why is it that i never really know what i'm doing?

i went to school. got the 27k in debt to prove it. they taught me all kindsa nifty stuff.

and yet, what do i do when an 8 year old pees on the floor in a stream from the self checks to the kids computers? (and just how big is an 8 year old's bladder anyway?) what do i do when a man with garlic and steak breath professes his undying love to me. again. for the 3rd time today.

this is a chronicle of what i did, when the crazy happened. which, in a public library is much more often than you'd think. and which, they also don't teach you about in liberry skool.

oh, and there's also a book review or two.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

dystopian

Pure (Pure, #1)Pure by Julianna Baggott


My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Baggott, Julianna. Pure. unabridged. 10 CDs. 14 Hours. AudioGo. Feb 2012. ISBN: 978-1-61113-136-9 $84.99. F




Set in a creepy dystopian future, the detonation of nano-technology bombs cause people to be fused to whatever was near them during the explosion, sometimes animals, sometimes things, sometimes other people. Since the detonation, Pures live inside the Dome in isolation and under rigid control. In swirling ash and constant fear, Wretches live outside; eking out meager existences, hiding from the local Militia. Partridge the Pure wants to find his mother, and the truth about his past. Pressia the Wretch wants to find safety and salvation. When they meet, they find something else entirely. Baggott’s imagery is matchless in this freakish and compelling tale of love and revolution. A full cast narration (Khristine Hvam, Joshua Swanson, Kevin T. Ollins and Casey Halloway) transports the listener thoroughly into Baggott’s imaginative and substantial details. A sure hit for fans of Suzanne Collin’s Hunger Games and Stephenie Meyers’ The Host.




-Terry Ann Lawler - Phoenix Public Library, AZ.










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