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Astronomy Day
Have you ever wanted to look through a telescope? Then come and help us celebrate Astronomy Day! We will be hosting the Everett Astronomy Club on Saturday May 10, 2014 in the Main Library Children’s...
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The Best Laid Plans
As you may recall, gentle reader, in June I devised a list of interesting non-fiction titles to guide my summer reading. Well the good news is that I have been reading non-fiction. The bad news is...
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Inquiring Minds
According to tradition, curiosity is a bad thing. If you’re a cat, curiosity kills and if you’re Pandora your curiosity releases all the evils of humanity. A tad harsh if you ask me. Luckily curiosity...
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Embracing the Stereotype: The Modern Cat Lady
Growing up I had zero love for cats. In my defense I had every reason to keep my distance. None of my extended family had cats, and all my cat-loving friends tended to house whatever the feline...
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Where Were You? The Eruption of Mount St. Helens
It may be surprising to note that we’ve reached the 35th anniversary of the disastrous eruption of Mount St. Helens. On May 18, 1980, a beautiful Sunday morning was shattered by a 5.1 earthquake near...
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Pluto and Beyond!
Do you remember where you were on January 19th, 2006 at 14:00 EST? Unless you have an extremely detailed journaling addiction, I’m guessing you don’t. If you have a fondness for a certain celestial...
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Crazy Fall Publishing Part 2: September 8th
Welcome to part 2 in the Crazy Fall Publishing series! If you’re just joining us, here’s the skinny: I’m highlighting the books being released each week that I am most excited to read. The list is...
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Modern Cat Lady: 2015 Edition
Adorable cat top by ModCloth. Last year I wrote a little piece about the struggles of the modern cat lady, and how we should totally embrace the stereotype and wear our fur-dotted-clothes with pride....
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A Pluto Thanksgiving
Are you looking for something to be thankful for this holiday season? In addition to the traditional and heartfelt thanks we often give for friends and family at Thanksgiving, why not slip in a little...
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Imagine a Blogger’s Holiday
‘Tis the season for giving, and as you may have seen here on A Reading Life, we love the idea of giving friends and family books, books, and more books for the holidays. Leslie wrote about book-gifting...
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Failure is an Option
Promises, promises. They are easy to make, especially around the New Year, but much harder to keep. Maybe you have pledged to get a better attitude, lose some weight, or work on your relationship with...
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The Curious Mind of Mary Roach
Thank goodness for the curious mind of Mary Roach. Without it we would never have found out the hilarious peculiarities of applying the scientific method. I know the terms ‘hilarious’ and ‘scientific...
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What to Read for a Readathon
This is exactly as heavy as it looks! TBR stands for To Be Read and mine is varied and mostly fun fluff. The dots on my sweater and all the writing was done in the Litsy app, which is like Instagram...
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Reading Trendy: Collected Biographies of Women
Hypercolor T-shirts. Scrunchies. Slap bracelets. Spandex bodysuits. Mood rings. Tight-rolled acid-wash jeans. Trends come and go, and not just in the fashion world. The literary world has its fair...
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Modern Cat Lady: 2016 Edition
Another year, another litter of cat books! Not so long ago I decided to fully embrace the cat lady stereotype, but with a twist. I wasn’t going to have too many cats to count, or think of my cats as...
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Brains from the Deep
Everyone seems to have a favorite nominee for ‘smartest animal.’ Many prefer the much-lauded chimpanzee or dolphin, but crows, elephants, parrots, pigs, dogs, cats, rats and many other species all have...
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To Boldly Go….Remotely
When it comes to space travel, both real and imagined, all the attention tends to focus on human expeditions. We see ourselves in a snazzy space suit, preferably with a laser blaster at our side,...
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Gallows Humor
Of the many, many great reasons for using the library, one of my favorites is being able to ‘impulse buy’ a book. Since there is no cost involved, I can throw caution to the wind and select a book...
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Did You Know? Lobster Edition
That in 1880s Massachusetts servants went on strike so they wouldn’t have to eat lobster more than 3 times a week? I found this information on page 215 in the book Good Eats, the Early Years by Alton...
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Did You Know? Woodpecker Edition
That a woodpecker’s ‘tongue’ wraps around its brain to act as a shock absorber when it pecks on trees? I found this information on page 16 in the book Woodpeckers of the World by Gerard Gorman....
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