{"id":3130,"date":"2020-05-11T15:34:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T15:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/?p=3130"},"modified":"2020-05-11T15:37:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T15:37:24","slug":"what-are-you-reading-with-mike-kiel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/2020\/05\/11\/what-are-you-reading-with-mike-kiel\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are You Reading? With Mike Kiel"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we are all teleworking, learning online from home, and working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the RLB Library hopes you are able to continue reading and learning about your interests. We are continuing our\u00a0<\/em>What Are You Reading?\u00a0blog series to share a few new titles and reading ideas!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/i>What Are You Reading?\u00a0blog series highlights books recommended by the RLB Library staff. Follow the blog to learn what we are all reading and find ideas for your next page-turner!<\/i><\/p>\n

We hope you enjoy reading Mike’s thoughts on his recent reading adventure in his own words:<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n

Name: <\/b>Mike Kiel, Reference and Instruction Librarian and Head of Information Literacy Initiatives<\/span><\/p>\n

What have you been reading?<\/strong> Battle Cry of Freedom <\/span><\/i>by James M. McPherson<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/i>Impressions:<\/b><\/p>\n

It\u2019s really comprehensive, and easy to read despite being extremely dense. I feel like I\u2019ve learned an incredible amount about the origins of the Civil War and how the institution of slavery shaped all aspects of society before the war. I\u2019d definitely recommend it!<\/span><\/p>\n

Why did you choose this book?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

My father had read it and I had been interested in reading more critically regarded books, so I thought I\u2019d give it a try.<\/span><\/p>\n

How does this compare with what you typically read?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t typically read a lot of US history, or military history, so it\u2019s really a different experience for me. It\u2019s been very thought provoking to consider how individual choices at that time have had consequences that reverberate into our society today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking for your next book? Remember, RLB Library offers e-books for the UB community that are still accessible online though the campus buildings are currently closed due to COVID-19.\u00a0Learn more about our e-books with this LibGuide<\/a>! When campus reopens, you can visit us and dive into a book you find in the stacks!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we are all teleworking, learning online from home, and working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the RLB Library hopes you are able to continue reading and learning about your interests. We are continuing our\u00a0What Are You Reading?\u00a0blog Continue reading What Are You Reading? With Mike Kiel<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1237,"featured_media":3135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[355,135,312,467,447],"tags":[622],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3130"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3139,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3130\/revisions\/3139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}