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Wonderful, Upbeat End-of-Summer Reads
Posted about 5 days ago by Amy H
Posted in eBooks & eAudiobooks, Fiction, Literature, Poetry & Graphic Novels, Movies, Music, & Audiobooks, New and Science Fiction & Fantasy | Tagged with domestic fiction, families - fiction, Psychological Fiction and women-fiction
A selection of great reads to help pass the time while you reflect on how much fun you had this summer.
Continue ReadingGet It, Before It Gets You!
Posted about 15 days ago by Heather H
Posted in eBooks & eAudiobooks, Fiction, Literature, Poetry & Graphic Novels, Movies, Music, & Audiobooks, Mystery & Thrillers and New | Tagged with it movie, scary books, scary clowns, scary movies and stephen king
Thirty-one years ago this month, Stephen King’s It made its way to library and bookstore shelves across the globe, and now it's back and on the big screen.
Continue ReadingGearing up for ACT and SAT Tests
Posted about 19 days ago by Kathryn M
Posted in Children & Parenting, eBooks & eAudiobooks, Education, New, Programs, Resources and Teen | Tagged with ACT, Databases, Learning Express Library, SAT, Teen, teenagers, teens, test prep and tests
The college admissions process can be a bit daunting, but your library is here to help with a variety of test prep classes and resources.
Continue ReadingCaldecott Award 2018: Early prediction edition
Posted about 1 month ago by Cindy V
Posted in Children & Parenting and New | Tagged with Caldecott Awards, Caldecott Medal, children's literature, Children's Stories and picture books
Includes a list of early predictions for the 2018 Caldecott Awards.
Continue ReadingLiterary Thrillers
Posted about 1 month ago by April S
Posted in Catalog Tips, eBooks & eAudiobooks, Fiction, Literature, Poetry & Graphic Novels, History, Politics, & Biography, Movies, Music, & Audiobooks, Mystery & Thrillers and New | Tagged with Crime Fiction, Databases, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novelist, Psychological Fiction, Psychological Suspense, Read-Alikes, Readers' Advisory, Spy Fiction, Suspense Fiction, Technothriller and Thrillers
Explore a selection of books filled with danger, action and suspense with an intellectual edge.
Continue ReadingMeet Libby: OverDrive's New eBook and eAudiobook App
Posted about 1 month ago by Andy Lechlak
Posted in eBooks & eAudiobooks, Movies, Music, & Audiobooks, New, Resources and Science Fiction & Fantasy | Tagged with app, apps, downloadables, eMedia, libby and overdrive
OverDrive introduced a new App, Libby. Libby brings a lot of new features to the table and appears to be the leading app moving forward for OverDrive users.
Continue ReadingPoetry Speaks Fall 2017
Posted 2 months ago by Jan C
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Poetry & Graphic Novels, History, Politics, & Biography, New and Programs | Tagged with ghosts, local authors, Lucas County Poet Laureate, memory, Northwest Ohio, Ohioana Book Awards, poetry, Poetry Speaks and Toledo
Poetry Speaks returns this August with a fantastic line-up featuring Ohioana Book Award Finalist and Toledo Native James J. Siegel with Jim Ferris, Cathryn Essinger, Jonie McIntire and Myrna Stone. Jim Ferris, the current Lucas County Poet Laureate, will also be leading two free workshops in October and November. We hope you'll join us!
Continue ReadingWalk. Listen. Win!
Posted 3 months ago by Heather H
Posted in eBooks & eAudiobooks, Metroparks Toledo, New and Resources | Tagged with audiobooks, ben kingsley, eMedia, lou diamond phillips, meryl streep, sandra oh, schindler's list, toledo metroparks and walking audiobook challenge
Love going on adventures, but also love curling up with a good book? Why not take the story with you by switching to an audiobook. We're partnering with the Toledo Metroparks on the Walking Audiobook Challenge.
Continue ReadingPsychological Suspense: The Devious Depths of the Human Mind
Posted 3 months ago by April S
Posted in eBooks & eAudiobooks, Fiction, Literature, Poetry & Graphic Novels, Movies, Music, & Audiobooks, Mystery & Thrillers, New and Resources | Tagged with Crime Fiction, Databases, Gothic Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novelist, Psychological Fiction, Psychological Suspense, Read-Alikes, Readers' Advisory and Suspense Fiction
Looking for a few edge of your seat, keep you guessing until the end great reads? Check out this blog post to explore an extensive selection of recent Psychological Suspense novels.
Continue ReadingSummer Beach Reads for 2017
Posted 3 months ago by April S
Posted in eBooks & eAudiobooks, Fiction, Literature, Poetry & Graphic Novels, Movies, Music, & Audiobooks, New and Romance | Tagged with Beach Reads, family, friendship, Historical Fiction, Summer Reads and Women's Fiction
We put together a great list of summer beach reads - check it out!
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