Author: Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our recommended reads for the week!

*More information on the three catalogs and available formats is found at the end of the list of recommended reads*

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are now published on Wednesdays.

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, November 23, 2022.

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Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Grifiths

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A reunion of the class of 1998 at London’s posh Manor Park school, “where trendy lefties send their kids,” provides the backdrop for this stunning standalone from Edgar winner Griffiths (The Postscript Murder). One attendee, Det. Sgt. Cassie Fitzherbert, believes she pushed a classmate to his death on the rails of an abandoned underground tube station 21 years earlier, but could her memory be faulty? At Manor Park, Cassie was close friends with members of the Group, who used to meet in the attic of the home of Garfield Rice, now a Conservative MP. Every Group member has since had a successful career, except for EFL teacher Anna Vance, who’s “definitely hiding something.” Past crushes, jealousies, and buried passions surface, culminating in Rice’s “unexplained” death in the loo, traces of cocaine on his lips. The stabbing murder of another MP at a dining club in Bleeding Heart Yard, a courtyard in Holborn, raises the stakes. Jaw-dropping red herrings, headbanging twists and turns, and Rashomon-like alternating narratives add to the briskly paced plot, which builds to a reconstruction of the original crime and a bombshell revelation. Donna Tartt fans won’t be able to put this one down.

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Distant Thunder by Stuart Woods

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & CD audiobook)

Published not quite three months after his death, this is Woods’ sixty-third Stone Barrington novel (but possibly not the last, as at least one more appears to be in the pipeline). Cop turned private investigator/attorney Barrington has a problem: a dead man has washed up onto his property after a big storm. Who is the man? Well, that’s the question that will cause Barrington much consternation and see him going up against U.S. government agents and foreign elements. When a series runs as long as this one has (it launched in 1991, with sometimes as many as four books published in a single year), there usually comes a point when it begins to feel tired. Not so with the indefatigable Stone Barrington. The series always followed something of a formula, with the superwealthy Barrington cavorting and romancing his way around the globe, but somehow Woods managed to keep the characters fresh, the escapist plots interesting enough, and the villains intriguing. This one checks all the boxes. Booklist Review

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Essential: How The Pandemic Transformed The Long Fight For Worker Justice by Jamie J, McCallum

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Covid-19 pandemic inaugurated a rare national conversation on justice for the working class, according to this enlightening analysis. Sociologist McCallum (Worked Over) highlights the tragic experiences of blue-collar workers caught in the grips of the pandemic, including a Houston mother of four forced to live out of her car after the local eviction moratorium ended, and a Burmese immigrant who fell sick while working 15-hour days at a Colorado meatpacking plant and slipped into a fatal coma soon after her grandson was born. According to McCallum, these and other calamities sparked an “awakening” that united essential workers across industries. Amazon workers formed the first labor union in the company’s history; Massachusetts nurses picketed for 301 days to end cost-cutting staff furloughs and mandatory overtime; Chicago teachers refused to return to overcrowded, poorly ventilated classrooms. McCallum delves into the long-festering tensions behind these actions, including the “tectonic shift” in risk distribution across society, as corporations and governments raised employee healthcare premiums while simultaneously increasing work hours. His solutions include continued labor actions, passage of the Green New Deal, and shorter work hours. Interweaving deeply affecting personal stories with whip-smart structural analysis, this is a revealing diagnosis of America’s ills and an invigorating call for change. – Publishers Weekly Review

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The Most Likely Club by Elyssa Friedland

(Available Formats: Print Book)

“It’s never too late to be what you might have been”–George Eliot . . . or Melissa Levin-Levine, depending on who you’re asking. When Melissa graduated from Bellport Academy in 1997, she was voted “Most Likely to Win the White House.” Twenty-five years later, the only thing she’s winning is a game of virtual Scrabble, if that. Her friend Tara isn’t having the success she thought she would either, teaching children to cook instead of owning a Michelin-starred restaurant. Priya is a doctor but hasn’t cured cancer and is struggling to find work-life balance. The only one out of their friend group to find their destined success is Suki, with a makeup company that has landed her on the Forbes 400 list. But when the group (minus Suki) reunites at their twenty-fifth high-school reunion, they realize dreams don’t have to have a shelf life. Friedland’s latest (after Last Summer at the Golden Hotel, 2021) is a novel that touts the message “success is what you make it.” Funny, heartwarming, and relatable, The Most Likely Club proves to be another success for Friedland. – Booklist Review

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The Pasta Queen: A Just Gorgeous Cookbook: 100+ Recipes And Stories by Caterina Munno

(Available Formats: Print Book)

TikTok star Munno, whose Italian ancestors were dried pasta makers as far back as the 1880s, shares a mix of go-to classics and family recipes in her luscious debut. Before getting to the recipes, Munno provides a brief history of pasta and lays out some helpful cooking tips (“Treat the recommended cooking time on a box of dried pasta as a guide, not law, to tell you when the pasta is al dente”), and novices will appreciate the detailed directions for making from-scratch pasta (the explanation for how to shape tortellini runs to multiple paragraphs). Classic recipes include spicy penne all’arrabbiata, and spaghetti all’amatriciana with guanciale and Pecorino Romano. Easy everyday recipes make use of leftover pasta, such as timballo di pasta (baked pasta) with salami, ham, or sausage. The American-inspired recipes—silky mac and cheese, penne with creamy salmon—offer nourishing comfort food. Those who want to put their skills to the test can try their hands at one of the recipes that encourage experimentation, such as a lemony pesto that calls for lemon, mint, and pistachios, the proportions of which can be changed based on flavor preferences and what one has on hand. Thorough and infectiously jubilant, this spirited celebration of Italy’s most famous food is a winner. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn by Amber Logan

(Available Formats: Large Print)

Cracked doesn’t always mean broken.

Grieving her mother’s death, Mari Lennox travels to Kyoto, Japan to take photographs of Yanagi Inn for a client. As she explores the inn and its grounds, her camera captures striking images, uncovering layers of mystery shrouding the old resort—including an overgrown, secret garden on a forbidden island. But then eerie weeping no one else in the inn seems to hear starts keeping her awake at night.
Despite the warnings of the staff, Mari searches the deep recesses of the old building to discover the source of the ghostly sound, only to realize that her own family’s history is tied to the inn, its mysterious, forlorn garden… and the secrets it holds.

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Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Mallory Viridian has found herself involved in murder cases throughout her life. Being surrounded by death has made her a suspect and an outcast, so when she receives the opportunity to take sanctuary on the sentient space station Eternity, she takes it. However, the station then agrees to allow more humans aboard, and Mallory knows her time is up. After the Earth shuttle arrives, humans and aliens begin to die, and the station itself is in jeopardy. Mallory must yet again solve the murders before others perish, but maybe this time she can finally figure out why she has been the nexus for so much death. Mallory’s loneliness and desire for peace make her an interesting protagonist as she looks for connections and answers. The time jumps in the story add interest as well and slowly unwrap the truths until the final reveals. The aliens are well-developed and lend both complexity and humor to this thrilling puzzle. VERDICT Lafferty (Hugo-nominated for Six Wakes) creates a clever and suspenseful sci-fi mystery, with intriguing characters and attentive worldbuilding. – Starred Library Journal Review

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The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & CD audiobook)

Fair-play whodunits don’t come much funnier than bestseller Horowitz’s brilliant fourth mystery featuring a fictionalized version of himself as the bumbling sidekick to former detective inspector Daniel Hawthorne (after 2021’s A Line to Kill). Hawthorne had convinced Horowitz to write three books chronicling some of Hawthorne’s private investigations. With that contract fulfilled, Horowitz declines his partner’s request to write another. Later, following the London debut of Horowitz’s comic thriller play, Mindgame, theater critic Harriet Throsby pens a savage review, threatening the production’s prospects. When she’s found fatally stabbed in her home with a dagger given to Horowitz by the play’s producer that bears Horowitz’s fingerprints, he’s arrested. The damning evidence mounts as his hair is found on Throsby’s blouse, and video footage shows someone fitting his description near the crime scene right before the stabbing. When Horowitz is released while the investigation proceeds, he persuades Hawthorne to join him in probing the possible guilt of those involved in staging Mindgame. Clues are adroitly hidden in plain sight. This humorous homage to golden age closed-circle mysteries is not to be missed. – Starred Publishers Weekly

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The Ways We Hide: A Novel by Kristina McMorris

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook, Hoopla instant checkout eBook & audiobook)

Set during the 1940s with occasional flashbacks, McMorris’ latest (after Sold on a Monday, 2018) introduces the reader to Fenna Vos, who works with fellow stage musician Charles in a traveling show that pays homage to Houdini with daring escapes from locked items. The power struggle between the two of them soon comes to a head. An unusual offer from an audience member entices Fenna to take a chance at something new as an unconventional wartime civil servant in London working for MI9. Her choice sets her on the path for an unusual and personally fraught future where she is forced to come to a reckoning with all the parts of her past that she has hidden from others, but most of all from herself. Readers will be drawn into Fen’s frustrations, anger, terror, joy, and constant drive to innovate when new challenges are put in her way. This is no fairy tale, and the ending is satisfying rather than happy, as befits a story set during wartime. Readers interested in historical fiction, Houdini’s illusions, Depression-era United States, wartime London, and the Nazi Resistance in Holland will be quickly captured by the realistic characters and situations. – Booklist Review

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The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin

(Available Formats: Print Book)

This follow-up to 2020’s The City We Became picks up where the that volume left off, with the various avatars of New York City and its boroughs settling into their new powers while maintaining a watchful eye on the alien city that almost destroyed them. The avatars discover that despite her dependence on Aislyn, the traitorous Staten Island avatar, the Woman in White has resumed her attack on the city via a xenophobic candidate for mayor, hoping to weaken it enough for her to resume her all-out assault. While Neek (the primary avatar of New York City) and the other borough avatars work to combat this new assault, Aislyn begins to have doubts about her alliance with her new “”friend”” as the alien city’s presence begins to affect her family, her neighbors, and the borough itself. Jemisin brings her living-city saga to a satisfying conclusion, maintaining a sense of energy and excitement throughout, even as she sketches in more of the multiverse of multiverses underpinning her urban (in a more literal sense than usual) fantasy setting. – Booklist Review

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Have a great week!

Linda Reimer

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*Information on the three catalogs*

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

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, digital magazines and a handful of streaming videos. The catalog, which allows one to download content to a PC, also has a companion app, Libby, which you can download to your mobile device; so you can enjoy eBooks and downloadable audiobooks 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 instant checkouts of eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV series. Patron check out limit is 6 items per month.

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

The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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

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

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Format Note: Under each book title you’ll find a list of all the different formats that specific title is available in; including: Print Books, Large Print Books, CD Audiobooks, eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks from the Digital Catalog (Libby app) and Hoopla eBooks & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla app).

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

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Have questions or want to request a book?

Feel free to call the library! Our telephone number is 607-936-3713.

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

Hi everyone, here is the latest edition of Library Connections, our weekly readers’ and listeners’ advisory videocast.

The next Library Connections video will be posted on Wednesday, November 22, 2022.

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

Have a great week!
Linda Reimer, SSCL

Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers.

Each title is followed by a listing of which formats it is available in for check out within the three catalogs: StarCat (Print, Large Print & CD Audiobook), The Digital Catalog (eBook & Downloadable Audiobook) and the Hoopla Catalog (Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Hoopla Audiobook).

For more information on the three catalogs skip to the section below the bestselling titles*

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New York Times Bestseller blog posts are usually published on Sundays. And the next post will be up on Sunday, November 20, 2022.

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FICTION

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THE BOYS FROM BILOXI by John Grisham

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

Two childhood friends follow in their fathers’ footsteps, which puts them on opposite sides of the law.

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THE CLOISTERS by Katy Hays

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A woman assigned to the Met Cloisters discovers a 15th-century deck of tarot cards that might help predict the future.

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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver

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

A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

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DREAMLAND by Nicholas Sparks

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & CD audiobook)

Musicians from different backgrounds are attracted to each other and a mother flees with her son from an abusive husband.

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FAIRY TALE by Stephen King

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

A high school kid inherits a shed that is a portal to another world where good and evil are at war.

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FIRE AND BLOOD by George R.R. Martin

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

Set 300 years before the events of “A Game of Thrones,” this is the first volume of the two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros.

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GOING ROGUE by Janet Evanovich

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD audiobook)

The 29th book in the Stephanie Plum series. The man who abducted the office manager at Vinnie’s Bail Bonds demands a mysterious coin in exchange for her.

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & downloadable audiobook)

A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.

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IT STARTS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book)

In the sequel to “It Ends With Us,” Lily deals with her jealous ex-husband as she reconnects with her first boyfriend.

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LIVID by Patricia Cornwell

(Available Formats: Print Book)

 

The 26th book in the Kay Scarpetta series. Scarpetta becomes a star witness in a televised murder trial and the judge’s sister is found dead.

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LONG SHADOWS by David Baldacci

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

The seventh book in the Memory Man series. Decker works with a new partner to investigate a double homicide.

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MAD HONEY by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

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

After returning to her hometown, Olivia McAfee’s son gets accused of killing his crush.

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NO PLAN B by Lee Child and Andrew Child

(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)

The 27th book in the Jack Reacher series. Reacher goes after a killer but is unaware of the bigger implications.

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OUR MISSING HEARTS by Celeste Ng

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

Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner goes on a quest to find his mother, a Chinese American poet whose work he was taught to disavow.

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THE PASSENGER by Cormac McCarthy

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The first of a two-volume story. Bobby Western discovers things have gone missing from a jet in an underwater crash site, including the 10th passenger.

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RACING THE LIGHT by Robert Crais

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD audiobook)

The 19th book in the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series. A search for a missing podcaster involves corrupt politicians and business cartels.

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TRIPLE CROSS by James Patterson

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD audiobook)

Detective Alex Cross and the true-crime author Thomas Tull search for a serial killer known as the Family Man.

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UGLY LOVE by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Hoopla instant checkout audiobook)

Tate Collins and Miles Archer, an airline pilot, think they can handle a no strings attached arrangement. But they can’t.

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VERITY by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

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

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WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens

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

In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

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NON-FICTION:

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AND THERE WAS LIGHT by Jon Meacham

(Available Formats: Print Book

The Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer portrays the life of Abraham Lincoln.

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BEYOND THE WAND by Tom Felton

(Available Formats: Not yet in any catalog)

The actor known for playing the villain Draco Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” movies recounts his life on and off the set of the film series.

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BIBI by Benjamin Netanyahu

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

An autobiography by the former prime minister of Israel.

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CINEMA SPECULATION by Quentin Tarantino

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The filmmaker shares his love of cinema with special attention given to key American films of the 1970s.

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THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AN ORDINARY MAN by Paul Newman

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

The late movie star’s memoir reveals intimate details about his personal relationships and professional rivalries; compiled and edited by David Rosenthal.

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FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING by Matthew Perry

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The actor, known for playing Chandler Bing on “Friends,” shares stories from his childhood and his struggles with sobriety.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

(Available Formats: Print Book & downloadable audiobook)

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

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JUSTICE CORRUPTED by Ted Cruz

(Available Formats: Hoopla instant check out audiobook)

The Republican senator from Texas gives his take on the justice system.

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KILLING THE LEGENDS by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The conservative commentator’s Killing series profiles Elvis Presley, John Lennon and Muhammad Ali.

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MYTH OF NORMAL by Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

The potential ways in which trauma and stress from modern-day living can affect our physical health.

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PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG by Bob Dylan

(Available Formats: Print Book)

In a collection of more than 60 essays, the musician and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature explores the nature of popular music.

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RADIO’S GREATEST OF ALL TIME by Rush Limbaugh with Kathryn Adams Limbaugh and David Limbaugh

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

A collection of the late conservative commentator’s on-air moments, with memories from his widow and brother.

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REVOLUTIONARY by Stacy Schiff

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer details Samuel Adams’s contributions to the American Revolution.

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SONG OF THE CELL by Siddhartha Mukherjee

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author chronicles the discovery of cells and describes how modern medicine uses them.

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SURRENDER by Bono

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The lead singer of the Irish rock band U2 offers details of his life, career and activism.

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSL

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*Information on the Three Catalogs*

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

The Digital Catalog has two companion apps, Libby & OverDrive. Libby is the app for newer devices and the OverDrive app should be used for older devices and Amazon tablets.

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

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

The Hoopla Catalog features instant check outs of eBooks, downloadable audiobook, comic books, albums and streaming videos. Patron check out limit is 4 items per month.

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

The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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

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

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Also of Note: If a New York Times Bestseller isn’t yet available in any of the three catalogs; you can contact the library and request to be notified when it becomes available.

Southeast Steuben County Library Tel: 607-936-3713

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

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

Suggested Listening postings are published on Fridays; and our next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, November 18, 2022.

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

(This week, a “baker’s ten!”)

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Autumn In New York by The Modern Jazz Quartet (Genre: Jazz)

From The Album: The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Prestige & Pablo Recordings (2003)

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Autumn Serenade by John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (Genre: Jazz, Vocal)

From The Album: John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman (1963)

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Early Autumn by Stan Getz (Genre: Jazz)

From The Album: Stan Getz & Strings (1961)

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Early Morning Rain by Gordon Lightfoot (Genre: Folk/Singer-Songwriter)

From The Album: Complete Greatest Hits (2006)

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Great Big House by Sean Breen (Genre: Folk)

This one is a traditional folk song; and this version does not appear on any album – just this educator’s YouTube page – but it is a fun autumn song! Enjoy —

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Great Pumpkin Waltz by The Vince Guaraldi Trio (Genre: Instrumental, Jazz)

From The Soundtrack: A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965/2012)

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Hey Leroy, Your Mama’s Callin’ You by Jimmy Castor (Genre: R&B)

From The Album: The Definitive Collection (2022)

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John Barleycorn Must Die by Steven Winwood (Genre: Rock, Vocal, Folk)

Studio Version From The Album: John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic (1970)

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Shine On Harvest Moon by Rosemary Clooney (Genre: Vocal, Jazz)

From The Album: Rosie Solves the Swingin’ Riddle! (1961)

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Stormy Weather by Etta James (Genre: Vocal, Jazz)

From The Album: At Last! (1961)

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Sweet Dollar Bill by Louis Philippe (Genre: Pop/Rock)

From The Album: Sean O’Hagan Presents: The Sunshine World of Louis Philippe (2022)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

Harvest Home (1999) by Jay Ungar & Molly Mason (Genre: Folk)

And from the album:

The Harvest Home Suite: Autumn

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Online Catalog Links:

StarCat

The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD, etc.

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The Digital Catalog, web version of Libby

The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos.

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The Libby App

Libby is the companion app to the Digital Catalog and may be found in the Apple & Google app.

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Hoopla

A catalog of instant check out items, including eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, TV shows and movies for patrons of the Southeast Steuben County Library.

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, here is the latest edition of Library Connections, our weekly readers’ and listeners’ advisory videocast.

The next Library Connections video will be posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2022.

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

Have a great week!
Linda Reimer, SSCL

Hi everyone, here are our recommended reads for the week!

*More information on the three catalogs and available formats is found at the end of the list of recommended reads*

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are now published on Wednesdays.

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, November 16, 2022.

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Blood Moon by Heather Graham

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The action-packed follow up to The Rising, from acclaimed thriller-suspense novelists Heather Graham and Jon Land, this is Blood Moon.

The recipient of RWA’s Lifetime Achievement Award and ITW’s Thriller Master Award, Heather Graham is at the pinnacle of her career. Now she’s teamed up with USA Today bestselling author Jon Land to continue the story of high school seniors Alex Chin and Samantha Dixon.

They may have managed to win a major battle against the powerful enemy determined to destroy civilization as we know it. But the war continues, with Alex and Sam embarking on a desperate journey to save mankind, even as their friendship blossoms into something much more.

The roadmap for their journey lies in a mysterious book, the language of which has never been deciphered, until Alex finds himself able to translate the words that may hold the keys to saving the future. Toward that end, Alex’s and Sam’s quest spirits them away to a myriad of locations around the world, each of which holds another piece of the puzzle that can defeat the alien invaders.

But an ageless foe, long the guardian of the secrets his race has left behind on Earth, arises to stop them at all costs. At his disposal is a deadly and merciless army that has been awaiting this very war, an army as unstoppable as it is relentless.

Over the ruins of the lost Mayan city of El Mirador, a blood moon is about to rise, triggering the end of mankind unless Alex and Sam can prevail in a struggle that will determine the fate of the planet. As forces both ancient and modern converge, as painful choices must be made and sacrifices accepted, two young heroes will rise again to stand as the final line of defense to preserve their world and their love.

Reader’s Note: This is the second book in The Rising Series, if you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning check out book one titled, simply, The Rising.

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Desert Star by Michael Connelly

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & CD audiobook)

In bestseller Connelly’s thrilling fifth outing for Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch (after 2021’s The Dark Hours), Ballard invites the retired Bosch to volunteer for the LAPD’s newly revived Open-Unsolved Unit, which she’s running, enticing him with the prospect of finding the man responsible for the 2013 slaying of an entire family. She also wants to reopen the 1994 murder of 16-year-old Sarah Pearlman, sister of the L.A. city councilman who helped resuscitate the cold case team. Ballard and Bosch work at the department’s new homicide archive where the unsolved murder books are stored: “hallowed ground to Bosch. The library of lost souls.” Both cases require deep dives into the past; both lead to great action scenes; and, as always, Connelly displays his encyclopedic knowledge of the latest forensics, such as “Investigative Genetic Genealogy.” Bosch, however, takes a low-tech approach and follows leads in the field with his trademark intensity, driven by his desire to restore order in a violent world (“The dark engine of murder would never run low on fuel. Not in his lifetime”). This entry, the 24th Bosch novel, may not be as expansive as The Dark Hours, but it ranks up there with Connelly’s best. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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Galatea: A Short Story by Madeline Miller

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

In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece – the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen – the gift of life. Now his wife, Galatea is expected to be obedience and humility personified, but it is not long before she learns to use her beauty as a form of manipulation. In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost…

Pygmalion’s story has moved millions through the centuries, inspiring George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, and later the beloved musical My Fair Lady. Ecco is proud to publish Orange Prize-winning author Madeline Miller’s E-book original short story Galatea which will appear in the forthcoming anthology xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths to be published in October. This retelling of the Pygmalion myth from the statue’s perspective is a tale that will make readers rethink how they relate to the great myths of our time.

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Murder at Black Oaks: A Robin Lockwood Novel by Phillip Margolin

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Defense attorney Robin Lockwood has a tricky problem to resolve. A retired DA has proof that a man he convicted for murder three decades ago is innocent, but he can’t reveal the proof because he’s bound by attorney-client privilege. To free the wrongly convicted man, Robin must find a workaround. But is such a thing possible? An intriguing situation, and it’s only the beginning of this audacious combination of a legal thriller and a modern-day Gothic. The titular Black Oaks is the name of a centuries-old, moody, possibly cursed English manor house that was transplanted and rebuilt in Oregon. It’s the retired DA’s home, and it’s the key setting (a character, really) for the bulk of the action. This is the sixth Lockwood novel, and it’s certainly the gutsiest. Margolin risks straining the reader’s credibility with talk of curses, but the risks pay off exceedingly well. Readers who enjoy a traditional legal thriller with some distinctly nontraditional story elements should really enjoy this one. – Booklist Review

Reader’s Note: As mentioned this is the sixth book in the Lockwood Series. If you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning, check out book one: The Third Victim.

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One Woman’s War: A Novel of the Real Miss Moneypenny by Christine Wells

(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)

World War II London: When Victoire “Paddy” Bennett first walks into the Admiralty’s Room 39, home to the Intelligence Division, all the bright and lively young woman expects is a secretarial position to the charismatic Commander Ian Fleming. But soon her job is so much more, and when Fleming proposes a daring plot to deceive the Germans about Allied invasion plans he requests the newlywed Paddy’s help. She jumps at the chance to work as an agent in the field, even after the operation begins to affect her marriage. But could doing her duty for King and country come at too great a cost?
Socialite Friedl Stöttinger is a beautiful Austrian double agent determined to survive in wartime England, which means working for MI-5, investigating fifth column activity among the British elite at parties and nightclubs. But Friedl has a secret—some years before, she agreed to work for German Intelligence and spy on the British.

When her handler at MI-5 proposes that she work with Serbian agent, Duško Popov, Friedl falls hopelessly in love with the dashing spy. And when her intelligence work becomes fraught with danger, she must choose whether to remain loyal to the British and risk torture and execution by the Nazis, or betray thousands of men to their deaths.

Soon, the lives of these two extraordinarily brave women will collide, as each travels down a road of deception and danger leading to one of the greatest battles of World War II.

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Peril in Paris by Rhys Bowen

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A quick trip to Paris turns into a dangerous murder hunt in 1936. Lady Georgiana Rannoch O’Mara may be cousin to King Edward VIII, but she and her husband, Darcy O’Mara, are poor and lucky to be living on an estate belonging to a relative. The pregnant Georgie, who’s finally over her morning sickness, jumps at the chance to go to Paris with Darcy and spend time with her best friend, Belinda, who’s apprenticing with Coco Chanel. Darcy has a hush-hush job, and Georgie always worries when he’s away, so she’s especially happy that they won’t be separated. Once they settle in Paris, Darcy asks Georgie to do a little job for him picking up microfilm from Frau Goldberg, whose husband, a Jewish scientist, isn’t allowed to travel. Georgie enjoys spending time in the city with Belinda and her avant-garde friends. Since she’s modeled for Chanel before, though with disastrous results, she’s urged to model a dress Chanel designs to hide her pregnancy. The only good thing to come out of the experience is the chance it provides to get the microfilm from Frau Goldberg, who’s attending the fashion show with the ladies from a delegation that includes Georgie’s mother, who’s engaged to a wealthy German. After rude American Mrs. Rottenburger takes Frau Goldberg’s seat, Georgie finds the lady dead of cyanide poisoning. Was she the real target, or was it a case of mistaken identity? Georgie had better find out, for the French police think she’s the killer. The mystery is meager, but touring prewar Paris with Bowen’s irresistible sleuth is a treat. – Kirkus Review

Reader’s Note: This is the sixteenth book in The Royal Spyness Series; if you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning, check out book one Her Royal Spyness

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Ted Kennedy: A Life by John A. Farrell

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Biographer Farrell (Richard Nixon: The Life) untangles in this masterful account the complex blend of political dexterity, recklessness, and unflagging support of the less fortunate that defined Ted Kennedy’s rise from overlooked youngest son of a political dynasty to “Lion of the Senate.” According to Farrell, Kennedy grew up “awed by the achievements of his father and brothers and vexed by self-doubt.” Only 30 years old when he took his brother John’s former seat in the U.S. Senate in 1962, Kennedy remained in that role until his death in 2009, fighting in his final months for the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Kennedy took early stands on civil rights, Farrell writes, but came into his own after the tragic assassinations of his older brothers. Farrell’s evenhanded account documents Kennedy’s “craven” behavior following the car crash on Chappaquiddick Island that left Mary Jo Kopechne dead, but gives equal weight to his accomplishments as an anti-apartheid advocate, an early champion of gay rights and AIDS funding, and a crusader for healthcare reform. The book shines in its vivid accounts of backroom political dealmaking, as Farrell enlivens his exhaustive research and expert analysis with a novelist’s pacing. The result is the definitive one-volume biography of a consequential American lawmaker. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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Triple Cross by James Patterson

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD audiobook)

A precise killer, he always moves under the cover of darkness, flawlessly triggering no alarms, leaving no physical evidence.

Cross and Sampson aren’t the only ones investigating.

Also in on this most intriguing case is the world’s bestselling true-crime author, who sees patterns everyone else misses.

The writer, Thomas Tull, calls the Family Man murders the perfect crime story. He believes the killer may never be caught.
Cross knows there is no perfect crime. And he’s going to hunt down the Family Man no matter what it takes.
Until the Family Man decides to flip the narrative and bring down Cross and his family.

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Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission by Eileen Collins

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

The long-awaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is telling her story for the first time.
Eileen Collins was an aviation pioneer her entire career, from her crowning achievements as the first woman to command an American space mission as well as the first to pilot the space shuttle to her early years as one of the Air Force’s first female pilots. She was in the first class of women to earn pilot’s wings at Vance Air Force Base and was their first female instructor pilot. She was only the second woman pilot admitted to the Air Force’s elite Test Pilot Program at Edwards Air Force Base. NASA had such confidence in her skills as a leader and pilot that she was entrusted to command the first shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster, returning the US to spaceflight after a two-year hiatus. Since retiring from the Air Force and NASA, she has served on numerous corporate boards and is an inspirational speaker about space exploration and leadership.
Eileen Collins is among the most recognized and admired women in the world, yet this is the first time she has told her story in a book. It is a story not only of achievement and overcoming obstacles but of profound personal transformation. The shy, quiet child of an alcoholic father and struggling single mother, who grew up in modest circumstances and was an unremarkable student, she had few prospects when she graduated from high school, but she changed her life to pursue her secret dream of becoming an astronaut. She shares her leadership and life lessons throughout the book with the aim of inspiring and passing on her legacy to a new generation.

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Have a great week!

Linda Reimer

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*Information on the three catalogs*

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

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, digital magazines and a handful of streaming videos. The catalog, which allows one to download content to a PC, also has a companion app, Libby, which you can download to your mobile device; so you can enjoy eBooks and downloadable audiobooks 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 instant checkouts of eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV series. Patron check out limit is 6 items per month.

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

The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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

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

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Format Note: Under each book title you’ll find a list of all the different formats that specific title is available in; including: Print Books, Large Print Books, CD Audiobooks, eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks from the Digital Catalog (Libby app) and Hoopla eBooks & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla app).

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

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Have questions or want to request a book?

Feel free to call the library! Our telephone number is 607-936-3713.

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers.

Each title is followed by a listing of which formats it is available in for check out within the three catalogs: StarCat (Print, Large Print & CD Audiobook), The Digital Catalog (eBook & Downloadable Audiobook) and the Hoopla Catalog (Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Hoopla Audiobook).

For more information on the three catalogs skip to the section below the bestselling titles*

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New York Times Bestseller blog posts are usually published on Sundays. And the next post will be up on Sunday, November 13, 2022.

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FICTION

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THE ATLAS PARADOX by Olivie Blake

(Available: Print Book)

The second book in the Atlas series. The Society of Alexandrians is headed by someone intent on changing life as we know it.

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THE BOYS FROM BILOXI by John Grisham

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

Two childhood friends follow in their fathers’ footsteps, which puts them on opposite sides of the law.

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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver

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

A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

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DREAMLAND by Nicholas Sparks

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & CD audiobook)

Musicians from different backgrounds are attracted to each other and a mother flees with her son from an abusive husband.

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FAIRY TALE by Stephen King

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

A high school kid inherits a shed that is a portal to another world where good and evil are at war.

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FIRE AND BLOOD by George R.R. Martin

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

Set 300 years before the events of “A Game of Thrones,” this is the first volume of the two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros.

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & downloadable audiobook)

A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.

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IT STARTS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book)

In the sequel to “It Ends With Us,” Lily deals with her jealous ex-husband as she reconnects with her first boyfriend.

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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

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

A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

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LIVID by Patricia Cornwell

(Available Formats: Print Book)

 

The 26th book in the Kay Scarpetta series. Scarpetta becomes a star witness in a televised murder trial and the judge’s sister is found dead.

 

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LONG SHADOWS by David Baldacci

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

The seventh book in the Memory Man series. Decker works with a new partner to investigate a double homicide.

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MAD HONEY by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

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

After returning to her hometown, Olivia McAfee’s son gets accused of killing his crush.

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THE MAZE by Nelson DeMille

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD audiobook & eBook)

The eighth book in the John Corey series. When a former lover offers him a job, Corey comes out of forced retirement to track a serial killer.

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NO PLAN B by Lee Child and Andrew Child

(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)

The 27th book in the Jack Reacher series. Reacher goes after a killer but is unaware of the bigger implications.

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OUR MISSING HEARTS by Celeste Ng

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

Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner goes on a quest to find his mother, a Chinese American poet whose work he was taught to disavow.

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THE PASSENGER by Cormac McCarthy

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The first of a two-volume story. Bobby Western discovers things have gone missing from a jet in an underwater crash site, including the 10th passenger.

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RIGHTEOUS PREY by John Sandford

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

The 32nd book in the Prey series. Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport go after a group of vigilante killers.

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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & Libby eBook & downloadable audiobook)

A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.

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UGLY LOVE by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Hoopla instant checkout audiobook)

Tate Collins and Miles Archer, an airline pilot, think they can handle a no strings attached arrangement. But they can’t.

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VERITY by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

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

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WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens

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

In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

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THE WINNERS by Fredrik Backman

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD audiobook & eBook)

The third book in the Beartown series. Rivalries between two hockey-obsessed towns escalate into violence off the ice.

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NON-FICTION:

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AND THERE WAS LIGHT by Jon Meacham

(Available Formats: Print Book

The Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer portrays the life of Abraham Lincoln.

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BEYOND THE WAND by Tom Felton

(Available Formats: Not yet in any catalog)

The actor known for playing the villain Draco Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” movies recounts his life on and off the set of the film series.

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BIBI by Benjamin Netanyahu

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

An autobiography by the former prime minister of Israel.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD audiobook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook, Hoopla instant checkout eBook & audiobook)

A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

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CONFIDENCE MAN by Maggie Haberman

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The New York Times White House correspondent traces events from Donald Trump’s rise in New York City through to his post-presidency.

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EJACULATE RESPONSIBLY by Gabrielle Blair

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Arguments on the subject of abortion that focus on men’s lack of accountability in preventing unwanted pregnancies.

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THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AN ORDINARY MAN by Paul Newman

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

The late movie star’s memoir reveals intimate details about his personal relationships and professional rivalries; compiled and edited by David Rosenthal.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

(Available Formats: Print Book & downloadable audiobook)

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

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KILLING THE LEGENDS by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The conservative commentator’s Killing series profiles Elvis Presley, John Lennon and Muhammad Ali.

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LIVE WIRE by Kelly Ripa

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Daytime Emmy Award-winning TV host shares stories from her life on and off screen.

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MADLY, DEEPLY by Alan Rickman

(Available Formats: Print Book & downloadable audiobook)

The late stage and screen actor’s diaries from 1993 to 2016; edited by Alan Taylor.

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MOSQUITO BOWL by Buzz Bissinger

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

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist depicts the service of college football players who served in the Marines during World War II.

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THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The author of “Winners Take All” profiles people working to use persuasion during a time of polarization.

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STARRY MESSENGER by Neil deGrasse Tyson

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook & downloadable audiobook)

 The astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium delves into subjects including politics, religion, gender and race.

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WAXING ON by Ralph Macchio

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The star of “Cobra Kai” discusses the personal and pop culture impact of “The Karate Kid.”

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WHAT IF? 2 by Randall Munroe

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The creator of the web comic “xkcd” and former NASA roboticist looks into hypothetical and oddball scenarios.

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSL

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*Information on the Three Catalogs*

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

The Digital Catalog has two companion apps, Libby & OverDrive. Libby is the app for newer devices and the OverDrive app should be used for older devices and Amazon tablets.

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

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

The Hoopla Catalog features instant check outs of eBooks, downloadable audiobook, comic books, albums and streaming videos. Patron check out limit is 4 items per month.

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

The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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

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

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Also of Note: If a New York Times Bestseller isn’t yet available in any of the three catalogs; you can contact the library and request to be notified when it becomes available.

Southeast Steuben County Library Tel: 607-936-3713

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, here are our streaming recommendations for November.

The next streaming recommendation post will be out on Saturday, December 3, 2022.

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1899 (Netflix) (November 17)

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A Christmas Story Christmas (HBO Max) (November 17)

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The Crown, Season 5 (Netflix) (November 9)

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The English (Amazon Prime) (November 11)

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Enola Holmes, Season 2, Part 1 (Netflix) (November 1)

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MythicQuest, Season 3 (Apple TV+) (November 11)

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Spirited (Apple TV+) (November 18)

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Warrior Nun, Season 2 (Netflix) (November 10)

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Wednesday (Netflix) (November 23)

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Willow (Disney+) (November 30)

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Hoopla Streaming Pick of the Month

The Murder At Hill House

(Part of the series, The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher)

And here is the trailer for The Murder At Hill House

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Have a great day!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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

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

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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Ace in the Hole by Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer (Vocal, Pop)

From The Album: Two Of A Kind (1961)

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Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino (Genre: Rock, R&B)

From The Album: This Is Fats Domino (1957)

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Chelsea Morning by Fairport Convention (Genre: Folk-Rock, Folk)

From The Album: Fairport Convention (196?/2003)

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Do I Love You? (Indeed I do) By Bruce Springsteen (Genre: Rock, Singer-Songwriter)

From The Album: Only The Strong Survive (2022)

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Everyday by Buddy Holly (Genre: Rock)

From The Album: Buddy Holly (1957)

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Fade Away by Joanne Shaw Taylor (Genre: Blues, Rock)

From The Album: Nobody’s Fool (2022)

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Got To Get You Into My Life (First Version / Take 5) (Genre: Rock)

From The Album: Revolver [Super Deluxe Edition] (2022) (Original release date: 1966)

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Let’s Talk About Us by Jerry Lee Lewis (Genre: Rock)

From The Album: Jerry Lee’s Greatest Hits (1961)

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True, True Lovin’ by The Trashmen (Genre: Classic Rock)

From The Album: Best of the Trashmen (2022)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

Midnights by Taylor Swift

And from the album:

Lavender Haze by Taylor Swift

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Online Catalog Links:

StarCat

The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD, etc.

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The Digital Catalog, web version of Libby

The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos.

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The Libby App

Libby is the companion app to the Digital Catalog and may be found in the Apple & Google app.

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Hoopla

A catalog of instant check out items, including eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, TV shows and movies for patrons of the Southeast Steuben County Library.

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, here is the latest edition of Library Connections, our weekly readers’ and listeners’ advisory videocast.

The next Library Connections video will be posted on Wednesday, November 9, 2022.

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

Have a great week!
Linda Reimer, SSCL