Author Archives: Kaye West

About Kaye West

Kaye West recently retired from the Henry County Library System. She enjoys reading, taking daily walks, and spending time with friends. She lives in McDonough with her husband and spoiled-rotten cat.

Brain stretchers

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  Three months ago I saw the movie “Yesterday,” a sort of alternate universe story in which the Beatles never existed. Good movie, great music (ironically, there are Beatles songs… Read more »

Family Stories

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  I remember Suzanne Sugarbaker on “Designing Women” saying something like “I don’t see why we have to study history.  If history repeats itself, why should we pay attention the… Read more »

Love and Work

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  Full disclosure: I’m really not a librarian.  Strictly speaking, only those who graduated with an MLS (master of library science) can actually call themselves librarians. The rest of us who… Read more »

Variety

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  I am a “fragrance aficionado” — I like to smell (pleasant) things. I love to get the little sample vials of various scents (instead of the regular-sized bottles) because… Read more »

Guy books

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  Since most people who work in libraries are female, you would think it might be harder to help the male reader. But I’ve never had trouble making recommendations to… Read more »

Fiction: Not an assignment

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  Reading fiction is a pleasure, a leisure-time activity for me and countless other people. Because it is fiction, the author can go virtually anywhere with the story, and because… Read more »

Christian Fiction

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  In the past I’ve mentioned that my favorite job during my library tenure was helping people find just the right author or book to enjoy (so at my house… Read more »

E-Books or Real Books

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 “I take mine to bed with me every night.”  “I never leave home without it.”  “I can customize it just the way I want it.”  These are some comments one… Read more »