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An avid reader, Rachel Heimerdinger visits the library bi-weekly and easily reads more than 100 books a year in many genres. She has a Masters degree in Library Science from the University of Kentucky.

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Book memes

Book memes abound, but where do they come from? My favorite place to find book/reading memes is Booking Through...
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Bram Stoker's descendant writes Dracula sequel

A new Dracula novel, called the only official sequel by the Stoker estate, has been written by Bram Stoker's great...
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Happy Roald Dahl Day!

Today is Roald Dahl Day. Celebrate it by reading your favorite of his books. Bake a chocolate cake, visit a candy...
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Frazz, possibly the most literary comic strip around

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One of my favorite comic strips is Frazz, by Jeff Mallet. If I were a lucky person, my local paper would have this...
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Librarian stereotypes in music videos

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In terms of the music, my favorite librarian music video is Cascada's Every time we touch. To see the video, you'll...
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A brief digression, with tattoos

I hate to break up a series of informational articles, but you guys really need to hear about this one. The Texas...
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Book Awards 101-- Children and YA books

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The American Library Association (ALA) is a professional organization for all sorts of librarians all over the...
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100 Best Beach Books

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NPR polled readers to determine the 100 best beach reads ever. Almost 16,000 people cast some 36,000 votes,...
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2009 Hugo Awards announced

You can read the full list below, but I'll hit a few highlights: Best Novel was awarded to Neil Gaiman's The...
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Book and (mostly) comic news from Comic-Con

Marvel has purchased the rights to the Miracleman comic. This name might be familiar, because greats like Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman wrote the...
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