Abby the Librarian

Welcome to MIDDLE GRADE MAY!!! Yes, it's that time of year when we drop* all other reading and devote ourselves to middle grade books!...

It's nearly May and that means I'll be catching up on all the wonderful middle grade lit that I have in my TBR pile and using the ha...

I've done many Day in the Life posts before for my previous Life as a Youth Services Librarian... it's high time that I type up a Da...

I've got Frankenstein  on the brain. 2018 is the 200th anniversary of the publication of the classic science fiction novel Frankenstei...

Yes, it's once again time for #MiddleGradeMay !!! There's nothing fancy to it - just read middle grade books during the month of M...

Boy howdy. Ordering ebooks. As you may know, I recently stepped into a new role at my library as the Collection Development Librarian. ...

Y'all know that I dig short stories . I've been making a point of seeking out short story collections and adding them to my TBR pile...

Have you seen Love, Simon yet?? My husband and I went to see it this weekend and I L-O-V-E loved  it. And, confession: I have not (ye...

One of the categories for Book Riot's 2018 Read Harder Challenge  is "a one-sitting book". That's really hard for me. I te...

Okay, I love me a celebrity book club... as long as their taste is similar to mine. When I was young and stubborn and first working in a boo...