The Beat of the Drums
The last weekend in October, my partner and I decided to visit Gettysburg and Centralia for a “Halloween” themed trip. We started in Johnstown to visit the incline and see … Continued
A Camel Lady’s Fate.
This past month, my co-worker Julia and I read a book titled Tracks by Robyn Davidson (DB 18639) for one of our Library’s book clubs. Julia and I fell head over … Continued
JK, John and Jim’s Magical world.
I, like many others in my generation, grew up with the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. Every midnight release of the book found me huddled under my sheets till … Continued
On Grief and Goshawks
Through a series of fantastic events, I found myself needing to read and put together a program for one of our monthly book clubs. The book, H is for Hawk … Continued
My Continued Pilgrimage Through Agatha Christie
A few months ago, I wrote a staff pick article about Agatha Christie and my first dive into her Hercule Poirot series. Since then I have gobbled up a couple … Continued
A Tale of Multiplicity
My Goodreads account has many shelves. There is a myriad of non-fiction titles, memoirs and novels that I have placed on endless lists for both myself and for the library … Continued
The Night the Trees Came
Working at a library has always provided a never-ending list of titles to add to my reading list. One such moment occurred when I was adding audio books to the … Continued
The Small but Mighty Mustached Detective
When I was younger, my mom and I used to watch this show on A&E called Agatha Christie’s Poirot. At the time I called it (clearly mispronouncing) Par-ett, and fell into admiration … Continued
Alfred, God and Alan Arkin walk into a Bank
I have a confession to make, I love bad movies. Over the years I have grown to love what is considered good or classic movies and have even uttered the … Continued
The Companions
A couple of years ago I read a book for the West End library’s Book club called The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. I was a part time clerk there … Continued