Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey--pen name of authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck--really scratched the itch I was having for an epic, sci-fi adventure. I described it has hard sci-fi to someone while I was reading it, but the authors call...
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Please consider volunteering for the Iowa Arts Festival on Children’s Day, coming up June 3! You will receive a free Summer of the Arts Volunteer T‐shirt to wear while volunteering at the events. There are many options of times and...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
In September 2011, DC Comics relaunched their entire line of comics with new #1s. They called them " The New 52 ." The title that I was the most excited about was "Batman," written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Greg Capullo. Fast forward to...
Monday, Apr 2, 2012
Full disclosure: I have not read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo nor have I seen the Swedish language film. This either makes me the best person to review the 2011 remake or the worst. So what made me want to watch the remake after I had...
Thursday, Mar 22, 2012
We asked Terri Caplan a few questions for this “Volunteer Spotlight:” How long have you been volunteering for the Iowa City Public Library? Since 2008. What do you do at the Library? I work in the BookEnd, and I’m on the BookEnd Committee. ...
Saturday, Mar 3, 2012
The first John Green book I read was An Abundance of Katherines , and I fell in love. I then read Paper Towns , and, finally, Looking for Alaska , the book that made Green famous . When I finished Looking for Alaska , I realized that each book...
Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012
We asked Gloria Lacina a few questions for this “Volunteer Spotlight:” How long have you been volunteering for the Iowa City Public Library? Over 15 years. What do you do at the Library? Check-in books. Why did you decide to...
Monday, Jan 9, 2012
We asked Jeanette Carter a few questions for this “Volunteer Spotlight:” How long have you been volunteering for the Iowa City Public Library? 8 years. What do you do at the Library? I work at The BookEnd and also index early years of the Press...
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About Brian
Brian works as the Senior Adult Services Librarian at the Iowa City Public Library.