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Staff Pick of the Week: Martha Stewart’s Cookies

In honor of National Cookie Day this week (Dec. 4), this week’s Staff Pick of the Week is Martha Stewart’s Cookies.  The timing is also perfect for the many upcoming holiday parties and gatherings. Great pictures, easy to follow delicious recipes, and excellent results and consistently yielded from this chock-ful […]

Staff Pick of the Week: The Alienist by Caleb Carr

This week’s staff pick is The Alienist by Caleb Carr.  Mystery, murder, mayhem, grit… If you like shows like Gotham, give this a go.  It has a sequel as well, The Angel of Darkness. “The year is 1896, the place, New York City. On a cold March night New York Times reporter John Schuyler […]

Staff Pick of the Week: The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon is this week’s Staff Pick. A story of suspense and secrets in a small town with… ghosts? “West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found […]

Staff Pick of the Week: How’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

  This week’s Staff Pick is Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones.  This children’s/YA read is great for all ages and shows how you can make your own destiny even when you don’t mean to.  Funny and charming, you won’t want to put this down. Hayao Miyazaki even made an anime version […]

Staff Pick of the Week: The Shattered Gates by Ginn Hale

The Shattered Gates by Ginn Hale is this week’s Staff Pick. It’s the beginning of a fantasy series, and the great news is that the entire series is published! So if you like it you can read them all. “When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, […]

Staff Pick of the Week: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

A Man Called Ove is heartbreaking, uplifting, and completely, wonderfully about the highs and lows of life and old age.  Our staffer literally laughed out loud and cried several times reading this fast moving novel, and can’t recommend it enough.  This cranky and quirky old man will make you fall in […]

Staff Pick of the Week, Spooky Edition: Joe Hill

This October, our Staff Picks of the Week are all about spooktacular horror. We have 4 new Spooky Staff Pick Bookmarks for you, available at the Circulation desk all month long to keep you in the Halloween spirit. This week’s staff pick is anything by Joe Hill. Some recommendations of his work for […]

Staff Pick of the Week, Spooky Edition: The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan

This October, our Staff Picks of the Week will all be about spooktacular horror.   We have 4 new Spooky Staff Pick Bookmarks for you, available at the Circulation desk all month long to keep you in the Halloween spirit. This week’s staff pick is The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan, one […]

Staff Pick of the Week, Spooky Edition: Hell House by Richard Mattheson

This October, our Staff Picks of the Week will all be about spooktacular horror.   We have 4 new Spooky Staff Pick Bookmarks for you, available at the Circulation desk all month long to keep you in the Halloween spirit. This week’s staff pick is Hell House by Richard Mattheson.  Our staffer […]

Staff Pick of the Week, Spooky Edition: John Dies at the End by David Wong

This October, our Staff Picks of the Week will all about spooktacular horror.   We have 4 new Spooky Staff Pick Bookmarks for you, available at the Circulation desk all month long to keep you in the Halloween spirit. To kick off, our staffer recommends John Dies at the End by […]