Daily Thoughts 11/06/2016

Self Portrait with brother Philipp, Justus Lipsius and Another Scholar, Peter Paul Rubens, 1611

Daily Thoughts 11/06/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Jerusalem.  The chapter I am reading now reads like a play, there is another chapter coming up which is a poem.

I also read some more of Death's End.  It is a science fiction novel with lots of big ideas in it.

I read the graphic novel Monstress by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda.  It is a mix of steampunk, magic, and anthropomorphic creatures.  There are talking cats and people with mental powers.

Web Bits

B & N Is Leaving the Bronx, Locals Again, Are Trying to Make the Chain Stay

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/71931-the-bronx-is-trying-again-to-get-b-n-to-stay.html

Stayling Alive: Mary Oliver on How Books Saved Her Life and Why the Pasion for Work is the Greatest Anti-dote to Pain

https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/11/02/mary-oliver-upstream-staying-alive-reading/?utm_source=Brain+Pickings&utm_campaign=8ef7cc96c8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_179ffa2629-8ef7cc96c8-236091329&mc_cid=8ef7cc96c8&mc_eid=5b20786131

Why Self Published Authors Need Libraries and Vice Versa

http://mediashift.org/2016/11/self-published-authors-need-libraries-vice-versa/?utm_source=nl&utm_campaign=dbw-smo-nl-161104&utm_content=894380_DBW+Daily+-+110416+-+no+sponsor&utm_medium=email

The Librarian Who Saved Timbuktu's Cultural Treasures from Al Qaeda

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-librarian-who-saved-timbuktus-cultural-treasures-from-al-qaeda-1460729998