Lab Girl by Hope Jahren—read it, whether or not you think you care about plants. I gulped it in 3 days. Some gorgeous prose, as well as a critique of how women in the sciences (and academe in general, I would argue) are treated.
Many of you have no doubt read Sue Monk Kidd’s fiction and nonfiction; perhaps you also found her memoir Traveling with Pomegranates, co-written with her daughter, Ann Kidd Taylor. Taylor later wrote a novel, The Shark Club, about a young woman who becomes fascinated with sharks after surviving an attack at age twelve. She becomes a specialist on sharks, traveling the world to study them, which complicates relationships with her family and friends.
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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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