Stepping into the Hellboy Universe
Mike Mignola wrote the first Hellboy comic in 1994, starting the chain of what would branch off into the large imagined world of Hellboy. With expanding universes, there always comes a point where there is just a huge amount of…
Skip the Holds List with hoopla Digitial
Are you still waiting for Colleen Hoover titles? How about Taylor Jenkins Reid or Tessa Bailey? Hoopla may be for you! We have eBooks, eAudiobooks and no waitlist. Reasons I use hoopla: I can check out materials as soon as…
Eyan’s Genre of the Month: Banned Books (And How They Changed My Life)
Perhaps I am staring off on a melodramatic note, but if you’ve read any of my blogs or spoken with me for more than 4 seconds, you know I tend to lean hard into hyperbole and dramatics. And again, I’m…
Book Review: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Summary: On a bitter cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a…
Book Review: “The Way to the Stars” by Una McCormack
Hopefully, without sounding as though I’m disparaging Extended Universe or media tie-in novels, The Way to the Stars by Una McCormack is, technically, a Star Trek novel. However, you can ignore that entirely for the purposes of this book and this…
Jay’s Book Talk: A Gentleman in Moscow
What if you had to live the rest of your life in a hotel? Join me as I review Amor Towles’ A Gentleman in Moscow. Released in 2016, this best seller has new meaning in an age were every has…
Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry
Summary: Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s, and her all-male team at Hastings…
Choose Your Own Book Recommendation: Horror Themed
Beat the heat with this ‘choose your own adventure’ that leads to an exciting new book recommendation. Follow the prompts through multiple story options to your new spooky summer read. Because let’s be real, horror isn’t just for Halloween. The…
Midsummer Adult New Fiction
It’s midsummer, and I’ve been reading some great new books. Each of these novels has a strong sense of place, and although they deal with serious life topics, they are also humorous and touching. I enjoyed reading them and hope…
Halfway Through 2022-My Favorites and Most Anticipateds
Now that we have arrived into the sweltering humidity of July, we have not only passed the halfway mark for the year 2022, but also the halfway point for this year’s Summer Adventure Program. July 5, on a personal note,…