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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
English Conversation Group
We have a new Conversational ESL Group at Fountaindale Public Library. The group meets on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. and is hosted by Literary DuPage volunteers. This conversation group provides adult English as a Second Langauge (ESL) learners who are…
One Book, One ‘Brook 2022
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…
Nuevos Libros Electrónicos en Español
La biblioteca ha agregado más de 400 libros electrónicos y audiolibros a nuestra colección de Libby. Visite nuestra pagina de OverDrive para ver la colleccion. Explore audiolibros y libros electrónicos en español Descargue la aplicación Libby en su teléfono o…
Make the Switch from OverDrive to Libby
If you’re an eBook or audiobook lover, you’ve likely heard of (and hopefully used) OverDrive—our most popular digital platform. Well, OverDrive is eliminating their original app in 2022 and is encouraging users to make the switch to Libby, the one-tap…