Just Life| New Books

Mmmmmmmmm, I love the scent of a new book. A few weeks ago, an eager reader was looking for a Harry Potter book and I ended up giving her a brand new Harry Potter that I had just received that morning in the shipment. 

I wish I had a camera to record her reaction. She was so happy that she would be the first person to read that brand new book. Joy is just one of the side effects of reading my friends.

On your next visit to the library, make sure to stop by the "New Books" section. In each library, we have a designated area for New books and they all have yellow tapes on the spine.

With your free library card, you can check out 25 of these brand new books. 

Lets see how much it would cost to buy 25 books from Barnes & Nobles in a year.

Let's say that a new hardback is around $25.

So 25 books X $25= $625/year

I don't know about you, but I don't have that much money lying around for buying books.

I am really thankful that I work in the library and tons of books are at my fingertips for FREE.

So on your next trip to the library, please check out "The New Books."

Here are a few new books from your local library:

• Audrey at home : memories of my mother's kitchen with recipes, photographs, and personal stories

• Around the world in 50 years : my adventure to every country on earth 

• A girl and her greens : hearty meals from the garden 

Happy reading and let's .....

Signing off until next Monday- Panteha





 

Tara's Short Attention Span Challenge | This is Happening.

Have you ever known someone who finds something new to learn, gets really excited about it, does it for a week or so, and then drops it and moves on to something new?  You might even say that this person does this little routine on a habitual basis?  Well, if you didn’t before, you do now!  I am one of those people!  I don’t like to think I have a short attention span per say, but instead maybe a healthy appetite for information.

Of course, working at SSJCPL hasn't discouraged my information appetite in the least. We have new books that come in everyday on a variety of subjects.  I am all about a new skill or hobby on pretty much a weekly basis.  Just when I start to master one, I move on to the next.  In some ways, I have always been embarrassed about this erratic and non-committal part of my personality.  I worried I would be someone who never really mastered anything.  I'd hoped I'd grow out of it, but here I am now, in my thirties, and I've come to realize, this is just who I am.  So I'll embrace it; I am a Jack of all Trades, but Master of None. 

This year, I challenge myself to an experiment: 52 weeks and 52 different skills.  Of course, any challenge needs to have rules.

Rules: 

• The knowledge will ONLY come from the library; be it a book, or a program, or online database (no Wikipedia allowed!)
• I will not pay for or seek out expert opinion from outside the library. For example: my husband is a mechanic, but I will not ask him for help when I learn how to change oil. (That one will be hard, by the way)
• I will always post where I got the information with links
• I will always post my results and how I got them (pictures, video, whatever), whether good, bad, or embarrassing. there might be a lot of the latter two. 
• I am a smart gal, but I will not censor my ditziness. If I make a mistake, especially a silly one, I will mention it! 

I hope you will enjoy my knowledge adventure!  Please check in each week for my results and by all means, feel free to post comments and suggestions.

The Short Attention Span Challenge will begin on Jan 2, 2013  January 9, 2013!