The way to a librarian’s heart is indeed through books. But there is another door that is always open and that is: FOOD. Combine the two, and well, that’ll make a librarian’s heart truly sing, at least at LPL. We even have a special group chat for folks who want to be the first to…
LPL’s Best Books of 2022
Nettle & Bone "This fantasy adventure was definitely the most fun I had with a book all year. So imaginative, featuring found family and the most lovable animal sidekick ever. Very nearly perfect book in my humble opinion!" - Leah, Readers' Services Assistant The Light Pirate "Literary science fiction about a family in very near…
Myth, Mistrust, and Pixie Dust
Leah on the Book Squad explores the darker side of Neverland, and the story of Peter Pan you never heard...
LPL’s Top Books of 2021
Lawrence Public Library staff's top reads discovered in the year 2021!
The Sky is the Limit
My Dad always told me I could be anything I wanted to be, but like a lot of parents he seemed to have something specific in mind. He first acquired his pilot's license in 1977 and by time I was born a decade later, he was well and truly in love with the wild blue…
Tales of Mythical Tails
I read a really great book recently. Like really, really, really great. It gave me the type of reading experience I didn’t even know I was craving. It was dark, and lush, and brooding, full of magical mayhem set against the oppressive, slate colored backdrop of the sea and its hidden horrors. Marketed as gothic…
Don’t Be a Selfish Reader
We read for so many different reasons. To learn. To laugh. To be scared. To escape. To name a few. Recently, I have begun to examine the reasons I read by looking at the books I read, why I liked them, and what that means. Most of the time, I read to learn something new…
Pick Your Poison
Every now and then I notice totally accidental trends in my reading. Not too long ago it was portal fantasy, repeated traipses through magical doorways leading to other worlds. Those adventures filled me with whimsy and also a dash of pre-pandemic wanderlust. Now I find myself on a darker path. One with a lot less…
If the Lies Don’t Kill You
There seem to be two kinds of speculative fiction readers these days. (And by these days I mean the ones rife with political unrest the likes of which my generation has never witnessed and oh, also the raging pandemic.) Ones who are still hankering to be transported to a post apocalyptic future and ones who…
LPL Best of 2020: Books
In a year when we needed the distraction more than ever, books were there for us. Here are the library staff's top reads of 2020. Brad, Director Begin Again The Broken Heart of America The Cold Millions Memorial Sarah, Accounts The best fiction book I read that was published in 2020 was Hamnet by Maggie…
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