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Reintroduction

Well, you've probably noticed that there was a big gap in the time frame that I posted reviews.    When I first started the blog, I posted an introduction, as such: 

Also, I suppose I should mention a little bit about me.  Name's Tonya.  Oh, and the reason it was so important that I connect with the blog name is because I've never connected with my own real name.  Anyway, I'm currently 30 years old, living in Northwest Louisiana with my husband of 10 years and our 4 dogs (Sassy, Sasha, Ben, and Boots).  I love to read and write when I have the time.  I work at a public library in circulation, reference, and teen services.  As the sole person in teen services for my library system, I'm constantly trying to come up with ideas and find the time to implement them.
I'm also on the committee for the Louisiana Teen Reader's Choice award, so most of the books I'm reading are young adult books that were published in the current year.   Of course, right now I'm trying to read 2010 books, catch up on 2009 books that I didn't get to, and throw in a few regular adult fiction books that I'm interested in.

Oh, I'm also in school, a senior at Ashford University.  Getting my degree online in organizational management.  Right after I graduate on August 1, 2011, I plan to go straight into a masters program for library and information science, concentrating on young adult services.  That's right, for those of you who don't know, to be a librarian, you have to have a masters degree.  Not sure on what school I'll be going to for that yet.  Hope to decide and apply by/in the spring. 

Since it's now been years, and a lot has changed, I thought maybe I should post a re-introduction!  Here goes:  Name's still Tonya ;)  I'm now 37, still living in Northwest Louisiana.  My husband and I just celebrated our 18th anniversary.  Sadly those 4 dogs mentioned above have all passed away, but we now have 4 cats, soon to be 5.  I still work at the same public library, however, I am not in the same department -- I went on to get my masters degree in library and information sciences, and while working on that, I started getting interested in cataloging.  After getting my degree, I became an Acquisitions and Cataloging Librarian in Technical Services.  I love my job!  I get to select and order new books, audiobooks, and dvds for children, young adults, and adults.  I also enjoy cataloging the materials, entering all of the information into the MARC records.  I order fiction and nonfiction books, but primarily catalog nonfiction.

Even though I'm no longer in Teen Services, I still enjoy young adults books, and I'll still be reviewing young adult books here, as well adult books and the occasional children's book.

I'm a little rusty, so I hope you'll stick with me as I brush off the dust and get my writing shoes back on.
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