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Holidays are over and its onto 2015!

6th January | No Comments | posted by | in Reading, Plans, Blog, News

The holidays are over and it is back to the library for 2015.  I made some New Year’s Resolutions…well, rather, New Year’s Aspirations.  I aspire to a lot it in 2015 and time will tell if I reach those aspirations. One thing I would like to do is learn French.  French was the language I took in in high school and college and I would like recommit to learning it thoroughly during this coming year. Nous allons le voir!  (We shall see).

I did get a bit of reading done over the holiday break which was very nice for me as I never seem to have time to just read for pleasure.  I read two books: The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince by Jane Ridley and Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: My Life by Sophia Loren.  I enjoyed both books immensely as I’m a big Anglophile and a fan of old Hollywood.  Now it is back to being busy and trying to find time to read (another NY aspiration).

As for the new semester, we are going to have productive and busy time in Public Services but I work with a great team and I feel we are going to accomplish a lot this semester.

Summer Plans

13th June | No Comments | posted by | in News, Blog, Summer, Plans, Reading

“Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.” — Vladimir Nabokov

“I cannot live without books.” — Thomas Jefferson

“Reading brings us unknown friends.” — Honoré de Balzac

I will be out of the office from June 25th until August 4th and I have big reading plans for the month.  As I never seem to have enough time to read all that I want to read,  I plan to catch up on all my reading during my time off.  My planned books are:

The Seven Ages of Paris by Alistair Horne

The Churchills by Mary S. Lovell

The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Paris: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd

Obviously, I have Paris on the brain.  Let’s see if I can get it done!

 

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