Emma S.
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Take the Hobbits (And Yourself) To Isengard this Tolkien Day
In 2002, a local columnist in Syracuse, New York, published an article musing about the Irish…
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Bread Baking Books to Lift Your Yeast and Spirits
Happy Spring, fair readers! As of yesterday, we’ve officially moved into the season of the world’s…
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Math Reads to Chew On This Pi Day
When I’m not at WPL, I’m usually thinking about math. Between my second job teaching it,…
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Alexis Hall’s Latest Baking Romance Rises to the Occasion
Paris Daillencourt Is About To Crumble is a title and a half, and my first foray…
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How Does Literature Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways
What is love? Baby, don’t hurt me… for my bad jokes. The song association isn’t an…
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Reads to Scratch Your Wednesday Itch
From a long-running New Yorker cartoon to a #1 Netflix show, the Addams family have delighted…
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Delight in Dracula Daily and the Epistolary Novel
Have you ever read a novel and been surprised by just how much time has passed…
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Language Appeal and Novelist, The Hidden Treasure of Our Digital Library
Today is, at least for us North Americans, National Thesaurus Day! In honor of the ultimate…
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Warm Books For Cold Nights
The winter solstice – the darkest day of the year. However, there is a little bit…
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Drawing on Walls – A Gentle Introduction to a Difficult Subject
World AIDs Day, Dec 1st, is not a particularly glamorous or optimistic topic. For many, it…