We started #LibraryMadness with 16 books in each of 4 Divisions, and today, we have our Division winners. In spite of having the most nominations of any book, The Great Gatsby was defeated by To Kill a Mockingbird for your favorite Classic. It now has to face off against the Kids/YA winner, Harry Potter and […]
Round 3 voting for #LibraryMadness was a pretty darn spirited event, with lots of people excited to see their favorites still in there, and others grumbling just a little (or a lot) as beloved books went back to the metaphorical shelf. But as I’m sitting here looking at Round 4, all I can think is…good […]
In the second round of Library Madness, I heard a lot of people say this was starting to get hard. Well, if they thought Round 2 was hard, welcome to the Sweet 16. The top two vote getters in the second round were The Great Gatsby and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and while […]
The voting in the first round of Library Madness was fantastic! There was a lot of passionate support for some really great books, and I just loved how excited some people got when they saw the idea. If you’re curious, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was the top vote getter in the first round, […]
Over 500 books received nominations, but only 64 books could make it into the Library Madness tournament, which starts Friday, March 1 at Noon. As a reminder, there are four Divisions: Fiction, Nonfiction, Classics, and Young Adult/Children’s. Each round you have 5 days to vote for each matchup before the winners advance to the next […]
So, you’ve just finished reading the most amazing novel about a forbidden love affair between a vintner and a flower girl. All you truly want now is to find another novel just like it, or at least pretty close. (You’re willing to settle on a romance between a dairy farmer and seamstress, for instance.) In […]
It might be because I’m kind of a dork about my computers, but I have to confess that every time I get a new laptop, I can’t wait to personalize it. Now, a lot of it is practical—I want the programs I use all the time to be pinned to the Taskbar or the Start […]
Did you know you can write an entire novel in just one month? People do it all the time, and I’m not just talking about Stephen King and Nora Roberts, but amateurs with a crazy idea and some motivation. It happens every November during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), but there are tips you can […]
Do you have a favorite book? You know which book I’m talking about—the one you tell everyone about, and the one you look at someone a little bit out of the side of your eye if they say they didn’t like it. Yeah, that book. Well, we want to know how much you love your […]
Not to bring up those pesky New Year’s resolutions again, but a lot of people use this time of year to set the goal of learning another language. If that’s something you’re interested in, the library has a great database called Transparent Language. With nothing more than a library card and a desire to learn, […]