new(ish) blog

So, I didn't fall for tumblr afterall. ;-)

Bookmobilekids is now "bookmobile reviews" on WordPress. Though, I may run out of free space there and eventually return to Blogger.

Decisions, decisions--my external internal struggle. Such is the life of a Libra with Gemini rising.

In any case, check out my current space for book reviews: http://bookmobilereviews.wordpress.com. More to come here and there, soon.

midsemester blues - summer session style

Forgive me, but I can't stand another minute of my summer course. This is when the dangers of online learning really begin to show. I have no set schedule, no classes to attend. So, what's to keep me keeping up...except for falling behind?

I've spent the past 2 days reading the first 2 books in the Twilight series (or, eh hem, the "Twilight saga"). I tried to listen to my cataloging lecture today, I really did. But the 3rd book in the series is sitting here, singing to me, just begging me to sink my teeth into it...
(Sorry, pun intended, I couldn't resist.)

If the procrastination demons don't leave me soon, watch my other blog for the reviews.

Save RIF

From the RIF website:

"Reading Is Fundamental was eliminated from the President's proposed FY2009 budget. Congress can save it.


Contact your congressional representatives and urge them to support RIF's $26 million funding appropriation.


Last year, 4.6 million at-risk children were able to choose and keep 16 million free books through RIF programs. Without this funding, these programs will cease."


Take action.

books that make you dumb?

Virgil Griffith, Caltech student and creator of Wikiscanner, has released a new web report, "Booksthatmakeyoudumb." He correlated the average SAT/ACT scores of more than 1300 US colleges and universities with the 10 most popular books listed on their Facebook pages. Fun to look at and see where your favorites lie.

Several books scored way higher than I would have expected. (Reminds me of the "WTF?" group on Shelfari.) Enjoy! [Found at lisnews and librarian.net]