Frank Banning is not your ordinary nine-year-old boy. His IQ is higher than 99.7 percent of the American public's. He likes to watch old movies and to dress like Rudolph Valentino and Fred Astaire. He likes pocket squares, tailcoats, spats, and top hats. He has a memory that will retain all the facts he picks…
Digital Services Librarian Lindsay recommends a rad comic book perfect for comic geeks and newbies alike! http://traffic.libsyn.com/cooklib/Ep._7__Quick_Draw_-_The_Influencing_Machine.mp3…
Last night we held a panel discussion with local authors Jane Steen, Lisa Steinke, and Peter Ferry on their experiences in publishing. They offered a variety of viewpoints. Steen writes historical fiction and is self-published. Steinke co-writes “women’s fiction” or stories about women and is published by Simon & Schuster's Atria imprint. Ferry’s first book…
Emma has it all together. She doles out perfect advice in a weekly column in the college newspaper. She knows when to tell you to break up with him or when to confront your roommate about unspoken issues. Harriet is a whole different story. Harriet is a college junior juggling school, work, boys, and friends.…
Mayor Ty D. Proffitz was discovered face down in the reference stacks of Crooke's Crossing Public Library. Who committed this heinous crime? The Intrepid Detective Sam Slayed was quickly on the case, and found seven suspects who all had reason to want the mayor dead. Meet the suspects: Longtime reference librarian Alona N. Bhidder is livid…
On January 30, 1945, nine thousand souls perished as the Wilhelm Gustloff sank in the Baltic Sea. It’s the deadliest disaster in maritime history, yet hardly anyone has heard of it. Most of the passengers on the ship were trying to escape to safety from the advancing Russian army as German defenses crumbled. Salt to the…
AV Librarian Becky King shares her thoughts on last night's Oscars and we talk about the best films of 2015. http://traffic.libsyn.com/cooklib/Ep._5__Oscars_Recap.mp3…
We remember Harper Lee, who died one week ago today. Ellen from our Popular Services department discusses why she needed Go Set a Watchman. http://traffic.libsyn.com/cooklib/Ep._4__Processing_Go_Set_A_Watchman_as_we_remember_Harper_Lee.mp3 Read Ellen's original Go Set a Watchman review.…
This is a plot we’ve all read or seen before. We know how it works. Person A has a secret. Person B finds out that secret. Person B blackmails Person A to do something for them in exchange for not revealing Person A’s secret. This is a straightforward, run-of-the-mill plotline that we’ve all seen too many times…
Cyndi, who leads our new YA for Grown-Ups book club, recommends a recent Young Adult novel people of all ages will love. http://traffic.libsyn.com/cooklib/Ep._3__Book_Pick-_Simon_vs._the_Home_Sapiens_Agenda.mp3…
