Bookish Happenings

One of my life goals is to make it to every SEC football stadium. I had made it to half of them until we added two more schools to the conference, and now my numbers are lagging. :)

Perhaps a more worthy goal would be to visit all the presidential libraries. Now that George W. Bush's collection will be housed at SMU, I have no excuse, right? {And I don't believe that Johnson's, Clinton's, and Bush I's are too far away either...presidential road trip, perhaps?}

Another interesting Texas library...this one is all digital. I would venture that every library these days is having to decide how to navigate the print-digital tension, but I would also say that I don't think many would be ready at this point to go all digital. There are funding concerns, patron expectations, and the question of availability of books in digital format {this is especially true for some essential theological materials like commentaries}. It's going to happen on a different timeline for different libraries, but it's interesting to get glimpses like this one of what the library world might look like in another generation or two.

Finally, I loved this post from E Tells Tales about her book club. Both my work and church book clubs have fizzled, and I miss getting together with friends to talk about what we're reading! Online book clubs are a fun replacement, particularly during this busy season of life, but I've been marinating on some possibilities for a live-in-person group.

Of course, that would mean actually finding time to read. I've been working on the same book for so long it's shameful! What are you reading these days?