As a librarian, visiting and learning about other libraries is a happy experience for me. Even if I’ve not visited the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) before, I feel like I have after reading Susan Orlean’s The Library Book. Orleans uses the story of the LAPL fire in 1986 to write and explore all things…
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Reading Project 2019 – The Seven Dials Mystery #3
It’s been 3 decades (3!) since I’ve read an Agatha Christie book. I used to devour her books when I was a teenager. I loved every single one of them – especially the Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries. I never ever guessed who the murderer was. And it’s no exception with this particular book….
Reading Project 2019 – The Only Story #2
Every time I think of Julian Barnes (which is not often and who also wrote this book I’m about to review), I think of his book The Sense of an Ending, which I have read and enjoyed. I believe he won the Man Booker prize for that book. Well-deserved too as it was a great…
Reading Project 2019 – The Second Cure #1
I heard this book being discussed on Radio National and I thought it would be a great book to read. I was a little bit disappointed with this story. It felt lame and it was too long winded in the first part. The second part was better – more exciting and fast paced. But the…
Reading Project 2018 – CHOICE July 2018 #12
I don’t usually read magazines from front to end (normally I would skim and just read any articles that interests me); but as this is a reading project, I read every single word on every single page of this magazine. Yikes! So the choice of magazine is CHOICE magazine! Ha! Actually, it was the only…
Reading Project 2018 – Little Ted’s Big Heart #11
I randomly picked this book from my library shelf. No major reason – it just had a nice cover. The content was also quite lovely. It was a story about Little Ted and how he built something special to his dear friends: Rabbit; Squirrel; and Owl that they could all share. He made a gift…
Reading Project 2018 – Manhattan Beach #10
It took me a while to get into this book. Yes I had a slow start. But you know what? After a few pages (well actually more than a few pages) I persevered, got into the momentum and surprisingly enjoyed the story! The book begins with Anna as an 11 year old accompanying her father…
Reading Project 2018 – The Element #9
Follow your passion. Be creative. Be in the zone. Think differently. Find your tribe. These are just some of the premises of Ken Robinson’s book, The Element. Oh, and he also has a dig at the current school system and how it sux, outdated and needs uphauling. According to Robinson, there are three features of this…
Reading Project 2018 – Useful, Usable, Desirable #8
Ok, Useful, Usable, Desirable: Applying User Experience Design to your Library by Aaron Schmidt and Amanda Etches is one of the books that my work bought after we did the User Experience (UX) training with Andy Priestner in July. Yes I have only read it now. It’s very popular and at this moment someone else…
Reading Project 2018 – Ready Player One #7
Ok I must admit, the only reason that I ordered this book from the library was because I’ve heard about the movie with the same name. The movie is based on this book by Ernest Cline. So what’s the story about? Well, it’s set in the near dystopian future (2045) where a majority of the…
Reading Project 2018 – The Art of the Good Life #6
I came across this book while visiting one of the bookstores during my lunch break in town. While perusing the wonderful array of beautiful and colourful books in there, I saw this tiny and plain looking book somehow misplaced and not shelved in its proper place. I was meant to read it! I read a…
Reading Project 2018 – How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk #5
I came across this title via watching a video about marketing libraries. The speaker on that video was Ned Potter who was talking about listening to your customers when planning a marketing campaign. He side-tracked and mentioned a book called “How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk” by Adele…
