While we like to discuss books, movies and music on our podcast, we also like to share with you all the other great stuff we do here at the library. In this episode we talk with our genealogy librarian, Sonia, and find out how to get started using the library to do family history research.…
The library offers several book clubs for you to join, but we wanted to take time with this episode to highlight one of our newer book clubs, Teen Lit for Grownups. We talk with Andrea who runs the book club about teen lit and why adults might want to try reading books. Our next Teen…
Welcome to another episode of our Meet the Bookies podcast, where we introduce you to our library's Bookies who can give you great book, movie and music recommendations. This week we are chatting with Ellen, reader's advisor in Popular Services, selector for our Young Adult collection, and a fan of, well, all kinds of books!…
There's a couple of changes coming to some of our eLibrary services this month. Our services will stay the same, but how you access some of them will be updated. Read below to find out more. What's in a name? Zinio to RBdigital Zinio, one of our digital magazine providers, will be changing its name…
In this episode of our podcast, we get some recommendations from Nate, one our podcast hosts but also one of our library's Bookies, a new service to get book, movie and music recommendations from our librarians. You can find Nate and all our other Bookies at our website at cooklib.org/bookies. Mentioned in this episode: Books…
In this episode of our podcast we meet Becky, one of our library's Bookies, a librarian who you can ask for a book, movie or music recommendation. You can find Becky and all our other Bookies at our library's website. Recommendations in this episode: Movies Hunt for the Wilderpeople I,Anna The Dinner Books The Defense by…
A new month means a new set of miscellany from around the web. See below for a great gardening resource, a podcast and an author profile. Gardening Guidance Spring is here and gardening is on my mind. That's a first for me as this year is the first time I've had a place in which to…
Andrea, Manager of Popular Services, talks to us about Cook Library's new books, movies and music recommendation service and some of her personal recommendations for individuals and book clubs. Authors and series mentioned in the episode: The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Reverend Clare Fergusson mysteries by Julia Spencer-Fleming Ruth Galloway…
"The Curse of the Bahia Emerald" on Wired A real-life mystery, full of larger-than-life characters, and the titular emerald that is either worth almost nothing or $925 million. It's confusing and hard to explain in a short blurb, but fascinating with incredibly compelling illustrations throughout. A great long-read for the weekend. The 50 Best Podcasts…
Melissa joins us to recommend Dept. H by Matt Kindt, a locked-room mystery graphic novel that takes place at the bottom of the ocean. We also discuss how reading comics and graphic novels differs from reading print novels. You can find Dept. H in our catalog and Matt Kindt's other works over at Hoopla. [audio src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/cooklib/Ep._31__Quick_Draw_-_Dept.H.mp3"]…
