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Resolutions, library-style
Everyone makes them, even if we don’t always admit to it. Resolutions are as ingrained in most people’s…
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Spot-Lit for January 2016
These titles – from established, emerging, and under-the-radar authors are some of the most anticipated new releases of…
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Listen up! January new music.
Happy New Year, followers! This one is going to be short but sweet since it’s made up of…
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What’s New Wave in the Library
I’m a categorizer. Okay, in reality I’m a lazy categorizer. I don’t really care about absolute rigid labels,…
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We Never Asked for Wings
The novel We Never Asked for Wings by Vanessa Diffenbaugh gives a voice to the desperate and marginalized,…
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Sarah’s latest by Lawson
For your reading enjoyment, here are two reviews from Sarah. She has been reading books by Jenny Lawson…
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Heartwood 6:1 – With My Dog-Eyes by Hilda Hilst
This impressive, very brief book – the story is only 59 pages long – crosses a lot of…
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I already forgot to remember
This is how James Renner’s The Great Forgetting opens: a Scoutmaster finds an ape-like arm, with a watch…
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Imagine a blogger’s holiday
‘Tis the season for giving, and as you may have seen here on A Reading Life, we love…
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Best of 2015 redux pt. 3: YA and children’s
If you’ve been following the blog this week you know we’ve been topping off our 2015 staff picks…
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Best of 2015 redux pt. 2: music and graphic novels
Library staff have a unique, and I would say coveted, opportunity: we get to see stuff that might…
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Best of 2015 redux pt. 1: fiction and nonfiction for adults
Did you get a chance to read our 2015 staff favorites? Turns out there’s more! All this week…
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Listen up! December wrap-up and new music arrivals
December is here and I’m catching my breath. It’s been a long busy year at the library, and…
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Make it a book Christmas!
One of our family traditions when I was growing up was to give and receive books for Christmas.…
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Spot-Lit for December 2015
The titles listed here are some of the most anticipated December releases based on a consensus of advance…
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NaNoWriMo 2015
National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo to those in the know, happens every November. It’s a time of…
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Best of 2015: film and music
We wrap up or Best of 2015 list today with the world of film and music. So many…
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Best of 2015: nonfiction for children and adults
Today the Best of 2015 list continues with all things nonfiction for children and adults.
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Best of 2015: fiction and graphic novels for adults
Another day, another great selection from our Best of 2015 list. Today we look at adult fiction and…