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.
The new posts, which were briefly called “Enjoy The Weekend,” will feature 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 taking a listen through a small slice of history, by listening to some songs released in the first two decades of the twentieth century: 1900 – 1920s.
Ballin’ The Jack by Prince’s Band
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Broadway Blues by Nora Bayes
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By The Light of the Silvery Moon by Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet
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Dardanella by Ben Selvin’s Novelty Orchestra
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Maple Leaf Rag composed by Scott Joplin; recorded by the U.S Marine Band (1906)
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In the Good Old Summertime by Harry Macdonough
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It’s A Long Way To Tipperary by John McCormack
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Let Me Call You Sweetheart by Henry Burr and the Peerless Quartet
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St Louis Blues by Original Dixieland Jazz Band
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game by Edward Meeker
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Second The Streaming Videos:
A new title available through one of the usual, general 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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General Streaming Suggestion of the Week
The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025) (Netflix)
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Beyond Paradise: S3 (2025)
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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Bog Queen by Anna North
North’s latest, following Outlawed (2021), is a remarkably crafted tale that asks important questions about the imprint we leave on our loved ones, our culture, and our land. Agnes is an American forensic anthropologist working to identify a body found buried in the moss of an English bog. Early assumptions are that it belongs to a 1960s murder victim, and that the woman’s niece wants answers about her mysterious death. But the immaculately preserved body is, in fact, much older by about two millennia. North manages to write captivatingly detailed explanations of body-preservation-by-moss and to craft singular characters. We not only learn about the introverted Agnes, but her narrative alternates with that of an unnamed woman from pre-Christian England. Like Agnes, she is driven by her calling. A druid whose healing and mystical knowledge was passed down by her mother, she travels to a distant village at a time when the Roman Empire threatens northern expansion. Both women are tenacious, but hampered by self-doubt. They must overcome uncertainty about friends and family to find a balance between change and preservation. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Readers will be watching for the latest from this Reese’s Book Club author. –Booklist Review
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Dying Cry by Margaret Mizushima
Deputy Mattie Walker and her K-9 partner Robo are on a snowshoe hike at a Colorado resort with her husband and stepdaughters when they hear a scream from up ahead. Mattie and Robo go to investigate and spot a body at the base of a cliff, right before it is buried by an avalanche. When she and her colleagues dig out the body, they realize it’s the manager of the local bank and he has been murdered. An added complication is that the victim’s wife works for Mattie’s husband at his veterinary clinic, and animal tranquilizers have been found in the victim’s system. There are a multitude of suspects between the resort, the clinic, and the bank, and Mattie and Robo work to untangle all the threads of this mysterious death before there are any more murders.
VERDICT In Mizushima’s 10th volume in the series (after Gathering Mist), woman and dog work together smoothly, and readers get a complex mystery with some surprising twists, as well as a picturesque setting in the Colorado high country and a vivid depiction of the bond between human and canine. –Library Journal Review
Reader’s Note: As mentioned, Drying Cry is the tenth book in the Timber Creek K-9 Mystery Series. If you’d like to start reading the series from the begining check out book one Killing Trail.
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The Girl from Devil’s Lake by J. A. Jance
Sheriff Joanna Brady is looking forward to the holidays with her busy family, and to celebrating her daughter Jenny’s graduation from the police academy. But the family is interrupted when a body is discovered beneath a flooded bridge in the Arizona desert, and Joanna is called onto the case. A young boy was murdered, and the details of the crime scene tell Joanna two things: This was not the killer’s first murder. And it’s only a matter of time before he kills again.
As Joanna digs deeper into the case, she begins to understand this murder is just one piece of a much, much bigger puzzle. She uncovers unlikely connections between cases of mysterious deaths and missing persons, having long since gone cold, that extend far beyond the confines of her small town and include the discovery of a body near Devil’s Lake, North Dakota. To get justice for the victims and to save the town of Bisbee from a predator, Joanna must chase down every dangerous lead.
Meanwhile, as a dogged journalist is circling the case and privileged information is leaked, Joanna can’t be sure who to trust. Could a prolific killer be hiding in plain sight? And how far will that person go to keep his many crimes hidden?
Reader’s Note: The Girl from Devil’s Lake is the twenty-first book in the Joanna Brady Mystery Series. If you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning, check out book one Desert Heat.
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Gone Before Goodbye by Harlen Coben & Reese Witherspoon
Maggie McCabe is teetering on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned Army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge, where she could make the most impact. And it was all going to plan … until it wasn’t.
Upside down after a devastating series of tragedies leads to her medical license being revoked, Maggie has lost her purpose, but not her nerve or her passion. At her lowest point, she is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite plastic surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy, as well as absolute discretion.
Halfway across the globe, sequestered in the lap of luxury and cutting-edge technology, one of the world’s most mysterious men requires unconventional medical assistance. Desperate, and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfills her end of the agreement. But when the patient suddenly disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself—or she will be the next one who is … Gone Before Goodbye
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In A Distant Valley by Shannon Bowring
A rural town in northern Maine finds its way forward after a young woman’s sudden death. For her third and final novel about the “picturesque, neighborly, silent town” of Dalton, Bowring picks up her story in 1995, shortly after the conclusion ofWhere the Forest Meets the River (2024). Single dad Nate Theroux, back to work as a police officer, still feels “every part of him vibrant with grief” since his wife, Bridget, took her own life more than five years ago. Yet he’s finally feeling open to “the potential of what his life could open up to become.” He’s slowly falling for Rose Douglas, a single mother of two, but her alcoholic ex, Tommy Merchant, is ever-present, insisting he can be a good dad to their sons. This budding romance, threatened by violence from Tommy, yields some of the novel’s most gorgeous moments, as Rose and Nate navigate each other’s emotional defenses. College kid Greg Fortin, who is bisexual, finds himself suddenly drawn to a high school friend, Angela Muse. Bowring gives Angela, previously a minor character, a full backstory, including trauma she’s hidden from her family. To her ever-lively, assured prose, Bowring adds small moments of the otherworldly, to show Bridget’s lingering presence, and some jarring crassness at times, but there’s still plenty of humor, wisdom, and ethical complexity. At one point, Nate recalls Bridget saying, “the damage doesn’t end once the last bruise has faded.” Which could be a coda for all we’ve learned about Dalton. These linked, layered relationships have yielded deep pain and grief, along with many forms of complex love. It’s greatly fulfilling to see in these characters’ lives that if you keep going, you might actually find not just one, but many loves in a lifetime. A fine, satisfying end to the Dalton cycle of novels. – Kirkus Review
Reader’s Note: In A Distant Valley, which follows the books The Road to Dalton & Where the Forest Meets the River, is the third and final book in the Dalton Series.
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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.
1. THE IMPOSSIBLE FORTUNE by Richard Osman: The fifth book in the Thursday Murder Club series. The gang look into the disappearance of a guest Elizabeth met at a wedding.
2. THE SECRET OF SECRETS by Dan Brown: As he searches for the missing noetic scientist he has been seeing, Robert Langdon discovers something regarding a secret project.
3. ALCHEMISED by SenLinYu: After the war, an imprisoned alchemist is sent to a necromancer to recover her lost memories.
4. 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.
5. VINCE FLYNN: DENIED ACCESS by Don Bentley: The 24th book in the Mitch Rapp series. Rapp, now an assassin in the Orion program, must counter threats to his girlfriend and the C.I.A.
6. IRON FLAME by Rebecca Yarros: The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training under the new vice commandant might require her to betray the man she loves.
7. THE PORTRAIT by Danielle Steel: Unfulfilled longing is released between an entrepreneur stuck in a loveless marriage and a widowed portrait artist.
8. SOUL SEARCHING by Lyla Sage: Ghosts bring together an unemployed woman, who returns to Wyoming to help her parents, and an upholsterer, who rents a room to her.
9. THE ACADEMY by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham: Harmful rumors cause trouble for the students and staff at a New England boarding school.
10. BURNING DAYLIGHT by Emily McIntire: A forbidden love grows between Juliette Calloway and Roman Montgomery in a retelling of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”
11. THE KILLING STONES by Ann Cleeves: Detective Jimmy Perez investigates the murder of his friend, who appears to have been killed with an artifact taken from a nearby museum.
12. THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden: Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.
13. CIRCLE OF DAYS by Ken Follett: A priestess envisions a great stone circle put together by divided tribes, but drought and violence may impede its creation.
14. THE GIRL FROM DEVIL’S LAKE by J.A. Jance: The 21st book in the Joanna Brady mystery series.
15. TOURIST SEASON by Brynne Weaver: When a true crime investigator comes to Cape Carnage in search of a serial killer, a local gardener and a handsome tourist pause their deadly ways.
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NON-FICTION
1. 107 DAYS by Kamala Harris: The former vice president recounts her abbreviated campaign to become president in 2024.
2. POEMS & PRAYERS by Matthew McConaughey: The actor and author of “Greenlights” explores elements of belief and reason that make up our lives.
3. TRULY by Lionel Richie: The multiple award-winning musician shares moments from his early years, his time with the Commodores and other professional highlights.
4. BORN LUCKY by Leland Vittert with Don Yaeger: The NewsNation host describes how his father helped him navigate living with autism.
5. CONFRONTING EVIL by Bill O’Reilly and Josh Hammer: O’Reilly and Hammer profile some of history’s nefarious characters.
6. AWAKE by Jen Hatmaker: The host of the “For the Love” podcast describes major shifts in her life after her marriage of 26 years ended.
7. WE THE PEOPLE by Jill Lepore: The author of “These Truths” examines the history of the U.S. Constitution and challenges its interpretation by the Supreme Court and the theory of originalism.
8. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt: A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.
9. CHASING EVIL by John Edward and Robert Hilland with Natasha Stoynoff: A psychic medium and a former F.B.I. agent portray their partnership.
10. ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER by Elizabeth Gilbert: The author of “Eat, Pray, Love” depicts her journey through a cycle involving self-destructive tendencies.
11. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk: How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
12. ASSATA by Assata Shakur: A memoir by the late American political activist, who was targeted by J. Edgar Hoover.
13. THE BOOK OF SHEEN by Charlie Sheen: The actor, known for his roles in “Platoon” and “Two and a Half Men,” shares stories about his life in Hollywood.
14. HISTORY MATTERS by David McCullough: A posthumous collection of essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author on history’s impact on our present and our future; edited by Dorie McCullough Lawson and Michael Hill.
15. NEVER STOP by Dan Hurley and Ian O’Connor: The head coach of the UConn Huskies details facets of leadership through his own experiences.
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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.
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.
The new posts, which were briefly called “Enjoy The Weekend,” will feature 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!).
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First the songs:
In celebration of Indigenous People’s Day, which falls on Monday, October 13; our suggested listening collection this week features songs by Native American artists to enjoy this weekend.
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Above The Mother Earth by Mary Youngblood
Found on the Album: Beneath The Raven Moon (2002)
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Etsi Shon (The Grandfather Song) by Jerry Alfred & Medicine Beat
Found on the Album: Etsi Shon (The Grandfather Song) (1994)
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Mystical Warrior by Verdell Primeaux
Found on the Album: Mystical Warrior (2002)
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Now That The Buffalo Are Gone by Buffy Saint-Marie
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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Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi
Septuagenarian Rose DuBois isn’t immediately suspicious when her friend dies suddenly, but as more residents of their retirement home are found dead, she begins to think that something ominous is going on. As the panic builds and Rose finds herself threatened, readers who love classic slasher movies or the novels of Brian McAuley won’t be able to put the book down. In this fast-paced horror thriller, Fracassi (The Third Rule of Time Travel) mixes grim humor, bloody kills, and a nuanced examination of societal views on aging. He contrasts his retired characters with the teenage victims traditionally found in slasher movies, highlighting how older people are often forgotten and overlooked, even by their own families. As the novel’s seventysomething final girl, Rose is both smart and capable.
VERDICT A sure hit for slasher fans. Readers of Richard Osman’s “Thursday Murder Club” series or Helene Tursten’s An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good will also find much to appreciate in this novel that balances heart with terror. –Library Journal Review
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The Boston Way: Radicals Against Slavery and the Civil War by Mark Kurlansky
Kurlansky’s (The Core of an Onion) latest focuses on the “Boston Clique” and their mission to end enslavement in the U.S. Successful in their goal to end Jim Crow laws on the Massachusetts railroad, they utilized nonviolence and the power of persuasion to increase their ranks. Over 16 chapters, plus an epilogue, spanning the early to mid-19th century, readers are introduced to William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Susan B. Anthony. Kurlansky also profiles lesser-known but equally important abolitionists, including Lydia Maria Child, William Ingersoll Bowditch, Charles Lenox Remond, and William Cooper Nell. Beginning with background information, each successive chapter describes the work and fallout of efforts to convince Bostonians of the abolitionist cause. In one case, novelist Lydia Maria Child was shunned by family and neighbors, and her books ceased to be published. Kurlansky’s epilogue makes an excellent case for the enduring legacy of persuasion and nonviolence in the civil rights movement of the mid-20th century.
VERDICT A fascinating account of the abolitionist movement, with the city of Boston as an excellent setting. –Starred Library Journal Review
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Mate by Ali Hazelwood
A Human hybrid and an Alpha Were claw against the bonds of fate in the highly anticipated companion novel to the New York Times bestselling Bride.
Serena Paris is orphaned, pack-less, and one of a kind. Coming forward as the first Human-Were hybrid was supposed to heal a centuries-long rift between species. Instead, it made her a target, prey to the ruthless political machinations between Weres, Vampyres, and Humans. With her enemies closing in on her, she has only one option left—if he’ll have her.
As Alpha of the Northwest pack, Koen Alexander commands obedience. His authority is so absolute, only a fool would threaten his mate. It doesn’t matter if Serena doesn’t reciprocate his feelings, nothing will stop him from keeping her safe.
But power-hungry Vampyres and Weres are not the only threats chasing Serena. Sooner or later, her past is bound to catch up with her—and Koen might be the only thing standing between her and total annihilation…
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No Rest For The Wicked: A Novel by Rachel Louise Adams
L.A. forensic pathologist Dolores Hawthorne is fortyish, divorced, and prone to nightmares. When she gets a call saying that her father is missing and there is evidence of foul play, she decides to return to her hometown, Little Horton, Wisconsin, to investigate. She has not seen her family in 18 years. Her father was the mayor and a U.S. senator, representing a Halloween-obsessed town that is incredibly quiet the rest of the year. Her family–brother Asher, sister Josie, and stepmother Charlotte–are not thrilled to see her. Dolores looks at the crime scene in her father’s study and encounters two hostile FBI agents who listen to her expert opinion while dealing with their own conflicts. The murder uncovers a number of long-buried family secrets and feuds. Dolores must face the childhood traumas that drove her from town and kept her from friends and siblings. Her father was far from perfect, but solving his murder may help her heal. This is a good choice for readers who enjoy small-town crime with a touch of gothic. –Booklist Review
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The Portrait by Danielle Steel
Devon Darcy’s reputation precedes her. As a highly sought-after portrait artist, she seems to have the ability to peer into the souls of her subjects and then capture them on canvas. But the world doesn’t know about the devastating losses she has endured, first as an orphan, then as a far-too-young widow.
When entrepreneur Charles Mackenzie Taylor sees her at a New York gallery event, he is instantly haunted by her beauty and her talent. Having lost his mother when he was thirteen, and still living in the cold shadow of his late banker father’s disapproval, Charlie has given up on love. He’s resigned himself to a loveless marriage to avoid the inconvenience of divorce.
But Devon awakens something in him across that crowded gallery, and she is in turn intrigued by Charlie. He approaches her to paint his portrait, and while her schedule is booked for many months before she can accommodate him, with the electricity between them palpable.
When they encounter each other over the summer in the Hamptons, their connection deepens as they each release years of pent-up emotions and unfulfilled longing. But the ghosts of their pasts are not easily put to rest. Charlie wrestles with his fear of real intimacy for the first time in his life, while Devon struggles with her fear of abandonment. And after an accident endangers Devon’s career, they must decide together what their future holds.
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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.
1. ALCHEMISED by SenLinYu: After the war, an imprisoned alchemist is sent to a necromancer to recover her lost memories.
2. THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE by Jennifer L. Armentrout: The sixth book in the Blood and Ash series. The Blood Crown has fallen and the Primal of Death must be stopped.
3. THE SECRET OF SECRETS by Dan Brown: As he searches for the missing noetic scientist he has been seeing, Robert Langdon discovers something regarding a secret project.
4. CIRCLE OF DAYS by Ken Follett: A priestess envisions a great stone circle put together by divided tribes, but drought and violence may impede its creation.
5. TOURIST SEASON by Brynne Weaver: When a true crime investigator comes to Cape Carnage in search of a serial killer, a local gardener and a handsome tourist pause their deadly ways.
6. THE ACADEMY by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham: Harmful rumors cause trouble for the students and staff at a New England boarding school.
7. ONE DARK WINDOW by Rachel Gillig: Elspeth Spindle and the treasonous nephew to the king seek to gather 12 Providence Cards before solstice.
8. TWO TWISTED CROWNS by Rachel Gillig: The second book in the Shepherd King series. Elspeth and Ravyn go on a quest to save the kingdom.
9. THIS INEVITABLE RUIN by Matt Dinniman: The seventh book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. After becoming fully self-aware, the NPCs join the Faction Wars.
10. WHAT WE CAN KNOW by Ian McEwan: In 2119, a scholar living in a world of rising seas after a nuclear catastrophe seeks clues about a missing poem written in 2014.
11. THE GINGERBREAD BAKERY by Laurie Gilmore: The fifth book in the Dream Harbor series. As a wedding approaches, a bakery owner and a bar owner get closer.
12. A SLOWLY DYING CAUSE by Elizabeth George: Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers are brought in to solve the mysterious death of a man found in his family’s tin and pewter workshop.
13. 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.
14. THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY by Kiran Desai: A novelist and a journalist, whose grandparents once tried to arrange their union, go on a search for happiness together.
15. THE SURROGATE MOTHER by Freida McFadden: Abby’s personal assistant, who offers to be her surrogate, also carries an unspeakable secret.
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NON-FICTION
1. 107 DAYS by Kamala Harris: The former vice president recounts her abbreviated campaign to become president in 2024.
2. POEMS & PRAYERS by Matthew McConaughey: The actor and author of “Greenlights” explores elements of belief and reason that make up our lives.
3. AWAKE by Jen Hatmaker: The host of the “For the Love” podcast describes major shifts in her life after her marriage of 26 years ended.
4. CONFRONTING EVIL by Bill O’Reilly and Josh Hammer: O’Reilly and Hammer profile some of history’s nefarious characters.
5. SOFTLY, AS I LEAVE YOU by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley with Mary Jane Ross: Presley recounts her tribulations and search for identity after spending a decade with Elvis.
6. ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER by Elizabeth Gilbert: The author of “Eat, Pray, Love” depicts her journey through a cycle involving self-destructive tendencies.
7. THE BOOK OF SHEEN by Charlie Sheen: The actor, known for his roles in “Platoon” and “Two and a Half Men,” shares stories about his life in Hollywood.
8. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt: A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.
9. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk: How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
10. BLACK AF HISTORY by Michael Harriot: A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.
11. HISTORY MATTERS by David McCullough: A posthumous collection of essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author on history’s impact on our present and our future; edited by Dorie McCullough Lawson and Michael Hill.
12. THE MAGA DOCTRINE by Charlie Kirk: The founder of Turning Point U.S.A. espouses some ideas promulgated by President Trump.
13. WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS THAT EVERYONE KNOWS …by Steven Pinker: The cognitive scientist and author of “Rationality” considers aspects of common knowledge.
14. TIME FOR A TURNING POINT by Charlie Kirk with Brent E. Hamachek: The late founder of Turning Point USA gives his take on the direction of the country.
15. AGAINST THE MACHINE by Paul Kingsnorth: A warning about the potential ramifications of the technological-cultural matrix and suggestions on ways to push back.
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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.
Hi everyone, here is our weekly Enjoy The Weekend post, which contains 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!), all of which = weekend entertainment – enjoy!
First the songs:
10 songs by musicians born during the month of October.
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Wouldn’t It Be Lovely by Julie Andrews (October 1, 1935)
Found on the Albums: My Fair Lady (1964)
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Fields of Gold by Sting (October 2, 1951)
Found on the Album: Ten Summoner’s Tales (1993)
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The Twist (1961) by Chubby Checker (October 3, 1941)
Found on the Album: Twist with Chubby Checker
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Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughn (October 3, 1954)
Found on the Album: Texas Flood (1983)
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Please, Please Me by The Beatles featuring John Lennon (October 9, 1940)
Found on the Album: Please Please Me (1963;) this version from their third appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 23, 1964
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Be Cool by Nancy Kelly (October 12, 1950)
Found on the Album: Be Cool (2025)
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Lake Charles Boogie by Nellie Lutcher (October 15, 1912)
Found on the Album: The Best Of Nellie Lutcher (1995)
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Maybellene by Chuck Berry (October 18, 1926)
Found on the Album: 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Chuck Berry: The Millennium Collection (1999)
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Wedding Bell Blues by Laura Nyro (October 18, 1947)
Found on the Album: Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best Of Laura Nyro (1997)
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Stormy Weather by Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896)
Found on the Album: 100 Super Best (2018)
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And onto the videos of the week!
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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General Streaming Recommendation of the Week:
The Lost Bus (2025) (Apple TV+)
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Kanopy Streaming Pick of the Week (A title available to library card holders)
And just in time for Banned Books Week, which is October 5 – 11, 2025, we recommend:
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.
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 five suggested reads of the week!
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The Librarians by Sherry Thomas
Thomas, known for her historical romances and the “Lady Sherlock” mystery series, offers her first contemporary mystery, centered on a group of coworkers at a branch of the Austin Public Library. The day after the library hosts a game night, the staff is told that not one, but two people connected to the library have died. One is a man who was involved with one of the staff and then ghosted her; the other is a woman they’d not met before game night. Now the police begin their investigations and questioning of the staff, and each of the four–Hazel, Jonathan, Astrid, and Sophie–worry that their own secrets could lead to them being suspects. It becomes clear that they need to truly begin trusting one another and working together. Once they do, having pulled in a couple others along the way, they’ll be able to keep what secrets they must and perhaps even find the killers themselves.
VERDICT Thomas takes her time to introduce each of her characters and give them space to develop so that readers will root for each and every one. For fans of Richard Osman’s “Thursday Murder Club” series and Tess Gerritsen’s Martini Club. – Library Journal Review
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Long Division: A Novel by Kiese Laymon
In this revised and improved edition of Laymon’s visionary debut novel (after the memoir Heavy), Blackness, language, and love frame a complex metafictional and time-traveling story about the legacy of racism. Fourteen-year-old Citoyen “City” Coldson, from Jackson, Miss., is one of two Black students competing in a nationally televised grammar contest in 2013 (the other is named LaVander Peeler). When City finds out the contest is rigged, he goes on an on-camera rant and becomes Internet-famous overnight. In the aftermath, City’s parents send him to live with his grandmother, and he brings with him a book titled Long Division, which has no author credited. Laymon then plunges readers into the pages of City’s book, in which the protagonist, also named City, time travels from 1985 with a friend to 2013. There, they meet Baize Shephard, whose parents disappeared during Hurricane Katrina. The three teens then travel to 1964 to save City’s grandfather from the KKK. While the time shifts can be confusing, historical moments such as Katrina and Freedom Summer help give grounding, as does strong characterization. At times humorous (when City feels insecure around LaVander, he calls him “Lavender” or “Fade Don’t Fade”) and often tragic, this coming-of-age story makes clear the characters’ struggle for self-determination under systemic racism. It’s a challenging work, and worth the effort. – Publishers Weekly Review
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Pitcher Perfect by Tessa Bailey
Rookie NHL player and notorious playboy Robbie Corrigan has his world turned upside down when he meets Skylar Paige, a no-nonsense Division I softball pitcher who calls him out on his behavior. Robbie is dazzled by the beautiful Skylar, but she wants nothing to do with him. Then Robbie learns that Skylar has a long-held crush on a man named Madden (her brother’s best friend). Robbie concocts a scheme to spend time with Skylar by offering to pretend to be her boyfriend to make Madden jealous. Skylar and Robbie also team up to compete in Skylar’s family’s intense annual wilderness competition. As they tackle outdoorsy challenges that force them to trust each other, the lines between fake dating and real emotions are blurred. Can Robbie put his playboy ways behind him to win Skylar’s heart? Will Skylar decide that her feelings for Robbie are more important than the future she thought she wanted with Madden? VERDICT Bailey’s sequel to Dream Girl Drama is a must-read sports romance full of heat and banter. Watching Robbie, a series fan favorite, fall for Skylar is pure fun. – Library Journal Review
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Silver And Lead by Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire’s New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated October Daye series continues as Toby Daye is thrust once again into danger… and this time she has more than ever to protect.
Something is rotten in Faerie. In the aftermath of Titania’s reality-warping enchantment, things are returning to what passes for normal in the Kingdom in the Mists—until it’s discovered that the royal vaults have been looted, and several powerful magical artifacts are missing. None are things that can be safely left unsecured, and some have the potential to do almost as much damage as Titania did, and having them in the wrong hands could prove just as disastrous.
At least the theft means that Sir October “Toby” Daye, Knight errant and Hero of the Realm, finally has an excuse to get out of the house. Sure, she’s eight and a half months pregnant, but that doesn’t mean she can’t take care of herself. But with the sea witch offering to stand godmother to Toby’s child, maybe there are greater dangers ahead for Toby and her family than it appears….
Old enemies will resurface, new enemies will disguise themselves as friends, and Queen Windermere must try to keep her Hero on the case without getting herself gutted by the increasingly irritated local King of Cats. Sometimes, what’s been lost can be the most dangerous threat of all.
Reader’s Note: This is the nineteenth book in the October Day urban fantasy series. If you’d like to jump in and read the series from the beginning, check out book one: Rosemary and Rue.
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We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore
Providing historical context for national events, Lepore (history, Harvard Univ.; The Whites of Their Eyes; The Secret History of Wonder Woman) delivers a sweeping, balanced, and finely wrought narrative history of the United States. The vaulting ambition of the book is matched by the elegance and dry wit of Lepore’s writing and careful rigor of her scholarship. She expertly marshals incidents, statistics, and analysis, resulting in a chronicle at once panoramic and richly detailed–like a giant medieval tapestry. Thematically, Lepore pegs her narrative to the great truths: equality, popular sovereignty, and consent of the governed. Those truths, the author contends, formed the basis of the American experiment and have been at the crux of most of the controversies and struggles the nation has faced. Lepore is particularly clear-eyed in documenting the United State’s stumbling and often shameful record in addressing racial, gender, and economic inequality. Minibiographies–often of lesser-known figures, primarily women and people of color–are sprinkled throughout, adding texture and personality to this important work.
VERDICT This thought-provoking and fascinating book stands to become the definitive one-volume U.S. history for a new generation. – Starred Library Journal Review
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Happy reading!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.
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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.
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.
1. THE SECRET OF SECRETS by Dan Brown: As he searches for the missing noetic scientist he has been seeing, Robert Langdon discovers something regarding a secret project.
2. THE ACADEMY by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham: Harmful rumors cause trouble for the students and staff at a New England boarding school.
3. THE GINGERBREAD BAKERY by Laurie Gilmore: The fifth book in the Dream Harbor series. As a wedding approaches, a bakery owner and a bar owner get closer.
4. 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.
5. THE LAST LETTER by Rebecca Yarros: Ryan asks his friend Beckett to help his sister, who is caring for her twin children in Telluride.
6. THE SURROGATE MOTHER by Freida McFadden: Abby’s personal assistant, who offers to be her surrogate, also carries an unspeakable secret.
7. AMONG THE BURNING FLOWERS by Samantha Shannon: In this installment of the Roots of Chaos series, Marosa Vetalda and her betrothed seek to give rise to a better world.
8. KATABASIS by R.F. Kuang: A pair of rival graduate students descend into the underworld to save their late professor and secure his recommendation.
9. THE SHATTERING PEACE by John Scalzi: The seventh book in the Old Man’s War series. Gretchen Trujillo makes a discovery that may alter the course of history for both humans and aliens.
10. ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAIN by Hannah Nicole Maehrer: Evie Sage gets a job doing unspecified office duties for the most infamous villain in the kingdom of Rennedawn.
11. WILD CARD by Elsie Silver: The fourth book in the Rose Hill series. Gwen gets close to her ex-boyfriend’s dad, who is trying to repair his relationship with his son.
12. 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.
13. BUCKEYE by Patrick Ryan: Consequences created by a secret forged between members of two families in a small Ohio town affect a new generation.
14. 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.
15. THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah: Two sisters are separated in World War II France: one in the countryside, the other in Paris.
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NON-FICTION
1. POEMS & PRAYERS by Matthew McConaughey: The actor and author of “Greenlights” explores elements of belief and reason that make up our lives.
2. CONFRONTING EVIL by Bill O’Reilly and Josh Hammer: O’Reilly and Hammer profile some of history’s nefarious characters.
3. ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER by Elizabeth Gilbert: The author of “Eat, Pray, Love” depicts her journey through a cycle involving self-destructive tendencies.
4. THE BOOK OF SHEEN by Charlie Sheen: The actor, known for his roles in “Platoon” and “Two and a Half Men,” shares stories about his life in Hollywood.
5. HISTORY MATTERS by David McCullough: A posthumous collection of essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author on history’s impact on our present and our future; edited by Dorie McCullough Lawson and Michael Hill.
6. WE THE PEOPLE by Jill Lepore: The author of “These Truths” examines the history of the U.S. Constitution and challenges its interpretation by the Supreme Court and the theory of originalism.
7. IF ANYONE BUILDS IT, EVERYONE DIES by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares: A warning regarding how machine superintelligence may bring about human extinction.
8. TIME FOR A TURNING POINT by Charlie Kirk with Brent E. Hamachek: The late founder of Turning Point USA gives his take on the direction of the country.
9. 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.
10. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk: How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
11. 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.
12. DEAD CENTER by Joe Manchin: The former senator from West Virginia recalls his time in government.
13. CHAOS by Tom O’Neill with Dan Piepenbring: A reassessment of events surrounding the murders committed by Charles Manson’s followers.
14. REPLACEABLE YOU by Mary Roach: The author of “Fuzz” looks at various efforts to create replacement human body parts.
15. WHY FASCISTS FEAR TEACHERS by Randi Weingarten: The president of the American Federation of Teachers explains why fascist regimes clamp down on educators and reinforces the importance of teaching critical thinking skills.
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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.
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