The Matchmakers are happy to welcome our Adult Summer Reading Coordinator, Jen, as our guest blogger today! Jen writes: Chart your own adventure with the Adult Summer Reading program! Between June 1 and August 11, you can earn raffle entries for reading books, writing...
Looking for something great to read this spring? Check out this list of recently published novels! You can also fill out our Match Me Up form for personalized recommendations and browse past Matchmakers reviews at heightslibrary.org/recommend. Happy Reading! The...
I am more of a movie person than a tv person, and I normally like to see new movies at the theater. But this past year I have gone to the theater less and watched more DVDs from the library at home. If you don't have a streaming service, the library is one of the few...
Let Me Tell You What I Mean, by Joan Didion, was published last year shortly before the author's death. The book contains twelve essays ranging throughout Didion's career that have not previously been collected. I remember reading Slouching Towards Bethlehem in high...
This newly published section of The Pale King gives readers a chance to experience David Foster Wallace on a smaller - but no less brilliant - scale. The setting of Something to Do with Paying Attention is Chicago in the 70s, where a young IRS agent is trying to...
Gilded Age was published in 2012 and is written by local author Claire McMillan. The novel, set in Cleveland, is a modern retelling of Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth. I had not read the original, but felt it more than held its own. It reminded me a bit of The...
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an epic Medieval poem and one of the Arthurian legends. It was composed in the late 1300s by an unknown author and appears here in a modern translation by British poet Simon Armitage. One of the cool things about this version is that...
I recently saw a movie that has become one of my new favorites. The Green Knight follows a young knight in King Arthur’s court as he embarks on an epic journey. He is played marvelously by Dev Patel, who portrays both vulnerability and courage in the role of Gawain....
I thought I would use my blog post this month to promote our movie streaming services. Heights Libraries gives cardholders access to thousands of movies and tv shows through its streaming platforms Kanopy, Hoopla, and IndieFlix. The best part? It's free! You get up...
Before vaulting to fame with Kitchen Confidential and shows like No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain penned a series of crime novels in the late nineties. All three are available in the online catalog. Judging from The Bobby Gold Stories, Bourdain may have been a very...