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I recently finished The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga. Overall, I did enjoy it.  It's the story of nerdy high schooler, Fanboy, whose real name is only mentioned once and even that is a nickname ("Donnie"). He's bullied horren...

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Check out this incredibly weird Dickens Christmas card someone donated: I'd also like to point out that Scrooge, in this rendition, looks like Skeeter from the 90's show Doug.

You mean aquatic mammals don't fit in YOUR backpack?
A note from one of our volunteers:

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So, I get to work today, just puttering around doing my normal chores (disinfecting blocks and keyboards, removing crayon marks from tables, etc.) and my boss (the library director) calls me into her office. And sitting in there is my other boss (the youth ...

Free Comic Book Day with guests from a Galaxy Far, Far Away...
I haven't had a chance yet to upload images from last week's Free Comic Book Day event, so I thought I'd better get on that!  The goods. All of our comic books were donated in one huge lot by a patron who just wanted to get rid of them. We've been using the...

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"Whose eye is this?" (while holding aloft a misplaced googly eye)

Obligatory "welcome!" post.
My personal blog has basically become strictly book reviews and posts about work, so I decided to create a blog tailored to those themes.  My job is Youth Services Coordinator at a library, btw. Which means I get to do lots of absurd things like pet baby ga...