Dixie Riggs by Sarah Gilbert : I picked this one up at book sale for 50 cents. Now I know why. According to Amazon it's YA (Young Adult). Knowing that it is meant to be a Young Adult book also might explain why I didn't think it was very good, but honestly, I wouldn't really recommend it to anyone. ;-) The story is that Dixie Riggs wants to get married to Buck Speed, who is a body builder/auto repair/evangelist wannabe. In order to try to advance her career, she enters modeling school along with her friend Sparkle.

Dixie Riggs by Sarah Gilbert : I picked this one up at book sale for 50 cents. Now I know why. According to Amazon it's YA (Young Adult). Knowing that it is meant to be a Young Adult book also might explain why I didn't think it was very good, but honestly, I wouldn't really recommend it to anyone. ;-) The story is that Dixie Riggs wants to get married to Buck Speed, who is a body builder/auto repair/evangelist wannabe. In order to try to advance her career, she enters modeling school along with her friend Sparkle.

and just in case you can't get enough of that hot topic in cataloging land (aka FRBR), here is the blogFRBR thanks to KR for the link.

and just in case you can't get enough of that hot topic in cataloging land (aka FRBR), here is the blogFRBR thanks to KR for the link.

So, I'm still investigating a CMS (Content Management System) for the libraries web editors. A CMS is just a easy way to get content onto the web, without having to do much in the way of design. Blogger in some senses is a very primitive (primitive because it is limited in what it can do) CMS. Unfortunately, my quick and informal survey of web editors has yielded, ummm... not much. A lot of them still seem to use Dreamweaver and templates (our current setup), a few Contribute, and then every thing in the middle, including (shudder) FrontPage.As for myself, I am in a similiar situation.

So, I'm still investigating a CMS (Content Management System) for the libraries web editors. A CMS is just a easy way to get content onto the web, without having to do much in the way of design. Blogger in some senses is a very primitive (primitive because it is limited in what it can do) CMS. Unfortunately, my quick and informal survey of web editors has yielded, ummm... not much. A lot of them still seem to use Dreamweaver and templates (our current setup), a few Contribute, and then every thing in the middle, including (shudder) FrontPage.As for myself, I am in a similiar situation.

Predator (Kay Scarpetta Mysteries) by Patricia Cornwell Well, this is the first Kay Scarpetta (the lead detective/character) book that I've read, so I am not sure that this book is an accurate portrayal of the whole series. Generally, the book is a solid enough mystery and while there are not a lot of twists in the story, the 'big' twist attempts to sort of pull the various pieces together. Does it work? I'm not sure. It feels kind of hurried and a little unfinished, sort of soap opera-ish.

Predator (Kay Scarpetta Mysteries) by Patricia Cornwell Well, this is the first Kay Scarpetta (the lead detective/character) book that I've read, so I am not sure that this book is an accurate portrayal of the whole series. Generally, the book is a solid enough mystery and while there are not a lot of twists in the story, the 'big' twist attempts to sort of pull the various pieces together. Does it work? I'm not sure. It feels kind of hurried and a little unfinished, sort of soap opera-ish.

Well, I'm not sure what happened to my longer reviews as they have disappeared, but here is the quick & brief. ;-)Smashed by Koren Zailckas A semi-autobiographical (?) tale of a young woman's adventures with alcohol. I think it is a fairly accurate portrayal of a many women's experiences in college; however, the book seemed to shift gears and moods too much. At times the author seems to glorify excessive drinking.

Well, I'm not sure what happened to my longer reviews as they have disappeared, but here is the quick & brief. ;-)Smashed by Koren Zailckas A semi-autobiographical (?) tale of a young woman's adventures with alcohol. I think it is a fairly accurate portrayal of a many women's experiences in college; however, the book seemed to shift gears and moods too much. At times the author seems to glorify excessive drinking.