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Right at “Holmes”: Traveling Exhibit Transforms Visitors into Real-Life Sherlocks

By Lori Becker|2018-11-08T13:42:33-05:00October 9th, 2014|

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s eccentric yet brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes, is arguably one of the most enduring literary characters of all time. From the original mystery novels to more current television series and movie franchise adaptations, Conan Doyle’s characters seem to champion all aspects of the entertainment business time after time. Following the recent resurgence of all things Sherlock in popular culture, a recently [...]

Reading and Writing On the Rise Online

By Elizabeth Rule|2018-11-08T14:04:44-05:00September 23rd, 2014|

Throughout middle school and high school, I was an avid contributor to and reader of numerous social writing websites. My ambition then was mostly to write about my favorite TV show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and some original short stories—emphasis on short. Whatever I wrote, though, I aimed to write well and make enjoyable for anyone who happened to stumble across it online. That’s [...]

Author Spotlight: David Rigby

By Colleen Joyce|2018-11-08T13:46:56-05:00August 28th, 2014|

One thing is certain when you sit down to talk with David Rigby: you will learn something. The man knows his history (especially of the World War II variety), he is passionate about it and he wants to share that passion. Fortunately, I’m a history buff so our interview ended up lasting longer than I planned—and it was time well spent. Rigby holds [...]

Thoreau’s Walden: Digital Discourse

By Dan Plonowski|2018-10-26T10:43:16-04:00August 7th, 2014|

Though it has existed in the public domain for years, Thoreau’s Walden; Life in the Woods is going digital in a new way. Though the book has been easily accessible in the domain since the “Internet Age,” and text-based web pages can rewrite and place the entire book online (such as here), technology has helped enhance reading the work of Thoreau. Digital Thoreau aims to improve Thoreau discourse [...]

Jump, Slide, or Dive into Summer Reading!

By Lori Becker|2019-03-21T16:43:32-04:00July 10th, 2014|

As a child, I spent almost every day at the library, especially during the summer. While part of it stemmed from my addiction to reading, the main draw for me was the library’s many programs. Each summer, the library followed a theme that included a suggested reading list for all ages, fun raffle prizes and programs that ranged from the usual sing–alongs and [...]

Libraries Get More Awesome with One Simple Box

By Olivia Billbrough|2018-11-08T11:11:32-05:00June 12th, 2014|

“Books. People never really stop loving books,” said the Doctor in BBC’s hit show Doctor Who. In this episode, the Doctor and his companion travel hundreds of years into the future to the universe’s biggest library and find that, even in the future, we still love reading and sharing knowledge and ideas. And those people who love libraries and love reading also love [...]

Who Doesn’t Judge a Book By its Cover?

By Tess Klingenstein|2018-11-08T11:05:38-05:00June 10th, 2014|

When I think of The Catcher in the Rye, I think of its iconic cover: the yellow font overlaying the merry-go-round horse, the way the red drapes itself over the white background and seems to continue off the page. Similarly, when I think of The Great Gatsby, a face sculpted out of a dark blue sky comes to mind, fireworks lighting up the bottom of [...]

The Need to Read with Speed: A Dilemma Indeed

By Olivia Billbrough|2018-11-08T11:05:03-05:00June 5th, 2014|

If you’ve ever tried to read one of George R. R. Martin’s books in his Song of Ice and Fire series, then you know it’s going to take some time, as the books are typically over a thousand pages long. Even reading newspaper articles or Facebook updates, let alone full–length novels, can be difficult to fit into a busy schedule. With so many [...]

Move Over, Harry Potter: There’s a New Genre in Town

By Olivia Billbrough|2018-11-08T11:00:49-05:00May 29th, 2014|

In recent years, The Hunger Games’ “girl on fire” has quickly replaced Harry Potter’s “the boy who lived” in popularity. And, let’s not forget, in between these there was Twilight’s “the vampire who sparkled.” While fantasy and teen paranormal romance are still selling books (the Harry Potter books have just been released with new cover designs ) the current trend in novels has [...]

Guest Blog: The Family That Reads Together

By Martha Scherpelz|2018-11-08T11:00:01-05:00May 27th, 2014|

. . . sorry, that’s all I’ve got. No clever rhyme, no pithy ending phrase. I just wanted to applaud families who read together. That means dads who snuggle in to read a bedtime story, moms who make the mall run when the next book in the series hits the shelves and kids who willingly trade electronic pings for the sound of a [...]