What This Site is All About
Within this website are four different blog sections for four different areas regarding the world of books, libraries, knowledge, and entertainment. The subjects of knowledge and entertainment are carried by books (and book-like materials) which can be located in or through libraries.
The first blog, called “Book Reviews,” contains book reviews of current releases. The second blog, “What’s the Big Deal?,” features reviews of books that have been wildly popular in libraries and best seller lists. These are books that people, perhaps, always wanted to read but haven’t yet. The third blog, “The Relevant Library,” contains information of a professional nature about libraries and librarianship. While it will be informative to librarians and staff, I hope that people who are skeptical about the relevance of libraries today, might read it out of curiosity. The fourth blog is called “The Grammar Curmudgeon’s Corner.” In it, I show my slight prescriptivist ideas about English language usage. You might look at it if you want to have a laugh at my expense or maybe learn a little something interesting about the language.
Some of us have been both taught and entertained by books for our whole lives, no matter how short or long that might be. Some are just discovering the magic of books, or information of all sorts, to expand our minds and please our souls. I hope the information contained in these blogs will open the door even wider to the possibilities contained in books and libraries.
Bruce Dunphy