Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

This week's book review is:

EPIC POSTER

Okay, so, if you know me, you know this is one of my favorite books ever. With amazing humor, in-depth development, and a roller coaster ride of a plot, this quick read will leave you part giggling, part amazed, and part wondering what the heck just happened, but in a good way! The series follows the adventures of Arthur Dent, a hapless Englishman, although the story also follows the adventure of other major characters: Ford Prefect, who named himself after the Ford Prefect car to blend in with what was assumed to be the dominant life form, automobiles, is an alien from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse and a researcher for the eponymous guidebook; Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ford's semi-cousin and the Galactic President; the depressed robot Marvin the Paranoid Android; and Trillian, formerly known as Tricia McMillan, a woman Arthur once met at a party in Islington and the only other human survivor of Earth's destruction.

This book is a great choice for any sci-fi or humor buffs who want a quick read that will entertain them for a while. I rate this book 42/42 Towels.

That's it for today! Evan signing out.

Why do I Read?

I was taught to read at a very young age, two or three. Some of my earliest memories are when my Dad would read Harry Potter before I went to bed and how my Mom would get tired of reading picture book after picture book so eventually she just grabbed a stack off my shelf and I read to myself. I remember reading on the bus on the way to kindergarten and how mesmerizing the Rudolph Library was when I was in first grade. I grew up reading and I've come to view certain books like Princess Academy by Shannon Hale, Peak by Roland Smith, and the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan as old friends. Books never leave you; there is always a familiar story to pick up whenever you feel like it. Going to a bookstore and buying a brand new book is an amazing feeling and finding a new story at a library is thrilling. Throughout my life books have always been there for me. So the answer to the question “Why do I read?” I read to escape reality and to immerse myself in a world that is not mine, in problems that aren't mine, and adventures that become mine through reading. 

Announcing the Head SLPs for the 2013-2014 School Year!!

...and they are *drumroll please*:

Raichell Kim & Laurel Avery

(Head SLPs)

Caroline Leeflang, Kevin Cucchi, & the Library Blog's very own Annie Allred

(Assistant Head SLPs)


Congratulations, and may you thoroughly enjoy your next year in the library!


I will miss you, Berkeley! I will miss the Jean Ann Cone Library, Mrs. McLean, Mrs. Connors, Ms. Arcuri, all of our conversations, your friendly smiles, doing crosswords together, and your unrelenting support and enthusiasm for the SLP program!!

Thank you and I will miss all of you,

-Carly