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…
20 Signs You Might Be a Bookworm
The word bookworm is defined as “a person unusually devoted to reading and study.” If you ask me, there’s nothing unusual about it. As any good bookworm knows, this is a legitimate lifestyle. I have a certificate and everything. I…
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…
Jay’s Book Talk: Leadership Strategy and Tactics by Jocko Willink
In the military, a field manual provides instructions in simple, clear, step-by-step language to help soldiers complete their mission. In the civilian sector, books offer information on everything from fixing a leaky faucet to developing an effective workout program to…
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…
Melissa’s Book Talk: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewel
“Soon after her 25th birthday, Libby Jones finds the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. Not only does she learn the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion…
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….