Daily Thoughts 08/26/2012

The shepherdess. Signed with monogram. Watercolour heightened with bodycolour. 15 x 22.5 cm, 1899

Daily Thoughts 08/26/20121

I am looking at Diamond Comics Top 100 Graphic Novels for July 2012.  Diamond Comics is the largest distributor of comics in the United States.  http://www.diamondcomics.com/Home/1/1/3/597?articleID=124297

I have been reading a little more of Evolutionaries.  I like the book because of the concepts.  Things like epochal time which is a way of seeing millions of years into the future and the past, the idea that the world is constantly evolving,  and that science is facing a shift in its approach with more integrative disciplines like systems theory and ecology.  I am not convinced by Carter's Phipps that the ideas that are being presented are a paradigm shift.

I have also been reading Margarita Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish.  She is showing lists of words that are similar in Spanish and english or lists of words where there are changes in the endings like president versus presidente or delicious versus delicioso.  It is a way to help build vocabulary.

Daily Thoughts 08/22/2012

Gerard Ter Borch , Portrait of a Man Reading, Circa 1675

Daily Thoughts 08/22/2012

This morning, I finished reading in Spanish See and It Say It in Spanish by Margarita Madrigal.  I checked out the book Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish A Creative and Proven Approach by Margaria Madrigal with Original Illustrations by Andy Warhol.  I am hoping it will teach me more Spanish.

The book, Tiny Beautiful Things Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed came in for me to read.  I am have too many books to read on my desk.  The new books which I started ordering last week are coming in.  I always like seeing new books.  The latest Publishers Weekly also came in for me to read.

This morning, I updated the Twitter and Facebook for the library.  I also checked the gift books, displays, and am working on an order of African American interest books with a colleague. 

I spent some time looking through the New York Times Bestseller lists that are not part of the New York Times Book Review.  The Books section online for the New York Times has monthly bestseller lists for hardcover business, paperback business, and politics.  There is also a graphic novels and manga list.

The computer lab is open between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. today.  The Woman's Enterprise Development Center is having a class tonight for Entrepreneurship called First Steps from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Right now, I am looking at the Indie Bestseller List from Independent Bookstores http://www.indiebound.org/indie-bestsellers  I rather like it because it tends to contain more literary and independent titles than the Publishers Weekly bestseller list or the New York Times bestseller list.

I plan on looking at EarlyWord: The Publisher Librarian Connection tomorrow.  http://www.earlyword.com/