Thanks to the holidays and Mid Winter I am still working on titles I’ve mentioned before Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age by Clay Shirky and Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping–Updated and Revised for the Internet, the Global Consumer, and Beyond for Non-Fiction. Fiction In Fiction I finished off the Gemma Doyle trilogy with The Sweet Far Thing and moved onto World Without End the follow up to Ken Follet’s The Pillars of the Earth. Reports For reports of course I’m reading Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community from OCLC. Old Favorites Earlier this week someone asked me what my favorite books are, I’m embarrassed to admit I couldn’t think of anything off the top of my head. Yes, really, nothing. Librarian fail. In attempt to recover from my shame I thought I’d share a few of them with you. The Devil’s Picnic – My selection for the non-fiction book club I lead at my library several years ago. The author travels the world sampling forbidden and illegals foods from absinthe and coca leaves to alcohol and eels. It gets really interesting when he starts looking why and how things became illegal or forbidden. The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World
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