Tech & Book Talk at SSCL

All titles can be requested/checked out through the library.

If you’d like to go the traditional route to request a title on this list and drop by, or call, the library – please do!

Our telephone number is: 607-936-3713

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New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays. And the next NYT blog post will be posted on Sunday, October 20, 2024.

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THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. THE BOYFRIEND by Freida McFadden: A series of recent deaths causes Sydney Shaw to become suspicious of the handsome doctor she started dating.

2. COUNTING MIRACLES by Nicholas Sparks: A man in search of the father he never knew encounters a single mom and rumors circulate of the nearby appearance of a white deer.

3. 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.

4. DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver: Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

5. LIES HE TOLD ME by James Patterson and David Ellis: An act of heroism by an Illinois pub owner may lead to his undoing.

6. WHEN THE MOON HATCHED by Sarah A. Parker: An assassin named Raeve is imprisoned by the Guild of Nobles and encounters someone who seems oddly familiar.

7. INTERMEZZO by Sally Rooney: After the passing of their father, seemingly different brothers engage in relationships and seek ways to cope.

8. TRIANGLE by Danielle Steel: A woman who runs an art gallery in Paris falls for a publisher who is married and reconnects with an old college boyfriend.

9. THE WOMEN by Kristin Hannah: In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.

10. A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J. Maas: After killing a wolf in the woods, Feyre is taken from her home and placed inside the world of the Fae.

11. IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover: A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse; the basis of the film.

12. BEACH READ by Emily Henry: A relationship develops between a literary fiction author and a romance novelist as they both try to overcome writer’s block.

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. HERE ONE MOMENT by Liane Moriarty: Passengers on a short and seemingly unremarkable flight learn how and when they are going to die.

15. IRON FLAME by Rebecca Yarros: The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves.

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NON-FICTION

1. BE READY WHEN THE LUCK HAPPENS by Ina Garten: A memoir by the cookbook author and Food Network host known as the Barefoot Contessa.

2. REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT by Malcolm Gladwell: Through a series of stories, Gladwell explicates the causes of various kinds of epidemics.

3. THE MESSAGE by Ta-Nehisi Coates: The author of “Between the World and Me” travels to three locations to uncover the dissonance between the realities on the ground and the narratives shaped about them.

4. BLACK SATURDAY by Trey Yingst: The Fox News war correspondent gives an account of events on Oct. 7, 2023.

5. HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. Vance: The Yale Law School graduate and 2024 Republican vice presidential nominee looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood.

6. CONFRONTING THE PRESIDENTS by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard: The conservative commentator evaluates the legacies of American presidents.

7. 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.

8. NEXUS by Yuval Noah Harari: The author of “Sapiens” delves into how societies and political systems have used information and gives a warning about artificial intelligence.

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

10. TRUTHS by Vivek Ramaswamy: The entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate shares his opinions on a variety of issues.

11. THE SMALL AND THE MIGHTY by Sharon McMahon: A former high school government and law teacher profiles lesser-known Americans who made an impact.

12. SOMETHING LOST, SOMETHING GAINED by Hillary Rodham Clinton: The former secretary of state reflects on private and public moments from her life.

13. AMERICA’S DEADLIEST ELECTION by Dana Bash with David Fisher: The CNN chief political correspondent considers the election of 1872 and draws parallels to today’s politics.

14. TARGETED: BEIRUT by Jack Carr and James M. Scott: An account of the attack of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983.

15. ABORTION by Jessica Valenti: The author of “Sex Object” examines attacks on women’s bodies and freedom in post-Roe America.

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ABOUT THE CATALOGS:

There are currently three catalogs available to Southeast Steuben County Library patrons online, that you can access to search for and request New York Times Bestsellers, and other popular books and materials in a variety of formats, i.e. print books, eBooks, streaming videos.

All you need is a library card to get started!

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THE CATALOGS:

Catalog 1: StarCat

StarCat is the catalog of physical materials including print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD etc. StarCat is available to all patrons of all public libraries in the Southern Tier Library System*

Starcat can be found online at: https://starcat.stls.org/

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Catalog 2: The Digital Catalog

The Digital Catalog (and its companion app Libby) offers all Southern Tier Library System member library patrons access to eBooks, eAudiobooks & eMagazines via a lending model known in Library-ese as “one copy/one user;” that library speak means that eBooks & eAudiobooks found in The Digital Catalog/Libby are like print books found on library shelves, only one patron can check out a copy of a title at a time.

Exception: Magazines found in the digital catalog are available via a different lending model known as simultaneous access. And that fancy library speak means that magazines are available for all patrons to check out at the same time, i.e. if you and all your family and friends wish to read the latest digital edition of Newsweek, all of you can check out the e version of the magazine and read it at the same time.

The Digital Catalog/Libby checkout limit is 5 titles a time.

The Digital Catalog is found online at: https://stls.overdrive.com/

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Catalog 3: Hoopla

The Hoopla Digital Catalog (and its companion app, also called Hoopla) offers Southeast Steuben County Library patrons access to a second digital catalog with an on-demand lending model. In library speak, this lending model, like The Digital Catalog/Libby’s magazine lending model, is known as “simultaneous access.” The difference is, the Hoopla catalog offers access to more formats: eBooks, eAudiobooks, eComics, digital albums, TV shows & movies – and all items, in all those formats, are available  for patrons to checkout immediately. The Hoopla check out limit is ten titles per month.

Hoopla Formats: All Hoopla content can be accessed on a computer or mobile device, and TV shows and movies can be accessed on computers, mobile devices, smart TVs and media streaming players, i.e. Roku or  Apple TV.

The Hoopla Catalog is found online at: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

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*The Southern Tier Library System includes the public libraries in Steuben, Chemung, Yates, Schuyler & Allegheny counties.

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

Suggested Listening postings are published on Fridays; and our next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, October 18, 2024.

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This week, for something a little different, our suggested listening recommendations are, sans the Hoopla pick, all from musicians and singers born in October.

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I Could Have Danced All Night by Julie Andrews (born October 1, 1935) 

From The Album: My Fair Lady: Original Broadway Cast (1956)

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Fields Of Gold by Sting (born October 2, 1951) 

From The Album: Ten Summoner’s Tales (1993)

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Small Town by John Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951) 

From The Album: Scarecrow (1985)

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There! I’ve Said It Again by Vaughnn Monroe (born October 7, 1911) with his Orchestra 

From The Album: Vaughn Monroe’s Greatest Hits (2016)

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Imagine by John Lennon (born October 9, 1940) 

From The Album: Imagine (1971)

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How Lucky by John Prine (born October 10, 1946) 

From The Album: Pink Cadillac (1979)

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Once In A While by Art Blakey (born October 11, 1919) & Clifford Brown  

From The Album: Live At Birdland, Volume 1 (1954)

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Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon (born October 13, 1941)

From The Album: Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)

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Con Alma by Jimmy Heath (born October 25, 1926) 

From The Album: Love Letter (2020)

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Angeline Is Always Friday by  Tom Paxton (born October 31, 1937) 

From The Album: Six by Tom Paxton (1970)

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Hoopla Album of the Week 

Up-Tight (1966) by Stevie Wonder

(Stevie Wonder was not born in October! Instead he celebrates

his birthday on May 13!)

And from the album, the song:

Nothing’s Too Good For My Baby

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Online Catalog Links:

StarCat

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

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The Digital Catalog, web version of Libby

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

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The Libby App

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

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Hoopla

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

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

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

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

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, October 16, 2024.

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Bad Liar: A Novel by Tammy Hoag  

Det. Annie Broussard and Lt. Nick Fourcade return in Hoag’s gripping third case for the Partout Parish, La., investigative duo (after The Boy). At the outset, Nick responds to a call about the discovery of a body in a rural, marshy area, with a face so pulverized it’s nearly impossible to identify the victim. Annie, meanwhile, returns to the sheriff’s office after recovering from PTSD and a concussion she sustained during a previous investigation, and immediately encounters a distraught woman named B’Lynn Fontenot. B’Lynn’s son, Robby, has gone missing in the nearby town of Bayou Breaux, but police there refuse to take his disappearance seriously given his history of drug use. B’Lynn is certain that Robby’s kicked the habit, and Annie agrees to investigate. She links up with Nick to determine whether the body in the marsh might be Robby, or if it’s Marc Mercier, a well-liked local businessman who’s recently gone missing. Hoag sketches Robby, Marc, and B’Lynn with remarkable depth and sensitivity, and keeps the plot moving at a brisk clip through many twists and turns. This will please series fans and newcomers alike. – Publisher’s Weekly Review 

Reader’s Note: Bad Liar is the third book in the Broussard and Fourcase Series. If you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning, check out book one A Thin Dark Line. 

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Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten 

In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table. 

Here, for the first time, Ina Garten presents an intimate, entertaining, and inspiring account of her remarkable journey. Ina’s gift is to make everything look easy, yet all her accomplishments have been the result of hard work, audacious choices, and exquisite attention to detail. In her unmistakable voice (no one tells a story like Ina), she brings her past and her process to life in a high-spirited and no-holds-barred memoir that chronicles decades of personal challenges, adventures (and misadventures) and unexpected career twists, all delivered with her signature combination of playfulness and purpose. 

From a difficult childhood to meeting the love of her life, Jeffrey, and marrying him while still in college, from a boring bureaucratic job in Washington, D.C., to answering an ad for a specialty food store in the Hamptons, from the owner of one Barefoot Contessa shop to author of bestselling cookbooks and celebrated television host, Ina has blazed her own trail and, in the meantime, taught millions of people how to cook and entertain. Now, she invites them to come closer to experience her story in vivid detail and to share the important life lessons she learned along the way: do what you love because if you love it you’ll be really good at it, swing for the fences, and always Be Ready When the Luck Happens. 

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John Lewis: A Life by David Greenberg 

This massive, heavily detailed biography of iconic civil rights hero John Lewis portrays him as a man of strong principles. Uncompromising in his commitment to nonviolence–which he saw as a Christian, morally based way of life rather than a mere tactic–he faced down the worst that segregationist America had to throw at him with the quiet courage of “soul force.” Verging on hagiography, Greenberg chronicles how Lewis, a national leader in his early twenties, led student sit-ins for integration in Nashville, Freedom Rides in Alabama, and voter registration drives across the South. The youngest organizer and speaker at the “I Have a Dream” March on Washington, Lewis collaborated, and often clashed with, the titans of the Black Freedom Struggle, including Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Diane Nash, Thurgood Marshall, Bayard Rustin, and Stokely Carmichael. As the “conscience of Congress,” he was committed to nonviolence, yet opposed to defunding the police; he stood up for immigrants and the LGBTQ community (a courageous stance for a Black minister). Throughout the harsh Trump-era backlash against voting rights, Lewis remained hopeful, firmly convinced that love was the only way to achieve the “beloved community.” Greenberg captures Lewis’ life, achievements, and times with heart-stopping precision.  

HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Greenberg’s foundational Lewis biography, a passionately researched and defining portrait of an American hero, will receive avid attention. – Starred Booklist Review  

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The Mighty Red: A Novel by Louise Erdrich 

Crystal hauls sugar beets from field to processing plant deep into the night in the Red River Valley in North Dakota. She’s hoping her daughter, Kismet, a high-school senior, will attend college. But Gary, whose family owns the area’s largest beet farm and who is tormented by the deaths of two of his football teammates, is begging Kismet to marry him. Smart and sensitive Hugo, Gary’s opposite, is also in love with Kismet. Homeschooled, he helps his mother in her bookstore. Gary’s mother worries about their use of dangerous agricultural chemicals. It’s 2008 and money it tight. Hugo, entranced by deep time and geology, plans to make his fortune in the oil fields. Martin, Kismet’s theater teacher father, seems to have absconded with looted funds. The story of the land, from holistic family farms to the decimation of the “joinery of creation” by industrial agriculture, shapes Erdrich’s finely woven tale of anguish and desire, crimes and healing. With irresistible characters, dramatic predicaments, crisp wit, gorgeously rendered settings, striking ecological facts, and a cosmic dimension, Erdrich’s latest tale of the plains reverberates with arresting revelations. 

HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Readers will seek Erdrich’s newest take on the land and communities she knows so intimately. – Booklist Review  

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Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell 

A quarter-century on, Gladwell revisits his best-known book and examines some of its assumptions and conclusions. RereadingThe Tipping Point, Gladwell writes, made him realize “that I still do not understand many things about social epidemics.” Thetip point of real estate parlance–it refers to things such as the ethnic composition of a neighborhood when, once a percentage in the growth of racex is reached, members of racey will move up, on, or otherwise out–explains only so much. Often, he writes, “social contagions,” a metaphor used to describe how ideas spread like viruses, can be traced back to just a handful of innovators (or viral superspreaders, for that matter): What matters thereafter is how the ideas (or viral loads) are received and dealt with. For example, why does Illinois have a low rate of opioid abuse relative to Indiana? Because Indiana, like many states, doesn’t require monitoring, which explains why swarms of Big Pharma salespeople descended on those states to push OxyContin and other drugs to epidemic levels. Illinois, by contrast, is one of the states that require triplicate prescriptions: one copy goes to the pharmacist, one to the patient’s records, one to a regulatory agency. That three-tiered pharmaceutical pad, Gladwell writes, “evolves into an overstory,” or governing idea, “a narrative that says opioids are different, spurring the physician to pause and think before prescribing them.” Refining and deepening his and our understanding of the spread of customs, mores, and practices, Gladwell emphasizes those overstories, illustrating them with twisting and turning tales of, for example, how the wordholocaust came into general usage (surprisingly, via TV), how the idea of gay marriage gained acceptability, and how widespread social engineering “has quietly become one of the central activities of the American establishment.” Fans of the original will learn much from Gladwell’s thoughtful, carefully written reconsideration. – Starred Kirkus 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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Information on the three library catalogs

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

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!

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

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

The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.

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

The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.

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

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

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Have questions about how to access Internet based content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios)? Feel free to drop by the Reference Desk or call the library and we will assist you! The library’s telephone number is: 607-936-3713.

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

All titles can be requested/checked out through the library.

If you’d like to go the traditional route to request a title on this list and drop by, or call, the library – please do!

Our telephone number is: 607-936-3713

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New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays. And the next NYT blog post will be posted on Sunday, October 13, 2024.

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THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. COUNTING MIRACLES by Nicholas Sparks: A man in search of the father he never knew encounters a single mom and rumors circulate of the nearby appearance of a white deer.

2. INTERMEZZO by Sally Rooney: After the passing of their father, seemingly different brothers engage in relationships and seek ways to cope.

3. 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.

4. IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover: A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse; the basis of the film.

5. THE WOMEN by Kristin Hannah: In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.

6. A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J. Maas: After killing a wolf in the woods, Feyre is taken from her home and placed inside the world of the Fae.

7. GOLDFINCH by Raven Kennedy: The sixth book in the Plated Prisoner series. Inner turmoil escalates as a war reaches its peak.

8. HERE ONE MOMENT by Liane Moriarty: Passengers on a short and seemingly unremarkable flight learn how and when they are going to die.

9. 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.

10. IRON FLAME by Rebecca Yarros: The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves.

11. IT STARTS WITH US by Colleen Hoover: In the sequel to “It Ends With Us,” Lily deals with her jealous ex-husband as she reconnects with her first boyfriend.

12. PLAYGROUND by Richard Powers: Residents of an island in French Polynesia must vote on whether to send floating cities out onto the open sea.

13. A COURT OF MIST AND FURY by Sarah J. Maas: The second book in the Court of Thorns and Roses series. Feyre gains the powers of the High Fae and a greater evil emerges.

14. DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver: Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

15. TELL ME EVERYTHING by Elizabeth Strout: As a murder casts a pall on a town in Maine, Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge and Bob Burgess share stories and seek meaning.

NON-FICTION

1. THE SMALL AND THE MIGHTY by Sharon McMahon: A former high school government and law teacher profiles lesser-known Americans who made an impact.

2. TRUTHS by Vivek Ramaswamy: The entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate shares his opinions on a variety of issues.

3. CONFRONTING THE PRESIDENTS by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard: The conservative commentator evaluates the legacies of American presidents.

4. TARGETED: BEIRUT by Jack Carr and James M. Scott: An account of the attack of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983.

5. 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.

6. SOMETHING LOST, SOMETHING GAINED by Hillary Rodham Clinton: The former secretary of state reflects on private and public moments from her life.

7. THE BARN by Wright Thompson: The author of “The Cost of These Dreams” and “Pappyland” gives an account of the murder of Emmett Till.

8. NEXUS by Yuval Noah HarariThe author of “Sapiens” delves into how societies and political systems have used information and gives a warning about artificial intelligence.

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

10. THE THIRD GILMORE GIRL by Kelly Bishop with Lindsay Harrison: The dancer and actress, who appeared in “A Chorus Line,” “Dirty Dancing” and “Gilmore Girls,” imparts insights on career longevity.

11. LOVELY ONE by Ketanji Brown Jackson: The first Black woman ever confirmed to the Supreme Court traces her family’s history and her personal ascent.

12. LUCKY LOSER by Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig: The New York Times and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters detail the fortunes and failures behind Donald Trump’s wealth.

13. HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. Vance: The Yale Law School graduate and 2024 Republican vice presidential nominee looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood.

14. GHOSTS OF HONOLULU by Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll Jr.: The story of a Japanese American naval intelligence agent, a Japanese spy and events in Hawaii before the start of World War II.

15. THE DEMON OF UNREST by Erik Larson: The author of “The Splendid and the Vile” portrays the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War.

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ABOUT THE CATALOGS:

There are currently three catalogs available to Southeast Steuben County Library patrons online, that you can access to search for and request New York Times Bestsellers, and other popular books and materials in a variety of formats, i.e. print books, eBooks, streaming videos.

All you need is a library card to get started!

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THE CATALOGS:

Catalog 1: StarCat

StarCat is the catalog of physical materials including print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD etc. StarCat is available to all patrons of all public libraries in the Southern Tier Library System*

Starcat can be found online at: https://starcat.stls.org/

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Catalog 2: The Digital Catalog

The Digital Catalog (and its companion app Libby) offers all Southern Tier Library System member library patrons access to eBooks, eAudiobooks & eMagazines via a lending model known in Library-ese as “one copy/one user;” that library speak means that eBooks & eAudiobooks found in The Digital Catalog/Libby are like print books found on library shelves, only one patron can check out a copy of a title at a time.

Exception: Magazines found in the digital catalog are available via a different lending model known as simultaneous access. And that fancy library speak means that magazines are available for all patrons to check out at the same time, i.e. if you and all your family and friends wish to read the latest digital edition of Newsweek, all of you can check out the e version of the magazine and read it at the same time.

The Digital Catalog/Libby checkout limit is 5 titles a time.

The Digital Catalog is found online at: https://stls.overdrive.com/

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Catalog 3: Hoopla

The Hoopla Digital Catalog (and its companion app, also called Hoopla) offers Southeast Steuben County Library patrons access to a second digital catalog with an on-demand lending model. In library speak, this lending model, like The Digital Catalog/Libby’s magazine lending model, is known as “simultaneous access.” The difference is, the Hoopla catalog offers access to more formats: eBooks, eAudiobooks, eComics, digital albums, TV shows & movies – and all items, in all those formats, are available  for patrons to checkout immediately. The Hoopla check out limit is ten titles per month.

Hoopla Formats: All Hoopla content can be accessed on a computer or mobile device, and TV shows and movies can be accessed on computers, mobile devices, smart TVs and media streaming players, i.e. Roku or  Apple TV.

The Hoopla Catalog is found online at: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

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*The Southern Tier Library System includes the public libraries in Steuben, Chemung, Yates, Schuyler & Allegheny counties.

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

Suggested Listening postings are published on Fridays; and our next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, October 11, 2024.

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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As The Years Go Passing By by Albert King 

 

From The Album: Born Under A Bad Sign (1967) 

 

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Confessin’ The Blues by The Rolling Stones 

 

From The Album: 12 x 5 (1964) 

 

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Eloise by William Bell 

 

From The Album: Soul Of A Bell (1967) 

 

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I Put A Spell On You by Creedence Clearwater Revival  

 

From The Album: Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968) 

 

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Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan  

 

From The Album: Highway 61 Revisited (1965) 

 

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Shake by Otis Redding 

 

From The Album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) 

 

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Soul Finger by The Bar Kays 

 

From The Album: Soul Finger (1967) 

 

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Tighten Up, Pt. 1 by Archie Bell & The Drells 

 

 From The Album:  Tightening Up: Best of Archie Bell & The Drells (2006) 

 

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We Get By by Mavis Staples featuring Ben Harper  

 

From The Album: We Get By (2019) 

 

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The Wind Cries Mary by Jimi Hendrix  

 

From The Album: Are You Experienced (1967) 

 

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Hoopla “Album” of The Week: 

This week the Hoopla “album” I’m recommending is actually the multi-album set, The Studio Album collection by  Otis Redding!

And here it is!

The Complete Studio Albums Collection (2015) by Otis Redding:

 

And from the collection, the song  

These Arms of Mine  by Otis Redding

 

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Online Catalog Links:

StarCat

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

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The Digital Catalog, web version of Libby

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

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The Libby App

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

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Hoopla

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

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

This blog post includes all the new titles that have been ordered by the library for October 2024.

Some of these titles have arrived and can be requested through StarCat; other titles are not yet published and/or are not yet ready to circulate (and thus are not yet found in StarCat). 

So, if you see a book you’d love to read, but don’t find it listed in StarCat, send me an email and let me know which title you’d like to read; and I will place it on hold for you, when it is ready to circulate. 

My email address is: reimerl@stls.org 

And here is the list the list of New Books Coming Your Way for this month! 

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Have a great day!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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

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

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, October 9, 2024.

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The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates 

Coates presents three blazing essays on race, moral complicity, and a storyteller’s responsibility to the truth. Coates evokes his father’s struggle with the wretched narrative legacy of Jim Crow. He travels to South Carolina, where school districts seek to ban his work for suggesting that America was “fundamentally racist,” or any other “divisive concept.” Coates concludes that “it is neither ‘anguish’ nor ‘discomfort’ that these people were trying to prohibit. It was enlightenment.” Finally, he connects the dots between the self-justifying narratives of European and American racism and Palestinian oppression in Israel. Going to Palestine is like time traveling back to Jim Crow: IDF soldiers with “sun glinting off their shades like Georgia sheriffs” harass Palestinians at checkpoints, proving that “as sure as my ancestors were born into a country where none of them was the equal of any white man, Israel was revealing itself to be a country where no Palestinian is ever the equal of any Jewish person anywhere.” Dehumanization is essential to exploitation, whether the targets are serfs in medieval Europe, African slaves and their descendants in America, or Palestinians on the West Bank. Coates exhorts readers, including students, parents, educators, and journalists, to challenge conventional narratives that can be used to justify ethnic cleansing or camouflage racist policing. Brilliant and timely. – Starred Booklist Review  

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Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz 

The aptly titled follow-up to The Plot (2021) focuses on Anna Williams Bonner, now the widow of the much-lauded author, Jacob Finch Bonner. Anna decides to pen her own novel, largely based on the story she shared with the world about how Jacob died, which she works on at writing retreats described in cringe-inducing and hilarious detail. The Afterword manages to be both critically acclaimed and a best-seller, but mysterious excerpts of the novel cribbed by her late husband and originally penned by her late brother, start to arrive in her mail, hinting that she has left a loose end somewhere and that her many lies, deceptions, and crimes will perhaps be exposed. While Anna is a deeply unsympathetic antihero, Korelitz so expertly depicts how Anna is convinced of her own righteousness and that her being deeply wronged justifies heinous acts that Anna’s flimsy justifications are almost convincing. Korelitz presents a compelling and worthy sequel, another rip-roaring thriller full of very amusing scenes of delusional writers and their awful prose and many twists and turns. – Booklist Review  

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See Me Rolling: On Disability, Equality and Ten-Point Turns by Lottie Jackson 

Disability activist Jackson uses her debut book (BISAC’ed as memoir, though it could also fit in social sciences) to illustrate ways society devalues, undervalues, or marginalizes people with disabilities. The book combines personal experience, blunt honesty, and occasional humor with research from primary sources like Disability News Service, New York Times, Financial Times, The Nation, the CDC, and the BBC. The topics of the book’s eight stand-alone essays range from the practical (visiting a department store that turns out to be scooter-inaccessible) to philosophical (removing ableism from the bedroom), and they redefine terms such as “recovery.” This book thoroughly discusses the various ways the public perceives visible and invisible disabilities. Jackson demonstrates what it means to be disabled, and she pushes for changes in public attitudes and access. The book includes eye-opening statistics, as well as quotes about disability from Margaret Atwood, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Immanuel Kant (all fully identified in the endnotes). VERDICT This gripping title will appeal to readers interested in how the lives of people with disabilities are impacted by architecture, access, clothing, employment, transportation, and mobility. It will also interest people working with or providing services as caregivers, social workers, think tanks, and more. – Starred Library Journal Review  

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Triangle by Danielle Steel  

A Paris gallery owner finds herself in danger when a mysterious man begins leaving her messages, in #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel’s thrilling new novel. 

As she approaches the milestone birthday of forty, delicate blond beauty Amanda Delanoe finds joy in running a chic contemporary art gallery in the City of Light. The only child of a French businessman and an American model, both now deceased, Amanda lives well and adores her dog, Lulu, but so far the love of her life has eluded her. 

Then she meets Olivier Saint Albin, a dashing publisher. At the same time, she reconnects with Tom Quinlan, an old boyfriend from her days at NYU twenty years ago, now a lawyer on sabbatical who has come to Paris to devote himself to writing a thriller. 

Charming Olivier is a master at the art of flirtation, but as Amanda feels herself falling for him, she learns he is married. Providing counsel and support is her friend and co-owner of the gallery, fun-loving bachelor Pascal Leblanc. When Amanda begins to receive threatening phone calls late at night, it is Pascal she turns to. Then someone breaks into her apartment on the Left Bank, and it’s all too clear she is in real danger. But from whom? An old love, a new love, or a stranger? As love enters her life, so does terror. . . . 

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The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker by Amy Reading

 

Readers enamored of the New Yorker and its history will recognize White as a legendary editor yet know little about her. Reading fills in the blanks, explaining precisely why, from the moment White arrived in 1925 to her retirement in 1961, she was essential to the magazine’s identity and success. Reading recounts White’s demanding life, from her mostly motherless New England girlhood as a “promiscuous reader” to her literary adventures at Bryn Mawr and her marriage to lawyer Ernest Angell, which brought two children and endless heartaches. She helped her second husband, writer E. B. White, contend with debilitating disorders so that he could create the works that made him famous as they had a son and lived in New York and Maine. White performed phenomenal amounts of exacting editorial work, cajoling and advising writers in discursive “personal-editorial letters,” battling with fellow editors, and fine-tuning the magazine’s mission, appeal, and significance, even while gravely ill. Reading’s fine-tuned chronicling of White’s work with writers such as Louise Bogan, Elizabeth Bishop, Mary McCarthy, John Cheever, and Vladimir Nabokov illuminates the diligence, brilliance, and vision of this “magnificent editor,” whose son, Roger Angell, also became a New Yorker fiction editor. With profound understanding of and appreciation for the full extent of White’s achievements, Reading’s in-depth, ardently and expertly written biography is a literary landmark. – Starred Booklist 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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Information on the three library catalogs

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

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!

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

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

The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.

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

The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.

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

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

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Have questions about how to access Internet based content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios)? Feel free to drop by the Reference Desk or call the library and we will assist you! The library’s telephone number is: 607-936-3713.

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

All titles can be requested/checked out through the library.

If you’d like to go the traditional route to request a title on this list and drop by, or call, the library – please do!

Our telephone number is: 607-936-3713

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New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays. And the next NYT blog post will be posted on Sunday, October 6, 2024.

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THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. 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.

2. WE SOLVE MURDERS by Richard Osman: When a dead body and a bag of money turn up on a remote island, Amy Wheeler reaches out to her retired father-in-law to help investigate.

3. THE BUTCHER GAME by Alaina Urquhart: The second book in the Dr. Wren Muller series. A serial killer wants to settle a score with a forensic pathologist.

4. IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover: A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse; the basis of the film.

5. THE WOMEN by Kristin Hannah: In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.

6. HERE ONE MOMENT by Liane Moriarty: Passengers on a short and seemingly unremarkable flight learn how and when they are going to die.

7. A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J. Maas: After killing a wolf in the woods, Feyre is taken from her home and placed inside the world of the Fae.

8. IT STARTS WITH US by Colleen Hoover: In the sequel to “It Ends With Us,” Lily deals with her jealous ex-husband as she reconnects with her first boyfriend.

9. 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.

10. THE NIGHT WE LOST HIM by Laura Dave: Estranged siblings look into the death of their hotel magnate father and uncover a family secret.

11. IRON FLAME by Rebecca Yarros: The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves.

12. DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver: Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

13. TELL ME EVERYTHING by Elizabeth Strout: As a murder casts a pall on a town in Maine, Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge and Bob Burgess share stories and seek meaning.

14. A COURT OF MIST AND FURY by Sarah J. Maas: The second book in the Court of Thorns and Roses series. Feyre gains the powers of the High Fae and a greater evil emerges.

15. THE PERFECT COUPLE by Elin Hilderbrand: A body is found in Nantucket Harbor hours before a picture-perfect wedding.

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NON-FICTION

1. SOMETHING LOST, SOMETHING GAINED by Hillary Rodham Clinton: The former secretary of state reflects on private and public moments from her life.

2. THE THIRD GILMORE GIRL by Kelly Bishop with Lindsay Harrison: The dancer and actress, who appeared in “A Chorus Line,” “Dirty Dancing” and “Gilmore Girls,” imparts insights on career longevity.

3. CONFRONTING THE PRESIDENTS by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard: The conservative commentator evaluates the legacies of American presidents.

4. LUCKY LOSER by Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig: The New York Times and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters detail the fortunes and failures behind Donald Trump’s wealth.

5. ON FREEDOM by Timothy Snyder: The author of “On Tyranny” articulates practices and attitudes related to the concept of freedom and the ways it can be misunderstood.

6. 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.

7. NEXUS by Yuval Noah Harari: The author of “Sapiens” delves into how societies and political systems have used information and gives a warning about artificial intelligence.

8. WANT by Gillian Anderson: A collection of sexual fantasies and confessions submitted anonymously by women from around the world.

9. BLIND SPOTS by Marty Makary: The author of “The Price We Pay” examines the ways modern medicine might cause harm.

10. LOVELY ONE by Ketanji Brown Jackson: The first Black woman ever confirmed to the Supreme Court traces her family’s history and her personal ascent.

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

12. WHO COULD EVER LOVE YOU by Mary L. Trump: The author of “Too Much and Never Enough” and “The Reckoning” portrays the dynamics within her family.

13. HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. Vance: The Yale Law School graduate and 2024 Republican vice presidential nominee looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood.

14. A RETURN TO COMMON SENSE by Leigh McGowan: The social media and podcast host prescribes ways to reinvigorate American principles.

15. CONNIE by Connie Chung: The first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News describes the sexism she encountered during her trailblazing career.

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ABOUT THE CATALOGS:

There are currently three catalogs available to Southeast Steuben County Library patrons online, that you can access to search for and request New York Times Bestsellers, and other popular books and materials in a variety of formats, i.e. print books, eBooks, streaming videos.

All you need is a library card to get started!

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THE CATALOGS:

Catalog 1: StarCat

StarCat is the catalog of physical materials including print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD etc. StarCat is available to all patrons of all public libraries in the Southern Tier Library System*

Starcat can be found online at: https://starcat.stls.org/

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Catalog 2: The Digital Catalog

The Digital Catalog (and its companion app Libby) offers all Southern Tier Library System member library patrons access to eBooks, eAudiobooks & eMagazines via a lending model known in Library-ese as “one copy/one user;” that library speak means that eBooks & eAudiobooks found in The Digital Catalog/Libby are like print books found on library shelves, only one patron can check out a copy of a title at a time.

Exception: Magazines found in the digital catalog are available via a different lending model known as simultaneous access. And that fancy library speak means that magazines are available for all patrons to check out at the same time, i.e. if you and all your family and friends wish to read the latest digital edition of Newsweek, all of you can check out the e version of the magazine and read it at the same time.

The Digital Catalog/Libby checkout limit is 5 titles a time.

The Digital Catalog is found online at: https://stls.overdrive.com/

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Catalog 3: Hoopla

The Hoopla Digital Catalog (and its companion app, also called Hoopla) offers Southeast Steuben County Library patrons access to a second digital catalog with an on-demand lending model. In library speak, this lending model, like The Digital Catalog/Libby’s magazine lending model, is known as “simultaneous access.” The difference is, the Hoopla catalog offers access to more formats: eBooks, eAudiobooks, eComics, digital albums, TV shows & movies – and all items, in all those formats, are available  for patrons to checkout immediately. The Hoopla check out limit is ten titles per month.

Hoopla Formats: All Hoopla content can be accessed on a computer or mobile device, and TV shows and movies can be accessed on computers, mobile devices, smart TVs and media streaming players, i.e. Roku or  Apple TV.

The Hoopla Catalog is found online at: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

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*The Southern Tier Library System includes the public libraries in Steuben, Chemung, Yates, Schuyler & Allegheny counties.

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

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

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, October 2, 2024.

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Counting Miracles: A Novel by Nicholas Sparks

Tanner Hughes is a retired military officer traveling across the country to visit the families of individuals who have died during or after their service. His mother died in childbirth, and Tanner didn’t know his father’s identity until his grandmother, on her death bed, gave him a name, Dave Johnson, and a place, Asheboro, North Carolina. Once there, Tanner, like Lee Child’s Jack Reacher, comes to the rescue of a teenage girl who is getting bullied at a restaurant and, predictably, meets her divorced mother, Kaitlyn, the local doctor. The attraction is immediate, but Tanner plans to leave for Africa in a few weeks, still needs to find his father, and isn’t looking for a permanent relationship. But could his father be one of Kaitlyn’s patients, Jasper, a mysteriously burned man who lives in a remote cabin and carves animals out of wood? No one reads Sparks for his plot twists, and this tale is pretty straightforward. But the romance between Tanner and the doctor sizzles, and Sparks is a master at creating fully developed, sympathetic characters with complete and compelling backstories. Readers will be drawn into this touching story of hope, faith, and love, and Sparks’ many fans will find just what they’re looking for. – Starred Booklist Review 

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The Night We Lost Him: A Novel by Laura Dave

Dave follows up her blockbuster, The Last Thing He Told Me (2021), with another compelling, family-driven mystery. Nora is still grieving the sudden death of her mother when the hotel-magnate father she’s kept at arm’s length falls to his death from the cliffs by his California cottage. The last thing Nora expects is for her younger half-brother Sam to come to her with his belief that their father’s death wasn’t accidental. Nora is skeptical, but she agrees to travel with Sam from New York to California to investigate, in part to put some space between her and the fiancé she is desperately afraid of losing.

Nora and Sam have never been close, thanks to their father’s compartmentalization of each of the families his three marriages brought him, but as they look into the circumstances surrounding his death and uncover the truth about the great love of his life, Nora comes to realize she and Sam have much more in common with each other and with their father. Dave should have another hit on her hands with this involving tale. 

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On The Hunt by Iris Johansen

The prolific Johansen’s stock-in-trade throughout multiple action-thriller series has been the introduction of strong-willed, uniquely talented female protagonists who bristle with courage and conviction but are also vulnerable to romantic entanglements, often at the least opportune moments. Kira Drake is no exception to this rule. A forensics tracker sought after by international search-and-rescue agencies, Drake’s distinctive talents lie in a veterinary practice in which exceptional animal longevity and unconventional interspecies communications collide. Accompanied by her canine partner Mack to the site of a devastating bombing in Paris, Drake finds herself drawn into the lengthy and deadly feud between Nobel Prize-winning scientist-entrepreneur Jack Harlan and Joseph Taylor, the man who murdered his brother and who is the mastermind behind the Paris attack. As is often the case with Johansen’s heroines, Drake prefers to use her skills to pursue Taylor on her own but reluctantly accepts assistance and attention from Harlan. In seeking both revenge and justice, Drake, Harlan, and Taylor become embroiled in a high-stakes battle of wits and words. – Booklist Review   

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Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty by Hillary Rodham Clinton

What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinton? In Something Lost, Something Gained, Hillary offers her candid views on life and love, politics, liberty, democracy, the threats we face, and the future within our reach.

She describes the strength she draws from her deepest friendships, her Methodist faith, and the nearly fifty years she’s been married to President Bill Clinton—all with the wisdom that comes from looking back on a full life with fresh eyes. She takes us along as she returns to the classroom as a college professor, enjoys the bonds inside the exclusive club of former First Ladies, moves past her dream of being president, and dives into new activism for women and democracy.

From canoeing with an ex-Nazi trying to deprogram white supremacists to sweltering with salt farmers in the desert trying to adapt to the climate crisis in India, Hillary brings us to the front lines of our biggest challenges. For the first time, Hillary shares the story of her operation to evacuate Afghan women to safety in the harrowing final days of America’s longest war. But we also meet the brave women dissidents defying dictators around the world, gain new personal insights about her old adversary Vladimir Putin, and learn the best ways that worried parents can protect kids from toxic technology. We also hear her fervent and persuasive warning to all American voters. In the end, Something Lost, Something Gained is a testament to the idea that the personal is political, and the political is personal, providing a blueprint for what each of us can do to make our lives better.

Hillary has “looked at life from both sides now.” In these pages, she shares the latest chapter of her inspiring life and shows us how to age with grace and keep moving forward, with grit, joy, purpose, and a sense of humor.

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Syndicate by Felix Francis

Life isn’t safe even for a syndicate manager in the upper echelon of British horse racing. Chester Newton is worried how Potassium, the current star of his syndicate, Victrix Racing, will run in the Epsom Derby. When Potassium wins by a nose, Chester breathes a sigh of relief and turns to the party planned for the 25th anniversary of his wedding to Georgina; the 21st birthday of their son, James; and the 19th birthday of their daughter, Amanda. That’s where signs of trouble pop up. Darren Williamson, the undesirable older boyfriend Amanda’s brought to the party, reports that she’s gone missing after a row, and DS Christine Royle, of the Thames Valley Police, doesn’t share Chester’s anxiety about her return. Royle turns out to be right, sort of, since Amanda is shortly found doped with ketamine, unable to remember anything about how she disappeared. The punchline–a phone call from an anonymous person with a squeaky voice who points out how easy it would be to snatch Amanda again–sets the plot in motion, as Squeaky Voice repeatedly calls Chester to demand that several of Victrix’s favorites, including Potassium, lose their races. Chester can’t figure out what the motive for these calls is, who’s behind them, whether he should do their bidding, or how he can fix the races if he decides to give in. His nondecision to play it by ear, taking each threat as it comes, and his seduction by younger American Toni Beckett make each step in the story less predictable, and the customary insider details about the racing scene set up the denouement with commendable precision. Perhaps the strongest installment of this venerable franchise since Francis took the reins from his jockey father. – Starred Kirkus Review 

Reader’s Note: Syndicate is the thirteenth book in the Dick Francis Novels series by Felix Francis. If you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning, check out book one Gamble. 

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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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Information on the three library catalogs

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

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!

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

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

The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.

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

The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.

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

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

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Have questions about how to access Internet based content (i.e. eBooks, eAudios)? Feel free to drop by the Reference Desk or call the library and we will assist you! The library’s telephone number is: 607-936-3713.

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