This week I decided to travel back millennia to rediscover the myths I thought I knew. We begin with the tale of Pandora's box jar. Author Natalie Haynes discovers that it wasn't until somewhere after the Middle Ages and before the 20th century that the jar became a box. Haynes then compares Pandora with the…
If you’ve been on the internet at any point since 2016, you’ve probably seen Maggie Smith’s viral poem “Good Bones.” It’s breathtakingly sad and also the tiniest bit hopeful, and any time the world seems especially disastrous, it pops up all over social media as a way to put words to unspeakably hard situations. At…
This month, I have not one, but two picks for you. Both of my picks this week are memoirs, and that's where the similarities end. For the reader, Jennette McCurdy's memoir, I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED, and Vanessa Schneider's memoir, MY COUSIN MARIA SCHNEIDER take very different turns. Child actor Jennette McCurdy didn't have the easiest…
There were other books I considered for this post. At first I considered TRAVELERS TO UNIMAGINABLE LANDS: STORIES OF DEMENTIA, THE CAREGIVER, AND THE HUMAN BRAIN / Dasha Kiper ; foreword by Norman Doidge, which was an excellent read for caregivers of dementia patients. I would recommend this book for anyone who's life has been…
March is Women's History Month. Join us in celebrating the vital role women have played in our collective history. Attend a program, choose your next great book, or check out a podcast episode. You can also explore and learn more through research databases and other blog posts. Programs & Activities History Matters: LHS Women's Athletics…
There are many stories that will never be told, narratives lost to history. Whether they were erased purposefully, or lost in the annals of time, there are a great number of stories which will never be known. Such is not the case for William and Ellen Craft. Theirs is a story that is so unbelievable,…
This February and beyond, join us in celebrating and honoring the triumphs, struggles, and achievements of African Americans through US history. Attend a program, choose your next great book, or read staff reviews. You can also explore and learn more through research databases and other blog posts. Programs & Activities Children's Craftivity: Ndebele HutsDROP IN…
Are you a fan of survival stories? Do you enjoy reading about maritime disasters? Arctic expeditions? If you answered yes to any of those questions, have I got a book for you! EMPIRE OF ICE AND STONE : THE DISASTROUS AND HEROIC VOYAGE OF THE KARLUK by Buddy Levy will have you on the edge…
I’m so odd, even to myself. I wonder about others like me, who seem totally fine on the outside but are rotting on the inside, where the rot is this vague state of being not-fine and not-devastated at the same time. The world tends to focus too much on the very bright or the very…
Trigger warning: this post will discuss two different books. Terminal disease and assisted suicide are discussed in one and childhood sexual abuse is discussed in the other. There are some books that are a pure delight to read. Their topics are enchanting; you can’t put the book down and before you know it, it’s over.…
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