Author: Linda Reimer

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

Suggested Listening postings are published on Fridays; and our next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, April 16, 2021.

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Blue Skies by Eva Cassidy (Genre: Jazz, Vocal, Guitar)

Eva Cassidy was a terrific jazz singer and guitarist who hailed from Washington, D.C., who unfortunately died of cancer, age only 33, in the fall of 1996.

Fortunately for music fans, she left behind several top-notch albums including the one containing Blue Skies – Live At Blues Alley (1997).

From The Album: Live At Blues Alley (1997).

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Breakfast In Bed by Dusty Springfield (Genre: Pop/Rock, R&B)

Dusty Springfield hailed from London and was one of the best blue-eyed soul singers of the sixties. Her rich, sultry voice added great depth to each song she sang. Dusty Springfield was inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.

From The Album: Dusty In Memphis

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Caledonia Soul Music by Van Morrison (Pop, Rock, Folk)

Caledonia Soul Music is a long, mellow, feel-good instrumental from Van Morrison and The Caledonia Soul Orchestra; a perfect song to listen while relaxing and unwinding.

From The Album: His Band And The Street Choir (1970)

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Henry & Sam by Colter Wall (Genre: Country, Folk)

Singer-songwriter Colter Wall hails from Saskatchewan, Canada; and his music sounds like he’d be right at home playing a double-bill with Johnny Cash in the mid-sixties.

From The Album: Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs (2020).

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Corner Pocket by Count Basie & His Orchestra (Jazz, Swing)

The great Count Basie and his original orchestra performing a classic song!

From The Album: April In Paris (*1956)

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Don’t Do Me Like That by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Genre: Rock)

A rockin’ song, from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers who are obviously trying not to get their hearts broken!

From The Album: Damn The Torpedoes (1979).

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Good Times by The Rolling Stones (Genre: Rock, Classic Rock)

With Good Times, The Rolling Stones showed their love of classic American soul and R&B, by performing and recording a song written by the great singer Sam Cooke.

From The Albums: Out Of Our Heads (1965).

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Ruby My Dear by Thelonious Monk (Genre: Jazz)

Thelonious Monk was at a high point in his career when he recorded for Blue Note Records from 1947-1952. Ruby My Dear is from a terrific collection, titled ‘Round Midnight: The Complete Blue Note Singles 1947-1952 (2014), that features all the 78-RPM singles he recorded during that era.

From The Album: The Complete Blue Note Singles 1947-1952 (2014).

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So Much In Love by The Tymes (Genre: R&B, Classic R&B)

The Tymes, consisting of Ceasar Berry, George Hilliard, Norm Burnett, Don Banks & George Williams were a terrific R&B quintet, based in Philadelphia. The group’s charting era was relatively short, from 1963-1964, but their music is sweet and smooth – prefect sixties soul music!

Their biggest hit So Much In Love was original released on the album of the same name So Much In Love (1963); and today can easily be found on the collection The Best Of The Tymes: Cameo & Parkway 1963-1964.

From The Album: So Much In Love (1963), or The Best Of The Tymes (Cameo & Parkway) 1963-1964 (2007).

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Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart (Genre: Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Pop/Rock)

Scottish singer-songwriter Stewart came to the attention of music fans in the 1970s when he released several bright, dreamy sounding, introspective albums and singles including Time Passages, On The Boarder and The Year Of The Cat.

From The Album: Year Of The Cat (1976).

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Hoopla Recommendation of the Week

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos (1970) (Genre: Blues, Blues-Rock)

In celebration of April being International Guitar Month, here is a classic album featuring two phenomenal guitarists – Eric Clapton and Duane Allman.

And from that same album the song:

Key To The Highway

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Have a good weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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REFERENCES:

Print References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn

Online References

AllMusic. 2021. AllMusic | Record Reviews, Streaming Songs, Genres & Bands. [online] Available at: <https://www.allmusic.com/&gt;.

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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 (OverDrive & Libby Apps)

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

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Hoopla

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

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

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

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 (OverDrive & Libby apps) and Hoopla eBooks & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla App).

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

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are published on Tuesdays. The next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Tuesday, April 13, 2021.

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Best Laid Plans by Gwn Florio

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Nora Best and her husband, Joe, planned to travel the country with a truck pulling an Airstream while she wrote a book about their adventures. At their going-away party she discovers Joe having sex with her best friend. Furious, Nora posts the video for all her guests to see, then pulls out with the trailer. She drives from Colorado to a Wyoming campground, where the hosts, Miranda and Brad, seem welcoming–until a screaming Miranda wakes her up saying Brad went out during the night, and he was probably eaten by a bear. The sheriff doesn’t believe that, and he suspects the newcomer, Nora. Despite her protests, she’s arrested. With her mug shot plastered all over the internet, Joe tracks her down. Now that she’s had a taste of freedom, Nora is unwilling to handle Joe’s issues. She has her own worries. What really happened to Brad? Who stole her Airstream when she wasn’t looking? Who is making Nora the patsy in an evil game?

VERDICT The first in a new series, told from the viewpoint of a woman over 50, on her own for the first time, introduces a complex story. Florio’s (“Lola Wick” series) suspenseful mystery will have readers rooting for amateur sleuth Nora.–Lesa Holstine, Evansville Vanderburgh P.L., IN – Starred Library Journal Review

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The Bounty by Evanovich, Janet & Steve Hamilton

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)

In the seventh Fox and O’Hare novel (after The Big Kahuna, 2019), FBI agent Kate O’Hare and partner Nick Fox engage in a series of breathtaking chases across Europe and Africa from Vatican City, where they pursue an intrepid thief who turns out to be Nick’s father. He has stolen a precious map fragment that, when combined with other pieces hidden in treacherous-to-reach places, will reveal the location of a cache of Nazi-looted gold. O’Hare and her team want to find the treasure to return it to its owners or donate it to a righteous cause, but they are up against enemies with decidedly other plans, one of whom is a seemingly unkillable giant who makes every interaction a brush with grisly death. The duo of Evanovich and Hamilton, each best-selling authors in their own right, start the action on page one and keep up the pace throughout. The dynamic, often-humorous storytelling won’t let readers out of its grip, and there’s a compelling romantic subplot, to boot. Fans of Evanovich won’t need any convincing here, but also offer this one to fans of The Da Vinci Code, as ancient symbols and academic sleuthing play a strong part in the unraveling of the mystery. – Booklist Review
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Danger In Numbers by Heather Graham

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

When a heart attack takes her Florida Department of Law Enforcement partner John Schultz out of commission, Special Agent Amy Larson joins forces with FBI Agent Hunter Forrest to solve the ritualistic murder of a young woman. All signs indicate an active cult deep in the heart of the Everglades and clues at the crime scene point to more murders to come. The locals claim to know nothing, but someone knows more than they’re saying. Is there a connection to one of the many local churches? What about the missing woman who’s been hiding from someone or something at the old motel? Hunter’s inside knowledge of how cults operate and Amy’s crime scene sketches give them a starting point, but the twisted mix of faith, greed, and corruption isn’t going to be easy to decode and stop. As the case intensifies, so does the attraction between Amy and Hunter. Fans of Allison Brennan’s romantic suspense will enjoy this hot new stand-alone from veteran author Graham (Dreaming Death, 2020). – Booklist Review

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Every Waking Hour: A Mystery by Joanna Schaffhausen

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

Schaffhausen’s excellent fourth novel featuring Ellery Hathaway, who as a teen was the sole survivor of a serial murderer/kidnapper, and Reed Markham, the FBI agent who rescued her (after 2020’s All the Best Lies), finds Ellery and Reed, now in a romantic relationship, enjoying a street fair with his seven-year-old daughter in the Boston Common. When 12-year-old Chloe Lockhart vanishes from the fair, Ellery, still on tryout as a Boston PD detective, latches onto the case, seeing parallels with her own history; her captain is thrilled that renowned profiler Reed can assist. A theory soon emerges that Chloe was escaping the strict surveillance of her wealthy parents, Martin and Teresa Lockhart. This is not Teresa’s first tragedy—20 years earlier her son from her first marriage was murdered when he was 12 years old, along with her housekeeper. Tight plotting and sophisticated surprises fuel the rich storytelling. Schaffhausen layers much emotion into each tension-filled twist as she deepens Ellery and Reed’s characters. Readers will eagerly await their further adventures. Agent: Jill Marsal, Marsal Lyon Literary. – Starred Publisher Weekly Review

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The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley

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

Anne, the daughter of Pride and Prejudice’s Lady Catherine de Bourgh, takes center stage in Greeley’s latest (after The Clergyman’s Wife, 2019). Anne was a fussy baby, and the prescribed treatment–daily doses of laudanum–restricts her growth and leaves her in a constant dreamlike state. Her domineering mother defies all attempts to wean Anne from her “magic drops,” leaving her daughter sickly, placid, and addicted. Lady Catherine’s grand plan for Anne includes a marriage to her cousin Fitzwilliam Darcy, which would bring together their two grand estates. Anne’s only comfort is her governess, Miss Hall, who eventually inspires Anne to break free both from her laudanum addiction and from her toxic mother. Safely ensconced in the London home of her cousin, John Fitzwilliam, Anne befriends Eliza Amherst, a spirited young woman who introduces her to fashion, parties, and the writing of Mary Wollstonecraft. Their attachment grows into love, and Anne must decide whether to marry for security or to be true to herself. Greeley is faithful to the original story, while creating an imaginative and vivid inner life for the beleaguered Anne. This inventive novel will delight Pride and Prejudice fans, and win over readers who are skeptical of Austen reimaginings.—Booklist Review

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A Matter of Life and Death: A Robin Lockwood Novel by Phillip Margolin

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Portland attorney Robin Lockwood takes on the defense of a homeless boxer who’s been framed but good for murder. Joe Lattimore has a bad feeling about allowing himself to be drafted into an illegal no-holds-barred fight, but the $300 he’s offered would settle his wife and baby daughter in a motel room for a few nights while he looks for work. Things go from bad to worse when he apparently kills the man he’s fighting and agrees to burgle a stranger’s home as his price for the recording of the fight. Inside, Joe finds the corpse of Elizabeth Carasco, the wealthy wife of Judge Anthony Carasco, whose life has changed in dramatic ways ever since he was picked up by escort Stacey Hayes. Joe swears he’s innocent, but the cops have his fingerprints inside the house and a pair of witnesses, one of them Judge Carasco, who saw a man who looks a lot like him fleeing the scene shortly after the murder. It’s an ideal case for Robin, who’s not only a dab hand in the courtroom, but a former mixed martial arts warrior who, in a rare dead end, expresses an interest in returning to the ring undercover in order to expose the culprits who arranged the illegal fights and a whole lot more felonies. Margolin keeps the story steadily absorbing, replacing whatever surprises you might have expected with new revelations of the plotters’ ever more violent and treacherous behavior that make you nod with appreciation. Everything purrs along until one character too many gets killed and Robin suddenly finds herself wrestling with a genuine whodunit. “I feel like I’m in a movie sequel,” the presiding judge observes, but there’s nothing wrong with that. – Kirkus Review

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Murder in the East End: A Below Stairs Mystery by Jennifer Ashley

(Available Formats: )

Set in 1882, Ashley’s solid fourth Victorian mystery (after 2019’s Death in Kew Gardens) opens with criminal investigator Daniel McAdam introducing his foster brother, the Rev. Errol Fielding, to his sweetheart, Kat Holloway, a cook in service to Lady Cynthia Shires with a reputation as an amateur sleuth. Fielding serves on the board of London’s Foundling Hospital, from which a nurse, Nell Betts, and three children have vanished. Nell was too reliable to depart without warning, and though the institution’s director claims that the children were adopted, the addresses to which they were ostensibly sent do not exist. Kat gleans information from the hospital’s cook and one of its maids, while Lady Cynthia’s niece and Elgin Thanos, Daniel’s mathematician friend, use their social clout to probe its board and donors. The investigation takes a dangerous turn after Nell is found beaten to death. Though the puzzle’s resolution falls short of the intriguing setup, fans will appreciate new revelations about Daniel’s backstory and the nuanced depictions of period London. Readers will look forward to Kat and Daniel’s further adventures. Agent: Bob Mecoy, Bob Mecoy Literary. – Publishers Weekly Review

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The Promise by Damon Galgut

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

Three decades of South African sociopolitical history are woven into a saga of loss and missed opportunity that upends a dysfunctional Afrikaner family living outside Pretoria.

Rachel Swart has just died of cancer. Her husband, Manie, and three children, Anton, Astrid, and Amor, are all walloped by different incarnations of grief. Only Amor, the youngest daughter, cares about her mother’s dying wish—that Salome, the Swarts’ domestic servant, receive full ownership of the house where she lives with her family, though under apartheid law, Black people are not legally allowed to own property in White areas. Nobody else pays any mind: Amor is 13 years old at the start and functionally voiceless in her family. The promise is buried along with Rachel, only to be unearthed years later when subsequent family deaths force the Swarts to recollide for the rituals of mourning. Galgut moves fluidly among accounts of every single major and minor character, his prose unbroken by quotation marks or italics, as though narrated from the perspective of a ghost who briefly possesses every person. The language is peppered with regional geography, terminology, and slang, with sentences ranging from clipped (“One day, she says aloud. One day I’ll. But the thought breaks off midway…”) to lyrical (“There’s a snory sound of bees, jacaranda blossoms pop absurdly underfoot”) to metafictional (“No need to dwell on how she washes away her tears”). Galgut’s multifarious writing style is bold and unusual, providing an initial barrier to entry yet achieving an intuitive logic over time. “How did it become so complicated?” Amor wonders at one point. “Home used to mean only one Thing, not a blizzard of things at war.”

Galgut extends his extraordinary corpus with a rich story of family, history, and grief.
–Starred Kirkus Reviews

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The Queen’s Weapons by Anne Bishop

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Born to serve and protect, Warlord Princes are sworn to their Queen. Daemonar Yaslana has always been bossy and protective, but he has reached an age where his behavior walks a fine line, and an emotional attack on his sister by a young Queen results in Daemonar beginning a new set of lessons under Witch, the Queen that many think of as old myth. When a curse is revealed to be rising in Kaleer, Daemonar along with his uncle and father, the High Lord and Demon Prince, respectively, must use his skills to uproot the stain before it sets too far. For Warlord Princes are their Queen’s weapons, and they will destroy any enemy–even if it wears a beloved face. Bishop (Wild Country) leans into references and characters from past books to build a century-spanning saga, tying together pieces of plot and creating new stakes that could break hearts and power. VERDICT The latest “Black Jewels” novel (after The Queen’s Bargain) continues to deliver dark fantasy with lush worldbuilding, strong characters, and high-stakes action.–Kristi Chadwick, Massachusetts Lib. Syst., Northampton – Starred Library Journal Review

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Your Inner Hedgehog by Alexander McCall Smith

(Available Formats: Print Book)

In the latest entertaining and hilarious Professor Dr. Dr. Moritz-Maria Von Igelfeld novel, our hopelessly out-of-touch hero is forced to confront uppity librarians, the rector of the university, and a possible hostile takeover, all while trying to remain studiously above it all. An Anchor Original.

Professor Dr. Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld and his colleagues at the University of Regensburg’s Institute of Romance Philology pride themselves on their unwavering commitment to intellectual excellence. They know it is their job to protect a certain civilized approach to the scholarly arts. So when a new deputy librarian, Dr. Hilda Schreiber-Ziegler, threatens to drag them all down a path of progressive inclusivity, they are determined to stop her in the name of scholarship—even if that requires von Igelfeld to make the noble sacrifice of running for director of the Institute. Alas, politics is never easy, and in order to put his best foot forward, von Igelfeld will be required to take up a visiting fellowship at Oxford and cultivate the attentions of a rather effusive young American scholar. Still, von Igelfeld has always heeded the clarion call of duty, especially when it comes with a larger office. – Publisher Overview

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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, a catalog containing eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, Digital Magazines and a handful of streaming videos, 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 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.

The StarCat app is called Bookmyne and is available for Apple and Android devices.

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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 latest edition of Library Connections, our weekly readers, viewers and listeners advisory videocast.

The next Library Connections video will be posted on Monday, April 12, 2021.

Have a great day,
Linda Reimer, SSCL

P.S. A better version of the Odd Duck section included in the April 2 Library Connections; which offers a brief, cockeyed tour of smart TVs & video streaming players, will be featured in the next edition of Library Connections. I simply ran out of week, last week, to re-record the clip a third time! And I promise the video will not be crocked next week!

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 Audiobooks), 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 postings are published on Sundays; and the next New York Times Bestselling blog posting will be published on Sunday, April 11, 2021.

 

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FICTION

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THE CONSEQUENCES OF FEAR by Jacqueline Winspear

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

The 16th book in the Maisie Dobbs series. As Nazi occupation increases, Maisie looks into a possible murder that might affect Britain’s war efforts.

 

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DARK SKY by C.J. Box

(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)

The 21st book in the Joe Pickett series. The Wyoming game warden becomes a target when taking a tech baron on an elk hunting trip.

 

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THE DUKE AND I by Julia Quinn

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The first book in the Bridgerton series. Daphne Bridgerton’s reputation soars when she colludes with the Duke of Hastings. The basis of the Netflix series “Bridgerton.”

 

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ETERNAL by Lisa Scottoline

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook)

Three people involved in a love triangle find everything they hold dear is tested as Mussolini’s power grows and laws change in Rome.

 

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THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

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

As dust storms roll during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between saving the family and farm or heading West.

 

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THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab

(Available Formats: Print Books, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.

 

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KLARA AND THE SUN by Kazuo Ishiguro

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

An “Artificial Friend” named Klara is purchased to serve as a companion to an ailing 14-year-old girl.

 

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LATER by Stephen King

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook coming soon)

An N.Y.P.D. detective asks the son of a struggling single mother to use his unnatural ability to track a killer.

 

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LIFE AFTER DEATH by Sister Souljah

(Available Formats: Print Book)

In a sequel to “The Coldest Winter Ever,” Winter Santiaga emerges after time served and seeks revenge.

 

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LOST APOTHECARY by Sarah Penner

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

An aspiring historian in London finds a clue that might put to rest unsolved apothecary murders from 200 years ago

 

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THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobooks)

Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.

 

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THE ROSE CODE by Kate Quinn

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook coming shortly)

As a post-World War II royal wedding approaches, an encrypted letter resurrects an alliance between three female code breakers.

 

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THE SONGS OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller

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

 

 A reimagining of Homer’s “Iliad” that is narrated by Achilles’ companion Patroclus.

 

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THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett

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

The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity.

 

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WE BEGIN AT THE END by Chris Whitaker

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Trouble might start for the chief of police and a self-proclaimed outlaw teen when a man is released from prison.

 

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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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WIN by Harlan Coben

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Windsor Horne Lockwood III might rectify cold cases connected to his family that have eluded the F.B.I. for decades.

 

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NON-FICTION:

 

BECOMING by Michelle Obama

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

The former first lady describes how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.

 

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BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla 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, 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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BREATH by James Nestor

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A re-examination of a basic biological function and a look at the science behind ancient breathing practices.

 

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CASTE by Isabel Wilkerson

(Available Formats: Print Book, Audiobook on CD, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.

 

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THE CODE BREAKER by Walter Isaacson

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook coming shortly)

How the Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues invented CRISPR, a tool that can edit DNA.

 

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GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey

(Available Formats: Print Book, Audiobook on CD & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.

 

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HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER by Bill Gates

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A prescription for what business, governments and individuals can do to work toward zero emissions.

 

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HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi

(Availalbe Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism.

 

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JUST AS I AM by Cicely Tyson with Michelle Burford

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The late iconic actress describes how she worked to change perceptions of Black women through her career choices.

 

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NOMADLAND by Jessica Bruder

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook)

A look at an expanding low-cost labor pool, which largely consists of transient older adults, and what this might portend.

 

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A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama

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

In the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama offers personal reflections on his formative years and pivotal moments through his first term.

 

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REMEMBER by Lisa Genova

(Available Formats: Pritn Book)

The neuroscientist and novelist explores the strengths and weaknesses of memory.

 

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THE SUM OF US by Heather McGhee

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The chair of the board of the racial justice organization Color of Change analyzes the impact of racism on the economy.

 

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THINK AGAIN by Adam Grant

(Available Formats: Print Book)

An examination of the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world.

 

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THIS IS THE FIRE by Don Lemon

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The CNN host looks at the impact of racism on his life and prescribes ways to address systemic flaws in America.

 

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UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH A BLACK MAN by Emmanuel Acho

(Avaialble Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A look at some questions and concepts needed to address systemic racism.

 

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UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle

(Available Formats: Print Book, Audiobook on CD, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.

 

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Be well and read on!

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.

The StarCat app is called Bookmyne and is available for Apple and Android devices.

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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, April 9, 2021.

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Black Mountain Side by Led Zeppelin (Genre: Rock)

Led Zeppelin, consisting of Robert Plant on vocals, Jimmy Page on guitar, John Paul Jones on bass and John Bonham on drums, is one of the most popular rock groups of all time. They released their debut LP, simply titled Led Zeppelin, at the end of the sixties.

From the album: Led Zeppelin (1969).

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Come Dancing by The Kinks (Genre: Rock, Pop)

Originally part of the sixties British Invasion, The Kinks grew into one of the most influential hard rocking groups of the sixties and continued to tour, record and release albums for decades.

The single Come Dancing was released early in the MTV era and had a companion video – this one!

From the album: State of Confusion (1983)

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Feel Like Going Home by Muddy Waters (Genre: Blues)

The great blues master Muddy Waters was born 106 years ago this Sunday, on April 4, 1915 in Rolling Fork Mississippi; and he is, without a doubt, one of the greatest blues player of fall time!

From the album: Folk Singer (1964).

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I Just Realized by Fanny (Genre: Rock, Classic Rock)

Fanny was one of the first all-female rock bands to break into the mainstream. The group formed in the late sixties and consisted of singer and guitarist June Millington, bassist Jean Millington, keyboardist Nickey Barclay and drummer Alice de Buhr; and they played rock with great gusto!

From the album: Fanny (1970).

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In A Big Country by Big Country (Genre: Pop-Rock, Folk)

An ode to the 1980s! In A Big Country was a big hit for the group Big Country and their biggest hit in the U.S.

Dig those bagpipe sounding guitars!

From the album: The Crossing (1983)

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Misty by Sarah Vaughan (Genre: Jazz)

The great singer Sarah Vaughan with a classic song!

This version of Misty was recorded live in Sweden in 1964.

From the album: Vaughan and Violins (1959).

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Something On My Mind by Karen Dalton (Genre: Folk)

Singer and multi-instrumentalist Karen Dalton was an exceptionally talented singer-songwriter with a unique voice. She was a part of the sixties Greenwich Village folk scene. And she is one of those players whose music simply didn’t gain the attention that it deserved during her music playing heyday. The song Something On My Mind gives you a good idea of her style and the almost haunting beauty of her music.

And if you keep listening after this song plays, as it is the first one on the album, the rest of the album will play too – great music – check it out.

From the album: In My Own Time (1971).

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Topsy by Count Basie & His Orchestra (Genre: Jazz)

A top twenty hit for Benny Goodman in 1937; The County Basie Orchestra subsequently recorded this buoyant version of the song.

From the album: One O’Clock Jump Remastered (1989)

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Whenever You’re Ready (I’m Here) by Paul Stanley’s Soul Station (Genre: Rock, R&B/Soul)

Kiss lead singer Paul Stanley shows his love of classic R&B by covering a collection of soul classics, on his new, upbeat album Now And Then. Classic tunes covered include The Tracks of My Tears, O-o-h Child, Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) and of course, Whenever You’re Ready

From the album: Now And Then (2021).

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When You Wish Upon A Star by Craig Duncan (Genre: Bluegrass, Instrumental)

Nashville based multi-instrumentalist and producer Craig Duncan has recorded an entire album of Disney classics all in the bluegrass style!

From the album: Bare Necessities: Instrumental Bluegrass Renditions Of Disney Classics (2021)

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Why Can’t We Live Together by Dr. Lonnie Smith (Genre: Jazz)

Jazz master organist Lonnie Smith collaborated with punk icon Iggy Pop to create his cool new album Breathe; on which he covers the classic seventies tune Why Can’t We Live Together.

From the Album: Breathe (2021).

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Hoopla Recommendation of the Week
Carly Pearce by Carly Pearce (Genre: Country)

The second album from the popular country singer-songwriter; available for instant checkout through Hoopla now!

And from that same album the song:

Closer To You

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Have a good weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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REFERENCES:

Print References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn

Online References

AllMusic. 2021. AllMusic | Record Reviews, Streaming Songs, Genres & Bands. [online] Available at: <https://www.allmusic.com/&gt;.

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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 (OverDrive & Libby Apps)

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

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Hoopla

A catalog of instant check out items, including eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, TV shows and movies for 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, viewers and listeners advisory videocast.

The next Library Connections video will be posted on Monday, April 5, 2021.

Have a great day,
Linda Reimer, SSCL

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

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 (OverDrive & Libby apps) and Hoopla eBooks & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla App).

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

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are published on Tuesdays. The next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Tuesday, April 6, 2021.

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America Is Immigrants by Sara Novic

(Available Formats: eBook)

As the title suggests, this book shows how profound and pervasive the immigrant influence has been on American life.

Scratch beneath the surface of nearly any facet of what is considered American culture, and you’ll likely find the imprint of someone who came to the country from somewhere else. Such is the lesson of this collaboration between novelist Nović (Girl at War, 2015), who was born and raised in America within an immigrant family, and illustrator Kolesar, who emigrated from Scotland. Here, they celebrate more than 200 individuals, with capsule biographies of no more than a page and full-color portraits that attest to the cultural diversity and vitality of the immigrant influence. “There are 193 member states in the United Nations; this book contains at least one person from each of them,” states the introduction. One two-page spread on “Classic American Products” pays tribute to those responsible for Levi’s, hamburgers, Nathan’s hot dogs, Carvel ice cream, and Chevrolet, all-American iconography that owes its genesis to Germany, Denmark, Poland, Greece, and Switzerland, respectively. The all-American Chef Boyardee was known in his native Italy as Ettore Boiardi. After the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, when he “famously quipped to his doctors, ‘Please tell me you’re Republicans,’ ” three members of his medical team were from Malaysia, “Nicaragua/Mexico,” and “a refugee of Nazi Germany…raised in an American orphanage.” Lest anyone think this is a work of partisan ideology, among those celebrated is “the only naturalized citizen ever to become First Lady, Melania Trump,” balanced a couple of pages later by Hungarian refugee and billionaire human rights activist George Soros. As the narrative clearly shows, from music to fine arts, from the stage to the big screen, from scientific discoveries to athletic records, the history of American culture is impossible to record without significant immigrant representation.

A book that makes its point over and over again without belaboring it.
–Kirkus Reviews

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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

A magisterial biography of the co-discoverer of what has been called the greatest advance in biology since the discovery of DNA.A magisterial biography of the co-discoverer of what has been called the greatest advance in biology since the discovery of DNA.

For the first third of Isaacson’s latest winner, the author focuses on the life and career of Jennifer Doudna (b. 1964). Raised by academic parents who encouraged her fascination with science, she flourished in college and went on to earn a doctorate in biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology from Harvard. After fellowships and postdoc programs at the University of Colorado and Yale, she joined the faculty at the University of California in 2002. In 2006, she learned about CRISPR, a system of identical repeated DNA sequences in bacteria copied from certain viruses. Others had discovered that this was a defense mechanism—CRISPR DNA generates enzymes that chop up the DNA of the infecting virus. With collaborators, she discovered how CRISPR operates and invented a much simpler technique for cutting DNA and editing genes. Although known since the 1970s, “genetic engineering” was a complex, tedious process. CRISPR made it much simpler. Formally accepted by the editors of Science in 2012, the co-authored paper galvanized the scientific establishment and led to a torrent of awards, culminating in the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry. At this point, Isaacson steps back, keeping Doudna as the central character but describing the rush to apply gene editing to altering life and curing diseases, the intense debate over its morality, and the often shameful quarrels over credit and patents. A diligent historian and researcher, Isaacson lucidly explains CRISPR and refuses to pass it off as a far-fetched magic show. Some scientific concepts (nuclear fission, evolution) are easy to grasp but not CRISPR. Using charts, analogies, and repeated warnings for readers to pay attention, the author describes a massively complicated operation in which humans can program heredity. Those familiar with college-level biology will have a better time, but nobody will regret the reading experience.

A vital book about the next big thing in science—and yet another top-notch biography from Isaacson.–Kirkus Review

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The Day the Music Died by Ed Gorman

(Available Formats: eBook & Hoopla instant checkout eBook)

In 1950s Iowa, a murder-suicide forces a lawyer to put aside his rock-and-roll grief.

Sam McCain loves Buddy Holly because he’s the only rock-and-roll star who still seems like a dweeb, and Sam knows how that feels. With the unrequited love of his life at his side, Sam drives more than three hours through the snow to watch his idol play the Surf Ballroom. That night, Buddy Holly dies in the most famous plane crash in music history, but Sam has no time to grieve. Because there are too many lawyers in this small town, Sam makes a living as a PI, doing odd jobs for an eccentric judge—whose nephew, it seems, has a problem only a detective could solve. His trophy wife has been murdered, and as soon as Sam arrives, the nephew kills himself, too.

The police see this as a clear-cut murder-suicide, but Sam wants to know more, diving into a mystery by Ellery Queen Award–winning author Ed Gorman that will get dangerous faster than you can say “bye-bye, Miss American Pie.”

The first book in the classic rock themed Sam McCain mystery series. – Publisher Overview

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Foregone: A Novel by Russell Banks

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Banks, a conduit for the confounded and the unlucky, a writer acutely attuned to place and ambiance, is at his most magnetic and provocative in this portrait of a celebrated documentary filmmaker on the brink of death. Leonard Fife found love and renown in Canada, after arriving in 1968 as one of many young Americans fleeing the draft to protest the Vietnam War. It’s now 2018 and Fife is succumbing to cancer under the care of an implacable nurse from Haiti as a film crew headed by a former protege sets up to interview him about his influential life’s work. Instead Fife launches into a grand and bewildering confession, insisting that he’s finally telling his beloved wife the full truth about his past. He recounts intensely detailed, engrossing, and disquieting tales about a gloomy Massachusetts childhood, heady sojourn in Greenwich Village, and precarious marriage to a wealthy Virginian, presenting himself as a liar and a thief who betrays his loved ones. But under the bright lights, mere moments have elapsed and everyone listening is confused and concerned, leaving the reader wondering if these perhaps dubious stories are only playing in Fife’s mind. In this masterful depiction of a psyche under siege by disease, age, and guilt, Banks considers with profound intent the verity of memory, the mercurial nature of the self, and how little we actually know about ourselves and others. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Banks’ first novel since the Carnegie Medal shortlisted Lost Memory of Skin (2011) will catalyze his fans and all lovers of richly psychological and ethical fiction.–Booklist Review

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Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight by Julia Sweig

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Claudia Alta Johnson (1912-2007), also known as Lady Bird, was the wife of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon Johnson. Sweig (LBJ School of Public Affairs, Univ. of Texas at Austin) describes Lady Bird not as the deferential wife of a boisterous politician, but as the key adviser to the leader of the Senate, vice president, and, ultimately, president of the United States. Lyndon Johnson presided over tumultuous years in the mid-1960s with the aftershock of the Kennedy assassination, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War. Sweig successfully illustrates how Lady Bird strongly influenced her husband on topics ranging from the environment to civil rights, all the while remaking the position of First Lady, shaping how we view it today. This portrait of Lady Bird focuses primarily on her time as First Lady, making ample use of her own recorded diaries along with other primary sources to show how she was both essential to Lyndon Johnson’s triumphs and deeply supportive in his failures. Insight is also given to relationships with other First Ladies, such as Jackie Kennedy and Pat Nixon. VERDICT A perceptive consideration of an often-understudied First Lady and her lasting legacy. For public and academic libraries everywhere.–Keith Klang, Port Washington P.L., NY–Library Journal Review

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Later by Stephen King

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Teenager Jamie Conklin warns the reader at the outset that “this is a horror story.” He’s right–we learn in the opening chapter that Jamie can see dead people, sometimes with innards on display–but King’s beguiling short novel is really more of a genre-bender, combining the horror with a sensitive coming-of-age tale and an old-school crime thriller. There’s also a nifty publishing subplot involving Jamie’s literary-agent mother, Tia, whose struggling business (she lost her savings when a Ponzi scheme imploded) depends on the continued output of a best-selling author of historical romances. Jamie would prefer to keep his eyes closed to dead people, but when his mother and her lover, police detective Liz, both in serious jams, are forced to admit the teenager is telling the truth about his special ability, Jamie is inveigled into doing some paranormal sleuthing. Cue more innards. But there are also relationship issues between Tia and Liz, leading to an even bigger jam (with demons) for Jamie. In his signature style, King keeps the narrative cantering along, mixing lots of pop culture into the flow and building Jamie into a witty and thoroughly empathetic lead (recalling the teens in King’s It and his novella “The Body” (on which the movie Stand by Me was based). This may be the most ingratiating mix of sweet and sour since Daniel Kraus’ genre-bender Blood Sugar (2019). –Booklist

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The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

When 90-year-old Peggy Smith dies in Shoreham, England, it’s considered a natural death. Her Ukrainian caretaker, Natalka, believes it was too sudden, and she takes her suspicions to Detective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur. Natalka finds all kinds of mystery novels dedicated to Peggy, aka “PS,” along with a business card that says “Mrs. M. Smith, Murder Consultant.” DS Kaur thinks there might be something to it when Natalka and one of Peggy’s neighbors, Edwin, encounter a gunman who steals a book from Peggy’s collection. Next, Edwin finds a postcard: “We are coming for you.” When the trio, now joined by former monk Benedict, realize other authors have received the postcard, it’s time to investigate. Then another author, the most famous writer to thank Peggy, is murdered. Harbinder likes the small group of amateurs, but she’s appalled when they head to Scotland, chasing authors to a literary festival. VERDICT Readers of Griffiths’s Edgar Award-winning The Stranger Diaries, or her “Ruth Galloway” mysteries, will welcome this book with a diverse cast of well-developed characters. However, the story drags at times. Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club is a stronger pick for those looking for unusual amateur sleuths.–Lesa Holstine, Evansville Vanderburgh P.L., IN – Booklist Review

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Raft of Stars: A Novel by Andrew J. Graff

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Even in the early nineties, kids in the sprawling, rundown small town of Claypot, Wisconsin, tended to run amok. Ten-year-olds Fischer and Dale, nicknamed Fish and Bread, could have traveled back in time a few decades and found themselves in a familiar setting. The two became fast friends when Fish moved to Claypot, and they bonded over learning to shoot, riding their bikes all over town, and planning elaborate adventures. When a tragedy forces the boys to embark on a real adventure in the deep Wisconsin forest, the world outside Claypot feels undeniably cruel and unthinkably large. Meanwhile, the residents of Claypot form a search party, forging unexpected relationships along the way. Reminiscent of stories like Stand By Me and Have You Seen Luis Velez?, Graff’s debut novel will enchant fans of Chris Cleave and Melissa Bank. Graff’s narrative voice is lyrical, with a Southern Gothic edge that fits surprisingly well with the Wisconsin Northwoods setting. Exploring the necessity of the stories we tell ourselves to survive, Raft of Stars is a clever, compelling coming-of-age tale. –Booklist Review

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The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

From the vantage of her 70-plus years, Allende (A Long Petal of the Sea, 2020) uses the lens of feminism to reflect on her life. Feminist was a role she was destined to fulfill, in spite of the misogyny rampant in her native Chile. It was also a role she was cautioned against by her mother, stepfather, and beloved grandfather, yet the empirical logic behind becoming and being her own woman was one that she could not shake. Independence of spirit fueled Allende’s ambition, the desire to witness as strong as that to write. Allende’s transformative approach to feminism is visceral and, not surprisingly, lyrical. It is “like the ocean,” she writes, moving “in waves, currents, tides, and sometimes in storms.” In a narrative that is part memoir and part manifesto, Allende both rails against and embraces aging, making peace with the adjustments she’s made and celebrating life’s joys and accomplishments as measured against a life well lived. A crisp and buoyant unburdening, Allende’s philosophical treatise on women’s issues is unabashedly passionate and personal, as befits one of the world’s most beloved authors and journalists. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Allende is a beacon, weaving feminism into her novels, and her first nonfiction book in years will garner media coverage and reader curiosity. Women in Focus: The 19th in 2020. –Booklist Review

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Stop at Nothing by Michael Ledwidge

(Available Formats: eBook)

Diving instructor Michael Gannon, the hero of this contrived thriller from bestseller Ledwidge (the Michael Bennett series with James Patterson), is fishing off an island in the Bahamas when he sees a corporate jet crash into the water. Gannon discovers a fortune in uncut diamonds and American dollars in the downed plane, along with the bodies of six men. Unable to report the tragedy because of a broken antenna, Gannon decides to hold onto the loot, which he guesses is related to a drug deal. Eventually, it becomes clear that among the victims were some highly important people and a cover-up is involved. Gannon ends up partnering with an attractive U.S. Navy lieutenant, Ruby Everett, who investigates the crash, and a journalist, Eric Wheldon, who lost his State Department job after exposing government corruption. Gannon and his allies must dodge multiple perils en route to a predictable conclusion. Action sequences, rather than characterizations, are Ledwidge’s strength. Fans of unsophisticated page-turners will be entertained.—Publishers Weekly Review

The first book in the Michael Gannon Series.

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Bonus Recommendation:

In celebration of Eric Clapton’s 76th birthday today, March 20, 2021, here is a bonus recommendation!

The double-live album Just One Night from 1980.

The album features the songs Tulsa Time, Lay Down Sally, Wonderful Tonight, After Midnight, Blues Power and many more.

The album is available on-demand (AKA for instant checkout) through Hoopla – give it a listen!

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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, a catalog containing eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, Digital Magazines and a handful of streaming videos, 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 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.

The StarCat app is called Bookmyne and is available for Apple and Android devices.

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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 Audiobooks), 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 postings are published on Sundays; and the next New York Times Bestselling blog posting will be published on Sunday, April 4, 2021.

 

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FICTION

THE AFFAIR by Danielle Steel

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A French author’s extramarital relationship affects various members of his wife’s family.

 

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CAMINO WINDS by John Grisham

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

The line between fact and fiction becomes blurred when an author of thrillers is found dead after a hurricane hits Camino Island.

 

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A COURT OF SILVER FLAMES by Sarah J. Maas

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The fifth book in A Court of Thorn and Roses series. Nesta Archeron is forced into close quarters with a warrior named Cassian.

 

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DARK SKY by C.J. Box

(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)

The 21st book in the Joe Pickett series. The Wyoming game warden becomes a target when taking a tech baron on an elk hunting trip.

 

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THE DUKE AND I by Julia Quinn

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The first book in the Bridgerton series. Daphne Bridgerton’s reputation soars when she colludes with the Duke of Hastings. The basis of the Netflix series “Bridgerton.”

 

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FAST ICE by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The 18th book in the NUMA Files series. Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala uncover a decades-old conspiracy when they search for a missing former colleague in Antarctica.

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THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

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

As dust storms roll during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between saving the family and farm or heading West.

 

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THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab

(Available Formats: Print Books, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.

 

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KLARA AND THE SUN by Kazuo Ishiguro

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

An “Artificial Friend” named Klara is purchased to serve as a companion to an ailing 14-year-old girl.

 

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LATER by Stephen King

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook coming soon)

An N.Y.P.D. detective asks the son of a struggling single mother to use his unnatural ability to track a killer.

 

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LIFE AFTER DEATH by Sister Souljah

(Available Formats: Print Book)

In a sequel to “The Coldest Winter Ever,” Winter Santiaga emerges after time served and seeks revenge.

 

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LOST APOTHECARY by Sarah Penner

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

An aspiring historian in London finds a clue that might put to rest unsolved apothecary murders from 200 years ago

 

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THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobooks)

Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.

 

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THE ROSE CODE by Kate Quinn

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook coming shortly)

As a post-World War II royal wedding approaches, an encrypted letter resurrects an alliance between three female code breakers.

 

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SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller

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

A reimagining of Homer’s “Iliad” that is narrated by Achilles’ companion Patroclus.

 

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THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett

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

The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity.

 

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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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WILD SIGN by Patricia Briggs

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The sixth book in the Alpha and Omega series. Mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham look into what might have caused everyone living in a small town to disappear.

 

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WIN by Harlan Coben

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Windsor Horne Lockwood III might rectify cold cases connected to his family that have eluded the F.B.I. for decades.

 

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NON-FICTION:

 

BECOMING by Michelle Obama

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

The former first lady describes how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.

 

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BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla Audiobook)

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

 

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CASTE by Isabel Wilkerson

(Available Formats: Print Book, Audiobook on CD, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.

 

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THE CODE BREAKER by Walter Isaacson

(Available Formats: Print Book, Downloadable Audiobook, eBook coming shortly)

How the Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues invented CRISPR, a tool that can edit DNA.

 

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GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey

(Available Formats: Print Book, Audiobook on CD & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.

 

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HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER by Bill Gates

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A prescription for what business, governments and individuals can do to work toward zero emissions.

 

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JUST AS I AM by Cicely Tyson with Michelle Burford

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The late iconic actress describes how she worked to change perceptions of Black women through her career choices.

 

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LADY BIRD JOHNSON by Julia Sweig
(Available Formats: Print & eBook)

A look at the policy initiatives and the leadership style of the first lady during her time in the East Wing.

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NOMADLAND by Jessica Bruder

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook)

A look at an expanding low-cost labor pool, which largely consists of transient older adults, and what this might portend.

 

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NÖTHIN’ BUT A GOOD TIME by Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock

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

An oral history of hard rock and heavy metal music in the 1980s.

 

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A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama

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

In the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama offers personal reflections on his formative years and pivotal moments through his first term.

 

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THE SUM OF US by Heather McGhee

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The chair of the board of the racial justice organization Color of Change analyzes the impact of racism on the economy.

 

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THINK AGAIN by Adam Grant

(Available Formats: Print Book)

An examination of the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world.

 

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THIS IS THE FIRE by Don Lemon

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The CNN host looks at the impact of racism on his life and prescribes ways to address systemic flaws in America.

 

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UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH A BLACK MAN by Emmanuel Acho

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook, Hoo

A look at some questions and concepts needed to address systemic racism.

 

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UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle

(Available Formats: Print Book, Audiobook on CD, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.

 

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WALK IN MY COMBAT BOOTS by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A collection of interviews with troops who fought overseas.

 

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Be well and read on!

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.

The StarCat app is called Bookmyne and is available for Apple and Android devices.

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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, April 2, 2021.

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Angel From Montgomery by Bonnie Raitt (Genre: Rock, Blues)

A terrific song from singer & guitarist Raitt’s equally terrific fourth album, Streetlights (1974).

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Can’t Find My Way Home by Bonnie Raitt, Lowell George, John Hammond Jr & Freebo

The Blind Faith classic was recorded during a jam session in 1972 – very cool – note though that the actual playing doesn’t start until about 2:41 minutes into the recording.

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Hello In There by John Prine (Genre: Folk, Pop-Rock)

A great introspective song from the late, great Prine’s debut album, John Prine (1971). And interestingly, John Prine wrote the song Angel of Montgomery – his original version is also found on his debut LP.

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Maggie’s Farm by Bob Dylan (Genre: Folk, Rock)

Maggie’s Farm is from Dylan’s fifth album, Bringing It All Back Home – what a great song – it features wit and humor along with a solid beat!

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Nutville by (Harold Floyd) “Tina” Brooks (Genre: Jazz, Bop)

Tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks was a studio musician and recorded on his own, as a band leader only twice for Blue Note Records in 1958 & 1961 – thus he is an undiscovered gem as he certainly could play that saxophone; Nutville is from his album Mirror Love (1958).

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Ramblin’ On My Mind by John Mayall and the Blues Breakers (with Eric Clapton on vocals & guitar)

Ramblin’ On My Mind is from the album Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966)

Listening Note: The entire album, Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, which was recorded in between Clapton’s time with the Yardbirds and Cream, is available through Hoopla as are Blues Breaker albums featuring Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green (A Hard Road) and future Rolling Stone guitarist Mick Taylor (Crusade).

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Say You Love by Fleetwood Mac (Genre: Pop, Rock)

A bright, upbeat tune with Christine McVie on lead vocals; from supergroup’s 1975 self-titles smash LP – Fleetwood Mac.

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Semiramide riconosciuta, Act II: “Tradita, sprezzata” (Semiramide) by Nathalie Stutzmann and Orfeo 55 (Genre: Classical, Vocal)

An upbeat composition with terrific operatic singing; from the album Contralto (2021).

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Suite Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills & Nash (Genre: Rock, Folk, Singer-Songwriter)

One of my favorite songs; found on the harmonical trio’s debut album, Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969).

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Straight Shooter by the Mama’s and the Papas (Genre: Folk, Pop, Vocal)

From the classic singing group’s debut album If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears.

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Hoopla Recommendation of the Week
The Modern Sound Of Betty Carter (1960)

Betty Carter’s third album offers a great listen and includes the classic songs What A Little Moonlight Can Do, Remember & Stormy Weather.

And from the album, a classic song
At Sundown by Better Carter

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Have a good weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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REFERENCES:

Print References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn

Online References

AllMusic. 2021. AllMusic | Record Reviews, Streaming Songs, Genres & Bands. [online] Available at: <https://www.allmusic.com/&gt;.

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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 (OverDrive & Libby Apps)

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

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Hoopla

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

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

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

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 (OverDrive & Libby apps) and Hoopla eBooks & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla App).

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

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are published on Tuesdays. The next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Tuesday, March 30, 2021.

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Cloudmaker by Malcolm Brooks

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

Houston “Huck” Finn, a precocious 14-year-old, has built, flown, and crashed his own glider, but he’s on to bigger things. It’s 1937 in rural Montana, and with the Great Depression in full swing, Huck has to economize with parts from Model Ts and vacuum cleaners to build a two-seater mono wing, following instructions in the 1932 Flying and Glider Manual. He uses the back room of his father’s machine shop and the expertise of a blacksmith named Yakima McKee to build his plane. When his teenage cousin Annelise arrives from Los Angeles, she brings sophistication beyond her years and experience as a pilot (she wears a Lindbergh flight watch). Life abruptly changes when Huck discovers a bullet-riddled corpse floating in the river, also wearing a Lindbergh flight watch. Huck filches the valuable watch for safekeeping, which brings law enforcement and the victim’s outlaw cronies to his doorstep. But Huck, Annelise, and McKee form an undaunted team, not only to bring the airplane into being but also to solve the criminals’ activities. It’s an exciting summer in Big Coulee, MT. VERDICT With a nod to Ivan Doig’s straightforward folksy style, this impressive second novel after Painted Horses tells an earnest, heartfelt family story with laugh-out-loud humor, deep-seated family conflicts, and distressing coming-of-age crises. Enthusiastically recommended.—Donna Bettencourt, Mesa Cty. P.L., Grand Junction, CO – Starred Library Journal Review

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The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Public radio co-hosts navigate mixed signals in Rachel Lynn Solomon’s sparkling romantic comedy debut.

Shay Goldstein has been a producer at her Seattle public radio station for nearly a decade, and she can’t imagine working anywhere else. But lately it’s been a constant clash between her and her newest colleague, Dominic Yun, who’s fresh off a journalism master’s program and convinced he knows everything about public radio.

When the struggling station needs a new concept, Shay proposes a show that her boss green-lights with excitement. On The Ex Talk, two exes will deliver relationship advice live, on air. Their boss decides Shay and Dominic are the perfect co-hosts, given how much they already despise each other. Neither loves the idea of lying to listeners, but it’s this or unemployment. Their audience gets invested fast, and it’s not long before The Ex Talk becomes a must-listen in Seattle and climbs podcast charts.

As the show gets bigger, so does their deception, especially when Shay and Dominic start to fall for each other. In an industry that values truth, getting caught could mean the end of more than just their careers.

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Fadeout by Joseph Hansen

(Available Formats: eBook & Hoopla instant checkout eBook)

Fadeout is the first of Joseph Hansen’s twelve classic mysteries featuring rugged Dave Brandstetter, an insurance investigator who is contentedly gay. When entertainer Fox Olson’s car plunges off a bridge in a storm, a death claim is filed, but where is Olson’s body? As Brandstetter questions family, fans, and detractors, he grows certain Olson is still alive and that Dave must find him before the would-be killer does. Suspenseful and wry, shrewd and deeply felt, Fadeout remains as fresh today as when it startled readers more than thirty years ago.

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Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE

“An invigorating work, deadly precise in its skewering of people, places and things . . . Stylish, despairing and very funny, Fake Accounts . . . adroitly maps the dwindling gap between the individual and the world.” —Katie Kitamura, The New York Times Book Review

A woman in a tailspin discovers that her boyfriend is an anonymous online conspiracy theorist in this “absolutely brilliant take on the bizarre and despicable ways the internet has warped our perception of reality” (Elle, One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year).

On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, a young woman snoops through her boyfriend’s phone and makes a startling discovery: he’s an anonymous internet conspiracy theorist, and a popular one at that. Already fluent in internet fakery, irony, and outrage, she’s not exactly shocked by the revelation. Actually, she’s relieved—he was always a little distant—and she plots to end their floundering relationship while on a trip to the Women’s March in DC. But this is only the first in a series of bizarre twists that expose a world whose truths are shaped by online lies.

Suddenly left with no reason to stay in New York and increasingly alienated from her friends and colleagues, our unnamed narrator flees to Berlin, embarking on her own cycles of manipulation in the deceptive spaces of her daily life, from dating apps to expat meetups, open-plan offices to bureaucratic waiting rooms. She begins to think she can’t trust anyone—shouldn’t the feeling be mutual?

Narrated with seductive confidence and subversive wit, Fake Accounts challenges the way current conversations about the self and community, delusions and gaslighting, and fiction and reality play out in the internet age.

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George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father by David O. Stewart

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Stewart (Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson) makes the case that though George Washington (1732–99) went out of his way to hide it, he was a masterful politician who used his talents to advance the priorities he thought necessary for the fledgling United States. While his record of success in the French and Indian War was uneven, he nevertheless managed to learn how to organize an army. Afterwards he rose swiftly to prominence in the Virginia House of Burgesses. During the Revolutionary War, as Stewart ably recounts, Washington held his army together through Valley Forge and later thwarted machinations to remove him from his post. Stewart argues that Washington was the only player at the Constitutional Convention who received both a strong executive branch and a permanent namesake capitol. As president, Washington supported Alexander Hamilton in establishing the national bank and assuming payment of the state’s war debts by the federal government. In this second term, he managed to keep the country out of potentially disastrous foreign involvement. Stewart concludes by discussing the politician’s late wrestling with the issue of slavery. VERDICT In this lively and admirable study, Stewart offers a balanced and thoughtfully well-written appreciation of George Washington’s life and leadership. A must for fans of biographies.—David Keymer, Cleveland- Starred Library Journal Review

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Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream by Tung Nguyen, Katherine Manning, Lyn Nguyen

(Available Formats: Hoopla instant checkout eBook)

This multinarrator memoir shines with the power of resilience, friendship, family, and food to bring together two women from vastly different backgrounds and inspire them to build Hy Vong, an award-winning Vietnamese restaurant in Miami. Vietnamese refugee Tung Nguyen and her American host, Kathy Manning, are polar opposites, with Tung being as staunch and practical as Kathy is free-spirited. Their dynamic is captured in this memoir, also cowritten by Lyn Nguyen (Tung’s daughter) and food writer Elisa Ung, as each chapter is told from Tung’s and Kathy’s alternating perspectives documenting decades of partnership. It is easy to see how their differences helped contribute to the great success of their restaurant, with Tung cooking delicious and traditional Vietnamese soups and comfort foods and Kathy navigating the ins and outs of the business. Woven throughout the book are mouth-watering recipes of either Vietnamese or Swedish origin that tie into the chapters and add another level to this dual memoir. VERDICT A unique contribution to culinary literature that would be a great addition to a collections of food memoirs, but may not stand out to readers looking for recipes alone.—Siobhan Egan, Barrington Public Library, Barrington, RI – Library Journal Review

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Maya’s Notebook by Isabel Allende

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

Neglected by her parents, nineteen-year-old Maya Nidal has grown up in Berkeley with her grandparents. Her grand­mother Nini is a force of nature, a woman whose formidable strength helped her build a new life after emigrating from Chile in 1973. Popo, Maya’s grandfather, is a gentle man whose solid, comforting presence helps calm the turbulence of Maya’s adolescence. When Popo dies of cancer, Maya goes completely off the rails, turning to drugs, alcohol, and petty crime in a downward spiral that eventually bottoms out in Las Vegas. Lost in a dangerous underworld, she is caught in the cross­hairs of warring forces. Her one chance for survival is Nini, who helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile. Here Maya tries to make sense of the past, unravels mysterious truths about life and about her family, and embarks on her greatest adventure: the journey into her own soul.

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Quiet In Her Bones by Nalini Singh

(Available Formats: Print & eBook)

A terrible car accident left playboy and thriller writer Aarav Rai with a broken leg and holes in his memory, and he is forced to move back to his father’s house to recover. While there, his mother’s car is found in the forest, proof that she did not run off and leave him ten years ago. The ultra-rich suburban neighborhood Aarav grew up in hides a multitude of secrets, but from his balcony, he has a better view than most of what is happening behind closed doors–except for his own, because his father is still bitter about his late wife’s independent nature and won’t discuss the fight they had on what turned out to be their last night together. Aarav uses his self-proclaimed sociopathic tendencies to charm information out of people, but his mind can’t process what he finds, and readers will be left wondering if he’s keeping the biggest secret from himself. Singh perfectly conveys the sleek architecture amid an unforgiving New Zealand forest, while the fuzziness and paranoia of Aarav’s narration make this an unsettling thriller that deserves a wide audience. – Booklist Review

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The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Political commentator McGhee argues in her astute and persuasive debut that income inequality and the decline of the middle and working classes in America are a direct result of the country’s long history of racial injustice. Many white Americans, McGhee claims, center their political beliefs and actions—often to their own detriment—on the false premise that social and economic gains for one race result in losses for another. She traces the history of race relations in America from slavery through Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the dawn of neoliberalism, documenting instances in which racism against Black Americans has diminished everyone’s quality of life and forestalled social progress, including the mass closure of public swimming pools in the 1950s and ’60s to avoid integration, and the American Medical Association’s “racist red-baiting campaign” to undermine President Truman’s efforts to pass universal health-care legislation. McGhee holds up a recent economic turnaround in Lewiston, Maine, as an example of how communities can thrive thanks to immigrants and people of color, driving home the point that racial inclusivity benefits all Americans. McGhee marshals a wealth of information into a cohesive narrative that ends on a hopeful note. This sharp, thorough, and engrossing report casts America’s racial divide in a new light. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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Your Beautiful Lies by Louise Douglas

(Available Formats: Hoopla instant checkout eBook & audiobook)

The trouble with secrets is that they never stay secret for long…

Annie Howarth is living an anxious life in an anxious town. Her mining community in South Yorkshire is feeling the pinch and tensions are running high. Then a murdered girl is found on the moors and the agitation in the community is pushed to a dangerous breaking point.

As the wife of the chief of police, Annie should feel safe – her husband William can be secretive, but she’s sure whatever he’s hiding is for her own good, isn’t it?

But Annie is keeping her own secrets. Ten years ago, the man she loved was ripped from her life in a scandal that still haunts them both, and now his return will put her family, her marriage, even her life, at risk.

Bestselling author of House by the Sea Louise Douglas returns with a heart-racing novel full of suspense, desire and desperate secrets. Perfect for fans of Barbara O’Neal, Lucinda Riley and Rachel Hore.

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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, a catalog containing eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, Digital Magazines and a handful of streaming videos, 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 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.

The StarCat app is called Bookmyne and is available for Apple and Android devices.

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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.