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Libraries are all about connecting books and readers. Sometimes the choices can seem overwhelming, and you need a little help finding titles you really want to read. RPL can help. THE BOOKOLOGIST is a bespoke readers advisory service for adults, teens and kids.
Tell us your reading preferences by filling out a short, online form, and RPL Bookologists will carefully hand-craft a list of titles just for you. Whether you’re stuck in a reading rut, looking to read outside your comfort zone, or just looking for great suggestions, The Bookologist can help.
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Voting Machines! Plus, Political Fiction for Every Political Taste
Meg Raymond
Posted in Reading Recommendations |
Every four years, the United States elects a new president. For the first 50 years or so of our nation's history, voting was done in person at the local courthouse by viva voce, or voice voting. Eligible voters - white men, over the age of 21, and who were property owners or tax payers - would approach the clerk of the court, state their names, and call out their votes. This was the law in most states through the early 19th century - although Kentucky held on to viva voce until 1891. Campaig...
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Antidote for Reality: Fictional Libraries
Robyn Webb
Posted in Fiction | Reading Recommendations |
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Together, let’s take a moment to step back from being inundated with news and worry. In this series of blog posts about escapist reads, explore stories that convey you to other worlds, other times, other lands and, overall, the freedom to get lost in a good book. There is something particularly wonderful about being transported to a different place with the smell of old parchment, of losing track of time between the stacks, of drifting into a fantasy between the pages of a book. You can still...
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Browsing the New Shelves (While You Can't) - Life as a Work of Art
Meg Raymond
Posted in Reading Recommendations |
At the Richmond Public Library, you can always peruse the Latest Releases page on the library’s website, which gives you digital options for browsing the new bookshelves. Add in curbside pickup, and your reading needs are met! But even with digital browsing, sometimes you want your options a little more … curated. We can do that! Among the great new books on the shelves at the Richmond Public Library are some that loosely connect at the sometimes-contradictory intersection of art and...
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