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07/20/2017

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06/21/2017

The Winner of the 2017 Man Booker International Prize was announced recently, and it is "A Horse Walks Into a Bar" by Israeli author David Grossman. To read more about the award, click below: http://bit.ly/24VKqWG

To place a hold on a copy at BPL, click here: http://bit.ly/2rztOoZ

From 2016 the Man Booker International Prize has evolved to encourage more publishing and reading of quality fiction in translation. From this date the prize is to be awarded annually on the basis of a single book.

06/17/2017

Our staff pick for this week is "The Perfect Girl" by Gilly MacMillan:

"Zoe is a teenage musical prodigy with a criminal past that haunts her. This thriller, told through the alternating perspectives of several key players, will have you rooting for her in the aftermath of her mother's death. Unputdownable!"

To place a hold on a copy, click here: http://bit.ly/2rXJo19

The Perfect Girl (Paperback) : Macmillan, Gilly : "Zoe Maisey is a seventeen-year-old musical prodigy with a genius IQ. Three years ago, she was involved in a tragic incident that left three classmates dead. She served her time, and now her mother, Maria, is resolved to keep that devastating fact tu...

06/15/2017

Well, it's not an "End of the Year" list, but it is a "Best of 2017 So Far" list. The Washington Post gives us their top picks of the year for both fiction and nonfiction below. How many have you read?

http://wapo.st/2sYMP6b

As summer approaches, here are some of our favorite reads – from thrillers to literary fiction, memoir, history and politics

06/13/2017

Booklist Online has come up with their 50 Best YA Books of all time, reaching into the vault with some older titles included, such as "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton, and "Forever" by Judy Blume. To read the full list, click on the link below: http://bit.ly/2s3Xuet

Booklist Online Book Review: Booklist's 50 Best YA Books of All Time.Kraus, Daniel (author).FEATURE.First published May 26, 2017 (Booklist Online).Books For Youth - Nonfiction

06/10/2017

Our staff pick for this week is "The Dirty Streets of Heaven" by Tad Williams:

"Heaven and Hell have been opposed to one another through eternity and Angel Doloriel, aka Bobby Dollar, finds himself betwixt and between, forced to unravel a mystery that my shake his belief in Heaven even as it leaves him Hell’s number one target."

To place a hold on a copy, click below: http://bit.ly/2qYGwSI

The Dirty Streets of Heaven A Bobby Dollar Novel (Book) : Williams, Tad : Bobby Dollar, an angel who has taken part in the long battle between Heaven and Hell, must figure out why there are suddenly an unprecedented number of souls missing from both sides and who summoned a Babylonian demon to kill…

06/05/2017

The winners of this year's Reading the West Book Awards have just been announced. "News of the World" by Paulette Jiles is the fiction winner. "The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks" by Terry Tempest Williams won the nonfiction prize. The prize for children's literature went to "Runs with Courage" by Joan M. Wolf. For more details on the winners go to: https://www.mountainsplains.org/reading-the-west-2016-winning-titles/

06/03/2017

Our staff pick for this week is "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin:

"I loved this book for its exquisite storytelling, world-building, and timelessness. A great fantasy read for all ages!"

To place a hold on a copy at BPL, click here: http://bit.ly/2qWb5XA

A Wizard of Earthsea (Paperback) : Le Guin, Ursula K. : The greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea was once a reckless youth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words…

05/29/2017

An article on the website Bustle describes the 10 emotional stages that dedicated readers go through when their favorite book is made into a movie or TV show. To find out what those 10 stages are, and see whether they apply to you, go to: http://bit.ly/2rjueUT

We've all had it happen: you're just living your life, and then you get the news that your favorite book is being turned into a movie. Eek! Suddenly everything's changed. That world that used to only exist in your imagination is now going to be in th

05/27/2017

Our staff pick for this week is The Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas:

"Considering this book series has been consuming me for the past couple of weeks and it's all I can talk about, I can't not recommend it to you. The first in the series, "A Court of Thorns and Roses", starts off as a retelling of Beauty and the Beast set in a faerie world, but once the second book, "A Court of Mist and Fury" comes around everything is completely turned on it's head and the world expands vastly, introducing new characters you will fall deeply in love with. This series makes me (and thousands of other women) swoon and become "fan-girls" and for good reason. Give it a shot, as I don't think you'll be disappointed."

To place a hold on a copy, click here: http://bit.ly/2qhgBkL

A Court of Thorns and Roses (Book) : Maas, Sarah J : "Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from stories, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, a High Lord of the faeries. As her feelings toward him transform from hostility to a fiery passion, the threats...

05/25/2017

If you are someone who loved Ursula K. Le Guin's classic sci-fi tale of a gender fluid planet, "The Left Hand of Darkness", you should be excited by this announcement of it getting a limited series for television. Read more below:
http://bit.ly/2qU4pI0

Tom Forman’s Critical Content banner is developing Ursula K. Le Guin’s renowned science fiction novel “The Left Hand of Darkness” as a limited series. Critical Content has o…

05/23/2017

Goodreads, the social media reading site has published a "Summer Reading Guide" chock full of recommendations from the community, authors, and book clubs. Check it out below:
http://bit.ly/2qTVOoN

Summer Reading is sponsored by Audible.From riveting road trip-worthy audiobooks, to your favorite authors' to-read lists, to the hottest books of th...