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Visit LibraryReads for more information about how this list was created, and to view favorites from previous months! Red Rising by Pierce Brown “The next great read for those who loved The Hunger Games. This story has so much action, intrigue, social commentary and character development that the reader who never reads science fiction will happily overlook the fact that the story […]

Buzzfeed recently posted a list of Sixteen Books To Read Before They Hit the Theaters this Year.  As readers, we accept this as the natural order of things.  To do otherwise would be as unfathomable as eating one’s desert before dinner.  And yet, I still find myself wondering, is reading a book before seeing the movie really a good idea?  […]

Do you ever feel let down after you finish a book because you just had an amazing reading experience that no one else can appreciate?  Do you often wish you could share your thoughts about the characters or the story with people who actually know what you’re talking about?  If so, you should check out one of our many book […]

Visit LibraryReads for more information about how this list was created, and to view favorites from previous months! The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches: A Flavia de Luce Novel by Alan Bradley “Flavia de Luce is still on the loose! This time, the almost-twelve-year-old prodigy explores some tantalizing mysteries involving her own family. Flavia uncovers surprising secrets about the characters we know […]

No visit to the library is complete without first picking up your complimentary copy of BookPage. Each month, this publication is packed with reviews, book news, and interviews from your favorite authors. The December issue is always highly anticipated not only for their great gift ideas, but also for their editors’ picks of Best Books of the Year. Here are a […]

This year, for the first time, the National Book Foundation is announcing longlists of 10 books in each of its award categories: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry and Young People’s Literature. Monday’s announcement was the Young People’s Literature Longlist and as a young adult librarian currently and a youth services librarian previously, this is the list that most interested me personally. For […]