Nerd and a half

Celebrating the nerd life, being a huge dork, and geekery.

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I am so far behind on my reading! I haven't read my June books, and pushed my July books back. I don't really believe in treating my...

Jul 17, 20253 min read

All the books I want to read and the nonsense that gets in my way.

Feb 28, 20252 min read

I have thirty-six books on hold, and all the holds suspended, so that on the first of each month, I'll have library holds waiting for me.

Dec 8, 20242 min read

Bradbury, Ray- Fahrenheit 451 (read by Tim Robbins) Ng, Celeste- Our Missing Hearts House, Silas- Lark Ascending Once again, I'm pulling...

Feb 18, 20234 min read

As librarian and a life-long enthusiastic library user, I love putting holds on books at the library. You don’t have to try to catch the...

Sep 25, 20224 min read

The Latinist, The Lake of Dead Languages, A Dangerous Education By chance, I've read three books this month that are set in schools in...

Mar 2, 20224 min read

A mix of two stories that you can read for free online, a print book, a story that you can listen to for free online, and two...

Oct 16, 20214 min read

Use WorldCat to search multiple library catalogs at once!

Sep 27, 20202 min read