• Cherry Ames

    Cherry Ames

    Cherry Ames Senior Nurse Wells 1944 Friday is our day to indulge in fiction choices.  Again, we need to reiterate that fiction is really a function of your community’s taste and space issues.  Cherry Ames is right up there with Nancy Drew and the gang.  Cherry was getting dated for…

  • The Curse

    The Curse

    Everything You Need to Know About Getting Your Period The Need to Know Library Rue 1995 These books are so important for adolescent girls!  We find them all the time tucked away in the dark corners of the library.  Poor things, they’re too embarrassed or shy to actually check them…

  • Gettin’ Jiggy

    Gettin’ Jiggy

    Complete Guide to Disco Dancing Lustgarten “The Disco Lady” 1978 Submitter: A young woman came to the reference desk and asked for books about dancing.  I showed her to the appropriate section, then stood there discussing with her what exactly she was looking for while she browsed.  I was horrified when…

  • Looking Sharp!

    Looking Sharp!

    The Franklin Watts Concise Guide to Good Grooming for Boys Saunders 1972 I am not  even going to wonder what the librarian was smoking when they kept this on the shelf.  I pray it is just one of those pathetic things that just falls through the cracks and not someone…

  • Hello, Angels!

    Hello, Angels!

    Charlie’s Angels Goff and Roberts Spelling -Goldberg Production 1977 “Once upon a time there were three little girls who went to the police academy…” Time for some more Friday Fiction Fun!  Holly and I keep finding some of these things that are simply to awesome to ignore! Yes, kids we…

  • How to be a smooth operator

    How to be a smooth operator

    The Shy Man’s Guide to Success With Women Heggy 1994 I just love when I find a good dating advice book.  The librarian in me does appreciate the contact log and cataloging your conversations with women (with the requisite “room for improvement” section). I am sure a more modern version…