I used to be the kind of person who always finished a book, regardless of my feelings towards the story or prose. If you look back at my bookish past, you'll find far too many books I hate-read, all because I'm a freak completionist at heart. It's the same reason why I still have not finished…
Golden Girl by Reem Faruqi
Note: This book review contains spoilers! If you usually read books for kids, I’d suggest reading Golden Girl first. If not and you don’t mind spoilers, continue onwards! Though a novel-in-verse and a quick read, there is a lot to be said about Reem Faruqi’s Golden Girl. Eleven year old Aafiyah has a habit of…
Vote for your favorite t-shirt design!
Check out these designs submitted for our Teen T-shirt Contest. The winner will receive $300 and their design will be our summer reading logo.
Year of Hanx Part 4: Long Live the King
A wise woman once said, “Never write a series of blogs in which you promise to be done in 12 months because it will definitely take you 15.” That wise woman was the voice in my head as I saw my self-assigned deadline looming with 20 years’ worth of movies to go and a life…
Fantastic Non-fiction
Last year I wrote this blog post about what the non-fiction collection has to offer. Well, I’m back with what could be called volume two!
Perspective From Ukraine
On February 24th, I awoke to what felt like typical Thursday morning, engaging in my usual routine of checking social media outlets. It was there, via Instagram, that I learned of the missiling of Kyiv, prompting me to immediately message my friend Yura Ivanov to see if he and his partner Nata were safe. For…
Me, My Elpy, and I
The American Library Association produced a long list of great books in January with its annual Youth Media Awards, including the well-known Newbery, Caldecott, and Printz awards, which go to the best American children’s author, illustrator, and young adult author of the year, respectively. Many more awards for children’s and teen books are given annually…
Your Library: Things You Didn’t Know But Now You Do
The library has a lot of resources for you, dear patron, and we want you to use them as much as you like. LPLks.org Resources Understand what's "under the hood" and maybe even attempt to fix that loud-clanging that you currently ignore by turning up the music (sounds oddly specific, right?): Auto Repair Source. Discover…
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