All book clubs have their own ways of operating. My "personal book club" has been together nearly 25 years now. We've evolved as we've...

Ten of us had a lively book discussion via Zoom last week and shared recommendations. While every book club, such as the book worms'...

As we continue thinking about a variety of genres, we find that Irish authors deal in all of them -- and that Irish literature itself is...

St. Paddy’s Day is only half a week away from spring, so even if there’s no Irish in your family line, it’s a good holiday to enjoy....

Here's another genre to explore just for fun or also for the Genre Bingo Challenge. The library has plenty of memoirs on the shelves as...

By Roz Weedman When definitions are too general, concepts remain fuzzy. For example, if you look up a basic definition of a memoir you...

Those of you old enough, try to hear the voice of Rod Serling as you read this paragraph: “Imagine, if you will, an ordinary 25 square...

Now that our Genre Bingo Challenge is in effect until the end of May, let's spend some time reading about popular genres. Cozy Mysteries...

Quite a few new books have arrived and been shelved during the month of February so far. As always, patrons can come into the library and...

Recently, the American Library Association (ALA) made its annual awards for books (paper, picture books, and audio) aimed at age groups...

Tradecraft. The Circus. The Cousins. John le Carre, the British writer who recently died at 89, changed the vocabulary of how we speak of...

Ten classic Christmas stories at least a couple of which you haven’t read Why not compile an oddball little list of Christmas stories,...

What’s new in December If there’s a theme to several of these selections, it is with the most anticipated authors. Do they thrill or...

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...

The future of libraries (This column will be published in the Dec. 2, 2020, Frankenmuth News by Roz Weedman.) No organization can survive...

Counting our blessings (For publication in the Frankenmuth News, Nov. 25, 2020, by Roz Weedman.) While the big feast with generations of...

(This column was published in the Frankenmuth News on Nov. 18, 2020, by Roz Weedman.) Nine of us, including a first-time person (welcome,...

What’s new in Chick Lit (and is that even a thing?) (The following column was published in the Frankenmuth News on Nov. 11, 2020, by Roz...

We know what we like but do we know why we like it? There’s a big difference between an intellectual exercise and a good story. For many...

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...