by Rachel Nieves | Aug 31, 2018 | Book Reviews, Club Ink, Reader's Advisory, Staff Book Reviews
Senlin Ascends, by Josiah Bancroft I love my job as a cataloger, because it allows me to see new books that I otherwise might never come across. Sometimes it’s the cover that grabs my attention, or reading the short summary on the back. A lot of times I am drawn to...
by Ed Worso | Aug 29, 2018 | Club Ink, Director's Blog, fair
Going to the County Fair is a lot of fun. People get together to enjoy entertainment, see the livestock and exhibits, and indulge in milkshakes. The fair brings people together every year. The library is similar in how it helps to build a strong community. Your...
by Wyatt Kramer | Aug 24, 2018 | Book Reviews, Club Ink, Reader's Advisory, Staff Book Reviews
Wizzywig, by Ed Piskor Many people subconsciously associate graphic novels and the fantastic. Largely this has to do with the medium’s flagship genre: superhero fiction. Superhero fiction is, by nature, fantastic. For some, it is difficult to suspend disbelief...
by Amber Weinrich | Aug 22, 2018 | Book Reviews, Club Ink, Reader's Advisory, Staff Book Reviews
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Collected from American Folklore, by Alvin Schwartz; illustrations by Stephen Gammell It happened just a few weeks ago—summer is the time I seem to get this sort of request—that a youth patron came to the reference desk to...
by Bobbi Victor | Aug 20, 2018 | Club Ink, Reader's Advisory, Staff Book Reviews, Staff Picks
The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell Each chapter of this book takes you a little deeper into the lives of Rose Baker, who is shy and unsure of herself, and Odalie Lazare, who is pretty, outgoing and daring. The author gives you a look at their lives as typists in the...
