San Diego Comic Con 2015 Recap
One of the items on my “things to do before I die” list is attend the San Diego Comic Con. This event is attended by thousands and thousands of film and genre fans every summer and pulls out A-list...
View ArticleFunding Your Start-Up
Photo from Flickr.com So you’ve finally settled on an idea for a business. The background research is done, and your sensible business plan has been completed. Now for the financing. Traditional bank...
View ArticleStaff Review: Private Justice Series by Irene Hannon
Do you like suspense, with a little romance added for good measure? How about inspirational fiction from a Christian perspective? You can have all three in Irene Hannon’s Private Justice Series. The...
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Children Travel the World Through Library Programs
Children are experiencing different cultures and customs around the library system this spring and summer. Around April 30, librarians across the nation hold Children’s Day/Book Day or Dia de los ninos...
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Weeding in the Library
“Why are there weeds in the library?” you might be thinking. No, there are not plants growing inside the library that need weeding or pruning. However, it is what it sounds like. Each library has to...
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What’s all the hoopla about Hoopla?
A name is destiny, or so it’s been said. A person, a place or even something as fluid and impersonal as an online media service’s path in life might be molded and shaped – or rise and fall – based on...
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Star Wars Read-A-Thon: The Prequel Trilogy
It’s me again, with another Star Wars Read-A-Thon post! This time, I’m digging into the prequel novelizations–Episodes I, II, and III of the original cinematic canon. If you’re not familiar, this is...
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Staff Review: The Girl with the Long Green Heart ♥
Are you a fan of volatile thrillers that involve calculating femme fatales and men with hardened hearts and illegal mindsets? How about intricate murder scenes that entail painful suspense? Do you...
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Staff Review: The Stage Dive Novel series
I love the anticipation of finding the “my next favorite author” whenever I wander the library shelves. I enjoy reading the book cover descriptions or sampling the first chapter of a book, as I’m on a...
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A Close Knit Group
What do you get when you throw a girl who can’t even sew a button in with a room full of crafty knitters? Sounds like the start of a really bad joke. Well it wasn’t in my case. Instead I got an...
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Washateria
I love a clean house, but I hate housework. I’m not exactly sure why. I don’t think I am a lazy person. I certainly feel like I am busy doing stuff. I work all day, come home and cook supper, pick up...
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Anime/Manga Update: Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Hello, lovelies! I have come from the depths of the library stacks with yet another Japanese series that I have found, which I surprisingly like. That is not to say that it was a bad series from the...
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Doing Good (in A Galaxy Far, Far Away…and in Your Local Library)
Every day libraries across the nation touch the lives of millions of people. Sometimes these stories are well known and a few even have some publicity involved. Other times, the effect is much more...
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Staff Stories: Linda the World Traveler on “Getting There”
Most workers in America do not travel. Heck, so many of the lucky workers who actually have paid leave, do not even use it all. Instead they stockpile it for a ‘rainy day,” or so I presume, since I am...
View ArticleStaff Stories: I hated library school!
I hated library school. Let me say it again: I hated library school. Library school was my back-up plan. I was going to get my MLS so as to get a job to support myself so I could study for the degree I...
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Staff Stories: Linda the World Traveler Shares Her Memories
This is Part 2 of Linda’s Travel Series. Read Part 1 here. Now for some of the memories of my trip to Istanbul, Vienna and Moscow – some funny, some not so much. Of course, travel to a place with a...
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Star Wars Read-A-Thon: The Thrawn Trilogy
One of the first things fans of the classic Star Wars Extended Universe, now called the “Legacy” series, will tell you to read is the Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn. These were among the first books to...
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Monster Fest 2015
Saturday, October 3 Central Library 298 Cedar Road Chesapeake, VA 23322 10:00 AM-5:00 PM Fantasmo Doors @ 7:30 PM Celebrate classic horror film and literature at Monster Fest. A fun-filled spooky Con...
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Staff Stories: Linda the World Traveler on the Must-See Stops in Istanbul,...
This is the third and final part of Linda’s Travel Series. Read Parts 1 and 2. The three cities (Istanbul, Vienna and Moscow) we visited were all wonderful. Istanbul is amazing. It is a city steeped in...
View ArticleStaff Review: The SPI Files
If you enjoy reading humorous urban fantasy books, you will like Lisa Shearin’s SPI Files novels. SPI stands for Supernatural Protection & Investigations, which is the covert agency that makes sure...
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