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Splash!

Splash!

Make a splash…Read!

Summer reading program and activities beginning June 1.

Visit any BPL location or visit www.bplonline.org for details
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What to Read 37: Noir Novels

What to Read 37: Noir Novels

Some favorite noir novels (by Daniel Woodrell, Richard Stark, and James Reasoner) that I picked out from a recent presentation I gave.

Winter's Bone by Woodrell
Dust Devils by Reasoner
Comeback by Richard Stark (Don…

Word Up! 2010: Christie Ferguson “The Destructive Power of Persuasion”

Word Up! 2010: Christie Ferguson "The Destructive Power of Persuasion"

Welcome to the third annual WORD UP! Student Poetry Slam. WORD UP! is sponsored by the public libraries of Jefferson County. The contestants will perform original poetr…

The Orchid Thief Recited By Sara

The Orchid Thief Recited By Sara

The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean is read aloud by Sara, a patron of Suntree/Viera Public Library, at the Read, Write, Now! program on October 1, 2009.
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What to Read 33: Megan Abbott, Amy Belasen, Jacob Osborn

What to Read 33: Megan Abbott, Amy Belasen, Jacob Osborn

Two fun novels to try out.

"Jenny Green's Killer Junior Year" by Amy Belasen and Jacob Osborn. Jenny leaves Long Island to attend boarding school in Montreal. She ends up bein…

What to Read 32: JA Konrath Interview

What to Read 32: JA Konrath Interview

I spoke with author J.A. Konrath at 2009 Murder and Mayhem in Muskego conference. Konrath spoke about electronic publishing, his recent horror novel, Barry Eisler, teaching writing, and Han Solo.

LD Fargo Publ…

Read Me a Story Léeme un Cuento 2009 2010 advertisement

Read Me a Story Léeme un Cuento 2009 2010 advertisement

Read Me a Story
Léeme un Cuento
at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
Saturdays/Sábado 1pm
Learn Spanish! Learn English! Give your child a headstart on learning l…

What to Read 31: Books on Sex

What to Read 31: Books on Sex

The American Library Association's annual Banned Books Week reminded me that I was going to do a book talk about books on sex. The topic covers so many different areas that I decided to limit myself to mostly non-f…

What to Read 30: Lee Goldberg and Scott Phillips

What to Read 30: Lee Goldberg and Scott Phillips

Two good novels to read.

Mr. Monk Goes to Germany by Lee Goldberg. Monk travels to Germany to keep his appointment with his psychiatrist who is at a conference.

Cottonwood by Scott Phillips. A sal…

What to Read 29: Jim Oliver’s Motorcycle Journey Around the World

What to Read 29: Jim Oliver's Motorcycle Journey Around the World

August, 2009, I'm still in Lindsborg, KS. Today was the Thor's Thunder motorcycle rally. Jim Oliver spoke in the meeting room at the local bank about his around the worl…

What to Read 28 Marcus Sakey

What to Read 28 Marcus Sakey

A brief review for Marcus Sakey's At the City's Edge which he was giving away at the ALA Convention in Chicago. Even briefer mention of James Reasoner and Bill Crider.
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What to Read 27: Tom Piccirilli’s “The Coldest Mile”

What to Read 27: Tom Piccirilli's "The Coldest Mile"

Book recommendation for Tom Piccirilli's novel "The Coldest Mile" plus some new boxes.

The Coldest Mile follows The Cold Spot featuring main character Chase and his so…

What to Read 26: Brent Hartinger’s Novels

What to Read 26: Brent Hartinger's Novels

What to Read 26: Brent Hartinger's Novels

I had a phone interview with Mr. Hartinger about two of his novels, "Geography Club" and "Order of the Poison Oak". Hartinger had some …

What to Read 25: Guns

What to Read 25: Guns

A selection of gun books here at the L.D. Fargo Public Library in downtown Lake Mills, WI. Including:

Complete Handgun: 1300 to the present by Ian V. Hogg
The ABC's of Reloading, 7th Edition by Bill Chevalier
The Gun Di…

What to Read 24: Poetry by Mark Kraushaar, winner of the 2009 Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry

What to Read 24: Poetry by Mark Kraushaar, winner of the 2009 Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry

Local writer Mark Kraushaar just won the 2009 Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry from the University of Wisconsin Press. UW Press just published his winning collec…

What to Read 23: Zombies! With Jane Austen, Max Brooks, and Brian Keene

What to Read 23: Zombies! With Jane Austen, Max Brooks, and Brian Keene

Three zombie novels to read.

"Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: the classic Regency romance – now with ultraviolent zombie mayhem" by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smit…

Booktalks – “The Faerie’s Gift”

Booktalks – "The Faerie's Gift"

Marcia Wines of the Fairfax County Public Library introduces us to "The Faerie's Gift." After saving a woodland fairy from almost certain death, a woodcutter is given one wish, but his fami…

What to Read 22 Barry Eisler’s “Fault Line”

What to Read 22 Barry Eisler's "Fault Line"

A brief talk with Barry Eisler about his latest novel, "Fault Line". Held in the back room of Mystery One Bookstore in Milwaukee, WI. "Fault Line" is a standalone novel …

What to Read 21, March 2009 “Leather Maiden” and “Child 44″

What to Read 21, March 2009 "Leather Maiden" and "Child 44"

Two good thrillers to read: "Leather Maiden" by Joe R. Landsale and "Child 44" by Tom Rob Smith.

Tom Rob Smith has a sequel coming out with the sam…

READ! Singapore 2006: Tuesdays With Morrie

READ! Singapore 2006: Tuesdays With Morrie

An informal and unofficial video done in conjunction with READ! Singapore 2006. Details of how this video came about, at the NLB Book Blog, High Browse Online, here: http://tinyurl.com/2zpvj6
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