Ray Bradbury – Libraries raised me

by bookboy on June 20, 2010

Libraries raised me. I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don’t have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.

- Ray Bradbury

via A Literary Legend Fights for a Ventura County Library – NYTimes.com.

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It’s a Book! Trailer

by bookboy on May 23, 2010

This has got to be my all time favourite book trailer and it’s done exactly what a good book trailer should do – it has made me desperately want to read the book.

[via we heart books]

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Too many options

April 18, 2010

A recent reference enquiry: THEM: Do you have any books on baby names? ME: Come to the shelf with me… looks like someone has cleared us out. How about I get some in from another branch for you? HER: That would be great. Thanks. HIM: Sure. ME: OK, I can get you “Brilliant baby names”, [...]

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Liar, by Justine Larbalestier

March 31, 2010
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Micah Wilkins is a liar. Her whole family are liars. But when Micah’s classmate is killed she plans to come clean and stop lying. She tells us that we can trust her, that she doesn’t lie anymore. Mostly. Of course she can’t keep this up and then has to point out the lies she has told us. [...]

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Pearl verses the world, by Sally Murphy

March 31, 2010
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Pearl struggles to fit in at school. She is not part of the footy group, the ballet group, or the rough kid group. She is in her own group of one. She lives with her mum and her granny. Always has. Always will. Pearl loves to write poetry. But not poetry that rhymes. This is [...]

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Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld

January 26, 2010
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Cross posted over at aboutthebooks.blogspot.com: Picture an alternate Europe just before World War I. The German and Austro-Hungarian armies have at their disposal a range of Clankers – steam powered walking machines of various shapes and sizes. Heavily armoured against attacks and mounted with machine guns and canons. On the other side are the British [...]

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