The Star-Crossed Book Lover

  I am a book club girl, through and through. I’ve started many a book club in my time as team building exercises even (especially) at jobs that have nothing to do with libraries or books. There’s something about sharing a book with a group of people, chatting and dissecting, loving and hating, that is just l ike a warm hug , even when you have the obligational sour grape that always brings controversy to the meetings.   For my book club experience, I’ll be chatting about a Book Lover’s club at my library. I took over this book club in August from a librarian that retired. It was a bit of a challenge to win the l adies over, but they’re a wonderful and dedicated group! Each month, we have about eight to 12 ladies attend the book club, all around retirement age. Most have been attending for many years, and they usually all go to brunch after our 10 o’clock meetings.   Our February book was Lucky Us by Amy Bloom , a coming-of-age historical fiction set in 1940s A...

       So often when thinking about readers ’ advisory, the first place our mind goes to is the readers ’ advisory interview. When a patron approaches the desk and asks you for a good book to read and then you attempt to get a little more out of them to find something they would think is good. B esides this active form o f reader s ’ advisory is another type that can be blended with traditional readers advisory interviews, or shier patrons can use as they peruse the library : passive readers ’ advisory.   Passive readers ’ advisory takes a more hands-off approach, providing tools to patrons, consciously or subconsciously on their part, to allow them to find new books to read. As stated in an article from Panorama Project, “the focus is on discovery, providing opportunities for readers to encounter new titles and authors through lists, displays, browsing aids, and other tools...This discovery can happen whether or not the librarian is present” (para. 1...

 “Born on a rock spinning through space, and now here we are, rushing off to another. How come we can never just be? We've always got to go somewhere.” Author:  Yume Kitasei Title: The Deep Sky Genre:  Science Fiction, Mystery Publication Date:  July 18, 2023 Number of Pages:  399 Geographical Setting:  Deep Space Time Period:  The Future Series: N ot Applicable Plot Summary:  In the near future, the environmental consequences have caught up to humanity. The major powers of the world have pooled funding towards a deep space mission sending 80 young women towards Planet X, a habitable world orbiting a distant star. Over 800 candidates representing several countries entered the training academy at 12 years old, and ten years later the final 80 were weeded out to make the final team. After 10 years of hibernation and about two years awake, the crew has settled into their roles. When Asuka and Kat are assigned to a spacewalk to investigate an obj...