Reading Recommendations

Posted about 6 years ago by Lisa Crisman

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | 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 6 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Adult, Events, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with 19th Amendment, African American Women's Suffrage, elections, Law Library, States Rights, Suffrage, U.S. Constitution, VCU Common Book, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Women's Rights

Speaking of Constitution Day Constitution Day is September 17th. Join the Richmond Public Library (RPL) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Libraries in celebrating the 19th Amendment this Constitution Day. The […]

Posted about 6 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with #readinglist, #tiktok, #tiktokchallenge

Welcome back to Part 2 of the “Best TikTok Trends: A Reading List” blog post. As I’m sure you all are aware, there are a gazillion TikTok trends out there, […]

Posted about 6 years ago by Robyn Webb

Posted in Reading Recommendations | Tagged with antidote for reality, book recommendations, book recs, readalikes, science fiction, scifi, tv

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, we’ll introduce you to new worlds, […]

Posted about 6 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with #fliptheswitch, #gonnabefriends, #renegade, #teenreads, #teens, #tiktok, #tiktokchallenge, #wipeitdown

Without a doubt, TikTok is one of the hottest new social media platforms. Its mission is to “inspire creativity and bring joy” and, judging by the number of hours so […]

Posted about 6 years ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews, 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 6 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Reading Recommendations

At the Richmond Public Library, you can always peruse the Latest Releases page on the library’s website, and with curbside pickup, you need digital options for browsing the new book […]

Posted about 6 years 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 6 years ago by Alexandra Zukas

Posted in Reading Recommendations | Tagged with reading suggestions

Get ready to spin, folks! It is once again National Vinyl Record Day, the year’s most unsung holiday. While you may or may not be into vinyl itself, I’m betting […]

Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Reading Recommendations

At the 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 […]