Cozy Mysteries from Rutgers Libraries
If you’re appalled by violence and graphic details in a book or movie but––pun intended––you’d kill for a good mystery, cozy mysteries are for you. Rest assured, you are not … Read More
Cook Reads
Books We Write: Advancing a Culture of Creativity in Libraries by Megan Lotts
Interviews with Authors Art librarian Megan Lotts recently published a new book entitled Advancing a Culture of Creativity in Libraries: Programming and Engagement. It gave us the idea to launch … Read More
Big Ben Lying down with Banned Books
Banned and challenged books receive a great deal of attention from librarians, the champions of freedom of speech. Books We Read partnered with several other groups for Banned Books Week … Read More
Reading for Recovery: Addiction and Literary Reflection
The below was first written for a project funded by the American Library Association, for a pilot project using reading as a way to address issues of addiction. For more … Read More
What is Bibliotherapy?
Bibliotherapy, or guided reading, is defined as using books from a list created under the guidance of a subject expert in order to address a therapeutic need. It has been … Read More
Books We Cite: Bunky’s Birthday
I hardly remember birthdays. But come August 15, I can’t help asking “Who remembers Jellinek?” In an editorial for the Jellinek Special Anniversary issue of the CAS Information Services Newsletter, we … Read More
Summer Reading: Book Sculptures
Tired of reading books? Tired of listening to books? Tired of talking about books? Here’s another creative activity related to books: book sculptures. Full disclosure: we never get tired of … Read More
Finding Humor for Emotional Strength
In Diem Perdidi by Julie Otsuka, the narrator recounts her experiences dealing with her mother’s Alzheimer’s progression. Alzheimer’s is an unforgiving, unpredictable disease. Periods of lucidity are contrasted with periods … Read More
SEBS Little Free Library survived!
July 22, 2021, Rutgers Cook Campus (Facebook, Twitter): “Photo taken today in Foran Hall with an overflowing Little Free Library: the SEBS book exchange program has officially survived!” The SEBS Little … Read More
Translating Stories to Make Sense
If this story doesn’t speak to you, you are lucky. If this story doesn’t speak to you yet, it will. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 6 million Americans … Read More