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Stephen King Reading Challenge: Carrie (1974)
During my travel to the ALA Midwinter conference in Boston, Massachusetts this past weekend I brought along the first two books for my 2016 Stephen King Reading Challenge, Carrie and ‘Salem’s Lot, on my Kindle. Carrie was a short, fast read that I consumed on the train ride up. For some reason I had been…

What I’m Carrying at ALA Midwinter 2016
(Ooh look! A second post in as many days!) I’m always interested in watching how people go about their lives or do their jobs. So one thing that I have a lot of fun looking over is when people share what they carry around everyday. Some examples can be seen here: the Design Student; the…

2016 Reading Challenge
A new year is upon us. Isn’t it remarkable to think that we’re in the later half of the second decade of the 21st century now? I know it sounds cliched, but it really feels like just yesterday that we were worrying about the collapse of our civilization because many computers wouldn’t understand the transition…