I’ve talked about children’s books here in the past, but a recent article on the Publishers Weekly blog got me thinking about them again, specifically picture books. In her blog entry, Josie Leavitt talks about the comfort and stress relief of revisiting favorite children’s books. She’s currently using them as a cure for insomnia, which strikes me a … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: Comfort reads – Picture Book Edition
Today at the South Branch is Caturday!, a day designed to celebrate all things feline. There’s just something about books and cats that go well together, and what better place than the library to celebrate that great combination. We’ve talked about cats before here on the blog, but it seemed like, on Caturday! of all days, another … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: Caturday!
Recently, one of our wonderful librarians took on the touchy subject of poetry here on the blog, namely getting over the apprehension that often comes with the suggestion of reading poetry. I completely agree with her, both that reading poetry can cause that knot in your stomach that often comes with trying something unfamiliar, but … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: Easing past your Metrophobia
Only one week left until All Hallows Read, a event that we here at the blog have been celebrating all month long, frankly because it’s worth celebrating for such a span of time. It’s also one more week until we’re able to open that trick-or-treat candy that’s been taunting us (also worth celebrating in my … Continue reading Countdown to All Hallows Read: A spooky Saturdays @ the South
This week, I read an article in which an author described how, after submitting a novel to agents and publishers and receiving discouraging responses from the few who responded to her at all, she decided to submit her novel to the same group of people posing as a male author. She received several responses right … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: Women & Fiction
Much like the books discussed in last week’s post, audiobooks are sometimes maligned. Many think that audiobooks are only for the elderly, infirm or visually impaired because: why else would someone listen to a book when you can read the paper (or electronic) version? As adults, haven’t we moved beyond storytimes and someone reading to you? Regular readers … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: An Ode to Audiobooks
The other day, I read an article in Business Insider that talked about the “real” reason people buy e-readers. It wasn’t the ability to offer hundreds of books at your fingertips (making the loads for readers that travel so much lighter), or the opportunity to read free and steeply discounted classics, or the chance to read … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: Book Shame & the Right to Judgement-Free Reading