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I’m about to start a new book for my management class. (Each semester we have to read a book and review it for the class. I read Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg last semester and I liked it. She didn’t say anything groundbreaking, but I appreciated that she appreciated how much support and help she has from her spouse and how every woman won’t have that in their lives.) The book I’m about to read is Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen. I’m reading it not because I have any problem getting stuff done. I get tons of stuff done. (You’ve heard the saying, if you need something done, give it to a busy person.) But I do sometimes have problem with the stress part. I have a feeling it’s not going to tell me anything new. But maybe I’ll be wrong.   So, here I am. Working full-time (a children’s librarian), trying to look for a part-time gig to help with some college expenses, reviewing (children’s) books on a trial basis for a journal, taking man...

I'm going to post more often. But before I get started on writing about some children's books, I want to take a moment to talk about the mystery I'm reading. Did someone recommend Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache series to me? I'm 2/3 of the way through A Beautiful Mystery (I decided to start in the middle of the series ... or rather, somehow this is the book I put on hold ... there may not have been any real decision on my part), and I'm a bit ... I don't know ... frustrated by the fact that the policemen investigating this crime at a monastery are overlooking two things -- the murder weapon is obviously the piece of metal used to bang on the doors so that you don't hurt your hand when you knock (heavy, heavy wooden doors) and maybe the wrong person was killed, which is why Frere Simon kept saying something about how he wanted to make sure it wasn't the abbot who was murdered. Yes, I could be wrong about those two things, but it's n...