The Good Lie
Christine Maleno, Adult Services Programming Librarian, shares her latest movie recommendation: The Good Lie (2014) is a beautiful movie inspired by the Sudanese civil war that began in the ‘80s,...
Posted by on November 12, 2015
Infectious Madness
Harriet Washington’s latest book is a fascinating jaunt through current and historical research into the infectious origins of mental illness. From the link between schizophrenia and Toxoplasma gondii (a parasite...
Posted by Kerry B. on October 29, 2015
Downton Abbey season six: ta-ta for now!
It is hard to grasp that soon the phenomenal PBS show Downton Abbey will come to an end after season six! Luckily, the library has a program coming soon...
Posted by Adult Services on October 22, 2015
The Case of the Vintage Nancy Drew Books
Did you read Nancy Drew mysteries as a kid? Or, let’s be honest, do you still read them? When you think of reading Nancy Drew books, the image of yellow...
Posted by on October 15, 2015
A Haunted Halloween!
Nothing screams (pun intended) Fall like curling up to a good scary movie on a cold, dark night! Because I love Halloween, I’ll be starting to prepare early by watching...
Posted by Adult Services on October 7, 2015
Sous Chef: 24 hours on the line
Have you ever wondered what it is like to be working in the kitchen of a nice restaurant when the perfect meal is delivered to your table? Do you...
Posted by Adult Services on August 24, 2015
Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
Goodbye Stranger is the newest book by Rebecca Stead, author of the Newbery Award winning book When You Reach Me. Stead has a talent for creating plots that include an...
Posted by Book Rex on July 27, 2015
Live Original
I must admit that it was my teenager who first “introduced” me to Sadie Robertson. As someone who has not watched an episode of Duck Dynasty, I had no idea...
Posted by on July 20, 2015
Storm a’ Comin’: I.O.U.S.A.
Documentaries that don’t simply engage and entertain but fundamentally change the way you think about the world are rare treats indeed. For me personally, the only examples that come to...
Posted by Book Rex on July 13, 2015
Our Souls at Night
Even at first sight, this small volume by Kent Haruf drew me in although I had four other books to consider reading on my nightstand. Why did it attract me?...
Posted by Adult Services on July 6, 2015
More Things in Heaven and Earth
Are you missing the town of Mitford? Do you long for a trip to Lake Wobegon? I have another small, quaint town for you to visit this summer. Watervalley, Tennessee...
Posted by Adrian L. on June 30, 2015
A Good Killing
In Allison Leotta’s latest novel, A Good Killing, readers get caught up in the unveiling of a plot to take down a small town hero who has preyed on young...
Posted by on June 29, 2015
What’s Your Guilty Pleasure?
This series is filled with friendship, camaraderie, knitting, sleuthing and enough food to put even the toughest critic into a food induced haze by the time the crimes have been...
Posted by on June 24, 2015
Illinois Reads: The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted
Illinois Reads is a yearly statewide project to promote reading for all Illinois citizens. Established under the Illinois Reading Council, reading is encouraged at all age levels, from babies to...
Posted by Adult Services on June 17, 2015
Sometimes a Good Fence Just Isn’t Enough: Neighbors
Following the civil unrest sparked by my last blog post on the superiority of independent cinema – branded by Fox News’ Megyn Kelly as “more elitist than a Master’s Degree...
Posted by Book Rex on June 15, 2015