This week’s staff pick, American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett, is an eerie tale about a perfect town. Wink, New Mexico is full of immaculately groomed lawns, quiet streets, perfect houses, smiling faces, and no crime to speak of, but there are places in Wink that you just don’t go, things […]
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This week’s staff pick, The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, is a funny, delightful love story about discovering who we are and finding someone to love us, idiosyncrasies and all. Don Tillman is a genetics professor in search of a wife. Rosie Jarman is a bartender trying to find her […]
Doreen Green aka Squirrel Girl is not your typical college freshman. She’s got superhuman strength and agility and the ability to communicate with squirrels. A strong, confident young heroine all readers will root for, check out this week’s staff pick The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Ryan North. “Wolverine. Deadpool. Doctor […]
Horror fans will be delighted with this week’s staff pick The Merciless by Danielle Vega. Sofia Flores is the new kid in town, so she’s more than happy when the most popular girls in school befriend her even though she doesn’t share their ultra-Christian views. Soon Sofia is drawn […]
Did you know October is National Dessert Month? Why not celebrate by harkening back to another era with this week’s staff pick, The Soda Fountain: Floats, Sundaes, Egg Creams & More– Stories and Flavors of an American Original by Gia Giasullo. Featuring 70 delicious recipes this book covers everything, from the classic […]
Winner of more than 15 awards in France, this week’s staff pick is the beautifully translated The People in the Photo by Helene Gestern. Knowing very little about her mother, Parisian archivist Helene attempts to track down two men she finds in a photo. Along the way she meets Stephane, […]
Now that fall is in the air, why not invite your friends over and enjoy a bowl of warm soup, a good drink, and a delicious dessert together! Here are a few books from the library’s cookbook collection to get you started. Click on the image to place the book […]
Today is the final day of Banned Books Week 2016 and as we continue to encourage and celebrate the freedom to read, this week’s staff pick is one of the most challenged books of 2016. Nasreen’s Secret School by Jeanette Winter is the true story of a young girl […]
We continue to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with this week’s staff pick The House of the Spirits by Chilean-American author Isabel Allende. Spanning three generations, this debut novel from the best selling author tells the story of the Trueba family and the personal and political upheaval they face in Chile. […]
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, this week’s staff pick is from the Dominican American writer Junot Diaz. Diaz, who grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Rutgers University, is a talented and unforgettable writer. This Is How You Lose Her features nine short stories about the ups and […]