Hi everyone, this new weekly post will combine and replace our Suggested Listening and Suggested Viewing posts, into one entertainment post, published on Fridays, just in time for the weekend. Enjoy!
Our Enjoy The Weekend posts will contain ten songs and two streaming video recommendations, one from a mainstream service and the other from Kanopy, the library’s free to access streaming service (all you need is a library card!).
First the songs:
This week we’re enjoying music by artists born in September.
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That’ll Be The Day by Buddy Holly (Born September 7, 1936)
Found on the Album: The Chirping Crickets (1957)
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Brass in Pocket by The Pretenders with Chrissie Hynde (Born September 7, 1951)
Found on the Album: The Singles (1987)
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Try A Little Tenderness by Otis Redding (Born September 9, 1941)
Found on the Album: The Best of Otis Redding (2020)
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Mercy Fell Like Rain by Rosie Flores (Born September 10, 1950)
Found on the Album: A Simple Case of the Blues (2019)
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Three O’Clock Blues by B. B. King (Born September 16, 1925)
Found on the Album: Singin’ the Blues (1956)
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I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry by Hank Williams Sr. (Born September 17, 1923)
Found on the Album: 20 of Hank Williams Greatest Hits (1990)
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I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll by Joan Jett (Born September 22, 1958)
Found on the Album: I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll (1981)
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Let The Good Times Roll by Ray Charles (Born September 23,1930)
Found on the Album: The Genius of Ray Charles (1959)
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Give It Up by Barbara Dennerlein (Born September 25, 1964)
Found on the Album: Barbara Dennerlein Takes Off (1995)
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Second The videos:
A new title available through one of the usual U.S. streaming services, followed by a Kanopy title that you can check out with your library card and stream on-demand.
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Highest To Lowest (2025) (Apple TV+)
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Kanopy Streaming Pick of the Week (A title available to library card holders)
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
And The Digital Catalog/Libby features titles that may be checked out via the one-copy-one-user lending model, just like print books.
The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron checkout limit is 10 items per month.
Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.
The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.
Titles in the Hoopla Catalog are available to be checked out on-demand by all library card holders, with the caveat of being able to check out a maximum of ten titles per month, per card.
The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.
The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!
You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).
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.
Hi everyone, here are our five suggested reads of the week!
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America’s Deadliest Election: The Cautionary Tale of the Most Violent Election in American History by Dana
Bash, CNN’s congressional correspondent, and coauthor Fisher chronicle the 1872 gubernatorial race in Louisiana and the effects it had on Louisiana politics, Reconstruction, and civil rights. The race pitted Democrat and former Confederate officer John McEnery against Republican William Pitt Kellogg who advocated for racial equality instead of white supremacy. Tensions between white Southerners and freedmen were exacerbated when both candidates’ supporters used imaginative techniques to rig the election for their candidate. A fragile system to count ballots and resolve voting disputes could not resolve disputes. Then McEnery’s supporters armed themselves and confronted Kellogg’s government by force, with widespread, often horrific violence, including a massacre of African Americans in rural Colfax and a battle in Liberty Place in New Orleans. Although generally well-written, the book’s often confusing structure and digressions make for a challenging read. Yet Bash and Fisher reveal capably and in a timely manner that election fraud, voter intimidation, and violence have deep roots in American politics and require doses of powerful medicine to ensure that the government delivers prosperity and equality to all. – Booklist Review
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The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith
A dismembered corpse is discovered in the vault of a silver shop. The police initially believe it to be that of a convicted armed robber – but not everyone agrees with that theory. One of them is Decima Mullins, who calls on the help of private detective Cormoran Strike as she’s certain the body in the silver vault was that of her boyfriend – the father of her newborn baby – who suddenly and mysteriously disappeared.
The more Strike and his business partner Robin Ellacott delve into the case, the more labyrinthine it gets. The silver shop is no ordinary one: it’s located beside Freemasons’ Hall and specializes in Masonic silverware. And in addition to the armed robber and Decima’s boyfriend, it becomes clear that there are other missing men who could fit the profile of the body in the vault.
As the case becomes ever more complicated and dangerous, Strike faces another quandary. Robin seems increasingly committed to her boyfriend, policeman Ryan Murphy, but the impulse to declare his own feelings for her is becoming stronger than ever.
A gripping, wonderfully complex novel which takes Strike and Robin’s story to a new level, The Hallmarked Man is an unmissable read for any fan of this unique series.
Reader’s Note: The Hallmarked Man is the eight novel in the Cormoran Strike Mystery Series. If you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning, check out booke one: The Cuckoo’s Calling.
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Framed in Death by J. D. Robb
Death imitates art in the brand-new crime thriller starring homicide cop Eve Dallas from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author J.D. Robb.
Manhattan is filled with galleries and deep-pocketed collectors who can make an artist’s career with a wave of a hand. But one man toils in obscurity, his brilliance unrecognized while lesser talents bask in the glory he believes should be his. Come tomorrow, he vows, the city will be buzzing about his work.
Indeed, before dawn, Lt. Eve Dallas is speeding toward the home of the two gallery owners whose doorway has been turned into a horrifying crime scene overnight. A lifeless young woman has been elaborately costumed and precisely posed to resemble the model of a long-ago Dutch master, and Dallas plunges into her investigation.
Reader’s Note: Framed In Death is the sixty-first novel in the Eve Ducan Mystery Series. If you’d like to binge read from the beginning, check out book one: Naked In Death.
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Sweet Heat by Bolu Babalola
The bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club pick Honey and Spice returns with a sexy, hilarious, and heartfelt standalone novel starring Kiki Banjo, a young woman who hosts a podcast about modern love, even though her own love life is a hot mess. When her ex comes back into the picture, Kiki must decide whether she’s ready to risk it all—or let her heart burn again.
Twenty-eight-year-old Kiki Banjo hosts the popular podcast The HeartBeat, solving romantic conundrums and dishing out life advice. Behind the scenes, though, career setbacks and a devastating breakup have left her hanging on by a thread. As she’s preparing to be the Maid of Honor in her best friend’s wedding, everything starts to unravel, and Kiki is left wondering if she ever had the answers.
Then Kiki finds herself face-to-face with the Best Man, her ex-boyfriend, Malakai—the smooth-talking, absurdly handsome, annoyingly perceptive man who stole her heart and then shattered it. While Kiki’s approaching rock bottom, Malakai’s been on the rise as a filmmaker, and now they have no choice but to play nice until the wedding is over. Both are hell-bent on ignoring the smoldering chemistry between them, but as they navigate the chaos of wedding plans, career ambitions, and Kiki’s growing fears about the future, they can’t ignore the spark that’s only getting hotter.
They just have to get through the summer. So why does it feel like playing with fire?
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To The Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage
One young woman’s relentless quest to become the first Cherokee astronaut will irrevocably alter the fates of the people she loves most in this tour de force of a debut about ambition, belonging, and family.
My mother took my sister and me, and she drove through the night to a place she felt a claim to, a place on earth she thought we might be safe. I stopped asking questions. I picked little glass pieces from my sister’s hair. I watched the moon.
Steph Harper is on the run. When she was five, her mother fled an abusive husband—with Steph and her younger sister in tow—to Cherokee Nation, where she hoped they might finally belong. In response, Steph sets her sights as far away from Oklahoma as she can get, vowing that she will let nothing get in the way of pursuing the rigorous physical and academic training she knows she will need to be accepted by NASA, and ultimately, to go to the moon.
Spanning three decades and several continents, To the Moon and Back encompasses Steph’s turbulent journey, along with the multifaceted and intertwined lives of the three women closest to her: her sister Kayla, an artist who goes on to become an Indigenous social media influencer, and whose determination to appear good takes her life to unexpected places; Steph’s college girlfriend Della Owens, who strives to reclaim her identity as an adult after being removed from her Cherokee family through a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act; and Hannah, Steph and Kayla’s mother, who has held up her family’s tribal history as a beacon of inspiration to her children, all the while keeping her own past a secret.
In Steph’s certainty that only her ambition can save her, she will stretch her bonds with each of these women to the point of breaking, at once betraying their love and generosity, and forcing them to reconsider their own deepest desires in her shadow. Told through an intricately woven tapestry of narrative, To the Moon and Back is an astounding and expansive novel of mothers and daughters, love and sacrifice, alienation and heartbreak, terror and wonder. At its core, it is the story of the extraordinary lengths to which one woman will go to find space for herself.
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Happy reading!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Weekly Suggested Reading Five postings are usually published on Wednesdays, unless Monday is a holiday and then they are published later in the week.
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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.
Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.
The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.
The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.
The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!
You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.
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Have questions about how to access Internet based content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios)? Feel free to drop by the Reference Desk or call the library and we will assist you! The library’s telephone number is: 607-936-3713.
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Tech & Book Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.
P.S. Some of the print books & physical media items may not yet appear in StarCat. So, if you see any title you’d like to check out, but it isn’t in StarCat, send me an email or give me a call and I’ll put your name on the list for it, as soon as it has arrived.
P.S.S. The three digital catalogs are:
The Digital Catalog found online at https://stls.overdrive.com/ and its companion app Libby found in mobile app stores.
The Hoopla Catalog found online at: https://www.hoopladigital.com/ and its companion app, also called Hoopla and found in mobile app stores.
Kanopy: The streaming video catalog found online at https://www.kanopy.com/ and its companion app, also called Kanopy, found in mobile app stores.
Hi everyone, here are our streaming recommendations for the week.
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The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, Season 1 (Netflix) (August 27)
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Kanopy Pick of the Week
Winter Sleep (2014)
Trailer
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Have a great day!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Suggested Viewing posts are published on Tuesdays, and consist of two streaming recommendations, one general recommendation from a variety of sources (i.e. Apple TV+, Peacock, Hulu, Amazon, PBS etc.) and the other from the library’s streaming service Kanopy.
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.
Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.
The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.
The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.
The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!
You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.
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Have questions about how to access digital library content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios & streaming videos)?
Feel free to drop by the Reference Desk or call the library and we will assist you! The library’s telephone number is: 607-936-3713.
Hi everyone, here are our five suggested reads of the week!
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Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham
Once again, Willingham (Only If You’re Lucky) delivers a gripping thriller packed with twists that will keep readers on edge until the final page. It’s been 15 years since Claire returned home to South Carolina, a place haunted by the disappearance of her older sister Natalie at age 18. Having been called back to her hometown by her father, Claire gravitates to nearby Galloway Farm, where Natalie spent time before she disappeared. Hoping to escape her estranged mother and feel closer to her sister, Claire takes a job at the farm and moves into its guest cabin, where she discovers an old journal belonging to one of the farm’s owners. The diary recounts a story of young love that soon takes on more sinister form. It also hints at unsolved crimes that lead Claire to investigate Natalie’s ties to the farm. When she uncovers evidence of another woman’s disappearance, Claire begins to wonder if these are more than coincidences–and if she’s getting too close to the truth.
VERDICT Fans of Sally Hepworth and Kate Alice Marshall will enjoy the novel’s Southern heat, slow-burning tension, and suspense.- Library Journal
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Knife In The Back by Karen Rose
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Rose comes another “intense, complex, and unforgettable”* novel.
Officer Naomi Cranston was framed for stealing cocaine from the evidence locker and coerced—through threats to her young son—into not fighting the charges. After five years in prison, she has tried to put the ordeal behind her, but the crooks who framed her have returned, this time demanding she move drugs along with her flower shop’s deliveries. They threaten her son once again, but this time she’s not capitulating quietly. She hires Broussard Investigations to protect her and her son, to prove her innocence, and to put the real bad guys away.
As a former cop, Burke Broussard is well aware of the corruption in the New Orleans police department. He had always believed Naomi Cranston to be guilty and isn’t inclined to take her case. Until he sits down to listen to her side of things. Until he sees her tortured innocence written all over her beautiful face…
Reader’s Note: Knife in the Back is the fourth book in the New Orleans series. If you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning, check out book one: Quarter to Midnight.
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Many Voices: Building Erie, the Canal That Changed America by Laurie Lawlor
“The Nation’s First Superhighway” existed before the spread of cars… or even railroads! This immersive photo book ferries readers through the past and present of the Erie Canal, from impossible idea to groundbreaking reality.
In the twenty-first century, it’s hard to imagine a canal as cutting-edge technology. Yet even to the most scientifically-minded, the Erie Canal once seemed an unachievable dream. Thomas Jefferson himself called it “nothing short of madness;” one critic felt sure it was impossible as “building a canal to the moon.” Yet with eight years and nearly $185 million dollars in today’s currency, the Erie Canal opened in 1825 to celebratory cannon fire: an innovating—and enduring—marvel of engineering.
But as the Canal shaped the flow of American history, the sociopolitical impact reached much further than its shores. A largely untold tale of creativity and cowardice, sacrifice and greed, heroism and prejudice, the Erie Canal’s story is as complex and compelling as that of America itself.
Award-winning nonfiction author Laurie Lawlor captures the landmark achievements of the Erie Canal while diving deep into corporate greed, environmental devastation, poor working conditions, and its impact on the Haudenosaunee people. Pairing rich back matter (including maps, source notes, an index, bibliography, glossary, and timeline) with attention grabbing photographs, accomplished STEAM storyteller Laurie Lawlor connects the Erie Canal’s past and present to plumb the depths of unexplored American history.
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That Last Carolina Summer by Karen White
As a child, Phoebe Manigault developed the gift of premonition after she was struck by lightning in the creek near her Charleston home. Plagued throughout her life by mysterious dreams, and always living in the shadow of her beautiful sister, Addie, Phoebe eventually moves to the West Coast, as far from her family as possible. Now, years later, she is summoned back to South Carolina, to help Addie care for their ailing mother.
As Phoebe’s return lures her back into deep-rooted tensions and conflicts, she is drawn to Celeste, whose granddaughter went missing years ago. Their connection brings comfort to Phoebe, while Celeste’s adult grandson Liam resurrects complicated emotions tied to Phoebe’s past.
But the longer Phoebe spends in her childhood home, the more her recurring nightmares intensify—bringing her closer to the shocking truth that will irrevocably change everything. Unfolding against the lush backdrop of the South Carolina Lowcountry, That Last Carolina Summer is an unforgettable story about the unbreakable bonds of family and the gift of second chances.
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Tomlinson’s Wake by Randy Wayne White
Doc Ford returns for a perilous journey into Mesoamerica after a world-shattering earthquake threatens his family’s safety—and all of their lives
In the wake of a killer hurricane, Doc Ford heads to Honduras, where his best friend, Tomlinson, crashed his beloved sailboat into a reef off the Mosquito Coast. Tomlinson swears he died in the shipwreck and was brought back to life by a runaway orphan—the direct descendant of the last king of the ancient Mayan people.
Corrupt politicians want the child out of the picture before he catalyzes a revolution among the Indigenous population. But the boy, a charismatic twelve-year-old, has gone underground with the help of Tomlinson and a network of street urchins. They’re all on the run and in the crosshairs when Ford arrives and picks up his friend’s trail.
The Marina family has already suffered the death of one key member, and Ford is determined not to burden his homeless friends with yet another funeral wake. What no one is prepared for, however, is a cataclysmic earthquake that hits the area with the impact of a meteor that nearly destroyed all life on earth more than sixty million years ago.
Reader’s Note: Tomlinson’s Wake is the twenty-eight book in the Doc Ford Series. If you’d like to binge read from the beginning, check out book one: Sanibel Flats.
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Happy reading!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Weekly Suggested Reading Five postings are usually published on Wednesdays, unless Monday is a holiday and then they are published later in the week.
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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.
Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.
The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.
The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.
The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!
You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.
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Have questions about how to access Internet based content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios)? Feel free to drop by the Reference Desk or call the library and we will assist you! The library’s telephone number is: 607-936-3713.
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Tech & Book Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.
Hi everyone, here are our streaming recommendations for the week.
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Peacemaker, Season 2 (2025) (HBO/Max) (Weekly episodes starting August 21)
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Kanopy Pick of the Week
The Beaches of Agnes (2008)
Trailer
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Have a great day!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Suggested Viewing posts are published on Tuesdays, and consist of two streaming recommendations, one general recommendation from a variety of sources (i.e. Apple TV+, Peacock, Hulu, Amazon, PBS etc.) and the other from the library’s streaming service Kanopy.
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.
Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.
The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.
The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.
The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!
You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.
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Have questions about how to access digital library content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios & streaming videos)?
Feel free to drop by the Reference Desk or call the library and we will assist you! The library’s telephone number is: 607-936-3713.
1. WE ARE ALL GUILTY HERE by Karin Slaughter: Officer Emmy Clifton investigates the disappearance of two teenage girls from a small town called North Falls.
2. FOR RICHER FOR POORER by Danielle Steel: As pressures mount, Eugenia Ward, a fashion designer and mother of five adult children, meets a successful real estate developer.
3. PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir: Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.
4. ATMOSPHERE by Taylor Jenkins Reid: In the summer of 1980, Joan Goodwin begins training with a group of candidates for NASA’s space shuttle program.
5. ACCOMPLICE TO THE VILLAIN by Hannah Nicole Maehrer: The third book in the Assistant and the Villain series. Evie Sage might be falling for the kingdom’s most terrifying villain.
6. MY FRIENDS by Fredrik Backman: A young woman looks into the story behind a painting that was made 25 years ago and a small group of teens depicted in it; translated by Neil Smith.
7. KISS HER GOODBYE by Lisa Gardner: The fourth book in the Frankie Elkin series. The missing persons expert Elkin goes to Tucson in search of a missing Afghan refugee.
8. ONYX STORM by Rebecca Yarros: The third book in the Empyrean series. As enemies gain traction, Violet Sorrengail goes beyond the Aretian wards in search of allies.
9. ONE GOLDEN SUMMER by Carley Fortune: A photographer returns to a place where she spent a summer as a teenager and runs into the guy she had a crush on back then.
10. THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah: Two sisters are separated in World War II France: one in the countryside, the other in Paris.
11. LIGHTS OUT by Navessa Allen: As Aly and Josh live out their dark fantasies, someone with sinister intentions impinges on them.
12. FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros: Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.
13. REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt: A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.
14. DO NOT DISTURB by Freida McFadden: Quinn Alexander goes on the run after committing a crime and winds up at a motel with a dark past.
15. THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden: Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.
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NON-FICTION
1. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk: How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
2. THE FORT BRAGG CARTEL by Seth Harp: An Iraq war veteran and investigative reporter delves into unsolved murders connected to drug trafficking at the Special Operations base.
3. SEMI-WELL-ADJUSTED DESPITE LITERALLY EVERYTHING by Alyson Stoner: The actor and dancer recounts childhood fame, past traumas and the search for stability.
4. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt: A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.
5. CUDI by Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi: The Grammy Award–winning artist describes obstacles he encountered during his career.
6. THE IDAHO FOUR by James Patterson and Vicky Ward: Investigations into the murders of four University of Idaho students on Nov. 13, 2022.
7. ON POWER by Mark R. Levin: The Fox News host considers various facets of power and its effect on history.
8. BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah: A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the former host of “The Daily Show.”
9. BLACK AF HISTORY by Michael Harriot: A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.
10. ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.
11. EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS by John Green: The author of “The Anthropocene Reviewed” chronicles the fight against the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis.
12. THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls: The author recalls how she and her siblings were constantly moved from one bleak place to another.
13. A CITY ON MARS by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith: The authors of “Soonish” examine the pros and cons of space settlement.
14. OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford: A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
15. ABUNDANCE by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson: A New York Times opinion columnist and a staff writer at The Atlantic evaluate obstacles to American progress.
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Have a great Sunday!
Linda
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New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays.
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.
Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.
The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.
The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.
The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!
You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.
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For more information on library materials and services, including how to get a library card call the library at 607-936-3713.
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*The Southern Tier Library System includes the public libraries in Steuben, Chemung, Yates, Schuyler & Allegheny counties.
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.
Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.
The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.
The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.
The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!
You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.
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Have questions about how to access Internet based content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios or streaming videos)? Feel free to drop by the Reference Desk or call the library and we will assist you! The library’s telephone number is: 607-936-3713.
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Hi everyone, here are our five suggested reads of the week!
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Family Spirit by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
Diane McKinney-Whetstone’s latest character-rich, page-turner blends her signature style with a little magic in her depiction of the Maces, a vibrant family of Philadelphia clairvoyants with issues.
Ayana has inherited the Knowing gene that the Maces believe have been passed down to at least one girl child in every generation from as far back as they can trace. But her mother has tried to convince her that she is nothing like those weird Mace women. To keep the peace, Ayana lies to everyone—to the Maces, insisting she’s never felt a Knowing, to her mother about participating in the rituals, and to herself about her relationship with a man who helps her recover time and time again from the mania she experiences after seeing into the future. Ayana’s aunt Lil, banned from the Mace home decades ago after violating a sacred vow, has returned to Philadelphia for a medical procedure. She settles into the chaos of her brother’s home where Ayana, a failing college senior, has also returned.
After a harrowing premonition, Ayana must decide whether to deepen family schisms by enlisting her aunt’s help, even as she learns the shocking details of Lil’s breech.
Meanwhile Nona, the woman writing the novel, becomes more of a participant than creator as her own drama is deftly interspersed throughout, as she too yields to the power of the Mace family and its indomitable spirit.
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Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill
Gentill (The Mystery Writer) pays homage to Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express with this suspenseful novel set in the present day. Bestselling crime fiction writer Joe Penvale and his twin sister, Meredith, are excited for the trip of a lifetime–traveling on the Orient Express train from Paris to Istanbul. Joe has recently finished intense medical treatment for cancer, so he and Meri hope that the trip will furnish much-needed rest and rejuvenation–and perhaps the classic setting will inspire Joe to write again. After meeting a handful of intriguing fellow passengers, the siblings are shocked when the cabin next door is discovered bathed in blood (but no corpse in sight). Then part of the train is quarantined due to an alarming new COVID variant, and several passengers who work in law enforcement are enlisted to help keep the peace. As the train’s body count rises, Joe, Meri, and the other passengers race to catch a killer before it is too late.
VERDICT Gentill’s latest is a fun, modern mystery/thriller with classic charm. The author’s own recent battle with cancer adds authenticity to the narrative and the portrayal of Joe. – Library Journal Review
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For The Record by Emma Lord
Two years ago, Mackenzie Waters and Sam Blaze were at the top of their careers with their respective bands, Thunder Hearts and Candy Shard, but just when they were about to acknowledge that something more was brewing underneath their legendary rivalry, the two bands abruptly broke up for different reasons. Now Mackenzie is recovering from a surgery that has permanently changed the sound of her voice, and Sam is out of the spotlight, quietly raising the son he didn’t know existed until recently. When Mackenzie and Same are abruptly thrust back into the spotlight, their shared record label insists that they record a joint comeback album to try and recapture the magic of their one cowritten hit song. Can they let go of their longstanding rivalry and finally admit that their chemistry extends past their songwriting abilities? Lord (The Break-Up Pact) makes Mackenzie’s struggles feel real, and well-drawn secondary characters leave plenty of room for potential expansion of the Thunder Hearts/Candy Shard universe.
VERDICT Readers will be cheering for Mackenzie and Sam in this fun second-chance romance. – Library Journal
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Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run by Peter Ames Carlin
The roots of a career-making album. Fifty years on, Bruce Springsteen’s third album, Born To Run, seems as natural, essential, and American as the Mississippi River. But as music biographer Carlin (The Name of This Band Is R.E.M., 2024, etc.) explains, its creation was clouded with uncertainty, as was its creator. Though Springsteen’s first two albums received plenty of critical acclaim, sales were weak, and he was close to being dropped by his label, Columbia Records. His live band was in transition, as was his management–he invited Jon Landau, a well-connected rock critic, into his camp following a review that concluded, “I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen.” Carlin’s book generally runs through the album song by song, which is an effective strategy: “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” lets Carlin explore the E Street Band’s evolution, “Jungleland” Springsteen’s meticulous approach to composition and production, the anthemic title track his ruthless self-editing as a lyricist. (Manager Mike Appel was so high on the last song he released a bootleg single of it to radio, risking the ire of Columbia suits.) Unlike his R.E.M. book, which suffered from lack of access to the band members, this book is bolstered by interviews with Springsteen himself, some drawn from his 2012 biography but also more recent ones, as well as footage of Springsteen’s obsessive retakes in the studio. To the last, he remained uncertain of what he’d accomplished–he almost scrapped the album just before its release date–and it’s to Carlin’s credit that he’s more interested in the uncertainty than delivering a hagiography.Born To Run was a triumph, installing Springsteen in rock’s canon, but this book thrives in exploring the hard work that preceded it. An admirably comprehensive study of a masterpiece and its creation. – Starred Kirkus Review
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The Witch’s Orchard by Archer Sullivan
A ninth generation Appalachian herself, Archer Sullivan brings the mountains of North Carolina to life in The Witch’s Orchard, a wonderfully atmospheric novel that introduces private investigator Annie Gore.
Former Air Force Special Investigator Annie Gore joined the military right after high school to escape the fraught homelife of her childhood. Now, she’s getting by as a private investigator and her latest case takes her to an Appalachian holler not unlike the one where she grew up.
Ten years ago, three little girls went missing from their tiny mountain town. While one was returned, the others were never seen again. After all this time without answers, the brother of one of the girls wants to hire an outsider, and he wants Annie. While she may not be from his town, she gets mountain towns. Mountain people. Driving back into the hills for a case this old—it might be a fool’s errand. But Annie needs to put money in the bank and she can’t turn down a case. Not even one that dredges up her own painful past.
In the shadow of the Blue Ridge, Annie begins to track the truth, navigating a decade’s worth of secrets, folklore of witches and crows, and a whole town that prefers to forget. But while the case may have been buried, echoes of the past linger. And Annie’s arrival stirs someone into action.
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Happy reading!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Weekly Suggested Reading Five postings are usually published on Wednesdays, unless Monday is a holiday and then they are published later in the week.
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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.
Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.
The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.
The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.
The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!
You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.
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Have questions about how to access Internet based content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios)? Feel free to drop by the Reference Desk or call the library and we will assist you! The library’s telephone number is: 607-936-3713.
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Tech & Book Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.
Hi everyone, here are our streaming recommendations for the week.
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Alien: Earth (2025) (FX/Hulu) (August 12)
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Kanopy
The Women on the Sixth Floor (2012)
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Have a great day!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Suggested Viewing posts are published on Tuesdays, and consist of two streaming recommendations, one general recommendation from a variety of sources (i.e. Apple TV+, Peacock, Hulu, Amazon, PBS etc.) and the other from the library’s streaming service Kanopy.
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.
Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.
The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.
The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.
The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!
You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.
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Have questions about how to access digital library content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios & streaming videos)?
Feel free to drop by the Reference Desk or call the library and we will assist you! The library’s telephone number is: 607-936-3713.
Tech & Book Talk at SSCL 