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Music is my religion. – Jimi Hendrix
Inspired by Flavorwire and their “Literary Mixtape” features, we at alt+library want to know what character would YOU choose and what songs would be included in the mix? I think my choice would be Bonanza Jellybean from Even Cowgirls Get the … Continue reading
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A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. – George Bernard Shaw
Many people adore the holidays – the family, the fun, the togetherness. Others of us loathe them – the pressure, the commercialization, the togetherness. So, how do you endure? We’re hosting Punk Yoga: Survive the Holidaze and Broke A$$ Holidays as oases … Continue reading
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Hearing Voices Audio Book Club
The California Center for the Book has partnered with Sacramento Public Library’s alt+library book club to present Hearing Voices, an audio book club. The audio book club meets on the last Thursday of each month in the West Meeting room … Continue reading
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“I’m afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.” – Andy Warhol
Perhaps it isn’t the best quote to select for a post about an Andy Warhol selection for this month’s alt+library book club but so very Warholian all the same. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol is a book I have long … Continue reading
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Darling Jim – August book selection
Danish author Christian Moerk has crafted a simultaneously horrifying and compelling novel about Ireland, storytelling, murder and love that is nearly impossible to put down, for fear of what may happen to the characters when you stop reading. It is very … Continue reading
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Geography of Bliss
So where is the happiest place on earth? July’s selection for the alt+library book club is NPR correspondent Eric Weiner’s Geography of Bliss. From the official website: “Eric Weiner’s The Geography of Bliss signals the arrival of the next great … Continue reading
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