Interviews

What Are You Reading? Computers in Libraries Edition

Me in the Library of Congress

I presented at the Computers in Libraries conference in Arlington, Virginia this past March, and between sessions I decided to find out what people were reading.

The Death of Expertise
Tim's pick

1. Tim Spalding, founder of LibraryThing: The Death of Expertise in preparation to interview Tom Nichols a few weeks later.

As a side note Mid-Manhattan library is excited to have Mr. Nichols join us on Thursday, July 6, when he will give an author talk about this book on the 6th floor at 6:30 PM. 

1.5. His son was in attendance too, and was carrying a copy of The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis.

2. Bethany Leach of Recorded Books: listening to The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connolly and reading Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer which she said is terrifying but somewhat hopeful too. “They’ve done all this work to gain control, but they still don’t entirely have their way!”

3. Ann Marie S. Ruskin of SLA: The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons. Also Founding Mothers: The Women who Raised our Nation by Cokie Roberts "is excellent!" she said.

Founding Mothers
Ann Marie's pick

4. Vivian Parham of Brooklyn Public Library: Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message by Tara Mohr.

5. Angie M. of Brooklyn Public Library: Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt.

6. Cameron Myers Brooklyn Public Library: David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell. Also Westing Game by Ellen Raskin.

7. Roy Degler of Oklahoma State: C U Next Tuesday by Jane Mai and The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew it was None of his Business which I have since discovered has been animated

8. One of my grad-school classmates also presented at the conference: Katie Bertel of Buffalo State: The Rebel by Camus.

The Rebel
Katie's Pick

9. Nick Tanzi of Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library in Suffolk County, NY: The expanse: Leviathan wakes by James S. A. Corey.

10. Trey Gordner of Koios: "The City of God Against the Pagans" by Augustine of Hippo.

11. Barb R. of Novi Public Library:  The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. "I love it and want too see the movie now" she said.

12. Steve of the North Country Library System loves Lee Child's Jack Reacher series, and a book whose title he couldn’t quite remember about prisoners turned into vampires in Colorado. A little digging and I’m pretty sure it is The Passage by Justin Cronin.

13. Amanda Jones of Rapid City Public Library: Just starting A Bridge Too Far  by  Cornelius Ryan. “I love WWII books and so far this is a good one.”

Cannibalism
Angie's pick

14. Stephen Burg of Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library: Avengers vs x-men Omnibus He had some choice words for Cyclops!

15. Janet Kowal at Connetquot Public Library:  In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume. "So far so good!" she said.

16. IdaMae Craddock of Burley Middle School in Charlottesville, VA: All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brandon Kiely. “It’s really good!” she said. 

17. Another former classmate, Kelly Kroese of Monticello High School in Charlottesville, VA was also speaking at the conference: American Street by Ibi Zoboi  "It's about a girl immigrating from Haiti whose mother is detained in NYC. The girl ends up in Detroit, the desolation of which reminds her of home" she said.

American street
Kelly's pick

18. Malcolm McBryde at Huntington City Township Public Library in Indiana: Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson as well as Ian Rankin's latest John Rebus book, Rather be the Devil.

19. The work of Nelson DeMille was also recommended as well.

20. And as for me? I'm just now finishing the audiobook of  Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation by Aisha Tyler which was so good I helplessly binge-listened to the whole thing in one day. I'm also reading the wonderfully terrible KFC novella Tender Wings of Desire by  Colonel Sanders (yep... that's a thing that exists) and am about to start Margaret Atwood's Angel Catbird graphic novel series. 

Bonus round: The hotel hosting the conference had this amazing bulletin board up when you first walked into the conference. What is the staff of the Hyatt Regency Crystal City reading?

What are the staff reading?

 

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Its great to know books, in

Its great to know books, in so many forms, are being read, listened to, looked at, and enjoyed. Thanks for keeping us posted.

Books and books and books!

Read em however you can :)