Here at LPL we love to read, but that’s not all we love. Here are some of our favorite 2019 movies, music, TV shows, and video games. All available—except for s
Rabbit, Ronin
About once a year, I discover a massive, decades old manga or comic series that for whatever reason I have never picked up before and just fall in love. Recent series in this vein include Akira Toriyama’s frenetic fighter Dragon Ball, the absolutely wacky, juvenile, and moving magical pirate adventure One Piece, the campy sci…
NEW: Queer Book Club
Have a little Pride in your reading. Why read queer books? Because representation is important!
Revisiting The Once and Future King
Inspired by Leah’s look at some new and old Arthurian classics earlier this year, I decided to revisit T. H. White’s The Once and Future King, one of my very favorite books and the Arthurian apple of my eye. Published in 1958, The Once and Future King is an all at once hysterical, beautiful, silly…
NEW: Paint the Town Read
Looking for a book club that goes beyond the page and out into the community? Paint the Town Read is a new club that will curate our monthly book selection to incorporate and expand conversations from local related events. All are welcome! Third Mondays | 7-8:30PM | Meeting Room A Questions? Ask Kaitlin: kstanley@lplks.org Tentative 2020 PtTR…
The Boss at 70
Bruce Springsteen’s 70th birthday—September 23—seemed as good a reason as any to pester my coworkers with an all staff three question survey about the Boss. Here’s an unofficial look at the library’s Springsteen stances. Q1:When was the Boss at his dreamiest? As you can see above, about half of the library’s staff didn’t answer, but…
NEW: Short Story Club
Short on time? Join Short Story Club.
Each month we'll read a handful of stories (no more than 100 pages) and meet up to talk about 'em.
Tolkien Mania
Cover detail from the Folio Society's printing of "The Silmarillion"
The way I remember it, if my seventh grade English teacher caught you chewing gum in class
I Guess I’m a Sir Now?
2018 was kind of a stinker. Personally, nationally, globally. Woof. It was also the year I turned 30. All of a sudden, Hyvee cashiers are calling me sir. Double woof. And even though a majority of my brain KNOWS that 30 isn't old, part of me feels ancient. And it's only going to get…
Twelve Songs of Christmas
I grew up listening to three annual Christmas albums. The Carpenters’ Christmas Portrait, The Jackson 5 Christmas Album, and a free CD my parents got from Taco Bell in ‘97, The Stars Come Out for Christmas. Throw some Mormon Tabernacle Choir into the six disc CD player, press shuffle, and you’ve recreated my childhood Christmas…
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