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Best of 2014, Part 3: Humour
While much of my 2014 reading from the humour genre came from rereads of my favourite comic strip collections, there were a few new standouts for me: Tails Don’t Lie: A Decade of Dog Cartoons (70 in Dog Years) by Adrian Raeside I’ve long enjoyed Canadian cartoonist Raeside’s The Other Coast comic strip, along with… Read more
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Best of 2014, Part 2: Children’s Fiction and Young Adult
My picks for top 5 children’s and top 5 YA fiction I read this year: Murder Most Unladylike (Wells and Wong #1) by Robin Stevens The Return of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl #3) by Ben Hatke Now Look What You’ve Done (Timmy Failure #2) by Stephen… Read more
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Pointing out the need for…librarians?
Imagine if these guys had walked into a public library and argued about this at the reference desk. They May Be Deltas Guy #1: I really want to find this book that I read in high school… It was called, like, Brave New World or something. Guy #2: Um, no, you’re thinking of ‘I Can… Read more
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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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