Your favorite books in 2021
People routinely tell me the columns they like best are what others are reading, so let’s start 2022 with lots of ideas. Thanks, Beth...
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Michelle Duclos
- Sep 13, 2021
- 3 min
"Nothing is pleasanter than exploring a library."
Nineteenth century British poet Walter Landor made this observation, and many people have agreed since then. I thought it would be...
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Michelle Duclos
- Aug 23, 2021
- 3 min
The Book Swap Stacks
We are used to getting free books at the library. That’s the whole idea. To get the most out of the library’s resources, having a library...
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Michelle Duclos
- Aug 16, 2021
- 3 min
New library app makes everything easy right from your phone
Here is something you really want to do. Go to the library’s homepage (wicksonlibrary.org) and scroll past the middle of the page. You’ll...
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Michelle Duclos
- Aug 11, 2021
- 3 min
When we want something short, Libby has magazines
Sometimes we aren’t in the mood for complexity, and we want to read something quickly from start to finish. We want to read about birds...
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Michelle Duclos
- Jul 19, 2021
- 3 min
Books for Lunch bunch builds reading lists
Books for Lunch had its first post-Zoom era in person meeting at the library last week, a dozen strong including three new people. Here...
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Michelle Duclos
- Jul 5, 2021
- 3 min
Summer Romance
For whatever reason, it appears that this column has only featured romance novels a couple times over the past nine years. Yet when I...
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Michelle Duclos
- Jun 28, 2021
- 3 min
Books for Lunch: a little history, a lot of fun
Nine years ago, during a discussion about the library needing a book club, then-director Mary Chasseur told me there was a history of...
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Michelle Duclos
- Jun 21, 2021
- 3 min
The library has books you like how you like them
We’ve all done it. We’ve been baited into an argument about the best way to read a book. Paper only! many say. The feel, the smell, the...
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Michelle Duclos
- Jun 14, 2021
- 3 min
Summer Reading is on!
Beginning Monday, June 14 – two days before this article is published in the newspaper – Summer Reading is once again happening for every...
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Michelle Duclos
- May 6, 2021
- 3 min
Frequently asked questions plus information about the Wishing Tree
This past week, I sat down with Library Director Pamela Williams and discussed a number of Frequently Asked Questions that I’ve been...
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Michelle Duclos
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
The American Library Association discusses the important role of public libraries to communities
Of course we all expect to get books and other reading resources at the library. But public libraries are so much more. Here's a good...
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Michelle Duclos
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
A potpourri of library information
It’s time to review and highlight what’s happening at the library during these changeable times. First, what are our hours currently?...
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Michelle Duclos
- Mar 1, 2021
- 3 min
The difference between an autobiography and a memoir
By Roz Weedman When definitions are too general, concepts remain fuzzy. For example, if you look up a basic definition of a memoir you...
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Michelle Duclos
- Dec 4, 2020
- 1 min
You can influence what the library buys!
When you go to the library's home page by clicking above this blog post or navigating to www.wicksonlibrary.org, there is a menu bar...
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Michelle Duclos
- Nov 30, 2020
- 3 min
The future is now
The future of libraries (This column will be published in the Dec. 2, 2020, Frankenmuth News by Roz Weedman.) No organization can survive...
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Michelle Duclos
- Nov 23, 2020
- 3 min
Debts of Gratitude
Counting our blessings (For publication in the Frankenmuth News, Nov. 25, 2020, by Roz Weedman.) While the big feast with generations of...
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Michelle Duclos
- Oct 28, 2020
- 3 min
Just a few procedural reminders from the Library
In some ways, it can feel like we are doing less than normal while finding what we actually can do changes like Michigan weather. Here...
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Michelle Duclos
- Oct 11, 2020
- 3 min
Banned Books Week
What are “banned books”? Last week was Banned Books Week, but it’s never too late to think about what this means, particularly to an...
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