Yeah, I don't get it either. Olympia, not that rich a city. And we can't pass a library bond to save our asses.
My whole life, I've never loved anything else.
Oz ,'Him'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Typo Boy - Nov 16, 2008 12:51:02 pm PST #7939 of 28414
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Anne W. - Nov 16, 2008 1:47:29 pm PST #7940 of 28414
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I will always be proud of my hometown for passing a property tax increase to keep the library open on Sundays and to expand the evening hours.
P.M. Marc - Nov 16, 2008 2:05:19 pm PST #7941 of 28414
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yeah, I don't get it either. Olympia, not that rich a city. And we can't pass a library bond to save our asses.
Probably something to do with the way that the Timberland Regional Library itself works and raises funds. I mean, it's a wonky, multi-county system.
Sue - Nov 16, 2008 5:37:24 pm PST #7942 of 28414
hip deep in pie
Yeah, I don't get it either. Olympia, not that rich a city. And we can't pass a library bond to save our asses.
In the 1980's, our library was too broke to pursue fines. They charged fines if you came in an admitted them, but at otherwise, they didn't have the manpower to be able to have someone send out notices and chase after delinquent books. They didn't let people know that, but I found out from a friend who was friends with the head librarian.
Typo Boy - Nov 16, 2008 5:39:09 pm PST #7943 of 28414
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
What I thought was weird was when I came in and wanted to pay fines, they told me I did not owe any because even though I had turned the book in late, I'd returned it. As Plei says, probably something do with the Timberland System. Not an excess of money; I guarantee the Timberland system is not rich.
Anne W. - Nov 16, 2008 5:54:06 pm PST #7944 of 28414
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I wonder if the no fines for turning in books late is a way to encourage people to get the books back. I wonder how much they'd have to spend on replacement books as opposed to how much they would gather in fines.
Fay - Nov 16, 2008 11:17:34 pm PST #7945 of 28414
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
ignoring all the disturbing library talk, as she has fled the country to escape the Library Police.
In the same vein, any suggestions for first-grade girls who like to read?
Depending on how good her reading is: The Wolves In The Walls; anything by Kevin Henkes, but especially the mouse books - Jesus, they're adorable; Miss Nelson Is Missing, by Harry Allard; Holly Black's Spiderwick Chronicles; The Sisters Grimm (which is very like Bill Willingham's Fables comic, only it's a kids' series of books); anything by Roald Dahl, pretty much...er, yeah. I could go on?
beth b - Nov 17, 2008 9:44:10 am PST #7946 of 28414
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
well, back to library talk a [link] to the librarian song
Steph L. - Nov 17, 2008 12:07:18 pm PST #7947 of 28414
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
This might seem like it belongs more in the comics thread, but I'm posting it here anyway, because it straddles books and comics.
Although I have issues with the ghettoization of girls/women who read comics, last year DC started a line of graphic novels called Minx that's aimed more or less at tween/teen girls.
Despite my problems with creating "girl" comics (not that that's a new phenomenon), I read Minx's first graphic novel, The Plain Janes. I liked it a LOT.
A sequel -- Janes in Love came out recently, and it's just as good.
The idea is nothing new -- think Pump Up the Volume -- but it's well done, and so I'm pimping it.
Barb - Nov 17, 2008 12:10:41 pm PST #7948 of 28414
“Not dead yet!”
Tep, would you say it's aimed more tween or teen? How adult-like are the storylines? Because I'm always looking for stuff for Abby.