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re: The case of the cold blooded co-worker

Roger Heaney — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:29:36 GMT

Love it!!!! Very creative!!!

re: Entering the resolution-free zone

Shannon McIntire — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:08:43 GMT

The Twilight Zone Marathon is a New Year's tradition for me. Glad to see I'm not the only one!

re: The advantages of being two-faced

ceharbert — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:10:06 GMT

The end of the year is definitely a time of looking forward and back. Reading Hornfischer's Ship of Ghosts - it's amazing this story has been so absent from the history books and movies.

re: Keys to the city include control, alt, and delete

ceharbert — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:22:11 GMT

Must have been fun to visit the library! I'd like to hear more about how it compared to the RRPL! I used to enjoy going to local libraries to check email when we were on vacation. Then we got the laptop - much more convenient but a little less "vacationish."

re: Please have a doughnut and take me to your leader

beithboy — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:13:23 GMT

But there is a city of Urr, or at least a parish and a river. In the beautiful Galloway district of southwest Scotland, the River Urr winds its way to the Solway Firth, passing through the communities of Bridge of Urr and Haugh of Urr. This area is much loved by Scottish artists, some of whom have settled there, and it is also the home of the famous Belted Galloway cattle (The Library does have a reference book that identifies different cattle breeds, surely?). And finally, John Paul Jones was born less than 20 miles from Urr parish, at Arbigland, near the village of Kirkbean. Truth can be more intersting than science fiction!

re: Please have a doughnut and take me to your leader

Linda Sappenfield — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:36:22 GMT

Great question! A NaNoWriMo activity at the library sounds like fun. I've passed your question along to our new colleague, Kate; she's in charge of adult-level programming. So, stay tuned...

re: Please have a doughnut and take me to your leader

levisque67 — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:47:30 GMT

I'll be doing NaNoWriMo again this year. I missed it last year but since 2006, I've been writing horrible novels. Will there be a writing group at the library? That would be kind of neat.

re: If you can't be honest, hope you're photogenic

SheilaS — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:51:37 GMT

I've read "Go Down Together" and it's truly a gripping narrative - I know local readers won't be able to put it down.

re: Trash talk about overachievers

Bill — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:44:38 GMT

But could any of those celebrity authors choreograph the trash cans like we have them on the streets of Round Rock?

re: You'd be surprised who reads steamy novels

Patricia Brauer — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:29:07 GMT

According to Theresa Faris who heads up our collection development:

"Round Rock Public Library will be adding a new service very soon called OverDrive. Part of the Central Texas Consortium, Round Rock has partnered with other libraries to offer downloadable materials to our patrons. Hundreds of e-book titles will be available for download to your computer, which can then be downloaded to your Nook or Sony Reader. However, Amazon® Kindles and the Apple® iPad™ are not compatible. Audio books, music and movie titles will be available as well, some of which can even be downloaded to your mobile phone!

To use this service, patrons will need a computer or smart phone, a Round Rock Public library card, and an Internet connection. Users will also need to do a one-time installation of free software, one type for e-books and another type for the other formats.

We’re very excited to offer this new service! Stay tuned for more details!"

re: You'd be surprised who reads steamy novels

gcorneau — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:47:57 GMT

Speaking as a new Nook owner myself, I was wondering what our RRPL had in terms of ebook loans/checkout? Do you know?

re: The ones that got away

Shannon McIntire — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:14:32 GMT

A Separate Peace was the title that sprang to my mind as well when I saw your question. I’d pretty much enjoyed all of the assigned reading in school until that one. I really disliked the narrator and couldn’t see much point to the thing.

re: Love that book? Keep it to yourself!

Bill — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:27:56 GMT

It sounds like the library is a building-size version of the "dictionary syndrome". The "dictionary syndrome" is a malady that prevents would-be literate people from looking up words because when they try they are distracted by other words in the dictionary that they wonder about and then cause them to look up other words that they find in definitions of words that they weren't looking for in the first place. (It's very common; you could look it up.) You describe the library as a place of more information than we know we need.

re: What do you mean, the library promotes ADULT reading?

ceharbert — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:20:38 GMT

I read a bunch of your blog today. I think it's a wonderful blog! I love your subtle sense of humor. Sorry I don't read regularly and keep up but instead read a bunch every now and then. I add comments to old postings. But, maybe they'll be read by others like me who batch their blog reading.

re: Gambling on the perfect book

ceharbert — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:41:00 GMT

I don't think my kids liked "Wild Things" much either. I think we all preferred "In the Night Kitchen" by Sendak. However, my husband recently watched the newish movie on Where the Wild Things Are, and he loved it! I imagine the library has it.