Library Love, Part II

A few years back, I wrote a post about Library Love, which included some novels set in or related to libraries. Since then, similar books have been published, and as it's National Library Week, I thought I'd share newer titles that feature libraries in some way:

• The Wartime Book Club by Kate Thompson (Libby)  On the Nazi-occupied Isle of Jersey, a librarian hides her library's books that threaten the regime and starts a book club offering escapism to the island's residents.
• The Boxcar Librarian by Brianna Labuskes (Libby)  A WPA editor is sent to Montana where she learns about a woman who, more than a decade earlier, turned a boxcar into a traveling library reaching isolated mining towns.
• Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller (Libby)  A hysterical read about what happens in a small Georgia town when someone replaces the books of a prudish woman's little library with banned books.
• The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by James Patterson (BT 028.9 PAT)  The interesting stories of real life librarians and booksellers in the U.S. are presented.
• The Astral Library by Kate Quinn (Libby, F QUI)  A great magical realism read in which a young woman finds a literal escape in a special library that allows its users to live in their favorite books. Complete with book dragon.
• The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson (F RIC)  A "blue" woman is part of the Pack Horse Library Project, delivering books to people in the remote areas of Appalachia on horseback during the Great Depression.

Don't forget that this week, our library is offering free T-shirts and book bags while supplies last. So stop by, pick up some goodies, and say hello!

Wishing you a Happy National Library Week from the perch.

Image Source: American Library Association

Great (FREE) Deals at the Library!

I don't have to tell you that the price of practically everything is up. Gas is up. Food is up. Services are up. Heck, even the price of girl scout cookies is up! (Amazing to think that as a brownie, I sold samoas for $2 a box.) I'm probably not the only one feeling that everything is going up except paychecks.

Believe it or not, there are some things that aren't going up in price. Actually, they COST NOTHING at all! You may have guessed--things at the library are FREE!!! And we're not just talking about books. Or DVDs. Or using computers.

These days, expect the unexpected at the library--video games, board games, puzzles, music CDs, audiobooks, and MORE! Tired of paying for Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services? Stream Kanopy from the library for FREE! Want to take a class and learn something new for the fun of it? Register for Universal Class for FREE! Not to mention we have other digital resources for books, audiobooks, music, language learning, newspapers, magazines, materials for kids and MORE all (you guessed it) for FREE!

So don't be shy and come over to the library to get some good FREE stuff! All you need is a library account, which we can make in minutes for anyone with a military ID. And if I may quote American author Anne Herbert, "Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries."

Wishing you the best from the perch.