This year, the 14th of February is both Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday, a conjunction that hasn’t happened since 1945. Whether you tend towards...
Looking for a Job?
Looking for a job? Heights Libraries is here to help! This month, we are offering a variety of classes focusing on Job Search Essentials. Job Search...
The “Perfect” Nanny
It is my pleasure to post my colleague John's guest post: Leila Silmani’s The Perfect Nanny is one of those novels you will hear about. Much like...
Tangerine-Captivating: The book, the characters, the locale
Tangerine, the debut novel written by British author Christine Mangan, won't be published until the end of March, but reserve it at your library...
Mystery: Max Wirestone
Meet Dahlia Moss, who is not a detective, okay? She just happens to be around crimes and murders and arrests a lot. Dahlia is the protagonist of a...
Alternatives to Fire and Fury
Since its well-publicized release three weeks ago, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House has been flying off library shelves. If you’ve...
Elementary Read Alouds
This month I traveled to Noble and Oxford Elementary schools to share some great books with the Aftercare groups at each building. It's always a...
Winter Weather-Cozy Couches-Riveting Reads
Winter is the perfect time to snuggle up on your couch or in your bed with a good book, a cup of tea or hot chocolate and just read for hours as...
Troubleshooting Tech Devices
As the new year rings in so do the new devices, and a desire to finally understand old devices. Many customers come into the computer lab seeking...
Nonfiction Favorites: A Dozen from 2017
My favorite kind of nonfiction is memoir, especially stories about people raised in non-conventional families. This year I enjoyed: We Are all...
Non-Fiction: Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney
Happy New Year! It's very rare for me to read non-fiction, and I ended the old year AND started the new with a Must Love book for English majors: A...
17 Titles I loved in 2017(Plus 2)
Another year is over, and, as usual, there were so many good books to read! Here is a sampling of what I really enjoyed. There are two moving...
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