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Best Books (I Read During the Year) of 2018

by Cullen : December 29, 2018

Bibliophiles, I present to you my “Best Books of 2018” list, as always with the huge caveat that very few of the books were actually published in 2018; they’re simply my favorite books I read during the year. Unlike an escalator that is temporarily stairs, this list is out of order. Sleeping Beauties by […]

Tags: A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, Basketball (and Other Things), Beartown, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Fredrick Backman, Gail Honeyman, Hank Green, Michael Singer, Mike Reiss, Mike Sacks, Neil Gaiman, Poking a Dead Frog, Reader's Advisory, Review, Shea Serrano, Sleeping Beauties, Springfield Confidential, Stephen King, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Untethered Soul

Friday the 13th: A Reading Guide

by Cullen : July 13, 2018

In honor of Friday the 13th, I’ve put together a list of ten* scary/freaky/eerie books appropriate for reading today, complete with 13 word** blurbs on each: It by Stephen King – It gets uncomfortably weird, and it’s mega long, but man, is it great. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn – Has one of the […]

Tags: A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess, Batman: Death of the Family, Cormac McCarthy, Friday the 13th, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, Horns, Ira Levin, It, Joe Hill, Neil Gaiman, Pet Sematary, Reader's Advisory, Rosemary's Baby, Scott Snyder, Silence of the Lambs, Stephen King, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Road, Thomas Harris

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If somebody requests that you to do something “no questions asked,” you should rightfully be a little wary. “What’s the deal with that?” you might say, and will already have failed, because that’s a question, Askin’ Kutcher. It can be a suspicious, curiosity-nagging arrangement, but we sometimes agree to such mystery-shrouded terms for those we […]
The Dating Game, Book Style
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The Letter “G”
What a great week to read some stories about the letter “G”! Pre-School Storytime we are reading: Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae My Garden by Kevin Henkes Let’s Count Goats! by Mem Fox Silly Little Goose! by Nancy Tafuri For Book Babies we are reading A Garden of Opposites by Nancy Davis Let’s […]
The Letter “F”
Say hello to our friend the letter “F”! This week for Book Babies we are reading: Fire Truck by Peter Sis Dancing Feet by Lindsey Craig For Pre-School Storytime we are reading the two above and: Old MacDonald had a Farm by Jane Cabrera Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood Check out our really […]

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