Tech & Book Talk at SSCL

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

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 (OverDrive & Libby apps) and Hoopla eBooks & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla App).

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

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are published on Tuesdays.  The next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Tuesday, January 12, 2021.

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Age Is Just a Number: 101 Stories of Humor & Wisdom for Life After 60 by Amy Newmark

(Available Formats: eBook)

Life begins again at 60! You’ll be inspired by these tales of new love, new careers, new adventures, and new purpose by those living their best lives after 60!

You’ll love these 101 true stories from dynamic, active people over 60 who prove the adage that age is just a number. Whether relaxing at home or traveling the world, married or single, working or retired, these folks do it all. You’ll read about:

Finding romance and love again at 60, 70, or 80
Downsizing and enjoying the freedom of less
Traveling the world and moving to new homes
Starting new businesses, new jobs, and volunteering
Getting in shape – with new sports and fitness routines
Trying new things and proudly overcoming fears
Finding new passions – for dancing, teaching, acting, sports cars and more

Proof that older really is wiser!

And plenty of comic relief about pesky technology, creaky joints, and those “senior moments”
Chicken Soup for the Soul books are 100% made in the USA and each book includes stories from as diverse a group of writers as possible. Chicken Soup for the Soul solicits and publishes stories from the LGBTQ community and from people of all ethnicities, nationalities, and religions.

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Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook and through Hoopla and available for instant checkout Hoopla eBook & Hoopla Audiobook)

Reader’s Note: The entire Harry Potter series, in both eBook and downloadable audiobook formats, is available for instant checkout in the Hoopla Library!

And here’s a synopsis of the plot of Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone:
Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter ‘H’.

Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry’s eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!

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How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

#1 LibraryReads Pick

Indie Next Pick

One daring to-do list and a crash course in flirtation turn a Type A overachiever’s world upside down.

When her flailing department lands on the university’s chopping block, Professor Naya Turner’s friends convince her to shed her frumpy cardigan for an evening on the town. For one night her focus will stray from her demanding job and she’ll tackle a new kind of to-do list. When she meets a charming stranger in town on business, he presents the perfect opportunity to check off the items on her list. Let the guy buy her a drink. Check. Try something new. Check. A no-strings-attached hookup. Check…almost.

Jake makes her laugh and challenges Naya to rebuild her confidence, which was left toppled by her abusive ex-boyfriend. Soon she’s flirting with the chance at a more serious romantic relationship—except nothing can be that easy. The complicated strings around her dating Jake might destroy her career.

Naya has two options. She can protect her professional reputation and return to her old life or she can flirt with the unknown and stay with the person who makes her feel like she’s finally living again.

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Just Feed Me: Simply Delicious Recipes from My Heart to Your Plate by Jessie James Decker

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A New York Times bestseller!

Country music sensation, lifestyle guru, and New York Times bestselling author Jessie James Decker gives fans her favorite recipes in this charming and beautifully designed full-color cookbook.
In her New York Times bestselling book Just Jessie, Jessie James Decker invited fans into her life, sharing personal moments, honest recollections, and a window into life with her husband Eric Decker and their children. Along the way she also shared some of her favorite recipes from home, showcasing the mouthwatering food that has nourished and delighted her family, leaving readers hungry for more of her home-cooking secrets.

In this, her first cookbook, Jessie goes even further, opening her kitchen cabinets and inviting fans to sit for a spell and enjoy a great meal at the Decker dinner table. Just Feed Me gives fans what they want—simply delicious meals from the heart. Jessie shares down-home and simple-to-make recipes for drinks, appetizers, and full dinners—many Italian, Southern and Cajun dishes which were handed down to her from her mom. She also offers advice and inspiration for creating the warm, appealing scents and savory feel of her own kitchen, the heart of her household.
Aspirational, beautiful, with fun, fast, and flavorful recipes, Just Feed Me is a family-friendly cookbook and keepsake that will leave Jessie fans asking for second helpings.

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Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder: A Novel written by T. A. Willberg and read by Karen Cass

(Available Formats: Hoopla Audiobook)

The letter was short. A name, a time, a place.

Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder plunges readers into the heart of London, to the secret tunnels that exist far beneath the city streets. There, a mysterious group of detectives recruited for Miss Brickett’s Investigations & Inquiries use their cunning and gadgets to solve crimes that have stumped Scotland Yard.

Late one night in April 1958, a filing assistant for Miss Brickett’s named Michelle White receives a letter warning her that a heinous act is about to occur. She goes to investigate but finds the room empty. At the stroke of midnight, she is murdered by a killer she can’t see-her death the only sign she wasn’t alone. It becomes chillingly clear that the person responsible must also work for Miss Brickett’s, making everyone a suspect.

Almost unwillingly, Marion Lane, a first-year Inquirer-in-training, finds herself being drawn ever deeper into the investigation. When her friend and mentor is framed for the crime, to clear his name she must sort through the hidden alliances at Miss Brickett’s and secrets dating back to WWII. Masterful, clever and deliciously suspenseful, Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder is a fresh take on the Agatha Christie-style locked-room mystery with an exciting new heroine detective at the helm.

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The Mermaid from Jeju by Sumi Hahn

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

“A transporting masterpiece.” —Booklist starred review

Inspired by true events on Korea’s Jeju Island, Sumi Hahn’s “entrancing [debut] novel, brimming with lyricism and magic” (Jennifer Rosner, The Yellow Bird Sings) explores what it means to truly love in the wake of devastation.

In the aftermath of World War II, Goh Junja is a girl just coming into her own. She is the latest successful deep sea diver in a family of strong haenyeo. Confident she is a woman now, Junja urges her mother to allow her to make the Goh family’s annual trip to Mt. Halla, where they trade abalone and other sea delicacies for pork. Junja, a sea village girl, has never been to the mountains, where it smells like mushrooms and earth. While there, she falls in love with a mountain boy Yang Suwol, who rescues her after a particularly harrowing journey. But when Junja returns one day later, it is just in time to see her mother take her last breath, beaten by the waves during a dive she was taking in Junja’s place.

Spiraling in grief, Junja sees her younger siblings sent to live with their estranged father. Everywhere she turns, Junja is haunted by the loss of her mother, from the meticulously tended herb garden that has now begun to sprout weeds, to the field where their bed sheets are beaten. She has only her grandmother and herself. But the world moves on without Junja.

The political climate is perilous. Still reeling from Japan’s forced withdrawal from the peninsula, Korea is forced to accommodate the rapid establishment of US troops. Junja’s canny grandmother, who lived through the Japanese invasion that led to Korea’s occupation understands the signs of danger all too well. When Suwol is arrested for working with and harboring communists, and the perils of post-WWII overtake her homelands, Junja must learn to navigate a tumultuous world unlike anything she’s ever known.

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The New Science of Narcissism: Understanding One of the Greatest Psychological Challenges of Our Time–And What You Can Do about It by W. Keith Campbell

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla eBook)

Cut Through the Noise Around Narcissism with the Leading Researcher in the Field

“Narcissism” is truly one of the most important words our time—ceaselessly discussed in the media, the subject of millions of online search queries, and at the centerpiece of serious social and political debates. But what does it really mean?

In The New Science of Narcissism, Dr. W Keith Campbell pulls back the curtain on this frequently misused label, presenting the most recent psychological, personality, and social research into the phenomenon.

Rather than pathologizing all behaviors associated with the label, Campbell reveals that not only does narcissism occur on a spectrum, but almost everyone exhibits narcissistic tendencies in their day-to-day behavior. Drawing from real-life incidents and case studies, The New Science of Narcissism offers tools, tips, and suggestions for softening toxically selfish behaviors both in yourself and others.

Here you will discover:

An exploration of personality disorders connected with and adjacent to narcissism

Why minor narcissistic tendencies are common in most people

The foundational difference between grandiose and vulnerable narcissism

Different psychological models of personality and how they interpret narcissistic behaviors

The “recipe” of mental and emotional traits that combine into narcissism

How to identify when you’re in a relationship with a narcissist and what you can do about it

Why the 21st century has seen the rise of a “Great Fantasy Migration” into evermore insular subcultures

The connection between narcissistic tendencies and leadership

Why “the audience in your pocket” of social media has exacerbated culture-wide narcissistic tendencies

Though narcissism looms large in our cultural consciousness, The New Science of Narcissism offers many different options for understanding and treating it. With Campbell’s straightforward and grounded guidance, you’ll not only discover the latest and best information on the condition, but also a hopeful view of its future.

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Under the Alaskan Ice by Karen Harper

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Audiobook)

The truth always surfaces.When a small bush plane smashes through the ice at Falls Lake Lodge, it’s a chilling reminder of everything Megan Metzler has lost. Three years ago, Meg’s pilot husband died in a similar crash, a tragedy Meg and her young son, Chip, have struggled to move on from. Still, Meg does everything she can to assist when Commander Bryce Saylor arrives to investigate, even as working alongside the handsome pilot stirs up painful memories—and an attraction that catches them both off guard.

Bryce knows time is of the essence as he plunges into the frigid water in search of clues. But when vital evidence is destroyed, it soon becomes clear this downed plane was no accident. With someone tracking them from the woods, Meg and Bryce must race to unravel a mystery as indomitable as the Alaskan wilderness, or they might be the next victims to crash and burn…

The Alaska Wild Novel Series
Book 1: Deep in the Alaskan Woods (Also available as a Hoopla Audiobook)
Book 2: Under the Alaskan Ice

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Wrong Alibi by Christina Dodd

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

Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd delivers an all-new thriller, featuring a bold and brash female protagonist.

WRONG JOB
Eighteen-year-old Evelyn Jones lands a job in small-town Alaska, working for a man in his isolated mountain home. But her bright hopes for the future are shattered when Donald White disappears, leaving her to face charges of theft, embezzlement—and a brutal double murder. Her protestations of innocence count for nothing. Convicted, she faces life in prison…until fate sends her on the run.

WRONG NAME
Evie’s escape leaves her scarred and in hiding, isolated from her family, working under an alias at a wilderness camp. Bent on justice, intent on recovering her life, she searches for the killer who slaughters without remorse.

WRONG ALIBI
At last, the day comes. Donald White has returned. Evie emerges from hiding; the fugitive becomes the hunter. But in her mind, she hears the whisper of other forces at work. Now Evelyn must untangle the threads of evidence before she’s once again found with blood on her hands: the blood of her own family…

“This is Dodd at her brilliant best.”

—Booklist (starred review) on Strangers She Knows

Dodd’s twisty suspense will have readers turning the pages and keeping the lights on at night.

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Zoom for Dummies by Phil Simon

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

Zoom into the new world of remote collaboration

While a worldwide pandemic may have started the Zoom revolution, the convenience of remote meetings is here to stay. Zoom For Dummies takes you from creating meetings on the platform to running global webinars. Along the way you’ll learn how to expand your remote collaboration options, record meetings for future review, and even make scheduling a meeting through your other apps a one-click process. Take in all the advice or zoom to the info you need – it’s all there!

Discover how to set up meetings
Share screens and files
Keep your meetings secure
Add Zoom hardware to your office
Get tips for using Zoom as a social tool

Award-winning author Phil Simon takes you beyond setting up and sharing links for meetings to show how Zoom can transform your organization and the way you work.

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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 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.

The StarCat app is called Bookmyne and is available for Apple and Android devices.

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Also feel free to call the Southeast Steuben County Library and request titles via tel 607-936-3713.

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

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Have questions?

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

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Library Connections January 1, 2021

This program focuses on ten non-fiction selections from among the best non-fiction titles of 2020.

 

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And the December 24 edition of Library Connections highlights ten selections from among the best fiction titles of 2020.

 

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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

Our Suggested Listening postings focus on the music of the past, with a few new songs mixed in for good measure.

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Suggested Listening postings come out weekly, on Fridays, and the next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, January 8, 2020.

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Bringing in a Brand New Year by Charles Brown (Genre: R&B, Vocal, Blues)

From The Album: Charles Brown Sings Christmas Songs (1961)

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Celtic New Year by Van Morrison (Genre: Singer-Songwriter, R&B, Folk)

From The Album: Magic Time (2005)

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Feeling Good by Nina Simone (Genre: Jazz, R&B, Vocal)

From The Album: I Put A Spell On You (1965)

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It’s Just Another New Years Eve by Barry Manilow (Genre: Easy Listening, Vocal)

From The Album: Live (1977) & as part of the medley We Wish You a Merry Christmas/It’s Just Another New Year’s Eve from the album Because It’s Christmas (1990).

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Let’s Start the New Year Right by Bing Crosby (Genre: Vocal, Jazz)

From The Single: the B side of the single White Christmas. Also found on the soundtrack to the film Holiday Inn (1942).

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My Dear Acquaintance (Happy New Year) by Regina Spektor (Genre: Vocal, Pop)

From The Album: My Dear Acquaintance (Happy New Year) (iTunes Live Session Performance) (2010) by Regina Spektor

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New Year’s Day by U2 (Genre: Rock)

From The Album: War (1983).

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New Year’s Resolution by Otis Redding & Carla Thomas (Genre: R&B)

From The Album: King & Queen (1967)

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Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg (Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Pop-Rock)

 

From The Album: The Innocent Age (1981)

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Starting Over by John Lennon (Genre: Rock)

From The Album: Double Fantasy (1980).

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This Will Be Our Year by the Zombies (Genre: Rock, Classic Rock)

From The Album: Odessey and Oracle (1968).

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What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve by Ella Fitzgerald (Genre: Jazz, Vocal)

From The Album: Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (1960).

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Hoopla Pick of the Week

The Voice of the Turtle (1968) by John Fahey (Genre: Folk, Instrumental, Guitar)

 

A classic instrumental album by the great modern folk player John Fahey!

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References

Clara, O., 2020. 25 Songs To Ring In New Year’s Eve 2021. [online] Men’s Health. Available at: <https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/g34977332/new-years-songs-playlist/&gt; [Accessed 28 December 2020].

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DeAnna, J. and Grant, R., 2020. 35 Songs To Add To Your New Year’s Eve Playlist. [online] Oprah Magazine. Available at: <https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/g29741592/best-new-years-eve-songs&gt; [Accessed 28 December 2020].

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Happy New Year!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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REFERENCES:

Print References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn

Online References

AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/

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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 (OverDrive & Libby Apps)

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

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Hoopla

A catalog of instant check out items, including eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, TV shows and movies for 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.

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 (OverDrive & Libby apps) and Hoopla eBooks & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla App).

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

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are published on Tuesdays. This special end of the year list of ten recommendation fiction and non-fiction titles is compiled from a longer list found on the New York Public Library site; the link to the complete list is found in the references section at the end of this posting.

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The next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Tuesday, January 5, 2021.

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Ten of the Best Fiction Titles of 2020:

Apeirogon: A Novel by Colum McCann

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

Two fathers, a Palestinian and an Israeli, navigate the physical and emotional checkpoints of their conflicted world before devastating losses compel them to work together to use their grief as a weapon for peace.

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The Glass Hotel: A Novel by Emily St. John Mandel

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

A novel of money, beauty, white-collar crime, ghosts, and moral compromise in which a woman disappears from a container ship off the coast of Mauritania and a massive Ponzi scheme implodes in New York, dragging countless fortunes with it.

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The Great Offshore Ground by Vanessa Veselka

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

On the day of their estranged father’s wedding, half sisters Cheyenne and Livy set off to claim their inheritance. But instead of money, what their father gives them is information—a name—which reveals a stunning family secret.

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Interior Chinatown: A Novel By Charles Yu

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

A stereotyped character actor stumbles into the spotlight before uncovering surprising links between his family and the secret history of Chinatown.

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Jack by Marilynne Robinson

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)

A new Gilead novel that tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the beloved, erratic, and grieved-over prodigal son of a Presbyterian minister from Gilead, Iowa.

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Missionaries by Phil Klay

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Klay examines the globalization of violence through the interconnected stories of a U.S. Army Special Forces medic, a foreign correspondent, a Colombian officer, and a militia lieutenant who are all trying to navigate the realities of modern warfare.

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The Secret Lives of Church Ladies By Deesha Philyaw

(Available Formats: Print Book)

With their secret longings, new love, and forbidden affairs, these church ladies are as seductive as they want to be, as vulnerable as they need to be, as unfaithful and unrepentant as they care to be, and as free as they deserve to be.

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Temporary: A Novel by Hilary Leichter

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla eBook)

Eighteen boyfriends, twenty-three jobs, and one ghost who occasionally pops in to give advice: Temporary casts a hilarious and tender eye on the struggle for happiness in late capitalism.

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These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card

(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)

A man on his deathbed reveals that he stole another man’s identity decades earlier, traces the family’s history from colonial Jamaica to present-day Harlem, and reconnects with the firstborn daughter he never knew.

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Weather: A Novel by Jenny Offill

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

Hired by her famous podcaster mentor to answer letters from increasingly polarized fans, a librarian who has acquired her education from a lifetime spent reading struggles with the limits of her knowledge and growing crises in the outside world.

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Ten of the Best Non-Fiction Titles of 2020:

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

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

Wilkerson examines the nature of historical caste systems to reveal how a rigid hierarchy of human rankings, enforced by religious views, heritage and stigma, affect everyday American lives.

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Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time by Ben Ehrenreich

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

Ehrenreich weaves together climate science, mythologies, nature writing, and personal experiences to examine how the unprecedented pace of destruction to our environment has led us to the brink of calamity.

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Eat a Peach: A Memoir by David Chang

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The star of Ugly Delicious traces his upbringing as a youngest son in a deeply religious Korean American family, his search for identity, his struggles with manic depression, and his unlikely rise as one of his generation’s most influential chefs.

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Homie: Poems by Danez Smith

(Available Formats: Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobook)

An intimate tribute to friendship weaves stories of community building and breaking with brilliant wit.

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Intimations: Six Essays by Zadie Smith

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Written during the early months of lockdown, Smith’s essays explore ideas and questions prompted by an unprecedented situation.

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The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Tomine illustrates the amusing absurdities of how we choose to spend our time, all the while mining his conflicted relationship with comics and comics culture.

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Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir by Natasha Trethewey

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

The former U.S. poet laureate remembers the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather, and how this profound experience of loss shaped her as an adult and an artist.

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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Hong’s book blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths about racialized consciousness in America.

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The Splendid And The Vile by Erik Larson

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

Full Title: The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz | Drawing on personal diaries, archival documents, and declassified intelligence, Larson examines Winston Churchill’s life during the Blitz and his role in uniting England.

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Vesper Flights: New and Collected Essays by Helen Macdonald

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

A collection of essays about humanity’s relationship with nature, exploring subjects ranging from captivity and immigration to ostrich farming and the migrations of songbirds from the Empire State Building.

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All book synopsis are from the New York Public Library year end list, accessed via the following link:
https://www.nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/best-books/adults

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References

The New York Public Library. 2020. Best Books For Adults 2020. [online] Available at: <https://www.nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/best-books/adults&gt; [Accessed 15 December 2020].

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Happy holidays & happy reading!

Linda Reimer

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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.

The StarCat app is called Bookmyne and is available for Apple and Android devices.

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Also feel free to call the Southeast Steuben County Library and request titles via tel 607-936-3713.

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Have a great week!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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

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Have questions?

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

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

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

Our Suggested Listening postings focus on the music of the past, with a few new songs mixed in for good measure.

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Suggested Listening postings come out weekly, on Fridays, and the next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, January 1, 2020.

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Alicia Keys: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2020)

A mini concert by the great singer; recorded live at the NPR Tiny Desk studio(!) in February 2020.

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Aretha Franklin Live In Montreaux (full concert)

The great Aretha recorded live in Montreux, Switzerland on June 12th, 1971.

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A.R.M.S. Concert (1983) (Genre: Classic Rock)

The original A.R.M.S. (Action Research Into Multiple Sclerosis) concert was held at the Royal Albert Hall on September 20, 1983 and organized by former Small Faces/Faces singer & guitarist Ronnie Lane & his friends to raise funds to research treatment for Multiple Sclerosis, which Lane suffered from.

Lane had some terrific friends agree to play the at this charity concert! The friends included Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Chris Stainton, Steve Winwood, Kenny Jones, Ray Cooper, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Anthony Fairweather-Jones.

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Bonnie Raitt in Concert at the Oakland Coliseum Arena (12/31/1989)

The great blues & rock guitarist and singer was in top form for this concert, recorded live on New Years’ Eve 1989!

Songs include: About To Make Me Leave Home, Talk To Me, Green Lights, Love Me Like A Man, Give It Up Or Let Me Go, Thing Called Love, Love Letter and more!

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Chuck Berry’s 1965 Belgium TV Appearance (Complete)

Chuck Berry recorded live Recorded on February 6, 1965!

Chuck sings Maybelline, The Things That I Used To Do, Roll Over Beethoven, Memphis Tennessee, No Particular Place To Go, Johnny B. Goode and more!

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Herb Alpert Live at Montreux (1996) (Genre: Pop, Jazz, Easy Listening)

The great trumpet player, Herb Alpert, and his band perform some of his classic songs including Rise, Drivin’ Home, Sneakin’ In, Rendezvous, The Lonely Bull, Spanish Flea, My Funny Valentine, Side Steppin’, Across The Bridge, A Taste Of Honey, Sugar Cane & This Guy’s In Love.

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Live at Montreux 1969 by Ella Fitzgerald (Genre: Jazz)

The great jazz singer performs fourteen songs Give Me The Simple Life, This Girl’s In Love With You, I Won’t Dance, A Place For Lovers, That Old Black Magic, Useless Landscape, I Love You Madly, Trouble Is A Man, A Man And A Woman, Sunshine Of Your Love, Well Alright Okay You Win, Hey Jude, Scat Medley & A House Is Not A Home.

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The Lost Concert (1964) by The Beach Boys

An early Beach Boys concert: songs include Fun Fun Fun, Long Tall Texan, Little Duece Coop, Surfer Girl, Surfin’ U.S.A., Shut Down, In My Room & Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow.

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South Side Soul by John Wright

Jazz pianist John Wright accompanied by Wendell Roberts on bass and Walter McCants on drums with an aptly titled soulful album from 1960; songs include South Side Soul, 47th & Calument, La Salle St. Afater Hours, 63rd And Cotage Groove, 35th Street Blues, Sin Corner & Amen Corner.

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Tracy Chapman at Austin City Limits (2003) (Genre: Folk, Pop-Rock)

Tracy performs live on stage for the PBS Austin City Limits Show. Songs include Say Hallelujah, For My Lover, Smoke And Ashes, Fast Car, Telling Stories, You’re The One and more.

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Hoopla Pick of the Week

Brothers In Arms (1985) by Dire Straits

Arguable the best Dire Straits album of all!  Songs on the album include So Far Away, Money For Nothing, Walk Of Life, One World, Ride Across The River & Why Worry.

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Have a great weekend!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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REFERENCES:

Print References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn

Online References

AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/

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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 (OverDrive & Libby Apps)

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

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Hoopla

A catalog of instant check out items, including eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, TV shows and movies for 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.

After each title is a list of all the different formats that title available in; including: Print Books, Large Print Books, Audiobooks on CD, eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks from the Digital Catalog (OverDrive & Libby apps) and Hoopla eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla App).

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

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are published on Tuesdays.

The next Suggested Reading posting will be published on December 29, 2020.

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Big Girl, Small Town: A Novel by Michelle Gallen

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

Majella is happiest out of the spotlight, away from her neighbors’ stares and the gossips of the small town in Northern Ireland where she grew up just after the Troubles. She lives a quiet life caring for her alcoholic mother, working in the local chip shop, watching the regular customers come and go. She wears the same clothes each day (overalls, too small), has the same dinner each night (fish and chips, microwaved at home after her shift ends), and binge-watches old DVDs of the same show (Dallas, best show on TV) from the comfort of her bed.

But underneath Majella’s seemingly ordinary life are the facts that she doesn’t know where her father is and that every person in her town has been changed by the lingering divide between Protestants and Catholics. When Majella’s predictable existence is upended by the death of her granny, she comes to realize there may be more to life than the gossips of Aghybogey, the pub, and the chip shop. In fact, there just may be a whole big world outside her small town.

Told in a highly original voice, with a captivating heroine readers will love and root for, Big Girl, Small Town will appeal to fans of Sally Rooney, Ottessa Moshfegh, and accessible literary fiction with an edge.

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Bright And Breaking Sea: A Captain Kit Brightling Novel by Chloe Neill

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Audiobook)

Taking a break from her Heirs of Chicagoland series (which began with Wild Hunger, 2018), Neill launches a new, magical reimagining of the Napoleonic Wars. Some believe twenty-four year-old Captain Kit Brightling is too young and too female for naval command, but the Queen has faith in her abilities and has assigned Kit and her crew a dangerous covert mission. They are to rescue an agent with intelligence regarding the identity of a traitor working with the exiled Gallic Emperor. Kit can sense the ocean’s currents and, by gently tapping into that power, speed her ship to any destination. She has been ordered to share authority with Rian Grant, Viscount Queenscliff, a former soldier who served with the operative but feels he may be more hindrance than help. Kit soon discovers that Grant is much more than a privileged Aristocratic fop. The diverse crew, sea battles, intrigue, treason, class and gender infighting, and the attraction between Kit and Grant will appeal to fans of historical military fantasies like Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series. Readers will eagerly anticipate the next exciting adventure. Booklist Review

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Darling Dahlias And The Voodoo Lily by Susan Wittig Albert

(Available Format: Print Book)

Spring, 1935 finds the little Alabama town of Darling excited about their new local radio station, WDAR. But there are problems brewing at the newspaper, where a trio of new hires causes headaches for editor Charlie Dickens.

That’s not the worst of it, though, as the Dahlias discover when the newest resident at Bessie Bloodworth’s Magnolia Manor is found dead. She had overindulged in a large and very rich chocolate cake—but was something else baked into that cake? If so, one of the Dahlias is likely to find herself at the top of Sheriff Buddy Norris’ suspect list. That would give Darling something to gossip about!

And there’s plenty more to keep the tongues wagging. Will the ladies at the new bakery ever learn to bake bread? What’s happening in Liz Lacy’s love life? Will her new book be a success? And can Voodoo Lil’s special brand of magic keep Violet Sims from taking Cupcake off to Hollywood to become a Shirley
Temple look-alike?

But amid all these mysteries, one thing’s for certain: The Darling Dahlias just keep growing.

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The Orchard: A Novel by David Hopen

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A Recommended Book From:

The New York Times * Good Morning America * Entertainment Weekly * Electric Literature * The New York Post * Alma * The Millions * Book Riot

A commanding debut and a poignant coming-of-age story about a devout Jewish high school student whose plunge into the secularized world threatens everything he knows of himself

Ari Eden’s life has always been governed by strict rules. In ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn, his days are dedicated to intense study and religious rituals, and adolescence feels profoundly lonely. So when his family announces that they are moving to a glitzy Miami suburb, Ari seizes his unexpected chance for reinvention.

Enrolling in an opulent Jewish academy, Ari is stunned by his peers’ dizzying wealth, ambition, and shameless pursuit of life’s pleasures. When the academy’s golden boy, Noah, takes Ari under his wing, Ari finds himself entangled in the school’s most exclusive and wayward group. These friends are magnetic and defiant—especially Evan, the brooding genius of the bunch, still living in the shadow of his mother’s death.

Influenced by their charismatic rabbi, the group begins testing their religion in unconventional ways. Soon Ari and his friends are pushing moral boundaries and careening toward a perilous future—one in which the traditions of their faith are repurposed to mysterious, tragic ends.

Mesmerizing and playful, heartrending and darkly romantic, The Orchard probes the conflicting forces that determine who we become: the heady relationships of youth, the allure of greatness, the doctrines we inherit, and our concealed desires.

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Persuasion by Iris Johansen

(Available Formats: eBook)

When Eve Duncan’s daughter, Jane MacGuire, becomes a madman’s target, Jane must team up with longtime love interest Seth Caleb in this suspense novel from the #1 bestselling author of Smokescreen.

Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and ex-Navy Seal Joe Quinn are about to give Seth Caleb their trust for the most important duty of his life: keeping their daughter, Jane MacGuire, safe at any cost. Because Jane’s talent as an artist has brought her to the attention of a madman.

Seth, Jane’s longtime ally and fierce protector, is determined to keep her out of danger, but that becomes nearly impossible when Jane is forced to take matters into her own hands and confronts the man who wants her for himself…and wants Seth Caleb dead.

As Jane and Seth chase down their blood-thirsty adversary, they finally commit to one another — in the culmination of the love story that fans have been waiting for. As the two come face-to-face with danger, one thing is made clear: it will take both of them working together to confront and defeat this evil.

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The Relic by Douglas Preston

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

A monster on the loose in New York City’s American Museum of Natural History provides the hook for this high-concept, high-energy thriller. A statue of the mad god Mbwun, a monstrous mix of man and reptile, was discovered by a Museum expedition to South America in 1987. Now, it is about to become part of the new Superstition Exhibition at the museum (here renamed the “New York Museum of Natural History”). But as the exhibition’s opening night approaches, the museum may have to be shut down due to a series of savage murders that seem to be the work of a maniac-or a living version of Mbwun. When the museum’s director pulls strings to ensure that the gala affair takes place, it’s up to a small band of believers, led by graduate student Margo Green, her controversial adviser and an FBI agent who investigated similar killings in New Orleans, to stop the monster-if the culprit is indeed a monster-from going on a rampage. Less horror then action-adventure, the narrative builds to a superbly exciting climax, and then offers a final twist to boot. With its close-up view of museum life and politics, plausible scientific background, sharply drawn characters and a plot line that’s blissfully free of gratuitous romance, this well-crafted novel offers first-rate thrills and chills.

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The Silver Shooter by Erin Lindsey

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Erin Lindsey’s third historical mystery The Silver Shooter follows Rose Gallagher as she tracks a monster and searches for treasure in the wilds of the Dakota Territory.

It’s the spring of 1887, and Rose Gallagher is finally coming into her own. She’s the proud owner of a lovely little home near Washington Square, where she lives with her mother and friend Pietro, and she’s making a name for herself as a Pinkerton agent with a specialty in things . . . otherworldly. She and her partner Thomas are working together better than ever, and mostly managing to push aside romantic feelings for one another. Mostly.

Things are almost too good to be true—so Rose is hardly surprised when Theodore Roosevelt descends on them like a storm cloud, hiring them for a mysterious job out west. A series of strange occurrences in the Badlands surrounding his ranch has Roosevelt convinced something supernatural is afoot.

It began with livestock disappearing from the range, their bodies later discovered torn apart by something monstrously powerful. Now people are dying, too. Meanwhile, a successful prospector has gone missing, and rumors about his lost stash of gold have attracted treasure hunters from far and wide – but they keep disappearing, too. To top it all off, this past winter, a mysterious weather phenomenon devastated the land, leaving the locals hungry, broke, and looking for someone to blame.

With tensions mounting and the body count rising, Roosevelt fears a single spark will be all it takes to set the Badlands aflame. It’s up to Rose and Thomas to get to the bottom of it, but they’re against the clock and an unknown enemy, and the west will prove wilder than they could possibly imagine…

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That Time Of Year: A Minnesota Life by Garrison Keillor

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Audiobook)

With the warmth and humor we’ve come to know, the creator and host of A Prairie Home Companion shares his own remarkable story.

In That Time of Year, Garrison Keillor looks back on his life and recounts how a Brethren boy with writerly ambitions grew up in a small town on the Mississippi in the 1950s and, seeing three good friends die young, turned to comedy and radio. Through a series of unreasonable lucky breaks, he founded A Prairie Home Companion and put himself in line for a good life, including mistakes, regrets, and a few medical adventures. PHC lasted forty years, 750 shows, and enjoyed the freedom to do as it pleased for three or four million listeners every Saturday at 5 p.m. Central. He got to sing with Emmylou Harris and Renee Fleming and once sang two songs to the U.S. Supreme Court. He played a private eye and a cowboy, gave the news from his hometown, Lake Wobegon, and met Somali cabdrivers who’d learned English from listening to the show. He wrote bestselling novels, won a Grammy and a National Humanities Medal, and made a movie with Robert Altman with an alarming amount of improvisation.

He says, “I was unemployable and managed to invent work for myself that I loved all my life, and on top of that I married well. That’s the secret, work and love. And I chose the right ancestors, impoverished Scots and Yorkshire farmers, good workers. I’m heading for eighty, and I still get up to write before dawn every day.”

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Written In The Stars: A Novel by Alexandria Bellefleur

(Available Formats: Print Book)

“I was hooked from the very first page!” – Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of In a Holidaze
Featured on Shondaland, Oprah Mag, Bustle, Buzzfeed, POPSUGAR, Washington Post, NPR, Culturess, and more. One of Washington Post’s Best Romances of 2020!

With nods to Bridget Jones and Pride & Prejudice, this debut is a delightful #ownvoices queer rom-com about a free-spirited social media astrologer who agrees to fake a relationship with an uptight actuary until New Year’s Eve—with results not even the stars could predict!

After a disastrous blind date, Darcy Lowell is desperate to stop her well-meaning brother from playing matchmaker ever again. Love—and the inevitable heartbreak—is the last thing she wants. So she fibs and says her latest set up was a success. Darcy doesn’t expect her lie to bite her in the ass.

Elle Jones, one of the astrologers behind the popular Twitter account Oh My Stars, dreams of finding her soul mate. But she knows it is most assuredly not Darcy… a no-nonsense stick-in-the-mud, who is way too analytical, punctual, and skeptical for someone as free-spirited as Elle. When Darcy’s brother—and Elle’s new business partner—expresses how happy he is that they hit it off, Elle is baffled. Was Darcy on the same date? Because… awkward.

Darcy begs Elle to play along and she agrees to pretend they’re dating. But with a few conditions: Darcy must help Elle navigate her own overbearing family during the holidays and their arrangement expires on New Year’s Eve. The last thing they expect is to develop real feelings during a faux relationship. But maybe opposites can attract when true love is written in the stars?

“Everything I want from a rom-com: fun, whimsical, sexy.” – Talia Hibbert, USA Today bestselling author of Get a Life, Chloe Brown

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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 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.

The StarCat app is called Bookmyne and is available for Apple and Android devices.

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Also feel free to call the Southeast Steuben County Library and request titles via tel 607-936-3713.

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Have a great week!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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

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Have questions?

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

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

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

Our Suggested Listening postings focus on the music of the past, with a few new songs mixed in for good measure.

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Suggested Listening postings come out weekly, on Fridays, and the next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, December 25, 2020.

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Special Live Concert for Free (online) Alert!

Paul Winter will be playing his 41 Wintsr Solscice Concert today!

Friday, December 18, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. EST –

Just click the following link to see the concert:
https://solsticeconcert.com.

And here is a little info on the concert from Paul Winter’s Youtube page:

Every December since 1980, seven-time Grammy® winner Paul Winter and his colleagues have celebrated the Winter Solstice at New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine with a feast of music and dancing from the diversity of cultures and creatures of the world. This December, with their beloved cathedral forum closed for events, their 41st Annual Winter Solstice Celebration will be a unique video presentation that will be available to a worldwide audience.

With a theme of “Everybody Under the Sun,” Paul Winter’s 41st Annual Winter Solstice Celebration will be a retrospective tapestry highlighting iconic performances from the first four decades of the event. This one-of-a-kind video, featuring many pieces that have never before been seen outside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, will become available on demand at 7:00 p.m. EST, on Friday, December 18 on https://solsticeconcert.com.

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And onto our regular music recommendations for the week!

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Compared To What by Les McCann & Eddie Harris (Genre: Jazz)

A mellow mid-sixties recording by jazz pianist and vocalist Les McCann & saxophonist Eddie Harris.

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A Hard Days’ Night by the Beatles (Genre: Rock, Classic Rock)

The title songs from the 1964 soundtrack; recorded live!

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The Long Game by Della Mae (Genre: Americana, Country)

The country/Americana group, now a trio consisting of Celia Woodsmith, Kimber Ludiker and Jenni Lyn with a song from one of the best Americana albums of the year – Headlight.

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The Low Sparks of High Heeled Boys by Traffic (Genre: Rock, Classic Rock)

Traffic had an ever changing line-up during its sixties and seventies hey-day; however, the band was always led by super-talented Stevie Winwood, and the group had a flair for long playing rock-jazz songs like this one!

This is the title track from the band’s 1971 album – The Low Sparks of High Heeled Boys.

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Midnight At Minton’s by Eddie Lockjaw Davis & Johnny Griffin (Genre: Jazz)

Saxophonists Davis & Griffin join forces to play on this great tune, and the related album Griff & Lock (1960).

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Memphis, Tennessee & Johnny B. Goode by John Lennon & Chuck Berry (Genre: Rock, Classic Rock)

A terrific concert clip recorded on the Mike Douglas Show in 1972!

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Old Men by Corb Lund (Genre: Americana, Country)

Corb Lund is an Alberta based singer-songwriter and guitarist with a flair for playing Americana music; Old Men is an empowering song from his 2020 release Agricultural Tragic.

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Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt (Genre: Vocal, Holiday)

Actress and singer Eartha Kitt with a perennial favorite and a slightly risqué video!

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Time To Change by the Brady Bunch (Genre: Pop, Seventies Nostalgia)

A cheerful blast from the past; a clip of the groovy kids singing; from the classic TV show.

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Yulesville by Edd “Kookie Byrnes” (Genre: Novelty, Pop)

Edd “Kookie” Byrnes was a popular actor in the fifties and sixties, known for playing the hip character “Kookie”— on the TV series 77 Sunset Strip. Byrnes also appeared in the classic film Grease (1978) as the character Vince Fontaine.

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Hoopla Pick of the Week

A collection of songs that hit number 1 on the Billboard pop chart in the 1970s; including What A Fool Believes by the Doobie Brothers, Crocodile Rock by Elton John, Lean On Me by Bill Withers, Let’s Get It On by Marvin Gaye, I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash, Welcome Back by John Sebastian and more!

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Have a great weekend!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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REFERENCES:

Print References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn

Online References

AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/

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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 (OverDrive)

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

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Hoopla

A catalog of instant check out items, including eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, TV shows and movies for 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.

After each title is a list of all the different formats that title available in; including: Print Books, Large Print Books, Audiobooks on CD, eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks from the Digital Catalog (OverDrive & Libby apps) and Hoopla eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla App).

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

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are published on Tuesdays.

The next Suggested Reading posting will be published on December 22, 2020.

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If you’d like to browse digital collections of holiday eBooks, audiobooks, streaming videos and more visit:

The Digital Catalog (or the OverDrive or Libby app) and you’ll find a collection of holiday romances and general fiction on the homepage found at:

https://stls.overdrive.com/

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The Hoopla Catalog (Hoopla app) which features great holiday collections of eBooks, Audiobooks, TV Shows & Movies and can be found at:

https://www.hoopladigital.com

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And onto the reading recommendations of the week!

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Dark Tides: A Novel by Philippa Gregory

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)

Named a Best Book of the Month by CNN and MSNBC

Named a Most Exciting New Book of Fall by PopSugar

#1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory’s new historical novel tracks the rise of the Tidelands family in London, Venice, and New England.

Midsummer Eve 1670. Two unexpected visitors arrive at a shabby warehouse on the south side of the River Thames. The first is a wealthy man hoping to find the lover he deserted twenty-one years before. James Avery has everything to offer, including the favour of the newly restored King Charles II, and he believes that the warehouse’s poor owner Alinor has the one thing his money cannot buy—his son and heir.

The second visitor is a beautiful widow from Venice in deepest mourning. She claims Alinor as her mother-in-law and has come to tell Alinor that her son Rob has drowned in the dark tides of the Venice lagoon.

Alinor writes to her brother Ned, newly arrived in faraway New England and trying to make a life between the worlds of the English newcomers and the American Indians as they move toward inevitable war. Alinor tells him that she knows—without doubt—that her son is alive and the widow is an imposter.

Set in the poverty and glamour of Restoration London, in the golden streets of Venice, and on the tensely contested frontier of early America, this is a novel of greed and desire: for love, for wealth, for a child, and for home

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Eddie’s Boy: A Novel by Thomas Perry

(Available Format: Print Book, Hoopla eBook & Hoopla Audiobook)

Michael Shaeffer is a retired American businessman, living peacefully in England with his aristocratic wife. But her annual summer party brings strangers to their house, and with them, an attempt on Michael’s life. He is immediately thrust into action, luring his lethal pursuers to Australia before venturing into the lion’s den—the States—to figure out why the mafia is after him again, and how to stop them.

Eddie’s Boy jumps between Michael’s current predicament and the past, between the skillset he now ruthlessly and successfully employs and the training that made him what he is. We glimpse the days before he became the Butcher’s Boy, the highly skilled mob hit man who pulled a slaughter job on some double-crossing clients and started a mob war, to his childhood spent apprenticed to Eddie, a seasoned hired assassin. And we watch him pit two prominent mafia families against each other to eliminate his enemies one by one.

He’s meticulous in his approach, using his senior contact in the Organized Crime Division of the Justice Department for information, without ever allowing her to get too close to his trail. But will he be able to escape this new wave of young contract killers, or will the years finally catch up to him

As the San Francisco Chronicle said about this Edgar Award-winning series, “The best thing about Thomas Perry’s thrillers are the devilishly ingenious schemes his protagonists devise to outwit their pursuers . . . Perry can really write.”

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Jolene by Mercedes Lackey

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The beloved Elemental Masters series moves to America for the first time in a rich retelling of The Queen of the Copper Mountain, set against the backdrop of Tennessee coal country.

Anna May Jones is the daughter of a coal miner, but a sickly constitution has kept her confined to the house for most of her life. Hoping to improve her daughter’s health—and lessen the burden on their family—Anna’s mother sends her to live with her Aunt Jinny, a witchy-woman and an Elemental Master, in a holler outside of Ducktown.

As she settles into her new life, Anna learns new skills at Aunt Jinny’s side and discovers that she, too, has a gift for Elemental magic that Jinny calls “the Glory”. She also receives lessons from a mysterious and bewitching woman named Jolene, who assures her that, with time, Anna could become even more powerful than her aunt.

But with Anna’s increasing power comes increasing notice. Billie McDaran, the foreman of the Ducktown mine, begins to take an interest in Anna and her abilities—even though Anna has already fallen in love with a young man with a talent for stonecarving.

If she wants to preserve the life she has come to love, Anna must use her newfound powers to oppose the foreman and protect those around her.

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Lazarus: A Killer Instinct Novel by Lars Kepler

(Available Formats: Print Book)

One of the best thrillers of the year! Kepler treats us readers to a nonstop roller coaster of suspense, taking us deep into the hearts and minds of perfectly realized characters. And, oh, what a villain! Lazarus is the definition of a one-sitting read!” —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times best-selling author of The Goodbye Man

Sometimes the past won’t stay buried.

All across Europe, the most ruthless criminals are suffering gruesome deaths. At first, it seems coincidental that their underworld affiliations are finally catching up to them. But when two of the victims are found to have disturbing connections to Detective Joona Linna, it becomes clear that there’s a single killer at work. Still, police are reluctant to launch an investigation. If a mysterious vigilante is making their jobs easier, why stand in his way? Joona, however, is convinced this is no would-be hero. These deaths serve a much darker purpose.

Desperate for help, Joona turns to Saga Bauer. If his hunch is correct, she’s one of the few people who stands a chance at bringing this criminal mastermind down. But Saga is fighting her own demons—and the killer knows just how to use them to his advantage. He continues to strike with impunity, and no one, it seems, is safe. When the killer begins targeting those closest to Saga and Joona, it appears more and more likely that Joona has been right all along, and that tracking down the person responsible will force him to confront a ghost from his past . . . the most terrifying villain he’s ever had to face.

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Light Ages: The Surprising Story Of Medieval Science by Seb Falk

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla eBook)

Falk, historian at Cambridge University, makes an auspicious if occasionally hard-going debut with this look at the “scientific life of an unknown monk” in 14th-century England. The cleric, John Westwyk, is known only through a handful of obscure manuscripts dealing with the creation of astronomical tables and instruments. Nonetheless, Falk skillfully uses Westwyk as a vehicle to explore the nature of medieval science, arriving at a number of somewhat surprising conclusions. He argues that medieval Christianity, rather than blocking intellectual progress, “took support from science–and, in turn, spurred its progress”; that the denizens of English monasteries, far from being isolated, were “profoundly influenced” by an “international scientific fraternity of Jews and Muslims, Italians and Germans”; and that the period’s healthy scientific debates contradict the “stereotype of the Middle Ages as an era of scholastic conformity.” He also explains that the “study of the natural world was a fundamental part of medieval life,” and that despite settling on many incorrect answers, medieval scholars made significant advances. Falk spends a great deal of time demonstrating the complex mathematics used to understand astronomical patterns and may lose some of his audience in the process. Nonetheless, his enthusiastically delivered study will entrance those fascinated by the history of science or the Middle Ages. Publishers Weekly Review

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The Opium Prince by Jasmine Aimaq

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Is the opium prince Daniel Sajadi, the weary protagonist of this searing debut, who tries to fill his father’s very big shoes by helping eradicate Afghanistan’s poppy fields? Or is he the ambitiously named Taj Maleki (crown king), who works his way up from starving orphan to a poppy-field khan? Or is opium itself the prince, controlling as it does the lives of destitute Afghans and the rich foreigners who imbibe the deadly crop? These and many more questions will remain with readers who follow Daniel and Taj through the lead-up to the 1978 communist takeover of Afghanistan, when Daniel kills a little girl, Telaya, with his car, and Taj is involved in getting restitution for her family of Kochi nomads. Offering a piercing look at the Afghan view of foreign aid and patriarchal foreigners, Aimaq, who is half-Afghan and spent part of her life in the country, is a writer to watch. Every carefully described detail here will stay with readers as they examine what they thought they knew about America’s exporting of democracy and its war on drugs. For its worlds-within-worlds quality, give this to David Mitchell fans; it’s also a great choice for book clubs. Starred Booklist Review.

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Perestroika In Paris by Jane Smiley

(Available Formats: Print Book)

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres and the New York Times best-selling Last Hundred Years Trilogy, a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals—and a young boy—whose lives intersect in Paris

Paras, short for “Perestroika,” is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. One afternoon at dusk, she finds the door of her stall open and—she’s a curious filly—wanders all the way to the City of Light. She’s dazzled and often mystified by the sights, sounds, and smells around her, but she isn’t afraid. Soon she meets an elegant dog, a German shorthair pointer named Frida, who knows how to get by without attracting the attention of suspicious Parisians. Paras and Frida coexist for a time in the city’s lush green spaces, nourished by Frida’s strategic trips to the vegetable market. They keep company with two irrepressible ducks and an opinionated raven. But then Paras meets a human boy, Etienne, and discovers a new, otherworldly part of Paris: the ivy-walled house where the boy and his nearly-one-hundred-year-old great-grandmother live in seclusion. As the cold weather and Christmas near, the unlikeliest of friendships bloom. But how long can a runaway horse stay undiscovered in Paris? How long can a boy keep her hidden and all to himself? Jane Smiley’s beguiling new novel is itself an adventure that celebrates curiosity, ingenuity, and the desire of all creatures for true love and freedom.

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The Rhythm Of War by Brandon Sanderson

(Available Formats: Print Book)

While Dalinar manages the coalition and the battlefront, Shallan and Adolin seek allies among the honorspren. Kaladin, finally forced to acknowledge the consequences of unbroken fighting, seeks new purpose away from the frontlines. Navani continues her work with new fabrial technology. The cost to both sides in a war everyone perceives as determining their very survival is tremendous. While there is plenty of strategy and politics, leading to suitably epic battles, Sanderson plays to his strengths, and the meat of the book is in the discovery of new information, both in history and in the magic system–or natural sciences, depending on how you look at it. There’s also plenty of subterfuge, from a traitorous king to a desperate bid to escape subjugation. The buildup is long and complex, with plenty of digging into how things work and the consequences of war (including the toll on mental health), culminating in an action-packed, falling-dominoes denouement. This may not be the best place to start with Sanderson’s work, but it certainly delivers the dense fantasy epic long-time readers will expect. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Fans have been waiting for the next Stormlight Archive novel since 2017 (after Oathbringer), so get ready. Booklist Review.

Reader’s Note: If you’d to start the series from the beginning, the first book is The Way of Kings.

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Without A Brew by Ellie Alexander

(Available Format: Print Book)

Amateur sleuth Sloan Krause delves into a murderous winter wonderland in another delightful mystery from cozy writer Ellie Alexander, Without a Brew.

It’s winter in the Bavarian village of Leavenworth, Washington, which for local brewmaster Sloan Krause means lots of layers, pine and citrus-flavored craft beers, and getting the new guest rooms at Nitro into pristine condition before visitors flood in for IceFest—a local tradition filled with fireworks, ice carving, and winter games of all varieties. But Sloan and her boss Garrett quickly learn that being brewkeepers turned innkeepers may not be as idyllic as it sounded.

While one couple staying with them seems completely smitten, a flashy group arrives in the evening demanding rooms. Sloan and Garrett are less than impressed, but agree to rent to them anyway. The night takes a turn when brewery patron Liv Paxton finishes her frothy pint and, with no previous plan for an overnight stay in Leavenworth, eagerly takes Sloan up on the offer of sanctuary from the snow—until she has a strange run in with some locals and the other guests. Sloan could be imagining things, but when Liv’s room is found trashed the next morning, a hateful message painted on her car, and Liv herself is nowhere to be found, Sloan is convinced another mystery is brewing. With many of the potential suspects hunkering down under Nitro’s roof, she knows her co-workers and friends won’t be safe until she serves up the killer a hoppy pint of justice.

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Where The Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda

(Available Formats: Print Books & Hoopla eBook)

In this witty and exuberant collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, humans live side by side with spirits who provide a variety of useful services—from truth-telling to babysitting, from protecting castles to fighting crime.

A busybody aunt who disapproves of hair removal; a pair of door-to-door saleswomen hawking portable lanterns; a cheerful lover who visits every night to take a luxurious bath; a silent house-caller who babysits and cleans while a single mother is out working. Where the Wild Ladies Are is populated by these and many other spirited women—who also happen to be ghosts. This is a realm in which jealousy, stubbornness, and other excessive “feminine” passions are not to be feared or suppressed, but rather cultivated; and, chances are, a man named Mr. Tei will notice your talents and recruit you, dead or alive (preferably dead), to join his mysterious company.

In this witty and exuberant collection of linked stories, Aoko Matsuda takes the rich, millenia-old tradition of Japanese folktales—shapeshifting wives and foxes, magical trees and wells—and wholly reinvents them, presenting a world in which humans are consoled, guided, challenged, and transformed by the only sometimes visible forces that surround 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 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.

The StarCat app is called Bookmyne and is available for Apple and Android devices.

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Also feel free to call the Southeast Steuben County Library and request titles via tel 607-936-3713.

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Have a great week!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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

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Have questions?

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 & Audiobooks on CD), The Digital Catalog (eBook & Downloadable Audiobook) and the Hoopla Catalog (Hoopla eBook, Hoopla Audiobook etc).

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

 

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The next New York Times Bestselling blog posting will be published on Sunday, January 10, 2021 – Happy holidays!

 

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FICTION:

AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins

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

A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.

 

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ANXIOUS PEOPLE by Fredrik Backman

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

A failed bank robber holds a group of strangers hostage at an apartment open house.

 

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AWAKENING by Nora Roberts

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)

The first book in the Dragon Heart Legacy series. Breen Kelly travels through a portal in Ireland to a land of faeries and mermaids.

 

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DAYLIGHT by David Baldacci

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

The F.B.I. agent Atlee Pine’s search for her twin sister overlaps with a military investigator’s hunt for someone involved in a global conspiracy.

 

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DEADLY CROSS by James Patterson

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

The 28th book in the Alex Cross series. An investigation of a double homicide sends Alex Cross to Alabama.

 

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FORTUNE AND GLORY by Janet Evanovich

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

The 27th book in the Stephanie Plum series. Stephanie deals with a soldier of fortune from Little Havana.

 

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HOME BODY by Rupi Kaur 

(Available Formats: Hoopla eBook)

Poems and illustrations by the author of “Milk and Honey” and “The Sun and Her Flowers.”

 

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THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab

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

A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.

 

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THE LAW OF INNOCENCE by Michael Connelly

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

The sixth book in the Mickey Haller series. Haller defends himself when police find the body of a former client in his car’s trunk.

 

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READY PLAYER TWO by Ernest Cline

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

In a sequel to “Ready Player One,” Wade Watts discovers a technological advancement and goes on a new quest.

 

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THE RETURN by Nicholas Sparks

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

A doctor serving in the Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two women change his life.

 

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RHYTHM OF WAR by Brandon Sanderson

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The fourth book in the Stormlight Archive series. Technological discoveries and an ensuing arms race change how a war is fought.

 

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THE SENTINEL by Lee Child and Andrew Child

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

Jack Reacher intervenes on an ambush in Tennessee and uncovers a conspiracy.

 

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A TIME FOR MERCY by John Grisham

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

The third book in the Jake Brigance series. A 16-year-old is accused of killing a deputy in Clanton, Miss., in 1990.

 

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THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett

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

The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity.

 

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WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens:

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

 

In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

 

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NON-FICTION:

 

THE ANSWER IS …by Alex Trebek

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

A memoir by the host of the TV game show “Jeopardy!,” from 1984 to 2020.

 

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BECOMING by Michelle Obama

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

The former first lady describes how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.

 

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CASTE by Isabel Wilkerson

(Available Formats: Print Book, Audiobook on CD, 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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DOLLY PARTON, SONGTELLER by Dolly Parton with Robert K. Oermann

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

The country music icon offers insights on 175 of her songs

 

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GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey

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

The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.

 

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HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. Vance

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

A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood.

 

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HUMANS by Brandon Stanton:

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Photos and stories of people from over 40 countries collected by the creator of “Humans of New York.”

 

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IS THIS ANYTHING? by Jerry Seinfeld

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

The comedian shares material he collected in an accordion folder over the last 45 years.

 

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KILLING CRAZY HORSE by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard

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

The ninth book in the conservative commentator’s Killing series focuses on conflicts with Native Americans.

 

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LET US DREAM by Pope Francis and Austin Ivereigh:

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church shares difficult experiences and mines lessons from the pandemic.

 

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THE MAMBA MENTALITY by Kobe Bryant:

(Available Format: Print Book & eBook)

 

Various skills and techniques used on the court by the late Los Angeles Lakers player.

 

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MODERN WARRIORS by Pete Hegseth

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The Fox News host and former combat veteran interviews soldiers about the different kinds of battles they encountered. Not available in any catalog.

 

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NO TIME LIKE THE FUTURE by Michael J. Fox

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

The actor discusses the challenges he has faced with Parkinson’s disease and other setbacks that caused him to reassess his outlook.

 

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A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama

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

In the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama offers personal reflections on his formative years and pivotal moments through his first term.

 

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SAVING FREEDOM by Joe Scarborough

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

The MSNBC host and former congressman describes the struggles Harry Truman faced before and during his time as president.

 

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THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE by Erik Larson:

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

An examination of the leadership of the prime minister Winston Churchill.

 

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UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle

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

The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.

 

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Be well and read on!

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.

The StarCat app is called Bookmyne and is available for Apple and Android devices.

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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!

Our Suggested Listening postings focus on the music of the past, with a few new songs mixed in for good measure.

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Suggested Listening postings come out weekly, on Fridays, and the next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, December 18, 2020.

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Charade: Suite by Henry Mancini (Genre: Soundtrack, Score)

From the soundtrack to the 1963 film starring Cary Grant & Audrey Hepburn.

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Classical Music for Winter (Genre: Classical, Easy Listening)

This video features a relaxing winter scene with two hours of light classical music by Debussy, Mozart, Grieg, Saint-Saens, Schubert and more.

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Closer To Fine by The Indigo Girls (Genre: Folk, Pop)

From the duo’s second album The Indigo Girls (1989).

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The Gambler by Kenny Rogers (Genre: Country, Pop-Rock)

One of Kenny’s best! From his album of the same name – The Gambler (1978).

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Lester Left Town by Art Blakey (Genre: Jazz)

From the album the Big Beat (1960) by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers.

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Stairway to Heaven by Heart (Genre: Rock)

From the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors honors concert.

The original version is found on the Led Zeppelin album Led Zeppelin IV (1971). And the song was recorded by Heart for their album Little Queen (1977).

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That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll by Billie Joe Armstrong (Genre: Rock)

Billie Joe Armstrong, of Green Day, got bored during the long months of the pandemic and decided to record an album of covers, including this fun song that I first heard via Shaun Cassidy (and I’m showing my vintage!); but that was written and first recorded by Eric Carmen for his debut solo album – Eric Carmen (1975). This version of the song is from Armstrong’s new album No Fun Mondays (2020).

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Tulsa Time by Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill & Albert Lee

Recorded during the 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival; there is also a great version of this song on Clapton’s live double-album Just One Night (1980).

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Rhapsody In Blue by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic (1976)

The Gershwin classic performed by the New York Philharmonic with the great conductor Leonard Bernstein on piano.

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Uptown Girl by Billy Joel (Genre: Rock, Singer-Songwriter)

A cheerful rock tune from Joel’s album An Innocent Man (1983).

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Hoopla Pick of the Week

American Standards (2020) by James Taylor (Genre: Vocal, Folk)

James Taylor’s Grammy nominated album, American Standards, features songs from the great American songbook including Moon River, As Easy As Rolling Off A Long, Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ The boat, God Bless the Child, Pennies From Heaven and It’s Only A Paper Moon.

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Have a great weekend!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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REFERENCES:

Print References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn

Online References

AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/

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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 (OverDrive)

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

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Hoopla

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

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.