tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999722.post4128781302369915475..comments2012-02-07T05:53:21.535-05:00Comments on Invisible Lizard's Unusual Oranges: McSweeney's 37Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01333381404010599979noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999722.post-33905048881506916342011-05-07T16:21:11.477-05:002011-05-07T16:21:11.477-05:00I can *sort of* understand why a library may not w...I can *sort of* understand why a library may not want to subscribe (although I doubt the average librarian knows enough about McSweeney's to have this fact in hand): some of their releases are collections of individual items (pamphlets, small books, etc.) bound together using various methods, some are simply stored in a box (see the boxed "head" from a few months ago) others are bound by a rubber band. One set I got was literally configured as if it were all junk mail. Makes it hard to keep them on a shelf. Oh, not to mention the one issue which was literally a newspaper. So how you go about preserving those in a library with lots of grubby little hands all over them... good question. Maybe you could get them to simply purchase the issues that are single-bound books (like this latest).<br /><br />As for reading material over the summer, have you ever read Jasper Fforde? I've got several of his books. His "Thursday Next" series is hideously clever. Thursday (the protagonist) investigates literary crimes. Quite ingenious. The fifth or sixth in that series has just come out (I've got the first four). He's also got another series going where he updates nursery rhymes to a modern/noir setting. I've only read the first one (<i>The Big Over Easy</i>) about the investigation of Humpty Dumpty's death, but it was quite entertaining and well written.<br /><br />These are light and fun. I'd recommend starting with the first in either series and seeing how you like them.Invisible Lizardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01333381404010599979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999722.post-90912115000218471042011-05-05T21:03:27.698-05:002011-05-05T21:03:27.698-05:00OK. So I have been trying to convince the library ...OK. So I have been trying to convince the library where I work to get a subscription to McSweeney's. So far, it's a no-go.<br /><br />In the meantime, could you suggest some summer reading material? Our reading program requires that I read 10 books and write about them to be entered into a drawing for a kindle. And I really want that Kindle. ;-)abstractemotinghttp://abstractemoting.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com