The year is winding down, the votes are in, and here are the top five books of 2021, determined by comparing nearly 50 book lists around the internet! Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe. (book) (large print book) (ebook) (eaudiobook) Empire of Pain begins with the story of three doctor brothers, Raymond, Mortimer and [...]
Winter doesn't officially begin until December 21, but with the temperature dropping and the nights getting longer, you might find yourself looking for a book to curl up with. Here are some wintery books to get you through our darkest days. Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield. (Ebook on Overdrive.) On a dark midwinter's [...]
...okay, Diwali was last week, but in case you're not done celebrating, I have a feel-good holiday romance for you. Niki is the grown daughter of Indian-American immigrants who has never been to India herself. But after losing her high-powered job throws her into personal turmoil, she impulsively heads to Mumbai for her friend Diya's [...]
Lately we've been hearing a lot about public health. But what is that? Simply put, it's the health of a whole community rather than any single person. The public health field deals with everything from sanitation to food availability to-- yes-- infectious disease transmission. If you're interested in learning more about this topic, there are [...]
Fall is a time for slowing down and taking stock before we head into another winter. If you're looking for books to help you on that journey, I have some ideas. First on the roster is a lesser-known therapy memoir from last year, Good Morning, Monster by Catherine Gildiner. If you liked Lori Gottlieb's book [...]
Gear up for your long weekend with some thematic reads-- I've got two reading pathways for you, depending on your needs. If you're like me, you made it pretty far in life without really understanding what Labor Day was celebrating or why it was created. That's why it's good that there are books like Philip [...]
When people think of fairy tales, they often think of childhood, but a lot of adults love fairy tales too! No novel-length retellings this time (that's a blog post for a different day), but brief bites of fairy tale flavor for grown-ups. A book I recently read and loved was Veronica Schanoes's short story collection [...]
At this time of year, a lot of people tend to think about American history-- the founding fathers, the revolution, the thirteen colonies. But equally important is the American future-- what will that look like? Some potential answers to that question are found in the short story anthology The People's Future of the United States, [...]
Next week a lovely book comes out that I can't wait for you all to be able to read. Appropriately releasing during Pride Month, How We Do Family is the memoir of Trystan Reese, a gay transgender man, about his family. Trystan and his then-boyfriend Biff had only been dating a year when they took [...]
All the news out of Gaza about the Israel-Palestine conflict has a lot of people talking about that part of the world. Many of us use books to learn more about other places and expand our worldview, so that got me wondering: what does the library have that would help? There are some great options! [...]
