October 30, 2013

Employee Spotlight: Lindsey

Lindsey has been the Youth Services Department Head for 4 months. 

Favorite Authors:
Oliver Jeffers
Roald Dahl
Alan Bradley
David Sedaris
Jenn McKinlay
She also loves Vanity Fair magazine. 

Favorite Music:
Regina Spektor
Mumford and Sons
Modest Mouse
Carole King

Favorite Movies and TV:
The Wizard of Oz
Elizabethtown 
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Moonrise Kingdom
Benny & Joon
The Goonies
Gilmore Girls
Downton Abbey
Big Love

Hobbies:
Crocheting
Museums
Anything Disney!

Lindsey loves the moment when a child really connects with a story you are reading to them. You can see the excitement in their eyes and their mouth hangs open a little. 

Something you may not know about Lindsey - She has been skydiving twice!

October 24, 2013

November 2013 LibraryReads List

LibraryReads is a monthly list that shares the top ten books librarians across the country loved reading. Think of it as a nationwide "Staff Picks" list! (View the complete list)

Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield

Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer-Fleming

The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son by Pat Conroy

Someone Else’s Love Story: A Novel by Joshilyn Jackson

The Valley of Amazement: A Novel by Amy Tan

Death of a Nightingale: A Novel by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis

October 16, 2013

Employee Spotlight: Sheryl


Sheryl has been an Information Assistant for 3 years.

Favorite Authors:
Margaret Mitchell
Harper Lee
Steve Oney
Sarah Vowell
Laura Hillenbrand
Steve Almond

Favorite Music:
Fifth Dimension
Trip Shakespeare
Steely Dan
Ben Folds 5
Sergio Mendes

Favorite Movies & TV:
Gone with the Wind
Beverly Hills Cop
It's a Gift
Young Frankenstein
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
24
The Office
The Middle
The Daily Show
Survivor
Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Hobbies:
Reading
Traveling

Sheryl enjoys helping patrons with genealogy--it's often interesting and sometimes like doing detective work. 

Something you may not know about Sheryl--She shook hands with Ronald Reagan. 

October 9, 2013

New eBooks

The following eBooks are now available to download from our digital library. Enjoy these eBooks on your computer, eReader, tablet, or smartphone! 

Fiction
All Things New by Lynn Austin
The Amish Midwife by Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie Gould
The Amish Nanny by Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie Gould
Blood Bound by Rachel Vincent
The Blossom Sisters by Fern Michaels 
Blue Moon Promise by Colleen Coble 
The Gatekeeper by Heather Graham 
The Guardian by Beverly Lewis
Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club by Wanda E. Brunstetter
The Heart's Frontier by Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith 
Oath Bound by Rachel Vincent
Sea Glass Island by Sherryl Woods
Shadow Bound by Rachel Vincent
Submerged by Dani Pettrey
Tidewater Inn by Colleen Coble 

October 2, 2013

October 2013 LibraryReads List

LibraryReads is a monthly list that shares the top ten books librarians across the country loved reading. Think of it as a nationwide "Staff Picks" list! (View the complete list)

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Cartwheel by Jennifer duBois

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Hunting Season: Immigration and Murder in an All-American Town by Mirta Ojito

Longbourn by Jo Baker

The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Tilted World by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly

We Are Water by Wally Lamb