Oh wait, I AM. As of yesterday, I will officially be the newest librarian at my library – the library I grew up at, the library where I volunteered for nearly ten years, the library where I… more →
garish & tweedjessmonster wrote 5 months ago: Oh wait, I AM. As of yesterday, I will officially be the newest librarian at my library – the … more →
jessmonster wrote 7 months ago: Show and Tell: The Fine Art of Picture Book Illustration by Dilys Evans My review rating: 4 of 5 sta … more →
jessmonster wrote 8 months ago: So here I am, all moved, and starting to get a grip on the important things about my new place … more →
jessmonster wrote 8 months ago: Maybe this is why I don’t feel done yet. … more →
jessmonster wrote 8 months ago: So, I think I’m done with grad school. I submitted my final assignments, I sent a check for my … more →
jessmonster wrote 10 months ago: Yes, I’m alive and still reading, although you wouldn’t know it from this blog. I … more →
jessmonster wrote 1 year ago: I’ve reached the overwhelming of the semester, when I’m swamped in books and I can … more →
jessmonster wrote 1 year ago: So, I just noticed the Goodreads “blog this review” feature, and thought I’d try i … more →
jessmonster wrote 1 year ago: Or, Where Librarians and Computer Geeks Overlap Instructions: after a work scheduling error, too muc … more →
jessmonster wrote 1 year ago: The prophesied hot weather is upon us. I am prepared with my iced tea (Earl Grey, of course, with a … more →
jessmonster wrote 1 year ago: I live for moments when academics and fiction overlap perfectly. This happened last quarter with Th … more →
jessmonster wrote 1 year ago: As Holling Hoodhood would say, the quality of mercy is not strained. And wherever Holling is, I … more →
jessmonster wrote 1 year ago: Just back from this year’s Mock Printz (aka, the best excuse ever to engage in heated debate a … more →
jessmonster wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday I finished all the little piddling assignments for one class – the class with the ea … more →
jessmonster wrote 2 years ago: I am forever doing my school reading and chuckling over various things I come across. This morning … more →
jessmonster wrote 2 years ago: When did I become the kind of person who writes an eight page paper when five are required? Probabl … more →
jessmonster wrote 2 years ago: Isn’t it odd how you build some assignments up in your head, thinking “this will be SO H … more →
jessmonster wrote 2 years ago: Town asked in a comment how I choose which books to listen to and which to read. I’m not entir … more →
jessmonster wrote 2 years ago: Tired, tired, tired, and off to sunny (I checked the forecast) California tomorrow. Tired from gett … more →