Tech & Book Talk at SSCL

Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers.

New York Times Bestsellers can be requested through StarCat (for print books) & The Digital Catalog/Libby for eBooks and Downloadable Audiobooks. Select titles may also be checked out, on demand, through the Hoopla Catalog.

For more information on the three catalogs skip to the section below the bestselling titles*

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New York Times Bestseller blog posts are published on Sundays. And the next New York Times blog post will be posted Sunday, September 10, 2023

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FICTION

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AFTER THAT NIGHT by Karin Slaughter

The 11th book in the Will Trent series. Trent’s investigation of a young woman’s assault reveals a link to an attack 15 years ago.

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THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese

Three generations of a family living on South India’s Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.

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DEAD MOUNTAIN by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

The fourth book in the Nora Kelly series. Kelly and Swanson search for the ninth victim of a gruesome and bizarre incident that occurred in 2008.

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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.

Things kept hidden bubble to the surface when the 9-year-old daughter of a man whose affair just ended badly goes missing.

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THE FIVE-STAR WEEKEND by Elin Hilderbrand

After a tragedy, a popular food blogger brings friends from distinct times in her life to spend a weekend in Nantucket.

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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.

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HAPPY PLACE by Emily Henry

A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine.

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THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride

Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well.

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THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden

Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.

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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.

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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

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LION & LAMB by James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski

The Eagles’ starting quarterback is murdered and his wife, a Grammy-winning singer, is the prime suspect.

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LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara

Four college friends, one with a traumatic past, move to New York seeking fame and fortune.

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MASTERS OF DEATH by Olivie Blake

A real estate agent who also is a vampire seeks the help of a medium to extricate the ghost who is haunting the house she needs to sell.

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RED, WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston

A staged friendship between the son of the president and his rival, the Prince of Wales, evolves into a secret and potentially dangerous romance.

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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.

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SHADOW DANCE by Christine Feehan

The eighth book in the Shadow Riders series. Geno connects to Amaranthe in the shadows and goes after his parents’ killer.

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SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides

Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.

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TOM LAKE by Ann Patchett

Three daughters, who return to their family orchard in the spring of 2020, learn about their mother’s relationship with a famous actor.

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TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin

Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.

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TOO LATE by Colleen Hoover

Dangers develop when a drug trafficker becomes obsessed with a woman who has a mutual attraction to a D.E.A. agent.

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VERITY by Colleen Hoover

Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.

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NON-FICTION

ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.

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AMERICAN PROMETHEUS by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

A biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 and an inspiration for the film “Oppenheimer.”

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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.

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BEYOND THE STORY by BTS and Myeongseok Kang

An oral history of the K-pop group that is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

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

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BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah

A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.”

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

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CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner

The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

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EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE by Dolly Alderton

The British journalist shares stories and observations; the basis of the TV series.

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GAMBLER by Billy Walters with Armen Keteyian

The sports gambler shares his life story and gives insights on his betting system.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

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IN-BETWEEN by Hadley Vlahos

A hospice nurse shares some of her most impactful experiences and questions some of society’s beliefs around end-of-life care.

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KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann

The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.

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THE NECESSARY TROUBLE by Drew Gilpin Faust

The former Harvard president and author of “This Republic of Suffering” describes the misogyny and racism that compelled her to become a historian.

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NEVER ENOUGH by Jennifer Breheny Wallace

The journalist and social commentator looks at how the pressure to succeed affects parents, educators and children.

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OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

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PAGEBOY by Elliot Page

The Oscar-nominated star details discovering himself as a trans person and navigating abuse in Hollywood.

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POVERTY, BY AMERICA by Matthew Desmond

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” examines the ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor.

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THINK AGAIN by Adam Grant

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

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TRAIL OF THE LOST by Andrea Lankford

A former law enforcement park ranger and investigator details the search for missing hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail.

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TUCKER by Chadwick Moore

An overview of the personal and professional life of the conservative commentator Tucker Carlson.

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THE WAGER by David Grann

The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.

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WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey

An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it.

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Search for and request books online!

eBooks & Audiobooks Through The Digital Catalog/Libby (10 items at a time)

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

The Digital Catalog has a companion app named Libby.

The Libby app is available for Android or Apple devices.

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

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Through Hoopla!

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

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

The Hoopla App is available online, for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials:

https://starcat.stls.org

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access

StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries throughout the Southern Tier Library System.

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Also of Note: If a New York Times Bestseller isn’t yet available in any of the three catalogs, you can contact the library and request to be notified when it becomes available.

Southeast Steuben County Library Telephone Number: 607-936-3713.

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, here are our streaming recommendations for the month ahead of us

The next streaming recommendation post will be out the first Saturday in October.

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September 1, 2023

Primary (1960) (Criterion Channel; also rent-able)

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Wheel Of Time, Season 2 (2023) (Amazon Prime Video)

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September 7, 2023

Star Trek Lower Decks, Season 4 (2023) (Paramount+)

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September 8, 2023

The Changeling (2023) (Apple TV+)

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The Morning Show, Season 3 (2023) (Apple TV+)

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September 10, 2023

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 1 (2023) (AMC)

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September 13, 2023

The Other Black Girl (2023) (Hulu)

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September 17, 2023

The Gold Season 1 (2023) (Paramount+)

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September 22, 2023

The Continental: Season 1 (2023) (Peacock)

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Still Up: Season 1 (2023) (Apple TV+)

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Hoopla Streaming Pick of the Month

Big Jim McLain (1953)

Big Jim McLain Trailer

Have a great weekend,

Linda

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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,

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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Back To School by Chuck Berry (Genre: Classic Rock)

From The Album: The Great Twenty-Eight (1987)

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Charlie Brown by The Coasters (Genre: Pop, R&B)

From The Album: Complete Singles As & Bs 1954-62 (2016)

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Come September by Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra (Genre: Easy Listening, Instrumental)

From The Album: Berlin Melody (1961)

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High School Confidential by Jerry Lee Lewis (Genre: Classic Rock)

From The Album: The Essential Jerry Lee Lewis (1999)

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Life Is A Highway by Tom Cochran (Genre: Pop/Rock)

From The Album: Mad Mad World (1992)

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My Old School by Steely Dan (Genre: Pop/Rock)

From The Album: Can’t Buy A Thriller (1972)

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National Working Women’s Holiday by Sammy Kershaw

From The Album: Feelin’ Good Train (1994)

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See You in September by The Happenings (Genre: Pop)

From The Album: Greatest Hits (2012)

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September Grass by James Taylor (Genre: Singer/Songwriter)

From The Album: October Road (2002)

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September When I First Met You by Barry White (Genre: Vocal, R&B)

From The Album: The Man (1978)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

September Song by Jimmy Durante (Genre: Vocal, Jazz)

And from the album the song:

September Song by Jimmy Durante

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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 this month.

Some of these titles have arrived and can be requested through StarCat; other titles 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 list the list of New Books Coming Your Way for this month:

New Books is a monthly post; now coming on the last Saturday of the month.

The next New Books Coming Your Was post will be out on Saturday, September 30, 2023.

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSC Library

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Accessing The Catalogs:

And the direct link to our catalog of physical materials, AKA StarCat, is: https://starcat.stls.org/

The direct link to the online version of the Digital Catalog (companion app Libby, found in your app store) is: https://stls.overdrive.com/

And the Hoopla catalog (which is like Netflix in that all content* is available on-demand & which also has a complementary app, simply called Hoopla) can be accessed online at: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

*Hoopla content includes Audiobooks, eBooks, comic books, TV shows & Movies (A Smart TV app is available),

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

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

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are  published on Thursdays.

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Thursday, September 7, 2023.

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Big Little Spells  by Hazel Beck

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Instant Checkout eAudiobook)

Rebekah Wilde was eighteen when she left St. Cyprian, officially stripped of her magic and banished from her home. Ten years later, she’s forced to return to face the Joywood Coven, who preside over not just her hometown but the whole magical world. Rebekah is happy to reunite with her sister, and with her friends, but the implications of her return are darker and more dangerous than they could have imagined.

The Joywood are determined to prove Rebekah and her friends are a danger to witchkind, and her group faces an impending death sentence if they can’t prove otherwise. Rebekah must seek help from the only one who knows how to stop the Joywood—the ruthless immortal Nicholas Frost. Years ago, he was her secret tutor in magic, and her secret impossible crush. But the icy immortal is as remote and arrogant as ever, and if he feels anything for Rebekah—or witchkind—it’s impossible to tell.

Witchlore Series

Book 1: Small Town, Big Magic

Book 2: Big Little Spells

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The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Thirty-three-year-old Abby Stern has made it to a happy place. True, she still has gig jobs instead of a career, and the apartment where she’s lived since college still looks like she’s just moved in. But she’s got good friends, her bike, and her bicycling club in Philadelphia. She’s at peace with her plus-size body—at least, most of the time—and she’s on track to marry Mark Medoff, her childhood summer sweetheart, a man she met at the weight-loss camp that her perpetually dieting mother forced her to attend. Fifteen years after her final summer at Camp Golden Hills, when Abby reconnects with a half-his-size Mark, it feels like the happy ending she’s always wanted.

Yet Abby can’t escape the feeling that some­thing isn’t right…or the memories of one thrilling night she spent with a man named Sebastian two years previously. When Abby gets a last-minute invi­tation to lead a cycling trip from NYC to Niagara Falls, she’s happy to have time away from Mark, a chance to reflect and make up her mind.

But things get complicated fast. First, Abby spots a familiar face in the group—Sebastian, the one-night stand she thought she’d never see again. Sebastian is a serial dater who lives a hundred miles away. In spite of their undeniable chemistry, Abby is determined to keep her distance. Then there’s a surprise last-minute addition to the trip: her mother, Eileen, the woman Abby blames for a lifetime of body shaming and insecurities she’s still trying to undo.

Over two weeks and more than seven hundred miles, strangers become friends, hidden truths come to light, a teenage girl with a secret unites the riders in unexpected ways…and Abby is forced to reconsider everything she believes about herself, her mother, and the nature of love.

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From One Cell: A Journey Into Life’s Origins and the Future of Medicine by Ben Stanger

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Inside the quest to unlock the mysteries of development—and find the key to transforming our future.

Each of us began life as a single cell. From this humble origin, we embarked on a risky journey fraught with opportunities for disaster. Yet, amazingly, we reached our destination intact, emerging as dazzlingly complex, exquisitely engineered assemblages of trillions of cells. This metamorphosis constitutes one of nature’s most spectacular yet commonplace magic tricks—and one of its most coveted secrets. In From One Cell, physician and researcher Ben Stanger offers a breathtaking glimpse into what scientists are discovering about how life and the body take shape, and how these revelations stand to revolutionize medicine and the future of human health.

In vivid prose, Stanger leads readers on a gripping odyssey retracing this universal, yet unremembered, rite of passage. Through the eyes of the scientists unraveling development’s riddles in experiments as painstaking as they are inventive, we confront fascinating puzzles: how does the plethora of different tissues that compose our bodies arise from a single source? How do cells know what they are meant to become—skin or bone, blood or muscle—when all carry the same set of genetic instructions? Once a cell starts developing down one path, can it change its mind, or is its destiny irrevocably sealed?

As Stanger shows us, the answers to these questions may at last empower us to solve some of our most persistently confounding medical challenges, from cancer to cognitive decline to degenerative disease. Recognizing tumors as evil doppelgangers of the embryo points the way toward new, more targeted cancer therapies. Learning how cells choose their identities and find their way in space could unlock lifesaving breakthroughs in regenerative medicine. The possibilities are extraordinary.

Popular science at its best, From One Cell celebrates the power and beauty of understanding our collective beginnings.

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Harlem After Midnight by Louise Hare

(Available Formats: Print Books)

Harlem, 1936: Lena Aldridge grew up in a cramped corner of London, hearing stories of the bright lights of Broadway. She always imagined that when she finally went to New York City, she’d be there with her father. But now he’s dead, and she’s newly arrived and alone, chasing a dream that has quickly dried up. When Will Goodman—the handsome musician she met on the crossing from England—offers for her to stay with his friends in Harlem, she agrees. She has nowhere else to go, and this will give her a chance to get to know Will better and see if she can find any trace of the family she might have remaining.

Will’s friends welcome her with open arms, but just as Lena discovers the stories her father once told her were missing giant pieces of information, she also starts to realize the man she’s falling too fast and too hard for has secrets of his own. And they might just place a target on her back. Especially when she is drawn to the brightest stage in town.

Canary Club Mysteries

   1. Miss Aldridge Regrets (2022)

   2. Harlem After Midnight (2023)

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The Lady from Burma by Allison Montclair

(Available Formats: Print Book)

In Allison Montclair’s The Lady from Burma, murder once again stalks the proprietors of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau in the surprisingly dangerous landscape of post-World War II London…

In the immediate post-war days of London, two unlikely partners have undertaken an even more unlikely, if necessary, business venture – The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. The two partners are Miss Iris Sparks, a woman with a dangerous – and never discussed – past in British intelligence and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, a war widow with a young son entangled in a complicated aristocratic family. Mostly their clients are people trying to start (or restart) their lives in this much-changed world, but their new client is something different. A happily married woman has come to them to find a new wife for her husband. Dying of cancer, she wants the two to make sure her entomologist, academic husband finds someone new once she passes.

Shortly thereafter, she’s found dead in Epping Forest, in what appears to be a suicide. But that doesn’t make sense to either Sparks or Bainbridge. At the same time, Bainbridge is attempting to regain legal control of her life, opposed by the conservator who has been managing her assets – perhaps not always in her best interest. When that conservator is found dead, Bainbridge herself is one of the prime suspects. Attempting to make sense of two deaths at once, to protect themselves and their clients, the redoubtable owners of the Right Sort Marriage Bureau are once again on the case.

Sparks & Bainbridge Mysteries

   1. The Right Sort of Man (2019)

   2. A Royal Affair (2020)

   The Haunting of the Desks (2021)

   3. A Rogue’s Company (2021)

   4. The Unkept Woman (2022)

   5. The Lady from Burma (2023)

   6. Murder at the White Palace (2024)

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Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue

(Available Formats: Print Book)

“A wrenching love story” (Chris Bohjalian, The Washington Post) based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply, and dangerously in love at boarding school in 19th century York, from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder.

Drawing on years of investigation and Anne Lister’s five-million-word secret journal, Learned by Heart is the long-buried love story of Eliza Raine, an orphan heiress banished from India to England at age six, and Anne Lister, a brilliant, troublesome tomboy, who meet at the Manor School for young ladies in York in 1805 when they are both fourteen.

Emotionally intense, psychologically compelling, and deeply researched, Learned by Heart is an extraordinary work of fiction by one of the world’s greatest storytellers. Full of passion and heartbreak, the tangled lives of Anne Lister and Eliza Raine form a love story for the ages.

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Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)

“Hell comes to Southern California every October. It rides in on searing Santa Ana winds that blast at near hurricane force, igniting voracious wildfires. Master thief Danny Cole longs for the flames. A tsunami of fire is exactly what he needs to pull off a daring crime and avenge a fallen friend. As the most devastating firestorms in Los Angeles’ history scorch the hills of Malibu, relentless arson investigator Walter Sharpe and his wild card of a new partner, Andrew Walker, a former US marshal, suspect that someone set the massive blazes intentionally, a terrifying means to an unknown end. While the flames rage out of control, Danny pursues his brilliant scheme, unaware that Sharpe and Walker are closing in. But when they all collide in a canyon of fire, everything changes, pitting them against an unexpected enemy within an inescapable inferno”– Provided by publisher.

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The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle by T. L. Huchu

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Duels, magic, and plenty of ghosts await in The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle, the third book of T. L. Huchu’s USA Today bestselling Edinburgh Nights series.

Everyone’s favorite fifteen-year-old ghostalker, Ropa, arrives at the worldwide Society of Skeptical Enquirers’ biennial conference just in time to be tied into a mystery—a locked room mystery, if an entire creepy haunted castle on lockdown counts. One of the magical attendees has stolen a valuable magical scroll.

Caught between Qozmos, the high wizard of Ethiopian magic; the larger-than-life Lord Sashvindu Samarasinghe; England’s Sorcerer Royal; and Scotland’s own Edmund MacLeod, it’s up to Ropa (and Jomo and Priya) to sort through the dangerous secret politics and alliances to figure out what really happened. But she has a special tool—the many ghosts tied to the ancient, powerful castle.

Edinburgh Nights Series

Library of the Dead

Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments

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The Season of Second Chances by Jenny Bayliss

(Available Formats: eBook & eAudiobook)

Annie Sharpe’s spark for life has fizzled out. Her kids are grown up, her restaurant is doing just fine on its own, and her twenty-six-year marriage has come to an unceremonious end. Untethered for the first time in her adult life, she finds a winter guardian position in a historic seaside home and decides to leave her city life behind for a brand-new beginning.

When she arrives in Willow Bay, Annie is enamored by the charming house, the invigorating sea breeze, and the town’s rich seasonal traditions. Not to mention, her neighbors receive her with open arms—that is, all except the surly nephew of the homeowner, whose grand plans for the property are at odds with her residency. As Christmas approaches, tensions and tides rise in Willow Bay, and Annie’s future seems less and less certain. But with a little can-do spirit and holiday magic, the most difficult time of her life will become…a season for second chances.

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Swim Home to the Vanished by Brendan Shay Basham

(Available Formats: Print Book)

After the death of his brother, a grief-stricken young man seeks refuge and oblivion in a secluded fishing village dominated by a family of brujas in this haunting debut novel, inspired, in part, by the ramifications of Diné history and thought—a mesmerizing, original tale in the tradition of works by Toni Morrison, Haruki Murakami, and Gabriel García Márquez.

When the river swallowed Kai, Damien’s little brother didn’t die so much as vanish. As the unbearable loss settles deeper into his bones, Damien, a small-town line cook, walks away from everything he has ever known. Driving as far south as his old truck and his legs allow, he lands in a fishing village beyond the reach of his past where he hopes he can finally forget.

But the village has grief of its own. The same day that Damien arrives, a young woman from the community’s most powerful family is being laid to rest. A stranger in town, Damien is the object of gossip and suspicion, ignored by all except the dead girl’s mother, Ana Maria, who offers Damien a room and a job.

Grateful for her kindness, Damien soon begins to fall under Ana Maria’s charismatic spell. But how long can he resist the rumors swirling through town suggesting she might have had something to do with her daughter’s death? Or deny his strange kinship with one of Ana Maria’s surviving daughters, Marta, who knows too well the grief that follows the loss of a sibling—and who is driven by a fierce need for revenge? Swiftly, Damien finds himself caught in a power struggle between the brujas, a whirlwind battle that threatens to sweep the whole village out to sea.

Resonant with the Diné creation story and the unshakeable weight of the Long Walk—the forced removal of the Navajo from their land—Swim Home to the Vanished explores the human capacity for grief and redemption, and the lasting effects it has on the soul.

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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.

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Have questions or want to request a book?

Feel free to call the library! Our telephone number is 607-936-3713.

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Information on the three library catalogs

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

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, Downloadable Audiobooks, digital magazines and a handful of streaming videos. The catalog, which allows one to download content to a PC, also has a companion app, Libby, which you can download to your mobile device; so you can enjoy eBooks and Downloadable Audiobooks 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 instant checkouts of eBooks, Downloadable Audiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV series. Patron check out limit is 6 items per month.

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

The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices, 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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Format Note: Under each book title you’ll find a list of all the different formats that specific title is available in; including: Print Books, Large Print Books, CD Audiobooks, eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks from the Digital Catalog (Libby app) and Hoopla eBooks & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla app).

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Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.

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Have questions or want to request a book?

Feel free to call the library! Our telephone number is 607-936-3713.

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers.

New York Times Bestsellers can be requested through StarCat (for print books) & The Digital Catalog/Libby for eBooks and Downloadable Audiobooks. Select titles may also be checked out, on demand, through the Hoopla Catalog.

For more information on the three catalogs skip to the section below the bestselling titles*

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New York Times Bestseller blog posts are published on Sundays. And the next New York Times blog post will be posted Sunday, September 3, 2023.

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FICTION

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THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese

Three generations of a family living on South India’s Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.

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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.

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THE FIVE-STAR WEEKEND by Elin Hilderbrand

After a tragedy, a popular food blogger brings friends from distinct times in her life to spend a weekend in Nantucket.

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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.

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HAPPINESS by Danielle Steel

A best-selling author inherits an estate near London from her uncle and contemplates embracing a new identity.

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HAPPY PLACE by Emily Henry

A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine.

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THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride

Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well.

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THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden

Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.

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ICEBREAKER by Hannah Grace

Anastasia might need the help of the captain of a college hockey team to get on the Olympic figure skating team.

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INVISIBLE HOUR by Alice Hoffman

Mia Jacob finds resonance between her mother’s time inside a cult in western Massachusetts and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter.”

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.

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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.

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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

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LION & LAMB by James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski

The Eagles’ starting quarterback is murdered and his wife, a Grammy-winning singer, is the prime suspect.

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MASTERS OF DEATH by Olivie Blake

A real estate agent who also is a vampire seeks the help of a medium to extricate the ghost who is haunting the house she needs to sell.

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NONE OF THIS IS TRUE by Lisa Jewell

After meeting a woman who shares the same birthday, Alix Summer becomes the subject of her own true crime podcast.

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RED, WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston

A staged friendship between the son of the president and his rival, the Prince of Wales, evolves into a secret and potentially dangerous romance.

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TIDES OF FIRE by James Rollins

The 17th book in the Sigma Force series. After a geological disaster, Cmdr. Gray Pierce and his team go into action to prevent even greater threats.

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TOM LAKE by Ann Patchett

Three daughters, who return to their family orchard in the spring of 2020, learn about their mother’s relationship with a famous actor.

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TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin

Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.

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TOO LATE by Colleen Hoover

Dangers develop when a drug trafficker becomes obsessed with a woman who has a mutual attraction to a D.E.A. agent.

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VERITY by Colleen Hoover

Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.

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NON-FICTION

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ADVERSITY FOR SALE by Jay “Jeezy” Jenkins with Benjamin Meadows-Ingram

The Grammy-nominated recording artist shares how he overcame obstacles in his life and career.

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ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.

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AMERICAN PROMETHEUS by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

A biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 and an inspiration for the film “Oppenheimer.”

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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.

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BEYOND THE STORY by BTS and Myeongseok Kang

An oral history of the K-pop group that is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

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BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

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

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BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah

A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.”

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

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CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner

The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

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EDUCATED by Tara Westover

The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

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EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE by Dolly Alderton

The British journalist shares stories and observations; the basis of the TV series.

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FOURTH TURNING IS HERE by Neil Howe

One of the authors of “The Fourth Turning” gives reflections on the cycles of history and makes predictions of potential outcomes generated by the present era of polarization.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

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IN-BETWEEN by Hadley Vlahos

A hospice nurse shares some of her most impactful experiences and questions some of society’s beliefs around end-of-life care.

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KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann

The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.

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OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

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PAGEBOY by Elliot Page

The Oscar-nominated star details discovering himself as a trans person and navigating abuse in Hollywood.

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POVERTY, BY AMERICA by Matthew Desmond

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” examines the ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor.

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QUANTUM SUPREMACY by Michio Kaku

The ways in which quantum computing might be a benefit to society.

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SPARE by Prince Harry

The Duke of Sussex details his struggles with the royal family, loss of his mother, service in the British Army and marriage to Meghan Markle.

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THINK AGAIN by Adam Grant

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

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TUCKER by Chadwick Moore

An overview of the personal and professional life of the conservative commentator Tucker Carlson.

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THE WAGER by David Grann

The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.

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WHAT AN OWL KNOWS by Jennifer Ackerman

The author of “The Genius of Birds” explores new scientific discoveries about the brains and behavior of owls.

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WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey

An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it.

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Have a great week,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Search for and request books online!

eBooks & Audiobooks Through The Digital Catalog/Libby (10 items at a time)

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

The Digital Catalog has a companion app named Libby.

The Libby app is available for Android or Apple devices.

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

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Through Hoopla!

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

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

The Hoopla App is available online, for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials:

https://starcat.stls.org

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access

StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries throughout the Southern Tier Library System.

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Also of Note: If a New York Times Bestseller isn’t yet available in any of the three catalogs, you can contact the library and request to be notified when it becomes available.

Southeast Steuben County Library Telephone Number: 607-936-3713.

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

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

Suggested Listening postings are published on Fridays; and our next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, September 1, 2023.

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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The Coo Coo (Coo Coo Bird) by Dink Roberts (Genre: Americana, Folk)

From The Album: From The Album: Black Banjo Songsters of North Carlonia and Virgina (Smithsonian Folkways 1998) by Various Artists

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Dark Hollow by Seldom Scene (Genre: Folk/Country/Bluegrass)

From The Album: Seldom Scene Live at the Cellar Door (1975)

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Durango by J. J. Cale (Genre: Instrumental)

From The Album: N/A

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Our State Magazine Set by Etta Baker (Genre: Folk/Blues)

From The Album: N/A

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Lester Leaps In by Count Basie & His Orchestra featuring Lester Young on saxophone & Joe Jones on drums (Genre: Jazz)

From The Album: The Essential Count Basie (2014)

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Night Train by Jimmy Forest (Genre: Jazz)

From The Album: Night Train (1993)

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Skin Deep by Louis Bellson (Genre: Drums, Jazz)

From The Album: Skin Deep (1954)

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Spanish Harlem by Ben E. King (Genre: Vocal)

From The Album: The Very Best of Ben E. King (1998)

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Walk Right In by Otis Taylor (Genre: Blues/Folk)

From The Album: Recapturing The Banjo (2008)

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Working Woman Blues by Valerie June (Genre: Folk, Americana, Pop/Rock)

From The Album: Pushing Against A Stone (2013)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

In Defense Of My Own Happiness by Joy Oladokun (Genre: Singer-Songwriter)

And from the album the song:

In My Younger Days by Joy Oladokun

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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 recommended reads for the week!

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

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are published on Wednesdays, unless it is a busy week in Library Land, and then, occasionally, they are posted later in the week.

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, August 30, 2023.

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Beneath Dark Waters by Karen Rose

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Deadly secrets lie beneath the murky waters of the Louisiana bayou in this pulse-pounding new romantic suspense novel from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Rose.

There’s no safe place for a child to hide when danger comes from every direction.

Public prosecutor J.P. “Kaj” Cardozo has only lived in New Orleans for six months, and he’s already working on a high-profile celebrity sexual assault case that’s made headlines all over the country. But when his son becomes the target of a kidnapping attempt as a threat to Kaj, he is desperate to keep him safe and turns to a private investigative firm famous for their protection services.

A veteran Marine, Val Sorensen is glad to have found a new career with Broussard Investigations. Her latest assignment as the bodyguard to ten-year-old Elijah Cardozo reminds her why—Val is a kick ass guardian with a tender heart.  Through her duties, Val grows fond of the boy—and his handsome father.

But when the high-stakes investigation reveals an explosive network of crime through a revived drug gang, lingering deep-seated corruption in the NOPD, and a group of murderers-for-hire targeting Kaj, Elijah, and his star client, they’re all left scrambling for safety…

Reader’s Note: Beneath Dark Waters is the second book in Karen Rose’s New Orlean’s series. If you’d like to start reading from the beginning, check out book one: Quarter to Midnight (2022).

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California Golden by Melanie Benjamin

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Southern California, 1960s: endless sunny days surfing in Malibu, followed by glittering neon nights at Whisky a Go Go. In an era when women are expected to be housewives, Carol Donnelly breaks the mold as a legendary female surfer struggling to compete in a male-dominated sport—and her daughters, Mindy and Ginger, bear the weight of Carol’s unconventional lifestyle.

The Donnelly sisters grow up enduring their mother’s absence—physically, when she’s at the beach, and emotionally, the rare times she’s at home. To escape questions about Carol’s whereabouts—and to chase her elusive affection—they cut school to spend their days in the surf. From her first time on a board, Mindy is a natural, but Ginger, two years younger, feels out of place in the water.

As they grow up and their lives diverge, Mindy and Ginger’s relationship ebbs and flows. Mindy finds herself swept up in celebrity, complete with beachside love affairs, parties at the Playboy Club, and a USO tour in Vietnam. Meanwhile, Ginger, desperate for a community of her own, is tugged into the dangerous counterculture of drugs and cults. But through it all, their sense of duty to each other survives, as the girls are forever connected by the emotional damage they carry from their unorthodox childhood.

A gripping, emotional story set at a time when mothers were expected to be Donna Reed, not Gidget, California Golden is an unforgettable novel about three women living in a society that was shifting as tempestuously as the breaking waves.

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The Door-To-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, eAudiobook & Hoopla Instant Checkout eAudiobook)

The charming international bestseller about an unlikely friendship between an elderly door-to-door bookseller and a nine-year-old girl that changes his life.

Small-town German bookseller Carl Kollhoff delivers his books to special customers in the evening hours after closing time, walking through the picturesque alleys of the city. These people are almost like friends to him, and he is their most important connection to the world.

When Kollhoff unexpectedly loses his job, it takes the power of books and a nine-year-old girl to make them all find the courage to rebuild their bonds with each other.

A bestselling phenomenon internationally, Carsten Henn’s The Door-to-Door Bookstore is a feel-good novel about books and friendship.

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If We’re Being Honest by Cat Shook

(Available Formats: Print & eBook)

Shook’s delightful and perceptive debut follows a family through an eventful week that begins with a funeral and ends with a wedding. One sweltering Georgia summer, the Williams clan has gathered to mourn the death of patriarch Gerry, but they’re thrown for a loop when Gerry’s best friend announces during the eulogy that he and Gerry had been lovers for decades. While Gerry’s widow, Ellen, wants nothing more than to deal with this revelation and her loss in peace, her three children and four 20-something grandchildren make that impossible. They’re all dealing with their own crises: sensible granddaughter Alice is pregnant and not sure whether to tell the father; high-strung daughter-in-law Jennifer is wondering whether her husband is having an affair; and grandson Red, a youth pastor, is trying to come to terms with his sexuality. Like a stone skipped across water, Shook flits seamlessly from one character to the next, and remarkably, all emerge as three-dimensional characters. Even with its many strands of plot, the novel never feels rushed, and Shook sprinkles some wild surprises into the goings-on. Readers will find plenty to savor. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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King of the Armadillos by Wendy Chin-Tanner

(Available Formats: Print Book)

BEST BOOK OF SUMMER 2023: The Boston Globe, Deep South Magazine, Ms. Magazine, BookRiot

“[A] gripping and tenderly executed drama.” —The New York Times

A novel about family, love, and belonging, set against the backdrops of 1950s New York City and Louisiana, following one young man’s quest to survive an often misunderstood disease, and find love, music, and himself, in the process.

“[A] lush drama about belonging.” —Good Housekeeping

Victor Chin’s life is turned upside down at the tender age of 15. Diagnosed with Hansen’s disease, otherwise known as leprosy, he’s forced to leave the familiar confines of his father’s laundry business in the Bronx – the only home he’s known since emigrating from China with his older brother – to quarantine alongside patients from all over the country at a federal institution in Carville.

At first, Victor is scared not only of the disease, but of the confinement, and wants nothing more than to flee. Between treatments he dreams of escape and imagines his life as a fugitive. But soon he finds a new sense of freedom far from home – one without the pull of obligations to his family, the laundry business, or his mother back in China. Here, in the company of an unforgettable cast of characters, Victor finds refuge in music and experiences first love, jealousy, betrayal, and even tragedy. But with the promise of a life-changing cure on the horizon, Victor’s time at Carville is running out, and he has some difficult choices to make.

A page turning work of historical fiction, King of the Armadillos announces Wendy Chin-Tanner as an extraordinary new voice. Inspired by her father’s experience as a young patient at Carville, this tender novel is a captivating and lyrical exploration of the power of art.

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The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin

(Available Formats: Print Book & eAudiobook)

A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of the underground library in WWII Warsaw, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London.

All her life, Zofia has found comfort in two things during times of hardship: books and her best friend, Janina. But no one could have imagined the horrors of the Nazi occupation in Warsaw. As the bombs rain down and Hitler’s forces loot and destroy the city, Zofia finds that now books are also in need of saving.

With the death count rising and persecution intensifying, Zofia jumps to action to save her friend and salvage whatever books she can from the wreckage, hiding them away, and even starting a clandestine book club. She and her dearest friend never surrender their love of reading, even when Janina is forced into the newly formed ghetto.

But the closer Warsaw creeps toward liberation, the more dangerous life becomes for the women and their families – and escape may not be possible for everyone. As the destruction rages around them, Zofia must fight to save her friend and preserve her culture and community using the only weapon they have left – literature.

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North of Nowhere by Allison Brennan

(Available Formats: Print Book)

New York Times bestseller Allison Brennan’s latest standalone is an unputdownable race to the dramatic finish.

After five years in hiding from their murderous father, the day Kristen and Ryan McIntyre have been dreading has arrived: Boyd McIntyre, head of a Los Angeles crime family, has at last tracked his kids to a small Montana town and is minutes away from kidnapping them. They barely escape in a small plane, but gunfire hits the fuel line. The pilot, a man who has been raising them as his own, manages to crash land in the middle of the Montana wilderness. The siblings hike deep into the woods,searching desperately for safety—unaware of the severity of the approaching storm.

Boyd’s sister Ruby left Los Angeles for the Army years ago, cutting off contact in order to help keep her niece and nephew safe and free from the horrors of the McIntyre clan. So when she gets an emergency call that the plane has gone down with the kids inside, she drops everything to try save them.

As the storm builds, Ruby isn’t the only person looking for them. Boyd has hired an expert tracker to find and bring them home. And rancher Nick Lorenzo, who knows these mountains better than anyone and doesn’t understand why the kids are running, is on their trail too.

But there is a greater threat to Kristen and Ryan out there. More volatile than the incoming blizzard, more dangerous than the family they ran from or the natural predators they could encounter. Who finds them first could determine if they live or die. . .

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The Peach Seed by Anita Gail Jones

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Fletcher Dukes and Altovise Benson reunite after decades apart—and a mountain of secrets—in this debut exploring the repercussions of a single choice and how an enduring talisman challenges and holds a family together.

On a routine trip to the Piggly Wiggly in Albany, Georgia, widower Fletcher Dukes smells a familiar perfume, then sees a tall woman the color of papershell pecans with a strawberry birthmark on the nape of her neck. He knows immediately that she is his lost love, Altovise Benson. Their bond, built on county fairs, sit-ins, and marches, once seemed a sure and forever thing. But their marriage plans were disrupted when the police turned a peaceful protest violent.

Before Altovise fled the South, Fletcher gave her a peach seed monkey with diamond eyes. As we learn via harrowing flashbacks, an enslaved ancestor on the coast of South Carolina carved the first peach seed, a talisman that, ever since, each father has gifted his son on his thirteenth birthday.

Giving one to Altovise initiated a break in tradition, irrevocably shaping the lives of generations of Dukeses. Recently, Fletcher has made do on his seven acres with his daughter Florida’s check-ins, his drop biscuits, and his faithful dog. But as he begins to reckon with long-ago choices, he finds he isn’t the only one burdened with unspoken truths.

An indelible portrait of a family, The Peach Seed explores how kin pass down legacies of sorrow, joy, and strength. And it is a parable of how a glimmer of hope as small as a seed can ripple across generations.

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Three Fires by Denise Mina

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Instant Checkout eBook)

Mina (Rizzio) fictionalizes the life of Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498), who was executed for heresy, in this vivid historical thriller. The novel opens in 1498 Florence, with Savonarola reading a coerced confession stating that he’s been lying about having the gift of prophecy. It then flashes back nearly 30 years, to when Savonarola’s hopes for marriage and a successful career as a physician are dashed, setting him on the path to religious fanaticism. Even readers who know what comes next— namely, the 1497 Bonfire of the Vanities, in which Savonarola and his followers burned books and clothes and other “extravagances” all across Florence—will be captivated by Mina’s lyricism (reading his confession to the assembled crowd, Savonarola sees “the dust motes swimming aimlessly in the warm air above their heads and imagines that each speck is an iota of faith leaving a person in the room”) and the insightful connections she draws between medieval ideological battles and 21st-century culture wars. This is a triumph. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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What Harms You? By Lisa Black

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Hoopla Instant Checkout eBook)

A riveting thriller that puts the New York Times bestselling author squarely in the same league as Patricia Cornwell and Jefferson Bass, the Locard Institute Thriller series draws on Lisa Black’s real-life scientific expertise and her skill in crafting complex and dynamic female characters, as two female forensic experts team up to solve the deadliest and most devious crimes.

The Locard Institute is a state-of-the-art forensic research center where experts from around the world come together to confront and solve the world’s most challenging and perplexing crimes. When Dr. Ellie Carr arrives for her first day as an instructor at the prestigious facility, the buildings glimmer amid the brilliant fall foliage on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. But within hours a colleague, Dr. Barbara Wright, is found dead on the floor of a supply closet. Her death appears to be an accident—but Ellie and her new supervisor, Dr. Rachael Davies, suspect a more sinister explanation.

A young woman attending a professional training program then disappears, only to be found in a gruesome tableau. Other than their link to the Institute, there seems to be no connection between the student and Dr. Wright. Although forensic traces are elusive, Ellie and Rachael are determined to find the bizarre link between the violent and diverse deaths.

As reporters shatter the privacy of Ellie’s new workplace, she searches old files and finds evidence of a crime that feels much too personal. But who, among those dedicated to justice, could be the threat? No matter how skilled she and Rachael may be in uncovering the truth, they may not be able to prevent a well-schooled killer from striking again.

Reader’s Note: What Harms You is the second book in the Locard Institute thriller series. If you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning, check out book one: Red Flags (2022).

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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.

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Have questions or want to request a book?

Feel free to call the library! Our telephone number is 607-936-3713.

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Information on the three library catalogs

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

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, digital magazines and a handful of streaming videos. The catalog, which allows one to download content to a PC, also has a companion app, Libby, which you can download to your mobile device; 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 instant checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV series. Patron check out limit is 6 items per month.

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

The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices, 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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Format Note: Under each book title you’ll find a list of all the different formats that specific title is available in; including: Print Books, Large Print Books, CD Audiobooks, eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks from the Digital Catalog (Libby app) and Hoopla eBooks & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla app).

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Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.

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Have questions or want to request a book?

Feel free to call the library! Our telephone number is 607-936-3713.

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers.

New York Times Bestsellers can be requested through StarCat (for print books) & The Digital Catalog/Libby for eBooks and Downloadable Audiobooks. Select titles may also be checked out, on demand, through the Hoopla Catalog.

For more information on the three catalogs skip to the section below the bestselling titles*

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New York Times Bestseller blog posts are published on Sundays. And the next New York Times blog post will be posted Sunday, August 20, 2023.

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FICTION

THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese

Three generations of a family living on South India’s Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.

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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.

Things kept hidden bubble to the surface when the 9-year-old daughter of a man whose affair just ended badly goes missing.

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THE FIVE-STAR WEEKEND by Elin Hilderbrand

After a tragedy, a popular food blogger brings friends from distinct times in her life to spend a weekend in Nantucket.

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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.

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HAPPINESS by Danielle Steel

A best-selling author inherits an estate near London from her uncle and contemplates embracing a new identity.

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HAPPY PLACE by Emily Henry

A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine.

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THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride

Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well.

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THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden

Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.

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ICEBREAKER by Hannah Grace

Anastasia might need the help of the captain of a college hockey team to get on the Olympic figure skating team.

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INVISIBLE HOUR by Alice Hoffman

Mia Jacob finds resonance between her mother’s time inside a cult in western Massachusetts and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter.”

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.

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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.

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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

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NONE OF THIS IS TRUE by Lisa Jewell

After meeting a woman who shares the same birthday, Alix Summer becomes the subject of her own true crime podcast.

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OUT OF NOWHERE by Sandra Brown

A shooting at a Texas county fair leads to an unexpected connection between a children’s book author and a corporate consultant.

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TOM LAKE by Ann Patchett

Three daughters, who return to their family orchard in the spring of 2020, learn about their mother’s relationship with a famous actor.

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TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin

Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.

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TOO LATE by Colleen Hoover

Dangers develop when a drug trafficker becomes obsessed with a woman who has a mutual attraction to a D.E.A. agent.

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VERITY by Colleen Hoover

Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.

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NON-FICTION

ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.

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AMERICAN PROMETHEUS by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

A biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 and an inspiration for the film “Oppenheimer.”

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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.

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BEYOND THE STORY by BTS and Myeongseok Kang

An oral history of the K-pop group that is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

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BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

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

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BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah

A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.”

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

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CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner

The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

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DARK FUTURE by Glenn Beck with Justin Haskins

The second book in the Great Reset series. The conservative commentator gives his take on advances in technology and their potential impact.

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EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE by Dolly Alderton

The British journalist shares stories and observations; the basis of the TV series.

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FOURTH TURNING IS HERE by Neil Howe

One of the authors of “The Fourth Turning” gives reflections on the cycles of history and makes predictions of potential outcomes generated by the present era of polarization.

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GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls

The author recalls how she and her siblings were constantly moved from one bleak place to another.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

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IN-BETWEEN by Hadley Vlahos

A hospice nurse shares some of her most impactful experiences and questions some of society’s beliefs around end-of-life care.

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KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann

The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.

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OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

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PAGEBOY by Elliot Page

The Oscar-nominated star details discovering himself as a trans person and navigating abuse in Hollywood.

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POVERTY, BY AMERICA by Matthew Desmond

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” examines the ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor.

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PRISONERS OF THE CASTLE by Ben Macintyre

The author of “The Spy and the Traitor” profiles Allied prisoners detained by the German Army in Colditz Castle during World War II.

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UNBROKEN BONDS OF BATTLE by Johnny Joey Jones

The Fox News military analyst shares stories from working with veterans for over a decade.

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UNDERWORLD by Susan Casey

A chronicler of the aquatic world gives an overview of deep-sea exploration and details recent findings there.

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THE WAGER by David Grann

The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.

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WHAT AN OWL KNOWS by Jennifer Ackerman

The author of “The Genius of Birds” explores new scientific discoveries about the brains and behavior of owls.

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WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey

An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it.

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Search for and request books online!

eBooks & Audiobooks Through The Digital Catalog/Libby (10 items at a time)

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

The Digital Catalog has a companion app named Libby.

The Libby app is available for Android or Apple devices.

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

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Through Hoopla!

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

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

The Hoopla App is available online, for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials:

https://starcat.stls.org

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access

StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries throughout the Southern Tier Library System.

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Also of Note: If a New York Times Bestseller isn’t yet available in any of the three catalogs, you can contact the library and request to be notified when it becomes available.

Southeast Steuben County Library Telephone Number: 607-936-3713.

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

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

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

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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April Kisses by Eddie Lang (Genre: Guitar, Blues)

From The Album: Presenting Eddie Lang (1927)

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Buddy Bolden ‘s Blues by Jelly Roll Morton (Genre: Blues)

From The Album: Jelly Roll Morton (Jelly Roll Morton Original Recordings) (2010)

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Good Rockin’ Tonight by Elvis Presley, with Scotty Moore on guitar (Genre: Rock, Guitar)

From The Album: Platinum – A Life In Music (1997)

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Ho Hey by The Lumineers (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: The Lumineers (2012)

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Hop Skip Jump by The Collins Kids (Genre: Rockabilly)

From The Album: Presenting The Collins Kids (1956)

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Hungry Ragged Blues by Aunt Molly Jackson (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: The Songs and Stories of Aunt Molly Jackson (2014)

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Minor Mood by Barney Kessel (Genre: Jazz, Guitar)

From The Album: The Poll Winners (1957)

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One Meat Ball by Josh White (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: Josh White Jr. Live at the Raven (2013)

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Shady Grove by Jean Ritchie (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: Marching Across The Green Grass and Other American Children’s Game Songs (1968)

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Stomp ‘Em Down To The Bricks by Henry Brown (Genre: Blues)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones by Kai Winding (Genre: Jazz)

And from the album the song:

Speak Low by Kai Winding

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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.