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So where have I been? Doing research on two very different topics: library science and inner ear surgery. I just completed hell week, also known as Comprehensive Exams. Four research papers on current issues in library and information science and technology, each coming in around 6 pages long (that was the limit […]

Book review of:
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists: A Novel
by Gideon Defoe
This is the third in Defoe’s highly entertaining “Pirates! In an Adventure with …” series, the first two adventures being with Scientists and Ahab. These books tell of the Pirate Captain and his crew (the albino pirate, the pirate who used to […]

Chicken with Plums
by Marjane Satrapi
I’m a fan of Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novels, but they are so dark at the same time. Don’t get me wrong, I like dark, but I need something to balance the darkness and that is lacking especially in her most recent work. I found her autobiographical works, Persepolis and […]

In the Belly of the Bloodhound
by L.A. Meyer
Jacky Faber, that is. I absolutely love these books; this being the fourth and most recent in the series. Jacky was an orphan living on the streets of London until she decided to pretend to be a boy and get a place on a ship. […]

Pride of Baghdad
written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Niko Henrichon
I read this gorgeous graphic novel in one sitting yesterday. It’s about a pride of four lions that escaped into the streets of Baghdad, along with a large number and variety of other animals, after the U.S. bombing of the city. It’s […]