The role of a librarian is to make sense of the world of information. If that's not a qualification for superhero-dom, what is?

I have for a long time felt that our society is becoming more and more fractured and divisive and that you could go a whole day without really talking to another person. If you give people a good book to talk about, you can build a community out of a diverse group. A common language grows out of it.

The role of a librarian is to make sense of the world of information. If that's not a qualification for superhero-dom, what is?

I just said, 'Well, the real people performing miracles every day are librarians,' and we all laughed ourselves off our chairs.

No one should ever finish a book they're not enjoying, no matter how popular or well reviewed the book is.

Simply adored Timothy Schaffert's The Coffins of Little Hope: the voice of Essie, the narrator, is terrific & the last line blew me away.

Reading has always brought me pure joy. I read to encounter new worlds and new ways of looking at the world. I read to enlarge my horizons, to gain wisdom, to experience beauty, to understand myself better, and for the pure wonderment of it all. I read and marvel over how writers use language in ways I never thought of. I read for company, and for escape. Because I am incurably interested in the lives of other people, both friends and strangers, I read to meet myriad folks and enter their lives- for me, a way of vanquishing the “otherness” we all experience.