Book Reviews

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

Librarian Seeks Book - Needed quick! Great book to read.  Looking…

Mildly Spooky Missouri

Haunted Graveyards of the Ozarks by David E. Harkins Missouri’s…

THEY CALL ME GUERO by David Bowles/DANCING HANDS by Margarita Engle

Twelve-year-old Guero (a lifelong nickname referring to his pale…

Short Attention Span? Try These Short Stories, Films

I’m sure most people have been in a situation where someone…

The Consultant by Tj O’Connor

Tj O’Connor is a former government anti-terrorism agent. He…
Cover image of book Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Being a teenage girl is rough. Being a teenage girl trapped on…

Dog Man by Dav Pilkey (and other graphic novels)

One of my favorite things about being a librarian is that I get…

A Pair of Infographic Eye Candies

Biographic Austen by Sophie Collins Seeing Science: An Illustrated…

MEET YASMIN by Saadia Faruqi & Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed

Youth activist Marley Dias was inspired to begin her #1000BlackGirlBooks…

Anthony Bourdain Remembered

Anthony Bourdain was important to a lot of people. There is no…

“Stonewall: A building, an uprising, a revolution” (Rob Sanders and Jamey Christoph), by Lisa E. Brown

Fifty years ago, in the summer of 1969, many significant events…

A Non-Fiction Variety Pack

                                The…
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Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson

Reading slumps aren’t uncommon. Lately, I’ve been starting…

Breaker’s Reef by Terri Blackstock

In our reviews the library staff often mention the variety of…

Mae Among the stars by Roda Ahmed & Look Up With Me: Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Life Among the Stars” by Jennifer Berne

The summer reading program is in full swing inside the library’s…