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  • 10 Cozy Mysteries To Add Some Spooky To Your Life

    These 10 books with definitely help get you in the Halloween mood.

  • 6 of the Best Goosebumps Books from the 1990s

    Readers young and old who enjoy the fun horror of Goosebumps know they're in for a scare.

  • Top 10 Terrifying Horror Manga to Go with Your Spooky Season Vibe

    Get ready for Halloween with these eerie manga.

  • 10 Incredibly Frightening Horror Titles for After You Watch The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix

    “I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.”

  • 10 Books To Feed Your Travis Kelce/Taylor Swift Obsession

    10 sports romances for all of us who ship the Taylor and Travis romance. #Traylor

  • 10 Classic Horror Movies to Stream for Free on Kanopy this Halloween

    Travel back to simpler times with these horror mainstays and cult classics that have helped shape the spooky films we have today.

  • Youth Literature for World Mental Health Day

    Help raise awareness about mental health issues and erase the stigma with these compelling children’s and young adult reads.

  • Rachel Recommends: What to Read and Watch This Autumn

    "I'm so glad to live in a world where there are Octobers." - L.M. Montgomery

  • 5 Books to Read Before the Solar Eclipse

    Toledo is lucky to be in the path of two solar eclipses in the next year! The first is October 14th, the second April 8th.

  • 5 Books About Coffee, Just in Time for Pumpkin Spice Latte Season

    Don't read this before you've had your first cup of coffee for the day.

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  • 5 Movies Like Groundhog Day

    5 time loop movies to watch over and over...and over.

  • 10 Books and Stories by Meg Medina, New Ambassador For Young People’s Literature

    Meet Meg Medina, the new Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.

  • 5 Indispensable Tom Verlaine Recordings

    Rock guitarist Tom Verlaine didn't sell a ton of records, but the legions of musicians he influenced did.

  • 9 Soul Food Cookbooks to Feed Your Belly and Your Soul

    Get your soul right with some soul food.

  • Around the World in 80 Days

    Around the World in 80 Days, a novel by Jules Verne, turns 150 years old this month.

  • Book Clubbin’: Looking to Add a New Habit to Your New Year? Join a Library Book Group!

    Looking to add a new habit to your new year? Consider joining one of our many book groups and to help hit your reading goals for 2023.

  • New Year, New (to You) Movies: Join the Library’s Documentary Film Discussion Group

    Looking to try something new? Check out our Documentary Discussion Group! Watch the movie on Kanopy, then join us on Zoom for an engaging discussion about all things film.

  • Rachel Recommends: What to Read and Watch This Winter

    "Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is time for home." - Edith Sitwell

  • What Were the 1990s Like?: Everything You Need to Know

    With That 90s Show hitting Netflix, it's time to brush up on Trolls, Beanie Babies, Seattle grunge, Bill Clinton, Windows 95, and more.

  • 15 Excellent Books by Korean American Authors You Should Read

    Celebrate the literary contributions of Korean Americans.

  • 10 Indie and Arthouse Films to Celebrate Sundance Season

    Get ready for the Sundance Film Festival with these 10 great Indie and Arthouse movies!

  • Civil Rights Day: 20 Books About Leaders in the Pursuit for Equality

    Learn more about the fight for Civil Rights through the lens of those who led the charge.

  • Don’t Call it a Bad Back: LL Cool J Turns 55

    It's LL Cool J's birthday, and we're celebrating in the customary fashion: starting hurricanes; listening to the bass go boom; maybe a little ice cream.

  • 5 Indispensable Jeff Beck Recordings

    Play a tune in memory of guitar god Jeff Beck. And play it loud.

  • 5 Books to Help Celebrate National Hot Tea Day

    5 books celebrating the history of tea, with some recipes thrown in too.

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