Month: May 2024

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 7, 2024.

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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April Come She Will by Simon & Garfunkel

From The Album: Sounds of Silence (1966)

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Blue Jay Way by The Beatles

From The Album: Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

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Dear Mr. Fantasy by Traffic

From The Album: Mr. Fantasy (1967)

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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

From The Album: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)

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New York, Let’s Do Nothing by King Hannah

From The Album: Big Swimmer (2024)

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Perfect Storm by Jane Weaver

From The Album: In Constant Spectacle (2024)

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Teenage Summer by Crowded House

From The Album: Gravity Stairs (2024)

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Mystery Train by Scotty Moore

From The Album: The Guitar That Changed The World! (1964)

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Ramrod by Duane Eddy

From The Album: Have Guitar Will Travel (1958)

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That’s Alright Mama by James Burton, Albert Lee, Amos Garrett & Dave Wilcox

From The Album: Guitar Heros (2015)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings (2010) by Frank Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim 

And from the album the song:

This Happy Madness by Frank Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim

 

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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 baker’s ten streaming recommendations for June!

The next Suggested Viewing post will be out the first Saturday of July.

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SUGGESTED VIEWING: JUNE 2024

May 31: 

Jim Henson: Idea Man (2024) (Disney TV+) 

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June 2: 

Mayor Of Kingstown, Season 3 (2024) (Paramount+) 

 

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June 4:  

The Acolyte, Season 1 (2024) 

 

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Clipped, Season 1 (2024) (FX/Hulu) 

 

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June 12:  

Presumed Innocent (2024) (Apple TV+) 

 

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June 13: 

The Boys, Season 4 (2024) (Amazon Prime) 

 

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June 16: 

House Of The Dragon, Season 2 (2024) (HBO) 

 

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June 18: 

Power of the Dream (2024) (Amazon Prime) 

 

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June 23: 

Orphan Black: Echoes (2024) (AMC) 

 

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June 26: 

Land Of Women (about 1:16 into the video) (2024) (Apple TV+) 

 

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June 27: 

The Bear, Seasons 3 (Hulu) 

 

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Hoopla Recommended Stream Of The Month

The Chelsea Detective, Series 1 (2022)

The Chelsea Detective Series 1 Trailer

Viewer’s Note: The Chelsea Detective, Series 2 is also available to stream through Hoopla!

About Hoopla: You can stream TV shows & movies from Hoopla online, or via the Hoopla app for free – all you need is a library card to get started!

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

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

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, June 5, 2024.

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First Frost by Craig Johnson  

It’s the summer of 1964, and recent college graduates Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear read the writing on the wall and enlist to serve in the Vietnam War. As they catch a few final waves in California before reporting for duty, a sudden storm assaults the shores and capsizes a nearby cargo boat. Walt and Henry jump to action, but it’s soon revealed by the police who greet them ashore that the sunken boat carried valuable contraband from underground sources. 

The boys, in their early twenties and in the peak of their physical prowess from playing college football for the last four years, head out on Route 66. The question, of course, is how far they will get before the consequences of their actions catch up to them—the answer being, not very. 

Back in the present day, circa 2014, Walt is forced to speak before a Judge following the fatal events of The Longmire Defense. With powerful enemies lurking behind the scenes, the sheriff of Absaroka County must consider his options if he wishes to finish the fight he started. 

Going back and forth between 1964 and the present day, Craig Johnson brings us a propulsive dual timeline as Walt Longmire stands between the crossfire of good and evil, law and anarchy, and compassion and cruelty at two pivotal stages in his life. 

Reader’s Note: First Frost is the twentieth book in the Longmire Mystery Series. If you’d like to binge read, from the beginning, check out book one: A Cold Dish.  

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Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau

Lau (The Stand-Up Groomsman) delivers a heartfelt and hilarious rom-com about a woman whose insecurities and assumptions blind her to the good intentions of the people around her. Now that both of Emily Hung’s younger sisters have gotten hitched, her mother has turned the full focus of her matchmaking onto Emily—and the 33-year-old writer-slash-barista doesn’t know how much more she can take. At her sister’s wedding, Emily’s mother pushes her at sweater vest–wearing family friend Mark Chan, forcing the two to make awkward small talk. Though Emily acknowledges that Mark, a successful engineer, is handsome, she insists, through snarky first-person narration, that he’s not her type and, because he scrolls through his phone during their conversation, she assumes he’s uninterested and judging her career choices and chaotic lifestyle. Despite this rocky meeting, Emily’s mother is still determined to set the two up, and Emily, who just wants to focus on writing, realizes the only way to satisfy her is to make her believe her matchmaking has been successful. Emily presents this fake-dating plan to Mark, who agrees with surprisingly little fuss—but the deception becomes complicated when Emily’s mother’s prying leaves them no choice but to actually go on the dates they’re lying about. The result is a funny and addictive take on a favorite trope complete with sincere family dynamics and a heroine who, while sometimes painfully un-self-aware, still proves easy to root for. Lau brings the goods. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review  

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Look On The Bright Side by Kirstan Higgins  

Bestseller Higgins (Pack Up the Moon) proves her mastery of the romance genre in this emotional tour de force. Lark Smith fell in love with her late fiancé, Justin, in kindergarten. Now, seven years after his death, she doesn’t believe she’ll ever love again and pours all her passion into her work as an oncology resident. That’s why she’s so disappointed when she’s demoted to the ER due to her overly emotional reaction to the death of her favorite patient. So when universally despised surgeon Lorenzo Santini (aka Dr. Satan) asks her to pose as his girlfriend at a family wedding to placate his grandmother, Lark reluctantly agrees in exchange for 25 grand and Santini’s promise that he can get her back in oncology. While Dr. Satan lives up to his nickname, Lark falls in love with his welcoming Italian family—especially his brother Dante, who has a surprising tie to her past. Braided into this central romance plot are the stories of Lark’s mother, Elsbeth, and her landlady, Joy. When Elsbeth discovers that her husband has had an emotional affair, Joy, who’s spent a lifetime recovering from her father’s psychological abuse, offers her a place to stay and the women heal together. Higgins balances tear-jerking moments with happiness and hope, and crafts strong female characters worth cheering for. Readers should have tissues at the ready. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review 

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A Southern Man by Greg Illes  

The latest Penn Cage novel is set a decade and a half after the events of Iles’ spectacular Natchez Burning trilogy. Cage, the attorney, author, and former mayor of Natchez, is feeling at odds with himself. Virtually everyone he has ever loved is gone; he is alone and withdrawn from the world. When the neighboring cities of Natchez and Bienville are rocked by a mass shooting (white cops, Black victims) and the deliberate destruction of pre-Civil War homes, Cage is forced to put his personal struggles aside. This astonishingly good novel is very much a product of its time, a story of violence and racial unrest in the aftermath of the Trump presidency in which one of the central characters, Robert E. Lee White, a war hero running as an independent for the nation’s highest office, seizes on the country’s post-Trump disarray as a way to catapult himself into the White House. Reluctantly, Cage finds himself doing what he’d swore he’d never again do: step into the line of fire and shine a light into the darkness. Politically charged and written in rich, visually evocative prose, this is Iles at his reader-thrilling best. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Iles is a powerhouse and gains more readers with each book. – Booklist Review 

Reader’s Note: A Southern Man is the seventh book in the Penn Cage Series. If you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning, check out book one: The Quiet Game.  

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The Call to Serve: The Life of an American President, George Herbert Walker Bush: A Visual Biography by Jon Meacham  

 Meacham, the Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer who has written about Abraham Lincoln, John Lewis, and Thomas Jefferson, returns to the subject of George H.W. Bush, after Destiny and Power. To mark the 100th anniversary of Bush’s birth, Meacham delivers a 450-photo-rich text that mines Destiny but adds a new introduction and commentary throughout. – Starred Library Journal Review  

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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

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Information on the three library catalogs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hi everyone, here is the list of New York Times Bestsellers for this week. All titles can be requested/checked out through the library. If you’d like to go the traditional route to request a title on this list and drop by, or call, the library – please do!

Our telephone number is: 607-936-3713

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If you’d like to checkout and/or request New York Times Bestsellers online, you can do that too!

There are currently three catalogs available to Southeast Steuben County Library patrons online, that you can access to search for and request New York Times Bestsellers, and other popular books and materials.

All you need is a library card to get started!

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First, the list of bestsellers for this week, and after more information on the three catalogs!

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THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. THINK TWICE by Harlan Coben: The 12th book in the Myron Bolitar series. Myron’s client, whom he eulogized three years ago, might still be alive and is the main suspect in a double homicide.

2. THE WOMEN by Kristin Hannah: In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.

3. FUNNY STORY by Emily Henry: After their exes run off together, Daphne and Miles form a friendship and concoct a plan involving misleading photos.

4. THE DIXON RULE by Elle Kennedy: The second book of the Campus Diaries series. Diana and the new guy in her building pretend to be in a relationship to confound their exes.

5. A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J. Maas: After killing a wolf in the woods, Feyre is taken from her home and placed inside the world of the Fae.

6. THE PARADISE PROBLEM by Christina Lauren: A large inheritance forces an unlikely couple, who married each other to attain subsidized housing when they were in college, back together.

7. THIS SUMMER WILL BE DIFFERENT by Carley Fortune: Lucy returns to Prince Edward Island, where she finds it difficult to stay away from her best friend’s younger brother.

8. JUST FOR THE SUMMER by Abby Jimenez: Justin and Emma, whose exes find soulmates after breaking up with them, have a fling on a private island on Lake Minnetonka.

9. IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover: A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.

10. HOME IS WHERE THE BODIES ARE by Jeneva Rose: Three estranged siblings find evidence of a dark secret involving their absent father and recently deceased mother.

11. THE 24TH HOUR by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro: The 24th book in the Women’s Murder Club series. A high-society killer could spell trouble for members of the club.

12. FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros: Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.

13. MURDER YOUR EMPLOYER by Rupert Holmes: At the McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, students learn how to “delete” someone.

14. IRON FLAME by Rebecca Yarros: The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves.

15. HAPPY PLACE by Emily Henry: A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine.

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NON-FICTION

1. THE SITUATION ROOM by George Stephanopoulos with Lisa Dickey: The ABC host and former advisor to President Clinton describes the location where and conditions under which a dozen presidential administrations handled crises.

2. THE DEMON OF UNREST by Erik Larson: The author of “The Splendid and the Vile” portrays the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War.

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

3. YOU NEVER KNOW by Tom Selleck with Ellis Henican: The actor charts his journey from his California childhood to success in Hollywood.

4. YOU NEVER KNOW by Tom Selleck with Ellis Henican: The actor charts his journey from his California childhood to success in Hollywood.

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

6. AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY by Doris Kearns Goodwin: A trove of items collected by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s late husband inspired an appraisal of central figures and pivotal moments of the 1960s.

7. REBEL GIRL by Kathleen Hanna: The feminist punk musician shares stories about her time in the bands Bikini Kill, Le Tigre and the Julie Ruin.

8. THE END OF EVERYTHING by Victor Davis Hanson: The author of “The Dying Citizen” and “The Case for Trump” looks at how some societies obliterate their foes.

9. BITS AND PIECES by Whoopi Goldberg: The EGOT winner shares personal stories about her mother and older brother and the struggles they faced.

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

11. MORNING AFTER THE REVOLUTION by Nellie Bowles: The journalist and co-founder of the media organization The Free Press gives her take on progressive politics.

12. QUANTA AND FIELDS by Sean Carroll: The author of “The Biggest Ideas in the Universe” shares insights into the ways in which physicists think.

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

14. DOWN WITH THE SYSTEM by Serj Tankian: The lead singer and lyricist of the Grammy Award-winning metal band System of a Down tracks his unlikely path in life and music.

15. THE WAGER by David Grann: 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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THE CATALOGS:

Catalog 1: StarCat

StarCat is the catalog of physical materials including print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD etc. StarCat is available to all patrons of all public libraries in the Southern Tier Library System*

Starcat can be found online at: https://starcat.stls.org/

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Catalog 2: The Digital Catalog

The Digital Catalog (and its companion app Libby) offers all Southern Tier Library System member library patrons access to eBooks, eAudiobooks & eMagazines via a lending model known in Library-ese as “one copy/one user;” that library speak means that eBooks & eAudiobooks found in The Digital Catalog/Libby are like print books found on library shelves, only one patron can check out a copy of a title at a time.

Exception: Magazines found in the digital catalog are available via a different lending model known as simultaneous access. And that fancy library speak means that magazines are available for all patrons to check out at the same time, i.e. if you and all your family and friends wish to read the latest digital edition of Newsweek, all of you can check out the e version of the magazine and read it at the same time.

The Digital Catalog/Libby checkout limit is 5 titles a time.

The Digital Catalog is found online at: https://stls.overdrive.com/

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Catalog 3: Hoopla

The Hoopla Digital Catalog (and its companion app, also called Hoopla) offers Southeast Steuben County Library patrons access to a second digital catalog with an on-demand lending model. In library speak, this lending model, like The Digital Catalog/Libby’s magazine lending model, is known as “simultaneous access.” The difference is, the Hoopla catalog offers access to more formats: eBooks, eAudiobooks, eComics, digital albums, TV shows & movies – and all items, in all those formats, are available  for patrons to checkout immediately. The Hoopla check out limit is ten titles per month.

Hoopla Formats: All Hoopla content can be accessed on a computer or mobile device, and TV shows and movies can be accessed on computers, mobile devices, smart TVs and media streaming players, i.e. Roku or  Apple TV.

The Hoopla Catalog is found online at: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

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

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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In celebration of Bob Dylan’s 82nd Birthday, which is today – May 24, 2024; here are a dozen terrific Bob Dylan songs, among many!

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Blowin’ in The Wind

From The Album: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)

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Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

 

From The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

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A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

From The Album: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)

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The Times They Are A-Changin’

 From The Album: The Times they Are A-Chaning (1964)

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Highway 61 Revisited

From The Album: Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

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It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

From The Album: Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

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Subterranean Homesick Blues

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

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Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)

From The Album: Blonde on Blonde (1966)

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Girl From The North Country by Bob Dylan with Johnny Cash

From The Album: Nashville Skyline (1969)

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Tangled Up In Blue

From The Album: Blood On The Tracks (1975)

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Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love?)

From The Album: Empire Burlesque (1985)

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What Was It You Wanted?

From The Album: Oh Mercy (1989)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

 The Best Of The Box: A Musical History (1965) by Bob Dylan & The Band

And from the album the song:

 Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast)

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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 five suggested reads of the week!

Weekly Suggested Reading Five postings are published on Wednesdays.

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, May 29, 2024.

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The Guncle Abroad by Stephen Rowley

Five years after the events in Rowley’s crowd-pleasing The Guncle (2021), actor Patrick O’Hara’s waning career has been revitalized thanks to a part in a movie set in London. This puts him on the right side of the pond to attend his brother’s upcoming Lake Como wedding to Livia, a wealthy, minor Italian noble, and provides the perfect opportunity for his niece and nephew to visit him in advance of the ceremony. Maisie and Grant have an agenda for the trip, but it’s not seeing the crown jewels or Big Ben. The tweens are vehemently against their father’s marriage and want GUP (Gay Uncle Patrick) to talk him out of it. It’s not that long since their mother, and Patrick’s BFF, Sara, died, and Maisie and Grant aren’t ready for her replacement. As Patrick and his charges make their way from England to Italy, via France and Austria, GUP extends and receives lessons in love and second chances. Rowley’s cunning sequel is as much travelogue as uplifting love story, with happy endings all around. – Booklist Review

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I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue

Sue debuts with a delightfully quirky office comedy about a 33-year-old administrative assistant’s interpersonal battles in a Canadian supermarket chain’s regional office. Jolene’s days consist of eight hours of mind-numbing work, followed by drinking to forget about the accidental death of her best friend, Ellie, when they were in high school. At the office, she adds cathartic notes in white font at the bottom of emails (after thanking “morale club” leader Rhonda for a reminder about a meeting, she invisibly adds, “Deep in my core, I find you insufferable”). When Jolene forgets to white out a nasty note to her nemesis Caitlin, who subsequently complains, she’s forced to complete an antiharassment course and have her emails monitored. Instead of adding the restrictions to her computer, however, the HR guy accidentally gives Jolene access to all her fellow employees’ inboxes and direct messages. Among the funny discoveries is a thread between a coworker and his parents in which he sends photos of Jolene and claims she’s his girlfriend. The workplace hijinks produce steady laughs, and Sue adds depth through the backstory of Ellie, with whom Jolene found solace as a fellow misfit. This is a must-read for fans of Joshua Ferris’s Then We Came to the End. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

One Perfect Couple is a fresh, adrenaline-fueled take on Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, set on a current-day tropical island where five couples are competing on a reality show to prove they are the best match. However, nothing seems to go right for Lyla and Nico; after a whirlwind audition and being promised a free luxury vacation in paradise, doubts surface when they sail to “Ever After Island.” As they ride on a cramped boat and meet their fellow participants, an unusual lot, the entire production suddenly seems somewhat shady. After experiencing a disconcerting first contest, the contestants find themselves alone somewhere in the middle of the Indian Ocean when the director and film crew depart. Once a devastating storm turns their situation into a survival show, the stakes are life and death rather than a cash prize. One of the contestants dies during the storm, and then, one by one, their number decreases. In this absolutely ingenious thriller by a best-selling and highly praised author, the suspense gradually builds, and although the contestants’ ordeal seems to last forever, the pages fly by in a tense but engaging narrative interspersed with someone’s frantic SOS mayday calls. Bound to be a top summer 2024 beach read. – Booklist Review

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A Seat At The Table: The Life and Times of Shirley Chisholm by Glenn L. Starks, F. Erik Brooks

Pioneering politician Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005), the first Black U.S. congresswoman, takes center stage in this penetrating biography by historians Starks and Brooks (coauthors of African Americans and the Presidents). The authors take a granular look at early influences on Chisholm’s personal and political development. Born in Brooklyn to Caribbean immigrants, she was sent in 1928 to live in Barbados, where she witnessed the island’s struggle for independence. This experience set the stage for her lifelong battle for fairness and equality, according to the authors. Moving back to New York City in 1934, Chisholm earned a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Teachers College, which she put to use overseeing daycare centers for the city’s Bureau of Child Welfare. In 1953, she joined a local Democrat club, eventually rising to lead a rebellious Brooklyn faction of Black Democrats who opposed party bosses and fought for Black residents. Her reputation for honesty and integrity propelled her to the state assembly in 1964—a stepping-stone toward her landmark 1968 U.S. Congressional victory. She launched a White House bid in 1972, returning to Congress after her defeat in the Democratic primary, but ultimately resigning in protest over President Ronald Reagan’s policies. The narrative captivates with its detailed descriptions of Chisholm’s repeated confrontations with elites. It’s a fascinating outline of an influential lawmaker’s grassroots path to power. – Publishers Weekly Review

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Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy

Van Booy’s enchanting latest (after The Presence of Absence) depicts the surprisingly touching relationship between an elderly widow and a mouse. After building a life in Australia with her late husband, retired physician Helen Cartwright returns to the English village where she grew up. There, her existence is uneventful, and she’s at a loss over what to live for (“Each day was an impersonation of the one before with only a slight shuffle—as though even for death there is a queue”). Then one night she discovers a mouse in her home and offers it a sip of water from an upturned bottle cap. After the mouse takes a drink, she dubs it Sipsworth. Helen’s quiet world expands thanks to Sipsworth’s companionship as they watch TV and listen to the radio together. Then the mouse shows signs of breathing distress, and Helen, once a renowned pediatric cardiologist, goes into action to save its life. Material that could easily feel saccharine or twee is fresh and often funny, thanks to the author’s artful prose and unsparing characterization of the cantankerous Helen, who at one point calls an animal shelter worker an “idiot” for not accepting mice. Van Booy takes the familiar trope of an aging person’s unexpected renewal and makes it feel new.

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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

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Information on the three library catalogs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hi everyone, here is the list of New York Times Bestsellers for this week. All titles can be requested/checked out through the library. If you’d like to go the traditional route to request a title on this list and drop by, or call, the library – please do!

Our telephone number is: 607-936-3713

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If you’d like to checkout and/or request New York Times Bestsellers online, you can do that too!

There are currently three catalogs available to Southeast Steuben County Library patrons online, that you can access to search for and request New York Times Bestsellers, and other popular books and materials.

All you need is a library card to get started!

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First, the list of bestsellers for this week, and after more information on the three catalogs!

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THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. THE 24TH HOUR by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro: The 24th book in the Women’s Murder Club series. A high-society killer could spell trouble for members of the club.

2. THE WOMEN by Kristin Hannah In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.

3. FUNNY STORY by Emily Henry: After their exes run off together, Daphne and Miles form a friendship and concoct a plan involving misleading photos.

4. THIS SUMMER WILL BE DIFFERENT by Carley Fortune: Lucy returns to Prince Edward Island, where she finds it difficult to stay away from her best friend’s younger brother.

5. A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J. Maas: After killing a wolf in the woods, Feyre is taken from her home and placed inside the world of the Fae.

6. FIVE BROKEN BLADES by Mai Corland: Five dangerous liars must trust one another enough to kill the God King Joon.

7. LONG ISLAND by Colm Tóibín: In 1976, an Irish woman who lives surrounded by her husband’s Italian American family is told he impregnated another woman.

8. A COURT OF MIST AND FURY by Sarah J. Maas: The second book in the Court of Thorns and Roses series. Feyre gains the powers of the High Fae and a greater evil emerges.

9. SUMMERS AT THE SAINT by Mary Kay Andrews: Traci Eddings, the widowed owner of a faded landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, has one summer to return it to its past glory.

10. FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros: Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.

11. HOME IS WHERE THE BODIES ARE by Jeneva Rose: Three estranged siblings find evidence of a dark secret involving their absent father and recently deceased mother.

12. IRON FLAME by Rebecca Yarros: The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves.

13. KING OF SLOTH by Ana Huang: The fourth book in the Kings of Sin series. A tragedy forces a billionaire heir and his publicist to confront their feelings for each other.

14. A COURT OF WINGS AND RUIN by Sarah J. Maas: The third book in the Court of Thorns and Roses series. As war approaches, Feyre endeavors to take charge of her magical and political powers.

15. JUST FOR THE SUMMER by Abby Jimenez: Justin and Emma, whose exes find soulmates after breaking up with them, have a fling on a private island on Lake Minnetonka.

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NON-FICTION

1. THE DEMON OF UNREST by Erik Larson: The author of “The Splendid and the Vile” portrays the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War.

2. YOU NEVER KNOW by Tom Selleck with Ellis Henican: The actor charts his journey from his California childhood to success in Hollywood.

3. THE END OF EVERYTHING by Victor Davis Hanson: The author of “The Dying Citizen” and “The Case for Trump” looks at how some societies obliterate their foes.

4. BITS AND PIECES by Whoopi Goldberg: The EGOT winner shares personal stories about her mother and older brother and the struggles they faced.

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

6. COMING HOME by Brittney Griner with Michelle Burford: The women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist recounts being held captive in Russia.

7. LOVE, MOM by Nicole Saphier: Fox News anchors and personalities contribute to a collection of reflections on motherhood.

8. AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY by Doris Kearns Goodwin: A trove of items collected by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s late husband inspired an appraisal of central figures and pivotal moments of the 1960s.

9. NO GOING BACK by Kristi Noem: The governor of South Dakota and author of “Not My First Rodeo” gives her take on where the Republican Party is headed.

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

11. THE BACKYARD BIRD CHRONICLES by Amy Tan: Essays and drawings by the author of “The Joy Luck Club” and “The Bonesetter’s Daughter,” which depict a search for peace through birding.

12. THE WAGER by David Grann: The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.

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

14. THE LIGHT WE CARRY by Michelle Obama: The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.

15. THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR ON PALESTINE by Rashid Khalidi: An account of the history of settler colonialism and resistance, based on untapped archival materials and reports.

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THE CATALOGS:

Catalog 1: StarCat

StarCat is the catalog of physical materials including print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD etc. StarCat is available to all patrons of all public libraries in the Southern Tier Library System*

Starcat can be found online at: https://starcat.stls.org/

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Catalog 2: The Digital Catalog

The Digital Catalog (and its companion app Libby) offers all Southern Tier Library System member library patrons access to eBooks, eAudiobooks & eMagazines via a lending model known in Library-ese as “one copy/one user;” that library speak means that eBooks & eAudiobooks found in The Digital Catalog/Libby are like print books found on library shelves, only one patron can check out a copy of a title at a time.

Exception: Magazines found in the digital catalog are available via a different lending model known as simultaneous access. And that fancy library speak means that magazines are available for all patrons to check out at the same time, i.e. if you and all your family and friends wish to read the latest digital edition of Newsweek, all of you can check out the e version of the magazine and read it at the same time.

The Digital Catalog/Libby checkout limit is 5 titles a time.

The Digital Catalog is found online at: https://stls.overdrive.com/

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Catalog 3: Hoopla

The Hoopla Digital Catalog (and its companion app, also called Hoopla) offers Southeast Steuben County Library patrons access to a second digital catalog with an on-demand lending model. In library speak, this lending model, like The Digital Catalog/Libby’s magazine lending model, is known as “simultaneous access.” The difference is, the Hoopla catalog offers access to more formats: eBooks, eAudiobooks, eComics, digital albums, TV shows & movies – and all items, in all those formats, are available  for patrons to checkout immediately. The Hoopla check out limit is ten titles per month.

Hoopla Formats: All Hoopla content can be accessed on a computer or mobile device, and TV shows and movies can be accessed on computers, mobile devices, smart TVs and media streaming players, i.e. Roku or  Apple TV.

The Hoopla Catalog is found online at: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

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

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 24, 2024.

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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Brazil by Les Paul

From The Album: Best Of The Capitol Masters – 90th Birthday Edition (2005)

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The Carolina Shout by James P. Johnson 

From The Album: The James P. Johnson Collection 1921-49 (2015)

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Cole Capers by Nat King Cole

From The Album: The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio (1991)

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Guitar Rag by Sylvester Weaver 

From The Album: Sylvester Weaver, Vol. 1 (1923-1927) (2013)

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June Night by Roy Smeck

From The Album: Roy Smeck and His Dixie Syncopators (2015)

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A Little Love, A Little Kiss by Eddie Lang

From The Album:  Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang Columbia and Okeh Sessions, Vol. 1 (2018)

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Me and My Chauffeur Blues by Memphis Minnie

From The Album:  The First Lady of Blues (2019)

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Lullaby of the Leaves by Mary Lou Williams

From The Album: Mary Lou Williams: The Asch Recordings 1944-47 (1977)

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Somebody Like You by Nick Lucas (Recorded in 1925)

 From The Album: Nick Lucas 1920’s Jazz Vocals & Guitar (2014)

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When You’ve Got A Good Friend by Robert Johnson

From The Album: King Of The Delta Blues Singers (1961) (Recorded in 1937)

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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 five suggested reads of the week!

Weekly Suggested Reading Five postings are published on Wednesdays.

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, May 22, 2024.

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The Heist by Jack Du Brul  

Du Brul’s dizzying latest Isaac Bell swashbuckler (after The Chase) finds the intrepid detective under fire from a barrage of potentially connected crises. The year is 1914, and Bell is attending a meeting of the newly minted Federal Reserve onboard a yacht with his father, Ebenezer, and President Woodrow Wilson. Shortly after Wilson is called away on an emergency, a mysterious aircraft attempts to bomb the boat. Bell shoots at the bomber until it flees and plans to begin an investigation into the incident. But first, he’s pulled into two seemingly unrelated cases. Socialite Jackson Pickett—a friend of Bell’s boss, Joseph Van Dorn—has been arrested for the murder of his wife, heiress Fedora Scarsworth-Pickett. Then the Federal Bureau of Engraving is robbed to the tune of nearly a billion dollars. Finding the money and ferreting out the cause of Fedora’s death takes plenty of first-class sleuthing, and Bell begins to suspect that the bombing, murder, and robbery are the work of a master criminal hoping to bring America to its knees. This entry provides a welcome contrast to Bell’s often cartoonish and predictable antics, indicating that the long-running hero may be evolving into a more sophisticated protagonist. Here’s hoping the series has more adventures like this one in store. – Publishers Weekly Review 

Reader’s Note: The Heist is the fourteenth book in the Issac Bell series. If you’d like to start reading from the beginning, check out book one: The Chase written by the series’ founding writer Clive Cussler.

 

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Last House: A Novel by Jessica Shattuck  

Nick and Bet raise their children, Harry and Katherine, in 1950s America. Nick, strictly raised Mennonite, is a WWII veteran, attorney for American Oil, and kind, honest, and patriotic, the definition of conscientious. Bet is a Vassar grad nursing regrets as a housewife. Carter Weston, with the newly formed CIA, involves Nick in returning the shah to power in Iran, which benefits American oil interests. Years later, Katherine, willful and selfish, pulls her gentle brother into a countercultural campaign that will devastate the entire family. When the narrative switches to Katherine’s perspective and that of her descendants, readers will find the same talking points shaping today’s news. Shattuck’s (The Women in the Castle, 2017) evocative novel really shines in its presentation of authentic voices for all the generations and their viewpoints born of different life experiences and ideals. Everything here is convincing, from the sense of place in various time periods and locations (New England, the Middle East) to the adept portrayal of the characters’ feelings and motivations. Shattuck channels complex history through the saga of a single family. – Booklist Review

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The Library of Borrowed Hearts by Lucy Gilmore 

Gilmore (The Lonely Hearts Book Club) is back with another charming, book-themed story. When librarian Chloe Sampson finds a rare edition of a banned book, her first thought is to see if she can sell it and complete some much-needed home repairs with the proceeds. But Chloe becomes intrigued after a closer examination reveals a decades-old flirtatious conversation conducted within its margins. When her next-door neighbor, the cantankerous elderly man who regularly steals her younger siblings’ Frisbees, offers to buy the book from her with a blank check, she is flabbergasted. And when yet another library book turns up with similar markings, she suddenly has a new mission: to figure out who the star-crossed literary lovers are and what happened to them. It’s a quest that will bring her a friendship she never expected and possibly a love of her own.  

VERDICT This dual-timeline novel is a bookish love letter to anyone who has ever found solace between the pages of a book. This romantic story of found families and learning to accept help from others is sure to have wide appeal. – Library Journal Review  

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Tough Broad: From Boogie Boarding to Wing Walking—How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives as We Age by Caroline Paul 

Homebodies, head outside. Paul (The Gutsy Girl, 2016) and her friends may be more adventurous than most sixtysomethings. But women who will never choose to plummet from a plane will nonetheless benefit from reading tales of derring-do and feeling inspired to spend more time in the awe-inducing outdoors. Paul makes a strong case for how a positive attitude about getting older can lead to a longer, healthier life. At 84, her mom says, “What I would give to be 60 again.” As journalist and long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad said, “You are never too old to chase your dreams.” Paul, who was one of the first women fire fighters in San Francisco, encourages other women to stay active and intrepid in their postmenopausal life, profiling older women who surf, hike, scuba dive, and explore. She recommends taking empowering walks in astonishing places like the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls. Women don’t have to give in to age’s changes; there’s a big world out there to engage with and gain strength and pleasure from. Here’s to being old, “game,” and down for adventure. – Booklist Review  

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Village Weavers: A Novel by by Myriam JA Chancy  

Chancy follows What Storm, What Thunder (2021) with an ambitious novel that explores the intertwining of the personal and the political through the lives of two childhood friends, Sisi and Gertie, who meet in Port-au-Prince in 1941. Their stories traverse three continents and six decades. Through the ups and many downs of their relationship, Chancy signals the ways human beings create boundaries for themselves. Family, country, ethnicity, skin color, and sexuality all become limiting definitions of the self, and it takes a powerful desire to connect and to love, to see and move past these roadblocks. This tale of two friends whose lives take them from Haiti to Paris, the Dominican Republic, and the U.S. has a powerful cast of supporting characters, but it is in the evolution of Sisi and Gertie and their relationship that Chancy builds her beautiful narrative, masterfully capturing the unspoken nuances within social structures and in the way families interact with their heritage. A compelling and satisfying read that acknowledges the bitter truths of history and dares to imagine a path forward. – Booklist Review  

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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

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Information on the three library catalogs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hi everyone, here is the list of New York Times Bestsellers for this week. All titles can be requested/checked out through the library. If you’d like to go the traditional route to request a title on this list and drop by, or call, the library – please do!

Our telephone number is: 607-936-3713

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If you’d like to checkout and/or request New York Times Bestsellers online, you can do that too!

There are currently three catalogs available to Southeast Steuben County Library patrons online, that you can access to search for and request New York Times Bestsellers, and other popular books and materials.

All you need is a library card to get started!

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First, the list of bestsellers for this week, and after that, more information on the three catalogs!

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THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. KING OF SLOTH by Ana Huang: The fourth book in the Kings of Sin series. A tragedy forces a billionaire heir and his publicist to confront their feelings for each other.

2. FUNNY STORY by Emily Henry: After their exes run off together, Daphne and Miles form a friendship and concoct a plan involving misleading photos.

3. THE WOMEN by Kristin Hannah: In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.

4. A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J. Maas: After killing a wolf in the woods, Feyre is taken from her home and placed inside the world of the Fae.

5. ONLY THE BRAVE by Danielle Steel: In World War II Germany, Sophia Alexander joins the resistance and faces several kinds of loss of family members.

5. HOME IS WHERE THE BODIES ARE by Jeneva Rose: Three estranged siblings find evidence of a dark secret involving their absent father and recently deceased mother.

6. A CALAMITY OF SOULS by David Baldacci: Lawyers from different backgrounds represent a Black man charged with killing a wealthy white couple in Virginia in 1968.

7. A COURT OF MIST AND FURY by Sarah J. Maas: The second book in the Court of Thorns and Roses series. Feyre gains the powers of the High Fae and a greater evil emerges.

8. FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros: Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.

9. JUST FOR THE SUMMER by Abby Jimenez: Justin and Emma, whose exes find soulmates after breaking up with them, have a fling on a private island on Lake Minnetonka.

10. IRON FLAME by Rebecca Yarros: The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves.

11. A COURT OF WINGS AND RUIN by Sarah J. Maas: The third book in the Court of Thorns and Roses series. As war approaches, Feyre endeavors to take charge of her magical and political powers.

12. MURDER YOUR EMPLOYER by Rupert Holmes: At the McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, students learn how to “delete” someone.

13. HAPPY PLACE by Emily Henry: A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine.

14. A COURT OF FROST AND STARLIGHT by Sarah J. Maas: The fourth book in the Court of Thorns and Roses series. After alterations incurred by war, Winter Solstice approaches.

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NON-FICTION

1. THE DEMON OF UNREST by Erik Larson: The author of “The Splendid and the Vile” portrays the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War.

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

3. UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH A JEW by Emmanuel Acho and Noa Tishby: A wide-ranging examination of Judaism and antisemitism in America today.

4. AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY by Doris Kearns Goodwin: A trove of items collected by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s late husband inspired an appraisal of central figures and pivotal moments of the 1960s.

5. FOR LOVE OF COUNTRY by Tulsi Gabbard: The Army Reserve officer, former member of Congress and 2020 presidential candidate explains why she left the Democratic Party.

6. THE AGE OF GRIEVANCE by Frank Bruni: The New York Times contributing Opinion writer evaluates the tone of our current culture and politics, which interweaves larger wrongs and smaller slights.

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

8. BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer: A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

9. LOVE, MOM by Nicole Saphier: Fox News anchors and personalities contribute to a collection of reflections on motherhood.

10. THE WAGER by David Grann: The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.

11. THE WIDE WIDE SEA by Hampton Sides: The author of “On Desperate Ground” depicts Captain James Cook’s final voyage and the controversies surrounding its legacy.

12. NUCLEAR WAR by Annie Jacobsen: The author of “Operation Paperclip” portrays possible outcomes in the minutes following a nuclear missile launch.

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

14. THE LIGHT WE CARRY by Michelle Obama: The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.

15. KNIFE by Salman Rushdie: The Booker Prize-winning author details the attack on him at the Chautauqua Institution in 2022 and the steps he took to heal from it.

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THE CATALOGS:

Catalog 1: StarCat

StarCat is the catalog of physical materials including print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD etc. StarCat is available to all patrons of all public libraries in the Southern Tier Library System*

Starcat can be found online at: https://starcat.stls.org/

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Catalog 2: The Digital Catalog

The Digital Catalog (and its companion app Libby) offers all Southern Tier Library System member library patrons access to eBooks, eAudiobooks & eMagazines via a lending model known in Library-ese as “one copy/one user;” that library speak means that eBooks & eAudiobooks found in The Digital Catalog/Libby are like print books found on library shelves, only one patron can check out a copy of a title at a time.

Exception: Magazines found in the digital catalog are available via a different lending model known as simultaneous access. And that fancy library speak means that magazines are available for all patrons to check out at the same time, i.e. if you and all your family and friends wish to read the latest digital edition of Newsweek, all of you can check out the e version of the magazine and read it at the same time.

The Digital Catalog/Libby checkout limit is 5 titles a time.

The Digital Catalog is found online at: https://stls.overdrive.com/

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Catalog 3: Hoopla

The Hoopla Digital Catalog (and its companion app, also called Hoopla) offers Southeast Steuben County Library patrons access to a second digital catalog with an on-demand lending model. In library speak, this lending model, like The Digital Catalog/Libby’s magazine lending model, is known as “simultaneous access.” The difference is, the Hoopla catalog offers access to more formats: eBooks, eAudiobooks, eComics, digital albums, TV shows & movies – and all items, in all those formats, are available  for patrons to checkout immediately. The Hoopla check out limit is ten titles per month.

Hoopla Formats: All Hoopla content can be accessed on a computer or mobile device, and TV shows and movies can be accessed on computers, mobile devices, smart TVs and media streaming players, i.e. Roku or  Apple TV.

The Hoopla Catalog is found online at: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

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