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How it All Began – Series Starters
Posted about 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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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Earth Day 2023 – Invest in Our Planet
Posted about 3 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Adult, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Earth Day, environment, Events, Families, Fiction, Health and Wellness, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions
| Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #bookrecs, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, celebrations, currentevents, health and wellness
It all started with a book by Rachel Carson. Silent Spring was originally published in 1962, and became a New York Times bestseller. It raised awareness about the links between […]
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YA Reads Best Served Cold
Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Fiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens
| Tagged with bestservedcold, bewaretheidesofmarch, ireadya, revenge, teenreads, yafiction
In honor of the Ides of March, I thought I’d put together a little booklist for you full of YA books all about revenge. Who does revenge better than a […]
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Cozy Reads for these Long Winter Nights
Posted about 3 years ago by Lindy Gellings
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Adult, crafts and hobbies, Health and Wellness, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions
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RPL Staff’s Most Anticipated Reads of 2023
Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, diverse reads, Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens
| Tagged with #2023books, #mostanticipated, book recommendations, newyearnewbooks, reading suggestions, readingrecommendations, rplreads, staff picks
With a new year brings lots of excitement surrounding the release of new books. And, no one is more excited for these than our staff here at Richmond Public Library. […]
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