Summer Reading Recommendations – Three from Melissa Cookson

Recently the Library posted a video on our YouTube Channel with staff recommendations for summer reading.  Here\’s the \”why?\” behind some of those recommendations, as well as for other books that didn\’t make it into the video. Melissa Cookson is our Cataloging Librarian, and an avid consumer of books, manga, and anime.  Here are her

Fiction and Popular Nonfiction by Black Authors

If you\’d like to read fiction or popular nonfiction by Black authors, the library has some good options to choose from. Below are just a few of them. Fiction:   Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (format: paper) – In this Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction novella, Binti, the first of the Himba people to ever go

How long will it take you to finish the books in your TBR pile?

Read It Forward has a calculator on their site that can tell you how long it will take you to finish the books in your TBR (To Be Read) pile. It\’s available here. All you need is the total number of books in your pile (or saved on your e-reader, or included in a Goodreads

Summer Reading Video

Looking for something fun to read this summer? Need a good audio book for your next road trip? The library has you covered! Check out our newest video for staff suggested books and audio books for summer reading.