February 2013

Matt Anderson recently posted his recommendations for Top 100 Libraries to Follow on Twitter, so I thought it might be handy to have a list of Librarians also. These are some of the most active librarians that we follow.  

Robin Beerbower –‏ @robinsbooks Library Associate at Salem Public Library, Oregon.

Gretchen Caserotti – @gcaserotti Assistant Director for Public Services, Darien Library, Connecticut. 

Stephanie Chase – ‏@acornsandnuts Head of Library Programs & Services at Seattle Public Library.

Katie Dunneback ‏– @younglibrarian Selection Librarian at National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Lesa Holstine -‏ @LesaHolstine Library Manager at Glendale Public Library, Phoenix, AZ.

Juli Janovicz - @libraryj Interim Director, Coordinator of One Book Two Villages, Winnetka-Northfield Public Library, Illinois.

Janet Lockhart -‏ @HartGami  Readers Services at Wake County Public Library, North Carolina.

Alene Moroni – @surlyspice Manager: Selection and Order, King County Library System, Washington State.

Robin Nesbitt ‏-  @CML_RobinReads Collection Development for Columbus Metropolitan Library, Ohio.

Vicki Nesting – ‏ @VNesting  Librarian; Assistant Director at St. Charles Parish Library, New Orleans.

Nancy Pearl – @Nancy_Pearl Host of the television program Book Lust with Nancy Pearl, and all around Library Guru.

Erin Shea –‏ @erintheshea Programming librarian for Darien Library, Connecticut. 

Kaite Stover ‏- @MarianLiberryan Director of Readers' Services at Kansas City Public Library, Missouri.

Ann Chambers Theis ‏- @overbooked Collection development, public library administrator.

Jennifer Winberry – @jwinberry Supervising Librarian, Extension Services, Technical Services, Acquisitions, Hunterdon County Library, New Jersey.

David Wright ‏ – @guybrarian Reader Services librarian with Seattle Public Library. 

 

If you have suggestions for others, please let us know!

– Annie

What would Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, and Jack Kerouac all have in common? They would probably all love to have a drink at my bar! That is basically the only tie to books that this post will have, but I wanted to share my new project. 

I am building a home bar, and it is quickly becoming a fun (and time consuming) hobby. It started when I found this gorgeous thing on Craigslist. 

Since then, I have collected the following:

• Fun straws and a glass to hold them. 
• These crazy cool bottles with labels, for various spirits.
• Glasses similar to these, but not blue. 

I now need to get:

• Some kind of tray for the liquor bottles.
• An ice bucket.  I'm thinking this or this (Virginia's fave), although I'd love this.
• A super fun bar towel to drape over the handle. 

Once this is all sorted, La Maison Mazes (my speakeasy name) will be open for business!

Do you guys have any suggestions for things to add?  

– Annie

Anyone who was at ALA Midwinter would have had the opportunity to meet the very charming Urban Waite. Well, good news for him, The Carrion Birds has received a starred review in Publishers Weekly! 

This is one of my favorite books on the list. It’s a terrific, atmospheric and suspenseful novel about a man who desperately wants to leave his life of violence but finds himself impossibly tethered to it.

Reading this book (in one sitting) felt like watching a sepia-toned movie — with certain parts playing out in painful slow motion. 

I loved it, and readers of Dennis Lehane or Cormac McCarthy will most likely devour this.

We’d love to hear what you think, so the first 20 people to write to librarylovefest@harpercollins.com will receive a complimentary copy.

I look forward to hearing from you.

– Virginia