I have just finished the latest Erik Larson book The Splendid and the Vile. It’s about the first year in Winston Churchill’s premiership. That year coincided with the London Blitz where German bombers pelted London and other British cities with bombs for weeks. I really like Larson’s works. He brings history alive and presents things in… View more
With the holidays fast approaching, there are a number of great new book selections to get you in the spirit. The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper As the sun set on the shortest day of the year, early people would gather to prepare for the long night ahead. They built fires and lit candles. They… View more
Dystopian fiction has had a great deal of readership in the past few years and recently released titles such as Margaret Atwood’s “The Testaments” continue to check out at a quick pace. We have several copies of her book available in our collection, including some Quick Pick copies with 10-day checkouts which may be available… View more
The Water Dancer is the latest release by best-selling author Ta-Nehisi Coates (The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, Between the World and Me) and can now be checked out at your library. Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her—but… View more
The annual Iowa City Book Festival will be held October 1-6, 2019. If you are a book lover and interested in exploring some amazing authors, this is a wonderful opportunity! The Book Festival includes author events with Raj Patel, John Sanford, James Geary, Kei Miller, Lauren Markham, Don Waters and so much more. Events take… View more
One of our newest digital resources, hoopla, provides access to a variety of movies, music, ebooks, and audiobooks, all at your fingertips with your library card. You can download the hoopla app or visit the website and login with your card number to begin streaming your favorite things. If you are a fan of The Gone… View more
Fall is here and that means it’s time for a new batch of must-read books. We have selected ten titles we believe you’ll enjoy and put them in our Fall issue of OPEN+ magazine. Check out the selection and put a hold on your pick today.
Inspired by the infamous rebuking of Senator Elizabeth Warren while reading the words of Coretta Scott King during the confirmation hearings of then-Senator Jeff Sessions, author Chelsea Clinton introduces 13 women in “She Persisted” who have shown persistence throughout American history. The women she chose to include this book are varied in race and career… View more
Finding an engaging and interesting story to read to younger children isn’t necessarily difficult. Finding an engaging and interesting story that can help with word recognition can be. By using repetition and rhyme to describe a colorful cast of characters build a robot, children will have the opportunity to repeat phrases and make predictions with… View more
Home is a desperate mix of loyalty, pain, family and friendship. But it’s loyalty that takes center stage in Harlan Coben’s latest New York Times bestselling mystery. Home stars Myron Bolitar and his lifelong friend, Windsor Horne Lockwood III (aka “Win”). When Myron gets a call for help from Win, the man who never asks for anything, he… View more
