World's Strongest Librarian

What To Do In New York, Atlanta, and St. Louis?

Hi all, it’s right on top of us now. Next week I’ll fly to New York, Atlanta, and St. Louis for the first leg of the book tour. I know I’ll be busy in NYC, and I already know some of the things I want to see there, but I’d love to have some suggestions [...]

April 22, 2013 READ MORE →

Me And O Magazine

Hi all, I’m briefly interrupting my week offline for a bit of good news. I found out yesterday that The World’s Strongest Librarian was in the May 2013 issue of Oprah Magazine. So, two firsts for me: 1. I bought an O Magazine 2. Yes, my book was in it, as seen below:

April 17, 2013 READ MORE →

Event With Richard Paul Evans

Hi all, I’m adding an event to the tour calendar today that might be of interest to the Salt Lake area folks. On May 3 at the Sugarhouse Barnes and Noble I’ll be doing a conversation and signing with mega-mega-mega-bestselling author Richard Paul Evans. Mr. Evans has written The Christmas Box, the Michael Vey sci-fi series featuring a teenage [...]

April 11, 2013 READ MORE →

41 Books That Give People Strength

Yesterday there was a giveaway on Twitter where my publishers asked everyone to answer this question: What books give you strength? It was great fun to watch the responses pour in, and yes, the nerd in me was thrilled to see that the good old dictionary made it onto the list, although this was a [...]

April 10, 2013 READ MORE →

Have Any Of You Read Murakami?

Over the past week I read Sputnik Sweetheart, Norwegian Wood, and The Wind Up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami. Not sure what I think yet, or how to talk about these three books. Are any of you Murakami fans? What do you like about his work? Which of his books do you think is the best starting point for a [...]

April 8, 2013 READ MORE →

Why I’m Not Reading Reviews of My Book

Hi all, I hope your Friday is proceeding with great jolliness. I wanted to write a quick post to thank to every well-meaning one of you who is sending me links to all the positive (so I’m told) reviews of my book that are popping up on blogs, websites, and in the media. And I [...]

April 5, 2013 READ MORE →

RIP Roger Ebert

I just found out that Roger Ebert passed away. I think I read every movie review he wrote over the last 10 years, and I followed his blog and his articles elsewhere. I never even cared what he was talking about, I was just impressed by the way he thought about things. He always struck [...]

April 4, 2013 READ MORE →

Why Libraries Matter, and What Would Be Lost

One thing writing my book has taught me is that I love libraries much more than I even thought I did. As I count down to publication day while continuing to work at the library, I’ve decided just to make April “Why libraries matter to me” month. I’ll still be talking about books, of course, [...]

April 3, 2013 READ MORE →

“Why Are Libraries Important?”

Recently in an interview I was asked, “Why are libraries so important to you? Why should they be important to anyone?” There are many, many reasons, but this one is the most important to me: I believe that libraries give dignity to anyone who walks through their doors. You can walk in without anyone having [...]

April 1, 2013 READ MORE →

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