With today marking the first day of Pride Month, I wanted to share a personal experience I had in recent months. The LGBTQ+ community is a pretty diverse community itself. A diverse community I continue to work toward understanding and make an effort daily to be more mindful of my word choices and how they [...]
I want to tell you about a wonderful book I read recently. I couldn't put it down and I kept reading bits of it out loud to my partner because I had to chare the joy it was bringing me. When The Angels Left the Old County by Sacha Lamb is a queer immigrant fairytale [...]
Over the past couple of months, the Floyd County Library has been hosting the 'This is What Democracy Looks Like' Civic Engagement sessions. These sessions were aimed at young adults and older, and served to educate people on how to get involved with different aspects of their community. With a total of seven sessions, this [...]
Memorial Day is a relatively new holiday in American history, taking on its current name and form in 1966, per President Lyndon B. Johnson. However, Americans have been celebrating a form of it since the Civil War, in honor of soldiers who had given their lives for our country. It also had a different name, [...]
I want to tell you a little bit about this gem of a book called "Unlikely Animals" by Annie Hartnett. This book was devoured by me last weekend, and has become my favorite book of 2023 so far. If you are a fan of contemporary fiction and magical realism, this is the book for you! [...]
Mother's Day is coming up this Sunday on May 14 (don't forget!), which makes this the perfect time to check out some adorable picture books featuring moms and grandmas. Grab one or a handful to read together this weekend! The Boy & the Bindi by Vivek Shraya (2016). When a young boy becomes fascinated by [...]
Royal-watchers everywhere know that this past weekend marked the coronation of King Charles III of England. If that got you hungry for a royal reading list, hold onto your fascinators! George VI and Elizabeth: the Marriage That Saved the Monarchy is a new book-- so new our copy isn't on the premises yet-- about Charles [...]
May is Jewish American Heritage month. A topic I knew I wanted to highlight as the Jewish/Jewish American story is one that is close to my heart. I happen to have quite a few Jewish friends living here in America, most of them having migrated from Israel. I also rented an apartment in a Jewish [...]
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and I have some suggestions if you're looking for something to read to commemorate this heritage month. These books are published for adults, but if you're more interested in books for kids and teens, I've got suggestions for that, too. All of these books are available for checkout [...]
We've just created a new section in our Children's Room for Early Chapter Books. I invite you to come on in and check it out, especially if you have kids who are just graduating from the Easy Readers to the Fiction section. Where are the Early Chapter Books located? They are in the Children's Room [...]