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2012 Everett Reads! with Sherman Alexie
In case you haven’t heard, our 2012 Everett Reads! author is Sherman Alexie. From his large body of…
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Heartwood 2:2 – Kelroy
The big literary celebration this year will be the bicentennial of Charles Dickens’ birth (Feb 7), but 2012…
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Reality Doesn’t Bite
I hate to admit it, but it has been a while since I’ve watched a documentary film. It’s…
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New noir
I’ve always been drawn to psychological novels that show the dark side…the internal struggles that complex intelligent characters…
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Bored at work
If you sit in a cramped cubicle under bad fluorescent lights, push around Sisyphean stacks of papers and…
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Heartwood 2:1 – By the Sound
Edward Dorn’s By the Sound revolves around the day-to-day lives of two couples struggling to do more than just…
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Let there be post-punk
Recently, boys and girls, we learned all about the early punk rock movement and how it revolutionized rock…
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How awkward!
C’mon, admit it: you live for awkward moments. Maybe not in your own life, sure. But we all…
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Readers’ choices – the most popular books at EPL in 2011
In December we ran a series of best-of-the-year posts in which the library’s materials selectors shared with you…
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On display
If you are feeling like a little time away from the keyboard, AFK if you like abbreviations, but…
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The one item challenge
The Challenge: Out of all of the great books, movies, or music you consumed in 2011 is it…
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A natural selection
From IQ84 to 11/22/63 it seems that heavyweight fiction has become the dominant species lately. Much like the…
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The time when the sun stands still
December 22, 2011 is the first full day of winter in the northern hemisphere. Now the sun has…
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Laughing through hell
The funniest people are usually the darkest you’ll ever bump into. Well okay, there are those Goth kids…
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Did you know? (reindeer edition)
That Santa’s reindeer are most likely female? Mature male reindeer lose their antlers in November and December after…
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1Q84
I cannot recall exactly when Haruki Murakami first showed up on my literary radar, but ever since I’ve…
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Steampunk in the wild west
As crazy and unlikely as this may sound, there was a time when I believed that books free of vampires…
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Something to Hold
Full disclosure: I first met Katherine Schlick Noe some years ago at a social event (she works with…
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Best of 2011: easy on the eyes
Our final list makes it easier for all of us to enjoy great books. Great titles in different…