Ah, Winter—the cozy season for curling up with a good book to read, or to re-read. I’ve been doing a lot of the latter, not finding anything new as compelling as old favorites. I’ve done my annual re-read of A Christmas Carol, which thrills me with its long sentences and descriptions of food. And while the movie is great (I prefer the George C. Scott version), it can’t replicate the clever language, such as Dickens talking about why the expression is dead as a door nail, rather than dead as a coffin nail. I remember not knowing what “the organ of benevolence” meant when I first read the novella as an elementary school child. I still have my paperback Scholastic Star Edition, Copyright 1962, for which I paid 50 cents.
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What I’m ReadingI began working in libraries as a seventh grader, courtesy of scoliosis. My orthopedic surgeon wrote me a pass to miss gym class, so I began working in the school library to feed my love of reading. Even after my surgery to correct the curvature, I kept getting out of gym to work in my high school library and then in my college library (for pay, at last!).
So began my eventual career as a college reference librarian—after a detour into teaching high school English. Later I worked for an educational publisher before going back to libraries.
I have a reading and writing life now. I devour both fiction and nonfiction, and will tell you about some of my favorite reads, both old friends and new discoveries.
Here's some library-themed music to get you in the mood.
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