Author Archives: jbstout

Author Archives: jbstout

What Are You Reading Now?

What Are You Reading Now?

I have to admit that I feel a little embarrassed to tell you what I’m reading.  I know that I should be focusing on “academic” tomes that would enrich my mind, soul and spirit.  But let’s be honest.  During the summer I want to read all the “guilty pleasure books” I can get my sweaty hands on.  My problem is that I rarely have time to just sit and read.  Since our kids are grown, I’m not sitting in the car waiting for their music lessons, ball games, dental appointments, etc. to end.  Those sure were the good old days!   Now, I’m listening to audio-books on my way to and from work.  That comes to about 1.5 hours every … Continued
A Different Kind of Mobile Book

A Different Kind of Mobile Book

By Juli Stout, Coordinator of Circulation and Marketing  I grew up on a farm across the field from the Wilbur Wright Memorial Birthplace during the 1950s and 1960s.  Children’s books in rural Henry County didn’t look much like today’s do.  I remember books with very little color – the drawings were in black and white.  And the books that I borrowed from the county bookmobile always had a funny “bookish” smell that I couldn’t quite identify. The bookmobile came to our house every two weeks and if the neighbors wanted any books, they parked in our lower lot.  (I thought that the bookmobile came just for us, but I do remember members of the Wilmont family crowding in before I … Continued