Author Archives: Reckless Librarian

About Reckless Librarian

Secondary school librarian in a comprehensive school in Hertfordshire, working with some wonderful students and inspiring staff. Switched t

Moving along…

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Reckless Librarian

Over the last few months we’ve been running our Carnegie blog over on Blogger, and I’m sorry, but it’s just so much faster and easier to put posts together than it is on WP.  Embedding is easier and though there’s … Continue reading →

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Carnegie Blog

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Reckless Librarian

Just realised how silent this blog is in comparison to our new Readers’ blog!  Take a look here to see why this one had tumbleweeds all over it. #busy

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Carnegie Day

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Reckless Librarian

  It’s all coming to an end! Yes, it’s Carnegie announcement day, which means that all of this joy is coming to an end.  But there’s been so much wonderful stuff happening this year! Last Wednesday we were visited by … Continue reading →

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Review-a-mania

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Reckless Librarian

37 Shadowers!   I’m sure this should be greeted with a fanfare every time I say it.  Really fab number.  And since that meeting, and the thirty second demolishing of three double sized packets of biscuits, over a dozen reviews … Continue reading →

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First reviews trickling in

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Reckless Librarian

We don’t have 34 Shadowers anymore.  We have 37.  Aces. After a slight panic that we wouldn’t be able to buy in enough books for them all (a perfectly justified fear, as it turned out) the Shadowers were asked to … Continue reading →

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Carnegie Shadowing is GO!

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Reckless Librarian

This lunchtime saw our first formal meeting of the Carnegie Shadowing group, and they all turned up clutching books and reaching for copies of the shortlist.  All thirty four of them.  Yup.  Thirty four Shadowers this year.  Aces. Sadly this … Continue reading →

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The Mortal Instruments, by Cassandra Clare

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Reckless Librarian

Clary has grown up thinking that she’s entirely normal, until one day she sees people who others seem to miss, their eyes just skate over them.  Enter the world of the Shadowhunters, where humans born with the blood of an … Continue reading →

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Carnegie Shortlist announced

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Reckless Librarian

Yup it’s my favourite time of year again – Carnegie Time!   Our Shadowing group seems to have about doubled in size this year, though it could be even more: we’ll not know until our first official meeting next Wednesday … Continue reading →

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Sorry blog

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Reckless Librarian

I know I’ve been neglecting you.  It’s been a crazy busy time, with the regular library stuff, a full time job on its own, getting busier than ever, and a couple of events that have taken up a lot of … Continue reading →

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Awesome

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Reckless Librarian

Have been playing with the avatar generator on the Skullduggery Pleasant site. Aces. Complete with roller derby nose plaster.

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