This week’s staff pick has been making the rounds around the staff, and everyone who’s picked it up has loved it. This is a building-wide staff pick, and in November it’ll be a movie starring Matt Damon. The premise is that an astronaut finds himself stranded on Mars, with […]
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This week’s staff pick is by Mireille Guiliano, and was read by a staffer for the Read Harder Challenge. She particularly enjoyed French Women Don’t Get Facelifts and found it full of great advice, stories, and recipes. The author of the bestselling French Women Don’t Get Fat shares the secrets and strategies […]
It’s finally starting to feel like spring! We know a lot of you will be doing your spring cleaning soon (or maybe you already have), and might be going through your books as well. If you’re thinking of donating them, please bear in mind our guidelines for donation when […]
This week’s staff pick kicks off a loose series (meaning that they all occupy the same world but aren’t about the same characters), so you don’t have to read them in order. The Fairy Godmother looks into what happens when fairy tales go wrong, and how you can change your […]
This is an easily readable novel in verse, and the staffer who read this absolutely loved this version of the Shakespeare authorship question and wishes it were true. “On May 30th, 1593, a celebrated young playwright was killed in a tavern brawl in London. That, at least, was the official […]
It’s National Reading Month! Even though Winter Reading ends today, we want to encourage you to keep reading, especially since spring officially starts tomorrow (despite the snow)! If you haven’t started our Read Harder Challenge, it’s a great time to start (find flyers at Circulation and Reference). Don’t know where […]
The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas is this week’s staff pick of the week. Below is the synopsis for the first book, and the series just gets better with every installment. Our staffer says that the first book is pretty decent, the second is very good, and […]
Acclaimed author Colleen McCullough died recently at the age of 77. This week’s staff pick is her best known work, The Thorn Birds, and one several staff members have recommended for years. “Powered by the dreams and struggles of three generations, THE THORN BIRDS is the epic saga of a family […]
With the Golden Globe awards finished for another year and the Oscar nominees just announced, there are probably quite a few movies you want to see. Have you checked our catalog to see if we have them? Our movies are behind the Circulation desk and we have tons of great […]
Our Winter Reading programs kick off today! Sign up for our Children’s and Adult programs through our homepage. The theme is books that have been/are being made into movies, but we always think you should read whatever you want! Adults: Never Judge a Book By Its Movie. Ages 12 and up! […]