Month: April 2023

Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers.

Each title is followed by a listing of which formats it is available in for check out within the three catalogs: StarCat (Print, Large Print & CD Audiobook), The Digital Catalog (eBook & Downloadable Audiobook) and the Hoopla Catalog (Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Hoopla Audiobook).

For more information on the three catalogs skip to the section below the bestselling titles*

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New York Times Bestseller blog posts are published on Sundays.And the next New York Times blog post will be published Sunday, May 7, 2023.

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FICTION

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CITY OF DREAMS by Don Winslow

(Available Formats: CD Audiobook)

The second book in the City trilogy. When a movie is made about his former life, Danny Ryan looks for his cut and seeks to restart his criminal empire.

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DAISY JONES & THE SIX by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & CD Audiobook)

A fictional oral history charting the rise and fall of a ’70s rock ’n’ roll band.

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DARK ANGEL by John Sandford

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook & eBook)

The second book in the Letty Davenport series. Letty takes an undercover assignment that puts her in harm’s way with a group of hackers.

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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

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HANG THE MOON by Jeannette Walls

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & CD Audiobook)

Nine years after being cast out, a young woman returns to reclaim her place in her family and comes into her own as a bootlegger.

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HELLO BEAUTIFUL by Ann Napolitano

(Available Formats:Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

In a homage to Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” a young man’s dark past resurfaces as he gets to the know the family of his college sweetheart.

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HOMECOMING by Kate Morton

(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)

An unemployed journalist connects events in a true-crime book, which details a long-buried murder in 1959 in South Australia, to her own family.

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.

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IT STARTS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

In the sequel to “It Ends With Us,” Lily deals with her jealous ex-husband as she reconnects with her first boyfriend.

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THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME by Laura Dave

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.

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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

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NEVER NEVER by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & eBook)

Questions arise when a pair of lovers try to uncover why they suddenly became strangers.

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PINEAPPLE STREET by Jenny Jackson

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & eBook)

Three women navigate their roles in a well-to-do family living in Brooklyn Heights.

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REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.

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ROMANTIC COMEDY by Curtis Sittenfeld

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

A late-night show’s sketch writer may become involved with a pop music sensation who is a guest host.

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SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.

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SIMPLY LIES by David Baldacci

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A former detective becomes the prime suspect in a murder case involving a man with mob ties who was in witness protection.

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THINGS I WISH I TOLD MY MOTHER by Susan Patterson and Susan DiLallo with James Patterson

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Secrets and hopes get unpacked when a mother and daughter vacation together in Paris.

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TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.

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UGLY LOVE by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Tate Collins and Miles Archer, an airline pilot, think they can handle a no strings attached arrangement. But they can’t.

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VERITY by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.

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NON-FICTION:

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ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla Instant Checkout eBook)

The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook, Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)

A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals

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CHOOSING TO RUN by Des Linden with Bonnie D. Ford

(Available Formats: Print Books)

The Boston Marathon winner and Olympian shares her racing highlights and training methods.

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COURAGE TO BE FREE by Ron DeSantis

(Available Formats: Print Books, eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks)

The Florida governor gives his account of his achievements and shares his opinions about the political left.

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CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

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FOLLOW ME TO HELL by Tom Clavin

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A portrayal of a ranger named Leander McNelly and his men in 1870s Texas.

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GOT YOUR NUMBER by Mike Greenberg with Paul Hembekides

(Available Formats: Hoopla instant checkout eBook)

The ESPN host partners with his producer to create their list of top 100 sports legends.

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GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobooks, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over 35 years.

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I SWEAR by Katie Porter

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The Democratic congresswoman from California describes challenges she faced before and during her time in office.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

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IT. GOES. SO. FAST. by Mary Louise Kelly

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The cohost of NPR’s “All Things Considered” reflects on the period of time when her father died and her older son would soon leave for college.

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KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.

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THE LIGHT WE CARRY by Michelle Obama

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.

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OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

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POVERTY, BY AMERICA by Matthew Desmond

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” examines the ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor.

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SPARE  by Prince Harry

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Duke of Sussex details his struggles with the royal family, loss of his mother, service in the British Army and marriage to Meghan Markle.

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THE WAGER by David Grann

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.

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YOU CAN’T JOKE ABOUT THAT by Kat Timpf

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The co-host of “Gutfeld!” and Fox News contributor gives her take on free speech and comedy.

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YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL by Maggie Smith

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The poet explores her love for her children and commitment to herself after the end of her marriage.

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSL

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*Information on the Three Catalogs*

Digital Catalog: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog has two companion apps, Libby & OverDrive. Libby is the app for newer devices and the OverDrive app should be used for older devices and Amazon tablets.

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 instant check outs of eBooks, downloadable audiobook, comic books, albums and streaming videos. Patron check out limit is 4 items per month.

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

The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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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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Also of Note: If a New York Times Bestseller isn’t yet available in any of the three catalogs; you can contact the library and request to be notified when it becomes available.

Southeast Steuben County Library Tel: 607-936-3713

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, welcome to our Suggested Listening posting for this week!

Suggested Listening postings are published on Fridays; and our next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, May 5, 2023.

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Before we jump into the ten recommended songs for this week, two bonus songs in memory of the great singer Harry Belafonte who died this week.

The Banana Boat Song (Day-o) by Harry Belafonte (Genre: Vocal, Dance, Calypso)

From The Album: Calypso (1956)

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Jump The Line by Harry Belafonte (Genre: Vocal, Dance, Calypso)

From The Album: The Very Best of Harry Belafonte (2001)

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And now, onto the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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American Pie by Don Mclean (Genre: Singer/Songwriter)

From The Album: American Pie (1971)

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Buddy Bolden Blues by the Buddy Bolden Legacy Band (Genre: Jazz)

From The Album: Back and Forth the King’s Path (2015)

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Days Beyond Recall by Bunk Johnson (Genre: Jazz)

From The Album: Bunk’s Blues (2009)

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I’m Going To Brownsville by Furry Lewis (Genre: Blues)

From The Album: Shake ‘Em On Down (1972)

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Kodachrome by Paul Simon (Genre: Singer-Songwriter)

From The Album: There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)

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The Lumberjack’s Alphabet by Joe Glazer (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: Songs for Woodworkers (2006)

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Roll The Union On by John Handcox, Pete Seeger & Joe Glazer (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: John L. Handcox: Songs, Poems, and Stories of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union (2005)

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Sometimes by Bessie Jones (Genre: Folk-Blues)

From The Album: Alan Lomax: Popular Songbook (2003) by Various Artists

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Tiger Rag & Interview by Jelly Roll Morton (Genre: Jazz)

From The Album: Deep River Of Song: Louisiana, “Catch That Train And Testify!” – The Alan Lomax Collection (2004) by Various Artists

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Wabash Cannonball by Johnny Cash (Genre: Country)

From The Album: The Legend (2005)

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Hoopla Pick of the Week:

The Complete Plantation Recordings by Muddy Waters (Genre: Blues)

And from the album, the song:

Ramblin’ Kid Blues by Muddy Waters

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And as a bonus, just because it is a great song:

Feel Like Goin’ Home by Muddy Waters

From The Album: Folk Singer (1964)

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And as Muddy Waters was one of the greatest musicians of the 20th Century, here is one more of his songs for good measure:

I Can’t Be Satisfied by Muddy Waters

From The Album: The Best of Muddy Waters (1957)

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Online Catalog Links:

StarCat

The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD, etc.

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The Digital Catalog, web version of Libby

The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos.

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The Libby App

Libby is the companion app to the Digital Catalog and may be found in the Apple & Google app.

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Hoopla

A catalog of instant check out items, including eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, TV shows and movies for patrons of the Southeast Steuben County Library.

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, here are our recommended reads for the week!

*More information on the three catalogs and available formats is found at the end of the list of recommended reads*

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are now published on Wednesdays.

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, May 3, 2023.

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Burning Season by Kiki Swinson

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Instant Checkout eBook)

National bestselling author Kiki Swinson’s novels set it off with killer plot twists, merciless characters—and an unsparing portrayal of Southern struggling, lying, betraying . . . and dying. Now everything is on the line as a female firefighter desperate for money gets caught up in a man-made disaster . . .

Set your schemes . . .
A volunteer Virginia Beach firefighter, Alayna Curry faces death every day—and is proud to carry on her retired father’s legacy. But with cash always tight and her long-time boyfriend Levi pressuring her to give up what she loves to make more money, she knows she needs more cash flow to stay afloat. . .

Set your traps . . .
All Alayna has to do is keep quiet about a scheme to burn down buildings for insurance-hungry “clients.” And for a while she’s on fire from the rush, making insane cash—and finding new passion in all the wrong places. But when the money suddenly stops rolling in—and one “client” after another pushes back against the deal—Alayna and the rest of the crew stop watching out for each other and start fighting for their lives . . .

Set your life on fire . . .
Now with the cops turning up the heat and every firefighter for themselves, Alayna must walk an impossible line to get out from under. But between betrayal, secrets, and broken duty, will what loyalty she has left be the one thing that burns her life to the ground for good?

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The Curious Case of Dassoukine’s Trousers by Fouad Laroui

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Instant Checkout eBook)

Moroccan-born Laroui, a professor of French literature at the University of Amsterdam, makes his English-language debut with this Prix Goncourt-winning story collection. Laroui uses a wry, dry, knowing style to address identity and otherness, showing how focus on such issues defines the immigrant experience. In “Born Nowhere,” for instance, a young Moroccan man in a cafe complains more and more loudly to another about the wrong birth place and date on his identity card until a woman reprimands them for shaming their land of birth, “because I’m Moroccan…even though I was born in Vietnam to a Russian father. Incidentally, am I really a woman?” In “Dislocation,” a triumph of content and style, a Utrecht-based Moroccan man considers what it would be like to live in “a world where everything is foreign,” then repeats that idea in ever-expanding paragraphs as he argues that he’s “French in the head” while eventually acknowledging that he’s seen as an outsider. Yet the story has an unexpectedly affirmative ending. VERDICT Terrific stuff, insightful and often blackly funny. – Library Journal Review

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Forget What You Know by Christina Dodd

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & Hoopla Instant Checkout Audiobook)

Flower propagator Zoey Phoenix may have irrevocably shattered his heart when she divorced him two years ago, but that doesn’t mean Luca Damezas wants to kill Zoey now. But someone wants Zoey permanently out of the picture, which leaves Luca no choice but to agree to serve as her bodyguard while she recuperates from a nearly fatal car accident. Further evidence of pending danger presents itself when the two arrive in the remote Pacific Coast village of Gothic and discover someone has tossed Zoey’s home and workplace. Could a clue to what the killer is looking for be buried somewhere in Zoey’s shadowy memories of her past? Or would it be safer for Zoey if she simply forgets whatever it is she might know? Dodd (Point Last Seen, 2022) deftly loads up the extraordinarily entertaining plot of her latest thrilling and chilling entry in her Gothic-set novels, making it all work with a cinematic flair that Hitchcock would envy, an inventively imaginative cast of characters that includes a former professional wrestler, and a sense of wit so dry it would be perfectly at home in Death Valley. – Booklist Review

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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

Romance author Yarros (The Things We Leave Unfinished) blends the epic tale of a reluctant dragon rider’s coming-of-age with a sexy dark academia aesthetic in her astounding debut fantasy. Fearsome General Sorrengail demands that her children follow in her footsteps as dragon riders—even her youngest, Violet, who has trained her whole life to be a scribe like her late father. Forced to join a deadly war academy, Violet is unprepared to perform the fatal tasks all cadets must complete to become dragon riders. The odds are stacked against her due both to her delicate stature and to her mother’s reputation: it was Sorrengail who gave the order to execute all separatists in the last rebellion. The rebels’ orphaned children have all been conscripted to the academy, putting a target on Violet’s back. Worse, her own brooding but handsome wing leader, third-year student Xaden Riorson, is the son of the separatists’ leader. Meanwhile, the wards that protect the city are failing, but as danger draws nearer, clever Violet grows stronger, discovering that riding dragons may be her destiny after all. Yarros’s worldbuilding is intricate without being overbearing, setting the stage for Violet’s satisfying growth into a force to be reckoned with. Readers will be spellbound and eager for more.

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A Girl Called Samson: A Novel by Amy Harmon

(Available Formats: Print Book)

From New York Times bestselling author Amy Harmon comes the saga of a young woman who dares to chart her own destiny in life and love during the American Revolutionary War.

In 1760, Deborah Samson is born to Puritan parents in Plympton, Massachusetts. When her father abandons the family and her mother is unable to support them, Deborah is bound out as an indentured servant. From that moment on, she yearns for a life of liberation and adventure.

Twenty years later, as the American colonies begin to buckle in their battle for independence, Deborah, impassioned by the cause, disguises herself as a soldier and enlists in the Continental army. Her impressive height and lanky build make her transformation a convincing one, and it isn’t long before she finds herself confronting the horrors of war head-on.

But as Deborah fights for her country’s freedom, she must contend with the secret of who she is—and, ultimately, a surprising love she can’t deny.

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Infamous by Lex Croucher

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Named a Most Anticipated Romance of 2023 by Goodreads and Bookpage
Twenty-two-year-old aspiring writer Edith (“Eddie”) Miller and her best friend Rose have always done everything together―from climbing trees and sneaking bottles of wine, to extensive kissing practice. But Rose has started talking about marriage, and Eddie is horrified. Why can’t they continue as they always have?

Then Eddie meets charming, renowned poet Nash Nicholson––a rival of Lord Byron, if he does say so himself––and he welcomes her into his world of eccentric artists and boundary-breaking visionaries. When Eddie receives an invitation to Nash’s crumbling Gothic estate in the countryside, promising inspiration (and time to finish her novel, a long-held dream), she eagerly agrees. But the pure hedonism and debauchery that ensues isn’t exactly what she had in mind, and Eddie soon finds herself torn between her complicated feelings for Rose and her equally complicated dynamic with Nash, whose increasingly bad behavior doesn’t match up to her vision for her literary hero.
Will Eddie be forced to choose between her friendship with Rose and her literary dreams––or will she be able to write her own happily ever after?

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The King’s Coat by Dewey Lambdin

(Available Formats: Print Book)

1780: Seventeen-year-old Alan Lewrie is a brash, rebellious young libertine. So much so that his callous father believes a bit of navy discipline will turn the boy around. Fresh aboard the tall-masted Ariadne, Midshipman Lewrie heads for the war-torn Americas, finding—rather unexpectedly—that he is a born sailor, equally at home with the randy pleasures of the port and the raging battles on the high seas. But in a hail of cannonballs comes a bawdy surprise…

The King’s Coat introduces us to Alan Lewrie, hero of Dewey Lambdin’s acclaimed series of naval adventures, which have often been compared to those by C.S. Forester and Patrick O’Brian.

Reader’s Note: This is the first book in the Alan Lewrie Series

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Made in the U.S.A. by Billie Letts

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & CD Audiobook)

In a second Letts title where a pivotal event occurs at a Wal-Mart (the first was the author’s bestseller Where the Heart Is), two long-neglected kids have to fend for themselves—and quickly. After their father’s ex-girlfriend, Floy, who is their guardian, drops dead at the chain’s Spearfish, S.D., megastore, 15-year-old Lutie McFee persuades her 11-year-old brother, Fate, to take off in Floy’s Pontiac to their long-gone dad’s last known address, a fleabag hotel in Las Vegas. There, they discover discouraging secrets about their father’s whereabouts. Lutie gets fake working papers and a string of dead-end jobs. But with the threat of foster care looming, Lutie and trivia-mad Fate are soon at the mercy of child predators. Letts (whose son Tracy won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama) manages this potentially maudlin or lurid material with a frank lyricism, delivering a heartbreaking tale about love, loss and survival that will stick with the reader long after the last page is turned. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge

(Available Formats: Print Book, Hoopla Instant Checkout eBook & Audiobook)

This enchanting series launch from Cambridge (A Trace of Poison) pairs a fictional amateur sleuth with Julia Child for a murder investigation in postwar Paris. The night after Child’s sister, Dort, hosts a party at Child’s apartment, a guest is found dead in the basement—and the murder weapon is one of Child’s knives. Tabitha Knight, a hopeless cook and fellow American expat who’s befriended Child in hopes some of her culinary skills might rub off on her, takes interest in the crime. Tabitha’s investigation leads her to a local English-language theater where Dort worked with the victim, and where most of the suspects are rehearsing an Agatha Christie play. While Tabitha serves as a competent narrator for this spry, sturdy whodunit, Cambridge captures Child’s distinct voice and energy so perfectly—especially as she prepares meals like Madame Poulet and Monsieur Jambon—that readers will wish the chef played a larger role. Still, expect to leave this vacation hoping for a return trip

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Old Home Town: A Novel by Rose Wilder Lane

(Available Formats: Print Book)

In Old Home Town, Rose Wilder Lane has recreated small-town society of pre-World War I America with a precise feeling for decorum, dress, and kitchen dialogue. Like Sherwood Anderson in Winesburg, Ohio, she describes a community through the stories of certain memorable citizens. The overlay of nostalgia cannot hide some sharp observations about marriage and women’s rights.

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Have a great week!

Linda Reimer

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*Information on the three catalogs*

Digital Catalog: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, digital magazines and a handful of streaming videos. The catalog, which allows one to download content to a PC, also has a companion app, Libby, which you can download to your mobile device; so you can enjoy eBooks and downloadable audiobooks 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 instant checkouts of eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV series. Patron check out limit is 6 items per month.

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

The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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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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Format Note: Under each book title you’ll find a list of all the different formats that specific title is available in; including: Print Books, Large Print Books, CD Audiobooks, eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks from the Digital Catalog (Libby app) and Hoopla eBooks & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla app).

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

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Have questions or want to request a book?

Feel free to call the library! Our telephone number is 607-936-3713.

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers.

Each title is followed by a listing of which formats it is available in for check out within the three catalogs: StarCat (Print, Large Print & CD Audiobook), The Digital Catalog (eBook & Downloadable Audiobook) and the Hoopla Catalog (Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Hoopla Audiobook).

For more information on the three catalogs skip to the section below the bestselling titles*

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New York Times Bestseller blog posts are published on Sundays.And the next New York Times blog post will be published Sunday, April 30, 2023.

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FICTION

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COUNTDOWN by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook & eBook)

A botched field operation and a terrorist plot endanger Amy Cornwall and her family.

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DAISY JONES & THE SIX by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & CD Audiobook)

A fictional oral history charting the rise and fall of a ’70s rock ’n’ roll band.

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DARK ANGEL by John Sandford

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook & eBook)

The second book in the Letty Davenport series. Letty takes an undercover assignment that puts her in harm’s way with a group of hackers.

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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

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HANG THE MOON by Jeannette Walls

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & CD Audiobook)

Nine years after being cast out, a young woman returns to reclaim her place in her family and comes into her own as a bootlegger.

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HELLO BEAUTIFUL by Ann Napolitano

(Available Formats:Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

In a homage to Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” a young man’s dark past resurfaces as he gets to the know the family of his college sweetheart.

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HOMECOMING by Kate Morton

(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)

An unemployed journalist connects events in a true-crime book, which details a long-buried murder in 1959 in South Australia, to her own family.

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.

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IT STARTS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

In the sequel to “It Ends With Us,” Lily deals with her jealous ex-husband as she reconnects with her first boyfriend.

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I WILL FIND YOU by Harlan Coben

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & eBook)

A man imprisoned for murdering his 3-year-old son becomes convinced his son is still alive and plans an escape.

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LASSITER by J.R. Ward

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The 21st book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. A fallen angel meets a mysterious female.

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THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME by Laura Dave

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.

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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

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NEVER NEVER by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & eBook)

Questions arise when a pair of lovers try to uncover why they suddenly became strangers.

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ONLY SURVIVORS by Megan Miranda

(Available Formats:Print Book, CD Audiobook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Death and trouble loom over a reunion marking 10 years since tragedy befell a group of high school seniors.

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PINEAPPLE STREET by Jenny Jackson

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & eBook)

Three women navigate their roles in a well-to-do family living in Brooklyn Heights.

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REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.

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THINGS I WISH I TOLD MY MOTHER by Susan Patterson and Susan DiLallo with James Patterson

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Secrets and hopes get unpacked when a mother and daughter vacation together in Paris.

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TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.

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VERITY by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.

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YOURS TRULY by Abby Jimenez

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The quietly sexy new doctor in Dr. Briana Ortiz’s life offers to donate her brother a kidney and asks for a favor she can’t refuse.

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NON-FICTION:

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ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla Instant Checkout eBook)

The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook, Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)

A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals

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CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

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FEVER IN THE HEARTLAND by Timothy Egan

(Available Formats:Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author details the Ku Klux Klan’s rise to the height of its power in the 1920s and how one brutalized woman’s testimony diminished it.

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FOLLOW ME TO HELL by Tom Clavin

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A portrayal of a ranger named Leander McNelly and his men in 1870s Texas.

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GOT YOUR NUMBER by Mike Greenberg with Paul Hembekides

(Available Formats: Hoopla instant checkout eBook)

The ESPN host partners with his producer to create their list of top 100 sports legends.

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GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobooks, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over 35 years.

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I SWEAR by Katie Porter

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The Democratic congresswoman from California describes challenges she faced before and during her time in office.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

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IT’S OK TO BE ANGRY ABOUT CAPITALISM by Bernie Sanders with John Nichols

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobooks)

The Vermont senator depicts the impact capitalism has on key areas of our lives and ways to address this.

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IT. GOES. SO. FAST. by Mary Louise Kelly

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The cohost of NPR’s “All Things Considered” reflects on the period of time when her father died and her older son would soon leave for college.

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LEBRON by Jeff Benedict

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The author of “The Dynasty” and “Tiger Woods” details the life and career of the star basketball player LeBron James.

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THE LIGHT WE CARRY by Michelle Obama

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.

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ON THE ORIGIN OF TIME by Thomas Hertog

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The cosmologist shares a theory, which he posited with Stephen Hawking, that gives a Darwinian perspective on the origins of our universe.

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OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

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POVERTY, BY AMERICA by Matthew Desmond

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” examines the ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor.

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SPARE  by Prince Harry

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Duke of Sussex details his struggles with the royal family, loss of his mother, service in the British Army and marriage to Meghan Markle.

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WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it.

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YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL by Maggie Smith

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The poet explores her love for her children and commitment to herself after the end of her marriage.

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSL

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*Information on the Three Catalogs*

Digital Catalog: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog has two companion apps, Libby & OverDrive. Libby is the app for newer devices and the OverDrive app should be used for older devices and Amazon tablets.

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 instant check outs of eBooks, downloadable audiobook, comic books, albums and streaming videos. Patron check out limit is 4 items per month.

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

The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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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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Also of Note: If a New York Times Bestseller isn’t yet available in any of the three catalogs; you can contact the library and request to be notified when it becomes available.

Southeast Steuben County Library Tel: 607-936-3713

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, welcome to our Suggested Listening posting for this week!

Suggested Listening postings are published on Fridays; and our next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, April 28, 2023.

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week; all of which feature terrific organ playing!

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Baba O’Riley by The Who

From The Album: Who’s Next (1971)

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Different Light by Steve Winwood

From The Album: About Time (2003)

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Dreams by The Allman Brothers

From The Album: The Allman Brothers Band (1969)

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Green Onions by Booker T. and the MG’s

From The Album: Green Onions (1962)

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The Happy Organ by Dave “The Baby” Cortez

From The Album: 20th Century Rocks: 50’s Rock ‘n Roll – Is Here to Stay by Various Artists (2001) (Original Release Date: 1958)

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Honky Tonk Parts I & II by Bill Doggett & His Trio

From The Album: Instrumental Music for the Soul-6 (2020) (Original Release Date: 1956)

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Nothing Takes The Place of You by Toussaint McCall

From The Album: Nothing Takes the Place of You (1967)

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Slightly Monkish by Jimmy Smith

From The Album: The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ (1956)

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Soul Searching by Shirley Scott

From The Album: Soul Searching (1959)

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Time of the Season by The Zombies

From The album: Odyssey and Oracle (1968)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

I’ve Got A Woman (1963) by Jimmy McGriff

And from the album the song:

I’ve Got A Woman by Jimmy McGriff

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Online Catalog Links:

StarCat

The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD, etc.

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The Digital Catalog, web version of Libby

The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos.

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The Libby App

Libby is the companion app to the Digital Catalog and may be found in the Apple & Google app.

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Hoopla

A catalog of instant check out items, including eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, TV shows and movies for patrons of the Southeast Steuben County Library.

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, here are our recommended reads for the week!

*More information on the three catalogs and available formats is found at the end of the list of recommended reads*

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are now published on Wednesdays.

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, April 26, 2023; which means it will be last Suggested Reading post of the month! Where has April gone?!

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Becoming Crone by Lydia M. Hawke

(Available Formats: eBook & Hoopla instant check out eBook)

Divorced grandmother Claire Emerson is the refreshing chosen one at the helm of the fun Crone Wars series debut from Hawke (the Grigori Legacy series). After receiving a mystical magnifying pendant as a present for her 60th birthday, Claire discovers that she is vitally important to a hidden magical world. She’s pleased with the house set aside for her training; admires Keven, the living gargoyle meant to guide her in the ways of magick; and is even mutually attracted to Lucan, the shape-shifting wolfman who serves as her protector—but she rejects her destiny as Crone, part of a powerful group of witches whose lineage stretches back to Arthurian legend and who use elemental magick to contain centuries-old dark forces. Habitually nonconfrontational, Claire doesn’t want the power or the responsibility. However, as the threats against her and her loved ones escalate, she reluctantly takes up the fight. Claire’s character arc is immensely satisfying, but one gets the sense that the larger series plot is barely underway by the end of the book, making this volume feel frustratingly incomplete. Still, anyone looking for character-driven fantasy or a clever subversion of the “chosen one” trope will find much to love. – Publishers Weekly Review

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The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening by Ari Shapiro

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

In this engaging memoir, Shapiro (host, NPR’s All Things Considered) gives insight into both his personal and professional life. As the only Jewish child in his elementary school and the first openly gay student in high school, Shapiro learned to make connections and communicate among disparate groups of people. His innate curiosity and natural storytelling ability led to an internship and eventual career with NPR. He reveals the personal side of various assignments, including his time in the White House press corps and as an international correspondent based in London. He also discusses his personal life, including his side job as a singer with the band Pink Martini and his musical show with Alan Cumming. Shapiro never shies away from telling of his missteps and embarrassing moments. Throughout, Shapiro elegantly and compassionately shares the stories of people he’s encountered and how their individual experiences connect with humanity as a whole.

VERDICT Shapiro’s confident, clear voice and self-deprecating humor, familiar to his many fans, translates well to the written word. His writing will resonate with many and is a treasure for biography readers. Highly recommended. – Starred Library Journal Review

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Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt’s Ancient Temples from Destruction by Lynne Olson

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Bestseller Olson follows up Madame Fourcade’s Secret War with another scintillating biography of a woman who worked in the French Resistance against the Nazis. But Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt (1913–2011) had an even more impressive second act, according to Olson: as an Egyptologist, she spearheaded “the greatest single example of international cultural cooperation the world has ever known,” a campaign in the 1950s and ’60s to save Nubian temples and other antiquities from flooding caused by the construction of the Aswan High Dam in Egypt. Throughout, Olson details the misogyny Desroches-Noblecourt dealt with from her male colleagues at the Louvre and the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo, even as she reached the top of her field. Beginning in 1958, she helped raised money from dozens of nations to dismantle the temples block-by-block, transport them up the Nile, and rebuild them on higher ground. Olson also credits first lady Jackie Kennedy with helping persuade her husband’s administration to support the campaign, and documents Desroches-Noblecourt’s involvement in a 1967 Paris exhibition of King Tutankhamun’s treasures. Enriched by fascinating digressions into Egyptian history, museum rivalries, the plundering of archaeological sites, the 1956 Suez Crisis, and more, this is a captivating portrait of a pathbreaking woman. Readers will be enthralled. – Publishers Weekly Review

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The Great Reclamation: A Novel by Rachel Heng

(Available Formats: eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The twentieth century saw Singapore transform from a British colony into an independent nation. This dizzying historical period forms the backdrop of Ah Boon’s life. The youngest son of a fisherman, Ah Boon is uncertain of his place in the world. He alone can find a set of islands that disappear at random. With this ability comes prosperity for his family and the respect of his village. As his confidence grows, so does his love for Siok Mei, a militant girl who serves as the co-protagonist. Fans of Heng’s sf-tinged debut, Suicide Club (2018), might expect the speculative element to play a bigger role, but the islands are an important plot point for the first hundred pages or so, then lose relevance for long stretches of time. Much more developed is Ah Boon’s evolving relationship to authority. As Ah Boon grows into adulthood, Heng paints a striking portrait of a man struggling to find his place in history. The novel is ultimately a well-rendered piece of historical fiction that questions who gets left behind in the march toward progress. – Booklist Review

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The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

When Atlantis fell years ago, survivors replaced their ruined home by building New Atlantis on Nantucket Island, where powers are held by the courts of Arcana. Rune Saint John is the last of the fallen Sun Court, who works as a sometime investigator for his former protector Lord Tower. When Rune and companion/bodyguard Brand are asked to find Addam, the middle son of Lady Judgment, they are cast into a mystery that goes much deeper than a missing-persons case. There’s also a mythical creature walking the streets that is somehow connected to the decimation of Rune’s family and court and his torture at the hands of a masked group. Uncovering the truth will open the door to a painful past, but Rune’s future may depend on taking such a risk. Edwards’s gorgeous debut presents an alternate modern world that is at once unusual and familiar, with a grand interplay of powers formed by family and the supernatural. VERDICT Intriguing characters, a fast-paced mystery, and an original magical hierarchy will immediately hook readers, who will eagerly await the next volume in this urban fantasy series. –Library Journal Review

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The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths

(Publication Date: April 25, 2023 – you can place it on hold now!)

(Available Formats on April 25: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A skeleton is found behind a wall during a renovation and Detective Harry Nelson is called in, along with famed archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway. The skeleton is determined to be Emily Pickering, a young archaeology student who went missing following a field trip nearly 20 years ago. Also on that field trip was Ruth’s good friend Cathbad, who becomes a suspect just as he goes missing himself. Meanwhile, Ruth’s archaeology department is set to be closed down by the university, and Nelson has separated from his wife, finally giving space for Nelson and Ruth to consider their feelings for each other and for the future. Many familiar faces make appearances in this 15th satisfying installment of the series (following The Locked Room). Each person plays a necessary role in solving the case as tension rises and dangers increase.

VERDICT As Griffiths teases on her Twitter feed, this is the last Ruth Galloway book “for now.” The novel has a nostalgic feel, and readers will feel satisfied with how things are wrapped up. – Library Journal Review

Reader’s Note: The Last Remains is the fifteenth book in the series; if you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning, check out book one: The Crossing Places (2009).

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The Secret of the Lost Pearls by Darcie Wilde

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook, Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)

In Wilde’s well-crafted sixth Rosalind Thorne mystery (after 2021’s A Counterfeit Suitor), Rosalind again gracefully navigates the snares of the haut ton of Regency London to resolve a problem rooted in family secrets. When Rosalind’s old friend Bethany Hodgeson requests her help in locating a missing pearl necklace, Rosalind takes up residence in her home. There, under the guise of assisting Bethany’s two sisters and her sister-in-law in making their debut into London society, Rosalind discovers an array of scandals and secrets, including a botched elopement, bigamy, and various machinations by overbearing parents and sly servants. The chapter headings include quotes from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice; and like Elizabeth Bennet, Rosalind seeks to know the truth of characters’ motivations and feelings through acute observation of small actions that border on the private—a sudden flush, a hesitation, an overheard conversation, a brief disappearance. A sweet romance involving the handsome Adam Harkness of the Bow Street Runners enhances the complex puzzle surrounding the pearls. Fans of Dianne Freeman and Anna Lee Huber will find much to enjoy. – Publishers Weekly

Reader’s Note: If you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning, and it really is two related series Rosalind Thorne and The Useful Woman series – both featuring the character Rosalind Thorne; check out book one: A Useful Woman (2016).

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A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla instant check out Audiobook)

This polished mystery seems more the work of a seasoned genre master than the first novel it is. Det. Supt. Duncan Kincaid, spending his vacation from Scotland Yard at a Yorkshire time-share along with several other guests, finds his holiday anything but relaxing. Immediately after he arrives at the elegant estate, he overhears a heated argument between the snobbish caretaker and her sarcastic assistant manager. Late that evening, the assistant is electrocuted in the Jacuzzi. To the consternation of Yorkshire police, Kincaid assumes an active role in the investigation, which becomes more urgent after two more deaths. Meanwhile, Sgt. Gemma James, a pragmatic single mother charmed by Kincaid’s unpretentious demeanor and bachelor status, digs for additional clues in London. Crombie, a Texan, has written a convincingly British whodunit, limning Kincaid and James with the ease and authority of one who has already completed several installments in a series. Readers will surely welcome follow-up appearances. – Library Journal Review (1993)

Reader’s Note: A Share in Death is the first book in the long-running Kincaid & James Mystery Series. If you’ve read the most recent title, A Killing of Innocents, which came out in February and is the nineteenth book in the series, then you’re caught up!

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Standing in the Shadows by Peter Robinson

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook & eBook)

An archaeological dig at an ancient Roman site in Britain unearths parts of a skeleton, but the remains are disturbingly contemporary. In this, the twenty-eighth in the Detective Chief Inspector Banks series, the dig quickly becomes a crime scene, and Banks’ team from the Yorkshire Constabulary joins forces with archaeology specialists to solve a baffling cold case. Readers will love getting a fascinating primer in both modern forensics and archaeological techniques. The narrative is also a clever two-for-one, jumping back and forth between the story of a jilted university student in 1980, whose girlfriend was found murdered, making him a prime suspect, and the work of DCI Banks and his team to identify the Roman ruins interloper and the killer who buried the body. As usual, Banks’ steadfast, multifaceted character holds his team and the story itself together, though the myriad domestic details (such as Banks’ music collection) are sometimes overdone. The ending, in which the two narratives join, is a stunner. – Booklist Review

Reader’s Note: This is the twenty-eighth book in the series. If you’d like to start reading this series from the beginning check out book one: Gallows View (1987).

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The Trackers by Charles Frazier

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook & eBook)

Following Varina (2018), Frazier is in top form for his fifth novel, which traverses America in its portrait of contrasting Depression-era lives. “The Trackers” is the name that New Deal artist Valentine “Val” Welch gives the mural he’s commissioned to paint in the post office of Dawes, Wyoming. He aims to inspire small-town pride by showcasing regional highlights. While lodging at the expansive ranch of aspiring politician John Long and his younger wife, Eve, Val gets pulled into their drama. Not long after a stressful dinner party, Eve takes off with a small Renoir from Long’s collection in hand and doesn’t return. Long asks Val to find her. Events turn more dangerous and puzzling than expected. From an exhausting trip to wild rural Florida to the newly constructed, cinnabar-hued Golden Gate Bridge, the locales feel period-authentic, and the writing hums with spectacular word-images. While Val narrates, using a light folksy style that Frazier’s fans will recognize, the novel’s primary hero is Eve. An inscrutably captivating woman from impoverished origins who became a teenage hobo and sang in cowboy bands, she has reasons for fleeing wealthy married life, and the mystery ignites the plot. The Old West still lingers in this propulsive tale of individualistic characters striving to beat the odds. – Booklist Review

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Have a great week!

Linda Reimer

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*Information on the three catalogs*

Digital Catalog: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, digital magazines and a handful of streaming videos. The catalog, which allows one to download content to a PC, also has a companion app, Libby, which you can download to your mobile device; so you can enjoy eBooks and downloadable audiobooks 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 instant checkouts of eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV series. Patron check out limit is 6 items per month.

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

The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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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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Format Note: Under each book title you’ll find a list of all the different formats that specific title is available in; including: Print Books, Large Print Books, CD Audiobooks, eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks from the Digital Catalog (Libby app) and Hoopla eBooks & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla app).

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

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Have questions or want to request a book?

Feel free to call the library! Our telephone number is 607-936-3713.

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers.

Each title is followed by a listing of which formats it is available in for check out within the three catalogs: StarCat (Print, Large Print & CD Audiobook), The Digital Catalog (eBook & Downloadable Audiobook) and the Hoopla Catalog (Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Hoopla Audiobook).

For more information on the three catalogs skip to the section below the bestselling titles*

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New York Times Bestseller blog posts are published on Sundays.And the next New York Times blog post will be published Sunday, April 23, 2023.

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FICTION

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ABOVE GROUND by Clint Smith

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A collection of poems by the author of “How the Word Is Passed.”

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CAMP ZERO by Michelle Min Sterling

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

At a building project in remote northern Canada, a woman is on a secret mission to monitor the architect in charge.

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COUNTDOWN by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook & eBook)

A botched field operation and a terrorist plot endanger Amy Cornwall and her family.

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DAISY JONES & THE SIX by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & CD Audiobook)

A fictional oral history charting the rise and fall of a ’70s rock ’n’ roll band.

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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

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HANG THE MOON by Jeannette Walls

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & CD Audiobook)

Nine years after being cast out, a young woman returns to reclaim her place in her family and comes into her own as a bootlegger.

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HEART BONES by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

After an unexpected death prevents her from going to Penn State and and forces her to move in with her absent father, Beyah Grim has a summer fling with the rich guy next door.

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HELLO BEAUTIFUL by Ann Napolitano

(Available Formats:Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

In a homage to Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” a young man’s dark past resurfaces as he gets to the know the family of his college sweetheart.

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HOMECOMING by Kate Morton

(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)

An unemployed journalist connects events in a true-crime book, which details a long-buried murder in 1959 in South Australia, to her own family.

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.

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IT STARTS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

In the sequel to “It Ends With Us,” Lily deals with her jealous ex-husband as she reconnects with her first boyfriend.

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I WILL FIND YOU by Harlan Coben

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & eBook)

A man imprisoned for murdering his 3-year-old son becomes convinced his son is still alive and plans an escape.

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THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME by Laura Dave

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.

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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

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NEVER NEVER by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & eBook)

Questions arise when a pair of lovers try to uncover why they suddenly became strangers.

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PINEAPPLE STREET by Jenny Jackson

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & eBook)

Three women navigate their roles in a well-to-do family living in Brooklyn Heights.

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REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.

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ROMANTIC COMEDY by Curtis Sittenfeld

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A late-night show’s sketch writer may become involved with a pop music sensation who is a guest host.

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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.

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SOULMATE by Sally Hepworth

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook & eBook)

The marriage between a couple, who live in a cottage near cliffs where people try to end their lives, begins to crack.

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TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.

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TRESS OF THE EMERALD SEA by Brandon Sanderson

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Tress stows away on a ship to look for the Sorceress of the Midnight Sea.

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UGLY LOVE by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Tate Collins and Miles Archer, an airline pilot, think they can handle a no strings attached arrangement. But they can’t.

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VERITY by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.

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NON-FICTION:

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ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla Instant Checkout eBook)

The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook, Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)

A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

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THE COURAGE TO BE FREE by Ron DeSantis

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Florida governor gives his account of his achievements and shares his opinions about the political left.

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THE COURAGE TO BE FREE by Ron DeSantis

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Florida governor gives his account of his achievements and shares his opinions about the political left.

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CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

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FEVER IN THE HEARTLAND by Timothy Egan

(Available Formats:Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author details the Ku Klux Klan’s rise to the height of its power in the 1920s and how one brutalized woman’s testimony diminished it.

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FOLLOW ME TO HELL by Tom Clavin

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A portrayal of a ranger named Leander McNelly and his men in 1870s Texas.

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GOT YOUR NUMBER by Mike Greenberg with Paul Hembekides

(Available Formats: Hoopla instant checkout eBook)

The ESPN host partners with his producer to create their list of top 100 sports legends.

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GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobooks, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over 35 years.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

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IT’S OK TO BE ANGRY ABOUT CAPITALISM by Bernie Sanders with John Nichols

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The Vermont senator depicts the impact capitalism has on key areas of our lives and ways to address this.

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THE LIGHT WE CARRY by Michelle Obama

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.

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OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

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PARIS by Paris Hilton

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The entrepreneur and pop culture icon shares her personal and professional rise in the age of influencers.

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POVERTY, BY AMERICA by Matthew Desmond

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” examines the ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor.

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SAVED by Benjamin Hall

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The Fox News journalist gives his account of the injuries he sustained from a Russian attack while covering the war in Ukraine.

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SPARE  by Prince Harry

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Duke of Sussex details his struggles with the royal family, loss of his mother, service in the British Army and marriage to Meghan Markle.

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WALK THE BLUE LINE by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A collection of stories about police officers.

 

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSL

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*Information on the Three Catalogs*

Digital Catalog: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog has two companion apps, Libby & OverDrive. Libby is the app for newer devices and the OverDrive app should be used for older devices and Amazon tablets.

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 instant check outs of eBooks, downloadable audiobook, comic books, albums and streaming videos. Patron check out limit is 4 items per month.

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

The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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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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Also of Note: If a New York Times Bestseller isn’t yet available in any of the three catalogs; you can contact the library and request to be notified when it becomes available.

Southeast Steuben County Library Tel: 607-936-3713

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, welcome to our Suggested Listening posting for this week!

Suggested Listening postings are published on Fridays; and our next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, April 21, 2023.

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week – this week, we are enjoying ten songs by The Beatles!

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I Want To Hold Your Hand

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A Hard Day’s Night

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Hide Your Love Away

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Taxman

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Help!

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Norwegian Wood

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Here Comes The Sun

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Something

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Let It Be

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The Long And Winding Road

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The Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week is on vacation and will be back next week!

You can check out the Hoopla music catalog here: https://www.hoopladigital.com/browse/music

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Online Catalog Links:

StarCat

The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD, etc.

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The Digital Catalog, web version of Libby

The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos.

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The Libby App

Libby is the companion app to the Digital Catalog and may be found in the Apple & Google app.

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Hoopla

A catalog of instant check out items, including eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, TV shows and movies for patrons of the Southeast Steuben County Library.

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, here are our recommended reads for the week!

*More information on the three catalogs and available formats is found at the end of the list of recommended reads*

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are now published on Wednesdays.

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, April 19, 2023.

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An American in Scotland by Lucy Connelly

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)

DEBUT Dr. Emilia McRoy really should have read that 30-page contract before moving from Seattle to Sea Isle, Scotland. After 15 years as an emergency room doctor, she fled family tragedy and burnout to take a position as the small town’s general practitioner. She learns that her new practice and home are in a deconsecrated church that comes with two employees. The town is eager to welcome the new doctor, except for a man named Smithy who refuses to drink in any pub where there’s a McRoy at the bar. Three hours later when she takes shelter in a hut during a rainstorm, Em finds Smithy dead. As she seeks help, she runs smack into Ewan Campbell, the constable/mayor/laird of Sea Isle who’s also her new boss. She’s stunned when she learns her contract says she’s the local coroner. Investigating Smithy’s death will take everything Em’s learned from British mysteries on TV, and she butts heads with Ewan at every turn.

VERDICT Connelly writes an atmospheric, character-driven debut that’s amusing at times, with a quirky, spirited cast. It has a strong sense of place that should appeal to fans of Carlene O’Connor’s Irish mysteries. – Starred Library Journal Review

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Everything That Rises: A Climate Change Memoir by Brianna Craft

(Available Formats: eBook)

One of Ms. magazine’s “Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2023”

Authentic and inspiring, Everything That Rises personalizes the realities of climate change by paralleling our relationship to the planet with the way we interact within our own homes.

Nineteen-year-old Brianna Craft is having a panic attack. A professor’s matter-of-fact explanation of the phenomenon known as “climate change” has her white-knuckling the table in her first environmental studies lecture. Out of her father’s house, she was supposed to be safe.

This moment changed everything for Brianna. For her first internship, she jumped at the chance to assist the Least Developed Countries Group at the United Nations’ negotiations meant to produce a new climate treaty. While working for those most ignored yet most impacted by the climate crisis, she grappled with the negligent indifference of those who hold the most power. This dynamic painfully reminded her of growing up in a house where the loudest voice always won and violence silenced those in need.

Four years later, Brianna witnessed the adoption of the first universal climate treaty, the Paris Agreement. In this memoir that blends the political with the personal, Brianna dives into what it means to advocate for the future, and for the people and places you love, all while ensuring your own voice doesn’t get lost in the process.

It will take all of us to protect our home.

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Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It Janina Ramirez

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla instant check out Audiobook)

Historian Ramirez (Julian of Norwich) spotlights in this vibrant and accessible account remarkable medieval women including polymath Hildegard of Bingen and Margery Kempe, author of the first autobiography written in English. Diligently sifting through monastic, legal, and diplomatic materials, Ramirez unearths intriguing clues about the power medieval women held and the way they lived, despite contemporaneous efforts to remove them from the historical record. In 10th-century England, for example, Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, ruled the kingdom of Mercia after her husband’s death and excelled as a military strategist against the Vikings, but is not remembered as well as her male relatives, largely because her brother “suppressed her reputation in order to bolster his position as king of Wessex.” The chapter beginnings, which recount relevant archaeological discoveries or scholarly reexaminations of primary sources, often link modern women with their medieval predecessors; in one noteworthy instance, Ramirez details how medieval scholar Margarete Kühn, with the help of Caroline Walsh, the wife of a high-ranking U.S. military official, spirited the famed Reisencodex containing the collected writing of 12th-century nun Hildegard of Bingen out of Soviet-occupied East Germany in 1948. Throughout, Ramirez’s adept scene-setting segues gracefully into deeper considerations of these women’s lives and work. This feminist history fascinates. – Publishers Weekly Review

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The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly by Katherine Sherbrooke

(Available Formats: Hoopla instant check out eBook)

When a runway model in 1940s Hollywood makes a split-second decision intended to protect those she loves, she triggers a cascade of secrets that threatens to upend her daughter’s life decades later.

After winning a prestigious fashion design contest in 1948, Aster Kelly flees the world of modeling in New York and arrives in Beverly Hills to claim her prize: a design apprenticeship with Fernando Tivoli. But Fernando has no such job available. He’s busily preparing for the opportunity of a lifetime—proving to Galaxy Studios that he is the perfect couturier for their A-list stars. The moment he meets Aster, though, he knows she’s the missing ingredient he needs and asks her to be his stand-in model for Lauren Bacall. Aster is dismayed to once again have her creative potential sidelined, but when Fernando promises to mentor her if he wins the contract, she agrees.

Aster and Fernando quickly become romantically entangled with Hollywood insiders—Aster with the head of Galaxy Studios, Fernando with their biggest up-and-coming star, Christopher Page—and Aster and Fernando’s friendship becomes essential as they navigate a glamorous and complicated existence where what’s real must often be hidden, and no one is quite who they seem. As Aster’s ambitions grow and she faces a crisis, and Fernando’s future is threatened by the judgmental Hollywood machine, Aster makes a decision that changes the trajectory of their lives forever.

Twenty-five years later, despite knowing little of her mother’s time in Hollywood and being raised well outside the reaches of fame, Aster’s daughter Lissy is poised to become a Broadway star. But when the musical gets off to a rocky start, Lissy makes a rash decision of her own in an attempt to save the show. And when long-buried secrets blindside them both, mother and daughter are forced to question everything they thought they knew.

The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly is a story about the bonds of chosen family, the cost of fame and the enduring strength of love that will keep you guessing until the last page.

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A Most Efficient Murder by Anthony Slayton

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla instant check out Audiobook)

Set in 1920s England, Slayton’s appealing debut, a series launch, introduces Mr. Quayle, a self-effacing but astute amateur sleuth who serves as the secretary to the Earl of Unsworth. The earl is anticipating a joyful celebration at his castle to mark his niece Fanny’s 18th birthday when he gets upsetting news from his stoic butler, Perkins: “Forgive me, Your Lordship… I did not wish to disturb you, but there appears to be a body in the garden.” The corpse is that of a woman apparently unknown to the earl and any of the family and friends assembled for the festivities. Unsworth asks Mr. Quayle to assist the police in identifying the victim and her killer while protecting the family from as much scandal over the crime as possible. Slayton tosses in another murder, as well as the hunt for a legendary treasure trove with elements reminiscent of Conan Doyle’s “The Musgrave Ritual.” Slayton gets everything right—the fairly-planted clues, plot twists, and characters who are more than stereotypes. P.G. Wodehouse fans will want to have a look. – Publishers Weekly Review

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The Night Agent by Matthew Quirk

(Available Formats: Print Book, Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)

At first, this reads like something by Samuel Beckett. Peter Sutherland spends his nights, 284 of them so far, sitting in a little room waiting for the phone to ring. It doesn’t. The phone is in the basement of the White House, and if anybody does call, Peter’s supposed to tell somebody important. On this night, the phone rings. A woman’s wavering voice: “He’s inside. He’s going to kill me.” What follows hits close to home: Russia is planting moles in U.S. government offices as part of an effort to rebuild the old Soviet Union. Peter learns quickly that the people he should report to are treacherous, forcing him to go it alone, with some help from the frightened caller. Lots of good, tense plotting and wild action here, though, like a Mission: Impossible movie, it doesn’t know when it’s time to end. A real pleasure of espionage fiction is tradecraft secrets, and Quirk doesn’t disappoint. Someone glancing at his dominant hand as he talks is being deceptive. Hydrogen peroxide, unlike bleach, will destroy DNA. – Booklist Review

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Once We Were Home by Jennifer Rosner

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Where is home when your home has been destroyed? Among the tragedies of WWII were the Jewish children separated from their families, at times forcibly taken, given new names, and instructed to follow new religions. Rosner follows her first WWII novel, The Yellow Bird Sings (2020), with this complex tale about fear, survival, and what it means to be a family as four children grapple with their identities during the war and in the decades that follow. Roger, taken to a French convent and baptized into Catholicism, is smuggled away to Spain when his relatives petition for his return. Their mother sends seven-year-old Mira and her three-year-old brother, Daniel, away from the Jewish ghetto to the relative safety of a childless couple in the Polish countryside, who tell prying neighbors the children are their niece and nephew. And in the late 1960s, Renata, a German-born Brit whose mother insisted they not mention their homeland, begins work on an archaeological dig in Jerusalem. All Rosner’s uprooted characters eventually come to Israel, seeking a path to the future while struggling with the losses of the past. – Booklist Review

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Said No One Ever by Stephanie Eding

(Available Formats: Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)

At the start of this effervescent rom-com from Eding (The Unplanned Life of Josie Hale), Ellie Reed has lost both her relationship and her Ohio medical transcription job. Chaffing under the harsh opinions of family members (especially her perfect older sister), Ellie decides to treat herself to an Airbnb in small-town Montana. But things don’t go as planned: her octogenarian hostess, Marilyn Perry, falls and shatters her kneecap immediately before Ellie hits town, leaving Ellie to deal with a menagerie of assorted animals (including two sheep, an ill-behaved dog, and a donkey); a weasely neighbor determined to buy Marilyn’s farm out from under her; and Marilyn’s hot but grumpy grandson, Warren Oliver. Convalescing Marilyn, meanwhile, is determined to track down the man she once planned to marry and enlists Ellie’s aid gaining access to helpful materials hidden throughout her house. Ellie finds purpose in this unexpected new life—and discovers potent chemistry with Warren—but her new normal is threatened when Marilyn’s uptight daughters return to town. Marilyn is a hoot, easily stealing every scene she’s in, while go-with-the-flow Ellie and rules-follower Warren make a lovely match. This is sunshine in book form. – Publisher’s Weekly Review

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Standing Dead by Margaret Mizushima

(Available Formats: Print Book, Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)

After her father was killed, Mattie Wray, her mother, and her brother were kidnapped when Mattie was only two. Now in her 30s, Mattie is still trying to put her family together, locate a sister she never knew about, and reunite with her mother. But when Mattie and her sister Julia travel to Pueblo del Sol, Mexico, they learn their mother and her second husband, Juan Martinez, have left town abruptly. Mattie returns home to her job as a deputy sheriff and K-9 handler in Timber Creek, CO, and finds a note on her door: “You’ll find him among the standing dead,” signed “A friend of your father’s.” When the sheriff’s department mounts a search, they find the body of Juan Martinez. Now Mattie is forced to reveal her mother’s story. Notes continue to appear, and Mattie’s friends are threatened and even shot. Pressure mounts quickly, and she and the supportive law enforcement team know Mattie is the ultimate target for someone who has terrorized her family for 30 years.

VERDICT Readers who have followed the story of Mattie’s family through Mizushima’s other “Timber Creek K-9” mysteries will enjoy this fast-paced, relentlessly tense installment.—Library Journal Review

Series Note: If you’d like to start reading the Timber Creek K-9 series from the beginning, check out book one: Killing Trail.

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Have a great week!

Linda Reimer

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*Information on the three catalogs*

Digital Catalog: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, digital magazines and a handful of streaming videos. The catalog, which allows one to download content to a PC, also has a companion app, Libby, which you can download to your mobile device; so you can enjoy eBooks and downloadable audiobooks 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 instant checkouts of eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV series. Patron check out limit is 6 items per month.

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

The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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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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Format Note: Under each book title you’ll find a list of all the different formats that specific title is available in; including: Print Books, Large Print Books, CD Audiobooks, eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks from the Digital Catalog (Libby app) and Hoopla eBooks & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla app).

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

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Have questions or want to request a book?

Feel free to call the library! Our telephone number is 607-936-3713.

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers.

Each title is followed by a listing of which formats it is available in for check out within the three catalogs: StarCat (Print, Large Print & CD Audiobook), The Digital Catalog (eBook & Downloadable Audiobook) and the Hoopla Catalog (Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Hoopla Audiobook).

For more information on the three catalogs skip to the section below the bestselling titles*

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New York Times Bestseller blog posts are published on Sundays.And the next New York Times blog post will be published Sunday, April 16, 2023.

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FICTION

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ABOVE GROUND by Clint Smith

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A collection of poems by the author of “How the Word Is Passed.”

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COUNTDOWN by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & eBook)

A botched field operation and a terrorist plot endanger Amy Cornwall and her family.

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DAISY JONES & THE SIX by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & CD Audiobook)

A fictional oral history charting the rise and fall of a ’70s rock ’n’ roll band.

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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

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HANG THE MOON by Jeannette Walls

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & CD Audiobook)

Nine years after being cast out, a young woman returns to reclaim her place in her family and comes into her own as a bootlegger.

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HEART BONES by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

After an unexpected death prevents her from going to Penn State and and forces her to move in with her absent father, Beyah Grim has a summer fling with the rich guy next door.

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HELLO BEAUTIFUL by Ann Napolitano

(Available Formats:Print Book & eBook)

In a homage to Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” a young man’s dark past resurfaces as he gets to the know the family of his college sweetheart.

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I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU by Rebecca Makkai

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

A film professor and podcaster is invited back to teach a course at the boarding school where her roommate was murdered.

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.

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IT STARTS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book)

In the sequel to “It Ends With Us,” Lily deals with her jealous ex-husband as she reconnects with her first boyfriend.

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I WILL FIND YOU by Harlan Coben

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

A man imprisoned for murdering his 3-year-old son becomes convinced his son is still alive and plans an escape.

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THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME by Laura Dave

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.

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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

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LOYALTY by Lisa Scottoline

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook & eBook)

The lives of a lemon grower, a young lawyer, a new mother and a reclusive goatherd collide in Sicily during the rise of the Mafia.

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MAD HONEY by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

After returning to her hometown, Olivia McAfee’s son gets accused of killing his crush.

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NEVER NEVER by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Questions arise when a pair of lovers try to uncover why they suddenly became strangers.

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PINEAPPLE STREET by Jenny Jackson

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Three women navigate their roles in a well-to-do family living in Brooklyn Heights.

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REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.

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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.

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SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOES by Jojo Moyes

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook)

Drastic changes and a pair of six-inch high Christian Louboutin red crocodile shoes shake up the lives of two women.

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STORM WATCH by C.J. Box

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook & eBooks)

The 23rd book in the Joe Pickett series. Joe and Nate might be on opposite sides for the first time.

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TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.

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VERITY by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.

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NON-FICTION:

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ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla Instant Checkout eBook)

The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.

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ALL MY KNOTTED-UP LIFE by Beth Moore

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla instant checkout Audiobook)

The founder of Living Proof Ministries details key moments from her life and her 2018 break with the Southern Baptist movement.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook, Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)

A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

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THE COURAGE TO BE FREE by Ron DeSantis

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Florida governor gives his account of his achievements and shares his opinions about the political left.

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CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

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GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobooks, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over 35 years.

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HUMANLY POSSIBLE by Sarah Bakewell

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The author of “At the Existentialist Café” explores 700 years of humanism.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

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IT’S OK TO BE ANGRY ABOUT CAPITALISM by Bernie Sanders with John Nichols

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The Vermont senator depicts the impact capitalism has on key areas of our lives and ways to address this.

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KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann

(Available Formats:  Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.

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THE LIGHT WE CARRY by Michelle Obama

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.

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OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

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PARIS by Paris Hilton

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The entrepreneur and pop culture icon shares her personal and professional rise in the age of influencers.

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POVERTY, BY AMERICA by Matthew Desmond

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” examines the ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor.

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RINGMASTER by Abraham Riesman

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

A biography of the former World Wrestling Entertainment chairman and chief executive Vince McMahon.

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SAVED by Benjamin Hall

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Fox News journalist gives his account of the injuries he sustained from a Russian attack while covering the war in Ukraine.

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SPARE  by Prince Harry

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Duke of Sussex details his struggles with the royal family, loss of his mother, service in the British Army and marriage to Meghan Markle.

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THINKING, FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobooks)

The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices.

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UNDERTOW by Jeff Sharlet

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

A look at the religious dimensions of American politics.

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WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla instant check out Audiobook)

An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it.

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSL

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*Information on the Three Catalogs*

Digital Catalog: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog has two companion apps, Libby & OverDrive. Libby is the app for newer devices and the OverDrive app should be used for older devices and Amazon tablets.

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 instant check outs of eBooks, downloadable audiobook, comic books, albums and streaming videos. Patron check out limit is 4 items per month.

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

The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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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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Also of Note: If a New York Times Bestseller isn’t yet available in any of the three catalogs; you can contact the library and request to be notified when it becomes available.

Southeast Steuben County Library Tel: 607-936-3713

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.