Day 3...I think I can see the significance now
NYT>Books---There were quite a few posts for Saturday 11/7, not too many of them really seemed to peak my interest. First was Exhibition Review 'A Woman's Wit: Jane Austen's Life and Legacy': At the Morgan, the Jane Austen Her Family Knew. It announced the collection of personal letters and early manuscripts written by the author that were being housed at the Morgan Library and Museum. I am not very familiar with Austen myself, but this single post did not intrigue me enough learn more about her. Second was Master of Disaster; it describes a new novel written by John Irving that follows a father and son for 50 years in "a world of accidents." I wonder if these "accidents" are minor milk spills, or life altering tragedies...interesting. Third was the post She Did Go Home Again. It presents the publication of Rhoda Janzen's memoirs, discussing her return to her Mennonite upbringing after experiencing and emotional and physical crisis. Not as original as the aforementioned, but I'd check it out.
The Shifted Librarian---I must say I was very impressed with the post I found for Saturday. It was a link to a twitter blog from a librarian excited about the new Microsoft Surface Table. This invention is an electronic coffee table, with a surface that acts like a touch screen (like that of the ever-popular iPhone). It includes all the computing functions of a PC and allows for more than one user to perform them at a time. The librarian discussed how beneficial this technology would be to libraries, especially academic or medical libraries. She discusses how many of the users at the medical library that she works at prefer to study in groups and how useful this new media would be. I thought it was amazing! This is the kind of information that would attract me as a blog follower.
USATODAY.com Books-Top Stories---To my disappointment, there were no posts for this blog from Nov 6th-8th. Maybe it will pick up tomorrow (Monday).
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