Fiction
(category archive)
Urban Fiction Experience – Saturday, Sept. 25 – Main Library!
Posted about 3 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Adult, Book Reviews, Events, Fiction, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Poetry, Reading Recommendations, Writing
| Tagged with book recs, local authors, poet laureate, public programs, reading suggestions, urban fiction, writing workshop
Experience urban fiction at its finest with New York Times Best-Selling Author Nikki Turner, Richmond Poet Laureate Roscoe Burnems, and other notable urban fiction authors. This free program features author […]
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Unusual Book Lists
Posted about 3 years ago by Nico D'Archangel
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Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with book recommendations, LGBT, new releases, reading suggestions
Every person at a circulation desk can tell you a story or thirty about a patron who can’t remember a title but remembers part of the cover. Sometimes we can […]
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Celebrate the Days – September
Posted about 3 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Adult, Book Reviews, crafts and hobbies, Families, Fiction, Health and Wellness, holidays; celebrations, nonfiction, poetry, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with banned books, beards, book recommendations, celebrations, classical music, courtesy, currentevents, encouragement, Fiction, Grandparents, gratitude, HBUCs, library cards, make your bed, neighbor, new releases, nonfiction, online learning, positive thinking, procrastination, reading suggestions, reflexology, resumes, self care, sewing, talk like a pirate, voter registration
THERE ARE HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH — SO MANY REASONS TO CELEBRATE! I’M NOT SAYING THERE SHOULD BE CAKE EVERY DAY, BUT I’M NOT SAYING THERE […]
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2021 Teen Reading Challenge: Recommended by Someone You Admire
Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Challenge, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with #bookrecommendations, 2021rplteenreadingchallenge, booksforteens, ireadya, readingchallenge, recommendedreads, teenreadingchallenge, teenreads
Welcome back, readers, to this month’s 2021 Teen Reading Challenge post! The prompt this month is to “read something recommended by someone you admire.” Let me start off by saying […]
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By Teens, For Teens – Desert Solitaire & The Catcher in the Rye
Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, Book Reviews, Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, booksforteens, byteensforteens, ireadya, teenreads, volunteen
Our VolunTEENs have been hard at work reading and writing a ton of awesome reviews for you this summer! Here are two more written by Isabelle R., age 16. Book […]
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By Teens, For Teens – Maus: A Survivor’s Tale & Lolita
Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, Book Reviews, Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, booksforteens, byteensforteens, ireadya, teenreads, volunteen
Welcome back to our latest installment of By Teens, For Teens. This blog post series consists of all teen-generated content. This time we have two book reviews, both written by […]
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Bastille Day: À la France, avec Amour
Posted about 3 years ago by Laura Price
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Book Reviews, Children's, Fiction, Holidays, nonfiction, Teens, Travel
| Tagged with Bastille Day
The friendship between the United States and France spans decades. Generations of Americans have shown their amour for French fashion, food, architecture and people, to name just a few. And […]
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2021 Teen Reading Challenge: Books to Make You Laugh
Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Challenge, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with 2021rplteenreadingchallenge, booksforteens, bookstomakeyoulaugh, funnybooks, humor, ireadya, readingchallenge, teenreadingchallenge, teenreads
Readers, we are more than halfway through the 2021 RPL Teen Reading Challenge! It’s hard to believe we are already into the month of July. Thankfully, this year is measuring […]
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Only the Lonely
Posted about 3 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Fiction, Film, Health and Wellness, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with bekind, cheerup, cheerupthelonelyday, loneliness, onlythelonely, reading suggestions, smile, spreadkindness, unlonely, unlonelyproject
lonely definitions(from Merriam-Webster online) 1 – a: being without company: LONE // too many lonely nights at home. b: cut off from others: SOLITARY // the train stopped frequently at […]
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2021 Teen Reading Challenge: Juneteenth
Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Black History Month, Fiction, holidays; celebrations, nonfiction, Reading Challenge, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with #activism, #activist, #teenactivism, #teenactivist, 2021rplteenreadingchallenge, blackauthors, blackhistory, blm, booksforteens, currentevents, ireadya, Juneteenth, readingchallenge, teenreadingchallenge, teenreads
Welcome back to month six of the 2021 RPL Teen Reading Challenge. How’s it been going to far? I don’t know about you, but historically this is about the time […]
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