About the Bloggers

I am a youth librarian who is an Anglophile, loves eating breakfast out, crafts, and adores the Oregon coast. I like lots of kinds of literature, but especially enjoy British mysteries, travel, memoirs, humorous books, and books for teens.

A local grown boy, I have webbed feet. I'm an avid fan of trivial knowledge, yet am constantly vexed by the impending degradation of my memory. Often my knees quiver when I hear Daft Punk. The new Battlestar Galactic makes me comatose, but in a good way. I think that Chuck Palahniuk is a god.

I am a library assistant who likes to travel, likes to try new restaurants, and is fond of animals. I tend to read: Mysteries; Thrillers; Books about animals, especially dogs and cats; Nonfiction that reads like fiction such as: The dark tide: the great Boston molasses flood of 1919, Isaac's storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history, The children's blizzard and cookbooks.

I'm a Library Assistant in Popular Library at Central. I read contemporary novels by (mostly) women, historical novels, and some selective science fiction. I have great affection for the Orange Prize for honoring (often edgy) fiction by women. When I'm not working at the library I'm home making mail art and artist books. Did I mention I have three parrots?

I have been with the library for 14 years. I will watch any picture that moves, at least for awhile. I also love last century radio shows as well as comics from then and now.

I am passionate/fanatical/wild about reading. I read mostly nonfiction these days, but historically I've read lots of excellent mystery as well. I love to recommend books to the people who are looking for them. My theory is they just don't know yet that they want to read them. I've worked all around the book world: bookseller, book buyer, bookstore manager, sales rep support, customer service, copywriter, blurber, but working for MCL is my favorite job ever. OK, being a proof reader was pretty cool — you could actually close the door and put out a DO NOT DISTURB sign. Sometimes I miss that. And don't tell my dad, but he was right when he said I should go to library school.

I am a librarian who rides a bicycle, crafts, writes, cooks, gardens, and loves a good book. I tend to read: vampire novels; witch novels; fantasy novels; female friendship novels; graphic novels; graphic memoirs; crafting books; interior decoration books; poetry; young adult novels particularly authors Cecil Castellucci, Sara Ryan, Blake Nelson, Garth Nix, and Joan Bauer; juvenile chapter books, family fiction, fantasy fiction.

I am a fairly new librarian who grew up loving libraries and reading. In my previous lives, I was a reporter, copy editor and a closed captioning writer. I read primarily fiction, but I will occasionally pick up a biography. You will rarely find me without something to read, and I am always open to giving and receiving book recommendations. I also love documentaries and quirky independent films, and I’m excited about sharing my favorites on the blog.

I want to live in a Japanese house, but instead I reside in Portland with small children and their rooms full of eye-offending and foot-puncturing plastic. Living a life of the mind while raising kids can be a war, but it’s one worth fighting. I’m your embedded reporter bringing news from the front lines. I love complex characters, depth, humor, fancy goldfish, heirloom tomatoes, soup, and shredding things I’ll probably need later. I read (and watch and listen) like a shark swims: I’ll quit when I’m dead.

Through years of reading reviews, trying different genres and listening to patrons, my tastes have expanded considerably. I seek good stories with rich language, a touch of humor and perhaps a twist at the end. I like to learn about places and cultures unfamiliar to me through reading fiction. I am open to a variety of styles, stories and subjects.

I'm a librarian who will read anything. I read like lightning when the book is bad, and much more slowly when the book is good. Books about difficult childhoods, creepy, but not gruesome movies, acoustic, bluegrass and big band music all appeal to me. Favorites include Jonathan Safron Foer, Haruki Murakami, Ann Patchett and Alexander McCall Smith; I've never seen a bad Coen brothers film, but my favorite movies are Short Cuts and The Usual Suspects. I try to read non-fiction but sometimes fiction just seems more true-to-life. I do look at the pictures though.