Suggested Reading Five: March 4, 2026

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our five suggested reads of the week!

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Defiance: A Memoir of Awakening, Rebellion, and Survival in Syria by Loubna Mrie

In her first book, photojournalist Mrie recounts coming of age at the beginning of the Syrian civil war and the devastating costs of her involvement in documenting the conflict. Born into a family of Alawites, a minority group that ruled the country and prospered under the protection of the ruling al-Assad family, Mrie began questioning the government when the Arab Spring protests of 2010 spread to Syria. Inspired by her mother’s encouragement of education and personal liberty, Mrie began recording the clashes between protestors and government forces, a rejection of her family’s loyalty to Bashar al-Assad, which eventually led to her estrangement from relatives and friends, her exile from the country, and a series of personal losses. Mrie uses an exceptional eye for detail to evoke her surroundings, whether it be the peaceful Syrian countryside of her childhood or the carnage-filled chaos of rebel-held villages under bombardment. But the most remarkable aspect of Mrie’s memoir is her unflinching honesty as she details how trauma and guilt led to her struggles with impulsive behavior and an addiction to alcohol.  

VERDICT Recommended for libraries with sizable collections of autobiographies and memoirs, Mrie’s book will resonate with readers. – Starred Library Journal Review

 

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Felicia’s Favorites by Danielle Steel 

A mother bestows a life-changing legacy on her five adult daughters in this profoundly moving novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel. 

After the unexpected death of their mother, Felicia Morgan Weston, her five daughters are summoned to a historic Connecticut farmhouse for the reading of her will. Still reeling from shock, they hear revelations that will potentially change their lives—and they realize there was much more to their mother than they ever knew. 

Charlotte, the oldest, always resented her mother’s advice, but now misses her terribly. An entrepreneur and single mother, she doesn’t dare hope for a second chance at love. 

Although content with her career as a TV producer and her life with her partner in Greenwich Village, Quinne is about to have an opportunity to dream bigger. 

Former ballet dancer Olivia has lived as a paraplegic since a car accident twelve years ago. Refusing to be a burden, she has denied herself the love of her life. 

Despite her mother’s disapproval, Veronica resigned herself to a secret relationship with an ambitious married senator. 

Happily married mother of three Isabelle has just found out that her husband is having an affair with his much younger intern. 

Each sister is about to receive a gift beyond her wildest dreams from their very private but loving mother, who considered all her girls her favorites. Danielle Steel’s new novel is a moving testament to the power of a mother’s love and the importance of fully embracing life. 

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Far-Flung Life by M L Stedman 

For generations, members of the MacBride family have lived and prospered on their vast sheep station in remote Western Australia. However, their good fortune seems to run out in 1958, when a kangaroo crosses the path of the truck that is carrying Phil MacBride and his two sons. In the ensuing crash, Phil and his older boy are killed instantly, while Matt, the younger son, clings to life. Although Matt survives, a traumatic brain injury leaves him with a patchy memory and an altered personality. More tragedies crop up for the remaining MacBrides, and a shocking encounter leads to daughter Rose’s unwanted pregnancy. Soon after the birth of her son, she throws herself down a mine shaft. Unwilling to cause the family more grief, the pragmatic police chief rules her death an accident. In time, life improves as Matt regains mental stability while helping his mother run the station and care for Rose’s son. But the arrival of a new by-the-books police chief, who means to reopen irregular cold cases, threatens to expose old secrets.  

VERDICT This sweeping saga, told with great heart and tenderness, is a story of broken people working to heal themselves. The many admirers of Stedman’s The Light Between Oceans will find the same blend of sadness and hope in her latest. – Starred Library Journal Review  

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The Ghost Women: A Novel by Jennifer Murphy 

Murphy’s (Scarlet in Blue) new novel is a dark-academia tale of murder and revenge that delves into the depths of strength and determination that women can reach when they are pushed to the brink by men. On the autumnal equinox in 1972, Abel Montague, a student at the exclusive, secretive St. Luke’s Institute of the Arts, is found dead, hanging from a tree, his body position matching the pose of the Hanged Man tarot card in his pocket. So begins a series of ritualistic murders at St. Luke’s–a former monastery that once held witch trials and executions–with each death designed to match tarot cards left at the scene. When detective Lola Germany investigates, she discovers that the administration and students are keeping secrets, including Pearl, Abel’s girlfriend, who calls herself and her group of friends “witches.” As truth and lies emerge from the past and the present, Lola realizes that she must uncover how it all began to solve the case. VERDICT This fast-paced novel set in the South Carolina Lowcountry combines magic, mysticism, and mystery into an engrossing and entertaining story that is difficult to put down. Recommended for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Alex Michaelides. -Library Journal Review  

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Kin: A Novel by Tayari Jones 

Jones, whose previous novel, An American Marriage (2018), was an Oprah’s Book Club pick, is back with a tender love song to southern Black families, communities, and female friendships. Annie and Niecy have grown up as “cradle friends” in small-town Mississippi, “tended to but never mothered.” Niecy’s mother is dead and Annie’s has simply “up and left.” Their lives diverge dramatically after their last year of high school: Niecy graduates and reinvents herself at Spelman College, while Annie runs away with three friends, hoping to track down her errant mother in Memphis. Neither finds exactly what she was looking for, yet each girl will experience profound self-discovery. Told in alternating first-person narration and in letters, Jones’ novel is an intimate portrayal of the anxieties and mixed messages of African American girlhood in the early 1960s that linger in adulthood. Pining for their mothers, both girls will seek replacements: Niecy’s a tippling Atlanta social climber, Annie’s the no-nonsense madam of a brothel. As each faces her personal demons and disappointments, their unbreakable childhood bond keeps them anchored in a friendship transcending blood relatives and romantic partners. Jones deftly conveys the nuances of Southern Black culture in this novel full of depth, pain, and beauty. – Booklist Review  

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.

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Weekly Suggested Reading Five postings are usually published on Wednesdays, unless Monday is a holiday and then they are published later in the week.

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Information on the four library catalogs

The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!

All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.

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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.

Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.

The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.

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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en

The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.

The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!

You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.

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Have questions about how to access Internet based content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios)? Feel free to drop by the Reference Desk or call the library and we will assist you! The library’s telephone number is: 607-936-3713.

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Tech & Book Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Suggested Listening & Viewing: March 2, 2026

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here is a belated Suggested Listening & Viewing post. And as today is Monday, instead of our usual post day of Friday, I’m going to make several YouTube video recommendations for relaxing videos you can set to play for hours while you work or unwind this week.

And this Friday, March 6, I will post a new Suggested Listening & Viewing post in the traditional format.

May you have a peaceful week!

Linda

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Slow Burn Fireplace for Sleep and Relaxation

Tranquil Fire Sounds Cozy Bonfire by the Lake for Sleep

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Cozy Winter Study Room | Gothic Ambience with Fireplace & Snowfall |Dark Academia Music for Studying

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Cozy Fireplace Ambience | Fireside Reading | Fire ASMR for Sleep, Study & Relaxation

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TROPICAL CAMPFIRE: Gentle Fire Sounds & Ocean Waves – Perfect for Unwinding

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Light Easy Listening Music – relaxing, peaceful, smooth music

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Elegant March Night Jazz & Gentle Rain Sound by the Window | Relaxing Piano Jazz for Sleep Tight

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Rainy Morning, Hot Tea & Quiet Reading

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Information on the four library catalogs 

The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/ 

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go! 

All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog. 

And The Digital Catalog/Libby features titles that may be checked out via the one-copy-one-user lending model, just like print books.  

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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/ 

The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron checkout limit is 10 items per month. 

Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders. 

The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players. 

Titles in the Hoopla Catalog are available to be checked out on-demand by all library card holders, with the caveat of being able to check out a maximum of ten titles per month, per card.  

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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en 

The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.  

The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders! 

You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV). 

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org 

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System. 

New York Times Bestsellers: March 8, 2026

Linda Reimer

All titles can be requested/checked out through the library.

If you’d like to go the traditional route to request a title on this list and drop by the library, or give us a call – please do!

Our telephone number is: 607-936-3713

You can also request titles through StarCat found at https://starcat.stls.org

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THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. THEO OF GOLDEN by Allen Levi: A man travels to a small Southern town, where he purchases pencil drawings of local residents and exchanges them for stories.

2. PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir: Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.

3. THE HARD LINE by Mark Greaney: The 15th book in the Gray Man series. As he tries to stop hit squads, Court Gentry becomes the target of an assassin known as Whetstone.

4. THE CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans: Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.

5. DEAR DEBBIE by Freida McFadden: An advice columnist who is having trouble at work and home decides to get back at people she thinks deserve it.

6. HEATED RIVALRY by Rachel Reid: The second book in the Game Changers series. Rival captains of two hockey teams try to keep their relationship out of the spotlight.

7. THE ASTRAL LIBRARY by Kate Quinn: A hidden door at the Boston Public Library leads to a secret library where new worlds and potential danger come to life.

8. THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden: Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.

9. DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL by Matt Dinniman: A Coast Guard vet named Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, are trapped in a fantasy dungeon.

10. THE DEVIL’S BIBLE by Steve Berry: The 20th book in the Cotton Malone series. An 800-year-old book is at the center of a complicated international situation.

11. CROSS & SAMPSON by James Patterson and Brian Sitts: The 35th book in the Alex Cross series. Detectives Sampson and Cross track crimes over long distances.

12. THE LONG GAME by Rachel Reid: The sixth book in the Game Changers series. Ten years into their relationship, Ilya is tired of Shane keeping it a secret.

13. MY HUSBAND’S WIFE by Alice Feeney: In an old house in a seaside town, things may not be what they appear to be.

14. LIGHTS OUT by Navessa Allen: As Aly and Josh live out their dark fantasies, someone with sinister intentions impinges on them.

15. GAME CHANGER by Rachel Reid: The captain of a hockey team worries about public perceptions after he starts a relationship with a guy who works at a smoothie shop.

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NON-FICTION

1. STRIPPED DOWN by Bunnie Xo: The host of the “Dumb Blonde Podcast” shares how redemption was an important part of her journey toward reaching her goals.

2. NOBODY’S GIRL by Virginia Roberts Giuffre: The late activist and advocate for sex-trafficking survivors describes her time with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

3. AMERICAN STRUGGLE by Jon Meacham: The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer examines national divisions and debates over the last four centuries.

4. MANUFACTURING DELUSION by Buck Sexton: A conservative radio host and former C.I.A. analyst argues that mass delusion has begun to take hold in America.

5. THE LOOK by Michelle Obama with Meredith Koop: A celebration of the former first lady’s evolution in style, featuring more than 200 photographs.

6. A HYMN TO LIFE by Gisèle Pelicot with Judith Perrignon: Pelicot recounts her legal fight against her husband and dozens of men on the grounds of sexual assault; translated by Natasha Lehrer and Ruth Diver.

7. THE GREATEST SENTENCE EVER WRITTEN by Walter Isaacson: The historian and biographer examines the concepts of a statement found in the Declaration of Independence.

8. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk: How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

9. STRANGERS by Belle Burden: Burden retraces her marriage of 20 years in search of clues to help shape her understanding about its demise and to find a way forward.

10. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt: A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.

11. THE INVISIBLE COUP by Peter Schweizer: The author of “Blood Money” puts forward his argument that mass migration is a political weapon.

12. 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin: The New York Times journalist and CNBC host looks at the fight between Washington and Wall Street that fueled a historic crash of the stock market.

13. HOW TO TEST NEGATIVE FOR STUPID by John Kennedy: The Republican senator from Louisiana shares stories about politics in Washington, D.C., and in his home state.

14. DEVOUT by David Archuleta: The “American Idol” finalist and international pop star depicts struggles he had as a closeted Mormon teenager.

15. BLACK AF HISTORY by Michael Harriot: A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.

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Have a great Sunday!

Linda

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New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays.

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LIBRARY CATALOGS:

The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!

All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.

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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.

Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.

The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.

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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en

The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.

The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!

You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.

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For more information on library materials and services, including how to get a library card call the library at 607-936-3713.

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*The Southern Tier Library System includes the public libraries in Steuben, Chemung, Yates, Schuyler & Allegheny counties.

Suggested Reading Five: February 25, 2026

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our five suggested reads of the week!

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The Astral Library by Kate Quinn 

Alix Watson is having a day: she gets fired, her roommate kicks her out, and someone has hacked her bank account and taken the 36 dollars. Desperate, she heads to her other job at the Boston Public Library to beg her boss for extra hours. Instead, she wanders through a door and finds herself in the Astral Library, a seemingly infinite collection of books overseen by the stern Librarian, who has little time for Alix’s questions. Patrons come to the Astral Library to escape into a book–literally–but as the Librarian receives warnings that her book-dwellers are in danger, she lets Alix tag along as she hops into Sherlock Holmes, Charlotte Brontë, and Bram Stoker’s worlds, until it becomes clear that there’s an even bigger threat: the library board wants to modernize, which could mean the end of the sanctuary the Astral Library provides. Quinn’s (The Briar Club, 2024) first foray into fantasy is a bookish delight, with a heroine readers will root for as she finds her purpose and a hint of romance. Give to fans of Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library (2020). – Booklist Review  

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Crossroads by C. J. Box 

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett was ambushed at Antler Creek Junction, a crossroads connecting three ranches. He could have been headed to any one of them. Joe was shot in the head and left in his bullet-ridden truck for way too long, until found in critical condition. The ranches are all owned by very shady characters with whom Joe has “history.” The local police have launched an investigation, but their reputation for ineptitude leads his three daughters to make their own dangerous inquiries while their mother, Marybeth, agonizes at Joe’s bedside. They get an assist from his buddy, Nate Romanowski, who’s just itchin’ to identify the culprits and rip their ears off. Fans who know him will understand that he really means it. Readers will be happy to be back with the Pickett family in Twelve Sleep County despite the circumstances. Given their chance to shine, the now all-grown up “girls” are amazing. Box again delivers an entertaining narrative set against an epic Western landscape in the twenty-sixth installment of an equally epic series. – Booklist Review 

Reader’s Note: As noted, Crossroads is the twenty-sixth book in the Joe Pickett series, to binge read from the beginning – check out book one: Open Season.  

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I Told You So! Scientists Who Were Ridiculed, Exiled, and Imprisoned for Being Right by Matt Kaplan 

Having written extensively about science during the COVID-19 pandemic, paleontologist Kaplan (The Science of the Magical) was perplexed when he met scientists who were hesitant to share ideas for combating the disease. Making the case that there is a scholarly hierarchy that dictates which scientists are heard and respected, his new book shows evidence of a long history of good ideas being discounted because the scientists proposing them were low on the ladder. For instance, in COVID research, there is Kati Karik , a Hungarian American biochemist whose research into mRNA was nearly overlooked because of her nationality and gender but was eventually instrumental in the development of COVID vaccines; she later received a Nobel Prize for her work. There’s also Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian doctor in 19th-century Austria who discovered that postpartum infections could be prevented by having doctors disinfect their hands between patients; this simple intervention wasn’t made standard until years after his death. Kaplan explains also how good mentors or champions can be instrumental to promoting a scientist’s theories.

VERDICT This engaging historical exploration of overlooked scientists and their discoveries is highly recommende. – Library Journal Review 

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It’s Never Too Late: A Memoir by Marla Gibbs 

In this memoir, 94-year-old Emmy-nominated actress Gibbs (born Margaret Bradley in Chicago in 1931) gives a no-holds-barred account of her professional triumphs and personal difficulties. Early in the actress’s life, her mother left the family, resulting in Gibbs and her older sister being primarily raised by their spiteful grandmother, who constantly insulted them. Later, as a single mother, she married a childhood friend, Jordan “Buddy” Gibbs, who soon became abusive. After years of torment, she left with her three children for Los Angeles, where her youngest sister lived. There, Gibbs took acting classes as a way to bond with her teen daughter, Angela. The leisure activity eventually led to the role that changed her life: playing George Jefferson’s housekeeper, Florence Johnston, on the 1975-85 TV sitcom The Jeffersons. In this memoir, there is a chapter devoted to each of Gibbs’s main TV roles, on The Jeffersons and the 1985-90 sitcom 227 (which she both starred in and co-produced); these sections are filled with Gibbs’s admiration for her costars and as well as takes on behind-the-scenes drama with producers. The memoir’s narrative about Gibbs’s personal life, may cause minor confusion, as events are not always presented in chronological order. However, her positive and spiritual disposition shines throughout the book.

VERDICT Gibbs tells it like it is and what she really thinks, akin to a grandmother who’s been there and then some. Her memoir is a treat. 

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We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America by Norah O’Donnell with Kate Andersen Brower 

A vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for freedom and helped shape a more perfect union 

“This terrific book reveals the central, though often hidden role that women have played at every stage of our country’s history.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin 

Over a decades-long, distinguished career, award-winning journalist Norah O’Donnell has made it her mission to shed light on untold wom­en’s stories. Now, in honor of America’s 250th birthday, O’Donnell focuses that passion on the American heroines who helped change the course of history. 

We the Women presents a fresh look at American his­tory through the eyes of women, introducing us to inspiring patriots who demanded that the country live up to the prom­ises made 250 years ago in the Declaration of Independence: “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Since the signing of that document, the pressing question from women has been: Why don’t those unalienable rights apply to us? 

Through extensive research and interviews, as well as historical documents and old photos, O’Donnell curates a compelling portrait of these fierce fighters for freedom. From Mary Katherine Goddard, who printed the first signed Declaration of Independence, to the Forten family women, who were active in the abolition and suffrage movements and were considered the “Black Founders” of Philadelphia, to the first women who served in the armed forces even before they had the right to vote, O’Donnell brings these extraordinary women together for the first time, and in doing so writes the American story anew. 

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.

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Weekly Suggested Reading Five postings are usually published on Wednesdays, unless Monday is a holiday and then they are published later in the week.

–

Information on the four library catalogs

The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!

All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.

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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.

Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.

The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.

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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en

The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.

The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!

You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.

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Have questions about how to access Internet based content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios)? Feel free to drop by the Reference Desk or call the library and we will assist you! The library’s telephone number is: 607-936-3713.

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Tech & Book Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

New York Times Bestsellers: March 1, 2026

Linda Reimer

All titles can be requested/checked out through the library.

If you’d like to go the traditional route to request a title on this list and drop by the library, or give us a call – please do!

Our telephone number is: 607-936-3713

You can also request titles through StarCat found at https://starcat.stls.org

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THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. THEO OF GOLDEN by Allen Levi: A man travels to a small Southern town, where he purchases pencil drawings of local residents and exchanges them for stories.

2. CROSS & SAMPSON by James Patterson and Brian Sitts: The 35th book in the Alex Cross series. Detectives Sampson and Cross track crimes over long distances.

3. DEAR DEBBIE by Freida McFadden: An advice columnist who is having trouble at work and home decides to get back at people she thinks deserve it.

4. PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir: Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.

5. THE CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans: Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.

6. HEATED RIVALRY by Rachel Reid: The second book in the Game Changers series. Rival captains of two hockey teams try to keep their relationship out of the spotlight.

7. ALCHEMISED by SenLinYu: After the war, an imprisoned alchemist is sent to a necromancer to recover her lost memories.

8. OPERATION BOUNCE HOUSE by Matt Dinniman: A colonist named Oliver must defend his planet, New Sonora, against war machines from Earth operated by gamers who paid for the privilege.

9. COLD ZERO by Brad Thor with Ward Larsen: After a jetliner crash in the North Pole, a C.I.A. operative and a pilot must keep a new piece of technology out of the hands of competing superpowers.

10. THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden: Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.

11. TWO CAN PLAY by Ali Hazelwood: The video game designer Viola and her archnemesis, Jesse, go on a work retreat at a remote mountain lodge, where things might change between them.

12. DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL by Matt Dinniman: A Coast Guard vet named Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, are trapped in a fantasy dungeon.

13. THE LONG GAME by Rachel Reid: The sixth book in the Game Changers series. Ten years into their relationship, Ilya is tired of Shane keeping it a secret.

14. THE NIGHT PRINCE by Lauren Palphreyman: The second book in the Wolf King series. The Kingdom of Wolves and the Kingdom of Men both come under threat.

15. THRONE OF NIGHTMARES by Kerri Maniscalco: The third book in the Prince of Sin series. Lore Brimstone lives out one of her favorite novels alongside Prince Sloth.

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NON-FICTION

1. NOBODY’S GIRL by Virginia Roberts Giuffre: The late activist and advocate for sex-trafficking survivors describes her time with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

2. STRANGERS by Belle Burden: Burden retraces her marriage of 20 years in search of clues to help shape her understanding about its demise and to find a way forward.

3. THE INVISIBLE COUP by Peter Schweizer: The author of “Blood Money” puts forward his argument that mass migration is a political weapon.

4. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk: How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

5. 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin: The New York Times journalist and CNBC host looks at the fight between Washington and Wall Street that fueled a historic crash of the stock market.

6. FOOD FIX UNCENSORED by Mark Hyman with Brianna Bella-Hyman: The author of “Young Forever” examines the impact corporate interests have on our food and health.

7. HOW TO TEST NEGATIVE FOR STUPID by John Kennedy: The Republican senator from Louisiana shares stories about politics in Washington, D.C., and in his home state.

8. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt: A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.

9. BLACK AF HISTORY by Michael Harriot: A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.

10. THE LOOK by Michelle Obama with Meredith Koop: A celebration of the former first lady’s evolution in style, featuring more than 200 photographs.

11. I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy: The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

12. ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks: The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.

13. FOOTBALL by Chuck Klosterman: The author of “The Nineties” considers the ways in which the sport has impacted American life.

14. CHALLENGER by Adam Higginbotham: The author of “Midnight of Chernobyl” chronicles the history of the space shuttle program with a focus on the 1986 disaster that killed all seven people on board.

15. WORK IN PROGRESS by James Martin: The author of “Learning to Pray” recounts several jobs he was given for which he had no training.

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Have a great Sunday!

Linda

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New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays.

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LIBRARY CATALOGS:

The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!

All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.

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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.

Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.

The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.

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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en

The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.

The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!

You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.

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For more information on library materials and services, including how to get a library card call the library at 607-936-3713.

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*The Southern Tier Library System includes the public libraries in Steuben, Chemung, Yates, Schuyler & Allegheny counties.

Suggested Listening & Viewing: February 20, 2026

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here is our weekly Suggested Listening and Viewing post; featuring ten songs and two streaming video recommendations, one from a mainstream service and the other from Kanopy, the library’s free to access streaming service (all you need is a library card!).

First off the music!

On this, the third Friday of the month, we’re turning our listening spotlight on a collection of classic jazz and blues songs – enjoy!  

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Chattanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (1941)  

 

 Found on the Album: The Essential Glenn Miller (1996) 

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Blueberry Hill by Louis Armstrong   

 

Found on the Album: Wonderful World: The Best Of Louis Armstrong (2024) 

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Boogie Chillen’ by John Lee Hooker   

 

 

Found on the Album: The Legendary Modern Recordings (1992) 

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 Call It Stormy Monday by T-Bone Walker  

 

Found on the Album: T-Bone Blues (2005) 

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Caldonia by Louis Jordan  

 

Found on the Album: The Best of Louis Jordan (2012) 

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I Can’t Be Satisfied by Muddy Waters  

 

Found on the Album: The Best of Muddy Waters (1957) 

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Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) by Billie Holiday   

 

Found on the Album: Lover Man (1957) 

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Open the Door, Richard! by Count Basie   

 

Found on the Album: Count Basie & His Orchestra 1937…1947 (1947) 

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That’s All Right by Arthur Crudup   

 

Found on the Album: That’s All Right (1992) 

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Three O’Clock Blues by Lowell Fulson  

 

Found on the Album: My First Recordings (1997) 

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And onto the Streaming Videos:

A new title available through one of the usual U.S. streaming services, followed by a Kanopy title that you can check out with your library card and stream on-demand.

Mainstream Stream 

The Night Agent, Season 3 (2026) (Netflix) 

 

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Kanopy Stream  

House of Ka (2026) 

Trailer

 

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Have a great weekend!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Information on the four library catalogs 

The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/ 

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go! 

All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog. 

And The Digital Catalog/Libby features titles that may be checked out via the one-copy-one-user lending model, just like print books.  

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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/ 

The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron checkout limit is 10 items per month. 

Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders. 

The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players. 

Titles in the Hoopla Catalog are available to be checked out on-demand by all library card holders, with the caveat of being able to check out a maximum of ten titles per month, per card.  

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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en 

The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.  

The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders! 

You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV). 

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org 

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System. 

Suggested Reading Five: February 18, 2026

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our five suggested reads of the week!

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Divine Ruin by Margot Douaihy 

Douaihy delivers a crackling third installment of her series featuring tattooed queer New Orleans nun Holiday Walsh (after Blessed Water). As Holiday prepares to take her final vows while trying to keep her music classes running smoothly at Saint Sebastian’s School, the academy is shaken by the death of one of its star students from an apparent fentanyl overdose. Distressed and desperate for answers, Holiday launches her own inquiry into the school’s students and teachers with the help of her PI friend Magnolia Riveaux, and agrees to assist the police investigation by going undercover into the drug-fueled nightlife scene she used to haunt. Holiday remains a messy yet lovable heroine whose rough edges belie her unflagging moral compass, and Douaihy traps her in a series of pulse-pounding scenarios. When Holiday’s faith and strength of character carry her through, it feels fully earned rather than trite or expected. Though Douaihy brilliantly ties up this entry’s loose ends, there’s more than enough juice left in the setting and characters to fuel Sister Holiday’s future adventures. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review  

Readers’ Note: As mentioned, Divine Ruin is the third book in the Sister Holiday Mystery Series. If you’d like to start reading from the beginning, check out book one: Scorched Grace (2023).

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Hadacol Boogie by James Lee Burke 

The short version: there’s a new Dave Robicheaux novel coming out! The long version: Burke’s beloved Louisiana cop is irked, to put it mildly, when a mysterious individual dumps the body of a murdered woman on his property. Was it a personal message or simply a convenient spot to dump a body? Robicheaux’s investigation takes him down a dark road and puts his own daughter, Alafair, at risk. If there’s one thing we know with absolute certainty about Mr. Robicheaux, it’s this: he will not back down from a fight, no matter how dirty it gets. (The title refers to a highly alcoholic “vitamin supplement” from the 1950s and a Bill Nettles song; that’ll make more sense when you read the book.) Some series have their highs and lows, but not so the Robicheaux series, which launched with The Neon Rain (1987). For two dozen novels, it’s been one slice of brilliance after another, and this one is, like the ones that came before it, a work of art. – Booklist Review 

Readers’ Note: Hadacol Boogie is the twenty-fifth book in the Dave Robicheaux Series. If you’d like to binge read from the beginning, check out book one: The Neon Rain (1987).

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Hot Chocolate on Thursday: A Novel by Michiko Aoyama  

Across a bridge in a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo, a seasonal cherry blossom sits on the river. Nearby is the Marble Cafe, where a woman writes in a notebook and a young waiter prepares her favorite hot drink. Both wonder about each other and about the other lives of the clientele who frequent this charming little cafe behind the trees… 

Without even realizing it, we may touch and change someone else’s life. 

Taking a walk along the river, cooking the best tamagoyaki, ordering hot chocolate, forgetting to remove our nail polish… The small, everyday acts that we do can lead to unexpected encounters and reverberate far beyond your own circle and ultimately make a difference in the world. 

Hot Chocolate on Thursday is a tapestry of slice-of-life moments that each open and close with a woman ordering her regular hot chocolate at the mysterious Marble Cafe. What happens in between will touch and swell your heart, as we connect with a community of untold unfolding lives. 

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The Murder At The World’s End: A Novel by Ross Montgomery 

Children’s bestseller Montgomery (I Am Rebel) pivots to adult fiction with this entertaining locked-room whodunit set in 1910 England. After ex-convict Stephen Pike is hired as a footman at Tithe Hall, a grand estate on a tidal island near Cornwall, he discovers that the estate’s eccentric owner, Viscount Stockingham-Welt, believes the world is coming to an end with the arrival of Halley’s Comet. In preparation, he insists on boarding up the house and sequestering everyone in their rooms. However, the viscount’s tough, scientific-minded great aunt Decima demands that Stephen defy his new boss and escort her outside to view the comet. The next morning, the viscount is found dead with an arrow through his eye. A humorously inept Scotland Yard inspector arrives to investigate and, without proof, immediately assumes Stephen is guilty. Police scrutiny on Stephen escalates when the inspector is found bludgeoned to death with a marble bust. Fortunately, Stephen has the loyalty and brains of Aunt Decima on his side, and the two join forces to clear his name. With an unorthodox detective duo, lively prose, and a plot full of invigorating twists, this strong series opener will leave readers eager for more. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review  

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Where The Wildflowers Grow: A Novel by Terah Shelton Harris 

When a prison transport bus crashes, nearly everyone on board dies, except for inmate Leandra Wilde, who walks away from the crash. Using a driver’s license and cash from one of the guards and going by the name Leigh, she lands in a tiny town in Alabama. Though she tries to keep to herself and plans to move on in a few weeks, the townspeople extend her kindness and welcome her to their community. She feels an immediate connection to the intriguing Jackson, the owner of a nearby flower farm, but she withdraws, protecting her secrets and her emotions. However, when she visits his farm, she finds solace in cultivating the land. Embraced by Jackson and the two men who live and work on the farm, Leigh tentatively opens herself to the vulnerability of being loved and accepted. Shelton Harris (Long After We Are Gone, 2024) delicately unfurls Leigh’s story, threading in details from the past to help the reader understand Leigh’s reluctance to be seen, making every moment she opens up all the more rewarding to witness. Book clubs and readers who love stories of found family and women triumphing over hardship won’t want to miss this one. – Starred Booklist Review  

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.

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Weekly Suggested Reading Five postings are usually published on Wednesdays, unless Monday is a holiday and then they are published later in the week.

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Information on the four library catalogs

The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!

All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.

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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.

Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.

The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.

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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en

The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.

The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!

You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.

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Have questions about how to access Internet based content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios)? Feel free to drop by the Reference Desk or call the library and we will assist you! The library’s telephone number is: 607-936-3713.

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Tech & Book Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

New York Times Bestsellers: February 22, 2026

Linda Reimer

All titles can be requested/checked out through the library.

If you’d like to go the traditional route to request a title on this list and drop by the library, or give us a call – please do!

Our telephone number is: 607-936-3713

You can also request titles through StarCat found at https://starcat.stls.org

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THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. STOLEN IN DEATH by J.D. Robb: The 62nd book of the In Death series. The murder of a multibillionaire reveals other crimes that Eve and her team must investigate to see if there is a connection.

2. THEO OF GOLDEN by Allen Levi: A man travels to a small Southern town, where he purchases pencil drawings of local residents and exchanges them for stories.

3. DEAR DEBBIE by Freida McFadden: An advice columnist who is having trouble at work and home decides to get back at people she thinks deserve it.

4. THE CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans: Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.

5. HEATED RIVALRY by Rachel Reid: The second book in the Game Changers series. Rival captains of two hockey teams try to keep their relationship out of the spotlight.

6. JIGSAW by Jonathan Kellerman: The 41st book in the Alex Delaware series. Alex and Milo discover that two crimes have more in common than first appeared.

7. IT’S NOT HER by Mary Kubica: Courtney Gray’s vacation is interrupted by two murders and a disappearance of relatives that bring up secrets involving her family and the town.

8. THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden: Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.

9. PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir: Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.

10. THE LONG GAME by Rachel Reid: The sixth book in the Game Changers series. Ten years into their relationship, Ilya is tired of Shane keeping it a secret.

11. JUST FOR THE CAMERAS by Meghan Quinn: A fake flirtation between a football player and a zookeeper forces them to weigh the risks and rewards of going further.

12. DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL by Matt Dinniman: A Coast Guard vet named Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, are trapped in a fantasy dungeon.

13. WOMAN DOWN by Colleen Hoover: An author hoping to get her career back on track has a relationship with a detective that goes from inspirational to confrontational.

14. AN OFFER FROM A GENTLEMAN by Julia Quinn: The third book in the Bridgerton series. Sophie Beckett spends time in the arms of Benedict Bridgerton during a masquerade ball.

15. GAME CHANGER by Rachel Reid: The captain of a hockey team worries about public perceptions after he starts a relationship with a guy who works at a smoothie shop.

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NON-FICTION

1. THE INVISIBLE COUP by Peter Schweizer: The author of “Blood Money” puts forward his argument that mass migration is a political weapon.

2. NOBODY’S GIRL by Virginia Roberts Giuffre: The late activist and advocate for sex-trafficking survivors describes her time with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

3. RAGE AND THE REPUBLIC by Jonathan Turley: The law professor and legal analyst delves into the origins of and modern challenges to American democracy.

4. STRANGERS by Belle Burden: Burden retraces her marriage of 20 years in search of clues to help shape her understanding about its demise and to find a way forward.

5. HOW TO TEST NEGATIVE FOR STUPID by John Kennedy: The Republican senator from Louisiana shares stories about politics in Washington, D.C., and in his home state.

6. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk: How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

7. 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin: The New York Times journalist and CNBC host looks at the fight between Washington and Wall Street that fueled a historic crash of the stock market.

8. WORK IN PROGRESS by James Martin:  The author of “Learning to Pray” recounts several jobs he was given for which he had no training.

9. LA LUCCI by Susan Lucci with Laura Morton: The television icon shares pivotal moments from her life and career.

10. BLACK AF HISTORY by Michael Harriot: A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.

11. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt: A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.

12. FOOTBALL by Chuck Klosterman: The author of “The Nineties” considers the ways in which the sport has impacted American life.

13.  I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy: The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

14. ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder: Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.

15. LITURGIES OF THE WILD by Martin Shaw: A mythographer contends that a connection to myths can shape an understanding of our world and its inherent difficulties.

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Have a great Sunday!

Linda

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New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays.

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LIBRARY CATALOGS:

The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!

All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.

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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.

Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.

The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.

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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en

The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.

The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!

You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).

–

StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.

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For more information on library materials and services, including how to get a library card call the library at 607-936-3713.

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*The Southern Tier Library System includes the public libraries in Steuben, Chemung, Yates, Schuyler & Allegheny counties.

Suggested Listening February 13, 2026

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here is our weekly Suggested Listening post; featuring a collection of songs spotlighted for your weekend listening pleasure.

This week we’re turning our listening spotlight on popular music released before 1970. Enjoy!

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I’ve Got The World On A String by Frank Sinatra

Found on the Album: His Great Performances 1953-1960 (2000)

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Mambo Italiano by Rosemary Clooney

Found on the Album: The Essential Rosemary Clooney (1989)

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Along Came Jones by The Coasters

Found on the Album: Greatest  Hits (2026)

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Splish Splash by Bobby Darin

Found on the Album: The Ultimate Bobby Darin (2004)

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Blue Suede Shoes Elvis Presley

Found on the Album: Elvis Presley (1956)

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Come See About Me by The Supremes

Found on the Album: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Diana Ross & The Supremes (1999)

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Cherry Cherry by Neil Diamond

Found on the Album: The Feel of Neil Diamond (1966)

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Don’t Sleep In The Subway by Petula Clark

Found on the Album: Don’t Sleep In The Subway (2003)

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Route 66 by The Nat King Cole Trio

Found on the Album: The Ultimate Nat King Cole (2019)

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The Night Has A Thousand Eyes by Bobby Vee

Found on the Album: Greatest Hits (1994)

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance by Gene Pitney

Found on the Album: Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa (2009)

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Save The Last Dance by Ben E. King

Found on the Album: The Very Best of Ben E. King

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Have a great weekend!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Information on the four library catalogs 

The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/ 

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go! 

All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog. 

And The Digital Catalog/Libby features titles that may be checked out via the one-copy-one-user lending model, just like print books.  

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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/ 

The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron checkout limit is 10 items per month. 

Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders. 

The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players. 

Titles in the Hoopla Catalog are available to be checked out on-demand by all library card holders, with the caveat of being able to check out a maximum of ten titles per month, per card.  

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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en 

The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.  

The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders! 

You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV). 

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org 

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System. 

New York Times Bestsellers: February 15, 2026

Linda Reimer

All titles can be requested/checked out through the library.

If you’d like to go the traditional route to request a title on this list and drop by the library, or give us a call – please do!

Our telephone number is: 607-936-3713

You can also request titles through StarCat found at https://starcat.stls.org

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THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. DEAR DEBBIE by Freida McFadden: An advice columnist who is having trouble at work and home decides to get back at people she thinks deserve it.

2. THEO OF GOLDEN by Allen Levi: A man travels to a small Southern town, where he purchases pencil drawings of local residents and exchanges them for stories.

3. THE CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans: Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.

4. HEATED RIVALRY  by Rachel Reid: The second book in the Game Changers series. Rival captains of two hockey teams try to keep their relationship out of the spotlight.

5. PENDERGAST: THE BEGINNING by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: Agent Pendergast’s ghastly first case involves a suspension and ritualistic killings.

6. VIGIL by George Saunders: In the waning hours of an oil company chief executive’s life, worldly and otherworldly visitors put his time on Earth in perspective.

7. THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden: Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.

8. WOMAN DOWN by Colleen Hoover: An author hoping to get her career back on track has a relationship with a detective that goes from inspirational to confrontational.

9. HALF HIS AGE by Jennette McCurdy: A 17-year-old named Waldo has an inexplicable attraction to her creative writing teacher.

10. THE LONG GAME by Rachel Reid: The sixth book in the Game Changers series. Ten years into their relationship, Ilya is tired of Shane keeping it a secret.

11. PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir: Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.

12. GAME CHANGER by Rachel Reid: The captain of a hockey team worries about public perceptions after he starts a relationship with a guy who works at a smoothie shop.

13. MY HUSBAND’S WIFE by Alice Feeney: In an old house in a seaside town, things may not be what they appear to be.

14. DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL by Matt Dinniman: A Coast Guard vet named Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, are trapped in a fantasy dungeon.

15. THE WIDOW by John Grisham: When Simon Latch, a lawyer in rural Virginia, is accused of murder, he goes in search of the real killer.

Non-Fiction

  1. THE INVISIBLE COUP by Peter Schweizer:  The author of “Blood Money” puts forward his argument that mass migration is a political weapon.

2. STRANGERS by Belle Burden: Burden retraces her marriage of 20 years in search of clues to help shape her understanding about its demise and to find a way forward.

3. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk: How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

4. WHERE WE KEEP THE LIGHT  by Josh Shapiro with Emily Jane Fox: The governor of Pennsylvania chronicles events that shaped his life and his political career.

5. 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin: The New York Times journalist and CNBC host looks at the fight between Washington and Wall Street that fueled a historic crash of the stock market.

6. HOW TO TEST NEGATIVE FOR STUPID by John Kennedy: The Republican senator from Louisiana shares stories about politics in Washington, D.C., and in his home state.

 7. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt: A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.

8. NOBODY’S GIRL by Virginia Roberts Giuffre:  The late activist and advocate for sex-trafficking survivors describes her time 9. with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

 9. THE GUY YOU LOVED TO HATE by Spencer Pratt:  The reality TV star recounts setbacks he faced and how his life changed after the Palisades wildfires in 2025.

10. ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder: Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.

11. I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy:  The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

12. ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS by Omar El Akkad:  In his nonfiction debut, El Akkad looks at how the West responds to mass suffering.

13. BLACK AF HISTORY by Michael Harriot:  A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.

14. OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford: A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

15. EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS by John Green: The author of “The Anthropocene Reviewed” chronicles the fight against the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis.

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Have a great day!

Linda

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New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays.

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LIBRARY CATALOGS:

The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!

All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.

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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.

Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.

The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.

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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en

The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.

The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!

You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.

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For more information on library materials and services, including how to get a library card call the library at 607-936-3713.

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*The Southern Tier Library System includes the public libraries in Steuben, Chemung, Yates, Schuyler & Allegheny counties.