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 and this weekend the focus is on light, upbeat and mellow music suitable for your weekend listening pleasure.
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Java by Al Hirt
Found on the Album: Honey In The Horn (1962)
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Casino Royale by Herb Alpert
Found on the Album: Sounds Like…(1967)
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Soul Coaxing by Raymond Lefèvre
Found on the Album: Hard to Find Orchestral Instrumentals (1999) by Various Artists
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Classical Gas by Mason Williams
Found on the Album: Phonograph Record (1969)
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A Swinging Safari by Bert Kaempfert
Found on the Album: A Swingin’ Safari (1962)
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Harlem Nocturne by Ray Noble
Found on the Album: Ray Noble Plays Ray Noble and Others (2003)
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Canadian Sunset by Hugo Winterhalter
Found on the Album: Nippers 50’s-Vol.2 (1988) by Various Artists
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Stardust by Artie Shaw
Found on the Album: The Essential Artie Shaw (2005)
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One For My Baby (And One More for the Road) by John Williams & The Boston Pops
Found on the Album: Night & Day: Celebrate Sinatra (1993)
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Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra
Found on the Album: Nothing But The Best (2008)
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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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Hi everyone, here are our five suggested reads of the week!
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The Brothers McKay by Craig Johnson
Solving the murder of the most hated man in Absaroka County, Wyoming, is no easy case for Sheriff Walt Longmire. Wealthy landowner Pepper McKay is found dead in a trout stream on his O-Kay Ranch. Did he slip and hit his head on a rock, or was he murdered? Pepper was an indifferent parent, an alcoholic, a womanizer, and a rapist. He had three sons from his marriage–David, Ian, and Alan, who were all at the ranch for a family meeting the night before Pepper’s body was found–and another, Manx Henenoka, the product of an affair with a Shoshone cook who worked at the ranch. They all hated Pepper to varying degrees. Manx’s story is the best example of Johnson’s deep dives into characterization. Different in every way from his half brothers, he lives at the ranch, where he was raised by foreman Gary Lyman and his wife, Lynn, after his mother died, and expects nothing of Pepper. Manx wins Walt’s admiration for his blunt answers to questions and his skill training a mule named Borax. Two sets of boot prints at the scene hint at murder, delighting Walt’s undersheriff and fiancée, Victoria Moretti. Even Walt has a motive for the crime: Years ago, Pepper tried to rape his now late-wife. In addition to the murder case, there are several dangers: Wildfires threaten the ranch, and Walt is stuck acting as parole officer for Maxim Sidorov, an erudite Russian spy who once tried to kill him. Both Pepper and David were once involved with a woman named Paetra Agirra, whose hot-tempered uncle has already killed three men. Unlike the average lawman, Walt has a philosophical bent, lives by his own code, and reads voraciously. But it’s Maxim who points out the similarities between Pepper’s family and The Brothers Karamazov that could crack the case. A complex, cerebral mystery with a plethora of suspects that demands out-of-the-box thinking and help from a heroic mule. — Kirkus Review
Reader’s Note: The Brothers McKay is the twenty-second book in the Longmire Mystery Series. If you’d like to start reading from the beginning of the series, check out book one: The Cold Dish.
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Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan
Dolly Brick and Stewart Whitfield were never meant to be together, but when Stewart needs a reputation reset in order to get a job promotion, Dolly happens to be in the right place at the right time and agrees to a fake-dating arrangement–complete with a payment plan and a clause about no touching or PDA. Single mom Dolly is only in town for the summer, helping her family repair their house after a fire, and the money Stewart has agreed to pay her will provide a new roof. Galas and company dinners aside, Stewart starts inviting Dolly on sunset boat rides and to explore caves–among other, more personal get-togethers. The two become close, and before they know it, sparks begin to ignite. This slow burn is heartfelt, weaving a story of prior neglect and abandonment into one of acceptance and hope.
VERDICT Monaghan (It’s a Love Story) offers a beautiful read in which two unlikely characters come together and learn the meaning of love and acceptance in times of need.–Library Journal Review
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Final Target by Nora Roberts
Debut author Arden Bowie is thrilled yet nervous about her first book signing. One of the attendees is Dustin, who seems like just an aspiring writer looking for advice. But Dustin starts showing up when Arden least expects him, and her attempts to be kind only feed his obsession. When Dustin’s infatuation with Arden turns violent, she survives his terrible assault (the physical and sexual violence is graphically described in the novel) but fears that she might never feel safe again. Time does heal wounds, though, and with the love and support of her family, Arden embarks on a new life in Oregon, buying a home, meeting new friends, and finding unexpected romance with Gideon Riley, a talented woodworker who is also a seasoned, if disillusioned ex-detective. But Arden’s happiness might be short-lived; Dustin has been given early release from prison, where he spent five years honing his obsession with her. Now he aims to claim the woman whom he thinks is rightfully his.
VERDICT This romantic suspense is perfect for Roberts’s many fans, as well as avid readers of Lisa Gardner and Freida McFadden.–Library Journal Review
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The Land And Its People by David Sedaris
Sedaris can take the most mundane task, like buying new underwear, and make it seem like the most momentous endeavor anyone could hope to pursue. Even walking down the street and encountering a passing dog is cause for–pick one–wonder, outrage, delight, all of the above. In his latest essay collection, following Happy-Go-Lucky (2022), Sedaris embraces new travel adventures (lions pooping in Africa) and revisits old emotional upheavals (mom, dad, neighbors, boyfriends). He rises to the occasion of caregiver, reluctantly in some cases, extravagantly in others. Strangers both charm and confound him. Ditto celebrities and authors he encounters both in real life and on the page. What makes Sedaris so engaging as an essayist is his elevation of the commonplace to a state of exoticism. With his laconic delivery, Sedaris lures the reader into believing that the topic under discussion might be unremarkable, a you-and-me-in-this-together moment. But then, given Sedaris’ worldview and world weariness, eventually a knotty twist or spicy dash is delivered with the realization that Sedaris’ land is unparalleled, and its people are peerless.
HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Sedaris fans will be queuing for this, craving new expressions of his signature wit and frankness. –Booklist Review
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Midnight Train by Matt Haig
Beloved book-club favorite Haig (The Life Impossible, 2024) returns with a novel that looks back on one man’s life and how it might have gone wrong–or right. After he dies at 81, Wilbur Budd finds himself at a mysterious train station just after midnight. He encounters Agnes Bagdale, the proprietor of a bookshop where he spent his young life reading. Agnes tells him he’s on his way to eternity, but he must relive his life through the train’s windows. The train stops at important spots so he can join his younger self as a Ghost. Wilbur regrets many things, from the death of his brother to his obsession with work, but he most regrets losing his wife, Maggie. While stopped at their honeymoon in Venice, the Ghost wonders if there is a way to save their relationship, even if it means he will cease to exist. While this is not a direct sequel to The Midnight Library (2020), it is a sequel in spirit: written in the space between life and death, both novels consider the impossible ways a person might start over. –Booklist Review
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Happy reading!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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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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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.
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.
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.
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).
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.
1. A PARADE OF HORRIBLES by Matt Dinniman: The eighth book in the “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series. A sense of normalcy might be a set-up that spells danger for Carl and Donut.
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. YESTERYEAR by Caro Claire Burke: Natalie Heller Mills, a privileged tradwife social media influencer, wakes up to find she is living in the comparatively difficult reality of 1855.
4. REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt: A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there; the basis of the movie.
5. 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; the basis of the movie.
6. THE FOURTH OPTION by Jack Carr and M.P. Woodward: The former Navy SEAL and C.I.A. ground branch operative Chris Walker doles out vigilante justice.
7. BROKEN DOVE by Dani Francis: The second book in the “Silver Elite” series. As the war between the Mods and Primes escalates, issues of trust come to the fore.
8. OUR PERFECT STORM by Carley Fortune: After her fiancé leaves her, Frankie goes on her planned honeymoon trip with her best friend from childhood, George.
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 DEAL by Elle Kennedy: Hannah Wells makes a deal with the captain of the college hockey team in exchange for tutoring him that may complicate their relationship.
11. 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.
12. THE CALAMITY CLUB by Kathryn Stockett: As things get tougher during the Depression, several women look for ways to improve their circumstances.
13. THE LAST MANDARIN by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung: When global panic-inducing alarms are traced back to China, an estranged mother and daughter team up to fend off another attack.
14. 26 BEAUTIES by James Patterson: The 26th book in the Women’s Murder Club series. The deaths of two women are investigated, and a father seeks help in finding his missing daughter.
15. FURY BOUND by Sable Sorensen: The second book in the Wolves of Ruin series. Meryn Cooper faces dangers to her kingdom and her heart.
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NON-FICTION
1. SUICIDAL EMPATHY by Gad Saad: The host of the podcast “The Saad Truth” argues that what he considers misguided compassion is having a negative impact on society.
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. TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER by Neil deGrasse Tyson: The astrophysicist depicts what potential encounters with aliens from outer space might be like.
4. THE CASE FOR AMERICA by Bret Baier: The chief political anchor for Fox News shares his perspectives on our national character during divisive times.
5. FAMESICK by Lena Dunham: The author of “Not That Kind of Girl” evaluates the effects that pursuing her creative endeavors had on her.
6. LONDON FALLING by Patrick Radden Keefe: The author of “Say Nothing” details the efforts by the parents of a 19-year-old Londoner to uncover the truth about his mysterious death and secret life.
7. TRUE CRIME by Patricia Cornwell: The author, known for her Kay Scarpetta thrillers, shares moments from her life that shaped her writing career.
8. DOGS, BOYS, AND OTHER THINGS I’VE CRIED ABOUT by Isabel Klee: Klee helps foster dogs overcome challenges while she faces her own complications.
9. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk: How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
10. THE U.S. CONSTITUTION by Melissa Murray: The co-author of “The Trump Indictments” gives historical context for each of the amendments in the Constitution.
11. I AM NOT A ROBOT by Joanna Stern: The Emmy-winning tech journalist describes using artificial intelligence for a myriad of activities over the course of a year.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. THIS VAST ENTERPRISE by Craig Fehrman: A revisionist history of the Lewis and Clark expedition viewed from the perspectives of 10 people connected to it.
15. AMERICAN RAMBLER by Isaac Fitzgerald: The author of “Dirtbag, Massachusetts” goes on a yearlong journey that follows in the footsteps of the pioneer nurseryman known as Johnny Appleseed.
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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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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!).
This weekend we have a collection of songs featuring a mix of American folk, a bit of mellow and upbeat classic Jazz and a dash of classic rock & R&B – enjoy!
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City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie
Found on the Album: The Best of Arlo Guthrie (1990)
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Feeling Good by Nina Simone
Found on the Album: I Put A Spell On You (1965)
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Let The Good Times Roll by Louis Jordan
Found on the Album: The Best of Louis Jordan (1989)
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My Favorite Things by John Coltrane
Found on the Album: My Favorite Things (1960/1990)
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Stand By Me by Ben E. King
Found on the Album: The Very Best of Ben E. King (1998)
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Summertime by Ella Fitzgerald
Found on the Album: Ella Fitzgerald – First Lady Of Song (1993)
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This Land Is Your Land by Pete Seeger
Found on the Album: This Land is Your Land (Live at University of Tulsa, 1976) (2019)
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Take Five by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Found on the Album: Greatest Hits (1966)
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Take It Easy by The Eagles
Found on the Album: Eagles (1973)
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Under The Boardwalk by The Drifters
Found on the Album: Under The Boardwalk (1964)
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Watermelon Man by Mongo Santamaria
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The Star-Spangled Banner by Frank Sinatra
Recorded live in 1977 – the song starts at about 1:10 in —
Found on the Album: N/A
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And as a bonus, here is a classic collection of lounge music perfect for the holiday weekend; found on the album:
Ultra Lounge, Vol 11: Organs in Orbit (1996) by Various Artists
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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 via the Kanopy website or app.
Recommended Mainstream Stream of the Week
Widow’s Bay (2026) (Apple TV+)
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Kanopy Stream
Just for fun, here is an oldie but a goodie – the very funny film:
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.
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.
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).
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.
Hi everyone, here are our five suggested reads of the week!
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26 Beauties: A Women’s Murder Club Thriller by James Patterson
From the world’s #1 bestselling author, the Women’s Murder Club goes searching for 26 Beauties—young women missing in San Francisco.
SFPD’s Sergeant Lindsay Boxer’s best friend, Claire Washburn, is named medical examiner of the year. But an uninvited guest crashes the Women’s Murder Club’s party: a concerned father seeking investigative reporter Cindy Thomas’s help in locating his missing daughter. And she’s not the only one. Lindsay’s been investigating the deaths of a Jane Doe washed up on a nearby beach, and a young woman found in Golden Gate Park.
What if all these cases are connected?
The answers lie with the 26 Beauties on the run and in the wind.
Reader’s Note: 26 Beauties is, appropriately enough, the twenty-sixth book in the Women’s Murder Club Series. If you’d like to binge read, from the beginning of the series, check out book one: 1st To Die.
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Last Mandarin by Louise Penny & Mellissa Fung
Much like her collaboration with Hillary Clinton, Penny’s latest, written with journalist Fung (Between Good and Evil: The Stolen Girls of Boko Haram), ventures beyond the quaint yet eccentric small-town Canadian people and places of her “Three Pines” books. Unlike many political thrillers, though, this book is character-driven and nuanced, with as much attention paid to mother-daughter dynamics and the details of everyday life as is paid to action and intrigue. When fire and security alarms go off worldwide during one of Alice Li’s rare visits with her mother, Vivien, the women are called to work together at the behest of the president–something familiar to human rights activist Vivien but surprising for food blogger Alice, who has lived in her mother’s shadow. Together, the women become caught up in conspiracies that take them from the Oval Office to Ohio and then to Hong Kong, where they unlock old legends and languages long ago invented by women, in order to stop what could be a cataclysmic attack.
VERDICT At once a fast-paced tale of power, greed, terror, and conviction and an introspective examination of the personal and cultural narratives that make people who they are, this will appeal to readers of Laura Lippman, Gillian McAllister, and James Patterson who are interested in thrillers as psychologically nuanced as they are page-turning.–Library Journal
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Ironwood by Michael Connelly
“Small island, big crime,” says Detective Sergeant Stilwell about his turf on Catalina, just a short ferry ride from L.A. All the characters and dynamics introduced in Connelly’s first Catalina novel, Nightshade (2025), are in full swing here as a cluster of crimes erupts, and Stilwell persists in disobeying orders to follow his hunches. A new deputy is killed and another badly injured when a drug-deal stakeout goes catastrophically wrong. Barred from investigating and told to clean up the station’s overflowing lost and found, Stilwell gets curious about an abandoned backpack and finds himself involved with a cold case overseen by LAPD Detective Ren e Ballard, a character from one of Connelly’s previous series. Stilwell’s tenacity, keen instincts, dread, tenderheartedness, and pragmatism–he knows just how to deal with a scheming vintner and a kid who graffitied the island’s landmarks–make for an entertaining and admirable hero, while Catalina, with its colorful history, “fragile ecosystems,” and busy harbor, overseen by Tash, Stilwell’s lover, is an evermore intriguing setting. Connelly is at his most polished and incisive here, with crackling dialogue, complex investigations, tricky relationships, escalating suspense, and dogged and inspired sleuthing by a principled, rule-breaking hero. The satisfying ending promises more enthralling episodes on the horizon.
HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Connelly fans will be avidly seeking the second in his Catalina series. – Starred Booklist Review
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Nolan: The Singular Life of an American Original by Tim Brown
The definitive biography of Nolan Ryan, arguably the greatest pitcher in the history of baseball, from New York Times bestselling sportswriter Tim Brown.
Nolan Ryan was the hero to two of America’s biggest institutions: Texas and baseball. Nolan is an exploration of God, family, baseball, and America—and a tribute to one of the greatest pitchers to ever step on the mound. He grew up in the small, hard town of Alvin, Texas, was graced with a fastball, and fell in love with a woman named Ruth, then honored all three in his pursuit of hardball perfection.
Alongside Nolan’s personal story, renowned sportswriter Tim Brown offers a thoughtful, deeply researched history of baseball in the Lone Star State, and an unforgettable account of three glorious decades in the Major Leagues.
Nolan Ryan’s story is about dominating on the field, then growing old in the game, then just plain growing old. It’s about the man who has become a symbol of the game at its best, the way it used to be. It’s about deeds over words. About cattle matching the hat. About fastballs over all else.
Nolan makes the case that there has never been another like him. And there won’t be again.
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The Shippers by Katherine Center
Jojo Burton and Cooper Watts have been friends since he moved onto her street when they were kids. But one day Cooper takes off for London, leaving Jojo wondering for years why he cut off all contact. He reappears at her wedding, which ends with Jojo fake-fainting and calling the whole thing off. After Cooper declines an invitation to her sister Ashley’s wedding on a cruise ship, he somehow unexpectedly shows up again. When a plan to make Jojo’s childhood crush fall in love with her goes awry, Cooper is there once more, acting as Jojo’s wingman. It might appear things are on the mend, but they fallout again and Cooper leaves Jojo once more. The duo go through much together, but eventually reconnect, with plenty of laughs and memorable moments along the way. VERDICT Center (The Rom-Commers) has a signature rom-com voice and offers plenty of banter that her fans adore. Readers who have already fallen in love with her previous works will find this a winner too.–Library Journal Review
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Happy reading!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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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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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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. FURY BOUND by Sable Sorensen: The second book in the Wolves of Ruin series. Meryn Cooper faces dangers to her kingdom and her heart.
3. OUR PERFECT STORM by Carley Fortune: After her fiancé leaves her, Frankie goes on her planned honeymoon trip with her best friend from childhood, George.
4. 26 BEAUTIES by James Patterson: The 26th book in the Women’s Murder Club series. The deaths of two women are investigated, and a father seeks help in finding his missing daughter.
5. YESTERYEAR by Caro Claire Burke: Natalie Heller Mills, a privileged tradwife social media influencer, wakes up to find she is living in the comparatively difficult reality of 1855.
6. 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; the basis of the movie.
7. REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt: A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there; the basis of the movie.
8. THE DAISY CHAIN FLOWER SHOP by Laurie Gilmore: The sixth book in the Dream Harbor series. A flower shop might be the source of bad luck or love.
9. PLATFORM DECAY by Martha Wells: The eighth book in the Murderbot Diaries series. While leading a rescue mission, Murderbot must spend time with strangers and children.
10. THE CALAMITY CLUB by Kathryn Stockett: As things get tougher during the Depression, several women look for ways to improve their circumstances.
11. 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.
12. THE THINGS WE NEVER SAY by Elizabeth Strout: A high school history teacher discovers something that makes him rethink his relationships and life’s mysteries.
13. RULES FOR THE SUMMER by Meghan Quinn: Renley Gossage, who bought a failing candy shop, and Theo Williams, who got engaged on a drunken dare, spend the summer in close proximity.
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. STARSIDE by Alex Aster: Aris traverses a realm of magic and immortals, where she faces dangers as she seeks to avenge her family’s death.
NON-FICTION
1. 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.
2. THE CASE FOR AMERICA by Bret Baier: The chief political anchor for Fox News shares his perspectives on our national character during divisive times.
3. THE U.S. CONSTITUTION by Melissa Murray: The co-author of “The Trump Indictments” gives historical context for each of the amendments in the Constitution.
4. TRUE CRIME by Patricia Cornwell: The author, known for her Kay Scarpetta thrillers, shares moments from her life that shaped her writing career.
5. FAMESICK by Lena Dunham: The author of “Not That Kind of Girl” evaluates the effects that pursuing her creative endeavors had on her.
6. LONDON FALLING by Patrick Radden Keefe: The author of “Say Nothing” details the efforts by the parents of a 19-year-old Londoner to uncover the truth about his mysterious death and secret life.
7. DOGS, BOYS, AND OTHER THINGS I’VE CRIED ABOUT by Isabel Klee: Klee helps foster dogs overcome challenges while she faces her own complications.
8. INSIDE THE BOX by David Epstein: The author of “Range” evaluates the benefits of limitations and constraints.
9. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk: How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
10. MAKE BELIEVE by Mac Barnett: The children’s book author considers the impact of children’s literature and how it provides a lens into the lives of children.
11. ROOKIE by Joshua Taylor Bassett: The singer and actor details moments from his life in verse.
12. WHEN WE SEE YOU AGAIN by Rachel Goldberg-Polin: A mother recounts the capture of her son, Hersh, from the Nova Music Festival and his subsequent execution.
13. THIS VAST ENTERPRISE by Craig Fehrman: A revisionist history of the Lewis and Clark expedition viewed from the perspectives of 10 people connected to it.
14. BACKTALKER by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw: A memoir by the scholar and writer who advanced the ideas of intersectionality and critical race theory.
15. 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.
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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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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 third weekend of the month, we’re turning our listening spotlight on classic jazz and blues songs – enjoy!
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Blue Again by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Found on the Album: Portrait of the Artist: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934 (1994)
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Good Morning Heartache by Dinah Washington
Found on the Album: I Concentrate On You (1960)
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Good Rockin’ Tonight by Roy Brown
Found on the Album: Greatest Hits (2009)
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Kansas City Man Blues by Maimie Smith
Found on the Album: Crazy Blues: The Best of Mamie Smith (2004)
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Moanin’ At Midnight by Howlin’ Wolf
Found on the Album: Moanin In The Moonlight (1958)
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Moten Swing by Bennie Moten & His Kansas City Orchestra
Found the Album: The Best of Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra (1999)
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Nice Work If You Can Get It by The Benny Goodman Trio
Found on the Album: Benny Goodman On The Air 1937 – 1938 (1991)
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Oh, Lady, Be Good! by Count Basie featuring Jones-Smith Incorporated
Found on the Album: The Essential Count Basie (2014)
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Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
Found on the Various Artists Album: The Chess Story (2006)
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Tweedle Dee by Laverne Baker
Found on the Album: LaVern Baker (1957)
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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.
Recommended Mainstream Stream of the Week
Exit 8 (2025) (Amazon Prime, Apple TV)
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Recommended Kanopy Stream of the Week
American Experience: The Chinese Exclusion Act (2018)
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.
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.
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).
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.
Hi everyone, here are our five suggested reads of the week!
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The Anniversary by Alex Finlay
May 1, 1992, is a day that forever changes the lives of Jules Delaney and Quinn Riley in Finlay’s latest (after Parents Weekend). That day, Quinn intervenes in a fight and is arrested for assault, while Jules survives an attack by the May Day Killer, who strikes on May 1 every year. The novel then checks in with Jules and Quinn every subsequent May 1. Jules becomes a fashion model and starts a nonprofit, but memories of that night in 1992 will not fade. Quinn’s mother is murdered by her jealous boyfriend. Quinn later lands a job working for a private investigation company, which gives him the opportunity to dig for clues in his mom’s case. As more women disappear, Jules’s and Quinn’s lives intertwine. Neither can escape the past, and any hope of a future together is clouded in that history.
VERDICT Somehow, Finlay manages to improve with each amazing book, and he has crafted another terrific suspense novel that demands to be read in one sitting. Jules and Quinn fly off the page, and readers will be emotionally engrossed in their journey to see where they are in their lives each May 1. – Library Journal Review
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Echoes of the Lost by Cindy Brown
One retired detective. One frightened boy. One daring librarian. The case that will unravel everything. A tense, emotional mystery perfect for fans of Michael Connelly and Liz Moore.
He usually had something to go on: a body, a name, a weapon . . . What did he have now?
Retired detective Ster McCaffrey has lived in isolation since the death of his beloved wife. Recently disabled from a traumatic brain injury, his quiet life is interrupted when he wakes in the dead of night to find a child sobbing on his doorstep—leaving him with more questions than answers.
After learning that the boy and his missing mother are unhoused with no official investigation underway, Ster decides to solve the mystery himself. To do so, he’ll need to interview a community whose voice is rarely heard: the houseless of Portland, Oregon. Diving deeper into their tight-knit circle, Ster realizes trust is hard-won, and answers even more so. The further he goes, the more difficult it is to tell where the case ends, and his past begins.
With threats to his home, new evidence found in the river, and signs pointing to murder—friends and enemies are closer than Ster realizes. Only one thing is clear: the boy is in grave danger.
For fans of Cindy Brown’s Macdeath, now comes a fresh take on classic crime thrillers.: A Mystery
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The Franchise by Thomas Elrod
DEBUT To keep profiting off the popular Malicarn fantasy movie franchise, producers transform an island into a permanent set and fill it with memory-altered actors who don’t realize their lives are fiction. Their goal is to generate new, organic stories, guided by a few real actors, including Glenn, who plays the wise wizard Gregorian. Some younger residents have never known anything else, but when outsiders intrude and unrest sweeps the Malicarn, everyone involved in the project ends up with a bigger story than they can handle. This book evokes both Westworld and The Truman Show, but in a medieval fantasy setting. Elrod’s concept offers sharp commentary on mainstream media’s endless obsession with sequels and spin-offs, along with the hazards of fans treating real people like beloved characters. The book’s own characters are sometimes harder to root for, with Glenn’s hand-wringing over the ethics of his job often taking center stage, but the finale lands its themes of art, performance, and reality. VERDICT Readers interested in high concept sci-fi stories will find much to think about here as Elrod explores the other side of storytelling and fandom in his debut novel – Library Journal
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A Harlem Wedding: A Novel by Tiffany L. Warren
Yolande has always followed the guidance of her famous father, the Black activist W. E. B. Du Bois, who expects her to achieve excellence in all things. She also enjoys the pampered lifestyle his success has provided. When she falls for struggling jazz musician Jimmie Lunceford, her father makes it clear that he will never accept Jimmie as a suitable match for her, and Yolande allows herself to be pressured into a marriage with Harlem Renaissance poet Countee Cullen instead. After their incredibly glamorous and star-studded wedding, it doesn’t take long for Yolande to realize that she’s made a huge mistake and she needs more from life than just her father’s approval. Warren (The Unexpected Diva) provides a richly drawn historical backdrop to her story, including appearances by many famous personages of the period.
VERDICT The title may lead readers to expect a more straightforwardly romantic plot (the wedding is actually a relatively small part of Yolande’s story), but Warren ultimately delivers a well-researched and compelling coming-of-age tale of an imperfect but strong-willed woman who must overcome both the crushing weight of parental expectations and her own immaturity to seize the future she truly wants. – Library Journal Review
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I Am Not A Robot by Joanna Stern
A field report from the front lines of everyday AI reveals a revolution already unfolding in our hospitals, classrooms, kitchens, cars, and inboxes. In this slyly tongue-in-cheek, often unsettling account, technology journalist Stern chronicles her AI-enhanced life. She tried out self-driving cars, chatbot companions, digital fitness coaches, AI-written emails, robot masseuses, mechanical pets–even AI-generated music, literature, and life advice. The result is a highly personal portrait of what it feels like to stand on the edge of technological transformation. Her concise timeline maps the territory, starting with the 1955 Dartmouth College conference at which John McCarthy, an assistant professor of mathematics, coined the term “artificial intelligence.” Stern describes an “AI Zoo” of machine learning, neural networks, deep learning, and generative AI, as Artificial General Intelligence and Artificial Super Intelligence loom on the horizon. The book centers on Stern’s experiences, and the reader learns of AI’s impacts on her mammogram and dental imaging. The first incorporates AI as a superhuman pattern recognizer, augmenting human expertise, while in dentistry, upselling is an unfortunate byproduct. Stern interviews influential thinkers, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who foresees therapeutic AI-enabled mobile devices extending medical care to underserved populations. He notes, “Most people in Africa never meet–ever during their life, when they’re born, when they die–what the US would call a doctor.” AI is also reconfiguring education and employment. Daniela Amodei, the president of Anthropic, argues that Generative AI has already entered our classrooms. Amodei says, “Learning should be different because a lot of their life is going to be different because of AI.” Self-driving cars terrify and amaze Stern’s family, while robots in her home provoke laughter. Of her trial intimacy with chatbots, the author concludes, “A connection with a machine isn’t a substitute for messy, inconvenient, irreplaceable human intimacy. AI is a mirror. Don’t mistake it for more. And please do not have sex with your smartphone. Or laptop. Or desktop. Or expensive monitor.” A tech journalist tries life shaped by AI in an amusing, semi-scientific, thought-provoking experiment. – Kirkus Review
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Happy reading!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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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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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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; the basis of the movie.
3. KING OF GLUTTONY by Ana Huang: The sixth book in the Kings of Sin series. Maya Singh must work with her sworn enemy, who is the heir to a culinary empire.
4. YESTERYEAR by Caro Claire Burke: Natalie Heller Mills, a privileged tradwife social media influencer, wakes up to find she is living in the comparatively difficult reality of 1855.
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. 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.
7. HOPE RISES by David Baldacci: The second book in the Walter Nash series. Using an alias and some lethal skills, Nash works to bring down a global criminal operation.
8. REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt: A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there; the basis of the movie.
9. PURPLE STATE by Dana Perino: A public relations professional goes with two of her friends to a swing district in Wisconsin and meets a guy with a different perspective.
10. GAME ON by Navessa Allen: The third book of the Into Darkness series. Tyler seeks revenge against his father and pretends to be Stella’s boyfriend.
11. BLOOD BOUND by Ellis Hunter: Skylar and Astrid take on inner demons and external forces as they fight to save their world.
12. BULLETPROOF by K.M. Moronova: Briar Thornton and Roman Syxx’s attraction to each other becomes compromised when her secret connection to his mission becomes evident.
13. A DEADLY EPISODE by Anthony Horowitz: The sixth book in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. The actor playing Hawthorne is murdered, but he may not have been the intended target.
14. THE THRONE OF BROKEN GODS by Amber V. Nicole: The second book in the Gods and Monsters series. Samkiel hopes to save Dianna after her transformation.
15. WE BURNED SO BRIGHT by TJ Klune: As a black hole approaches, Don and Rodney, who have been together 40 years, take an urgent road trip.
Non-Fiction
1. DOGS, BOYS, AND OTHER THINGS I’VE CRIED ABOUT by Isabel Klee: Klee helps foster dogs overcome challenges while she faces her own complications.
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. FAMESICK by Lena Dunham: The author of “Not That Kind of Girl” evaluates the effects that pursuing her creative endeavors had on her.
4. LONDON FALLING by Patrick Radden Keefe: The author of “Say Nothing” details the efforts by the parents of a 19-year-old Londoner to uncover the truth about his mysterious death and secret life.
5. WHEN WE SEE YOU AGAIN by Rachel Goldberg-Polin: A mother recounts the capture of her son, Hersh, from the Nova Music Festival and his subsequent execution.
6. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk: How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
7. BROKEN PLEA by Christopher Whitcomb: A re-examination of the story of the murder of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home on Nov. 13, 2022.
8. THIS IS NOT ABOUT RUNNING by Mary Cain: The elite runner describes the toll that training and injuries took on her, and the pervasiveness of abuse in youth sports.
9. 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.
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. THIS VAST ENTERPRISE by Craig Fehrman: A revisionist history of the Lewis and Clark expedition viewed from the perspectives of 10 people connected to it.
12. DRIVEN by Susie Wolff: The managing director of F1 Academy and former professional racing driver chronicles her time in the sport.
13. THE STORY OF BIRDS by Steve Brusatte: The paleontologist gives an evolutionary history of birds that explains how they began to fly and survived millenniums.
14. WHEN THE WORLD SLEEPS by Francesca Albanese: A look at the past, present and future of Palestine told through the stories of 10 people; translated by Gregory Conti.
15. ISRAEL ON TRIAL by Roy K. Altman: A judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida presents arguments regarding Israel.
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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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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!
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On this, the second Friday of the month, we turn our listening attention to a collection of classic pop and rock songs. Enjoy!
An Old Fashioned Love Song by Three Dog Night
Found on the Album: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Three Dog Night (2000)
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Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Wynonie Harris
Found on the Album: Greatest Hits (2009)
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Fiddle Time by Tex Williams
Found on the Album: Vintage Collections (1996) by Tex Williams
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G. I. Jive by Louis Jordan & His Orchestra
Found on the Album: Let The Good Times Roll: The Anthology 1938 – 1953 (1999)
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Groovin’ by The Rascals
Found on the Album: Time Space: The Rascals’ Greatest Hits
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I’ll Never Find Another You by The Seekers
Found on the Album: Greatest Hits (2009)
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Holy Holly by Neil Diamond
Found on the Album: All-Time Greatest Hits (2014)
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I’m in a Dancing Mood by Dave Brubeck
Found on the Album: Greatest Hits (1966)
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The Night Has A Thousand Eyes by Bobby Vee
Found on the Album: The Legendary Masters Series (2011)
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There’s Always Something There To Remind Me by Sandie Shaw
Found on the Album: The Very Best of Sandie Shaw (2007)
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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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Tech & Book Talk at SSCL 