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Do you like to read about people's memories? Then check out a new library list on memoirs--Memoirs, Recommended in 2017. Below is a sample from that list. For even newer recommendations check…
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… Do you like to read about people's memories? Then check out a new library list on …
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The Pinney afternoon book group recently read the book Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward. Most of us knew before reading it that it was a National Book Award winner and it took place in the days…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… a family. As with many reads, the group had mixed feelings about the book. Some people felt like it was a great book. …
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This is a collection of five elegant and horrifying graphic short stories that take place in or around the woods.
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… left all alone in a house; "A Lady's Hands Are Cold," about a young woman sent to live on an isolated estate with a …
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I saw a New York Times article about celebrity memoir audiobooks that are read by the author. The three titles they mentioned are listed below as well as a few others you might enjoy. And if…
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… I saw a New York Times article about celebrity memoir audiobooks that are read by the …
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Wendy Davies is driving along a lake road with her two younger brothers Michael and John when their car skids off a bridge and into the water. One of Wendy's brothers is missing after the accident -…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… bordering on belligerent. She doesn't want to talk about what happened or what she thinks happened, so her …
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Book club kit
Margot Lee's mother isn't returning her calls. It's a mystery to twenty-six-year-old Margot, until she visits her childhood apartment in Koreatown and finds her mother, Mina, dead under suspicious…
Last updated 4 months 2 weeks ago
… immigrant, only to realize how little she truly knew about her mother. … The Last Story of Mina Lee …
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When Billie James inherits a little money, her grandmother's cabin and her dog in Greendale, Mississippi, she decides on a visit in hopes of re-connecting with her past. She has few memories of the…
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… town and its inhabitants, but has always been curious about the events of her last visit when she was four years …
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Last week I posted about the lighter reading I did over the holiday vacation, but that was only half the picture. Here's the darker side.
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… Last week I posted about the lighter reading I did over the holiday vacation, …
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'Tis the season for chilling and creepy, ghostly and ghoulish, gory and grisly. This makes it the perfect time to read Carmilla! Victorian writer Le Fanu wrote Carmilla in 1872 and it's considered…
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… trusting father live in an isolated castle and don't know about these things. Years later, young women are …
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This sensitive and empowering middle grade graphic novel focuses on changes associated with adolescence. Set in modern-day Montreal, Adèle is enjoying her winter break when she discovers…
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… enjoying her winter break when she discovers something new about herself: she can see and hear ghosts. Adèle first …
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Kids app
How do you breathe new life into a picture book that’s over a decade old? Turn it into an app!
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… and/or videos from each location, and more information about the classical art pieces referenced in the text. A …
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I picked this book up thinking it was a collection of darkly mischievous stories based on fairy tales. Perfect! That is just my cup of tea! But there's more to it than that. The Merry Spinster is a…
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… website co-founded by Ortberg. I may have nightmares about the more sinister stories. "The Rabbit" variation on …
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Book club kit
Yun Ling Teoh, a survivor of the brutal Japanese occupation of Malaya during World War II, discovers a beautiful garden tended by the emperor’s exiled former gardener Aritomo. Haunted by the…
Last updated 4 months 2 weeks ago
… a garden in memory of her sister. But as she learns more about the garden’s intricacy and beauty, its connection to …
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Kids app
Visit seven Sago Mini friends in each of their apartments and discover what they like to do at home! From cooking and gardening to building and exercise, each friend has their own favorite activity.
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… and enjoy watching your child make their own decisions about what to do. … Sago Mini Apartment …
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Empire covers New Orleans history and culture from the 1880s to the 1930s and reading it while situated in a world that seems obsessed with the vice of others made for a nicely synergistic experience…
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… prostitution was legal, so too drinking, gambling and just about any other vice you can think of. But if the elite hoped …
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Storytime starter
Stories & songs about what we do all day--from baking to naptime to going to the library.
Last updated 4 months 1 week ago
… Stories & songs about what we do all day--from baking to naptime to going to …
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Book club kit
A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup.
Last updated 4 months 2 weeks ago
… A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and …
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“What if on the day she was born there was a quiet storm of tiny shimmering dust that settled on tree leaves, on flower petals, on rooftops, on the ground, on the shiny work shoes, and glided through…
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… the role that Octavia Butler played in her life. I learned about Butler’s life, got chills while reading Zoboi’s poems, …
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Every few months I write a book report on the books my mystery book group at Lakeview has discussed. But in thinking about it recently I realized I've neglected to mention (at least recently) all of…
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… book group at Lakeview has discussed. But in thinking about it recently I realized I've neglected to mention (at …
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Book club kit
A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by Nickelodeon star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor--including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her…
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… and hilarious memoir by Nickelodeon star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor--including eating …
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Collection
The Seed Library is a self-sustaining seed exchange program. Choose from flower, herb and produce seeds then "check out" seeds for at-home gardening. After growing and harvesting the vegetables…
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… lists to use alongside your seeds, as a way to learn more about a variety of topics related to different kinds of …
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Article
Former Artist-in-Residence at Pinney Library, Angela Johnson, heads to Meadowridge Library to lead a Legacy Box workshop for older adults! Legacy Boxes are a way to commemorate a special family…
Last updated 5 months 2 weeks ago
… to add into the box; the dimension inside the box are about 1”. Bring an open mind, flexibility and an idea of a …
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Book club kit
When Joel, whose then-7-year-old brother was kidnapped in a Stockholm subway station in 1970, suddenly goes missing, his wife reaches out to an old friend for help. Danny Katz, a brilliant…
Last updated 4 months 2 weeks ago
… as a parent. As Katz begins to uncover upsetting secrets about the wealthy and powerful family at the heart of the …
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It’s been a while since I’ve read really a good anthropomorphic novel (stories where animals take on human characteristics). When the ALA awards were announced and Scary Stories for Young Foxes was…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… the seven fox pups eager to be frightened. They are warned about being too young and not being able to finish the story …
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Kids app
Inspired by their book, That’s My Hat!”
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… as up becomes down or left or right. Make up a story about the objects in your scene, then snap a photo and save …
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