- March 10, 2022
For Black History Month, I really wanted to dive into some Young Adult Nonfiction and I picked up Stamped: Racism, Anti Racism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. This book is a “remix” of Kendi’s National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning and is told by Reynolds to be more engaging to young ...
Read more… - March 3, 2022
Love short stories? So do Shannon and Hannah! View their favorite collections below, and join these local authors for a montly Writing Workshop.
Shannon
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
Drown by Junot Diaz
Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson
Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
Goodnight, Beautiful Women by Anna Noyes
Hateship, ...
Read more… - February 24, 2022
Winter is back (or maybe it never left?), which makes for great reading weather. If you still have the winter spirit, curl up with one of Program and Outreach Manager Hannah’s favorite books that take place in cold places:
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
A city inhabited by only the recently deceased, an ...
Read more… - February 17, 2022
This YA historical thriller travels back and forth in time between Germany in the last days of World War II and New York City after the war. Eva has made a deal that will take her and Brigit away from Germany and safely to the United States. But Eva seeks justice in the U.S., and ...
Read more… - February 10, 2022
The Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
“Totally lives up to the hype and critical acclaim.”
Bluebird by Sharon Cameron
“Absolutely phenomenal. A spy story, a WWII story and a love story all in one. Nothing is sugar coated and there are some heartbreaking moments that keep it super real.”
Anita and the Dragons by Hannah Carmona
The Sentence By Louise ...
Read more… - February 3, 2022
I’ve been using CloudLibrary quite a bit over the last several months as it allows me to discover books even when the library isn’t open. One book that caught my attention while I was browsing was Tastes Like War by Grace M. Cho. The first sentence of the description mentioned both food and family history, ...
Read more… - January 28, 2022
This book is a companion piece to Rodsky’s Fair Play, which delves into the challenges of modern motherhood, especially the “invisible workload” that women take on and how to divide these tasks equitably with a partner. In that book, Rodsky suggests that women should also carve out time for self-care, social connections, and “Unicorn Space” ...
Read more… - January 20, 2022
Nora, her ex boyfriend (but still best friend) Wes, and new girlfriend Iris visit the bank one morning for a routine errand, only to have their day turn anything but routine when they and everyone else inside the bank are taken hostage. Luckily for them, but unluckily for the would be bank robbers, Nora is ...
Read more… - January 13, 2022
For Kids:
Rise Up! The Art of Protest by Jo Rippon
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higganbotham
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
For Teens:
The March Trilogy by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
An Indigenous People’s History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Accused! : the ...
Read more… - January 6, 2022
I am a fan of Miriam Toews, a Canadian writer whose characters and stories are often derived from her experiences growing up in a strict Mennonite community outside Toronto (a religion and life which she ultimately rejected). It clearly was not a joyous upbringing. Toews was also scarred by the suicide of her father and ...
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