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Apr 20

Welcome to the WPL Readers Advisory Blog!

Dana T1 CommentAdult Services Department

You probably won’t be surprised to hear this, but most of the staff at the Wheaton Public Library LOVE to read. Knowing this, we’ve wanted to get a staff blog off the ground for awhile now, and the pandemic has Read more

Feb 17

Venus in the Blind Spot by Junji Ito

Morgan GLeave a commentAdult Services Department, Fiction, Graphic Novels

In Junji Ito’s newest collection of graphic short horror stories people mysteriously disappear only to turn up sewn together in massive clusters. A baby cries from within a grave, carried to term by his already dead mother. The Nanzan UFO Read more

Jan 22

Eve Dallas Mystery Series, by J D Robb

Dana TLeave a commentAdult Services Department, Fiction, Mystery/Thriller

Most mystery readers love a good series. It’s fun to get to know a character, while secure in the knowledge that there will be more adventures after you’ve turned the last page. Few series, however, have as many titles to Read more

Nov 17

Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

Gretchen MLeave a commentAdult Services Department, Department, Fiction, Romance

In Spoiler Alert, Marcus, star of the fictional hit TV show Gods of the Gates, deals with his frustration with the showrunners by secretly writing and posting fanfiction about his own character. He becomes close to another fanfiction writer, April, Read more

Nov 10

Kindred by Octavia Butler

Gretchen MLeave a commentAdult Services Department, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction

Kindred, by classic science fiction author Octavia Butler, is a novel about a Black woman from 1970s Los Angeles who finds herself repeatedly pulled back in time to pre-Civil War Maryland, where she must save the life of her white Read more

Sep 18

Swan: Poems and prose poems by Mary Oliver

Veronica NLeave a commentAdult Services Department, Nonfiction, What We're Readingpoems, poetry

Award-winning American poet Mary Oliver was once the best-selling poet in the United States (that title now belongs to Rumi). Swan: Poems and prose poems was published in 2010, making it one of her more recent works. I don’t just Read more

Sep 18

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the world to find the good death by Caitlin Doughty

Veronica NLeave a commentAdult Services Department, Nonfiction

Mortician Caitlin Doughty does it again with her second book, this time not about cremation, but still about death, don’t worry! In From Here to Eternity, she reviews her experiences in countries around the world, teaching us what she learned Read more

Sep 18

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Dana TLeave a commentAdult Services Department, Fiction

Spanning decades over the lifespan of the Conroy family, Ann Patchett’s The Dutch House is a difficult, absorbing, fascinating read that was really hard to put down. Told from the perspective of younger brother, Danny, the reader is taken through Read more

Jun 10

The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World’s Favorite Board Game by Mary Pilon

Gretchen MLeave a commentAdult Services Department, Nonfiction

The Monopolists explores the fascinating and little-known origins of the board game Monopoly. Though long marketed as the brainchild of an unemployed father during the Great Depression, Monopoly was in fact lifted almost entirely from a game that was invented Read more

Jun 03

Yoshi’s Crafted World

Gretchen MLeave a commentAdult Services Department, Movies, TV & Video Games, Video Games

Yoshi’s Crafted World is a charming, whimsical video game available for the Nintendo Switch. The player, as Yoshi the dinosaur, moves through a world made up entirely of craft supplies, such as popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, milk cartons, and cereal Read more

May 29

What It’s Like To Be a Bird: From Flying To Nesting, Eating to Singing—What Birds Are Doing, and Why by David Allen Sibley

Donna F1 CommentAdult Services Department, Science

During the sheltering-in-place period of late, I’ve had more time to notice birds and like the book title, I have wondered what birds are doing and why. With simple and cleanly rendered paintings, sketches and diagrams (all by the author), Read more

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