Stacey
My Shelf
Interests: Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Crafts, Philosophy, Poetry, Nonfiction
About Me
Where you'll see me in the library: At the Info Desk, teaching classes in the Digital Media Lab, and answering the library's phone.
What do you like to read?My favorite books have humor, fantasy, and/or offbeat insights about life. I enjoy a book with “a comic formality of thought and speech,” as Gail Honeyman described her narrator's voice in Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, also employed by writers like P. G. Wodehouse and Lemony Snicket.
What memory do you have of your hometown or school library?In 3rd grade, I won my class's bookmark design contest with a drawing of a stack of books and the phrase "Read all kinds of books!" I stand behind that sentiment to this day.
What are your hobbies?I like to dabble in most kinds of arts & crafts (painting, weaving, woodworking, sewing, carving, pottery, etc.) and am often inspired by the library books that pass through my hands to try something new. I am just a beginner at the ukulele, but that doesn't stop me from heartily singing or whistling along to rock and pop songs when (hopefully) nobody can hear me.
The weather is turning colder, making it the perfect time to pick up this book that explores a personal dream of mine: what if humans hibernated? Jasper Fforde imagines a lot of complications, and he goes into marvelous detail with centuries of invented history providing the backdrop to a contemporary-ish story of a young man's first winter staying awake in their version of a police force. You'll enjoy the alternate history, speculation, and surrealism if you can get past the slightly slow tempo. -Stacey