Calling all crafty librarians! Here are some new books to help make your programming more creative: 150 ALL-TIME FAVORITE CROCHET BLOCKS by Sarah Hazell This gorgeous collection of classic crochet blocks highlights several patterns (including the iconic granny square in many variations), and provides tips on how to select yarn and color combinations. Each block […]
THE THINGS WE KEEP Giveaway
*Sniffle, honk* Excuse us while we wipe away the ugly-cry mess on our faces after reading THE THINGS WE KEEP by Sally Hepworth. We love—and I mean, LOVE—this book. Even Baby Daniel loves this book (mostly how it tastes). We’ll let EarlyWord’s Robin Beerbower tell you why: “If you…have leftover tissues, put them to good […]
Banned Books Week 2015
Happy Banned Books Week! This year’s theme is Young Adult fiction, and what better time to have Courtney Summers’s SOME GIRLS ARE challenged?! A South Carolina high school pulled the book off its freshman summer reading list after a parent complained about the content; the response from librarians and readers across the country against this action […]
Starred FSG Nonfiction Roundup
Start your weekend right with multi-starred nonfiction from Farrar, Straus & Giroux! THE GIVENNESS OF THINGS by Marilynne Robinson “This probing, provocative collection by Pulitzer winner Robinson argues for the recovery of humanism as a response to the problems of our historical moment. Eloquent, persuasive, and rigorously clear, this collection reveals one of America’s finest […]
Books for Teens 2016: WE [heart] Flatiron Books YA!
Our list of favorite forthcoming 2016 teen titles collected all in one place, just for you and your teen patrons is finally here. In addition to the always-exciting selection from Griffin Teen (including new books from David Levithan and Stephanie Perkins), keep an eye out for YA debuts IF I WAS YOUR GIRL and AMERICAN GIRLS from Flatiron […]
Thriller Thursday (9/23/15 Edition)
Serial killers, a bolt gun (hello NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN!) and a horse race, all play important parts in today’s #ThrillerThursday mysteries: THE KILLING LESSONS by Saul Black A BEA 2015 “Shout ‘n Share” selection, an Entertainment Weekly Fall Books pick, and FOUR STARRED pre-pub reviews for this “raw and utterly readable” (Kirkus Reviews, […]
Graphic Novel Roundup
Beat the mid-week slump with these great graphic novels: KILLING & DYING by Adrian Tomine A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2015 and an Entertainment Weekly Fall Books pick! A woman who looks like an internet porn star, a man who keeps breaking into his former home, a stuttering girl who wants to be […]
A FURIOUSLY HAPPY BookBday!
Today we send Texas-sized #BookBday wishes to Jenny “The Bloggess” Lawson and FURIOUSLY HAPPY! It’s a September 2015 LibraryReads pick, an October 2015 Indie Next pick, an ALA 2015 “Read ‘n Rave” pick, and a BEA 2015 “Shout ‘n Share” selection…and that was all the stuff before the book went on sale. The media is […]
LibraryReads 2016 Voting Deadlines
We know you’re busy choosing your 2015 LibraryReads “Favorite of Favorites,” but it’s never too early to think about the next monthly list. Here are the 2016 LibraryReads monthly list nomination deadlines: Nominations for January 2016 LibraryReads list titles (this includes December 2015 AND January 2016 titles) are due November 20, 2015 Nominations for February […]
LibraryReads 2015 “Favorite of Favorites” Voting Now Open
Once again, it’s time to choose your favorite 2015 LibraryReads titles! LibraryReads is celebrating their second year by having library staff vote on their favorites from the October 2014 through September 2015 lists. (You may vote even if you’ve never nominated a title, and no Edelweiss or NetGalley account is needed.) Starting Thursday, September 17, […]
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