Book Discussion: Act of God

-


Hello and welcome to The Librarians Suggest!

Gina, Sarah, and I are, yep, you guessed it, librarians! Gina is a Teen Librarian, Sarah, a Children's Librarian, and I, Jade, am a Reference/Adult Services librarian. Right now, our plan is to discuss both on the blog and through our podcast about books that are under 250 pages or less.

We have a ton of books to get to as it is so we are trying to make it a little easier on ourselves. For now. I'm sure once we get this really going we'll be expanding the episodes/posts to be about other books of all shapes and sizes but I can't tell you when that will be.

Our first book that we discussed was Act of God by Jill Ciment. A mold outbreak occurs in the summer heat in Brooklyn and what follows is the devastation this outbreak brings causing the main characters to lose everything they hold dear. It's an exploration of relationships, secrets, what happens when everything breaks down and love.

We're on SoundCloud! You can also find us on iTunes & Google Play. And if you want, you can start listening to our first episode right now, just scroll down to the bottom of the page!

See you in the stacks,

Gina, Sarah & Jade



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Professor Marston and Wonder Woman

-
Image
In an effort to discuss books widely, (and the fact there are three of us contributing to the blog) we will try our best to stick to the monthly schedule of topics we would like to dive deeper into, starting off with TV Tuesday. This will include television shows that are loosely based on books or shows we just really like but we'll try keeping it bookish related. I became infatuated with Damon  from The Vampire Diaries (the show) and the twisted teen hit, Pretty Little Liars . Both of which are based on popular young adult series. My sister is trying to get me started on Riverdale (from the Archie Comics ) , but I can't binge twelve different shows at one time. Side Note: how does The WB capture teen life so well ?! They've been doing it for twenty years and every single show nails it! Which leads us to our first heroine on this Tuesday, do you have a favorite television character that is actually based on a character from a book?  A few weeks ago I came ac...
Read more

The Joy of Reading

-
Image
One of the most asked questions I get as a children's librarian revolves around book lists. From award winning and appropriate reading level lists, I have to say I have a love/hate relationship with them. I understand the titles on those lists are important books that kids should be reading but these days it's hard to get kids to read. I know Harry Potter and the Percy Jackson series are all the rage (don't get me wrong, I'm the biggest Harry Potter fan you'll ever meet!) but I love suggesting books I grew up with and many of them don't have award stickers on the front cover. Growing up in my house, my siblings and I were fortunate that our parents let us read whatever we wanted, there was little restriction. Except for the few times my sister and I would sneak into my brother's room to read Stephen King books or thumb through pages in Jurassic Park, looking for the horrific and graphic description of someone being eaten by a dinosaur. My mom's re...
Read more

Kid's Lit

-
Image
Two words: Sanjay Patel !!! When I first started researching picture books to add to the library collection my first year on the job, I wrote down goals and guidelines I wanted to follow to make sure our library housed the best picture book collection. It may not be extensive, in fact my list consists of no more than five rules.These days, it's hard to get kids to read books! They would rather play their video games or interact with the tablets glued to their hands. With all the amazing graphic design programs there are, it's no wonder why visual story telling has taken the place over text. That is why my first rule revolves around high quality illustration. Finding stories full of rich and powerful illustrations as well as warm inviting colors, this is the first thing I take note of when looking through books when I'm ready to start acquiring material to add to the collection. How well do the depictions tell the story, what stands out in the pictures? These ...
Read more