Read along with our Moby Dick Virtual Book Club!
A few weeks back, my friends and I decided we weren’t going to let social distancing get us down. We […]
Author: Jack Phoenix
My Little Free Library can beat up your Little Free Library
A few weeks ago, my wonderful husband resurrected our Little Free Library. I say resurrected, because he built one for […]
Can we get a reader back in the White House, plzthnx
Of all Trump’s atrocities, the fact that he’s too dense to be a reader (and forget about writing) is particularly […]
My book is a starred School Library Journal review!
To say the least, today was a roller coaster. I think the pressures of the pandemic are getting to the […]
On Comic-Con @Home
Greetings from Covidland (also known as Libraryland). I am back at work today after being off last week. What was […]
White allies are being tested right now; I recently failed.
Something has been bothering me the past few days. It’s something I have to just type out, I suppose, to […]
Support the work of my library heroes
Hi, everyone! I have quite a few heroes who are friends, colleagues, and acquaintances in the library world, and many […]
Confederate statues are not history and tearing them down is not censorship.
A couple of days ago at work, a patron came into the library (no mask) and asked me this question: […]
This Spider-Woman Adventure is over, but the journey has just begun
Well, I did it. I read all 50 issues of the original Spider-Woman comic book series, one issue per day, […]
My book is in libraries all over the world!
In an act of vanity, I decided to hop onto WorldCat to see which libraries have my book. According to […]
About Me
A ravenous reader with a burning love for pop culture and balloon twisting, I write about comics, libraries, and comics in libraries. I am the recipient of two master’s degrees, one in Library and Information Science from Kent State University and the other in English from Ohio Dominican University. I now work as a manager for a public library in Greater Cleveland, where I live with my husband, three dogs, and pet rats.