It's the new year and maybe time to set some new goals! Do you set reading goals for yourself? Now remember that you don't HAVE to, but if setting some goals might renew your interest in reading, here are some ideas! Join a Reading Challenge This time of year, you can find all kinds of reading [...]
I don't know about you, but for some reason I always feel like escaping into a big, thick fantasy novel as the nights grow longer and the days grow cold. Is it the weather tempting me to ignore my household chores and snuggle under a blanket for hours at a time? Is it the fact [...]
Make sure your holiday memories of friends and family really shine this year by brushing up on your digital photography skills before the big gatherings. With thousands of free classes available on demand, LinkedIn Learning can help! Available for free with your Floyd County Library card, just visit LinkedIn Learning to start (you can always [...]
Today's a good day for reflecting and giving thanks. As per tradition, the Floyd County Library Blog Team would like to share with you the books we're most thankful for this year. Feel free to share a book you're thankful for in the comments! The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michelle Richardson (2022, 334 pages). [...]
Check out these books by and about strong political women! Burn the Page: A True Story of Torching Doubts, Blazing Trails, and Igniting Change by Danica Roem (2022). Also available on e-book in the Indiana Digital Library. The first openly trans person elected to a U.S. state legislature discusses her lonely and closeted childhood and [...]
This Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples, also available on e-book and downloadable audiobook in the Indiana Digital Library. This month's pick for the Reading the Rainbow book group is a character-driven, darkly humorous novel about what keeps people in dwindling towns. 26-year-old Ojibwe man Marion feels tethered to his hometown of Geshig, a tiny [...]
Does October put you in the mood for something witchy? If so, you're in luck! Check out one of these teen novels and let it cast a spell over you. Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (2011). Also available as an e-book and downloadable audiobook in the Indiana Digital Library. Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino [...]
Hispanic Heritage Month continues through October 15 and National Coming Out Day is next week on October 11, so there's no better time to pick up a book by a Latine LGBTQ+ author. Here are 15 books from our collection to choose from. Read with Pride! Teen: Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro (2018). [...]
Happy Bi Visibility Day! Today we raise bi awareness and challenge bisexual and biromantic erasure. If you want to know more about what being bi means, check out the Bisexual Resource Center. And then celebrate Bi Visibility Day by checking out one of these books! Nonfiction: Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality [...]
Dive into these books about Black mermaids! Picture Books The Little Mermaid by Jerry Pinkney Mermaid Kenzie: Protector of the Deeps by Charlotte Watson Sherman, illustrated by Geneva Bowers Oona by Kelly DiPucchio, illustrated by Raissa Figueroa Oona and the Shark by Kelly DiPucchio, illustrated by Raissa Figueroa Sukey and the Mermaid by Robert D. [...]