Welcome to Mac Lib From Home, our fun-sized buzz series from our homes to yours! Sisters + cults + twists: prepare to be destroyed by Courtney Summers’ next pulls-no-punches thriller, THE PROJECT. Watch Emily’s full video here. Girlhood + sisterhood, seclusion + escape: explore storytelling and storyhearing in Yaara Shehori’s debut novel, AQUARIUM. Watch Samantha’s […]
Presentations
Book Buzzes with ALMA (11/4/20)
All your favorite library marketers have teamed up to bring you Bite-Sized Book Buzzes, straight to your screens. FLOAT PLANTrish DollerOn Sale Date: March 2, 2021ISBN 9781250767943 Critically acclaimed author Trish Doller’s unforgettable and romantic adult debut about setting sail, starting over, and finding yourself. More videos are posted every Tuesday at 10:00am EST on […]
Happy Half Hour (11/2/20)
This week’s Happy Half Hour features three influential mothers, how pets bring people together, the first all-Black team to win the Polo championship, and a heartbreaking and epic adventure about making sense of the world today. THE THREE MOTHERS: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation […]
Mac Lib From Home Round-Up (10/29/20)
Welcome to Mac Lib From Home, our fun-sized buzz series from our homes to yours! This #MacLibFromHome pick is a long-lost novel about flight and persecution in 1930s Germany: Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s THE PASSENGER. Watch Talia’s full video here. A forty-something bestselling author goes to Paris to overcome writers block and rediscovers family, independence, and […]
Spring 2021 YA Book Buzz
Check out some of the exciting YA books coming your way in Spring 2021! TALES FROM THE HINTERLAND by Melissa Albert | 9781250302724 | 1/12/21 | ages 12 to 18 THE PROJECT by Courtney Summers | 9781250105738 | 2/2/21 | ages 13 to 18 EVERYTHING THAT BURNS by Gita Trelease | 9781250295552 | 2/2/21 | […]
NYPL YA Book Buzz Recap (10/28/20)
In case you missed today’s NYPL YA Book Buzz, or just want a refresher, check out all the amazing YA titles we presented! Click here to download the slides. YOU HAVE A MATCH by Emma Lord | 9781250237309 | 1/5/21 | ages 12 to 18 TALES FROM THE HINTERLAND by Melissa Albert | 9781250302724 | […]
Spring 2021 Adult Book Buzz
Check out some of the exciting books coming your way in Spring 2021! Untitled Alex Michaelides Novel | 9781250304452 | 6/1/21THE THERAPIST by B. A. Paris | 9781250274120 | 7/13/21SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford | 9781250305978 | 6/1/21THE HUSBANDS by Chandler Baker | 9781250319517 | 6/29/21ONE LAST STOP by Casey McQuiston | […]
Mac Lib From Home Round-Up (10/22/20)
Welcome to Mac Lib From Home, our fun-sized buzz series from our homes to yours! Jenny Lawson returns with her trademark brutal honesty and humor in her most personal book yet: BROKEN (in the best possible way). Watch Talia’s full video here. Brandon Sanderson’s amazing and epic Stormlight Archives series continues in RHYTHM OF WAR. […]
Chat ‘n Chew with ALMA & LibraryReads
Hello, librarians! Thank you for attending the first ever Chat ‘n Chew with ALMA and LibraryReads! You can download a PDF of all presenters’ slides here. After the multi-publisher book buzz extravaganza, head on over to YouTube to watch our exciting author panels: Fiction Author Panel Watch here, starting at 1:45pm ET. Featuring Brian Freeman […]
Happy Half Hour (10/19/20)
This week’s Happy Half Hour features a coming-of-age story of a boy whose life turns upside down, a YA story of sisterhood, a charming novel about second chances, and a psychological thriller with a true crime podcast. THE OTHER MOTHER by Matthew Dicks | 9781250103468 | 1/12/21YOU HAVE A MATCH by Emma Lord | 9781250237309 […]