The Daring Librarian

I'm a shameless NPR fan! In fact, I just spent about 3 hours driving home from #MASL11, #MSEA11, & Bethany Beach today laughing along with Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me & the Prairie Home Companion. I was also honored & gobsmacked to be interviewed by Bob Edwards last year! SQUEE!) /boasting So, when I got the below astounding tweet this afternoon from NPR rock star Michele Norris alerting me to a VERY AWESOME new NPR bookclub - I put my planed Sunday blog post on the back burner and started writing this! Neil Gaiman Geeky Uber Cool & Oh So Generous! Ok..so first Neil Gaiman proves his geek street cred by pairing up with Dr. Who and now he's combining his superpowers with that of NPR, All Things Considered, & Michele Norris to give our kids....ages 9-14 a Back-seat Book Club of their very own! So teens listen up! " Finally, NPR For YOU! For all those kids in the back seat who are fed a steady diet of NPR news, here's a book club just for...

Spoilers! The Doctor’s Wife Literally! Hello Sweeties!* A special episode written by AWEsome young adult novelist & comic genius author Neil Gaiman that will air NEXT Saturday - May 14th on BBC America! Set your DVR's! I've trolled the interwebs for the latest scoops, spoilers, & a plot synopsis for much anticipated (I've waited now 14 months!) Gaiman episode....all for you darlings! Shamelessly cribbed & curated ....here we go! “The Doctor’s Wife” will deal with the Time Lords, The Doctor’s alien race. At this point in the long history of Doctor Who , The Doctor is the only surviving Time Lord known. As he, Amy and Rory travel to the summons of some old friends, another possible survivor is revealed. Idris, presumably the blushing bride, will be played by Coronation Street ‘s Suranne Jones." According to Gaiman only one important (and long awaited!) scene was cut because of my time-traveling favourite redhead! " If I wanted to tell you that w...