Rules for Working in a Modern Library

Here's a great article from The Guardian on Working in the Modern Library. From how to avoid a desk hog to talkers to loud typists to issuing tickets. What are your pet peeves at the library and what would you do about it?

http://www.theguardian.com/books/shortcuts/2015/oct/26/libraries-five-most-annoying-things

Oriental Cat: Oriental Rug

Today I picked up two small Oriental rugs at the Alameda Flea Market aka Alameda Point Antiques Faire. They weren't expensive, and I have places for them. Stacked them on a chair and guess who's interested? Wellie, my Siamese. He's given them the sniff test, and now it's only a matter of time before he gives them the scratch test. Be sure and scroll down for one of my all time favorite Cartoons: PBS for Cats.

Silver Falchion Awards: Killer Nashville Awards

Killer Nashville winners 2015 Silver Falchion Readers Choice Awards. This is a partial list gleaned from Facebook and Twitter. I haven't seen the complete list or press release yet.


Best Novel: Romantic Suspense: Truth Be Told by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge)

Best Novel: Cozy/Traditional: Hunting Shadows by Charles Todd (Morrow)

Best Novel: Historical: Death on Blackheath by Anne Perry (Ballantine)

Best Novel: Private Detective/Police Procedural: Field of Prey by John Sandford (Putnam)

Best Novel: Speculative: Fear City by F. Paul Wilson (Tor)

Best Novel: Literary Suspense: The Day She Died by Catriona McPherson (Midnight Ink)

Best First Novel: Literary Suspense: The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh

Best Novel: Political Thriller/Adventure: I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes (Atria/Emily Bestler)

Best Novel: Crime Thriller: In the Blood by Lisa Unger (Touchstone)

Best First Novel: Mystery Thriller: The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day

Best First Novel: Cozy/Traditional/Historical: The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens

Claymore Award: The Boy Who Swallows Flies by Michael Stewart

Seigenthaler Award: Robert K. Tanenbaum

Best Attending Author Award: Palmetto Poisons by C. Hope Reed

Readers Choice: Bloodline

Best Nonfiction: True Crime: The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths are Solving America's Coldest Cases by Deborah Halber

Best Nonfiction Academic: The Figure of the Detective: A Literary History and Analysis by Charles Brownson

Best Nonfiction: Memoir/Biography: Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abnott

View the rest of the categories and nominees HERE. I will update the rest of the winners when I find them. I haven't seen an 'official' press release yet.