Daily Thoughts 10/20/2020

 

Mountain Tea House From the Mist of Sandara, Katsushika Hokusai, 1798

Daily Thoughts 10/20/2020

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook Group this morning.

I read some more of The History of Philosophy.  I am reading about the Greek cynics.  I rather like the section on Diogenes.

I checked the displays this morning.  We have gotten quite a few new books.

I checked for missing items today.

I also checked the mezzanine fiction area for duplicates.

I put in two orders of new books.

I looked through a copy of the New York Times Book Review, the Times Literary Supplement and the New York Review of Books.

Covid-19 Took Away Our Family’s Second Home: The Library

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/10/20/public-library-closed-covid-19/

New Branch of Brooklyn Public Library Puts the Green In Greenpoint

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/10/20/new-branch-of-brooklyn-public-library-puts-the-green-in-greenpoint

Yes, Books Were Bound In Human Skin. An Intrepid Librarian Finds the Truth

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/books/review/dark-archives-megan-rosenbloom.html

 


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