Posted by Candice on Friday, Mar 27, 2020
Did you know that you can still come to the Library for assistance--online, that is?! Staff are providing chat information services M-F, during the hours of 10-5. You can ask us for help with downloading e-materials (books! audiobooks! movies!! magazines!!!), using some of our online databases (care to delve into the Sanborn maps, anyone?), finding up-to-date reliable information about Covid, or really, anything you find tickling your brain.
For instance, I'm getting ready to staff the chat from 1-5 today, and on Wednesdays from 1-5 for the next two weeks...some of my work-related and personal interests are local history, mystery/thriller books, nonfiction history, travel guides, and cats. Yes, cats. So, if any of you out there are really just sitting around wondering what unique web-based, free local history resources I like to use, come chat with me! Want to know what mysteries are at the top of my list right now, or how to find recommendations on what to read next? Give me a holler! Interested in finding out what types of cat beds my cats like or don't like? You know where to come! Want some non-traditional travel books to get you ready to hit the road again, once we can? I've got some favorites.
Basically...if you have questions, ICPL still has answers. We're here for you...chat now, operators are standing by!
A fun little escapade through the major theories of who wrote Shakespeare's plays and sonnets, via the various portraits that are purportedly of him. There's a lot of very interesting stuff here, not just literary but also in the art history sense of who created the portraits, how they've been altered, and why they look the way they do. Lee Durkee is also a strong presence in this book, and tbh I veered between thinking of him as someone I felt sympathetic and appreciative towards, for his candor about his own mental health and personal issues, and then thinking that he'd be an absolute tour guide from hell. All in all, a very (VERY) well-researched and entertaining read. -Candice