I changed jobs last year. My title, children's librarian, stayed the same - but much changed. I took a pay cut, moved to an area with a lower cost of living, and gained a better work-life balance. I left a library with advancement opportunities, great coworkers that I loved, and the resources of a larger … Continue reading Ambition and Librarianship
I usually am able to find something that I like about just about every Little Women retelling that I've read. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be the case when it comes to Little Women retellings that take the story and situate it as part of the romance genre. This is not to say that I … Continue reading Romancing Little Women
If you're my friend on Goodreads, you may have noticed that I haven't posted a review in months, but that doesn't mean that I'm not still reading! I've been reading well over 100 books a year since I started using Goodreads in 2018 after my colleagues from my internship at the Library of Congress encouraged … Continue reading Goodbye, Goodreads?
Last spring, the Tween librarian I work with mentioned to me that there might be interest among our library patrons for some sort of kids roleplaying game as a library program because parents often asked about our Dungeons and Dragons group but we limit that to tweens and teens grades 5+. I started looking into … Continue reading Collaborative Storytelling and RPGs for Kids in the Library.
Writing my year-in-review post is always one of my favorite things to do in December, it's a great way to look back at what I've blogged, what I've read, and what I've been up to. Of course 2022 got off to a roaring start a few days early when I started my full time job … Continue reading 2022 in Review: A Job, Books, and More!
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