*This post is the first in Free for All’s “Making Magic” series, which will focus on Kelley’s exploration of the opportunities in the library’s Creativity Lab. There are certain words that always stop my breath for a moment, not so that I’m gasping for air, but just enough to make me pause to recognize the … Continue reading Making Magic: On Imagination, Creativity and Other Words that Stop My Breath
I had no idea what I was going to write a blog post about this week until I finished reading Forrest Leo’s The Gentleman and cannot stop thinking about it. This book checked all of my boxes and is the first 5-star rating I’ve given on Goodreads in a while. The Gentleman is, at it’s … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: In which a book makes me very happy…
And a very happy birthday to S.E. Hinton, author of that perennial classic, The Outsiders! Susan Eloise Hinton was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on this date in 1948. She was always a reader, but was never satisfied with the books she was given to read in school–and quickly set about changing that. While attending Will Rogers … Continue reading Five Book Friday!
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!
Happy April, Dear Readers! The weather is topsy-turvy, the world seems a bit…out of whack, to put it mildly, and my tea has gone cold. But there is still (and always) reasons to celebrate! Here are a few quirky, off-the-beaten-track holidays in April that you might consider recognizing as a way to brighten up the … Continue reading Five Book Friday!
Last week, I waxed about on and took a walk down memory lane over Susie Derkins because she was the first female character I encountered in my young reading life that was complex and relatable. In reflecting over last week’s post, I also thought it was significant that some of the most memorable of my … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: A Bibliophile Confession Gets Graphic
Books make terrific fodder for movies and television, as we’ve often noted here. But when it was announced that Fox was adapting DC Comics’ Lucifer into a television show, there was both great rejoicing, and enormous trepidation. This Lucifer is based on the character first established in Free-For-All Favorite Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series. He later got his very own spin-off series, … Continue reading On the Screen: Lucifer