reading suggestions
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Let’s Hear it for the Ladies
Posted about 1 month ago by Meg Raymond
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Adult, Book Reviews, Fiction, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Women's History
| Tagged with #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, reading suggestions
In honor of Women’s History Month, check out these newly updated biographical fiction booklists: Let’s Hear It For Bad Girls and Nasty Women: Ladies We Love to Loathe Let’s Hear […]
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Picture Books to Get Ready for March Madness!
Posted about 2 months ago by Lisa Wiertel
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Children's, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Picturebooks, reading suggestions, Sports
| Tagged with basketball picture books, children's picture books, college basketball, march madness, picture books, RVA
With Super Bowl LVIII now in the books and the opening day of baseball over a month away, it is time to get ready for March Madness! March Madness […]
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Let’s Celebrate Black History!
Posted about 3 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Audiobooks, Biographies, Black History Month, book discussions, celebrations, Children's, Comics, diverse reads, Events, Families, For Teens, Graphic Novels, History and Preservation, Picturebooks, Poetry, reading suggestions
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Let’s celebrate Black History through the arts at the Richmond Public Library!
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The Best Books We Read in 2023
Posted about 4 months ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, Book Reviews, Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens
| Tagged with bestof, bestof2023, favoritebook
Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson “Two smart, misfit teenagers spend a hot and sticky summer together – partly by choice but mostly because of proximity. […]
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How it All Began – Series Starters
Posted about 6 months ago by Meg Raymond
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Book Reviews, Fiction, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions
| Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #bookrecs, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, books in series, Fiction, reading suggestions
Are you mad for books in series? Me, too! I love books in series, but also have a compulsion that I. Must. Read. Series. In. Order. Sometimes this proves difficult. […]
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Celebrate Spooky Season With RPL
Posted about 7 months ago by Jennifer Deuell
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celebrations, Children's, Events, Families, holidays, holidays; celebrations, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens
| Tagged with halloween
If you love spooky season like I do, then you are loving life right now. It’s the best time of year (IMO). A time when the weather gets little chilly, […]
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Self-Care September
Posted about 8 months ago by Meg Raymond
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Health and Wellness, holidays; celebrations, Hoopla, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Online Database, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Self-care, September
Self-Care September I am not a hot weather person, and summer is my Grumpy Season. I am looking forward to September for many reasons. It should be cooler, and September is […]
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New Reader’s Advisory Tools @ RPL
Posted about 8 months ago by Jennifer Deuell
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eContent, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions
| Tagged with book suggestions, online databases, online tools, readers advisory
You may have noticed recently that we have a few new reader’s advisory tools on our website. The first, NoveList Select, is located within our online catalog. Now when searching […]
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RPL has the “For Dummies” series!
Posted about 10 months ago by Alfreda Payton
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Adult, diverse reads, eContent, Health and Wellness, Hoopla, How-To, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Technology, Teens
| Tagged with book recommendations, self care
The first For Dummies instructional guidebook was cautiously offered to the public in 1991 by bookstore owners who were convinced the public would be insulted by its title. DOS for […]
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When Mother’s Day is Hard
Posted about 12 months ago by Jennifer Deuell
Mother’s Day is not happy for everyone. Instead, it can be a time of grief, pain, ambiguity, frustration, strain, and even guilt. Personally, Mother’s day has been a sad day […]
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