Shelf Respect
News, reviews, and ideas you can use from librarians and library staff at RPL
“The Best We Could Do”
Posted about 3 years ago by Laura Price
I am just about half-way through an excellent graphic novel called “The Best We Could Do.” It’s the memoir of a Vietnamese refugee named Thi Bui, who recounts the struggles […]
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Make time and space for Time and Space
Posted about 3 years ago by Natalie Draper
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Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
It appears as though one of my favorites, The Book of Strange New Things, has been adapted into an Amazon series pilot: Oasis. The single episode offering has already diverted pretty sharply […]
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New books to go crazy for
Posted about 3 years ago by Natalie Draper
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Audiobooks, Book Reviews
Have I told you to run right out and get the highly anticipated first novel of acclaimed short story writer George Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo, yet? Well, consider yourself told. […]
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We’ve switched to a new platform.
Posted about 3 years ago by Natalie Draper
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Technology
After many years of “bloggering”, the RPL Staff Picks Blog will be moving to the RVAlibrary.org website during #NationalLibraryWeek (April 9th-15th). We’ll be on break this week while we make […]
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