From NYTimes.com/Richard Perry I was up all night reading about 50 Shades of Grey. I admit it. What kept me up wasn’t the book itself, but the idea of the book, the phenomenon of its...
OcerDrive App
Overdrive, our primary provider of eBooks and eAudiobooks, announced a new  of the OverDrive Media Console (OMC)  for iOS devices which gives readers more control over how they chose to...
More picks for May, one an obscure novel by a popular writer, the other two on the frothy side, but deft.  (I read these when I was recovering from an accident and they fitted my “...
The Marin County Free Library is getting a new bookmobile sometime between June and November this year.  In the meantime, the Bookmobile is on a world tour and our staff members have caught it...
Nest with baby birds in it
Birds, birds, birds---it must be the season!  I'm waking up at 6 a.m. to the sounds of "Rockin' robin" natural style.  Nature's orchestra starts slow but the...
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The Marin County Free Library is getting a new bookmobile sometime between June and November this year.  In the meantime, the Bookmobile is on a world tour and our staff members have caught it...
Jordan, Austin and Ted made quite a racket at the Corte Madera Library last week after reading the Screaming Balloons instructions Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes by Steve Spangler
Había una vez una doncella bella y aventurera (esa soy yo) a la que le gustaba viajar y conocer lugares nuevos. Así fue como acabé en Bolinas, un pueblito requete-escondido en el condado de Marin,...
Como dice mi mamá: no somos nada...Carlos Fuentes, uno de los más celebrados escritores del siglo XX, recientemente pasó a mejor vida.Claro que aquí en los Estados Unidos hubo si acaso una reseña...
I love book tours. I love book tours like some people love March Madness and the World Series. Book tours connect readers and writers for the second time. The reunion of writer and reader reminds...