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Jul. 21st, 2009
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Jul. 21st, 2009 11:50 amJust went to the new library for the first time.
Positives:
1. It is MUCH larger and more spacious - taller ceilings.
2. The nonfiction section is more defined (as in there are now spaces between all the various subjects, so it is MUCH easier for the naked eye to detect the gardening section, cooking section, and travel section for instance.
Negatives:
1. If they have A/C, it was definitely not on. It was really stuffy in there.
2. I didn't really feel there was that much out on the shelves that wasn't already in the other building. I had been given the impression that they had a basement full of books at the old building that would be added to the collection...
I wandered around for a long time desperately seeking SOMETHING that looked interesting by an author I've never read. Which, you know, is difficult sometimes.
Positives:
1. It is MUCH larger and more spacious - taller ceilings.
2. The nonfiction section is more defined (as in there are now spaces between all the various subjects, so it is MUCH easier for the naked eye to detect the gardening section, cooking section, and travel section for instance.
Negatives:
1. If they have A/C, it was definitely not on. It was really stuffy in there.
2. I didn't really feel there was that much out on the shelves that wasn't already in the other building. I had been given the impression that they had a basement full of books at the old building that would be added to the collection...
I wandered around for a long time desperately seeking SOMETHING that looked interesting by an author I've never read. Which, you know, is difficult sometimes.
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Jul. 21st, 2009 04:32 pmBook 45: Little Men, Louisa May Alcott. 202pp
I picked this up right after I finished Little Women. In May.
I'm not sure what it was this time; I just couldn't seem to stay focused on it. I didn't exactly not enjoy it, but it wasn't the same experience I felt re-reading LW, and certainly not the same as when I was a teenager.
It could be the different approach to the storytelling: the chapters pretty much work independently of each other, rather than a constant forward flow as in LW. I guess with as many characters as there are in LM, that's kind of how it must be.
Or maybe I just wasn't in the correct frame of mind. I don't know. But whatever it was, I'm glad I'm done with it and can move on now to something new.
I picked this up right after I finished Little Women. In May.
I'm not sure what it was this time; I just couldn't seem to stay focused on it. I didn't exactly not enjoy it, but it wasn't the same experience I felt re-reading LW, and certainly not the same as when I was a teenager.
It could be the different approach to the storytelling: the chapters pretty much work independently of each other, rather than a constant forward flow as in LW. I guess with as many characters as there are in LM, that's kind of how it must be.
Or maybe I just wasn't in the correct frame of mind. I don't know. But whatever it was, I'm glad I'm done with it and can move on now to something new.
Leave It to Psmith
Jul. 21st, 2009 04:45 pmThe scene that spread itself beneath him—though he was unfortunately not able to see it—was a singularly beautiful one...
I hope the remaining 243 pages will continue this trend. Even if I don't laugh my head off, I can handle that kind of quirky.
I hope the remaining 243 pages will continue this trend. Even if I don't laugh my head off, I can handle that kind of quirky.