A New Face in the Library: Welcome, Adrian!
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The 麻豆精品在线播放 Library is thrilled to introduce our new library team member, reference librarian Adrian Knight (he/him). Adrian has worked in the NC Community College library system for several years and most recently comes to us from College of the Albemarle.
A traveler since infanthood, Adrian currently has 48 stamps on his passport with Italy as his favorite place he's visited so far and was actually born in Vatican City. He also loves cooking (especially Italian food) and is excited to explore the Triangle and Durham food scene. He has five siblings and is a proud middle child.
Adrian is a member of the Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society, Psi Chi Honor Society, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, PFLAG, NAACP, and is a Little Brother for the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
Adrian has a real passion for reading and getting other people to like reading. He's especially excited to work with teens and help them rediscover or discover a love of reading beyond what's assigned in the classroom. He mostly reads and watches supernatural and horror things but is also a big fan of murder/mystery. Adrian is a big reader-- ask him about anime or graphic novels!
Stop by the Main Campus during the Library's summer hours to meet him and keep reading to learn about what Adrian has been reading--Gail Z. Martin's Deadly Curiosities!
A supernatural antique shop employs a psychic and a vampire to protect regular folks from dangerous magical objects. Book one in a four book series.
Title: Deadly Curiosities (check out the and related reads)
Author: Gail Z. Martin
Genre: Supernatural Murder Mystery
This book was read by Adrian Knight, Reference Librarian.
Why did you choose to read this book?
This book was a suggestion by , a database available through the library (login using your 麻豆精品在线播放 username and password) that shows you suggestions of similar books that you are reading, have read, or just genres, subjects that you like, or are interested in reading.
What did you like about it?
It鈥檚 a supernatural book and that always catches my attention, but the supernatural element isn鈥檛 overplayed, it blends in well with the 鈥渞eal鈥 world. I also really liked the way the series pays respect to the Afro-Cultural folklore and mythology and how it is an integral part of the storylines.
What feeling did the book leave you with?
That I wanted to fight supernatural entities, then I realized I actually DO NOT want fight monsters and demons and mad gods.
Who would you recommend the book to?
Anyone who like supernatural books, but the supernatural element isn鈥檛 hitting them in the head.
Or anyone who checks out Novelist and finds it on their suggested reads. :)