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Make an Entrance This Holiday Season

Image by Via Lilluna Hunger Games. Retrieved online11/25/13 at Buzzfeed.
Image by Via Lilluna-Hunger Games. Retrieved online 11/25/13 at Buzzfeed.

Worried about what to talk about at your next social gathering?

Just for fun, show off your love of literature with one of these conversation starters. Captured just for you, in a post by Buzzfeed (September 2013,) here is a link to 19 Must Have Literary Manicures for the holidays.

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Designing a Bookworm's Dream Home

Image retrieved online from Buzzfeed.
Image retrieved online from Buzzfeed 11/6/13.

I love articles that focus on creatively incorporating books and/or bookish themes into functional, whimsical design. At the very least, they can be conversation starters.  The post, 22 Things that Belong in Every Bookworm’s Dream Home (October 2013), is sure to please. 

Just for fun: Consider constructing one of the featured seating options to double as a workstation for your home office and maybe even your library/media center.

  • Would new books in a library display similar to #1, #9 or #20, attract attention and draw readers to peruse the titles?
  • Would students be encouraged to study independently if a library contained seating depicted in #18?
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Minnesota Remembers…

Image by Joe Shlabotnik. Retrieved from FlickR. Used under Creative Common's licensing.
Image by Joe Shlabotnik. Retrieved from Flickr. Used under Creative Commons’ licensing.

This post is for our readers born and raised in the land of 10,000 (+) lakes and others that have merely migrated here from somewhere warmer. This week we look back at highlights from Minnesota’s eclectic and somewhat eccentric past.

Click here, just for fun, to see a list of the top 21 Things Minnesotans Are Too Nice To Brag About compiled by Buzzfeed.