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Apr 24th, 2013
Buzzy Books - Your Summer Reading List!
According to Entertainment Weekly, there are three books that need to be on your summer reading list. They're awfully good at picking these things--and last year's hottest of the hot Gone Girl was written by one of their own former writers. So here you go! Think SUMMER! Life After Life: A Novel by Kate Atkinson - What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her... Read More » -
Apr 23rd, 2013
Inquiring Minds - Books in Other Languages
Every week, librarian Judy Woodward compiles the most interesting reference questions and sends them to the Roseville Review. Here's this week's exotic inquiry! Q. Do you carry novels written in foreign languages like Russian? A. Most of the Library’s foreign languages books are in Spanish. Those include popular fiction and non-fiction titles, including translations of books originally published in English. We do have a few books in other languages, but those tend to be dictionaries and other language-learning aids, including some foreign language children’s picture books. Don’t take this as a total “nyet” for Russian novels, however... Read More » -
Mar 16th, 2013
Storytime for Grownups - Short but Not Sweet
From our Teen Librarian Amy comes a list of "short, but definitely not sweet" short story collections for grownups. Errantry: Strange Stories by Elizabeth Hand - No one is innocent, no one unexamined in award-winner Elizabeth Hand's new collection. From the summer isles to the mysterious people next door all the way to the odd guy one cubicle over, Hand teases apart the dark strangenesses of everyday life to show us the impossibilities, broken dreams, and improbable dreams that surely can never come true. Contents May Have Shifted by Pam Houston - Not really... Read More » -
Jan 31st, 2013
THE Reading List of 2013
Winter Jackets, Ramsey County Library's adult reading program, kicks off February 1st and runs through the end of February. Read books, write reviews and win prizes! To kick off your Winter Jackets reading list, check out THE Reading List of 2013. This list, put together by librarians with the Reference and User Services Association, highlights "outstanding genre fiction that merit special attention by general adult readers and the librarians who work with them." The list includes winners in eight genres (including adrenaline title, fantasy, historical... Read More » -
Jan 14th, 2013
Buzzy Book - Tenth of December
George Saunders Has Written the Best Book You'll Read This Year. A bold statement from the New York Times magazine, especially just three days into the new year. But they make a good point and they're not alone in their belief. The book world--from The Guardian to The Onion's AV Club and all... Read More »
