Month: June 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, June 18, 2023.

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FICTION

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23RD MIDNIGHT by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

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

The 23rd book in the Women’s Murder Club series. Lindsay Boxer tracks a copycat killer.

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THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese

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

Three generations of a family living on South India’s Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.

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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver

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

Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

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DROWNING by T.J. Newman

(Available Format: eBook)

When a jetliner crashes into the Pacific Ocean, a professional diver must save her daughter and the man she is about to divorce, who are among the passengers on board.

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FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros

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

Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.

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GOOD NIGHT, IRENE by Luis Alberto Urrea

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Irene Woodward enlists with the Red Cross and serves in Europe during World War II.

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HAPPY PLACE by Emily Henry

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

A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine.

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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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THE HILL WE CLIMB by Amanda Gorman

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

The poem read on President Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day, by the youngest poet to write and perform an inaugural poem.

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ICEBREAKER by Hannah Grace

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

Anastasia might need the help of the captain of a college hockey team to get on the Olympic figure skating team.

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IDENTITY by Nora Roberts

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)

After her roommate is killed by a con artist, a former Army brat builds a new life at her mother’s home in Vermont.

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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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KILLING MOON by Jo Nesbo

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The 13th book in the Harry Hole series. When a woman who once saved his life becomes imperiled, Harry returns to Oslo to track a murderer.

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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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MEET ME AT THE LAKE by Carley Fortune

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

A decade after a one-day adventure, Will appears again in Fern’s life at her mother’s lakeside resort.

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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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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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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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YELLOWFACE by R.F. Kuang

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

June Hayward, a struggling writer, must conceal the fact that she stole Athena Liu’s just-finished masterpiece after Liu’s sudden death.

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NON-FICTION:

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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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THE BOOK OF CHARLIE by David Von Drehle

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The Washington Post columnist shares stories and wisdom he learned from a neighbor who was more than a century old.

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, 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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DADDY DIARIES by Andy Cohen

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The host and executive producer of “Watch What Happens Live” juggles fatherhood and his career.

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EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE by Steph Catudal

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

As she tends to her husband during his battle with cancer, Catudal examines events during and after her father’s death.

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FORGOTTEN GIRLS by Monica Potts

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

The choices that sent two women who grew up as part of the working-class poor in the foothills of the Ozarks in different directions.

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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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HAPPY-GO-LUCKY by David Sedaris

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The humorist portrays personal and public upheavals of his life in its seventh decade and the world in the time of a pandemic.

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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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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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KING: A LIFE by Jonathan Eig

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

A biography of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., which includes new archival material and reflections from some who worked, lived and fought with him.

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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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LOOK FOR ME THERE by Luke Russert

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

The Emmy Award–winning journalist details how he grieved for his late father and sought to make his own way.

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ON OUR BEST BEHAVIOR by Elise Loehnen

(Available Formats: Not yet in any catalog)

An examination of the seven deadly sins and their influence over the lives of women today.

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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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QUIETLY HOSTILE by Samantha Irby

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

A new collection of essays detailing personal and professional experiences by the author of “Wow, No Thank You.”

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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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STORY OF ART WITHOUT MEN by Katy Hessel

(Available Formats: Hoopla instant checkout Audiobook)

An overview of more than 300 works of art from the Renaissance to the present day by women artists.

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THE WAGER by David Grann

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

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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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, June 16, 2023.

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And here are the baker’s 10 recommended songs of the week!

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By The Light of the Moon by Dave Simonett (Genre: Folk)

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From The Album: Red Tail (2020)

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Down In The Willow Garden by Rufus Wainwright with Brandi Carlile (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: Folkocracy (2023)

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The Girl From Ipanema by Stan Getz & João Gilberto with Astrud Gilberto on vocals (Genre: Vocal, Jazz)

From The Album: Getz/Gilberto (1964)

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Here Comes Summer by Jerry Keller (Genre: Vocal/Pop)

From The Album: Here Comes Summer (1959)

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In The Mood by Bette Midler (Genre: Vocal)

From The Album: Bette Midler (1973)

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Lovely Day by Bill Withers (Genre: Vocal, R&B)

From The Album: Menagerie (1977)

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Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett (Genre: Pop/Rock)

From The Album: Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (1977)

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One Time One Night by Los Lobos (Genre: Folk/Rock)

From The Album: By The Light of the Moon (1987)

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Riders On The Storm by George Winston (Genre: Piano)

From The Album: Night Divides The Day (2002)

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Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan (Genre: Folk/Rock)

From The Album: Bringing It All Back Home (1965)

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To The Mountains by Lizzy McAlpine (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: Give Me A Minute (2020)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies [Music from the Paramount+ Original Series] (2023) (Genre: Classic Pop/Rock/Soundtrack)

And from the album the song:

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies

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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 streaming recommendations for the month ahead of us – just a little bit late, as I was swamped last week – sorry about that!

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The next streaming recommendation post will be out the first Saturday in July – July 1, 2023.

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June 1

Another 48 Hours (1990) (Paramount+)

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June 7

Arnold (2023) (Netflix)

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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) (Disney+ and Max)

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June 9

Brooklyn 45 (2023) (Shudder)

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Flamin’ Hot (Hulu and Disney+)

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June 14

The Full Monty (2023) (Hulu)

(25 years later!)

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June 15

Black Mirror, Season 6 (2023) (Netflix)

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 2 (2023) (Paramount+)

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June 16

Outlander, Season 7 (Stars)

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June 30

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Season 4 (Amazon Prime)

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Hoopla Streaming Pick of the Month

Manhattan: Season 1 (2014)

Have a great week,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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*

–

New York Times Bestseller blog posts are published on Sundays.And the next New York Times blog post will be published Sunday, June 11, 2023.

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FICTION

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23RD MIDNIGHT by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

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

The 23rd book in the Women’s Murder Club series. Lindsay Boxer tracks a copycat killer.

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THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese

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

Three generations of a family living on South India’s Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.

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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver

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

Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

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FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros

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

Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.

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HAPPY PLACE by Emily Henry

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

A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine.

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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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THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.

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ICEBREAKER by Hannah Grace

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

Anastasia might need the help of the captain of a college hockey team to get on the Olympic figure skating team.

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IDENTITY by Nora Roberts

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)

After her roommate is killed by a con artist, a former Army brat builds a new life at her mother’s home in Vermont.

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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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THE MAKING OF ANOTHER MAJOR MOTION PICTURE MASTERPIECE by Tom Hanks

(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)

A World War II soldier’s experiences inspire a comic book, which gets adapted into a superhero movie.

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MEET ME AT THE LAKE by Carley Fortune

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

A decade after a one-day adventure, Will appears again in Fern’s life at her mother’s lakeside resort.

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ONLY THE DEAD by Jack Carr

(Available Format: Print Book)

The sixth book in the Terminal List series. The killing of a freshman congressman reverberates for decades and James Reece faces a global conspiracy.

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ROGUE JUSTICE by Stacey Abrams

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)

The second book in the Avery Keene series. The Supreme Court clerk suspects something sinister inside the nation’s third branch of government.

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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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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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TOM CLANCY: FLASH POINT by Don Bentley 

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

When aircraft from rival nations have a midair collision and the Campus is attacked, Jack Ryan Jr. tries to avert a war.

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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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YELLOWFACE by R.F. Kuang

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

June Hayward, a struggling writer, must conceal the fact that she stole Athena Liu’s just-finished masterpiece after Liu’s sudden death.

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NON-FICTION:

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ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

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

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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THE BOOK OF CHARLIE by David Von Drehle

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The Washington Post columnist shares stories and wisdom he learned from a neighbor who was more than a century old.

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, 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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DADDY DIARIES by Andy Cohen

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The host and executive producer of “Watch What Happens Live” juggles fatherhood and his career.

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THE ESCAPE ARTIST by Jonathan Freedl

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

Rudolf Vrba, who became one of the first Jews to escape from Auschwitz, warned others about the death camp.

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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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HOLDING THE NOTE by David Remnick

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

A collection of profiles of popular musicians, including Leonard Cohen, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples and Patti Smith, from the editor of The New Yorker.

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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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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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KING: A LIFE by Jonathan Eig

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

A biography of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., which includes new archival material and reflections from some who worked, lived and fought with him.

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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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LOOK FOR ME THERE by Luke Russert

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

The Emmy Award–winning journalist details how he grieved for his late father and sought to make his own way.

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ON OUR BEST BEHAVIOR by Elise Loehnen

(Available Formats: Not yet in any catalog)

An examination of the seven deadly sins and their influence over the lives of women today.

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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 & Downloadable Audiobook)

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

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RAW DOG by Jamie Loftus

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The comedian and Emmy-nominated TV writer explains the cultural and culinary significance of hot dogs.

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THE SHADOW DOCKET by Stephen Vladeck

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The legal scholar examines the Supreme Court’s authority to issue emergency rulings and the potential consequences of doing so.

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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.

–

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.

–

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,

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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Around And Around by The Rolling Stones (Genre: Classic Rock)

From The Album: 12 x 5 (1964)

And as a bonus, just for fun – here is Chuck Berry with the original version!

Around And Around by Chuck Berry (Genre: Classic Rock)

From The Album: Chuck Berry Is on Top (1959)

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Baby Please Don’t Go by Willie and the Poor Boys (Genre: Classic Rock)

From The Album: Willie and the Poor Boys (1985)

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Bluebird by The Charlie Watts Quintet (Genre: Jazz)

From The Album: From One Charlie (1991)

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Dear Mister Fantasy by Traffic (Genre: Classic Rock)

From The Album: Mr. Fantasy (1967)

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How Mable Get Sable Cha Cha Cha by David Carbonara (Genre: Easy Listening/Cocktail)

From The Album: Mad Men: After Hours (2014)

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Koto Song by Dave Brubeck (Genre: Jazz)

From The Album: Dave Brubeck in Berlin (1964)

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Summertime by The Tornadoes (Genre: Classic Rock, Surf)

From The Album: Bustin’ Surfboards (1963)

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Take Me To The River by Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton and others (from the 1983 A.R.M.S. concert)

From the ARMS concerts to benefit Ronnie Lane’s MS charity in 1983 (no album currently available)

Studio Version by Steve Winwood – From The Album: Talking Back to the Night (1982)

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Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats (Genre: Classic Rock, Swing)

From The Album: Blues Got Me Again: Singles 1951-1962

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That’s Alright Mama Medley by Carl Perkins with George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Rosanne Cash, David Edmunds, Lee Rocker and others

Recorded Live: 9/9/1985 – Capitol Theatre – Passaic, NJ

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I’ve run out of week here so you can access great albums from the Hoopla catalog via this link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/browse/music

And I’ll recommend two albums from the Hoopla collection next week!

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 is the latest edition of Library Connections, our monthly new book alert videocast.

The next Library Connections video will be posted on July 1, 2023.

Library Connections videos may also be accessed via the Southeast Steuben County Library’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SESTEUBENCOLIBRARY

Have a great week!
Linda Reimer, SSCL