by AnnDee Peterson | Aug 9, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian Although “A Man Called Ove” was published in Sweden in 2012, it didn’t arrive in the US until the following year, and took even longer to hit the New York Times Best Sellers List, which it did in 2014,...
by AnnDee Peterson | Jul 26, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian I have no doubt that history will be made during the upcoming Olympics in Paris. Athletes will set records, longshots will come from behind to medal, and careers will end. Each Olympiad is special, but the...
by AnnDee Peterson | Jul 19, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian 2024 is more than half over and since I won’t be sharing an end-of-the-year list of my favorite reads, I decided six months worth of top books is in order. As always, I am listing them in alphabetical order by...
by AnnDee Peterson | Jul 12, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian As far as I’m concerned, the summer doldrums are upon us. It’s hot, it’s humid, and I’m leaning towards crankiness (I can hear some of you saying, “isn’t that her usual M.O.?”). A pick-me-up is certainly...
by AnnDee Peterson | Jul 5, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian Anyone who’s attended a funeral dinner knows the routine—the family of the deceased gather around tables in the church hall, eating home-cooked casseroles and desserts made by the (mostly) women church members...
by AnnDee Peterson | Jun 28, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian After the fear and isolation of COVID, readers gravitated towards books that were heartwarming and without the angst that permeated the domestic thrillers that were all the rage in 2019. Now that we’re farther...
