Looking for a way to track your reading? Look no further than the reading challenges on Beanstack! This platform is a free app and website where you can track what you read and for how long. We host challenges for adults, teens, and children all year long! Beanstack is a great way to keep you […]
Growing up on her family’s hacienda in 1840s Mexico was difficult enough with the threat of aggressive Anglo settlers from the north, but Nena wasn’t prepared to face the sinister and terrifying creatures that come from the dark and seem to suck the very life from people. It is one of these creatures that changes […]
This sports rom-com follows Phoebe Matthews, a young hotshot player who has just been called up to the US National Team World Cup camp for the first time, and Grace Henderson, the veteran superstar who has been on the team for 10 years (and is only 26). Phoebe has idolized (and crushed on) Grace for […]
Did you know the children’s biography section is filled with many different picture book biographies? Well it is! Maybe you want to learn about a famous singer like Aretha Franklin or royalty like Queen Elizabeth. Maybe you want to learn about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and her journey to the Supreme Court or the scientist, […]
So, take The Handmaid’s Tale and bring it back to it’s origins: Puritan, colonial America. Now, make the main character reactive Janine instead of calculating June. And give her a friend who happens to be a demon that is having an existential crisis. Yes, I’m serious. And this is just the start. This book, beloved […]
This month we are featuring a booklist of scary movies to watch and spooky books to enjoy! Looking for something new? We have many booklists to spark your interest! “Hereditary” directed by Ari Aster Watch the psychological supernatural horror film Hereditary, about a grieving family who is haunted by a tragic and disturbing occurrence. Then […]
Manhunter (1986) was the first installment in the Hannibal Lecter (in this movie “Lecktor”, don’t ask me why) films. Directed by Michael Mann (Thief, Heat, Collateral, The Insider), Manhunter is full of his trademark style, including striking lighting and a very ‘80s musical score. This movie is an adaptation of Thomas Harris’s Red Dragon, which […]
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin is, at it’s core, a love story, but not in the romantic sense. It is the story of the deep love and decades long friendship between Sam and Sadie who met as children in a children’s hospital game room in California (Sam was a patient, as was […]
Sylvia Fox has been an operative with MI6 for years when, disillusioned and ready for change, she decides to retire to the Italian countryside to be closer to her sister and her family. It isn’t long before she is pulled into a local murder case and decides to use her particular set of skills to […]
Banned Books Week is October 1st – 7th this year! Across the United States, libraries of all types are celebrating the freedom to read. One way you can celebrate is by reading a banned or challanged book or by joining us on Saturday, October 7th anytime between 10:00am and 2:00pm for the state-wide #LetFreedomRead Read-In event.
