Blind Date With a Book

By JOEL ACQUAH.

Hey Wizards! Do you know that Valentine's Day is next week? What are you doing to prepare? Do you have a significant other you're doing something for? You don't have to worry here in our high school because the library is participating in an event where you “go on a date with a book.” 

This event is called Blind Date With a Book and it is an event part of many other events by one of our wonderfully kind librarians who’s recently been added to our staff: Debra Zupko. So for those of you out there like me  who will be lonely as a sparrow in the rain, let's grab a book and go on a blind date and just maybe we'll enjoy it.

On February 4th, Debrah Zupko, a librarian here at our high school was interviewed on the new project Blind Date With A Book, an event she started on February 4th. Our kind new librarian has done it again with a new unique book event that gives comfort whilst letting the reader discover a new genre of reading they might like.

When it comes to the process of how “Blind Date With A Book” works, Ms.Zupko said “from the books put on the table you pick one just by looking at the description which is  a quote from the book and a little synopsis. After you pick one you get a little heart shaped lollipop that you can give to a friend, significant other, or treat yourself with whilst you read your picked book.” 

After I have finished reading the book, there is a rate system because I know you said it's like a blind date but with a book “so, yeah,  after you've finished reading, you can fill out a form that says rate your date and that's what you'll rank the book with. Honestly helping librarians discover what students like to read as a reward you'll get an experience with a new type of genre  with good information whether it's a textbook, informational, fiction, non fiction each time you open a book.”

When asked if there should be other activities like this continued in high schools  Ms. Zupko said, “Yes, I think it should; it's a great way to get students who don't usually like reading engaged and inspired to start reading. Nowadays, many teens of this generation don't read or pick up physical books.” After all the questions Ms.Zupko was finally asked what the next activity would be, she sadly informed us that this would be the last event before she was to go back to teaching elementary school students.