It was all Hunter’s fault. That was Rachel’s opinion, and she was sticking with it. If her little brother had any decency, he wouldn’t be here, and she could go time-traveling. It had been almost a month since her she and best friend Leigh had gone back in time and dealt with the ghost of George Bernard Shaw. After that there had been a steady stream of work. Leigh’s schedule was a complete opposite. They barely had a chance to exchange hellos, let alone plan a trip.

"Mom, Dad...I'm bored!" You've probably heard this before. Even in today's world of hyperconnectivity, video games, and toys galore, kids still get bored. In fact, I think that kids today are especially likely to get bored easily because they have become used to 24/7 input via television, the Internet, and smartphones. When I think back to my own childhood, I remember a great deal of making my own fun: building "forts"' in the woods, making parachutes from trash bags and string, and creating elaborate dioramas in the sandbox with plastic army men and/or dinosaurs*.

My junior year of college, I had the amazing opportunity to study abroad. In five months, that I will cherish forever, I lived in England and traveled to Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Belgium, Scotland, Ireland, and the Netherlands. I saw the sights, walked through the history, spoke the language (usually very poorly), and ate the food (my favorite part, I’m a foodie). I returned home in a haze of happiness and memories.

When I tell people that I work at a library, one frequent response I get is "Aren’t you worried that eBooks are going to kill libraries and put you out of a job?" The previous version of this question was "Aren’t you afraid the Internet is going to kill libraries and put you out of a job?" Well, the Internet has been around for 20 years and we’re still here. I don’t see eBooks being any different.