WPL Book Blog
Read Harder: Read a Superhero Comic With a Female Lead
This week’s Read Harder challenge is a lot of fun – this time, we’re getting the women in on the superhero action and putting together a list of graphic novels featuring female superheroes! Click on a cover or a title to place a hold. Batgirl, Vol. 1: Batgirl of Burnside by Cameron Stewart & Brenden […]
Books for Earth Day and Arbor Day
With Earth Day happening last Saturday and Arbor Day coming up on Friday, April 28th, now is a great time to get some environmentally-conscious reading in. We published a blog post a couple months ago on print and DVD materials about climate change that you can use for reading suggestions, but here are a few […]
Read Harder 2017: Frequently Banned or Challenged Book
This week’s Read Harder challenge is sadly, pretty easy to do. Even in 2017, hundreds of books are banned or challenged in schools and libraries each year, so it’s good to familiarize yourself with the books that other people have found overly controversial. Take a look at some of these titles: The Absolutely True Diary […]
Indie Next: March 2017
Here are some of the featured Indie Next titles for March 2017. Click on a cover to place a hold, and click here to view the entire annotated list, as well as the Indie Next archives.
Library Reads: March 2017
Here are the 10 featured Library Reads titles for March 2017. Click on a cover to place a hold, or click here to view the full annotated list and Library Reads archives. Save
Read Harder 2017: YA/Middle Grade Novel by an LGBTQ+ Author
This week’s Read Harder challenge is a little trickier than usual: Read a young adult or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+. (This means that we’re considering the authors for this challenge, not just the titles.) But we’ve still managed to put together a fun list of books for younger readers! […]
Madness, Mayhem, and Murder
I’m a sucker for an awesome book title, and historical nonfiction books have some of the most attention-grabbing titles I’ve ever seen, hinting at untold stories of scandal, intrigue, murder, and insanity. If you’re like me in that you tend to judge a book by its title, take a look at these entirely true historical […]
If You’re Waiting For “The Hate U Give”
Last month, the publishing world was buzzing about The Hate U Give, the provocative debut YA novel from Angie Thomas, which unflinchingly looks at racism, police brutality, and Black Lives Matter. In the book, sixteen-year-old Starr is pulled between two worlds: her wealthy, predominantly white prep school and her impoverished, crime-ridden neighborhood. But the conflict […]
Read Harder 2017: Book About War
This week’s Read Harder challenge, “Read a book about war,” calls for some potentially heavy reading. We picked both fiction and nonfiction titles, and tried to represent a range of historical time periods. Click on a cover or a title to place a hold. Fiction The Cartographer of No Man’s Land by P.S. Duffy FICTION […]
Halfway to Halloween
April is a fun month for horror fans, because it means we only need to wait another six months until Halloween! Last year, I did a two-part blog post on some awesome horror titles if you’re looking to make your springtime a little spookier, which you can revisit here: Halfway to Halloween, Part 1: How […]