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…
Nonfiction Audiobooks for Road Trips
It’s road trip season, and I’ve got some nonfiction audiobooks to recommend. Each of these will help you get lost in the great storytelling as the miles pass you by.
If You Like “Only Murders in the Building,” Try…
Season two of Only Murders in the Building is set to be released June 28 on Hulu. If you’re waiting to see what kind of trouble Charles, Oliver and Mabel get into, I’ve put together a list of great mysteries…
How to Get Over a Reading Slump
The pandemic made it difficult for me to focus on reading back in 2020 and for much of 2021. The seemingly endless bad news cycles, my low attention span and general lack of interest in reading (gasp!) made it hard…
Read One of These Award Winning Books
On Monday, January 24, the American Library Association announced the winners of many awards and honors, including the Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King and more. Let’s take a look at the books we have in our collection. Follow the link…
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,…
Erica’s Book Talk: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Time travel before coffee might seem outlandish, but that’s exactly what happens in Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for…
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…
Jay’s Book Talk: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
A Japanese woman who has been working at a convenience store for 18 years, much to the disappointment of her family, finds friendship with an alienated, cynical and bitter young man who becomes her coworker. This book is for anyone…