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Month: April 2020

Apr 29

The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair

Library StaffLeave a commentCommunity Engagement, Nonfiction

What I’m reading: The Secret Lives of Color, by Kassia St. Clair. This is the perfect book for me right now, especially as I’m cutting it with a chaser of a wonderful historical novel, A God In Ruins, by Kate Read more

Apr 29

Kitchen Remix: 75 Recipes for Making the Most of Your Ingredients

Donna FLeave a commentAdult Services Department, Cooking

A recent article in the Daily Herald newspaper featured these pantry-friendly cookbooks and who doesn’t need a little kitchen inspiration now?             If a way to ease into out-of-the-ordinary cooking without buying a lot of extra ingredients sounds appealing, then Read more

Apr 29

Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog by Dave Barry

Library StaffLeave a commentNonfiction

Dave Barry turns seventy, not happily, he realizes that his elderly dog, Lucy, is dealing with old age far better that he is. She has more friends, fewer worries, and way more fun. So Dave decides to figure out how Read more

Apr 29

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Library StaffLeave a commentHistorical Fiction

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is written in letter form, which, admittedly, was a little confusing at first, but once I had a firm grasp of the main characters, I was hooked. The story takes place right Read more

Apr 29

Grit by Angela Duckworth

Jessica WLeave a commentAdult Services Department, Self-Help

How does one achieve great success? Is it genius, talent or luck? Author Angela Duckworth contends that the magic, many times, is in grit. The 2016 bestseller, Grit: the power of passion and perseverance, tells the fascinating stories of West Read more

Apr 28

Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin

Gretchen MLeave a commentAdult Services Department, Fiction, Romance

Ayesha At Last is a Pride-and-Prejudice-inspired romantic comedy set in Toronto’s Muslim community. Ayesha, a high school teacher and aspiring poet, believes in marrying for love—in stark contrast to her younger, prettier cousin, who enjoys the attention she gets from Read more

Apr 28

The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Deborah Blum

Gretchen MLeave a commentAdult Services Department, Biography, Medicine and Health, Nonfiction, Science

The Poison Squad tells the story of Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, head chemist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for 30 years beginning in the late 1880s, who was instrumental in the passing of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Read more

Apr 28

Rookie Move by Sarina Bowen

Gretchen MLeave a commentAdult Services Department, Fiction, Romance

Rookie Move is the first in a series of romance novels centering on the Brooklyn Bruisers, a fictional NHL team. The central couple of the book, Leo Trevi and Georgia Worthington, were high school sweethearts. Six years after their painful Read more

Apr 24

The Splendid and the Vile by Eric Larson

Library StaffLeave a commentBiography, Circulation Department

In Eric Larson’s latest book, The Splendid and the Vile, we join Winston Churchill on the day he is sworn in as Prime Minister of England, momentous as it is the same day that Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. We Read more

Apr 24

Blinded by the Light by Viveik Kalra

Library StaffLeave a commentCirculation Department, Movies, TV & Video Games

Blinded by the Light, based on the memoir of Sarfraz Manzoor, tells the story of Javed, a young man growing up with his traditional Pakistani Muslim family in 1980s-era Luton, England. Javed, a lifelong writer, quietly struggles with the expectations Read more

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