All Booked Up: Fairy Gardens and Desktop Gardens
It’s show-and-tell time on All Booked Up. Guest co-host Bonnie walks us through her fairy desktop garden and shares how you can build your own. Look for inspiration to grow at the library.
Books, Movies & Music
The latest books, movies and music to hit library shelves, with some classics and great obscure stuff thrown in. Read staff and customer reviews here. Find out how you can contribute to this blog, and tap into our personalized reading request service.
Recent Books, Movies & Music Blog Posts
Read and Discuss The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (1920) presents the debut of the brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorpe in her locked bedroom? Suspects, clues and red herrings abound. Discuss at the library on Monday, May 13, 2013, 1:30–3:00 pm in the Marvin Auditorium 101C.
Art to Die For in A Dangerous Talent
Alix London’s future had been promising as an art student at Harvard and with a father that was a well known art conservator. Then her world turned upside down when her father was convicted of art forgery. She dropped out of school and the family money began to disappear with the rising court costs. Now, she’s a struggling art consultant and barely able to make ends meet until Alix gets a break that could jumpstart her career.
Fiction & Nonfiction NYT Bestsellers
Whoa, this week’s top nonfiction books are almost a whole new batch of titles! Find this week’s bestsellers at your library. There are two ways to get your hands on a bestseller title. One way is to place a request and the other way is to come in and check the new title shelves!
Happy Birthday, Superman!!
Celebrate Superman’s 75th Birthday on Friday, April 12 in the Marvin Auditorium. Crafts start at 5PM. Superman-The Movie (1978)starts at 6PM. See you there!!
Andrew Pyper’s Latest Novel The Demonologist
Professor David Ullman teaches religious literature and is a scholar of Milton’s Paradise Lost and also of demons, but the irony about his studies is that David does not believe in demons or anything else. Outside the classroom David’s life is in turmoil. His wife wants a divorce and at the same time he receives a strange visitor…
Fiction & Nonfiction NYT Bestsellers
Find this week’s bestsellers at your library. There are two ways to get your hands on a bestseller title. One way is to place a request and the other way is to come in and check the new title shelves!
2013 Edible Book Festival Results!
The votes are in and the prizes have been awarded! Take a look at this year’s Edible Book Festival winners.
Have You Seen It?: White Collar
Neal Caffrey is a con man. Peter Burke is an FBI agent. Who would have ever thought that they would be working together?
Get Acquainted with Some New Authors
Trying a new author is like a first date. There’s some risk involved. We recommend these authors with the faith that you’ll find their stories well-written and interesting. Select from the list and take home something new to enjoy tonight.
Espionage in Fear Itself
World War II was just about to begin and the tensions from Europe were reaching across the ocean as German spies and agitators made their way into the United States, but even with all the secrecy someone in the FBI noticed that something was amiss. The FBI responded by sending Jimmy Nessheim, a farm boy from Wisconsin and now a special agent for the FBI, to infiltrate…
