, are some of my favourite wintry reads: Singing Away the Dark… Read more
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Spotlight: The Timmy Failure series by Stephan Pastis
As a big fan of Stephan Pastis’ acerbic yet contemplative Pearls Before Swine comic strip, I couldn’t wait to read Pastis’ middle-grade Timmy Failure series. I was in for a treat. Our protagonist, Timmy Failure, comes from a long line of Fayleures (his ancestors changed the spelling of their name). He lives with his mother… Read more
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Spam, A Lot
In which I take the low lights of this week’s spam comments: “She sometimes picks the berries and uses them to garnish yogurt.” “Should be soft, almost succulent and if bent they will snap, or squash…” “But for men whose signature wields influence…” “I swore I would never co sleep.” “No, I can’t tell you… Read more
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Spotlight: Molly Idle’s ‘Flora’ Picture Books
Last year I read Molly Idle’s wordless picture book Flora and the Flamingo and it instantly became a favourite of mine. When I found out that another Flora book was planned, I was ecstatic…but wondered if a follow-up could be as magical, as lyrical, as the first. Well, I can tell you that Flora and… Read more
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REWIND: “We might get Marky Mark to plant a celebrity tree…”
From the Official Entertainment Repository (or, YouTube): Happy weekend! Also: a reminder that Clueless was released in 1995. 1995!! Read more
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Review: Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
Review: Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King Source: Hardcover, Published October 12th 2010 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: Vera’s spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years she’s kept a lot of his secrets. Even after… Read more
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