Join us on a thrilling quest through YOUR local library, unearthing magical gems to spice up your day and rekindle your love for reading!
Celebrate without leaving your preferred reading genre, or try a new one! We’ve provides several options for a variety of reading preferences. History The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer (1890-present) or The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk (1600’s-1900’s) – Be prepared to either question what you know…
Check out if you’re a fan of ancient history, architecture, and or/man’s obsession to immortalize the human experience. I’ve always been an ancient Egypt girlie, and someone who thinks about ancient history on a near constant basis. I often wonder what people were like back then and how they were…
Check out if you want a trivial taste of afterlife adventures. As someone who is a fan of learning different beliefs, traditions, and Jeopardy (Jennings is a long-time champ and host) I was excited to pick up 100 Places to See After You Die by Ken Jennings. The book…
Check it out if you know what they say about good intentions… As a teenager I read Go Ask Alice, as many teenagers have since the “true diary” came out in 1971. Like many others who read it, I was shocked and horrified at how a young girl could go…
Check it out if you are interested in scientific history, ethics, and “no way that happened” type stories. The title and cover is all it took for me to pick up this book. I have also read and enjoyed books such as My Lobotomy by Howard Dully, Stiff by Mary…
Check out if you believe in learning from history. I started reading this because I read The Boys in the Boat by the same author and LOVED it. (Side note: if you haven’t read that book you really need to.) With that said, other than the World War II aspect,…
Check out if you are ready to confront your own mortality. Listen, I know death is a heavy topic. Talking about death, reading about death, and thinking about death makes many of us uncomfortable. But it is a necessary conversation to have with yourself. I’m not the only person who…
Check out if you enjoy random facts and sometimes feeling the heebie jeebies. I am a nerd at heart and took many science courses when I was in college. So it was fun to hear some terms again that I haven’t heard in awhile. There is a high probability that…
Check out if interested in human rights/women’s rights In the 1930’s, Ann Cooper Hewitt, daughter of inventor Peter Cooper Hewitt, was set to inherit her father’s estate when she came of age at 21. In his will, he stipulated that she would receive two-thirds of his estate if she were…
Check out if you enjoy tragic tales or underdogs fighting for justice. The Radium Girls was published in 2017, and it was a New York Times bestseller. My sister told me that I HAD to read it. The story took place here in the US during the first half of…