It’s summer and that means it's time for vacation! I just got back from a road trip to Las Vegas and when I asked for a reading recommendation on the SCCL Facebook’s Reading Recommendation Friday, lovely librarian Klara recommended The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. I loved the crazy antics of Kesey and his gang and it made the long drive more enjoyable. Here is a . . . more »

These days, it's pretty cool to be a nerd. I recently finished Ernest Cline's Ready Player One, in which the narrator becomes a hero entirely because of his nerdiness (read my review here). This got me thinking about just how useful it truly is to be a nerd, and how many of my favorite characters use their so-called nerdiness to beat the bad guys and . . . more »

Ready Player One In Ernest Cline’s dystopian novel, the world has been decimated by pollution and overpopulation. Reality has become so bleak that most people, if they can afford it, prefer to live in a cyber-reality known as The Oasis. Halliday, creator of The Oasis, has hidden keys throughout the cyberworld, hoping that one day someone worthy will collect the keys and become heir to . . . more »