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  • Nonfiction Roundup: July 2024

    Below I’m highlighting some nonfiction books coming out in July. All of the mentioned titles are available to put on hold in our catalog and will also be made available via the library’s Overdrive website on the day of publication in eBook and downloadable audiobook format (as available). For a more extensive list of new nonfiction books coming out this … Read more

  • Brianna’s Books: July Favorites 2024

    I hope you’ve been enjoying your summer! If you need a few more books to round out your Summer Reading, I’ve got some great options for you this month. Picture Books “Dare to Be Daring” written by Chelsea Lin Wallace and illustrated by Lian Cho I’ve seen plenty of picture books filled with affirmations about … Read more

  • Staff Review: The Price of Salt, or Carol by Patricia Highsmith

    Patricia Highsmith’s second novel, biographer Joan Schenkar writes, “was so marked by her secret obsessions that writing it felt like a birthing. ‘Oh god,’ [Highsmith] enthused, ‘how this story emerges from my own bones!’” 72 years following its publication, “The Price of Salt” has long been regarded as a groundbreaking novel in lesbian literary history. … Read more

  • Reader Review: All Systems Red

    “All Systems Red” follows a security android (Murderbot) with newfound autonomy — after hacking its governor module the android indulges in watching soap operas while trying to avoid human interaction. Author Martha Wells does an excellent job blending levity and a more serious theme of human consciousness/freedom and what that could mean for artificial intelligence. … Read more

  • Reader Review: Boundaries With Teens

    “Boundaries With Teens” is about how to help teenagers become responsible and respectful adults. It discusses about 25 common issues that teens face in today’s culture and how to help them steer their lives toward safer shores. Any parent of a teen would be able to profit from the wisdom of Dr. Townsend, co-writer of … Read more

  • Reader Review: How to Solve your Own Murder

    “How to Solve your Own Murder” is told through two main characters, Frances and her great niece Annie. Frances received a fortune when she was just 17 from a fortune teller at a county fair. Ever since then, she has been obsessed with the idea that someone was going to murder her. After a will … Read more

  • Read the Rainbow

      Happy Pride! If you’re looking for a new, queer read, I’ve got a list for you in every color of the rainbow!           We Mostly Come Out at Night An anthology of short stories ranging in genres from horror to romance; featuring classic and original monsters and creatures. … Read more

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