Maintaining a solid grip on patrons at the Downtown Library, The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave continues to be the top circulating adult fiction book for the sixth month in a row. Patrons at Ladd Library have renewed interest in the 2018 release Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens and brought… View more
With such popularity, it’s unsurprising that the top adult fiction checkout for the Downtown Library is The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave for a second month in a row. Adult fiction checkouts were more varied at Ladd with a ten-way tie for the top spot including last months favorite 2 Sisters Detective… View more
The top adult fiction checkout for the Downtown Library was The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave while 2 Sisters Detective Agency by James Patterson and Candice Fox was Ladd Library’s main attraction. Patrons Downtown made Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover their top nonfiction checkout, keeping the title, which spent 132 consecutive… View more
See what the Cedar Rapids Public Library staff was reading and watching in 2020.
Our staff is taking time right now to share reviews of some of the books, movies, and music they’re enjoying during their time at home. The views are uniquely their own. Be sure to tell us what you think! Growing up, I read and greatly enjoyed the imaginative book Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg. A… View more
Summer is optimal road trip season – the weather’s warm, everything’s open, and if you had to sleep in your car you could. The best road trips are always those that plan themselves, they meander and go back to the two lane road. From this distance you can get a better view of individual lives that… View more
Hulu’s adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood is the latest example of fine literature being adapted for the small screen. In the past few years, dozens of successful books have turned into thoughtful, exciting, or fantastic screen versions of themselves. The Handmaid’s Tale, a streaming television event on Hulu, has already proven itself… View more
By the time February arrives in Iowa, cabin fever runs amuck. This week’s bitter cold temperatures prompted the following recommendations from some of the Cedar Rapids Public Library staff. Since you’ll probably stay inside this week, some of us think you should watch a DVD or Blu-ray that’s truly worth your time. Sarah’s pick is… View more
Here are just a few of the best movies released on DVD and Blu-ray this month that the Metro Library Network has purchased. Remember to check the Media Boxes at the Ladd and Downtown libraries first for hot new releases! Still Alice Julianne Moore gives a mesmerizing performance as Alice Howland, a linguistics professor diagnosed… View more
On this day in 1996, Rent opened at the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway. On the final night of dress rehearsal, one day before the show opened, Jonathon Larson, Rent’s composer and librettist, died. He had worked on Rent for seven years. There are just not enough adjectives to describe the gut-wrenching musical performances that played… View more
