The library’s closed today for our staff development day - a day where we will hopefully learn something new and exciting about how to better serve you, our patrons. In honor of that, I have decided to present something a little fun AND educational for you this Friday - sites filled with book-related trivia! School [...]
Summer’s officially here and the new books are heating up! This week’s releases include (click on an image to learn more about a title or to request a book):
I came across this Library Journal article and thought I’d share it to let you know of these great new memoirs:
Down with Summer Reading!: 19 Memoirs for the Recovery Crowd.
I don’t know how I’ve gone this long without mentioning BookSpot on this blog. It is one of the most inclusive and large-scale book-related sites out there. They cover all genres, age/reading levels, formats, news, trivia, etc. They have book lists, links to other great web sites, discussion groups, publisher and author info, and so [...]
Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner
When I was about a third of the way through this book, someone suggested to me that it was basically a retelling of Thelma and Louise. So then for the rest of the book I couldn’t get that comparison out of my head. And while I did find it reminiscent [...]
Whiplash by Catherine Coulter. In Coulter’s 14th FBI paranormal romantic thriller, FBI special agents Dillon Savich and his wife, Lacey Sherlock, look into the possible haunting of a U.S. senator by his dead wife as well as a more earthly crime: Germany’s Schiffer Hartwin Pharmaceutical, which has its U.S. headquarters in Connecticut, might be deliberately [...]
This week’s spotlight is on BookBrowse - a site that has a lot going for it.
There is a blog, a current and upcoming books section, an area specially for book clubs, and so much more. They do reserve some of their content for paying members, but there is probably enough content on their front [...]
Books releasing this week (click on a cover to learn more about a title or to request a book):
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