If you could trade two dollars and a little DNA to know your life’s true potential, would you do it? This year’s community-wide reading selection, “The Big Door Prize” by M.O. Walsh, explores this question and more. This offbeat and charming novel about small-town life, relationships and the power of dreams narrowly beat out the…
Continue reading "Literary Links: One Read 2022 Finalists" Adults
“Kill Shakespeare Volume 1: A Sea of Troubles” collects the first six Kill Shakespeare comic books and re-introduces us to some of Shakespeare’s most famous characters, but in new roles, as they hunt for Will Shakespeare, wizard god. Killing Will and securing his magical quill is the quest of the bad guys in power (Lady Macbeth…
Continue reading "Reader Review: Kill Shakespeare Volume 1" Adults
“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” — Winston Churchill Sir Winston Churchill is a historical figure who certainly was larger than life. The impact his life made on the last century is far-reaching. Churchill managed to capture much of this through his own writings, and there are numerous fascinating biographies that…
Continue reading "Exploring Winston Churchill in Fiction" Adults
Here are a few of the most notable adult fiction debuts coming out in May. These have all received positive reviews in library journals. For a longer list, please visit our catalog. “The Favor” by Nora Murphy Leaving would be dangerous. Staying could be worse. Leah and McKenna have never met, though they have parallel…
Continue reading "Debut Author Spotlight: May 2022" Adults
I read other books by Ruta Sepetys so I decided I wanted to read “Salt to the Sea” as well. I also wanted to read it since it has been nominated for the Gateway Readers Award. Well, let me say that this book did not disappoint. I started reading it in the morning and I…
Continue reading "Reader Review: Salt to the Sea" Adults
It’s October and publishers are celebrating this spooky month by releasing an abundance of thrillers. Here are just a few of the many by debut authors coming to shelves near you this month. For a longer list of debut titles, please visit our catalog. “She Lies Close” by Sharon Doering 5-year-old Ava Boone vanished without…
Continue reading "Debut Author Spotlight: October 2020" Adults
Unlike climate change itself, the propensity for writers to gravitate to the subject is natural. Among the seemingly endless range of problems the world must address, it is the one that towers over all others, the one that will, barring dramatic changes in how the world operates, render all others insignificant in the face of…
Continue reading "Literary Links: Climate Lit" Adults
Growing up, I didn’t go to summer camp. Most days, my mom simply sent us kids outside to play. I spent many hours at hopscotch and jump rope with neighborhood kids who also had been turned out of their homes for a few hours. I was vaguely aware of a place called summer camp. It…
Continue reading "Adult Summer Camp: Design Your Own Adventure" Adults
With the year coming to a close, it is often considered a time for reflection and resolutions, looking back at the year’s events, and what we’re going to do over the course of the next year. In library- and book-land, the end of the year often means lots of retrospectives about the best books published…
Continue reading "TBR (To Be Read) in 2024" Adults
Have you ever moved to a new place — a new neighborhood, a new school or even a new state? Now imagine what it might feel like to move to an entirely new country. Maybe you don’t speak the language. You can’t find your favorite food at the grocery store. Sometimes people point at you…
Continue reading "Celebrate Welcoming Week"