Book Reviews

Posted about 2 days ago by Lisa Crisman

Posted in Book Reviews, crafts and hobbies, Health and Wellness, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Writing | Tagged with beekeeping, environment, gardening, graphics, immigration, nonfiction, parenting, teaching, writing

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines nonfiction as “writing or cinema that is about facts and real events.” Nonfiction titles may express an author’s point of view. Some nonfiction attempts to inform […]

Posted about 4 days ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction | Tagged with ebooks, hispanic heritage month, Hoopla

There is a nice variety of new fiction and nonfiction by Latinx authors that you can browse right now, from the comfort of your own home, on Hoopla. I’ve selected […]

Posted about 2 weeks ago by Lisa Crisman

Posted in Book Reviews, Cooking, Health and Wellness

RVA is a foodie town and the Richmond Public Library has a wide range of cookbooks for everyone. Grilling to vegan, baking to soups, regional cuisines and more are available […]

Posted about 2 weeks ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Audiobooks, Book Reviews, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Technology | Tagged with blind, low vision

Are you too busy with projects to devote as much time as you’d like to reading?  Perhaps you can’t hold a book for very long without your arms getting so […]

Posted about 3 weeks ago by Lisa Crisman

Posted in Book Reviews, crafts and hobbies, nonfiction

While Covid-19 is keeping us close to home, many folks are developing new skills or revisiting old ones. Baking, sewing, painting, writing, gardening and graphic arts are just a few […]

Posted about 4 weeks ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews, books in translation, Fiction, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with Fiction, women, women in translation

It’s only Women in Translation Month* for a few more days but I couldn’t let August go by without sharing a list of past and upcoming books you should add […]

Posted about 1 month ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with #adaptation, #graphicnovel, #teenreads

There is one trend in YA lit that has been gaining momentum that I’m 100% here for — that’s graphic novel adaptations. Many authors are taking their YA hits and […]

Posted about 2 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Book Reviews

At Richmond Public Library, you can always peruse the Latest Releases page on the library’s website, and now that we’ve moved back a phase to curbside pickup, you need a […]

Posted about 2 months ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with #ireadya, #roadtrip, #teenreads, #teens, #travel, #yabooks

It’s summer and many of us associate this time of year with traveling. Whether it’s a trip to the beach, a visit with family in another state, or a day […]

Posted about 2 months ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with literary fiction, rereads, science fiction, staff picks

Show of hands–who rereads books? I’ll wait. … I don’t, as a rule, reread novels. My TBR list is miles long, and as long as new books are being written, […]