Suggested Viewing: May 13, 2025.

Hi everyone, here are our streaming recommendations for the week.

Suggested Viewing posts are published on Tuesdays, and consist of two streaming recommendations, one general recommendation from a variety of sources (i.e. Apple TV+, Peacock, Hulu, Amazon, PBS etc.) and the other from the library’s streaming service Kanopy.

Love Hurts (May 9 release) (Peacock)

Kanopy Stream of the Week

Howl (2010)

Howl Trailer

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

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.

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.

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).

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 digital library content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios & 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.

New York Times Bestsellers: May 18, 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

New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays.

THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. 25 ALIVE by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro: The 25th book in the Women’s Murder Club series. Lindsay Boxer’s former partner is the victim at a crime scene.

2. KING OF ENVY by Ana Huang: The fifth book in the King of Sin series. A supermodel, who is engaged to a billionaire as a business arrangement, becomes attracted to her fiancé’s best man.

3. GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE by Emily Henry: A writer looking for her big break competes against a Pulitzer winner to tell the story of an octogenarian with a storied past.

4. A MIND OF HER OWN by Danielle Steel: Alexandra Bouvier, who experiences losses due to war and the Spanish flu, connects with a reporter covering gang wars caused by Prohibition.

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. REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt: A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.

7. 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.

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. STRANGERS IN TIME by David Baldacci: In London in 1944, two teenagers dealing with the dangers of World War II form an alliance with a bookshop owner.

10. THE PERFECT DIVORCE by Jeneva Rose: Around the time of the disappearance of a woman who had a one-night stand with the attorney Sarah Morgan’s new husband, police reopen the investigation into the murder of her first husband’s mistress.

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. A COURT OF SILVER FLAMES by Sarah J. Maas: The fifth book in the Court of Thorns and Roses series. Nesta Archeron is forced into close quarters with a warrior named Cassian.

13. 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.

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

15. 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.

NON-FICTION

1. THE FATE OF THE DAY by Rick Atkinson: The author of “The British Are Coming” portrays the middle years of the American Revolution.

2. MY NEXT BREATH by Jeremy Renner: The Academy Award-nominated actor tells the story of the accident he had with a snowplow and his efforts to recover from it.

3. MATRIARCH by Tina Knowles with Kevin Carr O’Leary: The businesswoman, who is the mother of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Solange Knowles, traces her life’s journey.

4. UPTOWN GIRL by Christie Brinkley with Sarah Toland: The model and actress reveals moments from her life, relationships and work.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. THE BIBLE SAYS SO by Daniel McClellan: A Bible scholar with a social media presence articulates what the Bible does and does not state on a variety of issues.

8. THE GREATEST COMEBACK EVER by Joe Concha: The Fox News contributor gives his take on the 2024 presidential election.

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

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

11. SNAFU by Ed Helms: The actor and host of the “Snafu” podcast surveys an array of mishaps and blunders from the 1950s into the 21st century.

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

13. THIS AMERICAN WOMAN by Zarna Garg: The comedian recounts escaping India to avoid an arranged marriage and her experiences with work and life in America.

14. POETS SQUARE by Courtney Gustafson: The creator of the Poets Square Cats social media accounts recalls the time when she moved into a rental house during a pandemic and cared for 30 feral cats.

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

Have a great Sunday!

Linda

THE CATALOGS:

(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.

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.

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).

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.

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

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

Suggested Listening: May 9, 2025

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

Suggested Listening postings are published on Fridays.

And here are the recommended songs of the week!

Afro Blue by Mongo Santamaria 

Found on the Album: Afro Blue: Picante Collection (1999)

Cantaloupe Island by Herbie Hancock 

Found on the Album: Cantaloupe Island (1994)

Compared To What by Les McCann & Eddie Harris 

Found on the Album: Compared To What (Live at Montreux Festival) (2005)

Downtown by Petula Clark 

Found on the Album:  The Ultimate Petula Clark (2003)

Early Morning Rain by Gordon Lightfoot 

Found on the Album: Gord’s Gold (1975)

Little Red Rooster by Howlin’ Wolf 

Found on the Album: Howlin’ Wolf (1962) (AKA “The Rocking Chair album”)

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy by Cannonball Adderly 

Found on the Album: Live At The Club (1995)

Pack Up Your Sorrows by Richard and Mimi Fariña 

  Found on the Album: Pack Up Your Sorrow: Best of the Vanguard Years (2006)

The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel  

Found on the Album: The Sound of Silence (1966)

Walk On By by Dionne Warwick  

Found on the Album: Her All Time Greatest Hits (2005)

Hoopla Album of the Week 

The  Ultimate Cannoball Adderley (1999) by Cannonball Adderley

And for the album the song:

Jubilation  

Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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.

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.

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).

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.

Visit the Southeast Steuben County Library website for more information on the library, its programs and services: https://ssclibrary.org

Suggested Reading Five: May 7, 2025

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, May 14, 2025.

Austen At Sea: A Novel by Natalie Jenner 

Henrietta and Charlotte lost their mother early in life and became the center of their father’s world. Now in 1865, Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice William Stevenson feels pride in his determined adult daughters. Denied entrance to college, the sisters chose to discuss notable authors, attend suffragette rallies, and petition their father for the right to travel. Writing in secret to Sir Francis Austen, brother of Jane Austen, and receiving an invitation to hear family stories in person, the sisters board the next transatlantic ship without informing anyone. Acquiring a last-minute chaperone doesn’t quell the sister’s excitement in making new friends, including Lousia May Alcott, but their real adventure begins with Sir Austen. Author of the best-selling The Jane Austen Society (2020), Jenner returns to Austen territory, prefacing her new tale with a cast of characters and a map of key locations. The novel is packed with details about the Austen family, references to Dickens, a semifictionalized Alcott, and intricately interwoven insights into the political and domestic life of the young U.S. Every page will induce readers to undertake further investigations. Janeites will be enthralled, and all readers will appreciate this richly dimensional historical outing. – Starred Booklist Review 

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Children Of Eve: A Thriller by John Connolly 

Connolly’s bewitching latest whodunit featuring Maine PI Charlie Parker (after The Instruments of Darkness) combines hard-boiled tropes with supernatural elements. Parker is hired by eccentric artist Zetta Nadeau after her boyfriend, Wyatt Riggins, receives a text message that reads “Run,” then vanishes. Parker’s attempt to track down Riggins coincides with a series of gruesome murders, committed by a killer who removes their victims’ still-beating hearts. Initially, Parker’s investigation points him in the direction of Riggins’s work at a marijuana dispensary owned by mobster Devin Vaughn, who conspired to kidnap the children of Mexican drug kingpin Blas Urrea. Meanwhile, Connolly weaves in a subplot about Parker’s dead daughter, Jennifer, who’s stuck in an unidentified spiritual limbo, where she’s targeted by sinister angels who try to persuade her to enter a realm where she’ll lose her memories. Connolly once again flexes his gifts for vivid characterization and striking prose (“The shirts matched the brilliance of his dentition”). This long-running series shows no signs of slowing down. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review  

Reader’s Note: Children of Eve is the twenty-second book in the Charlie Parker series. If you’d like to binge read from the beginning, checkout book one: Every Dead Thing. 

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Old School Indian: A Novel by Aaron John Curtis 

A Native American man returns home to heal wounds both literal and metaphorical. Abe Jacobs, the hero of Curtis’ finely tuned debut, is 43 and seriously ill. He’s taken a break from his job as a bookseller in Miami (and from his wife, Alexandria East), to visit family on a Mohawk reservation in upstate New York. He’s suffering from chronic fatigue and lesions on his legs that baffle his doctors; while he waits for a formal diagnosis, he skeptically but desperately accepts some folk treatment from a great-uncle. Otherwise, he spends his stay reconnecting with friends and family, attempting to make sense of his various past struggles: a depression that led to a suicide attempt, a difficult open relationship with Alex, and a stalled career as a poet. That last challenge gives the novel a poignant, lyrical lift: An alter ego of Abe’s, Dominick Deer Woods, regularly intrudes on the narrative, sharing excerpts of Abe’s poetry and generally serving as his snarkier, more confident self. (“Abe? He’s just the guy with the rotting skin who panicked and fled his wife, friends, and job in Miami. Why should he need to know what’s going on? It’s just his sanity.”) Some of those sidebars deal with Native American life, from food to tribal relationships, to the bigotry that informs Abe’s skepticism of traditional medicine, to forced sterilizations, and more. A formal diagnosis, when it finally arrives, pushes the narrative into a deeper, more soulful, and in some ways more surprising territory. Thematically, the novel contains echoes of Leslie Marmon Silko’s classic Ceremony (1977), which also dealt with themes of trauma and Indigenous paths to healing. But Curtis’ voice is his own, and its ending, while a left turn, feels wholly earned. An affecting tale of loss and healing that thrives through its seriocomic style. – Starred Kirkus Review  

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One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune 

Good things happen at the lake. That’s what Alice’s grandmother says, and it’s true. Alice spent just one summer there at a cottage with Nan when she was seventeen—it’s where she took that photo, the one of three grinning teenagers in a yellow speedboat, the image that changed her life. 

Now Alice lives behind a lens. As a photographer, she’s most comfortable on the sidelines, letting other people shine. Lately though, she’s been itching for something more, and when Nan falls and breaks her hip, Alice comes up with a plan for them both: another summer in that magical place, Barry’s Bay. But as soon as they settle in, their peace is disrupted by the roar of a familiar yellow boat, and the man driving it. 

Charlie Florek was nineteen when Alice took his photo from afar. Now he’s all grown up—a shameless flirt, who manages to make Nan laugh and Alice long to be seventeen again, when life was simpler, when taking pictures was just for fun. Sun-slanted days and warm nights out on the lake with Charlie are a balm for Alice’s soul, but when she looks up and sees his piercing green gaze directly on her, she begins to worry for her heart. 

Because Alice sees people—that’s why she is so good at what she does—but she’s never met someone who looks and sees her right back. 

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What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon 

Falling in love with your husband is anything but convenient in this steamy romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Business or Pleasure. 

Dani Dorfman has somehow made it to her thirties without knowing what she wants to do with her life. So when an office romance ends poorly and gets her fired, she applies for a job in Amsterdam, idly dreaming of escaping the mess she’s created, but never imagining she’ll actually get it. 

Except she does. By the end of her first week in Amsterdam, she’s never felt more adrift or alone. Then she crashes her bike into her high school ex-boyfriend—and suddenly life is blooming with new opportunities. 

Wouter van Leeuwen was a Dutch exchange student Dani’s family hosted, a forbidden love that ended in a painful breakup. Years later, there’s still sizzling chemistry between them, and okay, maybe a little animosity. More importantly, Wouter needs to be married to inherit a gorgeous family home on a canal—and when Dani’s job falls apart, she needs a visa. As the marriage of convenience pushes them together in unexpected ways, Dani must decide whether her new life is yet another mistake—or if it’s worth taking a risk on a second chance. 

Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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

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.

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.

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).

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)? 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.

Suggested Viewing: May 6, 2025.

Hi everyone, here are our streaming recommendations for the week.

Suggested Viewing posts are published on Tuesdays, and consist of two streaming recommendations, one general recommendation from a variety of sources (i.e. Apple TV+, Peacock, Hulu, Amazon, PBS etc.) and the other from the library’s streaming service Kanopy.

Black Bag (May 2 release) (Peacock)

Kanopy Stream of the Week

Hannah Arendt: A Film by Margaretha Von Trotta (2012)

Hannah Arendt Trailer

Have a great day!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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

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.

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.

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).

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 digital library content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios & 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.

New York Times Bestsellers: May 11, 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

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

THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE by Emily HenryBerkley: A writer looking for her big break competes against a Pulitzer winner to tell the story of an octogenarian with a storied past.

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

3. THE PERFECT DIVORCE by Jeneva RoseBlackstone: Around the time of the disappearance of a woman who had a one-night stand with the attorney Sarah Morgan’s new husband, police reopen the investigation into the murder of her first husband’s mistress.

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

5. STRANGERS IN TIME by David BaldacciGrand Central: In London in 1944, two teenagers dealing with the dangers of World War II form an alliance with a bookshop owner.

6. SAY YOU’LL REMEMBER ME by Abby Jimenez: Despite having a great date, Samantha asks a veterinarian to forget about her because her family is in crisis.

7. 2 SISTERS MURDER INVESTIGATIONS by James Patterson and Candice Fox: The second book in the 2 Sisters Detective Agency Mystery series. A loner’s wife goes missing.

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

9. 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.

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. SHADOW OF THE SOLSTICE by Anne Hillerman: The 10th book in the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series. A scheme exploiting indigenous people intersects with other investigations.

12. 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.

13. INTO THE GRAY ZONE by Brad Taylor: The 19th book in the Pike Logan series. Logan and the task force face troubles in the gray zone between war and peace.

14. 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.

15. 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.

NON-FICTION

1. MATRIARCH by Tina Knowles with Kevin Carr O’Leary: The businesswoman, who is the mother of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Solange Knowles, traces her life’s journey.

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

4. NOTES TO JOHN by Joan Didion: Didon’s first-person account, discovered after her death, written to her husband, John Gregory Dunne, of her psychiatric sessions.

5. HOPE by Pope Francis with Carlo Musso: The late Pope Francis recounts details of his life from his childhood through to key moments of his papacy; translated by Richard Dixon.

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

10. ON DEMOCRACIES AND DEATH CULTS by Douglas Murray: The author of “The War on the West” gives his perspective on the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

11. THE PROJECT by David A. Graham: A staff writer at The Atlantic explicates Project 2025, which was published by the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation.

12. GENOCIDE BAD by Sim Kern: An anti-Zionist Jewish activist recounts pivotal life experiences.

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

14. FIGHT by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes: The authors of “Shattered” give an account of the 2024 presidential campaigns.

15. THE SERVICEBERRY by Robin Wall Kimmerer: The author of “Braiding Sweetgrass” illuminates how the gift economy in the natural world works and draws lessons for our economy; with illustrations by John Burgoyne.

Have a great Sunday!

Linda

THE CATALOGS:

(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.

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.

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).

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.

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

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

Suggested Listening May 2, 2025

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 9, 2025.

And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week, this week with an emphasis on the guitar.

Country Boy by Muddy Waters with Otis Spann

Didn’t It Rain by Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Don’t Throw Your Love On Me So Strong by T-Bone Walker accompanied by Willie Dixon on bass, Memphis Slim on piano & Jump Jackson on drums

Guitar Boogie by Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith

Hittin’ The Bottle by Jimmie Luceford & Eddie Durham

How High The Moon by Les Paul & Mary Ford

Lonely Hours by Lowell Fulson

Never Too Old To Swing by Tiny Grimes & His Orchestra

Swing To Bop by Charlie Christian

Walkin’ Home by the Oscar Moore Quartet

 

Hoopla Album of the Week 

20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Blues Guitar

And from the album the song

First Time I Met The Blues by Buddy Guy 

Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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.

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.

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).

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.