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Celebrating The Beatles

Our May 13th program of Beatlemania! had to be cancelled due to the library being closed. Please enjoy these Beatles resources available through our Digital Branch. How the Beatles Changed...

Posted by on May 13, 2020

Resource Guide: Birdwatching

With our May 2nd program of Birdwatching cancelled, please enjoy these digital resources available with your library card! eBooks Hoopla Easy-to-Build Bird Feeders Easy-to-Build Birdhouses Easy-to-Build Birdbathes The Field Guide...

Posted by on May 1, 2020

  • 5 stars out of 5

Roadside Picnic by The Strugatsky Brothers

There was an extraterrestrial event known as the Visitation. In it’s aftermath, six “zones” have come into being on Earth – dangerous areas where unexplained phenomena occur and there are...

Posted by on April 30, 2020

  • 5 stars out of 5

The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Hagashino

Even though the answer to “whodunit” comes in the first 20 pages of The Devotion of Suspect X, what keeps you reading is what happens next. When an argument with...

Posted by on April 16, 2020

  • 4 stars out of 5

Kiln People by David Brin

Imagine if you could make temporary copies of yourself. These copies could then be assigned to run errands or do research or just have novel experiences. And at the end...

Posted by on April 9, 2020

Sheila’s Picks for OverDrive

eBooks Sweet Spot: An Ice Cream Binge Across America by Amy Ettinger For Amy Ettinger, ice cream is not just a delicious snack but a circumstance and a time of...

Posted by on April 7, 2020

Hoopla Picks by LaRaie

Hello beloved library patrons! We have missed you while we are all hunkered down inside. Here are some Hoopla titles to help fill the void of not being able to...

Posted by on April 7, 2020

  • 4 stars out of 5

The Call of the Wild + Free by Ainsley Arment

Part memoir and part handbook, The Call of the Wild + Free focuses on inspiring and encouraging families to keep a sense of wonder and curiosity alive in their children....

Posted by on March 31, 2020

  • 4 stars out of 5

A Well-Behaved Woman : a Novel of the Vanderbilts by Therese Fowler

This is a story of one woman’s struggle to overcome infidelity, chauvinism, and crippling loss in the midst of New York’s Gilded Age. It is a story of fortune lost...

Posted by on March 24, 2020

  • 5 stars out of 5

Loyal: 38 Inspiring Tales by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh

Trustworthy. Compassionate. Brave. Unrelenting. These are the words which describe the four-footed helpers in the book Loyal: 38 Inspiring Tales of Bravery, Heroism, and the Devotion of Dogs by Rebecca...

Posted by on March 22, 2020

Adult Services: Best of 2019

Enjoy Westmont Public Library’s Adult Services Librarians favorite books we read in 2019! Full Throttle by Joe Hill My favorite story out of the anthology was “Late Returns”. In it,...

Posted by on March 17, 2020

  • 5 stars out of 5

Diary of a Murderer by Young-ha Kim

South Korean author Young-ha Kim makes you feel like you’re walking on eggshells through his stories that seer with uncertainty, delirium, humor and the mundane. Of the four stories that...

Posted by on February 25, 2020

  • 4 stars out of 5

Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You by Scotto Moore

A completely unknown band releases a track on Bandcamp. Our hipster music blogger narrator hears it and is compelled to listen again and again, stopping only to finally take a...

Posted by on February 18, 2020

  • 4 stars out of 5

Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo

Marie Forleo, an award-winning TV and podcast host, wrote this no-nonsense guide to getting motivated into creating the life you’ve always hoped for. Marie learned this saying, “everything is figureoutable”...

Posted by on February 11, 2020

  • 5 stars out of 5

The Witcher Omnibus by Paul Tobin

The various artists involved pencil and ink a dangerous world, but include colors and strokes which concurrently imbue a fairy tale aesthetic.

Posted by on February 4, 2020

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