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  Hello travelers, Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley is a graphic novel published by Ballantine Books in 2014. O'Malley is most well known for his Scott Pilgrim books along with Lost at Sea and his work on other comics such as Young Avengers #1 and The Wicked + The Divine #1. He has won three Doug Wright Awards, nine Harvey Awards, an Eagle Award, seven Joe Shuster Awards, three Eisner Awards, and a National Cartoonists Society Division Award. So what's it about? Seconds follows Katie, a young chef who is trying to open her own restaurant, who encounters a strange girl named Lis. Lis gives Katie a mushroom for "when things go wrong." The next day, one of the restaurant workers is burned in an accident and Katie realizes it is her fault. She takes the mushroom and wakes up to find the event of the night before have changed.  Desperate to gain control of her chaotic life and make everything perfect, she discover Lis' stash of time altering mushroo...

Photo by  Oladimeji Ajegbile  from  Pexels Hello travelers, As I am sure many of you are aware, there is a huge push for racial justice in America, with 50 states and 18 countries participating in the protests. While I am unable to participate in any of the marches in my area, I have done what I can with signing petitions. Recently, I saw a hashtag going around social media called #BlackoutBestsellerList with the goal of making all of the New York Times Bestsellers be from Black authors. This could be accomplished if everyone bought two books by black authors before June 20th. I'll admit, I was a little late to the game, but that doesn't mean I can't participate and maybe we can continue this push in the coming weeks. While there is no way to list every book out there by black authors, I thought I would make a list with some that are not just the typical academic African-American literature. That's not to say there's anything wrong with those books; in fac...

Greetings travelers! I decided not to do a reading wrap up for May because 1) it wasn't a great month for me with everything going on at the moment in the world, and 2) I didn't really read anything. I got through The Hobbit and a comic called The Legend of Kamui, and listened to The Stranger by Albert Camus, but nothing else. I'm a little disappointed in myself but I'm also trying to convince myself it's normal to have a month long reading slump despite having books that I'm excited to read sitting right there next to me. So now we've reached June, which is one of my favorite times of the year as a reader and as a librarian. June means the beginning of Library Summer Reading Programs! Under normal circumstances, this would be the time your local library would promote reading through contests and programs for all ages ranging from story time and puppet shows for toddlers to escape rooms for teens or families, and prizes for adult readers. My library, f...