School Library Month was April

The AASL or American Association of School Librarians, is a part of ALA and totally dedicated to school librarians and their needs/ideas.  I'm a member, as well as of ALA, along with so many others.  We are dedicated to building information literacy through the schools.

We feel that students, whether they are teachers, faculty, other staff, or "students" in the traditional sense are supported by the services we provide.  We are not just librarians.  We are teachers.  We have STANDARDS and CURRICULA.  We are licensed.  We love teaching, learning and helping.

Support your school libraries & librarians.  We are usually one of the first cuts when budgets are tight and we are one of the least expendable in a school.

Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin

So on the recommendation (you HAVE to take this book and read it!) by a family member, I've started Tales of the City.  It was published in 1978.  I was 9 that year.  Life was pretty good in the Midwest.  This book looks through the eyes of San Francisco residents in the '70's.  I've heard the stories--the drugs, the free lifestyles, the new ideas, karma, finding oneself...this book covers it all and does so in a city that was the most (and still may be) brazen in terms of lifestyles. 

As the characters cross paths, the reader starts to question life.  One man is dying, one women is finding herself, one is losing herself, one man is trying to find a stable relationship and another is defying stability.  As you read this book you know there is one crazy reason all these people are tied together.

I wonder what that might be?

This book certainly explores the idea of a community and the different personalities that make up that community.

What is your favority genre or book?

Let me know what your favorite book or genre is at this time.  Maybe I'll have a few more things to read this summer (like I don't already have a HUGE list!).

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