Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller (2019), 357 pages. (Overdrive/Libby ebook also available) She was known to millions as Emily Doe. After her sexual assault on Stanford's campus, her rapist was convicted, only for the judge to sentence him to a paltry handful of months in jail. At the same time, "Emily Doe" [...]
June is Audiobook Appreciation Month, and I’d like to share with you some of my personal favorites I’ve come across while working at the Library. These are great suggestions to help add to your Summer Reading Minutes, as well as enjoy during long summer road trips! Harry Potter (the whole series) by J.K. Rowling: I [...]
This summer, Professor Steve will be sharing with us his amazing tales of science and scientists. Participants will learn about inventions that happened by accident, such as Silly Putty, Play Doe and Popsicles! Students will discover how inventors like Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison made discoveries over one hundred years ago that make life easier [...]
Working at the Library, I get asked about Test Prep materials a LOT. Kids, Teens and Adults ask about books for ACT, SAT, ASVAB, Nursing exams, and more. I have to tell them that we don’t have as many books as we would like, because the material changes so much faster than what we can [...]
Summer Reading Program - Learning Colors Your World Here at The Floyd County Library, our Summer Reading Program has always been one of the highlights of our year. And it's starting again soon! You can preregister now for our 2021 Summer Reading Program: Learning Colors Your World, which will run June [...]
Join us Tuesday, May 4 for Star Wars Trivia at 7 PM. A "bonus round" of our monthly Virtual Trivia Nights, this fast-paced contest will cover a mix of questions from the nine films in the main series as well as some spin-off titles including Solo, Rogue One and The Mandalorian. We'll be using Kahoot trivia [...]
Representation matters, and I think that’s especially true for children. For World Autism Awareness month, I've chosen to explore some children and middle grade books that represent children who experience autism, as well as siblings of children that experience autism. You can check out any of these books, and more, here at the Floyd County [...]
The last Tuesday night of each month is Virtual Trivia Night. On April 27 at 7 PM we'll have Parks & Recreation Trivia. Join us for a fast-paced trivia contest using Zoom and Kahoot with a $10 Amazon gift card for the winner. Kahoot is a quiz program that can be accessed online or [...]
Ramadan Mubarak! I'm a little early with this greeting, as the month of Ramadan starts on April 12 this year. (Since Ramadan is part of the Islamic lunar calendar, the date on our Western calendar is different every year.) For those who don't already know, Ramadan is a holy month for Muslims that involves fasting, [...]
It's been roughly a year since our country went into a National Lockdown as an emergency response to the COVID pandemic. During that time, a lot of people turned to reading to pass the time. As a librarian, I was really interested to see what were some of the most popular reads during that time. [...]
