Here at the Heights Library system, we’re nearly all fans of local author Richard Montanari — even those of us too timid to read his thrillers enjoy talking to him. And those of us who do read the Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano? We can’t get enough blood, guts and severely twisted killers.
A Well Told Story with an Unexpected Ending
An unreliable narrator is all the vogue in fiction these days. In Suzanne Rindell’s beautifully rendered debut novel, The Other Typist, the rich time period of […]
Author Review: Maggie Stiefvater
The first book I picked up by Maggie Stiefvater was Shiver, a paranormal romance involving werewolves and Minnesota. I loved the Minnesota part (that’s where I’m from), […]
Four Star Noir and Crime Novels
I just finished a brand new book list of noir and crime books that I’ve read or have on my to read list and I […]
Memoir of a Monkey Girl
The middle of the story comes first. A coed at UC Davis, Rosemary is used to being the odd girl out, but when she witnesses […]
Heights Libraries community survey results are in and available to all
Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library’s community survey results are in, and the results are good. In February 2013, the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library contracted […]
Working with Photo Backgrounds in PowerPoint 2010
Ever bored by PowerPoint presentations that are colorless and bland? PowerPoint 2010 provides great tools for adding photos as a background design element. Photos can […]
Check out this local author interview with Tamasin Noyes
The Cedar-Coventry Author Series, is an ongoing collaboration between Coventry Village Library, Apple Tree Books and Mac’s Backs Books on Coventry which showcases local authors. […]
Sharks Attack!
Today we read awesome books about sharks! Our first book this morning was Shark in the Dark, by Peter Bently We then sang the Baby […]
Ladybugs
Today we talked about the cute, colorful ladybug! Through an exciting nonfiction story, “Bright Beetle”, kids learned facts about the life of this neat insect, […]