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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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!

Links to the catalogs are found after the list of New York Times Bestsellers.

New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays. And the next NYT blog post will be posted on Sunday, August 18, 2024.

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THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. HARD TO KILL by James Patterson and Mike Lupica: The second book in the Jane Smith series. A double triple homicide complicates matters for Smith.

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. 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.

6. THE WEDDING PEOPLE by Alison Espach: A woman who is down on her luck forms an unexpected bond with the bride at a wedding in Rhode Island.

7. 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.

8. THE HOUSEMAID IS WATCHING by Freida McFadden: The third book in the Housemaid series. Dangers lurk in a quiet neighborhood.

9. THE HOUSEMAID’S SECRET by Freida McFadden: The second book in the Housemaid series. The sound of crying and the appearance of blood portend misdeeds.

10. 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.

11. THE GOD OF THE WOODS by Liz Moore: When a 13-year-old girl disappears from an Adirondack summer camp in 1975, secrets kept by the Van Laar family emerge.

12. SWAN SONG by Elin Hilderbrand: Nantucket residents are alarmed when a home, recently sold at an exorbitant price, goes up in flames and someone goes missing.

13. A COURT OF WINGS AND RUIN by Sarah J. Maas: The third book in the Court of Thorns and Roses series. As war approaches, Feyre endeavors to take charge of her magical and political powers.

14. 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.

15. JUST FOR THE SUMMER by Abby Jimenez: Justin and Emma, whose exes find soulmates after breaking up with them, have a fling on a private island on Lake Minnetonka.

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NON-FICTION

1. 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.

2. ALL IN THE FAMILY by Fred C. Trump III: The nephew of Donald Trump explains how he came to terms with his family’s complex legacy and worked to protect his wife and children.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

6. AUTOCRACY, INC.by Anne Applebaum: The Pulitzer Prize-winning author elucidates the structures and technologies that bolster autocracies in the 21st century.

7. THE TRUTHS WE HOLD by Kamala Harris: A memoir by the daughter of immigrants who is currently serving as the 49th vice president and is the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee.

8. OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford: A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

9. THE BACKYARD BIRD CHRONICLES by Amy Tan: Essays and drawings by the author of “The Joy Luck Club” and “The Bonesetter’s Daughter,” which depict a search for peace through birding.

10. THE ART THIEF by Michael Finkel: The author of “The Stranger in the Woods” tells the story of Stéphane Breitwieser, who stole art more than 200 times for the sake of admiring it.

11. NUCLEAR WAR by Annie Jacobsen: The author of “Operation Paperclip” portrays possible outcomes in the minutes following a nuclear missile launch.

12. SHEPHERDS FOR SALE by Megan Basham: A culture reporter for The Daily Wire describes evangelical leaders who are influenced by liberal politics.

13. FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING by Matthew Perry: The late actor, known for playing Chandler Bing on “Friends,” shares stories from his childhood and his struggles with sobriety.

14. CHAOS by Tom O’Neill and Dan Piepenbring: A reassessment of events surrounding the murders committed by Charles Manson’s followers.

15. TRUE GRETCH by Gretchen Whitmer with Lisa Dickey: The governor of Michigan recounts defining moments from her life and time in office.

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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, August 16, 2024.

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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Blade Runner Blues by Vangelis

From The Motion Picture: Blade Runner (1982)

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Charade Main Theme by Henry Mancini

From the Motion Picture: Charade (1963)

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The Forest Gump Suite by Alan Silvestri

From The Motion Picture: Forest Gump (2001)

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Lord Of The Rings Main Theme by Howard Shore

From The Motion Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2001)

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The Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini

From The Motion Picture: The Return Of The Pink Panther (1975)

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Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky) by  Bill Conti, Carol Connors & Ayn Robbins

From The Motion Picture: Rocky (1976)

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Star Trek The Motion Picture: Main Title and Klingon Battle 

From The Motion Picture: Star Trek The Motion Picture (1979)

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Seven Brides From Seven Brothers Main Title

From The Motion Picture: Seven Brides From Seven Brothers (1954)

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Star Wars (A New Hope) Main Title written by John Williams

From The Motion Picture: Star Wars (1977)

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Time by Hans Zimmer

From The Motion Picture: Inception (2010)

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Hoopla Album of the Week

Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) by John Williams 

And from the soundtrack:

The Prologue  

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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, August 14, 2024.

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Business Casual by B.K. Borison 

Charlie Milford, of the three-piece suits and spreadsheet wizardry, was always just the too-handsome and oh-so-flirty accountant (and champion) of Nova Porter’s new Inglewild tattoo parlor, not someone who Nova would ever think of dating. But just maybe, after some drinks at Charlie’s sister’s wedding, they can get their mutual attraction out of their systems. One night turns into many, as New York City resident Charlie stays in Inglewild to run his sister’s farm while she honeymoons. Charlie and Nova were supposed to keep things business-casual around the tattoo parlor, not fall for each other. The way Borison softly weaves together a friends-with-benefits and opposites-attract romance, while also incorporating Charlie’s ADHD and people-pleasing and Nova’s perfectionism, will keep readers starry-eyed as they imagine visiting the beloved small town of Inglewild.

VERDICT This final and fourth book in the “Lovelight” series, after Mixed Signals, is a knockout. Keep the entire series stocked to keep up with demand. – Starred Library Journal Review  

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Deep Reading by Rachel B. Griffis, Julie Ooms, Rachel M. De Smith Roberts, et al. 

This book helps readers develop practices that will result in deep, formative, and faithful reading so they can contribute to the flourishing of their communities and cultivate their own spiritual and intellectual depth. 

The authors present reading as a remedy for three prevalent cultural vices—distraction, hostility, and consumerism—that impact the possibility of formative reading. Informed by James K. A. Smith’s work on “the spiritual power of habit,” Deep Reading provides resources for engaging in formative and culturally subversive reading practices that teach readers how to resist vices, love virtue, and desire the good. 

Rather than emphasizing the spiritual benefits of reading specific texts such as Dante’s Divine Comedy or Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the authors focus on the practice of reading itself. They examine practices many teachers, students, and avid readers employ—such as reading lists, reading logs, and discussion—and demonstrate how such practices can be more effectively and intentionally harnessed to result in deep reading.

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The Lost Coast by Jesse Kellerman and Jonathan Kellerman  

In the fifth Clay Edison novel, a seemingly straightforward case gets uncomfortably convoluted. It’s been about a year since Clay left the police force as a deputy coroner. He’s a private investigator now, enjoying the relative simplicity of the cases he works on. When a client presents him with what appears to be a typical case of land fraud, Clay doesn’t anticipate any serious problems in the investigation. Turns out he’s wrong–dead wrong. The Kellermans, father and son, have done a fine job with this series, introducing Clay Edison in 2017’s Crime Scene as a principled, determined man who has an unerring sense of when the circumstances surrounding a death are suspicious. It was a smart move to take Clay out of the coroner’s office, broadening the range of cases he might investigate and making sure the series doesn’t devolve into increasingly improbable stories, like some other series have. Readers will thoroughly enjoy this novel, and should probably settle in for many more Clay Edison mysteries. – Booklist Review  

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The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 

Moreno-Garcia is known for her richly imagined supernatural tales, such as The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (2022) and Silver Nitrate (2023). Here she turns to historical fiction, delving into the glamour and the seediness of 1950s Hollywood with dazzling results. When beautiful young Mexican actress Vera Larios is plucked out of obscurity to star in the epic film, The Seventh Veil of Salome, she unwittingly draws the ire of Nancy Hartley, a white actress who has been struggling and failing to make it big. Despite this, Nancy is convinced that Vera stole her star-making role, and her ire only grows when Vera starts dating a handsome aspiring musician who briefly dated Nancy but broke things off when she got violent with him. As their story unspools, so does that of Salome, the ambitious princess who is torn between her head and her heart when she falls in love with a fiery young preacher who runs afoul of her uncle. Moreno-Garcia is a gifted storyteller, vividly rendering both the intrigue and dangers of the ancient world Salome inhabits and the allure and ugliness (ingrained sexism and racism) of Golden Age Hollywood while spinning a thoroughly captivating, thrilling tale. – Starred Booklist Review  

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A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher 

Cordelia’s mother is an evil, murderous, self-centered sorceress who has decided to entrap a rich squire and set them up in style so that Cordelia can trap an even richer husband with her magic. But the sorceress has picked the wrong mark, and it will be her downfall. It’s not the squire she’s up against–it’s his sister. Hester sees right through the sorceress, with some surprising assistance from an increasingly desperate Cordelia. Together, they marshal their forces in the hopes of defeating the sorceress and winning freedom. This is another one of Kingfisher’s marvelous works (like the Hugo-winning Nettle & Bone) that takes elements of fairy tales, myths, and legends and blends them into a story that feels both familiar and new at the same time while subtly weaving a novel where women play the parts that men traditionally filled, and men serve as helpmeets, sidekicks, and love interests. Even better, the middle-aged heroine both saves the day and gets her happily-ever-after.  

VERDICT Highly recommended for readers who enjoy reimagined legends. – 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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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.

This blog post includes all the new titles that have been ordered by the library for August 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. Alternately, you can call the library and request the title you’d like to read at 607-936-3713.

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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New Books is a monthly post, usually published the first weekday of each month; and occasionally published the second week of the month, as is the case this month! 

The next New Books Coming Your Was post will be out on September 1, 2024.

Have a great day!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

Hi everyone, here are our ten streaming recommendations for

The next Suggested Viewing post will be out the first Saturday in September.

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August 2: 

The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) (Hulu) 

 

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August 3: 

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024) (HBO/Max) 

 

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August 8: 

The Umbrella Academy, Season 4 (2024) (Netflix) 

 

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August 9: 

The Investigators (2024) (Apple TV+) 

 

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August 13: 

Nightswim (2024) (Amazon Prime)  

 

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August 15: 

Jackpot! (2024) (Amazon Prime)  

 

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August 21: 

The Accident (2024) (Netflix) 

 

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August 29: 

Kaos (2024) (Netflix) 

 

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Season 2 (2024) (Amazon Prime) 

 

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August 30: 

The Fallguy (2024) (Peacock) 

 

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Hoopla Pick Of The Month: 

Jules (2023) 

Jules Trailer 

 

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Happy viewing & have a great month!

Linda Reimer, 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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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!

Links to the catalogs are found after the list of New York Times Bestsellers.

New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays. And the next NYT blog post will be posted on Sunday, August 11, 2024.

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THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. THE HOUSEMAID’S SECRET by Freida McFadden: The second book in the Housemaid series. The sound of crying and the appearance of blood portend misdeeds.

6. THE HOUSEMAID IS WATCHING by Freida McFadden: The third book in the Housemaid series. Dangers lurk in a quiet neighborhood.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. THE GOD OF THE WOODS by Liz Moore: When a 13-year-old girl disappears from an Adirondack summer camp in 1975, secrets kept by the Van Laar family emerge.

10. ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK by Chris Whitaker: Questions arise when a boy saves the daughter of a wealthy family amid a string of disappearances in a Missouri town in 1975.

11. 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.

12. SWAN SONG by Elin Hilderbrand: Nantucket residents are alarmed when a home, recently sold at an exorbitant price, goes up in flames and someone goes missing.

13. BOOK OF ELSEWHERE by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville: An immortal soldier known as B strikes a deal with a U.S. black-ops group and encounters a mysterious force.

14. COURT OF WINGS AND RUIN by Sarah J. Maas: The third book in the Court of Thorns and Roses series. As war approaches, Feyre endeavors to take charge of her magical and political powers.

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. 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.

2. AUTOCRACY, INC. by Anne Applebaum: The Pulitzer Prize-winning author elucidates the structures and technologies that bolster autocracies in the 21st century.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

6. THE WAR ON WARRIORS by Pete Hegseth: The “Fox & Friends Weekend” host shares his experiences serving in the Army and his views on the current state of the American military.

7. THE ART THIEF by Michael Finkel: The author of “The Stranger in the Woods” tells the story of Stéphane Breitwieser, who stole art more than 200 times for the sake of admiring it.

8. CHAOS by Tom O’Neill with Dan Piepenbring: A reassessment of events surrounding the murders committed by Charles Manson’s followers.

9. THE TRUTHS WE HOLD by Kamala Harris: A memoir by the daughter of immigrants who is currently serving as the 49th vice president and is the Democratic Party’s presumptive 2024 presidential nominee.

10. OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford: A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

11. ASK NOT by Maureen Callahan: The author of “American Predator” puts forward a history of the Kennedy family that describes the abuse of women in its orbit.

12. NUCLEAR WAR by Annie Jacobsen: The author of “Operation Paperclip” portrays possible outcomes in the minutes following a nuclear missile launch.

13. EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE by Dolly Alderton: The British journalist shares stories and observations; the basis of the TV series.

14. ON CALL by Anthony S. Fauci: The physician-scientist and immunologist chronicles his six decades of public service, including his work during the AIDS crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic.

15. AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY by Doris Kearns Goodwin: A trove of items collected by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s late husband inspired an appraisal of central figures and pivotal moments of the 1960s.

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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, August 9, 2024

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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Begin The Beguine by Artie Shaw And His Orchestra 

From The Album: The Essential Artie Shaw (2005)

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Big Stuff by Billie Holiday 

From The Album: Billie Holiday’s Greatest Hits (1995)

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Caravan by Duke Ellington

From The Album: The Essential Duke Ellington (2007)

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Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue by Dick Jurgens and his Orchestra 

From The Album: Your Dance Date with Dick Jurgens (1950)

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I Got Rhythm by Ethel Waters

From The Album: Songs She Has Made Famous (1949)

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I’m Just Wild About Harry by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra 

From The Album: The Early Duke Ellington (1963)

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I’m The Last Of The Red Hot Mammas by Sophie Tucker

From The Album: Vintage Sophie Tucker, Vol. 3 (2019)

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In The Mood by Glenn Miller And His Orchestra

From The Album: The Essential Glenn Miller (2005)

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Nice Work If You Can Get It by Ella Fitzgerald

From The Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959)

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Yes Sir, That’s My Baby by Ace Brigode and his Virginians 

From The Album: Jazz Age Chronicles, Vol. 23: Columbia Recordings of 1925 (2024) by Various Artists

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Hoopla Album Of The Week

The Best Of Nina Simone by Nina Simone 

And from the album the song:

I Put A Spell On You by Nina Simone

From The Album: The Best Of Nina Simone (2018)

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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, August 7, 2024.

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Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

At first glance, khipus (or quipus) look like messy strings with raggedy knots, but they are the material vestiges of a sophisticated Inca system of communication. In her first novel, Cornejo Villavicencio introduces brazen, smart Catalina, who is as tangled, textured, and cryptic as the khipus that thread throughout this tale. The year is 2010 when Catalina recounts her senior year at Harvard. The Dream Act has not yet passed, and her undocumented status is only one of the stressors she confronts. Another is the deportation order she discovers in the trash for her adored and contentious grandfather, the man who, along with her opinionated, feminist abuela, raised her in Queens after her parents died in Ecuador. Catalina is irreverent and often laugh-out-loud funny, but the dark strings of her khipu are never far from that bright surface (her thesis is about feminicide in Roberto Bola’o’s 2666). She invokes cultural figures from Anzaldea to JLo, Harurki Murakami, and Henry Kissinger. And she knows her own value, which she asserts at an Inca museum exhibit as part of a mordant rundown of the Spanish conquest: “Anyway, the gold was here now, just like khipu and just like me.” Catalina demands her due from friends, lovers, professors, and familia in Cornejo Villavicencio’s bravura bildungsroman. – Starred Booklist Review

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The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage by Jonathan Turley

Freedom of speech, from the founding of the republic, has been perhaps the most sacrosanct right enumerated in the Constitution. Ironically, almost from the founding, legal restrictions were placed on speech, especially relating to the crime of sedition. Attorney and legal scholar Turley posits that much of seditious speech is sparked by rage–rage at the government because of perceived oppression and injustice. Thomas Jefferson believed that such speech should be forgiven, as it often sparked helpful political dialogue on difficult subjects (a position he himself was not always able to adhere to during his administration). Turley pulls many examples from history (the Boston Tea Party, the Whiskey Rebellion, January 6th) to illustrate the free-speech issues raised and the arguments put forth on all sides. He finishes by exploring possible paths for protecting the “indispensable right” in today’s rage-filled society, given the difficult obstacles of pervasive disinformation and the constant threat of fascistic violence. It’s a complicated issue, and Turley’s examination of it is a heavy journey but well worth the effort. – Booklist Review

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A Refiner’s Fire by Donna Leon

There are certainly more violent crimes that inspire gripping police procedurals, but in the thirty-third installment of Leon’s beloved Venetian mystery series showcasing the emotional depth and intellectual acumen of Commissario Guido Brunetti, a late-night dustup between teenage rival gangs has far-reaching impact. Maybe the altercation has less to do with what the “baby gangs” are doing than what the father of one teen did as a member of the Carabinieri police force. The national press once regarded Dario Monforte as a hero for his actions during a terrorist bombing in the Iraq war, yet Brunetti can find no official acknowledgement of his alleged act of valor. When Monforte’s son is caught up in the gang activity, Brunetti’s colleague Claudia Griffoni takes a special interest in the boy’s demeanor and background, leading to charges of scandalous impropriety. With the understated elegance and empathy imbued throughout this internationally acclaimed series, Leon once again examines the confluence of solid police work with issues of redemption and social justice.

HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Following Leon’s memoir, Wandering through Life (2023), her fans will be even more intrigued by the latest Brunetti investigation. – Booklist Review

Reader’s Note: As mentioned in the review, this is the thirty-third book in the Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery series. If you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning check out book one: Death at La Fenice.

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The Summer Pact by Emily Giffin

People-pleaser Hannah, brash Lainey, and intense Tyson had their world turned upside down when athletic Summer, the fourth in their tight-knit circle, took her own life not long before college graduation. Devastated, the remaining three vowed to support each other through any crisis, so when, a decade later, Hannah catches her fiancé cheating on her, she immediately calls Lainey and Tyson. Up-and-coming actress Lainey blows off an audition, and Tyson, a brilliant attorney, leaves a big case to be by Hannah’s side. The trio decides to go on a whirlwind trip; first up is Texas, where Hannah hopes Lainey will finally have the courage to introduce herself to her two half-sisters, who have no idea Lainey exists. After that, they head to Capri, a place Summer longed to visit, where secrets each of the three are keeping as well as Lainey’s complicated relationship to alcohol threaten their bond. Giffin is at her best when she’s delving into the hard and sometimes outwardly questionable choices that her characters make in their pursuit of happiness, and her latest harks back to her bold, layered debut, Something Borrowed (2004). This thirtysomething coming-into-one’s-own tale feels true to life, messy in all the best ways, and hopeful. A triumph. – Booklist Review

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What Have You Done? by Shari Lapena

Lapena delivers another top-notch twisty thriller. Teenagers Riley, Evan, and Diana are best friends, 17 years old and ready to take on the world. They just need to get through one more year in sleepy Fairhill, VT, where nothing. ever. happens. Content (for now) to hang out in the graveyard on Friday nights, drink vodka, and tell ghost stories, they even tolerate Diana’s controlling boyfriend, Cameron. Only Riley knows that Diana is unhappy with the clingy Cameron, who wants them to go to the same college, and that she plans to break away from him soon. Then a local farmer discovers Diana’s naked, dead body surrounded by vultures in a field one morning, changing the friends forever. Rumors and questions about Diana’s death swirl in the once-peaceful town, and no one is above suspicion.

VERDICT Lapena is a master of suspense, and she doesn’t disappoint here. Her many fans and those who enjoy domestic suspense, small-town crimes, and twisty thrillers will flock to this one. Very highly recommended. – Starred Library Journal

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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.

Hi everyone, here is the list of New York Times Bestsellers for this week.

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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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!

Links to the catalogs are found after the list of New York Times Bestsellers.

New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays. And the next NYT blog post will be posted on Sunday, August 4, 2024.

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THE BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1. THE BLACK BIRD ORACLE by Deborah Harkness: The fifth book in the All Souls series. Diana faces her family’s dark past and determines to forge a different future.

2. 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.

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

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. 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.

6. THE HOUSEMAID IS WATCHING by Freida McFadden: The third book in the Housemaid series. Dangers lurk in a quiet neighborhood.

7. THE AU PAIR AFFAIR by Tessa Bailey: The second book in the Big Shots series. A hockey veteran who recently became a single dad becomes attracted to his live-in nanny.

8. REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt: A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.

9. 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.

10. THE HOUSEMAID’S SECRET by Freida McFadden: The second book in the Housemaid series. The sound of crying and the appearance of blood portend misdeeds.

11. A DEATH IN CORNWALL by Daniel Silva: The 24th book in the Gabriel Allon series. Gabriel forges six impressionist canvases and enlists an unlikely team of operatives to go after a new foe.

12. SWAN SONG by Elin Hilderbrand: Nantucket residents are alarmed when a home, recently sold at an exorbitant price, goes up in flames and someone goes missing.

13. NEVER LIE by Freida McFadden: A winter storm traps a pair of newlyweds in a remote manor whose previous owner mysteriously disappeared.

14. 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.

15. THE INMATE by Freida McFadden:  A nurse practitioner at a maximum-security prison gave testimony against her former boyfriend that put him behind bars.

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NON-FICTION

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

5. JFK JR. by RoseMarie Terenzio and Liz McNeil: Twenty-five years after his death, an oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr.

6. CHAOS by Tom O’Neill with Dan Piepenbring: A reassessment of events surrounding the murders committed by Charles Manson’s followers.

7. ASK NOT by Maureen Callahan: The author of “American Predator” puts forward a history of the Kennedy family that describes the abuse of women in its orbit.

8. THE ART THIEF by Michael Finkel: The author of “The Stranger in the Woods” tells the story of Stéphane Breitwieser, who stole art more than 200 times for the sake of admiring it.

9. EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE by Dolly Alderton: The British journalist shares stories and observations; the basis of the TV series.

10. NUCLEAR WAR by Annie Jacobsen: The author of “Operation Paperclip” portrays possible outcomes in the minutes following a nuclear missile launch.

11. ON CALL by Anthony S. Fauci: The physician-scientist and immunologist chronicles his six decades of public service, including his work during the AIDS crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic.

12. THE WAR ON WARRIORS by Pete Hegseth: The “Fox & Friends Weekend” host shares his experiences serving in the Army and his views on the current state of the American military.

13. OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford: A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

14. FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING by Matthew Perry: The late actor, known for playing Chandler Bing on “Friends,” shares stories from his childhood and his struggles with sobriety.

15. AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY by Doris Kearns Goodwin: A trove of items collected by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s late husband inspired an appraisal of central figures and pivotal moments of the 1960s.

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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.

And here is a brief second Suggested Listening post for this week!

Today, Friday, July 26, 2024 is the 81st birthday of Rolling Stone singer Mick Jagger. And as I was just finishing up a post on the great British blues player John Mayall, it occurred to me that there are probably music fans out there that don’t realize that the Rolling Stones started out life as a blues-rock band, lead by their blond haired, blues loving guitarist Brian Jones. In short order, Jagger and Richard came to prominence in the band by writing their own material; but early on their music, and the songs they covered, showed their love of the blues.

With that in mind, I’m going to recommend their first album from 1964, available via the Hoopla catalog:

The Rolling Stones (1964) by The Rolling Stones

And from the album, the song:

Route 66 by The Rolling Stones

Have a great evening,

Linda Reimer, SSCL