Thanks to Humid Cedar for blogging about the second book in Jonathan Stroud’s Bartimaeus Trilogy, The Golem’s Eye. I had no idea the second volume was out! The first book in the trilogy, the Amulet of Samarkand, came out quite a while ago. I remember picking up an advance copy at ALA Toronto.
Here’s an [...]

for I have come to redeem your corrupted planet!, Full page preview of the Warlock revival. I’m just mystified about this.
I’m still waiting for someone to revive E-Man. Or Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld. Seriously!!!!

Kempa writes about marvel comics candy mosaics.

My throat really hurt today, after a very busy reference shift followed by the first class I’ve taught this semester. Way too much talking!!! Right when I was going to demonstrate how to search article databases, there was a major problem with the library’s server. My solution was to take the class on an impromptu [...]

I loved Read or Die, just because it isn’t often you get to watch a show featuring a bespectacled book loving woman (Yomiko Readman) with super powers acting as a secret agent for the British Library

R.O.D. the TV is a sort-of sequel that combines characters from the mangas Read or Dream and Read or Die.
Sounds [...]

Via LISNews, Nancy “librarian action figure” Pearl’s list of favorite first lines from novels.
It looks like the opening hooks site has grown quite a bit since it launched (over 500 entries now).

First shift on the reference desk with the students back!
Anna Karenina
Tape
I’m sorry, I don’t have a protractor.
Yes, go ahead and use the phone to call your prof.
Number of times I say a variation of “Well, we can check to see if we have your textbook.. but the library doesn’t have every textbook used for every [...]

Salt and Pepper Maracas

I struggle with making myself read non-fiction. I usually average 2 or 3 non-fiction books a year, which isn’t very much in proportion to all the fiction that I read.
Written by Rachel Cohen, A Chance Meeting: Intertwined Lives of American Writers and Artists 1854-1967 traces the connections between 30 writers and artists over [...]

I watched the first episode of Mars, a live action adaptation of the manga by Fuyumi Soryo . The tv show is currently airing in Taiwan, I think. It just goes to show, if something has geeky appeal, you can find it on the web! (via TokyoJupiter)
Mars was the first multi-volume ‘teen romance’ shoujo [...]