#bookrecommendations
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How it All Began – Series Starters
Posted about 1 year ago by Meg Raymond
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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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Dark Academia and Gothic fiction
Posted about 1 year ago by Meg Raymond
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Adult, Book Reviews, diverse reads, Fiction, ghosts, haunted houses, horror, mystery, Reading Recommendations
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Hispanic Heritage month 9/15-10/15
Posted about 1 year ago by Meg Raymond
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Adult, Book Reviews, books in translation, celebrations, Children's, Events, Families, hispanic heritage month, holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations, September
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National Hispanic Heritage Month was established in 1968 as “Hispanic Heritage Week” under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in in 1988 to cover a 30-day […]
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Earth Day 2023 – Invest in Our Planet
Posted about 2 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
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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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Read Like a President
Posted about 2 years ago by Lindy Gellings
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Biographies, Fiction, History and Preservation, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
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“Reading is important. If you know how to read, then the whole world opens up to you.” Barack Obama Throughout our nation’s 247-year history, only 47 men have held […]
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Black History Books: A 2023 Review
Posted about 2 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Award Winners, Black History Month, diverse reads, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
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In Virginia, it is generally believed that African American History began with the importation of West Africans into Jamestown in 1619. After the Civil War, the Daughters of the Confederacy […]
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Cozy Reads for these Long Winter Nights
Posted about 2 years ago by Lindy Gellings
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Common Book Reading List
Posted about 2 years ago by Meg Raymond
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We hope you are looking forward to the upcoming programs that the Richmond Public Library has planned in support of the 2022 VCU Common Book, The Organ Thieves. Whether you […]
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HARRIET TUBMAN, INSPIRING AMERICAN HERO
Posted about 3 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Harriet Tubman (c. 1820-1822 – March 10, 1913) is an icon of courage, a true American hero. Born Araminta “Minty” Ross, she was enslaved at birth in Maryland. In 1849 […]
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Most Anticipated YA Books of 2022 (the first half)
Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Reading Recommendations, Teens
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Wow! It has been quite a year for YA books. Would you agree? I’ve enjoyed some great new YA titles this year including A Complicated Love Story Set in Space […]
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