With Golden Globes bestowed and the Oscars on the way, awards season is here. Children’s literature nerds have the morning of January 28th marked on their calendars to gather round their screens for the closest thing librarians have to the red carpet: the live webcast of the ALA Youth Media Awards. I love awards and…
The Latest Dirt…in Gardening Books
As the days begin to grow longer, and the holidays have come and gone, I find my thoughts turning to spring and my garden. Now is the season of seed catalogs and dreams of green. It’s also the perfect time to plan for all the things I wished I’d done in my garden last year...and…
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…
What’s Cooking, 2019?
You look absolutely stunning, obviously. Still, this time of year, many folks are inclined to reevaluate their eating habits. Maybe you want to drop a few pounds or would like to feel healthier. Maybe your friends have all gone paleo, and you don't want to be voted out of the tribe. Maybe eating broccoli just…
New Book Club Hoopla: Comic Book Club!
Graphic novels and comic books seem to have a stigma attached to them; they are not seen as “real books” or considered “real reading.” And, in addition to this association, there appears to be an underlying feeling that women are unwelcome to read them as it seems to be a male dominated genre. This may…
Manly Men and Pretty, Pretty Horses: A Read Dead Redemption II Reading List
Have you found yourself questioning your decision to work in an office environment? Do you, instead, long for the great outdoors? A dusty road with your trusty horse, perhaps? Do you long to find a hat you love so much that you never forget to grab it should it be inexplicably knocked off your head…
Love is in the (Holiday) Air
I am usually the type of person to turn my nose up at holiday-centered romances. If someone is falling in love at Christmas time, I’m not the first person to put myself on the holds list or bounce up and down on my couch waiting for the latest Hallmark channel release. However, I'm a HUGE…
The Best Books of 2018
With another year in the books, LPL staff from all across the library share their favorite new titles of 2018. -- Ian, Information Services: Can I cheat and choose two? I’m going for it. These fantastic graphic novels are both set in space, but couldn’t be more different. Aliens: Dead Orbit is a thrilling, violent, meticulously…
An Ode to George Bailey
Not loving Jimmy Stewart was not in the cards for me. Growing up, my mother had such an affection for him that he seemed like a distant part of the family. Fearless in her unrequited, faux-familial love, we spent a week in Beverly Hills in the late 1980s, in what can only be described as…
Peering into the Future: The Best Upcoming Sci Fi of 2019
With 2018 winding to a close, librarians and book lovers everywhere are reflecting on another joyful year of reading. The curated best of lists are rolling out or are in the works — stay tuned! — and readers get to think back on the titles that will stick with them for many more seasons to…
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