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Indie Next: January 2019
Here are some of the featured titles on the Indie Next List for January 2019. Click on a cover to place a hold, or click here to view the full annotated list. Happy reading! —Katie, Adult Reference
Library Reads: January 2019
Here are the featured titles from the January 2019 edition of the Library Reads list. One of the new features for the list is the Library Reads Hall of Fame, which features authors that have already been included on three or more previous lists. Consider them bonus reading suggestions! As always, click on a cover […]
Read Harder 2019: Award-Winning Book by a Woman or Author of Color
It’s week three of our Read Harder 2019 challenge, which means it’s time to choose a book by a woman or an author of color that won an award in 2018. What’s great about this challenge is that you can choose any genre you want – mystery, romance, literary fiction, you name it! There are […]
Library Lover’s Month
Besides being associated with Valentine’s Day, February is also known as Library Lovers’ Month! (Of course, if you ask me, every month is Library Lovers’ Month, but I digress. As usual, we’ve pulled a few books for the occasion, and you can click on a cover or a title to place a hold. We’re also […]
Favorite Featured Titles: January 2019
We’ve got another great round up of newly published books for this month – click on a title or a cover to place a hold! Fiction Nonfiction Young Adult […]
Read Harder 2019: Alternate History
The second Read Harder challenge for this year is pretty straightforward: read an alternate history novel. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, “alternate history” means exactly what it sounds like: a book of supposed historical fiction where historical events didn’t occur the same way. These books ask questions like “What if Germany had won World […]
Bookish News
One of our jobs as library employees is to keep up with what’s going on in the publishing world so that we know what materials to order and can make suggestions to our patrons about things they might be interested in. But why should we keep that information to ourselves? This month, we’re kicking off […]
Essay Collections
Sometimes my reading mood has me going for short stories and essay collections – something I can read in a single sitting that doesn’t require me to stay with one story or one set of characters for 300+ pages. If this sounds like you too, make sure to come visit the main library, where we’ve […]
Indie Next: December 2018
Here are some of the featured titles on the Indie Next List for December 2018. Click on a cover to place a hold, or click here to view the full annotated list. […]
Library Reads: Best of 2018
Librarians voted, and here are the Top 10 Library Reads of 2018! Click on a cover to place a hold. Happy reading! —Katie, Adult Reference