Connie Willis takes 7th Nebula Award

Now, I will admit that I'm biased... but Connie Willis ROCKS.  She is an amazing author and incredibly talented.  She happens to be the mother of a dear friend of mine as well.  I've been hooked on her books since reading Doomsday Book (which we have at the library) and am equally smitten with her latest pair of books, Blackout/All Clear, which recently won this prolific author her SEVENTH Nebula Award for best novel. 

 

Blackout/All Clear is a a pair of volumes which make up one novel - and they're fantastic for their detailed research, imaginiative storytelling and gripping characters/plots.

Read more about this incredibly talented author here in an article from The Guardian (a U.K. newspaper):

May Reading

What's on my reading list for May - that's a good question.

First off, there's 55 Steps to Outrageous Service. It's about customer service and how to satisfy the customer, the employees and meet your bottom line.While the library is not a for-profit organization, we do want to be worthy stewards of the public funds we receive.

Then there's If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat! It's about facing your fears, not letting fear have the last word, embracing the unique calling of God on your life, and being open to experiencing something new.  It's not always easy, sometimes we sink under the water. Failure isn't the end of the journey unless we let it be that way.

Finally, I'm hoping to crack open Nick Vujicic's Life Without Limits. That one links to Amazon because we don't have it at Keene - yet.  I'm working on it. The subtitle is Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life.  From a man who was born without arms or legs, that's a pretty powerful statement. Makes my whining about anything wrong with my life seem petty right now.





--Laura