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Feb 264 minBook recovery: following up a hard book with an easy bookMarkley, Stephen- The Deluge Gallico, Paul- Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Yeah, I'm really pairing these two books. Bear with me, and I'll...
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Sep 25, 20224 minThe Reading Life: the Trouble With Holds 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...
Aug 13, 20225 minThe Reading Life: When and why to ditch a book When I was a kid- not just a little kid, but all through school, and probably all through college- I completed every book that I started....