The New York Public Library Lions Turn 100!
Library Lions Turn 100 The two beloved library lions, Patience and Fortitude, who guard the magnificent New York Public Library, are iconic figures in New York City. The photo at the top of this post shows Patience and Fortitude in the snow during a winter storm in 1948. I love them! The Lions are celebrating their 100th anniversary this weekend! The library has celebrated by having lions — made of Lego bricks! — on display (at least for this weekend). See the video above (you might have to keep clicking it since it seems to buffer a great deal): I heart these lion bookends. I hope someday to have them:…
The Tourist Trail by John Yunker | Book Review
The Tourist Trail by John Yunker Genres: American Literature, Fiction Original Publication Date: 2010 Source: Advanced Reading Copy from the publisher. Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Twitter, Goodreads, Amazon The Tourist Trail is an exciting thriller! Biologist Angela Haynes is accustomed to dark, lonely nights as one of the few humans at a penguin research station in Patagonia. She has grown used to the cries of penguins before dawn, and spending most of her days in one of the most remote regions on Earth. if for no other reason than to protect her birds and her work. Against the backdrop of the Southern Ocean, The Tourist Trail weaves together the…
