Book Reviews

Posted about 7 years ago by Nico D'Archangel

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Teens | Tagged with authors, awards, local

Meg Medina, an author with awards aplenty (all well-deserved!), is a first generation Cuban-American who grew up in Queens, New York. From her website we learn that “when she’s not […]

Posted about 7 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens

There are very few things in life that I geek out about.  Meeting a very awesome author like Lamar Giles is one of them.  Giles is a two-time Edgar Award […]

Posted about 7 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with reading challenge

As you all know, I completed the 2019 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge this past year. This is not the first book challenge I’ve attempted, but it is the first […]

Posted about 7 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Book Reviews

One time, not that many years ago, my sister called me on a Friday night and asked me what I was doing. “Knitting and listening to the radio” I said.  […]

Posted about 7 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens

Prompt #23: A self-published book Alright folks, we’ve reached the end of our 2019 Read Harder Challenge and lucky for me the last two prompts were straightforward.  After having Libby […]

Posted about 7 years ago by Nico D'Archangel

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with Biography Buzz, book reviews, LGBT

Welcome to the inaugural Biography Buzz! This will be a monthly posting reaching into the lives of some notable people. All of 2020 I will be digging into the experiences […]

Posted about 7 years ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews

What’s the best book you read this year? We asked our staff and this is what they had to say: Tonya Tyler, Senior Library Technician, Belmont Library: I read anything […]

Posted about 7 years ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews

Like many, many other people, I visited the Edward Hopper exhibit now on display at the VMFA over Thanksgiving. Hopper is one of my favorite artists so I was especially […]

Posted about 7 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Book Reviews

It’s no secret. For many, the holidays are associated with a time of stress and drama, particularly with family. It’s as if conflict and stress is part of the tradition. […]

Posted about 7 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with apps, literary, news aggregators

Now that the days are shorter, and the nights seem endless, you would think there would be time to sit on the sofa with a big thick book – perhaps […]