As 2021 comes to a close, I am so very grateful for many things! I still pinch myself that I published a children’s book this year! I really appreciate your support for my writing and book. I appreciate you following this blog. I appreciate all of my readers! Thank you!
Happy New Year! Cheers to finding your magic in 2022!
It’s almost time for Jólabókaflóðið! If you’re not familiar with it, Jólabókaflóðið roughly translates to Christmas book flood. It refers to the tradition in Iceland of exchanging books on Christmas Eve. This tradition makes books the most popular gift for Christmas in this country.
If you’re looking for a new holiday tradition, you can start a book gift exchange tomorrow and then every December 24th. You don’t have to exchange Icelandic books in order to do your own version of Jólabókaflóðið. Any book will do!
Happy Jólabókaflóðið! And happy reading!
Happy Dewey Decimal System Day!
Melvil Dewey was born on this day in 1851. In 1873, he invented the most widely used library classification system called the Dewey Decimal System. It was first published in the United States in 1876. It is used today in more than 140 countries and translated into more than 30 different languages.
The system places the books on the shelf by subject using numbers from 000 to 999. It is called “Decimal” because it uses numbers to the right of the decimal point for more detail. Each subject has its own set of numbers.
I looked up my thesis book at my university’s library and it’s number is 361.4 A756a1999. The 300’s contains the classification of social sciences.
To celebrate this day, go to the library, look at the call number on your book, and know that this system was created back in 1873!
