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Erik Larson’s new book

I’ll read anything by certain non-fiction writers. Timothy Egan has gotten me to read about the dust bowl…

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It came from the 300s

You may have an image of the library, and library workers, as lovers of order and method. While…

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Terry Pratchett remembered

There are plenty of opportunities to read about his life, so I thought I’d share how Terry (as…

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Here there be monsters

I have a bedtime ritual. I go to bed, do a little reading, maybe do a little writing…

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Favorite 65X series: plot-your-own stories edition

Don’t even ask. I know what you’re wondering. “Carol, what the heck is a 65X? And why should…

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Stranger Than Fiction: After Dark in the Library

What does happen at the library when the doors have closed and the people have left? Do all…

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Spot-Lit for March 2015

Get the jump on these highly anticipated new releases coming out in March.

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Science fiction – no longer just for nerds

I’m in a rut, in a rut, in a rut rut rut root, rutabaga!

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Meet Everett’s boy in the boat

If you’re like me, you accepted the challenge of reading this year’s Everett Reads! selection, The Boys in…

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New music picks for February

We get a lot of great new music in every week at the EPL, so sometimes it’s hard…

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Northwest Flower and Garden Show books

If you’re like me, you didn’t make it down to last week’s Northwest Flower and Garden Show in…

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Morbid curiosity

It’s not that I’m afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. Death…

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For better or for worse

Once upon a time there was love and passion. When passion’s embers were banked and didn’t burn so…

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Jackaby or waiting for sequels

Well, shoot. You deserve an explanation for what you are about to read. I want you to know,…

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Spies like them

It’s a new year, time for a clean start and all of that. 2014 was my year of…

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Spot-Lit for February 2015

The Notable New Fiction list for February is here.

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Everett Reads! 2015

February means only one thing here at the Everett Public Library: It’s time for Everett Reads! At this…

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Did you know? (pasta edition)

That the difference between noodles and macaroni is eggs?

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Mexico: the cookbook

Every once in a while a book comes along that you just fall in love with. Right now…

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Best blue books

Occasionally a library patron will be searching for a book and can only remember that it has a…