In Julia Quinn’s Regency romance, To Catch an Heiress, heroine Caroline Trent has the quirky habit of writing down words in a personal notebook, along with their definition, so that she may remember what they mean. Naturally, as someone who loves words, their meanings, their history and even their spelling, this habit charmed me and [...]
Category Archive — stephenie meyer
It Ain’t Easy Being a Vamp
(It’s vampire week here on the Librarian Next Door. In honor of the theatrical release of Twilight: Eclipse and my latest obsession with HBO’s True Blood, I’m reviewing vampire-themed books this week. Enjoy!) Pop culture makes us think vampires have it made, but that’s not always the case. In her latest book release, Stephenie Meyer [...]
Book News, May 29th
I literally can’t believe that there’s only two more days until June. I guess time really does fly when you’re reading good books. It seems even presidents are not immune to forgetting to return a library book. Better late than never, a book George Washington borrowed from a New York City library 221 years ago [...]
