Shelf Respect
News, reviews, and ideas you can use from librarians and library staff at RPL
Pandemic? Don’t Panic. Stay home and read!
Posted about 6 years ago by Natalie Draper
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Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with pandemic
A good book can get you through just about any crisis, and sometimes, reading about the very thing that scares us can be a thrill, or catharsis. If you don’t […]
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Let’s Hear it For the Ladies
Posted about 6 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with interesting women, Women's History Month
Surprisingly (or not so surprisingly), Women’s History Month dates only back to 1981, when Congress passed Pub. L 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning […]
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Upcoming Indie Releases for 2020
Posted about 6 years ago by Phil Shepard
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Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with authors, book recommendations, indie publishers, new releases
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The Tax Man Cometh
Posted about 6 years ago by Meg Raymond
April 15th will be here before you know it. That means it is time to <cue spooky music> COMPLETE YOUR FEDERAL TAX RETURNS!! (Virginia tax returns aren’t due until May […]
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2019 Releases from African American Authors
Posted about 6 years ago by Nico D'Archangel
In honor of African American History Month, I decided to showcase some fantastic new releases from African American authors. Books by these authors don’t always get the recognition they deserve […]
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Gothic YAs for the Long, Dark Winter
Posted about 6 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
I am particularly drawn to a good, dark read during the winter months. Something about the extended hours of darkness and the cold, crisp air really gets me in the […]
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African-American History Month in Richmond
Posted about 6 years ago by Meg Raymond
I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my […]
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Local Author: Meg Medina
Posted about 6 years ago by Nico D'Archangel
Meg Medina, an author with awards aplenty (all well-deserved!), is a first generation Cuban-American who grew up in Queens, New York. From her website we learn that “when she’s not […]
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LAMAR GILES – “Trapping people in stories since 1987…”
Posted about 6 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
There are very few things in life that I geek out about. Meeting a very awesome author like Lamar Giles is one of them. Giles is a two-time Edgar Award […]
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