Library Tour: Kahuku Library

by Misty on September 21, 2009
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“Are we there yet?”… “no”…”are we there now?”…”no”…”we’ve gotta be close!”…”nope”.

That’s pretty much how the conversation went as we drove from town to Kahuku Public library last Tuesday night after work. Alex was driving per usual, and I was …

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Book End – Weekend of Sep. 19

by Alex on September 18, 2009
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posted by A.Alba

The big news this week is that Hawaii is #1 in the vote to win 50,000 books from First Book’s “What Book Got You Hooked?” campaign.  When we first tweeted about this in August, Hawaii was #46.  …

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Book Review: Night Fisher

by Alex on September 16, 2009
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I thought it would be nice to highlight a different medium of literature here at Hawaii Book Blog.  Comic books and graphic novels have slowly gained respect over the years in literary circles and mainstream media.  The format has blossomed …

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Book Review: The Maui Book of Lavender

by Misty on September 14, 2009
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During our visit to Kapolei Library, Branch Manager Stacie Kanno recommended The Maui Book of Lavender (Watermark, 2008) for us to read and review. I had previously heard about the Maui lavender farm on one of my trips …

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Library Tour: Aiea Library

by Alex on September 9, 2009
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posted by A.Alba

The second stop on our Hawaii Public Library Tour 2009 is Aiea Library, found nestled next to Aiea Town & Village Square shopping centers off of Moanalua Road.  Having only been there a couple times in the …

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Library Tour: Kapolei Library

by Misty on September 4, 2009
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The first stop on our Public Library Tour was Kapolei! We met with Branch Manager, Stacie Kanno to talk about the unique role that the Kapolei Library plays in the Leeward community.  I thought I knew quite a bit about …

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Library Challenge book review: House of Thieves

by Alex on September 3, 2009
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We are just heading into the month of September now, and we are finally moving full steam into our 2009 Hawaii Public Library Challenge! As mentioned previously here, we wanted to take a challenge we joined from another book …

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Library Challenge Book Review: School For Hawaiian Girls

by Misty on August 26, 2009
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We’ve already begun reading books for the “Support Public Libraries” challenge that we signed up for on JKaye’s blog. But as I mentioned in this previous post, simply checking out, reading and reviewing 25 books by December 31st isn’t …

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2009 Support Your Local Library Challenge

by Misty on July 20, 2009
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A fellow book blogger has issued a challenge for 2009, but since we’re joining the challenge late in the year, HBB will only sign up to read and post about 25 books from the public library. You can see the …

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