Month: March 2025

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

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

Our telephone number is: 607-936-3713

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New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays. And the next NYT blog post will be posted on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. ONYX STORM by Rebecca Yarros: The third book in the Empyrean series. As enemies gain traction, Violet Sorrengail goes beyond the Aretian wards in search of allies.

2. THE STRAWBERRY PATCH PANCAKE HOUSE by Laurie Gilmore: The fourth book in the Dream Harbor series. A woman with a spotty work history becomes the live-in nanny for the daughter of a single dad.

3. THE WRITER by James Patterson and J.D. Barker: An N.Y.P.D. detective is called to a crime scene in an apartment where the shelves are full of books by a true-crime writer.

4. 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.

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

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

7. THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah: Two sisters are separated in World War II France: one in the countryside, the other in Paris.

8. STORY OF MY LIFE by Lucy Score: A romance writer suffering from writer’s block moves away from Manhattan and finds inspiration in Story Lake, Pa.

9. WARD D by Freida McFadden: Patients and staff at a hospital’s mental health unit begin to disappear.

10. BROKEN COUNTRY by Clare Leslie Hall: Beth must confront her past when the man she once loved as a teenager returns to the village with his son.

11. THE CRASH by Freida McFadden: A pregnant woman, who suffers an injury during a blizzard, is taken in by a couple who might put her life in further jeopardy.

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

13. THE FROZEN RIVER by Ariel Lawhon: In Maine, 1789, a midwife seeks to uncover the true cause of the death of a man discovered entombed in the Kennebec River.

14. THE WEDDING PEOPLE by Alison Espach: A woman who is down on her luck forms an unexpected bond with the bride at a wedding in Rhode Island.

15. THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by Stephen Graham Jones: A Lutheran pastor’s diary from 1912, which details a massacre in which 217 Blackfeet died in the snow, is found a century later.

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NON-FICTION

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

2. ABUNDANCE by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson: A New York Times opinion columnist and a staff writer at The Atlantic evaluate obstacles to American progress.

3. CARELESS PEOPLE by Sarah Wynn-Williams: A former Facebook executive gives an account of policies and leadership at the social media platform.

4. RESOLUTE by Benjamin Hall: The author of “Saved” recounts his journey to recovery from the injuries he sustained from a Russian missile attack in Ukraine.

5. THE TELL by Amy Griffin: The founder of the investment firm G9 Ventures recounts her efforts to recover from trauma she experienced during childhood.

6. WHO IS GOVERNMENT? edited by Michael Lewis: Essays by Casey Cep, Dave Eggers, John Lanchester, Geraldine Brooks, Sarah Vowell, W. Kamau Bell and Michael Lewis illuminate the work of federal employees and the business of government.

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

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

9. HEARTBREAKER by Mike Campbell with Ari Surdoval: A memoir by the musician known for his work as the lead guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

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 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.

12. ANTISEMITISM IN AMERICA by Chuck Schumer: The Democratic senator from New York examines various forces that have created a rise of antisemitism in modern times.

13. THE HOUSE OF MY MOTHER by Shari Franke: Franke gives an account of abuse within her family, who gained a following with their YouTube channel “8 Passengers.”

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

15. 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.

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Have a great Sunday!

Linda

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THE CATALOGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials:

https://starcat.stls.org

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

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

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

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

Suggested Listening postings are published on Fridays; and our next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, April 4, 2025.

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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Blossom by The Branford Marsalis Quartet

From The Album: Belonging (2025)

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Here It Is Another Day by The Mugwumps

From The Album: Jingle Jangle Morning: The 1960s U.S. Folk-Rock Explosion (2025) by Various Artists

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Let The Guitar Play by Santana with Darryl “DMC” McDaniels

From The Album: Sentient (2025)

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Looks Like The End of the Road by Alison Krauss & Union Station

From The Album: Arcadia (2025)

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Madison Blues by Elmore James

From The Album: Up Jumped Elmore (2006)

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Ride To Robert’s by Jason Isbell

From The Album: Foxes In The Snow (2025)

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Sixteen Tons by Bo Diddley

From The Album: Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger (1960)

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Summer of Love by Throwing Muses

From The Album: Moonlight Concessions (2025)

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A Sunday Kind of Love by Etta James 

From The Album: At Last! (1960)

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Walking After Midnight by Patsy Cline

From The Album: Greatest Hits (1967)

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Hoopla Album of the Week  

Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture) (1997)

And from the album the song:

Too Marvelous for Words by Joe Williams 

 

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Information on the four library catalogs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Have questions about how to access Internet based content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios or streaming videos)? 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 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, April 2, 2025.

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A Century of Poetry in the New Yorker: 1925-2025 

Edited by the magazine’s poetry editor, Kevin Young, a celebratory selection from one hundred years of influential, entertaining, and taste-making verse in The New Yorker 

Seamus Heaney, Dorothy Parker, Louise Bogan, Louise Glück, Randall Jarrell, Langston Hughes, Derek Walcott, Sylvia Plath, W. S. Merwin, Czesław Miłosz, Tracy K. Smith, Mark Strand, E. E. Cummings, Sharon Olds, Franz Wright, John Ashbery, Sandra Cisneros, Amanda Gorman, Maggie Smith, Kaveh Akbar: these stellar names make up just a fraction of the wonderfulness that is present in this essential anthology. 

The book is organized into sections honoring times of day (“Morning Bell,” “Lunch Break,” “After-Work Drinks,” “Night Shift”), allowing poets from different eras to talk back to one another in the same space, intertwined with chronological groupings from the decades as they march by: the frothy 1920s and 1930s (“despite the depression,” Young notes), the more serious ’40s and ’50s (introducing us to the early greats of our contemporary poetry, like Elizabeth Bishop, W. S. Merwin, and Adrienne Rich), the political ’60s and ’70s, the lyrical ’80s and ’90s, and then the 2000s’ with their explosion of greater diversity in the magazine, greater depth and breadth. Inevitably, we see the high points when poems spoke directly into, about, or against the crises of their times—the war poetry of W. H. Auden and Karl Shapiro; the remarkable outpouring of verse after 9/11 (who can forget Adam Zagajewski’s “Try to Praise the Mutilated World”?); and more recently, stunning poems in response to the cataclysmic events of COVID and the murder of George Floyd. 

The magazine’s poetic influence resides not just in this historical and cultural relevance but in sheer human connection, exemplified by the passing verses that became what Young calls “refrigerator poems”: the ones you tear out and affix to the fridge to read again and again over months and years. Our love for that singular Billy Collins or Ada Limón poem—or lines by a new writer you’ve never heard of but will hear much more from in the future—is what has made The New Yorker a great organ for poetry, a mouthpiece for our changing culture and way of life, even a mirror of our collective soul. 

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Elphie: A Wicked Childhood by Gregory Maguire 

Hot on the heels of the first part of the film adaptation of the musical Wicked, a new prequel about Elphaba’s childhood is on its way (dedicated to Idina Menzel, Cynthia Erivo, and all the Elphabas in between). We know some of the green-skinned witch’s childhood from the rest of the volumes in Maguire’s Wicked Years series, but this edition fills in gaps, writing of her mother’s death in a humid jungle, her strained relationship with sister, Nessarose, her discovery of Animals, glimmers of her someday powers, and the characters who recognized that her sharp intelligence had potential. While some would argue that the foray is indulgent, fans of Elphaba and of Maguire’s work will be thrilled to once again venture into Oz and discover new characters, cities, and adventures besides. Readers who enjoy the musical or who have only read Wicked will be able to appreciate this as a stand-alone prequel, while fans of the series will eat up the Easter eggs and origin stories. Taken on its own, Elphie is an emotional coming-of-age story that thrums with injustice, regret, and the complicated characters who made a young girl into the serious, stubborn witch destined to take on all of Oz.

HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The recent surge in Wicked’s popularity will mean a flurry of interest in this prequel to the musical’s source material. – Starred Booklist Review 

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Girl Anonymous by Christina Dodd

As an employee for Saint Rees Fine Arts Movers, Maarja Daire tries to remain as invisible as possible on the job. She intends to be exceedingly careful working for Mrs. Raine Arundel, but an explosion at the Arundel mansion forces Maarja into the spotlight as she tries to save her employer. Maarja’s courageous actions bring her to the attention of Raine’s son, Dante Arundel, who has inherited control of his crime family’s empire. The question now is whether Dante will recognize Maarja from an incident more than two decades ago, when Maarja’s mother and Dante’s father, a cruel mob boss, were both killed in another explosion at this same location. Given the explosive plot of her latest addictively readable tale, Dodd (Forget What You Know, 2023) cleverly ratchets up her usual exciting mix of suspense and romance to incendiary levels by successfully marrying a wildly imaginative story line involving an ancient feud, a Mafia clan straight out of La Cosa Nostra, and a rare artifact, with plenty of crackling sexual chemistry and a few love scenes guaranteed to scorch readers’ fingers as they turn the pages. – Starred Booklist Review

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Isola by Allegra Goodman 

Young, orphaned Marguerite, curious and unruly, is the sole heir to a sizable French estate and a gloriously compelling narrator. Cared for by her loving nurse, Damienne, Marguerite is at the mercy of her mercurial and impervious guardian, Roberval, a voyager, warrior, and, as it turns out, thief. He is supposed to oversee her estate and make a good match for her once she’s of age, but instead he loots and sells her property. When she turns 20, he takes her with him when he sails across the ocean to New France, with loyal Damienne. Also onboard is Auguste, Roberval’s handsome, smart, and sensitive secretary, whom Roberval threatens to kill if he seeks Marguerite’s company. In a bravura departure for Goodman (Sam, 2023), she time-travels to the sixteenth century, bringing forth Marguerite’s opulent first world and the severe deprivation that follows with dramatic sensory detail. There’s no denying the passion between her and Auguste, and no escape from Roberval’s diabolical cruelty as he abandons the lovers and Damienne on a small island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. They display heroic fortitude and ingenuity, but the perils are many, their resources paltry. Based on a scantly documented true story, Goodman’s lush and enthralling castaway tale of betrayal and love, suffering and strength is magnificent in its beauty, mystery, fury, and redemption. – Starred Booklist Review  

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Realm of Ice and Sky Triumph, Tragedy, and History’s Greatest Arctic Rescue by Buddy Levy

Levy continues his literary foray into the far north with this intriguing look into aerial exploration of the North Pole. After a brief overview of nineteenth-century “polar mania,”” including the famously doomed Franklin and Greely expeditions, he focuses on the period from 1900 to 1928, when hot air balloons and aircraft joined the international frenzy to reach the Pole. While readers will likely be familiar with Roald Amundsen, whose disappearance and assumed death make for a significant part of the narrative, it is the travails of lesser-known American journalist Walter Wellman and Italian balloonist Umberto Nobile that will likely spark acute reader interest and discussion (this is an excellent choice for book groups). Levy writes not only of the key events impacting these men as they competed to win the pole, he also considers their fears and excitements, their failures and disappointments, and, for Nobile in particular, the implications of a crushing loss. Levy excels at writing vivid history about the polar regions and exploration, and he’s written another winner. – 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 four library catalogs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our telephone number is: 607-936-3713

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New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays. And the next NYT blog post will be posted on Sunday, March 30, 2025

THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. ONYX STORM by Rebecca Yarros: The third book in the Empyrean series. As enemies gain traction, Violet Sorrengail goes beyond the Aretian wards in search of allies.

2. STORY OF MY LIFE by Lucy Score: A romance writer suffering from writer’s block moves away from Manhattan and finds inspiration in Story Lake, Pa.

3. 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.

4. BROKEN COUNTRY by Clare Leslie Hall: Beth must confront her past when the man she once loved as a teenager returns to the village with his son.

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

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

7. WARD D by Freida McFadden: Patients and staff at a hospital’s mental health unit begin to disappear.

8. THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah: Two sisters are separated in World War II France: one in the countryside, the other in Paris.

9. THE CRASH by Freida McFadden: A pregnant woman, who suffers an injury during a blizzard, is taken in by a couple who might put her life in further jeopardy.

10. THE FROZEN RIVER by Ariel Lawhon: In Maine, 1789, a midwife seeks to uncover the true cause of the death of a man discovered entombed in the Kennebec River.

11. DEEP END by Ali Hazelwood: As the pressure leading up to the Olympics builds so do the feelings Lukas and Scarlett have for each other.

12. THE WEDDING PEOPLE by Alison Espach: A woman who is down on her luck forms an unexpected bond with the bride at a wedding in Rhode Island.

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

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

15. WILD SIDE by Elsie Silver: The third book in the Rose Hill series. Tension rises between Tabitha and Rhy

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NON-FICTION

1. CARELESS PEOPLE by Sarah Wynn-Williams: A former Facebook executive gives an account of policies and leadership at the social media platform.

2. THE TELL by Amy Griffin: The founder of the investment firm G9 Ventures recounts her efforts to recover from trauma she experienced during childhood.

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

4. 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.

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

6. THE HOUSE OF MY MOTHER by Shari Franke: Franke gives an account of abuse within her family, who gained a following with their YouTube channel “8 Passengers.”

7. 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.

8. CARE AND FEEDING by Laurie Woolever: The author of “Bourdain” reconsiders her life and work in the context of reckonings within the food industry.

9. WAITING ON THE MOON by Peter Wolf: The musician, known for fronting the J. Geils Band, shares remembrances of artistic trailblazers he met during his more-than-six-decade career.

10. PAPER DOLL by Dylan Mulvaney: The actress and content creator details her life pre- and post-transition and right-wing backlash she received online.

11. FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough: Presley’s memoir, completed by her daughter, explores her relationships and challenges.

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

13. MURDER THE TRUTH by David Enrich: The New York Times business investigations editor examines a campaign to protect the powerful and quash dissent.

14. I’LL HAVE WHAT SHE’S HAVING by Chelsea Handler: In a collection of essays, the comedian shares some public and private moments from her life.

15. 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.

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Have a great Sunday!

Linda

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(Information on the four library catalogs)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hi everyone, 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, March 28, 2025.

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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Ain’t Misbehavin’ by Fats Waller

From The Album: The Essential Fats Waller (2014)

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Chicago Bound Blues by Bessie Smith

From The Album: Greatest Hits (2005)

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Dinah by Ethel Waters

From The Album: The Chronological Ethel Waters 1925-1926 (1996)

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A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Marion Harris

From The Album: N/A

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I Got A Feeling I’m Falling by Annette Hanshaw

From The Album: Tip Toe Thru’ The Tulips With Me (2022)

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I’m The Last Of The Red Hot Mammas by Sophie Tucker

From The Album: Jazz Age Hot Mamma 1922-1929 (2007)

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It Had To Be You by Isham Jones & His Orchestra

From The Album: Essential Hits (1925)

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My Blue Heaven by Gene Austin

From The Album: Gene Austin: The Voice Of The Southland – His 27 Finest 1925-1933 (2020)

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Singing in The Rain by Cliff Edwards

From The Album: I Did It With My Little Ukulele (2013)

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Ten Cents A Dance by Ruth Etting

From The Album: Ten Cents A Dance (2007)

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Hoopla Album of the Week

Red Nichols: Original 1929 Recordings (2011) by Red Nichols

And from the album the song:

Back Home Again Indiana

 

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Information on the four library catalogs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

–

Have questions about how to access Internet based content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios or streaming videos)?

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.

–

Tech & Book 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 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, March 26, 2025.

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Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave by Elle Cosimano 

Cosimano’s latest Finlay adventure (after Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice) allows readers to learn more about the series’ key players. Finlay and her sidekick, nanny Vero, are looking forward to a break from crime solving, but when a neighbor’s pipes burst and a body is unearthed in her yard, they must solve this new case. Since Mrs. Haggerty’s house is now a crime scene, she ends up staying at Finlay’s, which creates chaos that might not be all bad. Cosimano uses Mrs. Haggerty’s backstory to give greater depth to the current mysterious happenings and brings up topics worth a good book club discussion. Fans of the series will appreciate that this installment shows growth in Finlay and Nick’s romance, creates space for newer characters to shine, and gives small moments of appreciation to the wider family connections. There are enough explanations of previous hijinks that new readers won’t be lost but not so much that the story gets bogged down. VERDICT A great suggestion for fans of Janet Evanovich, Mary Kay Andrews, or Stephanie Bond. – Library Journal Review  

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Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn 

The Golden Girls of murder are back–bickering Natalie and Mary Alice, classy Helen, and, of course, ruthless Billie. After the events of Killers of a Certain Age (2022), these sexagenarian assassins are eager to retire yet are thwarted when a colleague dies, an obsidian carving of a wolf clutched in her fist. The symbol harks back to their first job, suggesting that someone is pursuing overdue revenge. Never ones to shy away from danger, they face this threat, and their off-the-books mission takes them to an ocean liner, Italy, Switzerland, and more. As they use wigs and face tape to age themselves down or drawn-on wrinkles and incontinence pants to age themselves up, they gather evidence and hatch plans. In between the action scenes, they also snipe at each other in a way only lifelong friends can while also admitting their fears, such as pursuing relationships as a widow or the looming guilt of a mission gone wrong. Fans of the first book will be eager to return to this gang of kick-butt ladies. – Booklist Review  

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The Library Game by Gigi Pandian 

A theatrical murder mystery turns from entertainment to crime scene when an actor turns up dead and then disappears. Transforming Gray House’s cottagelike structure into the Gray House Library of Classic Detective Fiction is a labor of love for Tempest Raj. It’s exactly the sort of clever and imaginative transformation her family’s San Francisco Bay-area based Secret Staircase Construction company is known for. Gray House’s late owner, Harold Gray, didn’t live long enough to see his dream come to life, but his heir, Cameron, has ably taken his place in guiding the work. Though Tempest and her team haven’t fully realized Harold’s plan yet, there’s already a murder mystery play evening in the works to celebrate and take advantage of the space. Written by Tempest’s best friend, Ivy Youngblood, the play, set in the 1930s, is almost derailed from its dress rehearsal when actor Lucas Cruz doesn’t show. Luckily, Sanjay Rai, Tempest’s dear friend from her past career as a magician, willingly steps in to play Lucas’ role. All goes well until the mystery gets a little too real-life (and death), and the reason Lucas couldn’t turn up becomes all too apparent. Except it doesn’t, because almost as soon as he shows up with a bullet hole in his chest, his body vanishes. Now Tempest and her friends aren’t sure whether to call the police, especially since Tempest doubts that Hidden Creek Det. Blackburn will be amused by a case of a vanishing corpse. There’s welcome character development and a plot that ends with a bang, all with a touch of whimsy. – Kirkus Review 

Reader’s Note: This is the fourth book in the “A Secret Staircase” series; if you’d like to read the series from the beginning, check out book one: Under Lock & Skeleton Key. 

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A Map To Paradise by Susan Meissner 

Meissner returns with a post-World War II story set in California against the backdrop of the Red Scare. Blacklisted by association, actress Melanie Cole occupies her time pestering her housekeeper, Eva, and seeking the advice of her agoraphobic neighbor, Elwood, through their respective backyards. Eva is a displaced person from Europe, grieving her old life and trying to avoid entanglement with Melanie’s alleged Communist reputation. When Elwood stops appearing for their chats, Melanie sends Eva over to spy on him. The plan backfires, as Elwood’s caretaker, June, who is also his sister-in-law, has her own secrets to guard. The tension among the three women amplifies until they’re forced to trust each other out of necessity. The story moves at a fast clip; regular mystery readers will easily guess what happened to Elwood but will stick with the novel for the motivations behind each character’s choices. The epilogue, where the women reconnect under better circumstances, is nicely done. VERDICT Less somber than Meissner’s previous works, this novel will attract fans of Heather Webb and Melanie Benjamin. – Starred Library Journal Review 

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Truth Matters: A Dialogue on Fruitful Disagreement in an Age of Division by Robert P. George & Cornel West 

Two leading public intellectuals and dear friends—one progressive, one conservative—explore What is Truth? and Why Does Truth Matter? 

In Truth Matters, Cornel West and Robert P. George address a range of social issues on which Americans today are bitterly divided. Their book models robust intellectual engagement and civil discourse as they explore vital questions surrounding the idea of truth and its foundational role in our lives. Along the way, they reflect on social conditions—such as respect for freedom of speech—that must be established and maintained if truth is to be seriously pursued. They also explore the virtues—such as intellectual humility and courage—that must be acquired and practiced if we frail, fallible, fallen human beings are to be determined truth seekers and bold truth speakers. 

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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 four library catalogs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our telephone number is: 607-936-3713

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New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays. And the next NYT blog post will be posted on Sunday, March 23, 2025.

THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. ONYX STORM by Rebecca Yarros: The third book in the Empyrean series. As enemies gain traction, Violet Sorrengail goes beyond the Aretian wards in search of allies.

2. WILD SIDE by Elsie Silver: The third book in the Rose Hill series. Tension rises between Tabitha and Rhys.

3. 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.

4. BLOOD MOON by Sandra Brown: The producer of a true crime TV series enlists the help of a detective to look into the disappearances of several teenage girls.

5. FAR FROM HOME by Danielle Steel: A woman whose husband was killed after a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler hides out in Normandy under an assumed name.

6. BROKEN COUNTRY by Clare Leslie Hall: Beth must confront her past when the man she once loved as a teenager returns to the village with his son.

7. THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah: Two sisters are separated in World War II France: one in the countryside, the other in Paris.

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

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

10. THE CRASH by Freida McFadden: A pregnant woman, who suffers an injury during a blizzard, is taken in by a couple who might put her life in further jeopardy.

11. DEEP END by Ali Hazelwood: As the pressure leading up to the Olympics builds so do the feelings Lukas and Scarlett have for each other.

12. WARD D by Freida McFadden: Patients and staff at a hospital’s mental health unit begin to disappear.

13. BATTLE MOUNTAIN by C.J. Box: The 25th book in the Joe Pickett series. Nate seeks vengeance while off the grid and Joe looks for the governor’s missing son-in-law.

14. THE FROZEN RIVER by Ariel Lawhon: In Maine, 1789, a midwife seeks to uncover the true cause of the death of a man discovered entombed in the Kennebec River.

15. IF CATS DISAPPEARED FROM THE WORLD by Genki Kawamura: A young postman, who has only months to live, gets an offer from the devil; translated by Eric Selland.

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NON-FICTION

1. THE HOUSE OF MY MOTHER by Shari Franke: Franke gives an account of abuse within her family, who gained a following with their YouTube channel “8 Passengers.”

2. THE TEARS OF THINGS by Richard Rohr: The author of “The Universal Christ” explicates the writings of Jewish prophets and reflects upon modern life.

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

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

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. 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.

7. I’LL HAVE WHAT SHE’S HAVING by Chelsea Handler: In a collection of essays, the comedian shares some public and private moments from her life.

8. POVERTY, BY AMERICA by Matthew Desmond: The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” examines the ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor.

9. THE TECHNOLOGICAL REPUBLIC by Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska: Two senior leaders at Palantir Technologies enumerate what they see as potential global threats to the United States.

10. THE LAST MANAGER by John W. Miller: A biography of Earl Weaver, the Baltimore Orioles manager from 1968 to 1982.

11. THE ART OF THE SNL PORTRAIT by Mary Ellen Matthews with Alison Castle and Emily Oberman: Portraits and behind-the-scenes photographs by the resident photographer for “Saturday Night Live.”

12. HILLBILLY ELEGY by JD Vance: The vice president, in a memoir written shortly after graduating from Yale Law School, looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood.

13. SAY EVERYTHING by Ione Skye: The performer who gained notice in the movie “Say Anything” shares details of her career and relationships.

14. GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey: The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.

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

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Have a great Sunday!

Linda

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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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Kanopy Catalog:

Kanopy, is the new streaming video app/catalog available to all Southern Tier Library System members libraries patrons – including patrons of the Southeast Steuben County Library!

You can find the Kanopy app in your app store, or check out the streaming service online at: https://www.kanopy.com/en

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

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

Hi everyone, 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, March 21, 2025.

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And here are our ten swinging recommended songs for this week!

April In Paris by Count Basie

 

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Beguin The Beguine by Artie Shaw

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The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by The Andrews Sisters

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(Do you know what it means to miss) New Orleans by Billie Holiday and Count Basie

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It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing by Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington

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Polka Dots and Moonbeams by Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey

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Rockin’ Chair by Mildred Bailey

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A String of Pearls by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

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Take The “A” Train by Duke Ellington

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You Made Me Love by Harry James with Helen Forest

 

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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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Kanopy – the new streaming video service, available for free to all card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member librarys – you can checkout the catalog online at kanopy.com and/or download the Kanopy app to your phone, tablet, smart TV or video streaming player.

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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 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, March 19, 2025.

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Black Woods, Blue Sky: A Novel by Eowyn Ivey 

Myth and reality fuse together in the Alsakan wilderness in the potent latest from Ivey (The Snow Child). Single mom Birdie, 26, occasionally drinks too much. When sober, she devotes herself to caring for her six-year-old daughter, Emaleen, a precocious girl who believes in witches. After Birdie falls for a mysterious and badly scarred man named Arthur, she and Emaleen move with him to his remote cabin. At first, life is bucolic, full of mushroom hunting and berry picking on the mountains, and Birdie is excited by Arthur’s primitive lifestyle. But when Emaleen catches him walking the woods in a bear skin, things take a dangerous turn for mother and child. Ivey shifts perspectives between Birdie, who longs to remake her life, and Emaleen, whose attempts to make sense of what she sees animate a story rich in legends about local animals and shape-shifters. The novel is alive with a sense of the natural world of Alaska, which Ivey portrays as a liminal space where the human and animal kingdoms interact, and it’s buoyed by gripping suspense and moments of tenderness. Ivey’s fans will be well pleased. – Publishers Weekly Review 

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Blood Moon by Sandra Brown 

Sandra Brown’s readers know what she’s up to. Her seventy-plus novels, mostly romance and suspense, often contain sly parodies of pop genres. Her current offering begins with a familiar scene: a lawman enters a saloon, orders a drink, and pays no mind to the jeers of the boozed-up yahoos nearby. Brown invites the reader to grin knowingly, only for the scene to turn wonky. The story unfolds from there: a female producer of a true-crime TV show visits Auclair, Louisiana, for a story on unsolved cases of disappearing teenage girls. She finds herself sharing notes with a local cop scarred by betrayal–his boss once wanted a case wrapped quickly: he obeyed, even though he knew it betrayed the victims. Why? He wanted in on the promotion track and its promised a pay increase. Such shots of realism keep the novel anchored in the everyday, as do bursts of nice writing and a couple of steamy sex scenes. The story reminds us what a fine writer Brown is. – Booklist Review  

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Food For Thought: Essays and Ruminations by Alton Brown 

Food Network host Brown (Good Eats: The Final Years) details his culinary career in this appealing memoir in essays, which takes readers from the author’s early life in North Hollywood, Calif., through his stints at Iron Chef America and Cutthroat Kitchen. As a child with a penchant for “unorthodox flavors,” Brown developed an early fascination with food science, and attended culinary school in New England before finding work at a bakery. While in school, he dreamed up the concept for his first show, Good Eats, which put a cheeky spin on food science, and recounts the bumpy road to getting it produced on the Food Network. Elsewhere, Brown reveals what he hates to cook (hard shell blue crab); examines famous scenes of cooking and eating in Hollywood blockbusters including The Godfather and Apocalypse Now; and shares some of his favorite regional dishes, like Nebraska’s unlikely combination of chili and cinnamon rolls. The author’s dry wit (“I’ll never go back because I don’t want to see the inevitable change that forty years have wrought,” he writes of a magical trip to an Italian village. “Looking in the mirror is bad enough”) makes this irresistible for home cooks and foodies alike. It’s another delicious treat from Brown. – Publishers Weekly Review  

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Goddess Complex by Sanjena Sathian 

Sathian’s second novel (after Gold Diggers) opens with Sanjana Satyananda in the middle of divorcing her husband Killian, whom she left behind in India after they disagreed over whether to have children. They haven’t spoken in nearly a year. Sanjana’s best friend and her husband are gleefully expectant parents, whereas Sanjana is feeling melancholy about her own life after terminating a pregnancy before leaving Killian. Then Sanjana starts receiving texts from unknown senders congratulating her on her pregnancy and sending photos they believe are of her with Killian in India. But the pictured woman is not Sanjana, so she goes on a quest to find out who her doppelganger is and to learn more about her, her relationship with Killian, and the pregnancy. Relationships, mental health, well-being, motherhood, jealousy, and contentment are explored as Sanjana returns to India, where she winds up at a fertility clinic known as the God Complex. Readers may deem some of the novel’s subplots more successful than others, but all will agree that the overall story remains suspenseful to the very end. VERDICT This well-crafted, mysterious novel with some dystopian twists is a worthwhile read. Fans of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale will devour it. -Starred library Journal Review  

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Last Days of Kira Mullan by Nicci French 

From international bestselling master of suspense Nicci French comes a chilling new psychological thriller about a woman determined to get justice for a murder no one else believes happened. 

Nancy North is ready to put her life back together. After suffering a psychotic break that ruined friendships, stalled her fledgling restaurant, and forced her to move out of her comfortable flat, she’ll do anything to get back to normal. She and her partner Felix—who has been a saint through her recent troubles—move into a new flat for a fresh start. 

Nancy is taking her pills, seeing her therapist, and avoiding unnecessary stress. She’s doing absolutely everything right, but something is still very, very wrong. On the first day in the new flat, she hears them again; the mysterious voices that triggered her first episode. It could just be the unfamiliar sounds of water in the pipes, or the screaming baby across the hall, but deep down she knows something more sinister is going on. Her fears are confirmed when the young woman in the downstairs flat, Kira, is found dead. Felix, her neighbors, and even the police insist it’s a tragic suicide, but the pieces aren’t adding up for Nancy. Can she trust her own instincts, or is it all in her head? 

Meanwhile, Detective Inspector Maud O’Connor has misgivings about her colleagues’ investigation of Kira’s death. The boys club at the top seems intent on closing the case as quickly as possible, especially since the only person who thinks it could be anything other than suicide is known to be unreliable. But Maud knows what it’s like to be dismissed as an overemotional woman and isn’t so quick to discount Nancy’s claims. As tensions reach an explosive breaking point, the line between fact and delusion becomes dangerously blurred, but Maud will stop at nothing to ensure that the truth comes to light. 

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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 aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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