2022 One Book, One ‘Brook
What is One Book, One ‘Brook? Join us for One Book, One ‘Brook, our community-wide reading initiative! We’re inviting everyone in the Bolingbrook community to come together through the shared experience of reading the same book and to participate in…
Erica’s Book Talk: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Evelyn Hugo is an aging Hollywood actress who is finally ready to tell her side of the story. After years of bad press about her love life, Evelyn hires a young journalist named Monique Grant to write a tell all…
Jay’s Book Talk: 10% Happier by Dan Harris
After his nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. He realized that the source of his problems was the very thing he always thought was his greatest asset: the incessant,…
Start Reading with our Amazon Fire Tablets
Our Amazon Fire tablets are now available for checkout! These high-performance, lightweight tablets are packed with a large collection of popular adult and teen eBooks. Fountaindale cardholders ages 18 years and older can check out both the adult and teen…
Erica’s Book Talk: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
From renowned historian Yuval Noah Harar comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.” One hundred…
Jay’s Book Talk: Joy at Work by Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein
The workplace is a magnet for clutter and mess. Who hasn’t felt drained by wasteful meetings, disorganized papers, endless emails and unnecessary tasks? These are the modern-day hazards of working, and they can slowly drain the joy from work, limit…
Melissa’s Book Talk: The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine
It’s no secret by now that Melissa from Outreach Services loves thrillers and mysteries. This month, she’s discussing The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine. Though Melissa had mixed feelings about the book, she recommends it for people who want something…
Creating Shelter: Books for Sukkot
“For those that got away, the answer was ‘wherever.’ Initially, some of them went to Antwerp, and then all over. The correct answer was ‘elsewhere,’ because those who stayed and said, ‘we are modern, secular Austrian citizens, many of us…
Erica’s Book Talk: “Nothing to See Here” by Kevin Wilson
Some people just simply shrug their shoulders when they get mad. Maybe when they are really upset they add a huff. At their worst, they might resort to punching a wall or a water fountain. But in Kevin Wilson’s book,…
Erica’s Book Talk: “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead
The Nickel Boys is a 2019 novel by Colson Whitehead. It was based on the real story of the Dozier School, a reform school in Florida that operated for 111 years and had its history exposed by a university’s investigation….