Tech & Book Talk at SSCL

Hi everyone, here is the latest edition of Library Connections, our weekly readers’ and listeners’ advisory videocast.

The next Library Connections video will be posted on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.

Library Connections videos may also be accessed via the Southeast Steuben County Library’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SESTEUBENCOLIBRARY

Have a great week!
Linda Reimer, SSCL

 

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

Each title is followed by a listing of which formats it is available in for check out within the three catalogs: StarCat (Print, Large Print & CD Audiobook), The Digital Catalog (eBook & Downloadable Audiobook) and the Hoopla Catalog (Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Hoopla Audiobook).

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 published Sunday, April 2, 2023.

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FICTION

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DAISY JONES & THE SIX by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & CD Audiobook)

A fictional oral history charting the rise and fall of a ’70s rock ’n’ roll band.

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DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT by Samantha Shannon

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A prequel to “The Priory of the Orange Tree.” When the Dreadmount erupts, several women must protect humankind.

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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

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HEART BONES by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

After an unexpected death prevents her from going to Penn State and and forces her to move in with her absent father, Beyah Grim has a summer fling with the rich guy next door.

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HELLO BEAUTIFUL by Ann Napolitano

(Available Formats:Print Book & eBook)

In a homage to Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” a young man’s dark past resurfaces as he gets to the know the family of his college sweetheart.

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I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU by Rebecca Makkai

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

A film professor and podcaster is invited back to teach a course at the boarding school where her roommate was murdered.

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

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

(Available Formats: Print Book)

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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I WILL FIND YOU by Harlan Coben

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

A man imprisoned for murdering his 3-year-old son becomes convinced his son is still alive and plans an escape.

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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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

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THE LONDON SÉANCE SOCIETY by Sarah Penner

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Hoopla instant checkout Audiobook)

In 1873, a woman seeking answers about her sister’s death accompanies a spiritualist to look into a murder.

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MAD HONEY by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

After returning to her hometown, Olivia McAfee’s son gets accused of killing his crush.

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NEVER NEVER by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Questions arise when a pair of lovers try to uncover why they suddenly became strangers.

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PINEAPPLE STREET by Jenny Jackson

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Three women navigate their roles in a well-to-do family living in Brooklyn Heights.

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REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.

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SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOES by Jojo Moyes

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook)

Drastic changes and a pair of six-inch high Christian Louboutin red crocodile shoes shake up the lives of two women.

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SO SHALL YOU REAP by Donna Leon

(Available Formats: Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The 32nd book in the Commissario Brunetti series. Brunetti looks into the murder of an undocumented Sri Lankan immigrant.

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STORM WATCH by C.J. Box

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook & eBooks)

The 23rd book in the Joe Pickett series. Joe and Nate might be on opposite sides for the first time.

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THINGS WE HIDE FROM THE LIGHT by Lucy Score

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The second book in the Knockemout series. A woman with some secrets and the chief of police have different ideas about where things are headed.

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TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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

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UGLY LOVE by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Hoopla instant checkout Audiobook)

Tate Collins and Miles Archer, an airline pilot, think they can handle a no strings attached arrangement. But they can’t.

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VERITY by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

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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WORTHY OPPONENTS by Danielle Steel

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

A divorced mother of twins and chief executive of a luxury department store goes against a wealthy investor looking to take it over.

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NON-FICTION:

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ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

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

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

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ALL MY KNOTTED-UP LIFE by Beth Moore

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla instant checkout Audiobook)

The founder of Living Proof Ministries details key moments from her life and her 2018 break with the Southern Baptist movement.

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BELONGING by Michelle Miller with Rosemarie Robotham

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The co-host of “CBS Saturday Morning” chronicles her search for her mother and efforts to make sense of her mixed-race heritage.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook, Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)

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

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THE COURAGE TO BE FREE by Ron DeSantis

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Florida governor gives his account of his achievements and shares his opinions about the political left.

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ENCHANTMENT by Katherine May

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The author of “Wintering” shares her journey to reconnect with her sense of wonder and awe.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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

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IT’S OK TO BE ANGRY ABOUT CAPITALISM by Bernie Sanders with John Nichols

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Vermont senator depicts the impact capitalism has on key areas of our lives and ways to address this.

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LEON RUSSELL by Bill Janovitz

(Available Formats:Not yet available in any catalog)

A biography of the musician and 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

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THE LIGHT WE CARRY by Michelle Obama

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & eBook)

The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.

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THE LONGEST RACE by Kara Goucher with Mary Pilon

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Olympic runner details the abuse and deception she experienced while on an elite running team for Nike.

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OTHER FAMILY DOCTOR by Karen Fine

(Available Formats:Print Book)

A veterinarian explains how she incorporated the principles used by her grandfather, who was a doctor, into her own practice.

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PARIS by Paris Hilton

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The entrepreneur and pop culture icon shares her personal and professional rise in the age of influencers.

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SAVED by Benjamin Hall

(Available Formats:Not yet in any catalog)

The Fox News journalist gives his account of the injuries he sustained from a Russian attack while covering the war in Ukraine.

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SPARE  by Prince Harry

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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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WAKE UP WITH PURPOSE! by Sister Jean Dolores

(Available Formats: Downloadable Audiobook)

Schmidt with Seth Davis The team chaplain for Loyola’s men’s basketball team recounts experiences from her more than 100 years of existence.

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WALK THE BLUE LINE by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)

A collection of stories about police officers.

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSL

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*Information on the Three Catalogs*

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

The Digital Catalog has two companion apps, Libby & OverDrive. Libby is the app for newer devices and the OverDrive app should be used for older devices and Amazon tablets.

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 check outs of eBooks, downloadable audiobook, comic books, albums and streaming videos. Patron check out limit is 4 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 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 through out 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 Tel: 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, March 24, 2023.

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And here are the recommended songs of the week. which this week, just for fun, are all TV show themes!

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Alice Theme

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Barney Miller Theme

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Bonanza Theme

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Cheers Theme

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Hill Street Blues Theme

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In The Heat of the Night Theme

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Night Court Theme (original series)

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One Day At A Time Theme

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The Rockford Files Theme

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Room 222 Theme

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The Walton’s Theme

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Welcome Back, Theme From Welcome Back Kotter

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

Route 66 And Other TV Themes by Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra (1962)

And from the album the theme:

Route 66 Theme by Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra

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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 is the latest edition of Library Connections, our weekly readers’ and listeners’ advisory videocast.

The next Library Connections video will be posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

Library Connections videos may also be accessed via the Southeast Steuben County Library’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SESTEUBENCOLIBRARY

Have a great week!
Linda Reimer, SSCL

 

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 now published on Wednesdays.

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

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American Mermaid by Julia Langbein

(Available Formats: Print Book)

When Penelope Schleeman, a 33-year-old English teacher, published her debut novel, a feminist eco-thriller entitled American Mermaid, the last thing she expected was for it to become a viral sensation thanks to a popular Instagram influencer. Suddenly, her book is everywhere, and before long, Hollywood comes calling. Thus begins Penelope’s odyssey into the tumultuous world of screenwriting, where she’s paired with two young male screenwriters, Murphy and Randy, to adapt her novel for the big screen. Penelope relocates to Los Angeles, where she attends glamorous parties with her agent, Danielle, and watches her bank account balance grow to numbers she never even dreamed of while teaching in Connecticut. And yet, as she witnesses her mermaid heroine Sylvia transformed from an introspective twentysomething student of science grappling with her asexuality to a bold, sexy teen action-hero destined to make the ultimate sacrifice, Penelope starts to fear that she’s losing sight of the soul of her story and, perhaps, herself as well. Filled with wit and more than few laugh-out-loud moments, Langbein’s tale alternates between Penelope’s own adventures and chapters from her novel, making for a downright delightful debut novel. – Booklist Review

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The Donut Legion by Joe Lansdale

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Charlie Garner is a former PI turned writer living in the dusty byways of East Texas, but he’s forced to give investigating another whirl when his ex-wife, Meg, and her new husband disappear. Whether in his celebrated Hap and Leonard series or in many fine stand-alones (Moon Lake, 2021), Lansdale has always displayed a master chef’s hand at blending genre and tone–horror, crime, coming-of-age realism, black humor–into perfectly emulsified, tasty entrees. He’s at it again here as Charlie, brother Felix, and wacky fellow investigator and would-be author Amelia “”Scrappy”” Moon follow Meg’s trail to a donut shop run by a cult that calls itself the Saucer People, so-named for the mound on their compound that they believe shields a flying saucer that will soon transport believers to a new world. Before takeoff, however, the cult, led by a psycho called the Cowboy and his enforcer, a chimpanzee answering to Mr. Biggs, has some doubters to dispatch–cue the severed limbs. Mixing horror and thriller is fairly commonplace these days, but few can match Lansdale at finding wit and tenderness bobbing along in the wake of the gore. – Booklist Review

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Flight Paths: How A Passionate And Quirky Group Of Pioneering Scientists Solved The Mystery Of Bird Migration by Rebeca Heisman 

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Science writer Heisman debuts with a winning examination of the seasonal movements of birds, tracing how scientific understanding of bird migration has evolved and detailing the technologies that ornithologists employ to study them today. Highlighting improbable theories proposed throughout history, she notes that Aristotle believed some “winter and summer residents were in fact the same birds in different plumages,” a 16th-century Swedish priest thought swallows hibernated at the bottom of lakes, and an English minister postulated that birds wintered on the moon. Contemporary scientists, the author notes, track flocks via radar and search for clues about where a bird traveled from by analyzing deuterium (“a very special type of hydrogen atom”) isotopes in feathers and matching them to regional variations in deuterium levels. She profiles the ornithologists behind these advances and tells how, for instance, evolutionary biologist Thomas Smith built on genome-sequencing technology to map genetic variation in warblers, finding that distinct genetic groups follow different migratory routes. Heisman pulls off the impressive feat of making technical discussions of genome sequencing and isotope analysis accessible, and the profiles offer revealing glimpses into the process and production of scientific knowledge. Admirers of Scott Weidensaul’s A World on the Wing will find this a treat. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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A Half Baked Murder by Emily George

(Available Formats: Print Book, Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Audiobook)

DEBUT This fun and fact-filled thematic entry into the cozy mystery genre has it all: a twisty murder investigation, a charming small town, a potential romance with the single guy next door, and recipes. At 28, Chloe Barnes has returned home, which wasn’t her plan. Her original plan was to stay in Paris, marry a handsome head chef, and bake amazing pastries in the best restaurants. But when her fiancé cheats on her and she receives a bad review from a critic, she decides it’s time to come home and care for her grandmother who’s been diagnosed with cancer. After baking some cannabis-laced treats for Grandma Rose to help ease her pain, Chloe decides to open a cannabis cafe in the quaint coastal California town. She is also compelled to investigate the murder of the town bully, after her aunt/business partner becomes the prime suspect.

VERDICT With increasing acceptance of cannabis as a supplement to medical care, this series starter helps normalize its use and promotes safe consumption, complete with designated drivers. Highly recommended. – Starred Library Journal Review

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Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years Of  Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry And  Hope by Sarah Bakewell

(Available Formats: Print Book)

NBCC Award winner Bakewell (How to Live) brilliantly tracks the development of humanism over seven centuries of intellectual history. Humanism, she concedes, isn’t easy to define, though it fundamentally centers “the lives and experiences of people here on earth.” Drawing on the usual suspects (Erasmus, Voltaire, Bertrand Russell), as well as less expected luminaries (Ludwik Zamenhof, who invented Esperanto in hopes that a universalized language might promote multicultural understanding), Bakewell takes readers through the evolution of central humanistic concerns—whether life can be understood without God (“humanism warns us against neglecting the tasks of our current world in favor of dreams of paradise”); human interconnectivity (the South African concept of “ubuntu” for human relationality; the interconnectedness in E.M. Forster’s writing); and the importance of education (which Erasmus believed “should train a person to be at home in the world”). She also discusses humanism in philosophy, politics, and medicine, the latter of which centers the humanist goal of “mitigating suffering” even if some early interventions harmed more than helped. On the flipside, Bakewell unpacks antihumanism, which “point out the many ways fall short,” though she notes humanism and antihumanism have historically worked to “renew and energize each other.” Erudite and accessible, Bakewell’s survey pulls together diverse historical threads without sacrificing the up-close details that give this work its spark. Even those who already consider themselves humanists will be enlightened. – Starred Publishers Weekly

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Moonrise Over New Jessup by Jamila Minnicks

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Civil rights-era fiction generally presupposes that all African Americans fought ardently for integration. Yet in her first novel, winner of the PEN/Bellwether Prize, Minnicks brilliantly presents the Black struggle through an anti-integration lens that is equally powerful and persuasive. Alice, on the run from an abusive white neighbor, finds herself in New Jessup, Alabama, an all-Black town with a history of fierce independence. To Alice, New Jessup is miraculous. As she falls in love with Randall, a son of one of the town founders, she grows determined to protect this island of safety and cultural pride. All Randall wants is financial and political independence from the exploitative whites beyond the woods, and neither has any use for race mixing. Yet they are beset by Black integration activists as well as conservative town elders who fear that any “agitation” will spell the community’s doom. At a time when many African Americans are questioning the value of integration and the subsequent loss of Black community institutions, Alice and Randall’s principled commitment to “separate but equal” segregation is not easily dismissed. – Booklist Review

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A Novel Proposal by Denise Hunter

(Available Formats: Print Book, Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)

Hunter (Bookshop by the Sea) opens this heartwarming romance with Queens, N.Y., western writer Sadie Goodwin learning that her publisher wants her to switch genres to romance. Luckily, her best friend offers Sadie the use of her mother’s South Carolina beach duplex for a summer of writing. There, Sadie meets grouchy Sam Ford, the duplex’s other tenant, and sets up a Little Free Library for the community. When someone leaves a book in the library containing a secret compartment hiding a beautiful engagement ring, Sadie’s determined to get the book back to its proper owner—whoever the bookish proposal was meant for. To succeed, however, she’ll need Sam to use his connections as a local. In exchange for helping, Sam asks Sadie to be his plus one at the wedding of his former girlfriend and his cousin, though he doesn’t explain just how fraught the situation is. Working together leads Sam to warm to Sadie’s endlessly cheerful nature and Sadie to see behind Sam’s gruff exterior, but Sam struggles to open his heart to love after having been burned before. Hunter’s charismatic and complex characters effortlessly propel the story. Readers won’t want to put this down. – Publishers Weekly Review

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Stone Blind: A Novel by Natalie Haynes

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Feminist retellings of Greek myths are all the rage, and Haynes (A Thousand Ships, 2021) stands among the foremost authors in this area. Her third such novel melds her classics expertise (see her nonfiction work, Pandora’s Jar, 2022) with a conversational style and biting humor. With snakes for hair and a petrifying gaze, Medusa has been considered a horrible monster, but Haynes makes us rethink this characterization. The only mortal among the Gorgons along Libya’s shores, Medusa is an attractive, curious young woman growing up under her loving older sisters’ care. Her rape by Poseidon in Athene’s temple traumatizes her; so does Athene’s act of revenge. Perseus, the supposed hero seeking to decapitate a Gorgon, is an incompetent adventurer without the sense to ask for directions. Seen from multiple perspectives, including those of Perseus’ mother, Dana’s; prickly goddesses; and the Gorgoneion (Medusa’s head), which speaks with candor, this tale evokes passionate fury on behalf of its heroine, a tragic victim of male violence. Her death scene is utterly heartbreaking. It all begs the question, How could we have gotten Medusa’s story so wrong? – Publishers Weekly Review

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Time’s Undoing by Cheryl Head

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Head, the award-winning author of the Charlie Mack Motown mystery featuring a Black, female, queer PI, brings her gift for strong women protagonists and suspense to this tale about a young, Black, female journalist from Detroit on a dangerous quest. In 1929, a Black master carpenter, Robert Lee Harrington, is killed in Birmingham, Alabama. In 2019, his great-granddaughter, Meghan McKenzie, decides to go to Birmingham to hunt down the hidden truth about Harrington’s life and unsolved murder. Head charts every step in Meghan’s Birmingham investigation, from her gutsy, seemingly fated research to her finding friends and allies, including a Black woman activist, a white librarian destined to make painful discoveries about her family, and a distractingly sexy Black man working in the mayor’s social justice office. Harrington’s harrowing story of Jim Crow racism and violence is equally vivid and affecting. After being forced to leave Florida, he has finally brought his beautiful pregnant wife and their young daughter to Birmingham only to have trouble hunt him down one final time. As threats intensify against Meghan, Head dramatizes the ongoing horrors of white supremacy, police brutality, and the “conspiracy of hate,” but she also spotlights the way people come together to fight for justice. This heart-seizing tale even has a touch of the supernatural as it celebrates Black lives. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Thanks to strong prepub buzz and its deeply resonant subject, Head’s commanding novel will be on many “”must read”” lists. – Booklist Review

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Two Wars And A Wedding by Lauren Willig

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Willig (Band of Sisters) delivers a winning epic of war and friendship in the late 19th century. The nonlinear timeline begins with Betsy Hayes, a Smith College graduate and aspiring archaeologist, boarding a boat for Cuba in 1898, determined to stop her estranged friend, Ava, from taking a dangerous nursing post during the Spanish American War. Betsy had already witnessed the horror of the Greco-Turkish War, and though the details don’t come out until later, Betsy believes her own life is of little value. In flashbacks to Athens, where Betsy had traveled two years earlier hoping to work on a dig, she meets Charles de Robecourt, a charming married archeologist who gives her a leg up (they also have an affair, and she falls in love with him). But Betsy’s choice to become a nurse when war breaks out in Greece drives a wedge between her and Ava, who doesn’t think Betsy is cut out for the work, and she faces further heartache involving Charles. Willig’s strong character work and extensive research on the Smith College Relief Unit brings Betsy to vivid life. The harrowing battle details, too, are spot on, from the Spaniards’ smokeless gunpowder to the menacing whine of a Mauser bullet. Readers will devour this riveting tale. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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Have a great week!

Linda Reimer

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*Information on the three 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 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 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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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.

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

Each title is followed by a listing of which formats it is available in for check out within the three catalogs: StarCat (Print, Large Print & CD Audiobook), The Digital Catalog (eBook & Downloadable Audiobook) and the Hoopla Catalog (Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Hoopla Audiobook).

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 published Sunday, March 26, 2023.

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FICTION

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DAISY JONES & THE SIX by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & CD Audiobook)

A fictional oral history charting the rise and fall of a ’70s rock ’n’ roll band.

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DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT by Samantha Shannon

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A prequel to “The Priory of the Orange Tree.” When the Dreadmount erupts, several women must protect humankind.

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FAIRY TALE by Stephen King

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A high school kid inherits a shed that is a portal to another world where good and evil are at war.

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HEART BONES by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

After an unexpected death prevents her from going to Penn State and and forces her to move in with her absent father, Beyah Grim has a summer fling with the rich guy next door.

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I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU by Rebecca Makkai

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

A film professor and podcaster is invited back to teach a course at the boarding school where her roommate was murdered.

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

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

(Available Formats: Print Book)

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

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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

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THE LONDON SÉANCE SOCIETY by Sarah Penner

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Hoopla instant checkout Audiobook)

In 1873, a woman seeking answers about her sister’s death accompanies a spiritualist to look into a murder.

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MAD HONEY by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

After returning to her hometown, Olivia McAfee’s son gets accused of killing his crush.

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NEVER NEVER by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Questions arise when a pair of lovers try to uncover why they suddenly became strangers.

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THE PARIS APARTMENT by Lucy Foley

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla instant checkout eBook)

Jess has suspicions about her half-brother’s neighbors when he goes missing.

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PINEAPPLE STREET by Jenny Jackson

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Three women navigate their roles in a well-to-do family living in Brooklyn Heights.

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REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.

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SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOES by Jojo Moyes

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook)

Drastic changes and a pair of six-inch high Christian Louboutin red crocodile shoes shake up the lives of two women.

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STAR WARS JEDI: BATTLE SCARS by Sam Maggs

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Aiding an Imperial deserter could put Cal Kestis and his crew in the path of the Inquisitor known as the Fifth Brother.

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STORM WATCH by C.J. Box

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook & eBooks)

The 23rd book in the Joe Pickett series. Joe and Nate might be on opposite sides for the first time.

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THINGS WE HIDE FROM THE LIGHT by Lucy Score

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The second book in the Knockemout series. A woman with some secrets and the chief of police have different ideas about where things are headed.

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TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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

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UGLY LOVE by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Hoopla instant checkout Audiobook)

Tate Collins and Miles Archer, an airline pilot, think they can handle a no strings attached arrangement. But they can’t.

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VERITY by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

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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WEYWARD by Emilia Hart

(Available Formats: Print & eBook)

The stories of three women living in three different eras.

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WORTHY OPPONENTS by Danielle Steel

(Available Formats:

A divorced mother of twins and chief executive of a luxury department store goes against a wealthy investor looking to take it over.

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NON-FICTION:

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1619 PROJECT edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstein

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Viewing America’s entanglement with slavery and its legacy, in essays adapted and expanded from The New York Times Magazine

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ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

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

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

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ALL MY KNOTTED-UP LIFE by Beth Moore

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla instant checkout Audiobook)

The founder of Living Proof Ministries details key moments from her life and her 2018 break with the Southern Baptist movement.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook, Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)

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

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COURAGE TO BE FREE by Ron DeSantis

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Florida governor gives his account of his achievements and shares his opinions about the political left.

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ENCHANTMENT by Katherine May

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The author of “Wintering” shares her journey to reconnect with her sense of wonder and awe.

FINDING ME by Viola Davis

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The multiple award-winning actress describes the difficulties she encountered before claiming her sense of self and achieving professional success

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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

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IT’S OK TO BE ANGRY ABOUT CAPITALISM by Bernie Sanders with John Nichols

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Vermont senator depicts the impact capitalism has on key areas of our lives and ways to address this.

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THE LIGHT WE CARRY by Michelle Obama

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & eBook)

The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.

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LOVE, PAMELA by Pamela Anderson

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The actress and activist details her childhood, rise to fame and the ways she is reclaiming the narrative of her life.

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MYTH OF NORMAL by Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté 

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The potential ways in which trauma and stress from modern-day living can affect our physical health.

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NAZI CONSPIRACY by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)

The story of a Nazi plot to kill President Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill.

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SPARE  by Prince Harry

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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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WAKE UP WITH PURPOSE! by Sister Jean Dolores

(Available Formats: Downloadable Audiobook)

Schmidt with Seth Davis The team chaplain for Loyola’s men’s basketball team recounts experiences from her more than 100 years of existence.

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WALK THE BLUE LINE by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)

A collection of stories about police officers.

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSL

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*Information on the Three Catalogs*

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

The Digital Catalog has two companion apps, Libby & OverDrive. Libby is the app for newer devices and the OverDrive app should be used for older devices and Amazon tablets.

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 check outs of eBooks, downloadable audiobook, comic books, albums and streaming videos. Patron check out limit is 4 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 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 through out 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 Tel: 607-936-3713

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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 now published on Wednesdays.

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, March 22, 2023.

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At Sea by Emma Fedor

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A young woman falls in love with a fishlike man in Fedor’s mesmerizing fantastical debut. Unable to find a job or internship after college, Cara stays at her aunt and uncle’s house on Martha’s Vineyard, a haven with fond memories of summers with her now-deceased mother. She meets Brendan, a member of the Army’s Special Forces, who reveals that his superhuman ability to stay underwater for long periods of time is the result of gill-like enhancements made by the military. Though Brendan’s mood swings and abrupt disappearances are concerning, Cara falls for him and abandons her plans to move in with a friend in New York City. After getting pregnant with Brendan and giving birth to their son Micah, Cara stays with Brendan until he and Micah abruptly disappear. Five years later, Cara is still living on Martha’s Vineyard and married to Graham, a comparatively stable guy whose “style is based entirely on comfort and practicality.” Still, she never gives up hope that she will find Micah, especially after a local fisherman says he saw a man and a boy swimming together far out in the ocean, and when she runs into Brendan at her art gallery. Fedor’s neatly plotted narrative keeps the pages turning, and Cara’s emotional pull toward her lost family makes the far-fetched conceit feel believable. This sparkling debut will hook readers. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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Backpacking Through Bedlam by Seanan McGuire

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Alice Price-Healy has been reunited with her husband, Thomas, after 50 years of searching dimensions for him. Returning hundreds of other people trapped by the Crossroads in a dying dimension finally ends, and Alice and Thomas can go home. Sure, they are going home with Thomas’s adopted daughter, Sally, and a lot of decades of baggage still not unpacked, but they can finally take some time to relax–or not. For the Covenant has declared war on the family, and they are willing, eager in fact, to kill every cryptid between them. Now in New York, Thomas and Sally must find a way to support the cryptids who are in hiding from the Covenant, kick them back across the ocean once again, and repair the damage that has been done with their long absence. Numerous family and friends are featured in the book from previous novels and stories, showing McGuire’s detailed worldbuilding and the intertwined lives of her characters. VERDICT Following on Spelunking Through Hell, this latest installment in the “InCryptid” series continues to highlight the fast action, delightful cryptids and the gloriously dysfunctional family dynamics the Prices are known for. Urban fantasy fans will rejoice. – Library Journal Review

Reader’s Note: As mentioned, this is the twelfth book in the series; if you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning check out book one: Discount Armageddon.

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The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening by Ari Shapiro

(Available Formats: Print Book)

In this engaging memoir, Shapiro (host, NPR’s All Things Considered) gives insight into both his personal and professional life. As the only Jewish child in his elementary school and the first openly gay student in high school, Shapiro learned to make connections and communicate among disparate groups of people. His innate curiosity and natural storytelling ability led to an internship and eventual career with NPR. He reveals the personal side of various assignments, including his time in the White House press corps and as an international correspondent based in London. He also discusses his personal life, including his side job as a singer with the band Pink Martini and his musical show with Alan Cumming. Shapiro never shies away from telling of his missteps and embarrassing moments. Throughout, Shapiro elegantly and compassionately shares the stories of people he’s encountered and how their individual experiences connect with humanity as a whole.

VERDICT Shapiro’s confident, clear voice and self-deprecating humor, familiar to his many fans, translates well to the written word. His writing will resonate with many and is a treasure for biography readers. Highly recommended. – Starred Library Journal Review

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Beyond That, The Sea: A Novel by Laura Spence-Ash

(Available Formats: Print Book)

At the end of summer in 1940, Millie and Reg made the tough choice to send 11-year-old Beatrix to a family in the U.S. as Germany intensified its attacks on England. Nancy and Ethan Gregory, along with 13-year-old William and nine-year-old Gerald, welcome Bea at Boston Harbor, and nothing will ever be the same again. With every new experience Bea shares with the Gregorys, what part of her previous life does she need to let go of? With lively characters that continue to grow and change over four decades, each providing their own unique perspective on historical events, Spence-Ash explores complex family dynamics without villains. Readers will feel the pull of new fictional friends from the first to the last page, and long afterward. Details of daily life build a strong sense of time and place in both countries and time frames further deepening this outstanding debut novelist’s portrayal of her characters. Spence-Ash’s first novel will appeal to fans of Pam Jenoff, Margot Livesey, and Ann Packer. – Booklist Review

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Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA by Theresa Runstedtler

(Available Formats: Print Book)

In this illuminating study, African American history professor Runstedtler (Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner: Boxing in the Shadow of the Global Color Line) analyzes 1970s professional basketball through the lens of race. In 1980, an L.A. Times article reported that there was an epidemic of cocaine use among NBA players, 75% of whom were Black. That exposé, Runstedtler notes, fed into a narrative that the league’s decline was due to the rise of Black athletes. The truth, Runstedtler argues, is that Black players “ultimately transformed basketball in this neglected yet crucial period.” Among the pivotal figures who ushered in change were Cornelius “Connie” Hawkins and Spencer Haywood, who both argued that the league was blocking their right to make a living and won antitrust lawsuits against the NBA. As well, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar “embodied the complexity of African American politics in the post-civil rights era” and toured Africa, changed his birth name to a Muslim name, and spoke out against sports media’s derogatory depiction of Black players. Runstedtler’s superior storytelling, buoyed by expert research, casts a new light on the league’s complex history. This savvy reappraisal of the NBA’s tumultuous evolution soars. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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But Have You Read the Book? 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films by Kristen Lopez

(Available Formats: Print Book)

“I liked the book better” is a comment often heard after viewing a film based on a book. Lopez has selected 52 classic books that inspired movies and summarizes the differences between the books and the film versions. In some cases, the feature film was mostly faithful to the book, such as No Country for Old Men and Call Me by Your Name. In others, the film incorporated scenes that were not in the book, such as The Talented Mr. Ripley and Clueless. Lopez clearly loves and knows her books. And she loves and knows her movies, too, adding all kinds of insider tidbits about the making of each film. Interestingly, the author never weighs in whether the book or movie was better. She just points out the differences to inspire readers to read the books or see the films, possibly again, and make their own judgments. VERDICT This well-researched book with its 10-page bibliography and addictive compendium will likely inspire movie buffs and literature mavens alike to take her advice. – Library Journal Review

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Code 6 by James Grippando

(Available Formats: Print, Large Print & CD Audiobook)

There’s a lot going on in the new stand-alone novel from the author of the Jack Swyteck novels. A big-name theatrical director wants to put on Kate Gamble’s play, which is inspired, obliquely, by her father and his work in the tech industry. An old friend who works for Kate’s father has disappeared on a corporate retreat. Kate’s mother recently killed herself, leaving behind a note that said, “I did it for Kate.” Grippando masterfully weaves the various plot threads together, revealing unexpected connections until the reader’s ability to keep the subplots straight is pushed to the edge–but never over the edge: this is an ambitious thriller that asks the reader to follow a complex story and delivers a deeply satisfying conclusion. Grippando’s biggest strength has always been his ability to create characters who feel as real as people we might meet on the street, the kind of people we worry about and share in their triumphs. Code 6 features some of Grippando’s most compelling characters and one of his most intriguing stories. –Booklist Review

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The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

DEBUT A delectable tour de force of baking and mayhem, Maxwell’s debut mystery is one to savor. Change is in the air for the popular TV show Bake Week, starring “America’s Grandmother,” Betsy Martin. For the first time in the show’s history, Betsy will be joined by a cohost, fellow award-winning baker Archie Morris, whose bulldog personality contrasts with her approachable image. Betsy is livid about the change, but the show funds her sprawling estate, Grafton Manor, where the series is also filmed, so she agrees. Tensions are already high when the six contestants arrive, all ready to wow their idol with their tasty pies and perfectly formed breads. Things quickly go awry as ingredients are mislabeled and temperatures are fiddled with in the flawlessly manicured kitchens. Through unfolding narratives by each of the bakers and Betsy herself, readers come to realize that not everyone at Grafton Manor is there to compete. Past traumas and the manor itself come into play, culminating in a horror-filled evening.

VERDICT With meticulous plotting and the grand backdrop of a country home, this is a thoroughly entertaining, well-crafted read. Highly recommended for all mystery collections and for those who appreciate an ensemble cast in their whodunits. – Starred Library Journal Review

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The Night Flight To Paris: A Novel by Cara Black

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Set in 1942, bestseller Black’s stirring sequel to 2020’s Three Hours in Paris finds American markswoman Kate Rees in the Scottish Highlands, serving as a rifle/sniper instructor. Kate, who learned her sharpshooting skills growing up in Oregon, receives orders to travel to London, where British intelligence demands she undertake a dangerous mission to Paris. She must disguise herself as a Red Cross nurse, as her face is well known to the German occupiers who hunted her after her failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in Paris in the previous book. Kate knows only a fraction of the plans at first, but eventually learns that she must assassinate a high-ranking German official and rescue a British agent who once saved her life. Meanwhile, Kate still obsesses about killing Hitler and mourns her husband and daughter, who were killed during a German U-boat attack in the Orkneys early in the war. Black vividly evokes the sights, sounds, and smells of Paris under Nazi occupation. The gritty, determined Kate is a heroine for the ages. – Publishers Weekly Review

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Now You See Us: A Novel by Balli Kaur Jaswal

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Jaswal presents a tale about three Filipino domestic workers in Singapore. In her fifties, Corazon is a longtime helper who sticks to her routines and observes boundaries. Angel is a lesbian with a broken heart, who mostly keeps to herself and plans to become a nurse’s assistant. Donita is a feisty newbie who skirts around the unspoken rules of the job and does whatever she wants. A suspicious death riles the wealthy neighborhood in which they all work, and the blame is pinned on Flordeliza, the household maid. Though busy with their own problems, as the news spreads across social media, the women are propelled to act when they uncover critical details that convince them that Flordeliza may be innocent. Jaswal’s well-crafted novel blends mystery, social commentary, and human drama into a fascinating amalgam that highlights the plight of decidedly unseen women undertaking cheap labor that exposes them to all sorts of abuse. The story feels authentic and is timely as it portrays enterprising women and the unfortunate circumstances that galvanize them.

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Have a great week!

Linda Reimer

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*Information on the three 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 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 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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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.

Hi everyone, here is the latest edition of Library Connections, our weekly readers’ and listeners’ advisory videocast.

The next Library Connections video will be posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2023.

Library Connections videos may also be accessed via the Southeast Steuben County Library’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SESTEUBENCOLIBRARY

Have a great week!
Linda Reimer, SSCL

 

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, March 17, 2023.

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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Dupree Shake Dance by Champion Jack Dupree (Genre: Blues, Piano Blues)

From The Album: At His Very Best (2019)

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Experiment In Terror: Soundtrack Suite by Henry Mancini & His Orchestra (Genre: Easy Listening, Soundtrack/Score)

From The Album: Experiment in Terror [Music from the Motion Picture]

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I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) by The Four Tops (Genre: R&B)

From The Album: The Definitive Collection (2008)

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I Don’t Want To Walk Without You by Jay Wilbur and The Ambassadors Twelve (Genre: Jazz, Dance Band)

From The Album: The Dance Band Days by Various Artists (2014)

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I’m Into Something Good by Hermans Hermits (Genre: Classic Pop/Rock)

From The Album: Herman’s Hermits: Their Greatest Hits (1987)

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Let Me Down Easy by Aurora (Genre: Classic Pop/Rock, Soundtrack)

From The Album: Daisy Jones & The Six (2023)

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Round And Round by Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers (Genre: Pop, Vocal)

From The Album: The Very Best of Perry Como (2000)

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Silly Love Songs by Wings (Genre: Rock)

From The Album: Wings At The Speed Of Sound (1976)

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Strike Up The Band by The Canadian Brass (Genre: Band Music, Classical, Brass)

From the Album: Strike Up The Band: The Canadian Brass Plays George Gershwin (1987)

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Welcome Back by John Sebastian (Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Pop-Rock, Soundtrack)

From The Album: Welcome Back (1976)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

And from the album the song:

Sleep Song by David Arkenstone

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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 is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers.

Each title is followed by a listing of which formats it is available in for check out within the three catalogs: StarCat (Print, Large Print & CD Audiobook), The Digital Catalog (eBook & Downloadable Audiobook) and the Hoopla Catalog (Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Hoopla Audiobook).

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 published Sunday, March 19, 2023.

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FICTION

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ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFI by Shannon Chakraborty

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A former pirate on the Indian Ocean is asked to retrieve her comrade’s kidnapped daughter.

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THE BOYS FROM BILOXI by John Grisham

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook & eBook)

Two childhood friends follow in their fathers’ footsteps, which puts them on opposite sides of the law.

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DAISY JONES & THE SIX by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & CD Audiobook)

A fictional oral history charting the rise and fall of a ’70s rock ’n’ roll band.

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DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT by Samantha Shannon

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A prequel to “The Priory of the Orange Tree.” When the Dreadmount erupts, several women must protect humankind.

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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook & eBook)

A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

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FAIRY TALE by Stephen King

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A high school kid inherits a shed that is a portal to another world where good and evil are at war.

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HEART BONES by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

After an unexpected death prevents her from going to Penn State and and forces her to move in with her absent father, Beyah Grim has a summer fling with the rich guy next door.

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HOUSE IN THE PINES by Ana Reyes

(Available Formats: eBook)

Seven years after witnessing her best friend drop dead, May returns to her Berkshires hometown to piece together what happened.

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I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU by Rebecca Makkai

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

A film professor and podcaster is invited back to teach a course at the boarding school where her roommate was murdered.

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

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

(Available Formats: Print Book)

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

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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

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MAD HONEY by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

After returning to her hometown, Olivia McAfee’s son gets accused of killing his crush.

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THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.

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MURDER YOUR EMPLOYER by Rupert Holmes

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

At the McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, students learn how to “delete” someone.

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NEVER NEVER by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Questions arise when a pair of lovers try to uncover why they suddenly became strangers.

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PARIS APARTMENT by Lucy Foley

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla instant checkout eBook)

Jess has suspicions about her half-brother’s neighbors when he goes missing.

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REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.

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SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOES by Jojo Moyes

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook)

Drastic changes and a pair of six-inch high Christian Louboutin red crocodile shoes shake up the lives of two women.

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STORM WATCH by C.J. Box

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook & eBooks)

The 23rd book in the Joe Pickett series. Joe and Nate might be on opposite sides for the first time.

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THINGS WE HIDE FROM THE LIGHT by Lucy Score

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The second book in the Knockemout series. A woman with some secrets and the chief of police have different ideas about where things are headed.

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TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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

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UGLY LOVE by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Hoopla instant checkout Audiobook)

Tate Collins and Miles Archer, an airline pilot, think they can handle a no strings attached arrangement. But they can’t.

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VERITY by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

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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1619 PROJECT edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstein

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Viewing America’s entanglement with slavery and its legacy, in essays adapted and expanded from The New York Times Magazine

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ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

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

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

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ALL MY KNOTTED-UP LIFE by Beth Moore

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla instant checkout Audiobook)

The founder of Living Proof Ministries details key moments from her life and her 2018 break with the Southern Baptist movement.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook, Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)

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

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CASTE by Isabel Wilkerson

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.

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COURAGE TO BE FREE by Ron DeSantis

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Florida governor gives his account of his achievements and shares his opinions about the political left.

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ENCHANTMENT by Katherine May

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The author of “Wintering” shares her journey to reconnect with her sense of wonder and awe.

FINDING ME by Viola Davis

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The multiple award-winning actress describes the difficulties she encountered before claiming her sense of self and achieving professional success

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HUMANITY ARCHIVE by Jermaine Fowler

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Overlooked stories in Black history.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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

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IT’S OK TO BE ANGRY ABOUT CAPITALISM by Bernie Sanders with John Nichols

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Vermont senator depicts the impact capitalism has on key areas of our lives and ways to address this.

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THE LIGHT WE CARRY by Michelle Obama

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & eBook)

The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.

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LOVE, PAMELA by Pamela Anderson

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The actress and activist details her childhood, rise to fame and the ways she is reclaiming the narrative of her life.

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MYTH OF NORMAL by Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté 

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The potential ways in which trauma and stress from modern-day living can affect our physical health.

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NAZI CONSPIRACY by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)

The story of a Nazi plot to kill President Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill.

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NEVER GIVE AN INCH by Mike Pompeo

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The former secretary of state gives his account of his time serving under President Trump, with a focus on an America First approach.

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SPARE  by Prince Harry

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

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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WAKE UP WITH PURPOSE! by Sister Jean Dolores

(Available Formats: Downloadable Audiobook)

Schmidt with Seth Davis The team chaplain for Loyola’s men’s basketball team recounts experiences from her more than 100 years of existence.

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WALK THE BLUE LINE by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)

A collection of stories about police officers.

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSL

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*Information on the Three Catalogs*

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

The Digital Catalog has two companion apps, Libby & OverDrive. Libby is the app for newer devices and the OverDrive app should be used for older devices and Amazon tablets.

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 check outs of eBooks, downloadable audiobook, comic books, albums and streaming videos. Patron check out limit is 4 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 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 through out 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 Tel: 607-936-3713

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