At the last meeting of the Bring Your Own Book Club, a bunch of book lovers chatted about the books we’ve all been reading lately. Looks like we’ll be doing it again on July 30th if you’d like to join …
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New Books: 07/27/2021
The Women's March by Jennifer Chiaverini
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A Song Everlasting by Ha Jin
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Fierce Little Thing by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
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Black Ice by Brad Thor
New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor is back with his most intense thriller yet.
Scot Harvath is having his best summer ever. With a cottage on the fjord, a boat, and his beautiful girlfriend Sølvi, …
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Criterion Collection: Ace in the Hole
Each week we’re recommending a movie from film lover’s favorite home video company, Criterion. The Criterion Collection is dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions of the highest technical quality with supplemental …
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New Music: 07/24/202
For Fans of The Cellist by Daniel Silva
If you read The Cellist by Daniel Silva and need something similar or if you’re on the hold list and you’re looking for something to tide you over until it arrives, here’s a few read-a-likes we hope you’ll love.
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Throwback Thursday: Among the Missing
It’s Throwback Thursday! Twenty years ago this month, Among the Missing by Dan Chaon was first published.
In this haunting, bracing collection, Dan Chaon shares stories of men, women, and children who live far outside the American Dream, while wondering …
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August 2021 LibraryReads Hall of Fame
Every month at libraryreads.org, librarians across the county nominate their favorite upcoming books. Any writers who appear on the list three times are moved into the Hall of Fame to recognize their new books while making room on the main list for less well known authors.
New Books: 07/20/2021
False Witness by Karin Slaughter
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For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing
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Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian
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August 2021 LibraryReads List
Every month at libraryreads.org, librarians across the county nominate their favorite books. Whichever books get the most nominations go onto the monthly list. Place holds now to get these sure-to-be popular books as soon as possible after they're released ...
The Cellist by Daniel Silva
Master of international intrigue Daniel Silva follows up his acclaimed #1 New York Times bestsellers The Order, The New Girl, and The Other Woman with this riveting, action-packed tale of espionage and suspense featuring art restorer and spy …
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The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
“I still believe. I still believe that someday there will be equality in this country. That someday there will be a new civil rights act, and a new president and Congress to enforce it. That everyone will be able to …
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Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone Library Solution helps Norridge and Harwood Heights residents build language skills with dozens of online language lessons and a mobile app that enables learners on the go. Get started using Rosetta Stone with our video tutorial.
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Throwback Thursday: The Fourth Hand
It’s Throwback Thursday! Twenty years ago this month, The Fourth Hand by John Irving was first published.
The Fourth Hand asks an interesting question: “How can anyone identify a dream of the future?” The answer: “Destiny is not imaginable, except …
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Movie in the Parking Lot: Knives Out
Saturday, August 14, 8:15 PM.
Motor into the nostalgic days of the outdoor theater as our parking lot is transformed for an in-car screening of Knives Out.
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July Reading Task: Cookbooks & Food Memoirs
July is Picnic Month, Hot Dog Month, Grilling Month, Ice Cream Month, Blueberry Month, and Watermelon Month so this month’s task for our 2021 Reading Challenge is to read a cook book or a food memoir. Below you’ll find a …
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New Books: 07/13/2021
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
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While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory
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A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan
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BYO Book Club Recommendations
Hoopla Digital: Ebooks, Audiobooks, and More
Hoopla Digital gives Norridge and Harwood Heights residents instant access to thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, movies, tv shows, and comics. Get started using Hoopla with our video tutorial.
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Throwback Thursday: Stranger in a Strange Land
It’s Throwback Thursday! Sixty years ago this month, Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein was first published.
Stranger in a Strange Land is the epic saga of an earthling, Valentine Michael Smith, born and educated on Mars, …
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The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
“There’s a trick to spinning lies. You have to embed the truth in there, just a glimmer of it. That’s the part that will catch people, and it’s what makes the rest of your lies sound like truth, too.”
Although …
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New Books: 07/06/2021
The Bone Code by Kathy Reichs
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Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith
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This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan
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Broken (in the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson
Jenny Lawson, known around the internet as the Bloggess, is a must-read author for people who appreciate a well-timed taxidermy joke.
Some might call her humor crude, or gently demented, but her previous books, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened…
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2021 Orwell Prize Winners
The Orwell Prizes are the UK’s most prestigious prizes for political writing. Every year, The Orwell Foundation awards prizes for the work which comes closest to George Orwell’s ambition “to make political writing into an art.”
Political FictionSummer by …
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