Author: Linda Reimer

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

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The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, Season 1 (Netflix) (August 27) 

 

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Kanopy Pick of the Week

Winter Sleep (2014) 

Trailer 

 

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Have a great day!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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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.

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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 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.

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

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Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham 

Once again, Willingham (Only If You’re Lucky) delivers a gripping thriller packed with twists that will keep readers on edge until the final page. It’s been 15 years since Claire returned home to South Carolina, a place haunted by the disappearance of her older sister Natalie at age 18. Having been called back to her hometown by her father, Claire gravitates to nearby Galloway Farm, where Natalie spent time before she disappeared. Hoping to escape her estranged mother and feel closer to her sister, Claire takes a job at the farm and moves into its guest cabin, where she discovers an old journal belonging to one of the farm’s owners. The diary recounts a story of young love that soon takes on more sinister form. It also hints at unsolved crimes that lead Claire to investigate Natalie’s ties to the farm. When she uncovers evidence of another woman’s disappearance, Claire begins to wonder if these are more than coincidences–and if she’s getting too close to the truth.  

VERDICT Fans of Sally Hepworth and Kate Alice Marshall will enjoy the novel’s Southern heat, slow-burning tension, and suspense.- Library Journal  

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Knife In The Back by Karen Rose 

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Rose comes another “intense, complex, and unforgettable”* novel. 

Officer Naomi Cranston was framed for stealing cocaine from the evidence locker and coerced—through threats to her young son—into not fighting the charges. After five years in prison, she has tried to put the ordeal behind her, but the crooks who framed her have returned, this time demanding she move drugs along with her flower shop’s deliveries. They threaten her son once again, but this time she’s not capitulating quietly. She hires Broussard Investigations to protect her and her son, to prove her innocence, and to put the real bad guys away. 

As a former cop, Burke Broussard is well aware of the corruption in the New Orleans police department. He had always believed Naomi Cranston to be guilty and isn’t inclined to take her case. Until he sits down to listen to her side of things. Until he sees her tortured innocence written all over her beautiful face… 

Reader’s Note: Knife in the Back is the fourth book in the New Orleans series. If you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning, check out book one: Quarter to Midnight. 

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Many Voices: Building Erie, the Canal That Changed America by Laurie Lawlor 

“The Nation’s First Superhighway” existed before the spread of cars… or even railroads! This immersive photo book ferries readers through the past and present of the Erie Canal, from impossible idea to groundbreaking reality. 

In the twenty-first century, it’s hard to imagine a canal as cutting-edge technology. Yet even to the most scientifically-minded, the Erie Canal once seemed an unachievable dream. Thomas Jefferson himself called it “nothing short of madness;” one critic felt sure it was impossible as “building a canal to the moon.” Yet with eight years and nearly $185 million dollars in today’s currency, the Erie Canal opened in 1825 to celebratory cannon fire: an innovating—and enduring—marvel of engineering. 

But as the Canal shaped the flow of American history, the sociopolitical impact reached much further than its shores. A largely untold tale of creativity and cowardice, sacrifice and greed, heroism and prejudice, the Erie Canal’s story is as complex and compelling as that of America itself. 

Award-winning nonfiction author Laurie Lawlor captures the landmark achievements of the Erie Canal while diving deep into corporate greed, environmental devastation, poor working conditions, and its impact on the Haudenosaunee people. Pairing rich back matter (including maps, source notes, an index, bibliography, glossary, and timeline) with attention grabbing photographs, accomplished STEAM storyteller Laurie Lawlor connects the Erie Canal’s past and present to plumb the depths of unexplored American history. 

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That Last Carolina Summer by Karen White 

As a child, Phoebe Manigault developed the gift of premonition after she was struck by lightning in the creek near her Charleston home. Plagued throughout her life by mysterious dreams, and always living in the shadow of her beautiful sister, Addie, Phoebe eventually moves to the West Coast, as far from her family as possible. Now, years later, she is summoned back to South Carolina, to help Addie care for their ailing mother. 

As Phoebe’s return lures her back into deep-rooted tensions and conflicts, she is drawn to Celeste, whose granddaughter went missing years ago. Their connection brings comfort to Phoebe, while Celeste’s adult grandson Liam resurrects complicated emotions tied to Phoebe’s past. 

But the longer Phoebe spends in her childhood home, the more her recurring nightmares intensify—bringing her closer to the shocking truth that will irrevocably change everything. Unfolding against the lush backdrop of the South Carolina Lowcountry, That Last Carolina Summer is an unforgettable story about the unbreakable bonds of family and the gift of second chances. 

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Tomlinson’s Wake by Randy Wayne White  

Doc Ford returns for a perilous journey into Mesoamerica after a world-shattering earthquake threatens his family’s safety—and all of their lives 

In the wake of a killer hurricane, Doc Ford heads to Honduras, where his best friend, Tomlinson, crashed his beloved sailboat into a reef off the Mosquito Coast. Tomlinson swears he died in the shipwreck and was brought back to life by a runaway orphan—the direct descendant of the last king of the ancient Mayan people. 

Corrupt politicians want the child out of the picture before he catalyzes a revolution among the Indigenous population. But the boy, a charismatic twelve-year-old, has gone underground with the help of Tomlinson and a network of street urchins. They’re all on the run and in the crosshairs when Ford arrives and picks up his friend’s trail. 

The Marina family has already suffered the death of one key member, and Ford is determined not to burden his homeless friends with yet another funeral wake. What no one is prepared for, however, is a cataclysmic earthquake that hits the area with the impact of a meteor that nearly destroyed all life on earth more than sixty million years ago. 

Reader’s Note: Tomlinson’s Wake is the twenty-eight book in the Doc Ford Series. If you’d like to binge read from the beginning, check out book one: Sanibel Flats. 

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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

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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.

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

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Peacemaker, Season 2 (2025) (HBO/Max) (Weekly episodes starting August 21) 

 

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Kanopy Pick of the Week

The Beaches of Agnes (2008) 

Trailer 

 

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Have a great day!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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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.

–

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).

–

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.

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

You can also request titles through StarCat found at https://starcat.stls.org

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THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. WE ARE ALL GUILTY HERE by Karin Slaughter: Officer Emmy Clifton investigates the disappearance of two teenage girls from a small town called North Falls.

2. FOR RICHER FOR POORER by Danielle Steel: As pressures mount, Eugenia Ward, a fashion designer and mother of five adult children, meets a successful real estate developer.

3. PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir: Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.

4. ATMOSPHERE by Taylor Jenkins Reid: In the summer of 1980, Joan Goodwin begins training with a group of candidates for NASA’s space shuttle program.

5. ACCOMPLICE TO THE VILLAIN by Hannah Nicole Maehrer: The third book in the Assistant and the Villain series. Evie Sage might be falling for the kingdom’s most terrifying villain.

6. MY FRIENDS by Fredrik Backman: A young woman looks into the story behind a painting that was made 25 years ago and a small group of teens depicted in it; translated by Neil Smith.

7. KISS HER GOODBYE by Lisa Gardner: The fourth book in the Frankie Elkin series. The missing persons expert Elkin goes to Tucson in search of a missing Afghan refugee.

8. 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.

9. ONE GOLDEN SUMMER by Carley Fortune: A photographer returns to a place where she spent a summer as a teenager and runs into the guy she had a crush on back then.

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

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

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

13. 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.

14. DO NOT DISTURB by Freida McFadden: Quinn Alexander goes on the run after committing a crime and winds up at a motel with a dark past.

15. 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.

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NON-FICTION

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

2. THE FORT BRAGG CARTEL by Seth Harp: An Iraq war veteran and investigative reporter delves into unsolved murders connected to drug trafficking at the Special Operations base.

3. SEMI-WELL-ADJUSTED DESPITE LITERALLY EVERYTHING by Alyson Stoner: The actor and dancer recounts childhood fame, past traumas and the search for stability.

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. CUDI by Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi: The Grammy Award–winning artist describes obstacles he encountered during his career.

6. THE IDAHO FOUR by James Patterson and Vicky Ward: Investigations into the murders of four University of Idaho students on Nov. 13, 2022.

7. ON POWER by Mark R. Levin: The Fox News host considers various facets of power and its effect on history.

8. BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah: A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the former host of “The Daily Show.”

9. BLACK AF HISTORY by Michael Harriot: A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.

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

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

12. THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls: The author recalls how she and her siblings were constantly moved from one bleak place to another.

13. A CITY ON MARS by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith: The authors of “Soonish” examine the pros and cons of space settlement.

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

15. 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.

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Have a great Sunday!

Linda

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

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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).

–

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, here are our five suggested reads of the week!

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 Family Spirit by Diane McKinney-Whetstone 

Diane McKinney-Whetstone’s latest character-rich, page-turner blends her signature style with a little magic in her depiction of the Maces, a vibrant family of Philadelphia clairvoyants with issues. 

Ayana has inherited the Knowing gene that the Maces believe have been passed down to at least one girl child in every generation from as far back as they can trace. But her mother has tried to convince her that she is nothing like those weird Mace women. To keep the peace, Ayana lies to everyone—to the Maces, insisting she’s never felt a Knowing, to her mother about participating in the rituals, and to herself about her relationship with a man who helps her recover time and time again from the mania she experiences after seeing into the future. Ayana’s aunt Lil, banned from the Mace home decades ago after violating a sacred vow, has returned to Philadelphia for a medical procedure. She settles into the chaos of her brother’s home where Ayana, a failing college senior, has also returned. 

After a harrowing premonition, Ayana must decide whether to deepen family schisms by enlisting her aunt’s help, even as she learns the shocking details of Lil’s breech. 

Meanwhile Nona, the woman writing the novel, becomes more of a participant than creator as her own drama is deftly interspersed throughout, as she too yields to the power of the Mace family and its indomitable spirit. 

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Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill 

Gentill (The Mystery Writer) pays homage to Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express with this suspenseful novel set in the present day. Bestselling crime fiction writer Joe Penvale and his twin sister, Meredith, are excited for the trip of a lifetime–traveling on the Orient Express train from Paris to Istanbul. Joe has recently finished intense medical treatment for cancer, so he and Meri hope that the trip will furnish much-needed rest and rejuvenation–and perhaps the classic setting will inspire Joe to write again. After meeting a handful of intriguing fellow passengers, the siblings are shocked when the cabin next door is discovered bathed in blood (but no corpse in sight). Then part of the train is quarantined due to an alarming new COVID variant, and several passengers who work in law enforcement are enlisted to help keep the peace. As the train’s body count rises, Joe, Meri, and the other passengers race to catch a killer before it is too late.  

VERDICT Gentill’s latest is a fun, modern mystery/thriller with classic charm. The author’s own recent battle with cancer adds authenticity to the narrative and the portrayal of Joe. – Library Journal Review 

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For The Record by Emma Lord 

Two years ago, Mackenzie Waters and Sam Blaze were at the top of their careers with their respective bands, Thunder Hearts and Candy Shard, but just when they were about to acknowledge that something more was brewing underneath their legendary rivalry, the two bands abruptly broke up for different reasons. Now Mackenzie is recovering from a surgery that has permanently changed the sound of her voice, and Sam is out of the spotlight, quietly raising the son he didn’t know existed until recently. When Mackenzie and Same are abruptly thrust back into the spotlight, their shared record label insists that they record a joint comeback album to try and recapture the magic of their one cowritten hit song. Can they let go of their longstanding rivalry and finally admit that their chemistry extends past their songwriting abilities? Lord (The Break-Up Pact) makes Mackenzie’s struggles feel real, and well-drawn secondary characters leave plenty of room for potential expansion of the Thunder Hearts/Candy Shard universe.  

VERDICT Readers will be cheering for Mackenzie and Sam in this fun second-chance romance. – Library Journal  

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Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run by Peter Ames Carlin 

The roots of a career-making album. Fifty years on, Bruce Springsteen’s third album, Born To Run, seems as natural, essential, and American as the Mississippi River. But as music biographer Carlin (The Name of This Band Is R.E.M., 2024, etc.) explains, its creation was clouded with uncertainty, as was its creator. Though Springsteen’s first two albums received plenty of critical acclaim, sales were weak, and he was close to being dropped by his label, Columbia Records. His live band was in transition, as was his management–he invited Jon Landau, a well-connected rock critic, into his camp following a review that concluded, “I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen.” Carlin’s book generally runs through the album song by song, which is an effective strategy: “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” lets Carlin explore the E Street Band’s evolution, “Jungleland” Springsteen’s meticulous approach to composition and production, the anthemic title track his ruthless self-editing as a lyricist. (Manager Mike Appel was so high on the last song he released a bootleg single of it to radio, risking the ire of Columbia suits.) Unlike his R.E.M. book, which suffered from lack of access to the band members, this book is bolstered by interviews with Springsteen himself, some drawn from his 2012 biography but also more recent ones, as well as footage of Springsteen’s obsessive retakes in the studio. To the last, he remained uncertain of what he’d accomplished–he almost scrapped the album just before its release date–and it’s to Carlin’s credit that he’s more interested in the uncertainty than delivering a hagiography.Born To Run was a triumph, installing Springsteen in rock’s canon, but this book thrives in exploring the hard work that preceded it. An admirably comprehensive study of a masterpiece and its creation. – Starred Kirkus Review  

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The Witch’s Orchard by Archer Sullivan 

A ninth generation Appalachian herself, Archer Sullivan brings the mountains of North Carolina to life in The Witch’s Orchard, a wonderfully atmospheric novel that introduces private investigator Annie Gore. 

Former Air Force Special Investigator Annie Gore joined the military right after high school to escape the fraught homelife of her childhood. Now, she’s getting by as a private investigator and her latest case takes her to an Appalachian holler not unlike the one where she grew up. 

Ten years ago, three little girls went missing from their tiny mountain town. While one was returned, the others were never seen again. After all this time without answers, the brother of one of the girls wants to hire an outsider, and he wants Annie. While she may not be from his town, she gets mountain towns. Mountain people. Driving back into the hills for a case this old—it might be a fool’s errand. But Annie needs to put money in the bank and she can’t turn down a case. Not even one that dredges up her own painful past. 

In the shadow of the Blue Ridge, Annie begins to track the truth, navigating a decade’s worth of secrets, folklore of witches and crows, and a whole town that prefers to forget. But while the case may have been buried, echoes of the past linger. And Annie’s arrival stirs someone into action. 

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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

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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.

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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.

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

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Alien: Earth (2025) (FX/Hulu) (August 12) 

 

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Kanopy 

The Women on the Sixth Floor (2012) 

Trailer  

 

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Have a great day!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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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.

–

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.

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

You can also request titles through StarCat found at https://starcat.stls.org

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THE BESTSELLERS

1. ACCOMPLICE TO THE VILLAIN by Hannah Nicole Maehrer: The third book in the Assistant and the Villain series. Evie Sage might be falling for the kingdom’s most terrifying villain.

2. THE FALLEN & THE KISS OF DUSK by Carissa Broadbent: The fourth book in the Crowns of Nyaxia series and second book of the Shadowborn Duet.

3. ATMOSPHERE by Taylor Jenkins Reid: In the summer of 1980, Joan Goodwin begins training with a group of candidates for NASA’s space shuttle program.

4. PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir: Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.

5. SCARRED by Emily McIntire: The second book in the Never After series. Lady Sara Beatreaux develops an attraction for one of the men she intended to kill.

6. MY FRIENDS by Fredrik Backman: A young woman looks into the story behind a painting that was made 25 years ago and a small group of teens depicted in it; translated by Neil Smith.

7. ONE GOLDEN SUMMER by Carley Fortune: A photographer returns to a place where she spent a summer as a teenager and runs into the guy she had a crush on back then.

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

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

12. AN INSIDE JOB by Daniel Silva: The 25th book in the Gabriel Allon series. The art world, the mob and the Vatican intersect when a Leonardo da Vinci painting goes missing.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

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FICTION

1. ACCOMPLICE TO THE VILLAIN by Hannah Nicole Maehrer: The third book in the Assistant and the Villain series. Evie Sage might be falling for the kingdom’s most terrifying villain.

2. THE FALLEN & THE KISS OF DUSK by Carissa Broadbent: The fourth book in the Crowns of Nyaxia series and second book of the Shadowborn Duet.

3. ATMOSPHERE by Taylor Jenkins Reid: In the summer of 1980, Joan Goodwin begins training with a group of candidates for NASA’s space shuttle program.

4. PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir: Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.

5. SCARRED by Emily McIntire: The second book in the Never After series. Lady Sara Beatreaux develops an attraction for one of the men she intended to kill.

6. MY FRIENDS by Fredrik Backman: A young woman looks into the story behind a painting that was made 25 years ago and a small group of teens depicted in it; translated by Neil Smith.

7. ONE GOLDEN SUMMER by Carley Fortune: A photographer returns to a place where she spent a summer as a teenager and runs into the guy she had a crush on back then.

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

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

12. AN INSIDE JOB by Daniel Silva: The 25th book in the Gabriel Allon series. The art world, the mob and the Vatican intersect when a Leonardo da Vinci painting goes missing.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

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NON-FICTION

1. COMING UP SHORT by Robert B. Reich: An economist who served in three presidential administrations gives his perspective on his generation’s impact on democracy, society and the economy.

2. ON POWER by Mark R. Levin: The Fox News host considers various facets of power and its effect on history.

3. ONE NATION ALWAYS UNDER GOD by Tim Scott: The Republican senator from South Carolina depicts the influence Christianity had on some prominent people and institutions.

4. DISNEY ADULTS by AJ Wolfe: An exploration of the subculture of loyal fans, composed of grown-ups, of the Disney films, merchandise and theme parks.

5. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk: How trauma affects the body and mind, 6. and innovative treatments for recovery.

6. THE IDAHO FOUR by James Patterson and Vicky Ward: Investigations into the murders of four University of Idaho students on Nov. 13, 2022.

7. THE DEVIL REACHED TOWARD THE SKY by Garrett M. Graff: The author of “When the Sea Came Alive” provides a narrative account of the people and events involved in and impacted by the creation of the atomic bomb.

8. 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.

9.  KING OF KINGS by Scott Anderson: The author of “Lawrence in Arabia” weaves together the history of the Iranian revolution.

10. BLACK AF HISTORY by Michael Harriot: A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.

11. TONIGHT IN JUNGLELAND by Peter Ames Carlin: The author of “Bruce” portrays the making of Springsteen’s album “Born to Run.”

12. GHOSTS OF HIROSHIMA by Charles Pellegrino: Firsthand accounts from people affected by the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

13. BREAKING THE LAW by Alex Marlow: The editor in chief of Breitbart News makes his argument that liberals are exploiting the legal system.

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

15. A CITY ON MARS by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith: The authors of “Soonish” examine the pros and cons of space settlement.

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Have a great Sunday!

Linda

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

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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, here are our five suggested reads of the week!

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Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz 

When Staybehind and his fellow robots wake up after a mysterious shutdown, they find the restaurant is flooding. And worse, the owners of their shop are on the lam after running a crypto scam. But after conferring, the assorted robots, living in a postwar San Francisco in a future where California is liberated from the U.S. and robots have a first wave of basic civil rights, decide that if humans can run a restaurant, so can they. In a daring move, they reopen as Authentic Noodle, a shop that serves biang biang-style noodles. But when a robophobic group begins to flood their site with one-star reviews, they’ll have to fight to remain open. This sweet, heart- (and stomach) warming novella is a certified cozy read, rich with meaning for queer readers, enjoyably familiar to San Francisco lovers. Perfect for fans both of Becky Chambers’ Monk & Robot series and Travis Baldree’s Legends & Lattes (2022), this book is silly and poignant in turns, shifting from an octopuslike robot’s first hand-pulling attempts to an ex-military bot’s difficult past memories. Newitz (The Terraformers, 2023) has gifted sf readers with a hopeful, postapocalyptic found-family tale. – Starred Publisher’s Weekly Review 

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Desi Arnaz The Man Who Invented Television by Todd S. Purdum 

Purdum (Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway Revolution) successfully celebrates the vision and talent of Cuban-born actor Desi Arnaz, most famous for playing the straight man opposite Lucille Ball on I Love Lucy from 1951 to 1957. Purdum makes the case that Arnaz’s remarkable foresight single-handedly transformed television in numerous ways. Arnaz spent his childhood in the lap of luxury until the 1933 Cuban revolution forced him to flee to Miami, where he formed his band and helped to popularize the conga in the United States. When filming the 1940 movie Too Many Girls, he met Ball, who would later become his wife and muse, sparking a tumultuous relationship. A decade later, in an effort to save both their relationship and their stalling film careers, Arnaz and Ball moved to the new medium of television and created the iconic sitcom I Love Lucy. Purdum gives Arnaz his due credit for setting the gold standard for television comedy by utilizing three cameras and filming live in front of an audience. Purdum does not shy away from Arnaz’s tragic and destructive inner demons, his developing alcohol-use disorder, and his lifelong penchant for marital infidelity. VERDICT Purdum’s access to the Arnaz family and unpublished records allows him to essentially fact-check the memoirs written by Arnaz and Ball, and his honest reflection of a complicated man is poignant and heartfelt. – Starred Library Journal Review  

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The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen 

Was it… 

Bitter, all-consuming jealousy? 

Pathological sibling rivalry? 

Pure insanity? 

Whatever the cause—and everyone has a theory—it’s the Crime of the Decade when glamorous Georgia Cartwright, who was adopted as a newborn, is accused of killing the biological daughter of her wealthy, Southern family. 

Georgia is locked in a psychiatric institution where the most violent offenders are held while she awaits trial. The only words she whispers when her estranged twin sister Amanda visits are, “I didn’t do it. You’ve got to get me out of here.” 

Amanda doesn’t trust Georgia, but she can’t abandon her in a place so eerie and menacing that it seems to exist in another dimension. Is Georgia the victim of a powerful family that’s so depraved murder is the least of their crimes? Or is Amanda being led down a path of madness into the web of a master manipulator? 

Nothing is as it seems in Sarah Pekkanen’s The Locked Ward, a shocking psychological thriller about the complex bonds of sisterhood—and what happens when they are stretched to the breaking point. 

Some doors in the Locked Ward should never be opened. 

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House of Monstrous Women by Daphne Fama 

Debut author Fama blends Filipino folklore, occult rituals, and political unrest in this unsettling gothic-horror novel set in 1986 against the backdrop of the People Power Revolution. Eleven years ago, Josephine del Rosario’s family was murdered as a political statement. Now 26, her only surviving relative, brother Alejandro, is in Manila, where revolution brews, while she struggles to maintain their family’s home in Carigara. Josephine is enticed by an invitation from beloved childhood friend Hiraya Ranoco, whose family is said to be witches, to visit their estate and play a familiar game, a family ritual Hiraya claims will ensure the winners the future they desire. Josephine joins Alejandro and their friend Gabriella at the dizzyingly decorated, confusingly labyrinthine Ranoco home, where their childhood game of tagu-tagu (hide and seek) takes on an ominous new intensity. Fama creates an oppressive atmosphere of simmering dread as Hiraya’s secrets are slowly revealed, and the story explodes into a terrifying hunt through increasingly nightmarish environments. Themes of political oppression, intergenerational trauma, and feminine power reflect in both the real-world and supernatural horrors Josephine must survive. This is a sharp, scary read perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic (2020). 

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Too Old For This by Samantha Downing 

In Downing’s (A Twisted Love Story) wryly funny and clever new novel, 75-year-old Lottie Jones’s quiet, retired life is suddenly upended when journalist Plum Dixon arrives on her doorstep. Plum is determined to tell Lottie’s story of being wrongly accused in the deaths of multiple people many years ago. There’s a small problem, though: Lottie wasn’t wrongly accused, and she would rather not reopen that can of worms. She’d prefer to keep her previous life as Lorena Mae Lansdale in the past. She’ll do anything to keep her old crimes from being dredged up, including, perhaps, killing again. But murder is messy in more ways than one, and Lottie isn’t as mentally or physically agile as she once was. Now she’s scrambling to keep the past from catching up with her as the consequences of her actions create more problems.  

VERDICT Downing’s impressive ability to have readers rooting for her anti-heroes is on full display in this propulsive cat-and-mouse thriller.-Library Journal Review 

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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

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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.

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

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Outlander: Blood of my Blood (2025) (Stars) (August 8) 

 

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Kanopy  Pick of the Week

Seeking Mavis Bacon (2024)

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Have a great day!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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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.

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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 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.