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Kids’ music: old and new favorites
I’ve been listening to children’s music ever since my children were little and my son turns thirty this…
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Seriesly
One thing that I spend far too much time thinking about is the psychology of television. For example,…
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‘Into The Grey’ by Celine Kiernan
I wanted to have a twin when I was little. Even last week I was thinking to myself:…
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Inquiring minds
According to tradition, curiosity is a bad thing. If you’re a cat, curiosity kills and if you’re Pandora…
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Bad good guys
Based on a scientific analysis conducted by consulting my own opinion, I have determined that protagonists are typically…
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Give homemade: the DIY guide to gift-giving
Don’t let this holiday season get the better of you! I say start now, gather supplies and ideas,…
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Heartwood 4:6 – ‘Pushkin Hills’ by Sergei Dovlatov
In Sergei Dovlatov’s entertaining Pushkin Hills, Boris Alikhanov is a struggling writer who takes a job as a…
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Just the facts, Ma’am
The other day I was walking out with an armload of books on CD, and Richard our audio…
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You just need a good book!
Recently Christin Rude from the University of Washington Bookstore came to the Everett Public Library and presented some…
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Spot-Lit for November 2014
Here are some of November’s fiction releases you may want to have on your radar. Click the titles…
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Preschoolers, partnerships, and plants
Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? Ms. Leslie and preschoolers at Evergreen Branch Story Time do! Last…
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Looking for ghosts
I’ve been on the hunt for a good ghost story, not because it’s October but because ghosts scare…
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A history of things
Historical nonfiction comes in all shapes and sizes. There is the grand sweeping kind that tries to tell…
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Extra! Extra! Perry Mason kisses Della Street!
As my year of nostalgic reading continues, I’ve discovered that good books often go out of print, libraries…
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Need a scary book? Just Orsk!
One of the best things about my job as a cataloger is getting to see the new books…
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Inside the Northwest History Room: yearbooks
Through this blog I’ve had a chance to talk about a couple of the resources that get heavily…
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Top ten books that have stayed with us
If you’re on Facebook and have friends who read, you may have come across the recent meme which…
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Spot-Lit for October 2014
Every month our fiction buyer scours the new fiction landscape and presents here a curated list of some…
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‘Conversion’ by Katherine Howe
When I was in high school there was this kid with Tourette syndrome and a glass eye. None…
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In Memoriam: David White
We here at A Reading Life have lost one of our own. Our friend and colleague David White…