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I’ve never read anything quite like it. – Michael Chabon The above quote, in regards to David Mitchell’s epic saga Cloud Atlas, is really the best way to sum it up. It is a journey that is nothing like anything else you will ever read -- the story crosses time and space everywhere from a… Read More

If you haven’t attended one of the Library’s Thinks and Drinks Trivia Night at Trax Tavern and Grill, you are missing out on a great time! We’ve been hosting trivia for over a year and it’s always one of our most popular events. We have five rounds of trivia with ten questions in each round… Read More

Have you ever come to the library wanting to use a computer, only to find that the computer lab is full?  Or would you prefer to use a computer in that special corner of the library, where you most enjoy studying or reading, without having to relocate to the computer lab?  The library has a… Read More

Georgie McCool is a successful sitcom writer.  She has a great husband (Neal) and two children (Alice and Noomi) who are both precocious and adorable. From the outside, Georgie’s got everything all together.  Behind the scenes, she’s living something that every working parent faces: work conflicting with home life.  Over the holiday season, Georgie abandons… Read More

I’ll admit: I didn’t read comics as a kid. Sure, I loved the Sunday funnies in the newspaper, but those were the only comics I knew! I wasn’t introduced to the larger world of graphic novels until college when I read American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang for a class. Ever since then, I’ve… Read More

Lately, I find that when I read, see or hear about something interesting, I've gotten into the habit of wondering whether or not it would make for a great program at the Library. Such was the case recently when I received an email from the Chicago Art Institute announcing an upcoming lecture on the restoration… Read More

In this middle grade mystery, twelve-year-old Milo lives with his adoptive parents at the Greenglass House, an inn primarily populated by smugglers. Guests do not usually come during winter vacation so Milo and his parents are surprised when a guest appears…and then another and another! Pretty soon, the inn is housing a handful of guests,… Read More

  “Someday I’m going to write a book” is something many of us say, but few rarely do.  However, if you consider yourself an aspiring writer, don’t miss our upcoming program, Find the Novel Inside of You, on Saturday, October 18 at 1:30 p.m. William Hazelgrove, the best-selling author of The Pitcher and soon-to-be-released Real Santa, will be… Read More

What’s Right With This Picture? From the perspective of a parent (x3) and library associate, my answer  is… “EVERYTHING”. Just look at that dad, would you!  And look at that baby…so engaged!   I love how Dad is on baby’s level, how they’re lying on their backs snuggling together, how baby’s leg is intertwined with Dad’s… Read More

An interesting phenomenon over the last decade has been the proliferation of well-written and interesting Nonfiction books. One of the theories about this relates to the dying field of journalism. As newspapers go out of business and less and less journalists can make a living working in journalism, they are using their skills to write… Read More