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Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with Fiction, LGBT

While the library buildings are closed to the public for everyone’s safety, mail delivery never stopped! Library staff have been working behind the scenes, receiving and processing books and other […]

Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with Fiction, pandemic, reading suggestions

Is this pandemic messing with your reading habits? It’s messing with mine. I have more time for reading, but reading has gotten so much more difficult. I am one of […]

Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with audiobooks, ebooks

It all started with a traveling salesman who spent hours and hours on the road. Henry Trentman logged a lot of miles, listening to radio stations of varying quality fade […]

Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Book Reviews

Spring is on the way!  And April showers bring … financial literacy?  April is “Financial Literacy Month”, which makes it a good time to take charge of your finances. Even […]

Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Book Reviews

Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with interesting women, Women's History Month

Surprisingly (or not so surprisingly), Women’s History Month dates only back to 1981, when Congress passed Pub. L 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning […]

Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with authors, book recommendations, indie publishers, new releases

Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with taxes

April 15th will be here before you know it. That means it is time to <cue spooky music> COMPLETE YOUR FEDERAL TAX RETURNS!! (Virginia tax returns aren’t due until May […]

Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Events, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with Black History Month, richmond

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my […]

Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with boycott, ebooks, embargo, macmillan