Our summer reading challenge for 2023 officially begins today, June 19th! Readers of all ages are invited to log their number of pages read or time spent reading for a chance to win gift cards and other other great prizes. Please see the challenge descriptions below for the appropriate age […]
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Genre: Love StoriesRead-AlikesEverything I Never Told You by Celeste NgMonogamy by Sue Miller Kaleidoscope by Cecily Wong “When Sally Holt is 13, her 16-year-old sister, Kathy, is tragically killed in a car accident. Kathy’s boyfriend, Billy, who was driving, swerved to avoid hitting a deer and ran into a tree. […]
Looking for something to keep you occupied over Memorial Day Weekend this year? Try one of our reading apps! They are free to use with your FTPL card, and you can begin reading, listening, or watching right away. To get started with these apps, please make sure you have your […]
There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. John Green, Turtles All the Way Down Did you know that May is Mental Health Awareness Month? Observed since 1949, this month is designed to “fight stigma, provide support, educate the public and advocate for policies that support the […]
Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2023 with these fiction and nonfiction eBooks and audiobooks! To read or listen to these digital books, you will need either CloudLibrary or Hoopla Digital (our free reading apps) and an active FTPL card. For information on our reading apps, please click here. […]
Genre: Autobiographies, Life Stories Read-Alikes: Just Mercy by Bryan StevensonLife After Death by Damien EcholsSolitary by Albert Woodfox “In 1985, Hinton was charged with capital murder for the killing of two store owners. Despite evidence that he had not committed the crimes, he was found guilty and sentenced to Alabama’s […]
For the first time since 2020, our Second Saturday Book Club is meeting in-person at the DeMott Lane branch! No library card, registration, or membership of any kind is required to attend. You don’t even need to finish the book (as long as you don’t mind spoilers)! The only requirement […]
Genre: Historical Fiction, Greek Myths Read-Alikes: Circe by Madeline MillerLavinia by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker “The story of the Trojan War is an old and familiar one. Here again are the Greek aggressors, the besieged Trojans, and the sneaky wooden horse. This time […]
This Thursday (3/23 at 7pm) the library is hosting Examining the Titanic, an informative lecture hosted by historian Greg Caggiano that will examine the story of the famous ill-fated passenger liner. Seventy-three years after it sank, the Titanic captured the attention of the world again when the ship’s wreck was […]
If you need recipe ideas for our first ever Cookbook Club (3/29 at 6pm), we have you covered! We’ve put together a short list of some of the most popular cookbooks from last year to help give you a sense of what to bring to the meeting. All of the […]