Recommendations for Adults

“No matter how great a work of art is, it comes to an end. In fact, in order to be great, it must end.”  Juhea Kim, City of Night Birds, pg. 305 When I was five years old, I wanted to be a ballet dancer more than anything in the world. All my child-sized brain…

  I'm not much of a winter fan, much to the chagrin of my snow-loving partner. Too much sleet! Too much hidden ice! Even the pigeons under the bridge around where I live are shivering! The only way I can convince myself to go outside between November and February is helping out at my local…

Now in its ninth year, the beloved One Book, One Community (OBOC) series is an opportunity for readers from Cook Memorial, Indian Trails, and Vernon Area public libraries to join in a shared experience of literature. This year’s selection is The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff. A young woman in rural India finds the false…

Poor Richard Osman. He wrote a beloved, critically acclaimed mystery series that breathed new life into the cozy mystery subgenre, spawned countless imitations, and is currently in production as a Netflix series. Then he pressed pause.  At the end of The Last Devil To Die, Osman announced that the members of the Thursday Murder Club would…